00:00To the press corps, I'm very sorry that we kept waiting.
00:04As a matter of fact, Mr. President and I myself just enjoyed watching the Major League Baseball match.
00:12Actually, Lauderdale vs. Blue Jays and Lauderdale is now in a one-point lead.
00:18We really enjoyed the match.
00:19President Trump, let me extend a very warm welcome upon your visit to Japan.
00:25As I convey to you over the phone, I thank you for your congratulatory message to me right after my party, LDP's presidential election.
00:36And I have been very much looking forward to seeing you in person here in Japan.
00:40First of all, thank you for your enduring friendship with Prime Minister Abe over the years.
01:01In addition, thank you for extending gracious hospitality to Mrs. Akihe Abe at the end of last year.
01:07As a matter of fact, Prime Minister Abe often told me about your dynamic diplomacy.
01:14Most recently, Mr. President succeeded in securing a ceasefire deal between Thailand and Cambodia and contributed to ensuring peace in Asia.
01:25Also, the deal you have recently achieved in the Middle East is an unprecedented historic achievement.
01:32In such a short period of time, the world started to enjoy more peace on the ground.
01:40And in this context, I highly value your unwavering commitment towards peace and stability.
01:48I, myself, was so impressed and inspired by you, Mr. President.
01:52Now, both Japan and the United States have developed the greatest alliance in the world.
01:59And together with you, Japan is ready to contribute towards peace and stability.
02:05I am determined to restore dynamic Japan's diplomacy to protect Japan's own national interests.
02:12In addition, I am ready to promote further collaboration with you and with the United States toward our shared goal of achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific.
02:23With you my determination, I will continue to strive as a leader of Japan to strengthen Japan's national power,
02:32namely diplomacy, defense capabilities, economic power, technology, intelligence, and human resources.
02:40Next year, the United States will mark the semi-quincentennial anniversary.
02:45Japan and I would like to join the United States to have a magnificent celebration.
02:52We will extend a gift of 250 cherry trees to Washington, D.C.
02:58In addition, I understand that fireworks from Japan, from Akita Prefecture, will be shown in Washington, D.C. on July 4th next year.
03:07Through these efforts, together with you, Mr. President, I would like to realize a new golden age of Japan-U.S. alliance,
03:17where both Japan and the United States will become stronger and also more prosperous. Thank you.
03:24As you know, Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine.
03:28And I was very saddened to see what happened. It was so shocking.
03:35But he spoke so well of you, even before we knew what was going to happen and your ascension.
03:42He spoke so well of you long before we met.
03:46And I'm not surprised to see that you are now the prime minister.
03:49And he would be very happy to know that.
03:52And I congratulate you on behalf of the United States of America.
03:56I know that you are increasing your military capacity very substantially.
04:03And we've received your orders for a very large amount of new military equipment.
04:09And you know that we make the best military equipment in the world, the jets, the missiles, and everything else.
04:14And hopefully we don't have to use them very much, if at all.
04:17But we appreciate that order.
04:19And we very much appreciate the trade.
04:22We're going to do tremendous trade together, I think more than ever before.
04:26We're just signing a new deal, and it's a very fair deal.
04:30And we look forward to welcoming Japan into the United States in a continuation.
04:36And it's something that everybody is very, very excited about.
04:39I have always had a great love of Japan and a great respect of Japan.
04:45And I will say that this will be a relationship that will be stronger than ever before.
04:50And I look forward to working with you.
04:51And on behalf of our country, I want to just let you know, anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there.
05:04We are an ally at the strongest level, and it's a great honor to be with you, especially so early in what will be, I think, one of the greatest prime ministers.
05:15I think you will be one of the great—everything I know, from Shinzo and others, you will be one of the great prime ministers.
05:20I'd also like to congratulate you on being the first woman prime minister.
05:26That's a big deal.
05:27That's a big deal.
05:28And I want to congratulate you on that.
05:30I think that has to be called out.
05:32And you're going to do a fantastic job, and we're going to have a fantastic relationship.
05:37Thank you very much.
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