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00:00Let's take a look at some of the most popular news.
00:07What will happen to Japan?
00:15Today, February 22nd, is the day of the cat.
00:21Also known as the ninja day.
00:27Let's take a look at some of the most popular news.
00:30Here is the first topic.
00:34What will happen to the third company meeting?
00:38It has nothing to do with the ninja or the cat.
00:43If a company has an accident or if there is a suspicion,
00:48it is often said that the third company meeting will be held.
00:54So, what is the third company meeting?
00:59It is a meeting of people to find out about the third company,
01:05which has nothing to do with the accident.
01:09So, it is a meeting of people to find out about the third company.
01:14I know this much.
01:18So, who will make it and how?
01:22What kind of people will be chosen?
01:26It may be different from what you think.
01:32First, let's see when it will be held.
01:38Simply put, it is a meeting of people to find out about the third company,
01:43which has nothing to do with the accident.
01:48If there is a problem such as money fraud or harassment,
01:53it is often said to take responsibility for the explanation.
01:59At first, it is a meeting of people to find out about the third company,
02:03but if the problem is too complicated or if it has a big social impact,
02:09it is often said to set up a third company meeting.
02:16So, who will make it and how?
02:21That's right.
02:24Recently, I often saw people setting up a third company meeting
02:28according to the guidelines.
02:32It is the organization that decides who will make the third company meeting
02:38or who will make the members.
02:40It is decided by the company or the company that caused the problem.
02:45Is that the third company?
02:47The company that caused the accident decides whether to make the third company meeting or not.
02:52Can the agency decide who will make it?
02:55How many months will it take?
02:57Of course, the agency will ask for it, but it is possible that the investigation team
03:03will say that it is impossible if they actually do it.
03:08If you ask for a third company meeting, you have to pay for it, right?
03:13The company that asked for the money will pay for it.
03:17So, in the end, the company decides who will make the third company meeting.
03:23Because the company pays for it.
03:25So, what do you do first to set up a third company meeting?
03:31Mr. Endo, if you run a company and something happens,
03:37how do you ask the third company for an investigation?
03:41That's right.
03:43It's okay if you don't know.
03:46How do you ask someone?
03:49I ask them to look it up.
03:52Of course.
03:54I asked the third company to look it up on the Internet.
03:58Why do you ask them to look it up?
04:00Recently, there have been a lot of posts on the Internet.
04:05Do you ask them to look it up?
04:08For example, in a big company, there is a lawyer.
04:12If you ask the lawyer to look it up,
04:14the company pays for it.
04:16So, it's not a third company meeting.
04:19So, you follow the lawyer's instructions
04:22and ask him to introduce you to a third company lawyer.
04:27In each prefecture, there is a group of lawyers
04:30that all lawyers belong to.
04:34There are times when you ask them to do that.
04:37There are times when I ask them to introduce me to a good lawyer.
04:41So, I make a list of lawyers
04:44and ask them to tell me how many lawyers
04:47are in charge of the third company committee.
04:49I make a list like that.
04:53First of all, there are a lot of times when you ask a lawyer.
04:58But there are also people in the third company committee
05:01who have a surprising job.
05:05If you have a financial problem,
05:08what kind of members would you like to include?
05:11I think it's better to be familiar with money.
05:14So, I think it's better to have a financial accountant.
05:18It depends on the problem,
05:21but in general, lawyers who are familiar with the law
05:24and are good at hearing,
05:27financial accountants who are familiar with money,
05:30or journalists who represent the public.
05:33It depends on the situation.
05:36So, you don't ask for a journalist?
05:39That's right.
05:40To put it bluntly,
05:41anyone is fine as long as it's a third company
05:43that has nothing to do with profit.
05:45You don't need a license?
05:47So, you don't ask for a third company
05:50that has nothing to do with this company?
05:53I don't think so.
05:56I don't think so.
05:58But it's okay to say that.
06:01The role of the third company committee
06:04is to investigate the truth of the problem
06:07and come up with measures to prevent it from happening again.
06:10Based on hearings from related parties
06:13and materials provided by companies,
06:16we create a survey report.
06:20How many people can see the survey report?
06:23We publish it.
06:26Everyone can see it?
06:28If it's a company, it's all on the website.
