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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 it a third company?
02:47The company that caused the accident decides whether to make a third company meeting or not.
02:52Can the organization decide the time of the meeting?
02:56Of course, the organization will request it,
03:00but it may be impossible for the investigation to do it within three months.
03:08So, if you request a third company meeting,
03:11you have to pay for it, right?
03:13The company 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 request an investigation from a third company?
03:41That's right.
03:43It's okay if you don't know.
03:46How do you ask someone?
03:50Do you look it up?
03:53Of course, I do.
03:54I asked for a third company on the Internet.
03:59Why do they come out?
04:00Recently, there have been a lot of posts on the Internet.
04:05Do you go to places like that?
04:08For example, in a big company, there is a lawyer.
04:12If you ask a lawyer,
04:14the company pays you, right?
04:16It's not a third company, right?
04:18That's what people say.
04:20So, 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 many cases where you ask a lawyer,
04:58but there are people in the third company committee
05:01who have a surprising occupation.
05:05If you have a financial problem,
05:08what kind of members do you think you should include?
05:10I 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, people like that.
05:23First of all, lawyers who are familiar with the law and are good at hearing,
05:27financial accountants who are familiar with money,
05:30or journalists who represent the public.
05:34It depends on the case.
05:37So, you don't ask for a journalist?
05:39Yes, that's right.
05:40To put it simply,
05:41anyone is fine as long as it's a third party with no external relationship.
05:45You don't need a license?
05:47So, you don't ask for a third party?
05:50No, I don't think so.
05:52I don't think so.
05:54I think it's okay to say that.
05:57The role of the third party committee is
06:00to find out the truth of the problem and to prevent it from happening again.
06:05Based on the hearing from the person involved
06:08and the information provided by the company,
06:11the third party committee will decide
06:14to create a survey report.
06:21How many people can see the survey report?
06:24We will publish it.
06:26We can see it?
06:28If it's a company, it will be published on the website.
06:31It will be published on the website.
06:33Of course, based on the results,
06:36our company will take measures to publish it.
06:42Do you have a general standard for funding?
06:47In fact,
06:48it is said that it will cost a lot of money to run the third party committee.
06:54If it's a third party committee,
06:56it will cost a lot of money in full time.
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 it will cost a lot of money
07:10if the employees of the third party committee
07:13have to listen to each other.
07:16But there is no legal authority
07:19in the third party committee.
07:24However,
07:25there is a guideline created by the Japan Lawyers Association.
07:30It means that you should follow it.
07:33For example,
07:35you should choose a position that has nothing to do with the company,
07:39and even if the survey results are disadvantageous to the company,
07:42you must write it in the survey report.
07:45In other words,
07:46you shouldn't say,
07:47please don't write it in the report.
07:50In addition,
07:51you shouldn't disclose the results to the company in advance.
07:54In other words,
07:55you shouldn't tell the company in advance
07:57that you will compile a report like this.
07:59Then you will be told,
08:00please do it again.
08:01You will be told by the company,
08:02please don't do that.
08:05In other words,
08:06you shouldn't tell the company in advance,
08:08and you will be told by the company
08:09that you will compile a report like this.
08:11It is said that it is desirable.
08:14The guideline was created
08:16so that the report should not be made
08:18according to the company's intentions.
08:21However,
08:22it doesn't mean that you must follow it.
08:27It's just a guideline.
08:30The Japan Lawyers Association
08:31is just saying that the report is desirable.
08:34It's just saying that it's desirable.
08:36So you don't have to follow it.
08:39There is no legal obligation.
08:40There is no legal basis.
08:43Then,
08:44the Japan Lawyers Association
08:45will check this.
08:47More and more.
08:48The Japan Lawyers Association
08:49will make more and more.
08:50If it is designed.
08:52However,
08:53the Japan Lawyers Association
08:55is aiming at the development prevention measures
08:57The Japan Lawyers Association
08:59has many advantages.
09:04Is there any other purpose
09:06to create the Japan Lawyers Association?
09:10I don't know if the word is good or not,
09:12but it's not a show-off,
09:14but it's going to be like this.
