Economy and his countrys relationships with the u. S. , china, and north korea. This is about 35 minutes. [applause] good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am shinzo abe. Thank you very much for inviting me. I am delighted to see so many guests from the United States, as well as the nations of asia. Please, enjoy your stay in japan. It has been more than four years since i have retaken the government. Japan, before that, under the rule of the Democratic Party of japan was enwrapped with pesism with a sense of deregulation. With a sense of resignation. The economy was struggling with deflation. Japan was not able to make its presence felt in the international arena. Population is shrinking. Thus, we can no longer expect growth. Japan is already in its twilight years. We often heard looming large before us to give it all up. The stock price at the time was less than half of what it is today, over 8000 ynen or so. I stood up to take on the challenge. I promised to restore japan to what she
Economy and his countrys relationships with the u. S. , china, and north korea. This is about 35 minutes. [applause] good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am shinzo abe. Thank you very much for inviting me. I am delighted to see so many guests from the United States, as well as the nations of asia. Please, enjoy your stay in japan. It has been more than four years since i have retaken the government. Japan, before that, under the rule of the Democratic Party of japan was enwrapped with pesism with a sense of deregulation. With a sense of resignation. The economy was struggling with deflation. Japan was not able to make its presence felt in the international arena. Population is shrinking. Thus, we can no longer expect growth. Japan is already in its twilight years. We often heard looming large before us to give it all up. The stock price at the time was less than half of what it is today, over 8000 ynen or so. I stood up to take on the challenge. I promised to restore japan to what she
About important issues affecting our bay area communities. Cheryl, its great to be here. Im excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. Gina su is an actor based here in the bay area. Shes the winner of the 20162017 miss asian global pageant. Next, lan diep is an attorney. He currently serves as a San Jose City Council Member representing district four. And finally, vincent pan, executive director of chinese for affirmative action. Hes also a board member for the center for Asian American media. Thanks to all of you for joining us today. We have a lot to talk about. Our first topic is Civic Engagement and how to get more Asian Americans involved in the process. Vincent, well start with you. Would you say that we are seeing an upsurge in political activism . I would. I mean, i think that theres always been a lot of unseen activism thats occurred in the Asian American community that maybe hasnt been recognized by dominant culture. But if we look at things like voting, if we lo
Abc7s chris nguyen is here now with local apa leaders to talk about important issues affecting our bay area communities. Cheryl, its great to be here. Im excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. Gina su is an actor based here in the bay area. Shes the winner of the 20162017 miss asian global pageant. Next, lan diep is an attorney. He currently serves as a San Jose City Council Member representing district four. And finally, vincent pan, executive director of chinese for affirmative action. Hes also a board member for the center for Asian American media. Thanks to all of you for joining us today. We have a lot to talk about. Our first topic is Civic Engagement and how to get more Asian Americans involved in the process. Vincent, well start with you. Would you say that we are seeing an upsurge in political activism . I would. I mean, i think that theres always been a lot of unseen activism thats occurred in the Asian American community that maybe hasnt been recognized by do