06:31It's on the homepage.
06:33Of course, based on the results,
06:36our company takes measures
06:39and publishes it.
06:42Do you have a general standard for spending?
06:47It is said that it takes a lot of money
06:50to run a third company committee.
06:54If it's a third company committee,
06:56it takes a lot of time, right?
06:58Of course, if you can't take other jobs,
07:01you have to pay a lot of money.
07:04In addition,
07:05you can't do it all by yourself,
07:07so the employees of the law firm
07:09have to split the work.
07:12That's why it takes a lot of money.
07:16But the third company committee
07:19doesn't have any legal authority?
07:24However,
07:25there is a guideline
07:27created by the Japan Lawyers' Association.
07:30It says,
07:31please follow it.
07:33For example,
07:34it says here,
07:36choose a position that has nothing to do with the company,
07:39or even if the survey results are disadvantageous to the company,
07:42it will be recorded in the survey report.
07:45In other words,
07:46please don't write it in the report.
07:48You can't do that.
07:51In addition,
07:52don't release the results to the company in advance.
07:55In other words,
07:56you can't tell the company
07:57that you will compile such a report in advance.
07:59Then,
08:00the company will say,
08:01please fix it.
08:02The company will say,
08:03please don't do that.
08:05In other words,
08:06don't let the company know anything,
08:08and the results will come out suddenly.
08:11It is said that it is desirable.
08:14Guidelines were created
08:16so that the report
08:17would not be made
08:18according to the company's intentions.
08:21However,
08:22it doesn't mean that
08:24you have to follow it.
08:27It's just a guideline.
08:30The Japan Lawyers' Association
08:31is just saying that
08:32this is desirable.
08:34That's why
08:35you don't have to follow it.
08:37There is no legal obligation.
08:39There is no legal basis.
08:41I see.
08:42Then,
08:43the Japan Lawyers' Association
08:44will check this.
08:45It will come out.
08:46More and more.
08:47The Japan Lawyers' Association
08:48will make more and more.
08:49If it is designed.
08:50However,
08:51the Japan Lawyers' Association
08:52has a lot of merits
08:54that it can investigate objectively
08:56and aim for re-issue prevention measures,
08:59but
09:03Is there any other purpose
09:05to make the Japan Lawyers' Association?
09:10I don't know if the word is good or not,
09:12but it's not a show,
09:14but it's going to be like this.
09:16I thought that
09:17this kind of thing
09:19would happen to the people of the world.
09:21That's right.
09:22It's an extremely Japanese thing.
09:24When a company has an accident,
09:26there is an apology meeting, right?
09:28Yes.
09:29It's quite rare abroad.
09:31Really?
09:32If you say,
09:33I did this kind of problem,
09:34so I will do this.
09:35If you announce it,
09:36that's all.
09:37For example,
09:38there are many cases like that.
09:39If something happens,
09:40immediately in front of everyone,
09:41lowering your head
09:42is an extremely Japanese thing.
09:44That's right.
09:45That's what it means.
09:46And like this,
09:47a tough girl came in from the third party
09:49and said,
09:50I did this.
09:51When that happens,
09:52if you're doing this much,
09:54the company is also reflecting,
09:56so I'll forgive you.
09:58The atmosphere of society changes.
10:00That's what it means.
10:01It's often said that
10:02misogi has come to an end.
10:04Misogi.
10:05In order to put an end to misogi somewhere,
10:07if a reporter comes out
10:08at this third party meeting
10:10and says,
10:11I will protect it properly from now on,
10:13it means that
10:14misogi has come to an end.
10:16That's what it means.
10:17I see.
10:18That's why
10:19this third party meeting
10:21is also said to have been born in Japan.
10:25After all,
10:26I'm wondering if the company
10:28really paid for it and
10:30it's a third party.
10:32At worst,
10:33I got a lot of money,
10:34so I can do a lot of research
10:36without thinking about it later.
10:38I think every time I see this system.
10:41Of course, I don't think so,
10:43but I really want you to investigate.
10:46It's not a company.
10:51There are also meetings
10:53that will be held
10:54if the third party comes to an end.
10:57What did you say?
11:00It's 100, right?
11:01Yes.
11:02I remember something.
11:03100.
11:04Yes.
11:05I almost said it.
