I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my colleague Grant Newsham,

Colonel United States Marine Corps, retired author of When China Attacks.

Having spent many years in Asia, he is my Tokyo whisperer.

There is a new prime minister in Tokyo, Takiichi Sinai.

The first woman in that post, most significantly, she is a student of the hawkish Tokyo leadership these many years

and presents herself now as standing firmly in defense of Japan's growth, at the same time

protecting its neighbors, Taiwan being most notable, from the aggression and threats of the People's Republic

of China. China's propaganda machine has been especially cruel to Takicinai since she was

named the Prime Minister by an overwhelming majority of the Japanese people and is celebrated.

She can play rock and roll dramas, for example, is celebrated as a pop hero.

However, now the Iran War and the president of the United States has requested Tokyo

to assist in keeping the straight-of-Harmuz open with the formula that the oil and gas coming

out of the Gulf flows mainly to Asia. The U.S. has an abundant amount of energy, and he expects

Japan and South Korea and surprisingly China to participate in the demining and or patrolling of the Strait of

Farmuz. As of now, according to headlines in Europe in these last 12 hours,

UK and Germany have said, no, we're not going to participate. France has said we'll participate

after the war concludes. Shooting stops. And Japan has said,'ll participate after the war concludes.

The shooting stops.

And Japan has said, no, reluctant, but carefully, no, reluctant.

Grant, a very good evening to you.

Tukhits and I is in a place where they have to pay you the big bucks to get out of this one.

He squeezed from both sides, the U.S. and China.

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