Welcome back.
On VIEW POINT... today...
we stay...
with diplomatic efforts... by the Biden administration...
here... in this part of the world.
For more...
on the U.S. presidential delegation's Asia Trip...
I have Donald KIRK... here in the studio.
Donald...
it's great...
to have you... here.
I also have KO-SU-KE TA-KA-HA-SHI...
LIVE on the LINE.
Kosuke... it's been a while.
Welcome back.
1) Donald...
you covered... the summit...
here in Seoul.
What would you say... were the highlights... of last week’s talks?
2) And...
Kosuke...
what were...
some of the notable takeaways... from the meeting...
between President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida... earlier on Monday?
3) Donald...
you were... at the joint press conference... held... by Presidents
Yoon and Biden... this past Saturday.
First...
what was... the hall there...
like... compared to the former media venue...
at Cheongwadae?
Second...
what can you tell us... about the two leaders’ styles... in addressing...
members of the media?
4) Kosuke...
what can you share with us... about the overall atmosphere...
during the media briefing...
following the summit... in Japan?
5) Donald...
here... among the local media...
quite a bit of significance has been attached... to the fact... that President Yoon’s first
summit... with his U.S. counterpart...
took place... less than a fortnight... at the top office.
Has this reality... also been touched upon... by the foreign media?
6) Kosuke...
there has also been... a bit of attention...
here... on the fact... that Mr. Biden began...
his Asia trip... in South Korea.
Has this particular reality... been addressed... by pundits... in Japan?
7) NOW...
DONALD... before I ask you this next question... let's take... a quick look... at this short
clip.
7-1) DONALD... that was
President
Biden's
MESSAGE... to North Korea's
Kim Jong-un.
How do you interpret...
this curt address?
8) Donald... speaking to reporters in Tokyo...
Mr. Biden claimed the U.S. would MILITARILY DEFEND Taiwan... in the case of a Chinese
invasion.
Pundits say... the remark may PROMPT.. rather than DETER...
Chinese aggression against Taiwan.
What are
your thoughts?
9) Kosuke... aside from regional security...
here in South Korea...
there was much focus... on economic security...
as well.
That being said...
how are observers... in Japan...
assessing...
the significance... of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework... for
this region?
10) Donald...
with regard... to security...
here on
the peninsula...
much depends... on North Korea’s future actions.
Do you suppose...
its ongoing battle... against the pandemic... may serve... to
open...
a fresh door for dialogue and diplomacy?
11) Kusoke...
what has been disclosed...
thus far... about the QUAD summit...
there... among the leaders of Japan...
the U.S.... India... and Australia?
All right