11:06100?
11:07100.
11:08I almost said it.
11:09It's something like 100.
11:11It's a 100-member meeting.
11:13A 100-member meeting.
11:14It's coming.
11:15Yes.
11:18It's good news
11:20because it's a 100-member meeting.
11:24Then,
11:25what does the 100-member meeting of the 100-member committee mean?
11:30This is
11:32something like 100.
11:35That's right.
11:361, 2, 98, 99, 100.
11:40Yes.
11:41I think it's a local law.
11:42Yes.
11:43Local law?
11:44It's a 100-member local law.
11:46That early?
11:47It's just a number of members.
11:49You can think of it as a law.
11:53In Japan,
11:54there is a law that states that
11:56the administration of the prefectural government
11:58and the municipal government must be carried out properly.
12:00It is determined that
12:02the 100-member committee will be established
12:04in the 100-member committee.
12:08If there is a suspicion about the local government's duties
12:11or if something goes wrong,
12:14the 100-member committee will be established.
12:18In that case,
12:19if there is a suspicion about the local government's duties or if something goes wrong,
12:21the members of the committee will propose
12:23whether to establish or open the 100-member committee.
12:27If the majority of the members agree,
12:31the 100-member committee will be established.
12:33The 100-member committee will be investigated.
12:38The third-party committee was investigated by someone unrelated to the company.
12:43What about the 100-member committee?
12:46The members of the committee will be investigated by the members of the committee.
12:49The members of the committee will investigate by themselves.
12:52However, the members of the committee will support the members of the committee.
12:56This is the 100-member committee.
12:59If so,
13:00shouldn't the members of the committee talk to each other normally?
13:05We should investigate thoroughly
13:07so that no one lies.
13:09That's right.
13:10We shouldn't lie.
13:12That's exactly what you said.
13:14The members of the 100-member committee have a strong power.
13:19In other words,
13:20the members of the 100-member committee can have a special right to investigate.
13:25That's right.
13:26The members of the 100-member committee can go to the relevant parties
13:28and ask for testimony.
13:32If you are asked to leave the 100-member committee
13:34because you want to listen to the members of the committee,
13:35and if you say,
13:36you don't want to leave,
13:37it's over.
13:38Or if you are asked to testify,
13:39and if you say,
13:40you don't want to testify,
13:41and if you lie,
13:42it's over.
13:43In the case of the members of the 100-member committee,
13:45if you refuse to testify,
13:47or refuse to submit a record,
13:49or if you lie,
13:50you will be fined.
13:52What?
13:53Legally,
13:54you will be fined.
13:55What?
13:56That's what it means.
13:57The members of the 100-member committee have such a strong right
14:00to testify a lie
14:02that they have to go to prison.
14:06How many members of the 100-member committee have been established so far?
14:13For example, only 11 have been established in the past 10 years.
14:19It's been 51 years since the 100-member committee was established in Hyogo Prefecture.
14:26That's why it's called the hall of the emperor
14:28to check local affairs.
14:32Next is this.
14:35This is the news about the increase in the cost of medical treatment.
14:41In Japan, no matter how high the cost of medical treatment is,
14:46only a part of it is paid.
14:49Depending on the year of the week,
14:51the cost of medical treatment is determined.
14:55Now that the cost of medical treatment has increased,
14:58the burden has increased.
15:02Patients are rebelling.
15:05It's a big news right now.
15:09Has anyone ever used this cost-effective medical treatment system?
15:16No.
15:17Neither have I.
15:18I don't have many opportunities to receive medical treatment
15:22until I reach the upper limit,
15:25so I thought it was a bit far-fetched news.
15:30Actually, it's not that far-fetched news.
15:35For example, hospitalization due to a car accident
15:39or surgery such as appendicitis can be used.
15:42It's a system that is surprisingly familiar.
15:46It's a system that can be very helpful when you get sick,
15:51so it's better to know this.
15:54For example, if you have cancer or other serious diseases,
15:59the cost of medical treatment will be high.
16:02If you pay the full amount,
16:04some people may lose their lives.
16:08It depends on the year of the week,
16:11but the cost of medical treatment per month is set at the upper limit.
16:17For example, if you are under 70 years old,
16:20the cost of medical treatment is 30%.