09:16I thought that this would happen
09:18to 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.
09:28It's quite rare overseas.
09:31Don't you do it?
09:32I've done this kind of problem,
09:34so I'll do it like this.
09:35If you announce it,
09:36that's all.
09:37For example, there are many cases like that.
09:39If something happens,
09:40immediately bow your head in front of everyone.
09:42It's an extremely Japanese thing.
09:44That's right.
09:45And like this,
09:46a tough girl came in from the third party
09:49and said,
09:50I did this.
09:52If you're doing this much,
09:54the company will reflect on it,
09:56so I'll forgive you.
09:58It means that the atmosphere of society changes.
10:01It's often said that misogy has come to an end.
10:04Ah, misogy.
10:05In order to end misogy somewhere,
10:07if a reporter comes out at this third party meeting
10:10and says,
10:11I will protect it properly from now on,
10:13it means that misogy has come to an end.
10:16That's what it means.
10:18That's why this third party meeting
10:21is said to have been born in Japan.
10:25After all,
10:26I wonder if the company paid for it
10:28and really became a third party.
10:31At worst,
10:32I got a lot of money,
10:34so I can do a lot of research without thinking about it.
10:37Every time I see this system,
10:39I think so.
10:41Of course, I don't think so,
10:43but I really want you to investigate.
10:46It's not a company.
10:49100?
10:51There is also a third party meeting
10:53that is held when there is a misogy in the local government.
10:57What did I say?
11:00It's 100, right?
11:01I remember something.
11:02100.
11:03Yes, I almost said it.
11:04100?
11:05100.
11:07I almost said it.
11:09It's something like 100.
11:10It's a 100-person meeting.
11:12100-person meeting.
11:13Yes.
11:14Yes.
11:16It's good news that
11:18he investigated the power harassment of the governor of Hyogo prefecture.
11:24Then,
11:25what does the 100-person meeting of the 100-person committee mean?
11:30This is...
11:32It's some kind of 100-person meeting.
11:35That's right.
11:361st, 2nd, 98th, 99th, 100th.
11:40I think it's the local government.
11:42Local government?
11:43Yes.
11:44It's a 100-person meeting of the local government.
11:46It's that early?
11:47It's not a big deal.
11:49Just think of it as a law.
11:53In Japan,
11:54there is a law that states that
11:56the administration of the prefecture should be carried out properly.
12:00The 100-person committee is set up in the 100-person committee.
12:08When the local government wants to investigate the corruption of the local government,
12:14the 100-person committee is set up.
12:19In that case,
12:20when there is a corruption of the local government,
12:22the members of the committee suggest that
12:25the 100-person committee should be set up.
12:28When the majority of the members of the committee agree,
12:31the 100-person committee is set up.
12:34The 100-person committee actually investigates the corruption of the local government.
12:38The 3rd party committee was investigated by someone who has nothing to do with the company.
12:44What about the 100-person committee?
12:47The members of the committee are the members of parliament.
12:50The members of parliament investigate the corruption of the local government.
12:53However, the members of parliament are the ones who support it.
12:56That's the 100-person committee.
12:59If so, why don't they talk about it in the parliament?
13:05We have to investigate thoroughly so that no one can lie.
13:09Yes, that's right.
13:10We can't lie.
13:12As you said,
13:14the 100-person committee has a strong power that the parliament does not have.
13:20In other words, the 100-person committee has a special right to investigate.
13:26The 100-person committee can go to the relevant party and ask for a testimony.
13:32If you are asked to leave because you want to hear a story in a normal meeting,
13:36you can't do that.
13:38If you are asked to testify, you can't testify.
13:41If you are lied to, you can't testify.
13:44In the case of the 100-person committee,
13:46if you refuse to testify or refuse to submit a record,
13:49or if you lie,
13:51you will be fined.
13:53In other words, you will be fined.
13:57The 100-person committee has such a strong power that you have to go to the prison to testify.
14:06How many 100-person committees have been held so far?
14:13For example, only 11 committees have been held in the past 10 years.
