the news. use. i don't i. nhk world is clement you know tommy and tokyo shares a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am the japanese prime minister has meant that his policies his first news conference of the year us weather officials are warning people to stay at home to avoid exposure to life threatening temperatures authorities in ecuador have

identified the suspects attacked by japanese honeymoon couple the country's president is calling it. even scrub japan's prime minister is facing a number of challenges as he gets down to business for the new year. she has a lot that touched on some of the work ahead in its first news conference of two thousand and fourteen. he's calling for dialogue with china and south korea to improve relations. father faced criticism after his visit last month to yesterday shrine in tokyo. the shrine honors japan's war dead including military and political leaders convicted of war crimes after world war two. on the map. the idea of one bag out of the type of listening to a filipino because there are challenges and problems. i believe we should be open to dialogue with no preconditions to the sound bites to my stomach i would like to explain how it directly to the leaders of other countries that are true

intentions. in visiting the us in the shrine me thankful for my part in the door to dialogue and is always open up to it. baba says he will continue to try to revitalize the economy he says his goal is to take defensive moves to boost business across the country and ended years of deflation he hopes improved earnings at companies will lead to higher wages and more personal spending. the prime minister also spoke about nuclear energy a major issue in the wake of the two thousand and eleven accidents and for fishermen value cheeky says the government has no plans at this point to build new plants king doesn't that seem only those nuclear power plants would that satisfy strict new safety standards will be allowed to resume operations. currently we have no plans to give the go ahead to new nuclear plant building projects political reporters across

japan are going through a prime minister on the set line by line harmless i am at the gym i gave this his perspective. learning them relations with china south korea will be easy. ernest thomas says he wants to explain why he went to tuscany shrine. but he admits that talks with china and south korea. i'm not on the prize. and south korean prison camp communities. seas to see. she suggested on monday in her first news conference of the year that it would be difficult to hold a summit meeting for the time being. mark says japanese leaders have recently being called dragon king. apologies for the country's i'm gracious and corny unloading days. as for china. a spokesperson for the foreign ministry says. and this time it keeps repeating that he attaches importance to the nations as china. but he who sees it. a spokesperson

says i close the door to dialogue and that chinese candle to welcome a japanese leader when this kind of mindset. his focus will remain the economy. and his plans to call in japan out of deflation. mr knows japanese and people of color to pay much attention to the fate of his economic plan. pick up in the mix he knows his cellphone trading is a relatively high because voters back his policies. he wants to keep the behind him nick went into work this year on revitalizing the economy. this is the recovery is being more widely felt across the country. no the consumption tax will rise from five to eight percent is it. and experts say that about myself and know how deep how much people spend hundreds was the recovery to lose momentum. in all those

economies also dependant on the global economy. so any ups and downs will have an impact on the this class. for now it's still only to say whether two hundred and fourteen will be of good year for the prime minister. do you. whether officials in the united states urging people to stay indoors to avoid exposure to possibly fatal low temperatures the advisory covers a large portion of the country ranging from the midwest to the east coast. the national weather service issued a rare warning in response to a particular the cold front that moved in from canada last week. the cold spell has cause traffic accidents in the cancellation of thousands of flights. temperatures in chicago fell to a record low of minus eleven degrees celsius in the early hours of monday. forecasters warned the mercure will continue dropping to around minus twenty five degrees with severe weather conditions

lasting until tuesday authorities called off school on monday in the entire state of minnesota as well as several districts in wisconsin and illinois two for more we turn to our meteorologist roberts better robert. some of the storm system really is not just some of the northern plains and midwest feel the affects it. now moving on ford's of the northeast in the fourth school back in ontario for a season heavy snowfall believe it or not some weird odd years of deceit additional twenty to forty seven meters many of the lake effect snow machine setting up behind a single speed lines going in from the south north west with se. that is by linking up with about ten to fifteen centimeters of snow but the big topic outside of the frozen precipitation is zoe's a very chilly temperatures and the good news schools are being closed out here because this is not the type stuff you want people walking around and definitely if you are outside of the seventies temperatures is going to be causing some crumbs for human them remain reason why this is occurring