16:24So if it costs 10,000 yen to treat,
16:27you have to pay 30% of that, which is 3,000 yen.
16:32It's a lot of money.
16:37For example, if it costs 1,000,000 yen to treat,
16:42you have to pay 300,000 yen for the window sill.
16:47But with this system,
16:49you can live on less than that.
16:55The cost of medical treatment per year is like this.
16:59For an average person,
17:01even if it costs 1,000,000 yen to treat,
17:05it's better to pay less than 100,000 yen per month.
17:10Recently, the cost of chemotherapy,
17:13which is said to be very effective in treating cancer,
17:16is very high.
17:18In other words, it costs hundreds of millions of yen to develop it,
17:22and pharmaceutical companies develop it.
17:24So you have to get the basics right.
17:27Then, especially in the early days,
17:29the cost of medicine was high.
17:32So people with money can be saved,
17:35but people without money can't be saved.
17:39That's why there is such a system to set the upper limit.
17:44So why did they decide to raise the limit?
17:50The number of patients in Japan is increasing,
17:55so I want to raise the limit.
17:58When the number of elderly people increases,
18:00medical expenses are also incurred.
18:02Of course, they want to reduce the burden.
18:06But there is another big reason.
18:10When Mr. Kishida was Prime Minister,
18:13he said this. Do you remember?
18:16He said it was a measure to reduce the number of children.
18:20Anyway, if the number of children is decreasing,
18:22this is not good.
18:24For example, people who give birth,
18:26people who raise children,
18:28or people who pay for university tuition fees.
18:30He said he would do something like this
18:32to help reduce the number of children.
18:36And for that purpose,
18:38he created a new pharmacy called Kodomo Kateicho.
18:42But it costs money.
18:45So where does the money come from
18:47to raise children in another dimension?
18:50At that time, he focused on the education and medical expenses system.
18:56Here are the materials.
18:58It costs 3.6 trillion yen in total.
19:00It was announced at that time.
19:02Don't you remember, Ms. Isono?
19:04I don't remember.
19:06It's clear.
19:08Of the 3.6 trillion yen,
19:101.5 trillion yen is the budget for regulation.
19:12Let's take advantage of the budget so far.
19:14And here is 1.1 trillion yen.
19:16It's the budget reform for social security.
19:18The budget reform means
19:20to reduce the burden on the country.
19:23It means to raise the education and medical expenses
19:26a little bit more
19:28and to put a little more burden on yourself.
19:30So let's reduce this.
19:32That's what it meant.
19:34So how much will the burden actually increase?
19:39From August this year,
19:41the budget will be gradually increased.
19:45In the end, it will be like this.
19:49The average annual income is 8,000 yen per month.
19:54If the annual income is 6.5 million yen,
19:57it will be about 60,000 yen per month.
20:00If the annual income is higher,
20:02it will be about 200,000 yen per month.
20:08In other words, it will be increased by 200,000 yen per month.
20:14That's 2.4 million yen per year.
20:17In other words, even if you don't have money,
20:20you are trying to make sure that you can receive medical care.
20:23If you have money, please pay for it yourself.
20:26So the amount of burden will vary depending on the income.
20:30For example, if the monthly income is around 400,000 yen,
20:33it's about this.
20:35But if the monthly income is around 60,000 yen,
20:38it will be more than 700,000 yen.
20:40It will be more than this.
20:42That's big.
20:44This is big.
20:46If you were a patient, what would you do?
20:50Of course, prevention of dementia is also important.
20:53I think there will be people who give up and stop treatment.
21:02Because they can't pay for it,
21:04they may not be able to receive treatment.
21:08I think it's a very scary thing.
21:11I thought I couldn't get sick.
21:14If I don't go to the hospital, I'll die.
21:18In fact, this is what the patient's group said.
21:24I also think about my mental health and death
21:28because of the cost of housework, daily care,
21:31and hospitalization.
21:35I can't afford to pay for medical care anymore.
21:39In particular, it is a big blow to those who raise children
21:42and receive their own treatment.
21:46I understand that it is for the children of the future.
21:52Then, how about taking money from the patients who are suffering now?
21:56That's what they said.
21:59For example, in the case of cancer,
22:03there are several special drugs for cancer.