14:19It's been 51 years since the 100-person committee was established in Hyogo Prefecture.
14:26So it's called the court of the emperor, which checks local affairs.
14:32Next is this.
14:35News that raises the limit of the cost of medical treatment.
14:41No matter how expensive medical treatment costs in Japan,
14:46only a part of the cost is paid.
14:49Depending on the year, the limit is determined.
14:55Now that it can be raised,
14:58if the burden increases,
15:01the patients will be on a rampage.
15:05It's big news right now.
15:09Have you ever used this cost-benefit system in the first place?
15:16No, I haven't.
15:18I don't have much opportunity to receive medical treatment until I reach the limit,
15:25so I thought it was a little far-fetched news.
15:30Actually, it's not that far-fetched news.
15:35For example, hospitalization due to a traffic accident,
15:38or surgery,
15:42it's a relatively familiar system.
15:46It's a system that can be very helpful when you get sick.
15:51It's better to know this.
15:54For example, if you have cancer or other serious diseases,
15:59the cost of treatment will be high.
16:02If you pay the full amount,
16:04there may be people whose lives will be destroyed.
16:08It depends on the year,
16:11but the limit is set for medical treatment costs per month.
16:17For example, if you are under 70 years old,
16:20the cost of treatment is 30%.
16:24So if you spend 10,000 yen on treatment,
16:27you will have to pay 30% of that, which is 3,000 yen.
16:33It's a lot of money.
16:38For example, if you spend 1 million yen on medical treatment,
16:42you will have to pay 300,000 yen for the window sill.
16:48But with this system,
16:50you can live on less than that.
16:55This is the limit for each year.
16:59For an average person,
17:01even if you spend 1 million yen on medical treatment,
17:05you only have to pay less than 100,000 yen per month.
17:11Recently, the cost of treatment for cancer is very high.
17:18In other words, it costs hundreds of billions of yen to develop a pharmaceutical company.
17:24So you have to start from scratch.
17:27Especially in the early days, the 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 a system to set the limit.
17:44So why did they decide to raise the limit?
17:50The country is in a situation where we have to spend a lot of money,
17:55so I want to change it a little.
17:58Of course, they want to reduce the burden
18:01because increasing the number of elderly people also costs medical treatment.
18:06But there is another big reason.
18:10When Mr. Kishida was Prime Minister, he said this.
18:14Do you remember?
18:16He said it was a measure to reduce the number of children.
18:20Anyway, if the number of children is decreasing, this is not good.
18:24For example, people who give birth, people who raise children,
18:27or people who pay for university tuition, etc.
18:30He said he would put effort into reducing the number of children.
18:36And for that purpose, he created a new agency called the Children's Household Agency.
18:41But it costs money.
18:44So where does the money for raising children come from?
18:50At that time, he focused on the education and medical expenses system.
18:56The budget was announced at that time that it would cost 3.6 trillion yen in total.
19:01Don't you remember, Ms. Isono?
19:03I don't remember.
19:05It's a clear budget.
19:071.5 trillion yen out of 3.6 trillion yen is the budget for regulation.
19:11Let's take advantage of the budget so far.
19:14And this is 1.1 trillion yen.
19:16It's a budget reform for social security.
19:19A budget reform means reducing the burden on the country.
19:23It means raising the education and medical expenses a little more
19:28and putting a little more burden on yourself.
19:31So let's reduce this.
19:33I see.
19:35So how much will the burden actually increase?
19:40The budget will be raised gradually from August this year.
19:46In the end, it will be like this.
19:50The average annual income is 8,000 yen per month.
19:55If the annual income is 6.5 million yen, it will be about 60,000 yen per month.
20:00If you have a higher annual income, the budget will be raised by about 200,000 yen per month.
20:08In other words, the budget will be raised by 200,000 yen per month.
20:14It means 2.4 million yen per year.
20:17In other words, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is trying to provide medical care to people who don't have money.
20:23So if you have money, please pay for it yourself.
20:26So the amount of burden will vary depending on your income.
20:30For example, if you have a monthly income of 400,000 yen, it will be around here.
