[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, im glad to see our odeons survive the flashflood warnings. My michael green, senior vicepresident for asia and japan and professor at georgetown and as the csis host, i want to do our usual announcement. We survived the flashflood. If we need to evacuate its my responsibility to give you instructions and the general rule is well go out the way you came in and well make our way to either the national geographic, around the corner, or well go straight down rhode island to st. Matthews. Our expectation is half the people we go to starbucks at Dupont Circle but thats the plan. ll be very brief because ill have an opportunities to chair a discussion with our very distinguished panel of american and japanese retired senior military leaders. But i want to turn it over to my friend who has organized this military statesman forum to tell you about its intent, its purpose. Please. Thank you mike, thank you very much. Like to First Express my deepest appr
Intercept information and leave the backpack plugged in somewhere, thats so much low risk than trying to rob a bank. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Four former chiefs of star, two from the u. S. Joint chiefs and two of the joint staff of Japans Defense Ministry participated in a Panel Discussion friday on the importance and future of the u. S. Japan Military alliance. This is almost two hours. Good afternoon. Im glad to see our audience survived the flash flood warning. Im Michael Green, Senior Vice President for asia and japan here at csis and professor at georgetown. And as the csis host i want to do our usual safety announcement. We survived the flash flood. If for any reason we need to evacuate, its my responsibility to give you instructions. And the general rule is well go out the way you came in and well make our way to either national geographic, which is around the corner, or well go straight down rhode island to st. Matthews. Our expectation is half
Want to do our normal safety announcement, for any reason we need to evacuate it is my responsibility to give you instructions and the general rule is we will go out the way you came in and make our way to either the National Geographic which is around the corner or straight down rhode island to saint matthews. Our expectation is that half of the people will go to starbucks but thats the plan. I will be brief because i have an opportunity to share a discussion with our very distinguished japanese and retired american leaders. I want to turn it over to the doctor who is organized this forum to tell you about its intent and purpose and about what they have achieved. Thank you, mike. Thank you very much. Id like to First Express my deepest appreciation to csis and its necessary to doctor Michael Green for cohosting this event with my think tank. I was here exactly at cs i s6 months ago and events like this, exactly like this. The scene is always the same. The us and japan alliance. [inaud
Both to the public inside of japan as well as the outside of japan. I want there to be no understanding during the transition in washington that we stand firmly 100 shoulder to shoulder with you and the japanese people, mr. Prime minister. Mattis said the two allies are facing a number of challenges, such as the threat posed by north korea. Further details of the conversation are not known yet. Its likely that theyve discussed a number of Regional Security issues, including pyongyangs Nuclear Program and its repeated firing of missiles. Chinas military buildup in the disputed South China Sea was expected to be part of the discussion. On saturday, mattis is scheduled to have a meeting with his counterpart tomodi inada. He met with south Korean Counterparts earlier in the day. He delivered a stern warning to the north korean leadership. Met the south Korean Defense minister in seoul. Any attack on the United States or on our allies will be defeated and any use of Nuclear Weapons will be
Relocate the iconic food market is fueling anger. And racing. A typhoon posing significant threats for landslides and flooding. The United States, south korea, and japan are working together to increase pressure on north korea following its fifth nuclear test. The u. S. Military has sent two strategic bombers in a show of force againsten pyongyang. The b1 bombers made a low altitude flight over Osan Air Base over seoul. They were escorted by south korean fighter jets. The United States has an unshakable commitment to defend allies in the region and will take necessary steps to do so. Including operations like the one you observed today. Translator if north korea continues armed provocations, we will respond with countermeasures Strong Enough to shake that regime to its roots. The u. S. Pacific command says while they were on their way, they joined forces with aircraft from the Japan Selfdefense force. Commander says it is against the destabilizing actions. Park geunhye ordered them to