22:07If you are told that you can use this,
22:10there are patients and families who want to use it.
22:14In other words, if there are fewer patients,
22:18it will take a lot of money for pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs only for them.
22:24But if everyone uses it,
22:26for example, if it's a normal cold,
22:28everyone will use it, so you can get it right away.
22:31However, if there are fewer patients,
22:34the cost of medicine will be high,
22:37and people will have to use the high-cost treatment system.
22:41At the budget meeting of the Diet,
22:44there was a discussion about raising this limit,
22:48but it was so strong that part of it was corrected.
22:55For some patients who have been treated for a long time,
23:00the policy was not to raise the limit of their own burden.
23:05However, I don't raise it for people now,
23:09but I may raise it for people in the future.
23:14I think it's a good idea to listen to the policy of reducing the cost of medicine for a year,
23:19but if you ask me where I get the money from,
23:22this is the kind of problem that happens.
23:25I think there's definitely a waste of money somewhere.
23:29I think it's a good idea to find somewhere and pull it from there.
23:32Can someone do that?
23:34I think it's a good idea to ask a politician involved in waste management to look into it.
23:38It's a third party.
23:40If you raise the limit of the cost of medicine,
23:44there will be people who want to quit going to the doctor,
23:47so the cost of medicine will go down.
23:51But if you raise the limit of the cost of medicine,
23:54you can do whatever you want.
23:56If you raise the hurdle from the beginning,
23:58no one will come and no one will spend money.
24:00I don't think it's a good idea.
24:03In the end, you can't put a price on your life.
24:08The rich can live a long life, but the poor can't.
24:13Life must be equal.
24:15Basically, there is such a way of thinking.
24:22A meeting of the Japanese and American governments held the other day.
24:28It was reported on a regular basis as big news.
24:33How did you read it?
24:36Mr. Trump said,
24:38Mr. Abe was Shinzo.
24:40Mr. Abe said,
24:41Mr. Donald.
24:42How did you read it?
24:44There was no such thing this time.
24:45There wasn't?
24:46There wasn't.
24:47In this picture, they are shaking hands with a smile.
24:50There were a lot of worries about what would happen in front of the stairs.
24:54That's right.
24:55Is President Trump going to meet a horse?
24:59How does he talk?
25:02They were quite worried.
25:05However, it seems that there are many reports of success.
25:10Prime Minister Ishiba has made such a promise to President Trump.
25:15Buy a lot of natural gas in the United States.
25:18Increase investment in the United States.
25:21There are many other things, but this is the main thing that was promised.
25:25That's right.
25:26If you look at this alone, you can see that Trump was in a good mood because it was in the American way.
25:35It seems convenient for the United States, but many people say that it was a success.
25:43What kind of benefits did Japan have?
25:47First of all, I promise to buy a lot of natural gas from the United States.
25:53In Japan, almost all natural gas is imported.
25:56Natural gas is mainly used as fuel for power generation and city gas for household use.
26:04Prime Minister Ishiba promised to buy a lot of natural gas.
26:08How much natural gas is imported from the United States now?
26:13Please look at this graph.
26:16In fact, 9.6% of natural gas is imported from the United States.
26:21Most of them are imported from Australia, about 40%.
26:25Next is 15% from Malaysia.
26:29So it's less than 10%.
26:33Japan has decided to buy more natural gas from the United States.
26:41How much is it? It hasn't been decided yet.
26:45Trump says it's a record amount.
26:50But did Japan force Japan to buy natural gas?
26:55In fact, there are benefits for both countries.
26:59From the United States' point of view, it's profitable to buy a lot of natural gas.
27:05Ms. Isono, what do you think are the benefits for Japan?
27:08That's the point.
27:09I've been wondering why.
27:12Why?
27:14Even though Japan is buying natural gas from the United States now,
27:17what are the benefits for Japan to increase the amount of natural gas?
27:24We can sell our private parts.
27:25I don't know.
27:27I don't know the benefits.
27:28You buy natural gas and sell your private parts.
27:32In the future, there is a possibility that the price of electricity and gas will be cheaper.
27:39The point is that Alaska is buying natural gas.
27:46Originally, Alaska was known to have abundant resources.
27:53At that time, President Biden prohibited mining to destroy nature.