20:35In that case, it will be about 60,000 yen.
20:37In other words, it will be more than 700,000 yen per year.
20:40It will increase more than before.
20:42That's big.
20:44This is big.
20:46If you were in the position of a patient, what would you do?
20:50Of course, preventive measures are also important.
20:53I think there will be people who give up treatment and stop treatment.
21:02I think it's really scary that there is a possibility that you can't receive treatment because you can't pay for it.
21:11That's right.
21:12I thought I couldn't get sick.
21:14If I don't receive treatment, I'll die.
21:19In fact, this is what the patient's group said.
21:24I also think about the cost of household expenses, which are household chores, daily care, and hospitalization.
21:31I'm also thinking about my mental health.
21:35It is impossible to bear any more medical expenses.
21:39Especially the child-rearing generation.
21:41It's a big blow to those who are raising their children and receiving their own treatment.
21:46I understand that doctors are doing this for the sake of their children in the future.
21:52How about taking money from patients who are suffering now?
21:57I heard that kind of voice.
21:59For example, in the case of cancer, there have been a few years of special medicine for cancer.
22:07When I was told that I could use this, I wanted to use it.
22:11There are feelings of patients and families.
22:14If the number of patients is small, it will take a lot of money for pharmaceutical companies to develop medicine for them alone.
22:24But if everyone takes it, for example, if it's a normal cold, everyone will use it, so you can get rid of it right away.
22:30If the number of patients is small, the cost of medicine will be high.
22:35It means that people who have to use the medical treatment system will come out.
22:40Now, the budget committee of the National Assembly is discussing the withdrawal of this limit.
22:48Part of it was corrected because of the strong repulsion.
22:54Some of the patients who have been treated for a long time have been advised not to withdraw the limit of their own burden.
23:05However, the current people may not be able to withdraw the limit, but the future people may be able to withdraw the limit.
23:14I think it's a good thing to hear about the measures to reduce the cost of medical treatment for a year.
23:19But where does the budget come from?
23:22It means that this kind of problem occurs.
23:25I think there's definitely a place where the budget is wasted.
23:29I think it's better 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 the budget to investigate.
23:38The third-party committee.
23:41If you pull the limit of the medical treatment system, there will be people who want to quit going to the doctor.
23:48That's why the cost of medicine will be lower.
23:52If you put it all in the budget, you can do whatever you want.
23:57If you raise the hurdle from the beginning, no one will come, and no one will spend money.
24:01I don't think it's a good idea.
24:04In the end, you can't put a price on your life.
24:09The rich can live a long life, but the poor can't.
24:13Life must be equal.
24:16There's a basic way of thinking about it.
24:23The Japan-U.S. summit held the other day.
24:28It was a big news, and it was reported every day.
24:33How did you call him?
24:37Mr. Trump called Mr. Abe Shinzo.
24:40Mr. Abe called him Donald.
24:43What did you call him?
24:45I didn't call him that.
24:47He's smiling and shaking hands in this picture.
24:50There were a lot of worries about what would happen in front of the stairs.
24:55Prime Minister Ishiba was worried about whether he would get along with President Trump.
25:00He was worried about how he would speak.
25:03He was quite worried.
25:06But when it's over, there's a lot of success.
25:10Prime Minister Ishiba made a promise to President Trump.
25:15Buy a lot of natural gas in the U.S.
25:19Increase investment in the U.S.
25:22He made a lot of promises, but this is what he promised.
25:26If you look at this alone, you can see that he was in a good mood because it was in the U.S.
25:34Mr. Ishiba's stairs seem to be convenient for the U.S., but many people say that it was a success.
25:42What kind of benefits did Japan have?
25:47First of all, he promised to buy a lot of natural gas from the U.S.
25:53In Japan, we import almost everything.
25:56We mainly use natural gas, which is used mainly for fossil fuels and household city gas.
26:04Prime Minister Ishiba promised to buy a lot of natural gas.
26:08How much natural gas is imported from the U.S. now?
26:14Please look at this graph.
26:17In fact, 9.6% from the U.S.
