hello, and welcome back to nhk "newsline." u.s. president obama and chinese president xi jinping are about to kick off a two day summit in california. they'll meet at a resort near palm springs. the chinese president arrived in the u.s. amid tight security. he flew in from mexico, the last leg of his latin america tour. obama is due to arrive on friday afternoon. they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including very many program and cyberattacks that the unit says are coming from china. now to help us understand how

the chinese leader might address the variety of issues at the officials from north and south korea appear to be heading back to the negotiating table. the two countries are expected to hold working level talks as early as sunday. it comes before a meeting before government leaders proposed for wednesday next week. officials from south korea propose the ministerial level meeting in response to the north's invitation. they are going to talk about the kaesong complex. it also offered to discuss a joint tourism project. it welcomes the south's immediate response to its proposals. north korea's officials proposed that the meeting be held in kaesong on sunday.

they also restored a hotline with south korea. they used the hotline to discuss the proposed meeting. they have not who ministerial level talks since 2007. the french president is making his first official visit to japan. they have agreed to cooperate on a range of issues including promoting french and japanese businesses around the world. ♪ president hollande and first lady were greeted by the emperor and empress at a welcoming ceremony at the imperial palace on friday. he then met with shinzo abe. the two made a joint announce. . >> translator: france and japan share common responsibilities, universal values and interests. president hollande and i agree that our countries should deepen

their special partnership. >> the two leaders said the defense and foreign ministers of their countries will discuss the joint development of defense equipment. they also unveiled a new partnership to export nuclear power technology. they said they'll support overseas sales of a nuclear reactor developed by two countries from france and japan. the leaders shared common interests as well as concerns, especially when it come does tackling the economic turmoil. president hollande spoke with nhk world. >> reporter: the state advice i was a first by a french leader since 17 years ago. hollande is not a big fan of the sport, but he expressed his eagerness to strengthen ties with japan. >> translator: i consider that

japan and france together are a force. when japan experienced the 2011 disaster, there was an expression of strong solidarity from the french people, but we have to go further than solidarity and emotions to build together. >> reporter: the visit comes a month after hollande's trip to china. he has visited asia several times since he took office. he's been trying to drum up business and accomplish what he calls his most important task, boosting the french economy. the policies placing particular emphasis on japan, a country it describes as sharing france's values. >> translator: with japan we don't only think about the import and export balance, we want to build a stronger partnership, because we have companies that excel in

technology. we want to work to create better conditions so that french companies increase investments in japan and japanese companies invest more in france. >> reporter: the european economic crisis has ceased making headlines. yet, it grinds on. growth is still sluggish and unemployment remains high, and incomes continue to fall. there is little prospect of relief in the short term. hollande has expressed interest in other economic policies which many analysts regard as ambitious. >> translator: i have confidence in europe. i know the eurozone is better, but i want to give it more prospects for growth. >> reporter: the euro zone's second largest economy, france

is trying to pull itself out of economic malaise. he may not experience such a welcoming reception at home. nhk world, tokyo. reception. hitoshi suzuki, nhk world, tokyo. u.s. labor department officials released a repoint that paints a picture of recovery. they show that employers were still adding jobs last month while unemployment just inched up. employers added 175,000 nonfarm

jobs. analysts had expected around 160,000. firms created jobs in retailing and in medical and welfare services. auto related manufacturers also added workers. other firms in the manufacturing sector cut jobs. the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point from april to 7.6%. analysts are watching u.s. employment data to get an idea if policymakers at the federal reserve will continue easing. officials might deal down their monetary easing efforts if the job market showed sustained improvement. that triggered volatility on the stock market. fed policy makers will discuss their markers later this month now the jobs report pushed up u.s. stock prices. the dow jones industrial average rose more than 200 points. the dow surged 207 points to close at 15,248. that's a rise of 1.3%.