28:01On the first day of his inauguration, President Trump said...
28:06He said, dig, dig, dig.
28:09He said, drill, baby, drill.
28:12He said, why don't you dig more natural gas from Alaska?
28:18Why don't you sell it to Japan?
28:24Why is there a possibility that buying natural gas from Alaska will reduce the price of electricity and gas?
28:32Natural gas from the United States is being transported from Texas and Maryland to Japan.
28:44The transportation cost of natural gas from Panama to Japan is very high.
28:48If natural gas from Alaska is exported to Japan, it will arrive in Japan soon.
28:53It takes a month to get here, but it takes a week to get here.
28:58If natural gas from Alaska is exported to Japan, it will be cheaper.
29:03The price of natural gas from Alaska will be cheaper in a few years.
29:14In that case, the price of natural gas from Alaska may be able to reduce or increase.
29:19This is a plus for Japan.
29:23Let's take a look at other countries that import natural gas.
29:28Look at this.
29:30Russia is buying this much.
29:33Economic sanctions?
29:35Russia announced that it had imposed economic sanctions on Russia after the military invasion of Ukraine.
29:41However, Russia continues to buy natural gas.
29:44Therefore, Russia has not imposed economic sanctions on Russia.
29:47For example, Germany decided not to buy natural gas from Russia.
29:52As a result, they have to buy natural gas from other countries.
29:55The electricity bill has increased many times.
29:58Germany is saying that life is really hard.
30:01Japan is saying that it is imposing economic sanctions.
30:04In fact, Russia is buying natural gas as before.
30:07Therefore, the electricity bill is not as high as in Europe.
30:12If Japan buys a lot of natural gas from the United States,
30:15the percentage of natural gas imported from other countries will not increase.
30:20In the case of Japan, natural gas imported from other countries is a long-term contract.
30:25For example, if Japan buys natural gas at this price for 10 years,
30:29Japan will have a long-term contract from the beginning.
30:32Therefore, the price of natural gas will not increase or decrease.
30:35Japan will be able to buy natural gas at a stable price.
30:38Therefore, the price of natural gas will not change immediately.
30:41For example, if Russia decides not to impose economic sanctions on Russia,
30:46what will happen if Russia decides not to import natural gas from Russia?
30:49If the number of natural gas imports from the United States increases,
30:52Japan will be able to buy natural gas from Russia.
30:54In other words, if Japan relies on one country,
30:57if the relationship with that country deteriorates,
30:59there is a possibility that natural gas will not come in.
31:02In that sense, Japan imports natural gas from various countries.
31:05In the end, it is good for Japan to diversify natural gas imports from various countries.
31:09This is one way to think about it.
31:15The next promise that Prime Minister Ishiba made to President Trump
31:18is to raise the US$1 trillion investment to about 150 trillion yen.
31:24Speaking of $1 trillion,
31:26it is important to give a surprising number to President Trump.
31:32In fact, Japan has invested $800 billion so far.
31:36That's why it's going to be $1 trillion.
31:40This alone may sound like a demand for a lot of money,
31:45but it's not.
31:47For example, Japanese companies will go to the United States
31:51and build new factories in the United States.
31:54Japanese companies will expand the factories they are building in the United States.
31:59They will spend money on that.
32:02This is a direct investment.
32:07What Prime Minister Ishiba promised is not that the country will spend money,
32:13but that Japanese companies will spend about $1.5 trillion in the United States.
32:20Basically, it's a private matter.
32:22It's about how many private companies do it.
32:25But the Japanese government will support it.
32:30This kind of merit for Japanese companies for a multi-billion dollar investment in the United States.
32:36For example, Mr. Trump says that he will spend a lot of money on cars and other things.
32:42So if Japanese car companies build a car factory in the United States,
32:46they won't have to spend a lot of money on American cars.
32:52They don't know how much money Mr. Trump will spend on American cars,
32:56so they can build a factory in the United States.
32:59Mr. Ikegami, I thought it was all good when I heard what you just said,
33:04but isn't there a demerit?
33:06Of course there is.
33:07In other words, if Japanese companies build a lot of factories in the United States,
33:11there is a possibility that Japanese factories will close down.
33:14They are building in Japan now,
33:16but when they export to the United States, it will cost a lot of money.
