We will hear from japanese epidemics at the center for strategic and international studies. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I am mike green and a professor at georgetown, we are delighted to have all of you join us in discussion over the next two hours with four of japans rising academic thinkers on Foreign Policy and economic affairs. This is the seventh cohort we have invited under a program called strategic japan. Eight years ago we discussed with the Prime Ministers Office how to expand Strategic Thinking dialogue, planning between the us and japan. One thing to think about which was new for japan was the need to go beyond the traditional bureaucratic sources and to tap into the growing expertise among japans academic experts on issues that affect foreignpolicy and to bring more academics into the tent in japan and expand the dialogue with the us and to make sure japanese scholars who are making an impact in japan are sharing their ideas with the us, getting reactions and re
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 with the recognition u. S. Leadership might not really return in the way it has been in the past. This is where i think it would be interesting to see where japan would head. Ill collect a question or two and let the panel respond and turn over to matt. If you have questions for the panel, now is your chance. Youll get another shot with matts panel and then over coffee. We have mics. I teach at American University and used to be an american diplomat. Listening to the presentation of japans interests and objectives in this situation, one cant help thinking that there is tremendous value to japan in having a close, cooperative relationship with south korea in the region and in these multilateral organizations and yet theres some obvious tensions in that relationship. I would love to hear from our japanese intellects why you think the japanese elite are prioritizing other issues instead of getting long with south korea and what y
And englands batsmen are put to the test in the first day of the final match of the ashes at the oval. And in sport later in the hour on bbc news, Gareth Southgate reveals his fears that his players could be racially abused during their euro qualifier in bulgaria next month. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Borisjohnson, in his first media interviews since parliament was suspended in the early hours of tuesday morning, has denied lying to the queen over the move, saying claims it was done to silence parliament were absolutely not true. He was responding to the ruling by the court of session in edinburgh yesterday, which said the suspension or proroguing of parliament was unlawful, and motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing parliament. Mrjohnson said he wasnt going to quarrel with the judges, but that the Supreme Court would give the finaljudgment on the issue next week. Labour said it would continue to press the government to recall parliament, so that it coul
I welcome every day for the need to reauthorize the Compensation Fund i recognize myself for a opening statement. September 11 is one of the deadliest days with almost 3000 lives lost because the terrorist attacks in the United States on the day with casualty numbers much higher and offsite and the fact that we dont know the full casualty count almost 18 years later, thats because years after 9 11 tens of thousands of First Responders who ran towards the toxic clouds unleashed on that day as well as members of the community surrounding the crash site continue to develop cancers and other diseases that prematurely end their lives. We undermined their employment like prospects with related illnesses and many people may not even be aware of that fact we continue suffering congress and in september 11 and legislation passed in 2010. We found in law and authorized the fund for five years and congress established the original fund 11 days after 9 11 to provide compensation for those physical
Off of the highest of the year. We will see a 10 drop, a correction until we are done around 4100 but we are headed in that direction. U. S. 10 year yield coming up. Yesterday morning we saw the 10 year go to 4888. Across the curve, the rise in yields has been the story and it is fascinating. Bloomberg and dollar index coming down, 1,274. Mainly as we have seen yet and against the u. S. Dollar and the nymex crude, what an incredible reversal this has been. Last week were up over 95 a barrel and now we are down to 82 and 77 since. Lots going on in price action across assets and in terms of the macro picture, San Francisco fed president mar ly spoke about how these high yields are affecting her thinking about the banks Interest Rate path. The bond market has tightened considerably. 36 basis points since we met in september. That is equivalent to about a rate hike. The need to do tightening additionally is not there. Matt mike mckee who covers all things fed. One possibility as to why yie