analysts say the jobs data suggests the economy is not recovering strongly enough for fed officials to scale down their monetary easing. investors bought a wide range of issues on the assumption fed officials will keep up their stimulus efforts for the time being. meanwhile, the dollar continued fluctuating against the yen. it fell to a two-month low of 94.98 yen just after the release of the jobs report. so what does the jobs data means for fed poll i we asked the chief u.s. economists lewis alexander. >> i think the fed has made it pretty clear that it is likely to take the step of reducing the pace of its asset purchases relatively soon, but i don't think that means the next meeting. i actually don't think these numbers were strong enough to support that. i think as you look out, though,

to the end of july and particularly the end of september, i think that is more likely. frankly, we do think the economy is improving and we do think you're going to get a better outlook based on a stronger forward-looking forecast, and i think that will lead the fed to take that initial decision. the volatility we've seen over the last couple of weeks, i think, is related to what the fed is doing, and i think there is the potential for more volatility. having said that, i think the market has pretty much digested already the move we're likely to get and i think the markets will remain volatile, but i don't think we should expect another big sell-off if we get through the next couple meetings and then they do a relatively modest

reduction in asset purchases, which is what we expect. candidates in iran's presidential election have begun their last week of campaigning. government officials are tightening security to try to prevent a repeat of protests by citizens who want reform. citizens will choose from eight candidates when they vote next friday. the candidates went on television for a debate on foreign policy. a hard-line conservative said rejecting longevity is the true spirit of islamic resolution. thousands of people held a demonstration on tuesday in the central city of ishlahan. they are calling for more security. they arrested a risk candidate last month. they are improving telephone communications across the country. the u.s. government is facing fresh allegations that its widespread mining of personal data as part of efforts to combat terrorism. the "washington post" said that

they have tapped into the servers of nine leading u.s. firms. it says the nsa and the fbi are collecting data from the servers of microsoft, google, facebook, apple and other service providers. the newspaper says the agencies are extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails and other information uploaded by non-americans. the post says the program goes by the code name "prison" and was launched in 2007. director of national intelligence james clapper said the article contained numerous inaccuracies. but he said information collected under the program is the most valuable foreign intelligence that officials have

obtained. facebook denied providing any government organization direct access to its servers. representatives at apple say they've never heard of the program. the latest allegation follows a report by britain's guardian newspaper that the nsa was secretly examining the phone records of millions of u.s. citizens. japan and china have been locked into a dispute over a group of islands in the east china sea. japan controls the senkakus but taiwan and china claim them. japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of its territory concerning history. japan has administered control of the islands, but china says it hasn't said exactly what sovereignty it has over them. china said it gained power in 1971 when china and japan signed the aversion agreement. a recently discovered audio file of a discussion involving senior u.s. government officials sheds further light on the issue.

nhk world has the story. >> reporter: the okinawa revision agreement was signed in 1971. the senkaku islands were returned to japan and the united states. they had been administered to the u.s. after japan's defeat in world war ii. the audio file shows that a heated debate took place until the 11th hour on whether the senkakus should be returned to japan. he is a visiting professor at the university. he said he found the tape at the richard nixon presidential

library in march. the voices on the recording belong to then-president richard nixon, national security adviser henry kissinger and the president's assistant for international economic affairs, peter peterson. the discussion took place 10 days before the signing of the okinawa reversion agreement. peterson raised objection to returning the senkaku islands. >> how crucial are these for japanese? will you sure it's entirely necessary? >> reporter: records reveal peterson's concern was over taiwan. at the time the u.s. had diplomatic relations with taipei which it regarded as the original diplomat of china. people pouring into taiwan were putting the textile industry under strain. taiwan was demanding that the

u.s. not return the senkaku islands to japan. peterson apparently believed that satisfying taiwan would prompt it to agree on cutting back on textile imports to the u.s. >> translator: nixon's reelection campaign was coming up the following year. he needed to win support from voters in the southern states. the center of the u.s. textile industry. >> henry kissinger regarded that the senkaku islands should be returned to japan. kissinger noted that the 1951 san francisco peace treaty placed okinawa, including the senkaku islands, under u.s. rule.

>> our chief administrator in okinawa issued a proclamation on specific boundaries and included the senkaku islands. the chinese at that time did not challenge the delineation. >> honera says kissinger was concerned about the impacts the talks would have on u.s. security. nixon accepted kissinger's view. they agreed to return the senkaku islands to japan. the u.s. also adopted a stance that could be interpreted as being considerate of taiwan. the u.s. government compiled an internal document three days after the discussion at the white house. honora found it in the u.s. department of archives. it says the power of legislation and jurisdiction over the senkakus will be returned to japan.