33:19So if Japanese companies build factories in the United States,
33:22they will lose employment in Japan.
33:25In addition, there are a lot of small and medium-sized companies in large companies.
33:31If a large company goes to Japan,
33:33a small and medium-sized company will be asked to go to the United States together.
33:38In this way, Japanese companies will lose employment in Japan.
33:42This is the actual demerit.
33:46Mr. Ishiba said that this is basically a private-based story,
33:52so if you leave it to private companies, private companies can do whatever they want.
33:55I don't think that's going to happen.
33:59I've heard that this is a private-based story, and I'm quite supportive of it.
34:02Before Mr. Ishiba went to Japan,
34:05he asked Japanese companies how much they could invest in the United States.
34:10I heard that they were going to build a factory of this size,
34:13so I told Mr. Trump that it would be about this size.
34:17Speaking of investing in the United States,
34:20the US steel procurement issue has been attracting attention since the end of last year.
34:25Do you remember what kind of problem it was?
34:29I know this, too.
34:33What did this mean in the first place?
34:36I don't know.
34:38The Japanese steel company was trying to buy American steel.
34:46They were talking about it,
34:48but Mr. Biden said,
34:50No!
34:52What's going on?
34:54That's right.
34:56The Japanese steel and US steel companies were almost in agreement on the procurement.
35:04At that time, President Biden issued an order to stop the procurement,
35:09and the procurement was stopped.
35:12At this meeting, it was said that it was OK if it was an investment, not a procurement,
35:18but there was a reason for this.
35:21US steel is a very large steel company in the United States,
35:26but it's an old company, so it's a pride for Americans.
35:30US steel is an American company.
35:33The name of the United States is on it.
35:37The Japanese steel company bought it.
35:40There was a reaction to the fact that the Japanese steel company would become a subsidiary.
35:46In the meeting with Mr. Trump,
35:49he said,
35:51No, it's not a procurement, it's an investment.
35:55Mr. Trump said,
35:57No, it's not a procurement, it's an investment.
36:01That's what he said.
36:03Is that OK?
36:05Is there any merit in becoming a Japanese steel company
36:08because it doesn't become a subsidiary?
36:12That's right.
36:14What happens after becoming a subsidiary, not a procurement?
36:26He is going to send even more to the United States.
36:34And the blue sky is reflected in the picture.
36:41Japanese steel has a lot of different technologies.
36:46Japanese steel can make high-quality steel that American US steel cannot.
36:53So if you become a complete subsidiary,
36:56you can teach that technology to US steel.
36:59If you can make high-quality steel over there,
37:02you'll make a lot of money.
37:04I thought it would be beneficial for Japanese steel.
37:08But I can't be a subsidiary.
37:11Can I teach that technology to US steel?
37:15That's what he said.
37:18It's not a procurement, it's an investment.
37:21It's decided by the government.
37:24So it's not decided whether Japanese steel will become a subsidiary or not.
37:29Mr. Ikiromi,
37:30in this news,
37:31companies and companies are talking to each other.
37:35I have an image that a country has come in.
37:38Can a country say something to a company's investment or procurement?
37:44That's a good question.
37:47Why did a country come in to talk to a private company?
37:53In fact, there was such a rule in the United States.
37:58When a foreign company wants to buy Japanese steel,
38:04there is a committee to approve it.
38:11For example, when a Chinese company wants to buy American steel,
38:15there is a committee to approve it.
38:20Therefore, in the United States,
38:23there is a mechanism to prevent foreign companies from buying important things for the country.
38:31In this talk, they talked about various things.
38:36What did Mr. Ikiromi evaluate?
38:39I think the safety guarantee is evaluated.
38:43For example, when Mr. Trump came to Japan,
38:46he didn't say that Japan should increase its defense spending
38:49or that Japan should spend more on the Chinese and American forces.
38:56He also said that he would 100% encourage the US military's deterrence and defense power for the sake of Japan's defense, which is an ally.
39:05In other words, when there is a problem such as the Senkaku Islands,
39:09he clearly said that the United States will definitely help Japan.
39:15This is very big.
39:17He said that he didn't know if he would say it,
39:20but I think it's a success.
39:24We can see that Japan-US relations are relaxed for the time being,
39:29but I'm curious about the relationship with China.
