just general surprise and big news. yeah, pretty surprising. i m hoping that through the new ownership the quality of the reporting from a business perspective is going to improve. nikkei issued its first paper in 1876. the japanese firm seeks to bolster its global economic reporting through the acquisition. it also intends to use the ft group s customer base to strengthen its digital operations. nikkei s chairman tsuneo kita said he s excited about pairing up with the financial times. he said both firms share economic values. well the newspaper industry is suffering from shrinking circulation and advertising revenue. ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. what s behind the planned buyout? a lot of focus, a lot of interest on this story, catherine. both the nikkei and the ft group really trying to capture new sources of revenue. media companies have been laying off workers while also pushing their paid online subscriptions as part of their survival strategie
the financial times is one of the world s leading economic newspaper. its circulation was 137,000 last year with 70% of that from online subscriptions. just general surprise and big news. yeah, pretty surprising. i m hoping that through the new ownership the quality of the reporting from a business perspective is going to improve. nikkei issued its first paper in 1876. the japanese firm seeks to bolster its global economic reporting through the acquisition. it also intends to use the ft group s customer base to strengthen its digital operations. nikkei s chairman tsuneo kita said he s excited about pairing up with the financial times. he said both firms share economic values. well the newspaper industry is suffering from shrinking circulation and advertising revenue. ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. what s behind the planned buyout? a lot of focus, a lot of interest on this story, catherine. both the nikkei and the ft group really trying to capture new
together with japan center for economic research is delighted to host this discussion of three of japan s leading statesmen with particular expertise in national security and to talk about our alliance in the years ahead. i will introduce the other members of the panel in a moment . let me mention they are all here in washington for the week as part of what s known as golden week and to join discussions here and around town under the mount fuji dialogue, which jcre runs. jcer. our cooperation runs deep. the jcer tanaka issued report on the future of the japan u.s. alliance which they kindly call the japanese version of the armitage report, a series of papers on the future of the alliance. coherentrategic and and actionable through print actionable blueprint of the leaders brought together. joining us today are three of the regulars in the mount fuji dialogue. three of the most important contributors to the u.s. japan alliance in recent years or it to my immediate left is g
georgetown. some distinguished in fact, this audience is pretty much 100% distinguished, as i look out. quite an impressive audience. thank you very much for coming. a few brief safety and security announcements. i am your designated safety officer in case of an emergency. you ll find the exits are back behind you. and you ll go down one floor, exit down through the stairwell and we ll meet around the corner at national geographic which is just down left and left should we have to so today together with the japan center for economic research is delighted to host this discussion with three of japan s leading lawmakers, statesmen with particular expertise in national security and to talk about our alliance and the years ahead. i ll introduce the other members of the panel in a moment. but let me first mention they are all here in washington for the week as part of what s known as golden week, and to join discussions here and around town under the mount my friend ue which runs
community must continue to do its utmost against terrorism. abe and netanyahu announced a joint document that calls for deepening defense exchanges. it also says their countries will start preliminary discussions on an investment pact. abe also said this year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the cities hiroshima and nagasaki. he stressed that japan attaches great importance to the control and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. abe urged israel to join the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and quickly ratified the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. before the news conference abe laid a wreath at the yad vashem holocaust memorial in jerusalem. he pledged to contribute to world peace so as not to repeat the tragedies of war. the memorial is dedicated to the 6 million jews who died in concentration camps during world war ii. abe signed a book to express sympathy for the victims. translator: i declare my determination never to allow such tragedies to hap