see that big dip in the jet stream going down towards the south. that is ushering in all this arc to carry on just brutally cold temperatures that section in this graphic and i think is rather fitting because this is just gonna be very dangerous. all this is in the shifting off your course he is going the tuesday so pure along the eastern seaboard mentality might be thinking it's not so bad but that one sec cold front comes through. it is to scan the beginning absolutely chilly out here take a leap year high temperatures on monday before i get into actually be called tilly is over here i don't wanna mention a notice on the jet stream was going up here towards the west los angeles high of twenty five concluded that now. on the other side of the jet stream comfy chairs minus twenty four for the high in chicago with a ten minus twenty four. this does not take into account the wind chill. then we take a look at your three day forecast and well it does not look like this can be improving in all here's a three day forecast a close bismarck minus twenty six minneapolis. only in super twelve minus thirty someone

in his twenties here through the rest of your work week however thanks to people in bangladesh have gone to the polls but it wasn't without incident a low concept in a room in bangkok is following this story. in a set all action has been held in bangladesh despite a boycott by the main opposition party and widespread findings that jonesing for sunday's election is still underway on monday opposition parties' say the election has noted in tennessee and they warned of more general strikes the elections were held on sunday and a heavy police security at polling center is intruding upon tea and a prime minister and she can see now. the el amin he is expected to win an overwhelming victory launches opposition by augusta national is conti boycotted the election opposition parties claimed the election was the funnest events upon to supply at least since saturday

the leaders should sit down and reach a compromise. let's bring peace to the country the opposition boycott has raised questions about the intimacy of the election a highlight to a confrontation between bangladesh's two main political parties' which has brought democracy in the country to a stalemate consent is going about the impact of this would have on the country's foster can only grasp as being driven by because the industry. he was for the new chassis imports from the capital dhaka tamara dean bangladesh can be traced to meet the peeps don't feel it became two of the country's smallest on free people. i mean this dish a casino head of the duty on the eighth and farmer tiniest at the cia chiefs the main opposition under the statute east bhakti. that had been to mind. government is set to

receive the phone. she seemed to fit each and entertaining instead she has seen them would not be canteen the scene and he did did the team on the cls food and a safety policy and is easy to assemble. so far as to who has been the all the stuff the transportation of a sinking fly to boston for taxis. to include more than twenty people have died the last few months the monterey. what do the cool parties should do when we're through with their inaction. rather than by killing people. corey. my name on the top but that is gonna do this not so much why did the mri has been a serious note to the country's getting dusty. it's mean funny and couldn't see on that. plus mommas i would

ally with the sheep in the volga. boots. because of the kids and out of beans. so i said fighting cop and his safety as one who's had been hunted to transport projects to the fold due to logistical problems. it would be worth up to race again. you deserve it that you could be that we do need to repeat the dollar at only two of baghdad but even that can affect them we have to face everyday. so all in one of the bpo economy good for you goto. bondi beach has the name james d g dunn in the middle east in years and is known as the gunman at the heart beat is plenty for tpa plant. each is oh so close to him yet consultancy shia the juvenile centers of the shia. divide the dough from twenty to ten wide and can't even buy ins

it lends thinking of what lies ahead. but the country's economy. but he chose the nh he wanted to have to japanese officials have pledged to help me n the chief peace with its ethnic minorities the country seeking to boost its presence in me and not a nation many see as asia's las from tn officials say them off at me and not more than ninety five million the list was of assistance and the next five days. the money will be spent on providing residents displaced by conflict that said medicine and on that day the necessities be able to distribute as for japanese engineers. minimize experience he is a fight scene between its ministry and ethnic minorities who seem great to economy the current government is trying to build peace the side remains of several groups. ms actions on thinking that demons president ian sent my son's team in the talks japan to meet at nine hundred and

fifty seven mid august with the financial aids me in a separate company test assistance. and that wraps up of bullets hit and took my son is going on in the defense ministers of japan and india have agreed to work closer together in the face of china's growing maritime activity. utility along the non travel to new delhi to sit down with his counterpart a k antony. then explain his country's views on china's declaration of an era defense identification zone over the east china sea japanese officials say the zone violates freedom of flight over the open sea the general principle under international law and to be said is carefully monitoring developments on the matter the ministers agreed that japan's maritime self defense force and india's navy would hold joint exercises for third straight year. and they said they'll promote its meetings between senior

officials of japan's air self defense force in india's air force. all that said later that prime minister ab is visiting india this month but for the help strengthen ties two thousand and fourteen is shaping up to be a promising year for major department stores in japan they reported strong sales during the first few days of the new year managers said by madame at selected department stores say sales through last friday increased four point three percent from the same period last year. sales rose three percent its old boy in cebu and two point nine percent of the question i am the increases are attributed to strong demand for expensive watches and truly reflecting the improvements in consumer sentiment daily goods like underwear and towels. also sold well. a

