CPAC 2016 - Jikido "Jay" Aeba (The Japanese Conservative Union)

America and Japan are situated far apart, but we are united in our belief that freedom means dedication to the dignity, rights, and equality of man. And I want you to know, Mr. Chairman, how honored we are that you've come to see us, that you want to collaborate and partner with us, and there's a lot we can do. She's Yumiko, my special interpreter. Good afternoon, fellow conservatives. I'm honored and privileged to be with you. In Japan, I work as a conservative political commentator, and thank you. And last year, we founded the Japanese Conservative Union, and I serve as a chairman. This is a very special opportunity given to me by Honorable Matt Schlapp, whom I respect very much. We share a common vision of spreading conservatism around the world. That's all for my English for today. For the last 60 years, such a long time, the U.S. and Japan have an alliance. This is very rare, and historically and globally, this alliance has a long history. However, in the year of 2009, this alliance faced a big crisis. That's the time when the U.S. and Japan birthed a democratic party. Both countries are very socialistic countries. I'm sorry, the party of socialism. They were focusing on tax increase and also giving entitlement, so-called free stuff. And President Obama went into the White House, bringing G2 vision and concept. That means the relations between U.S. and China. China made a big delusion. So China became more rogue, mischievous country and doing whatever they want in Asian regions. And even senior military people in China have a nerve to say that Hawaii is going to be our territory. They claim the land of Hawaii. And China is working hard to attack the cyber attack on the mainland of the United States. Actually, in Japan, in our country, we had a big issue, such as confusion regarding the relocation of the U.S. military base in Okinawa, which is very critical to our national defense force. And the leftists in Japan carried away saying, get out of Okinawa, America. And now China starts to say that Okinawa is our territories, too. And North Korea has been repeating the missile test. And finally, North Korea is seriously working to include the mainland of the U.S. as a target in their shooting range. So this last seven years, the freedom and safety of U.S. and Japan and Asian countries became under the threat. Now is the time that U.S. and Japan alliance have to be strengthened and fortified to get back the freedom and liberty and peace in the world. And now is the time for Japan, U.S. and Japan to have a strong, real conservative movement and administration. So my first vision and conclusion that I came up with, totally same with the one that Carly Fiorina talked about it at yesterday's Reagan dinner. We definitely have to block Hillary Clinton from being elected to the office. Last spring, I read a book, Clinton Cash, which was written by Peter Schweitzer. He's my friend. If you have not read it, please read. You should read it. The book describes very precisely to the details how Clinton Foundation got the money by doing all more bad things. JCU and I have acquired the right to publish in Japan, so we translated into Japanese language and published in Japan. It was a week ago the book started to be in the bookstore. So we just found out that the book was hit the best-selling book in the one category of politics on Amazon bookstore. Historically, when we see, if we look back, when the time when the great president, Ronald Reagan, and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in Japan, when they were in the office, U.S. and Japan had enjoyed a good, prosperous time and peace. We both worked together and succeeded in containing the threat of Soviet Union, and we broke Mr. Gorbachev's wall. It's very, very crucial that for two of us who values the same, who have the same values, work hand-in-hand, which is going to be very, very powerful thing. That's why I created and established JCU, Japanese Conservative Union. I created to bring back the brightness in America, Asian countries, and Japan. My mission is partnering with JCU, American Conservative Union. We're going to have a strong connection between conservatism in the U.S. and Japan. The North Star that I always see is the courage that Mr. William F. Buckley had, who was a founder of American Conservative Union. So I want to conclude by my English. In 1981, Reagan told CPAC that our time is now. We will adopt these things as a mission statement, and we will take on the role of the beacon of light to the whole world. God bless the great nation of America. God bless Japan and those countries in Asia. And God bless the peace-loving people of the world. Thank you very much for your kindness toward me. Thank you.