13 Apr 2018

Asia correspondent Anna Fifield

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 13 April 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to meet US President Donald Trump. They used to be in lock-step on North Korea but now Trump is holding a summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and has slapped steel tariffs on Japan. Is their bromance dead? Also, toxic alcohol has caused more than 100 people to die in Indonesia in April, as a consequence of the black market, and China's sperm bank wants proof of loyalty to the Communist Party. New Zealander Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo.