Hello. How are you . Im very well, minister kono, and thank you forjoining us. What has gone wrong . A simple question. What has gone wrong injapan . Youre a global powerhouse economy, which seems to have been stalled for decades. Why do you think that is . Well, there was a Bubble Economy back in 1980s, and the japanese economy went through some adjustment, and now we are back on track. The economy is getting warmer and warmer. Back on track. You thinkjapan s back on track, when you look at your massive debt problem, you look at your very weak currency on global markets right now, you look at a Cost Of Living crisis, which is clearly affecting japanese people, who seem to be very disaffected, weary with the political and economic status quo. Well, the post covid Inflation Injapan is much, much lower than uk or the united states. So, dont worry about it. And economy is clearly back on track. The japanese economy is growing back again. Let me ask you about the politics of japan. For pre
Self determination. There has been hopeful movement in the talks to secure an agreement on this deal. And as ijust told Prime Minister netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done. Anti war protesters were gathered outside the White House for the meeting. Tom bateman was there. Well, it was another day of protest that has followed Benjamin Netanyahu around washington not least here At The Gates of the White House over many hours, during which Mr Netanyahu was meeting President Biden and Kamala Harris later after that meeting. That meeting, of course, taking on increased importance because of her run for the democratic nomination and the presidency itself. What the us administration is trying to do here is pressure Mr Netanyahu to accept a Ceasefire And Hostage release deal. They believe that he is now becoming the biggest block to this thing moving forward and theyre desperately trying now to get it over the line thats the key focus of these discussions between Mr Biden and Mr Netanyahu
Personal ambition. So i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation, it is a best way to unite our nation. Mr biden also praised the work and white House Record of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running in his place as the likely democratic president ial nominee. I want to thank our great Vice President , Kamala Harris. She is experienced, she is tough and she is capable. She has been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country. Now the choice is up to you, the american people. Meanwhile, new Cnn Polling shows that while Mr Trump holds a 3 Point Lead nationally over the Vice President , 49 to 46 . Thats within the 3 Point Margin of error. It also shows Ms Harris performs better Thanjoe Biden among young voters, where shes up 5 percentage points, and with black voters, where she is up 8 points, and women, where shes up 4 points on the president. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, trump celebrated mr biden s exit from the race, an
Taro kono in tokyo, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. How are you . Im very well, minister kono, and thank you forjoining us. What has gone wrong . A simple question. What has gone wrong injapan . Youre a global powerhouse economy, which seems to have been stalled for decades. Why do you think that is . Well, there was a Bubble Economy back in 1980s, and the japanese economy went through some adjustment, and now we are back on track. The economy is getting warmer and warmer. Back on track. You thinkjapan s back on track, when you look at your massive debt problem, you look at your very weak currency on global markets right now, you look at a Cost Of Living crisis, which is clearly affecting japanese people, who seem to be very disaffected, weary with the political and economic status quo. Well, the post covid Inflation Injapan is much, much lower than uk or the united states. So, dont worry about it. And economy is clearly back on track. The japanese economy is growing back again. Let me ask
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