26:22The most is Australia, about 40%.
26:25Next is 15% in Malaysia.
26:29It's less than 10%.
26:33He promised to buy a lot of natural gas from the U.S.
26:41We haven't decided how much it will be yet.
26:45Mr. Trump says it's a record amount.
26:50But did Japan have to force him to buy it?
26:55They both have their own merits.
26:59From the U.S. point of view, you can buy a lot of natural gas, so you can make money.
27:05Ms. Isono, what do you think is the merit of Japan?
27:08That's the point.
27:10I've been wondering why.
27:13Why?
27:15What are the merits of buying a lot of natural gas from the U.S.?
27:24You can sell your neck.
27:26I don't know.
27:28You buy natural gas and sell your neck.
27:32There is a possibility that the price of electricity and gas will be cheaper in the future.
27:39The point is that they want to buy natural gas from Alaska.
27:46Originally, Alaska was known to have a lot of natural resources.
27:53However, President Biden at that time prohibited mining to destroy nature.
28:01What did President Trump say on the first day of his inauguration?
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?
28:23Why is there a possibility that the price of electricity and gas will be cheaper if you buy natural gas from Alaska?
28:32Natural gas from the U.S. is coming to Japan through Panama Canal.
28:44The traffic volume of Panama Canal is very high.
28:47However, if you buy natural gas from Alaska, it will come to Japan immediately.
28:53It takes a month to get here, but it takes a week to get here.
28:58The cost will be cheaper.
29:02It's not like we're going to buy it from Alaska right away.
29:09I think we'll be able to buy it from Alaska in a few years.
29:14In that case, we may be able to reduce the price or increase it.
29:19This is a plus for Japan.
29:22Let's take a look at other countries that import natural gas.
29:28Look at this.
29:30Russia is buying this much.
29:35Russia announced that it had imposed economic sanctions on Russia after the military invasion of Ukraine.
29:41But Russia continues to buy natural gas.
29:44That's why Russia hasn't 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, and the 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, but Russia is buying natural gas as before.
30:08The electricity bill in Japan is not as high as in Europe.
30:12If you buy a lot of natural gas from the United States,
30:15if you buy natural gas from other countries, won't you have to wait a little longer?
30:20In the case of natural gas in Japan, it is a long-term contract to buy it from other countries.
30:25For example, if you buy it for 10 years at this price,
30:29if you make a long-term contract from the beginning,
30:32you can buy it at a stable price without increasing or decreasing the price.
30:38So it doesn't change right away.
30:41For example, if you decide to impose economic sanctions on Russia,
30:46what would you do if Russia decided to stop importing?
30:49If the number of imports from the United States increases, you can replace Russia.
30:54In other words, if you rely 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, it is good for the country to diversify the importation of natural gas from various countries.
31:09There is such a way of thinking.
31:15The next promise that Prime Minister Ishiba made to President Trump was
31:18to raise the US$1 trillion to about 150 trillion yen.
31:24When it comes to the US$1 trillion,
31:26it is important to give a surprising number to President Trump.
31:31In fact, Japan has invested $800 billion so far.
31:36That's why it's going to be US$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 such things.
32:02This is called direct investment.
32:07What Prime Minister Ishiba promised was not that the country would spend money,
32:13but that Japanese companies would spend about 150 trillion yen in the United States.
32:20Basically, it's a private matter.
32:22It's about how much private companies will do.
32:25But the Japanese government will support it.
32:30This kind of merit for Japanese companies to invest in the United States.
32:36For example, President Trump said that he would spend a lot of money on cars and other things.
32:42So if Japanese companies build a car factory in the United States,
32:46it's an American car, so it's not going to cost a lot of money.
32:52Trump doesn't know how much money he's going to spend,
32:56so he can just build a factory in the United States.
32:59Mr. Ikegami, when I was listening to what you just said,
33:02I thought it was all good, but is there any disadvantage?
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 they will close down Japanese factories.
33:14They're building in Japan now, but it's going to cost a lot of money to export to the United States,
33:18so if they quit Japan and build in the United States,
33:22they're going to lose employment in Japan.
