In the past u. S. Experts and officials have always had really private sometimes stern messages for both sides to take auction to move forward and we will see how are panelists come down on that issue today. And we really have a group of stiller panelists and i will introduce them later but first we have for what many of you will be a surprise guest, we only heard formal confirmation late yesterday that mike will begin the opening remarks, mr. Napper, his appearance may not be on the website yet and people may not have been aware of it, but mr. Knapper, member of senior Foreign Department of state and hes serving as the Deputy Assistant secretary for korea and japan and i first met mark when he was the head of the political military unit in the embassy in tokyo, well, probably more years than either one of us would want to admit and since then hes had any number of jobs, any number of business cards i think i have in my collection, its not to say he cant keep a job, expertise on so man
Pedagogical university, then headed several local enterprises, in 2011 he became deputy minister of agriculture of the region, director of the department of state policy in the field of rural development, from 2014 to 2016 he was the minister of agriculture of the region, then worked as deputy chairman of the regional government, after which he was deputy, and after the head of the tula administration, in 2022 he was appointed first Deputy Governor, alexey will lead the kursk region smirnov, he replaced roman. Who took the post of minister of transport in the new cabinet. Alexey smirnov graduated from the kursk state agricultural institute, after which he worked first in the kursk region committee, and then in the administration of the city of kursk. In 2011, he was deputy head of the administration of sergiv posad, after which he worked in the government of the moscow region, first as an adviser to the minister of housing and communal services, then as deputy minister of the construct
Ill start with that. Missiles and aircraft of the russian army. The Security Service reported the suspicion to rostec ceo serhiy chemezev. It is known that the person involved is among putins friends and closest associates. According to the sbu, the company produces up to 80 of military equipment, weapons and ammunition for the war against ukraine. The corporation includes concerns kalashnikov, uralvagonzavod, helicopters of russia and the united aviation construction company. Corporation. Two powerful autotransformers arrived in ukraine, they were delivered with the support of japan and the Program Development of the un in ukraine. This was reported in the ministry of energy. The equipment will be installed at one of the substations. During the winter, it will provide light for about half a million people. The government of japan plans to hand over several more transformers by the end of the year. A new party. Equipment for the armed forces will soon arrive in ukraine from great brita
We continue the release. Today amendments to the education law come into force; they clarify the mechanism of targeted training. Irina matyushenko will tell you in the Program Instructions what will change in the Reception Company this year. Enter an Educational Institution knowing for sure that after graduation you will be hired. Targeted training provides this opportunity. How does this work the mechanism and how it has changed this year, we will tell you in 5 minutes in the Program Instructions. Lets start with what targeted training is it is free for the student, he enters into an agreement with a company or organization and undertakes to work there for a certain number of years after receiving a diploma, and the employer or customer pays for the training for the employees. If the company or organization is stateowned, the customer is the state and the university receives money from the state budget. The student, accordingly, is allocated a budget place according to the target quot
This is a annual event that the Japan Program hosts to invade thinkers who we often dont get to listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. They have been my mentors. I respected them deeply. They have caught me so many things over the years that i have known them. Im very very happy they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio in the program thats in your seats. I save you from a lengthy introduction. It is to demonstrate joint operations on selfDefense Forces and we will listen to what they have in mind about future defense posture. Before i start im a director of Japan Program here. This annual event could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors and supporters of the Japan Program. I would very much like to thank all of the Japan Program supporters at this occasion. You can see the list of supporters at the back of this pro su bro sure. Hopefully this will grow over the years. A couple of administ