39:32That's right.
39:34Japan can't get along only with the United States, can it?
39:39What kind of impact will Japan have if the United States and China get into a fight in the future?
39:46Especially when President Trump was in power,
39:49there was a fierce trade between China and the United States.
39:53Mr. Endo, do you remember that the US-China trade war was said?
39:57Yes, I remember.
39:59The price of various things rose due to the impact of the trade war,
40:03and the world suffered great economic damage.
40:08Japan also had such an impact.
40:11Exports through China decreased, and production sites moved.
40:17In fact, Japan exports various parts and materials to China.
40:23China exports products from Japan to the United States.
40:29Therefore, if Japan can't export to the United States,
40:32Japan won't be able to buy such things.
40:34That's why Japan's exports to China have decreased.
40:41If many Japanese companies can't export to China,
40:47why don't they build production sites in Southeast Asia?
40:51That's why they moved to Vietnam, Thailand, and Mexico.
40:59In the end, the cost of building factories and the cost of transporting goods increased.
41:07Do you remember anything else that was influenced by that food?
41:14For Japan, the US and China are both important trading partners.
41:21It seems that the US-Japan relationship will be fine for the time being.
41:27However, the US-China relationship is worrisome.
41:32The US-China trade war happened during the first term of President Trump.
41:40The US exported almost half of its imports from China,
41:45exceeding a maximum of 25%.
41:49The Chinese side, on the other hand,
41:52also exceeded a maximum of 25% of their imports from the US.
41:59The impact of this US-China trade war was also on Japanese food.
42:05Do you remember the increase in the price of tofu and natto?
42:09Japan exports more than 90% of its soybeans.
42:14Many of them were imported from the US and Brazil.
42:18However, due to the impact of the trade war,
42:21China decided to buy soybeans from Brazil instead of the US.
42:27As a result, the soybeans from Brazil were bought by China instead of Japan.
42:33As a result, Japan had to buy soybeans at a high price.
42:38As a result, Japan had to buy soybeans at a high price.
42:46As a result, Japan had to buy soybeans from Brazil instead of the US.
42:53Japan was hit hard by the trade war.
42:55And this time, the same thing happened again.
42:59The so-called Trump-imperialism.
43:02On February 1, Japan announced that it would pay 25% of its imports from Canada and Mexico.
43:09However, Japan postponed it for a month.
43:12However, Japan's response to China was different.
43:16Japan signed the Trump-imperialism, which would pay 10% of its imports.
43:19Japan signed the Trump-imperialism, which would pay 10% of its imports.
43:22Then, the Chinese side decided to pay a maximum of 15% of its imports.
43:30The second round of the US-China trade war started early.
43:35What will happen to Japan?
43:38It started again.
43:40Yes, it did.
43:41It's the exchange of tariffs again.
43:45Just like the first round, it's the exchange of reimbursement tariffs.
43:50As a result, Japan's soy products will rise again.
43:55It's a tough trade war, but there is a possibility that it will rise further.
44:02In addition to this, there is a possibility that the US and China will confront each other in terms of security guarantees.
44:08Not only in terms of economy, but also in terms of security guarantees,
44:12Japan may become a thorn in the side of the US and China.
44:17I don't think that the US-China trade war is a joke.
44:21I want you to see that it will have a great impact on Japan.
44:25President Trump said that he would stop the war between Russia and Ukraine.
44:31Will he do that?
44:33Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.
44:37In fact, President Trump has already taken action to stop the war.
44:44Is there really a possibility that this problem will be solved?
44:49During the presidential election, he said that if he becomes president, he will stop the war in 24 hours.
44:56As soon as he became president, he said that it would take 6 months because it would be impossible to stop the war in 24 hours.
45:01He immediately talked to President Putin on the phone.
45:05He said that he would hold a talk in Saudi Arabia to stop the war in Ukraine.
45:12On the other hand, President Zelensky of Ukraine said that he wanted to hold a talk on the phone,
45:18but he suddenly talked to President Putin on the phone.
45:22He said that it was unpleasant.
45:25I don't know what this will look like.
45:28President Trump said that if he becomes president, he will stop the war in Ukraine.
45:34I wonder if he can really stop the war in Ukraine.
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