33:25In addition, large companies have a lot of small and medium-sized businesses.
33:31If a large company leaves,
33:33the small and medium-sized companies will be asked to go to the United States together.
33:38In other words, there is a real disadvantage of losing employment in Japan.
33:46After hearing this story,
33:48Mr. Ishiba said, basically, this is a private-based story.
33:52If you leave it to the private sector, the private sector can do it freely.
33:55I don't think that's going to happen.
33:59This is a private-based story.
34:02Before Mr. Ishiba went to Japan,
34:05he was hearing a lot about how much investment he could make in the United States.
34:10I heard that he was going to build a factory of this size,
34:13so I told Mr. Trump that it would be about this size.
34:17Speaking of investment in the United States,
34:20the U.S. steel acquisition issue, which 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 was going on in the first place?
34:36I don't know.
34:38A Japanese steel company was trying to buy a U.S. company.
34:47Mr. Biden said no.
34:51Why?
34:53That's right.
34:55The Japanese steel company and the U.S. steel company were almost on the same page when it came to buying U.S. steel.
35:04At that time, President Biden issued an order to stop the acquisition of U.S. steel,
35:09and the acquisition stopped.
35:12At this talk, it was said that it was okay to invest, not to buy U.S. steel.
35:18There's a reason for that.
35:21U.S. steel is a very big steel company in the United States,
35:26but it's been around for a long time, so it's a pride for Americans.
35:30U.S. steel is a U.S. company.
35:33The U.S. company has the name of the United Nations,
35:37and the 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 talk with Mr. Trump, he said,
35:49No, I'm not going to buy U.S. steel.
35:52I'm going to invest in U.S. steel.
35:55Mr. Trump said,
35:57I'm not going to buy U.S. steel.
35:59I'm going to invest in U.S. steel.
36:01That's what he said.
36:03Can I ask you a question?
36:05If you invest in U.S. steel, it doesn't become your company.
36:08Is there any benefit for the Japanese steel company?
36:12That's right.
36:14What happens next?
36:28He is going to invest even more in the U.S.
36:35And the blue sky is reflected in the picture.
36:40Japanese steel has a wide variety of technologies.
36:46Japanese steel can make high-quality steel that U.S. steel in the United States cannot make.
36:53So if it becomes a complete subsidiary,
36:56it will teach the technology to U.S. steel,
36:59and if it makes high-performance steel over there,
37:02it will be very profitable,
37:04and I thought it would be beneficial for Japanese steel.
37:07If it becomes a complete subsidiary,
37:09it will teach the technology to U.S. steel,
37:12and if it makes high-performance steel over there,
37:15it will be very profitable,
37:17and I thought it would be beneficial for Japanese steel.
37:19The story of investment, not acquisition,
37:21was decided by the government,
37:24and it is not yet decided whether Japanese steel will be approved.
37:29Mr. Ikiromi,
37:30in this news,
37:32companies and companies are somehow talking to each other,
37:35and I have an image that the government has come in.
37:38Is it possible for the government to say something to the company's investment or acquisition?
37:44That's a good question.
37:47Why did the government intervene in the conversation of private companies this time?
37:53In fact, there was such a rule in the United States.
37:58When a foreign company wants to buy a very important job
38:02such as steel or national security insurance,
38:05there is a committee to decide whether to approve it or not.
38:11For example, when a Chinese company wanted to buy an American company before,
38:15there was a time when it was rejected whether it could be Chinese.
38:20So, when it comes to important things for such a country,
38:24there is a mechanism in the United States to prevent it from being acquired from a foreign country.
38:32In this conversation, they talked about various things,
38:36but what did Mr. Ikiromi evaluate?
38:39I think the point of security insurance is evaluated.
38:43For example, when Mr. Trump said,
38:46he didn't say that Japan should increase its defense spending more,
38:49or that Japan should spend more on the Chinese and American forces.
38:55He didn't say that at all.
38:57In addition, he also said that he would 100% encourage the US military's deterrence and defense power for the defense of Japan, which is an ally country.