it also says the united states takes no position on which country should have sovereignty over the islands. the united states has maintained its position of separating the power of administration and sovereignty. >> the united states does not take a position on the ultimate sovereignty of the islands, but we do recognize they are under the administration of japan. >> reporter: honora says the records highlight the reality of u.s. policymakers, that diplomatic policies are often influenced by domestic affairs. nhk world. myanmar appears to be on the road toward democracy, but ethnic conflict occurs in that country. they're hosting the conference from asia. >> the forum is in the second day. the leader attended a panel

discussion on employment and cultivation of human resources in the country. she is calling on investment from foreign countries to foster employment and labor skills in myanmar following decades of military rule in the country for an investors want to see if democratization and economic reforms have had an effect on human resources development. they also have their eye on progress and reconciliation as religious and ethnic conflicts continue in the country. today we focus on how to tackle myanmar's major challenges. long running issues on the minorities and recently erupting violence religious violence are those which should be handled immediately as it may cause severe effects on the on going reform process. the situationst town in central myanmar where serious religious violence erupted recently.

this city looks on the surface like any other in myanmar. a calm, ordinary place home to some 100,000 people. back in march the city made headlines around the world. this was the site of religious unrest that killed more than 40 people. the president declared a state of emergency in the area, sending in the army to restore order. satellite images released by human rights watch show the extent of destruction. reports say more than 800 houses were destroyed. this is a city center where religious violence erupted in march between buddhists and muslims. most of the homes here were burnt down. the violence was apparently triggered by minor incident between some muslim shop owners and their buddhist customers.

but tension spread rapid lay long large parts of the city. the scars of the violence are still fresh. along the city's main road, we saw two mosques band ond. most of the local muslims have fled to shelters. the temperatuorary camps are on outskirts of the city. two months after the unrest, some 7,000 people remain displaced from their homes, afraid to return. we asked local authorities for permission to enter the camps but received no response. at the heavily guarded gates, security forces refuse to let us film inside. almost everyone we met declined to be interviewed on camera, saying the issue is too

sensitive. but a muslim man, one of just a few, dared to return home said his community doesn't understand why violence flared so suddenly after decades of peaceful he could -- co-existence. tensions simmered in myanmar and have been brought in focus. ethnic conflict existed in the country which is home to over 135 ethnic groups. some of them such as the people have been fighting for autonomy for decades. the government remains locked in a bloody conflict even though they say the two sides reach a tentative cease-fire agreement last week. they report on the plight of ordinary people trapped in the crossfire. >> reporter: the capital is about 800 kilometers north.

the region has witnessed heavy combat between government forces and armed groups demanding greater autonomy. years of conflict have forced many people from their homes into camps. this man and his wife came here two years ago. repeated attempts by government troops drove them from their village. they fled with their three children and the few belongings they could carry. >> translator: we can't go back because the political situation is unstable. we all miss our homes.

>> the family relies on relief supplies for food. the wife works as a day labor. he earns just $3 a day, not enough to buy coats or other necessities. >> translator: we're suffering every day. our whole family really suffers from our economic situation. >> many displaced people like this woman believed this would help improve their lives. but as a member of parliament, she afendz tttends the country' services ceremony in march. that gives the impression she is cooperating with the military. displaced people find it hard to pay attention to the plight.

>> translator: the army always discriminates against chi. so why did she have to attend the army ceremony? the army must be using her. >> while we film, she borrows a mobile phone from nhk crew to call a relative who lives in japan. it's the first time they have spoken since the family was forced from their home. >> translator: we need to pay the children's tuition fees and pocket money. and also we have to buy rice. but we can't afford anything because we don't have steady jobs. >> the phone call can't fix the difficult situation. but the two sides agreed a temporary end to fight.

the family has little confidence that recently announced cease-fire will last. what she thinks what the future holds for her children. she feels a sense of dispair. >> we have no idea how we can manage to raise our kids. i worry about when this situation will improve. >> the government of myanmar is making head way in efforts to achieve peace with militants. but for people displaced by the fighting, any thoughts of hope remains a long way off. nhk world. >> following the end of military rule in myanmar, the country appears to be moving steadily along the path to democracy. but the transition from the heavy handed politics of the past is bringing internal conflicts to the surface. muslim minority issues are a highly sensitive point for the buddhist dominating the country. but these problems have to be tackled head on, especially as a

general election 2015 draws near. both the ruling government as well as the largest opposition party led by chi will have to take a stance. the global community is keeping a close watch on myanmar's leaders regardless of which party they belong to. they will be expected to work towards national reconciliation. >> and next, here's the three-day outlook on the world's weather.

that's all for now on this edition of "newsline. i'm rajan prada from tokyo.

from all of us at nhk world, thank you for watching. >> welcome to "skyweek." let's see what's happening in the sky from monday, june 3rd to sunday, june 9th. the three-planet drama continues low in the west after sunset.

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