39:05In other words, when there was a problem with the Senkaku Islands or something like that,
39:09the United States said clearly that it would definitely help Japan.
39:15This is very big.
39:17He said that he didn't know if he would say it, but he said it.
39:20This is considered to be a success.
39:24We can see that the relationship between Japan and the United States is also innovative,
39:29but what I'm curious about is the relationship with China.
39:32That's right.
39:34Japan can't just get along with America, can it?
39:39What kind of impact will it have on Japan if the United States and China get into a fight in the future?
39:46Especially during the first Trump administration,
39:49there was a fierce trade between China and Japan.
39:53Do you remember the US-China trade war?
39:57Yes, I remember.
39:59Due to the influence of the US-China trade war, the price of various goods rose,
40:03and the world suffered great economic damage.
40:08Japan was also affected by this.
40:11Exports through China have decreased, and production sites have moved.
40:17In fact, Japan exports various parts and materials to China.
40:23China is exporting goods from Japan to the United States.
40:29So if you can't export to the United States, you won't be able to buy these things from Japan.
40:34That's why the number of goods exported to China in Japan has decreased.
40:41If many Japanese companies can't export to China,
40:46they can build production sites in Southeast Asia.
40:51They can move to Vietnam, Thailand, or 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 affected by that food?
41:16For Japan, the US and China are both important trading partners.
41:22It seems that the US-Japan relationship will be fine for the time being.
41:28The relationship between the US and China is worrisome.
41:33What happened in the first phase of President Trump's administration was the US-China trade war.
41:40The US exported almost half of its imports from China,
41:44exceeding a maximum of 25% of its imports.
41:49The Chinese side, on the other hand, also exceeded a maximum of 25% of its imports from the US.
41:59The impact of this US-China trade war is also on Japanese food.
42:05Do you remember that the price of tofu and natto went up?
42:09Japan exports more than 90% of its soybeans.
42:15Japan imported a lot of soybeans from the US and Brazil.
42:19However, due to the impact of the trade war, China decided not to buy soybeans from the US,
42:25but to buy soybeans from Brazil.
42:28As a result, Brazil's soybeans were not bought by Japan, but by China.
42:33As a result, Brazil's soybeans were not bought by Japan, but by China.
42:38As a result of the US-China trade war, the price of soybeans from Brazil skyrocketed in Japan.
42:46As a result, the price of tofu, natto, and soy sauce skyrocketed in Japan.
42:53Japan was hit hard.
42:55And this time, the same thing happened again.
42:59The so-called Trump inflation.
43:02On February 1, Japan announced that it would pay 25% of its imports from Canada and Mexico.
43:09However, it was postponed for a month.
43:12However, Japan's response to China was different.
43:16Japan signed the President's order to pay 10% of its imports.
43:19Japan signed the President's order to pay 10% of its imports.
43:22Then, China decided to pay a maximum of 15% of its imports.
43:30The second round of the US-China trade war started early.
43:35What impact will it have on Japan?
43:38It started again.
43:40Yes, it started.
43:42It's another exchange of tariffs.
43:45Just like the first round, the exchange of retaliation tariffs happened.
43:50Then, the price of Japanese soybeans skyrocketed again.
43:55The price of Japanese soybeans skyrocketed again.
44:02In addition to this, 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.
44:17Don't think that the US-China trade war is a joke.
44:22The US-China trade war will have a great impact on Japan.
44:25President Trump said that he would stop the war between Russia and Ukraine.
44:31He said it firmly.
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, President Trump said that he would stop the war in 24 hours.
44:56As soon as he became president, he said that it would take 6 months.
45:01He immediately talked to President Putin on the phone.
45:05He said that he would hold talks in Saudi Arabia to stop the war in Ukraine.
45:12On the other hand, when President Zelensky became president of Ukraine,
45:16President Zelensky wanted to talk to President Putin on the phone,
45:19but he suddenly talked to President Putin on the phone.
45:22He said it was unpleasant.
45:25I don't know what this will look like.
45:28President Trump said that he would stop the war in Ukraine when he became president.
45:34It is important to know how to stop the war.