consumption tax hike. in april in two thousand and thirteen was a good year for japanese carmakers overall auto sales showed a factional game. but many car sales hit an all time high. industry groups say about five point four million new vehicles were sold in two thousand and thirteen op zero point one percent from the previous year of the total about two point one million units were many vehicles their sales climbed about six percent to the level not seen since industry officials started tracking the data bank in nineteen sixty seven officials traced the strong mini car sales to the introduction of new models are almost as fuel efficient as hybrids. some models were also equipped with an automatic braking system and other safety features. officials noted that the increase in many car sales offset declines in other categories. sales of larger vehicles have been suffering since government subsidies for the buyers of eco friendly vehicles ended

in september two thousand and twelve. industry officials say. total car sales could slow down after april when the consumption tax is scheduled to go up. japan has launched tax free individual investment accounts the move scraps taxes on capital gains and dividends from anil investments of up to one million yen or about ninety six hundred dollars government officials are targeting the meat on individual savings accounts or me sad that individual investors. the tax free period will last five years after an account is open officials hope the system will encourage people to move their money from savings accounts to investments the only japanese securities firm held a seminar in tokyo for female investors about half of the attendees were new to securities investment it all. i became more interested in the sack after he learned about it. she sang

the toll would like to promote the use of the count by explaining the system and financial products analysts are waiting to see if lisa helped push the japanese market. even higher executives at many japanese companies have started the year's first day of business by speaking before their employees. the head of tokyo electric power company said tesco has to help the people who have been affected by the food cushion and a few nuclear accident in two thousand and eleven well we'll do it we will fully dedicate ourselves to working for people who are still suffering. it will also help with the reconstruction of chiba prefecture. colosimo called a spokane another nuclear power plant about ten km away from the side of the accident about two hundred employees from both plants are present for the chairman's speech to local but also spoke about a business plan to go submitted to the government last month

under the plan the utility is spending about nineteen billion dollars to dismantle the its reactors and deal with the contaminated water he said the plan will push to go gradually pour in a recovery from the disaster tickle preston down the field say later told reporters that his company was late in dealing with the problems last year. these included a radioactive water spill at the damaged plant he does has said he'll make sure that tesco will do its best this year to resolve the problems he also said the utility will support the local residents to return to their communities i know him. tragedy has hit a japanese couple on their honeymoon in ecuador they were attacked by gunmen and the husband was killed ecuadorian authorities say they have identified several suspects an age carols we now call me so on has more

the shootings happened on december twenty oh eight in ecuador's largest city korea killed. still he told me and this one from the nico came out of the hotel after dinner and took a taxi. they were then attacked by gunmen police say console is twenty eight years old. my total is twenty seven. the third liverpool and was lying with his legs towards the street i see the old arcadia the one who was shot in the body. andrew michael and i ended up getting on a date teixeira die. i recall was seriously injured and is being treated in hospital people close to them saying the couple was married in the argos hometown just six days before the attack the ecuadorian government appears to be taking the incident seriously

the attack was enormously to the victims' families and damaged our country. we will capture the spam comments the assailants. any good interior minister jose serrano said investigators have been going over witness accounts and security video he said. they've identified several suspects. and yet he mentions key kiss me. we heard some key images me so i think we can get to the culprits authorities say a couple minutes and caught up in what's called an express kidnapping the minute the people take their valuables and force them to withdraw cash from an atm. taxi drivers are set to be off the new fall authorities say one hundred and seventy seven cases were reported anglia killed last year alone. they say the group believed to be responsible for the latest attack is made up of about ten people and has repeatedly

abducted tourists in this plane. concern is growing in ecuador about the impact of the attack on tourists the country has been trying to attract foreign visitors yet it'll be totally inane not sure this will be taking taxis. yes they won't trust our country because of a per security. officials have doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects to two hundred thousand dollars in equity style of hd world south korea leaders are calling on their counterparts in the north to allow families separated by the korean war to re unite authorities in killing game postponed an event in september at the last minute questioning souls willingness to gauge and what they called sincere dialogue south korean president i couldn't watch families separated for the past sixty years to be

able to re unite during the lunar new year at the end of january. i called north korea hoops for it to hold from the meeting ends and that this will mark a new step into korean relations he'll talk urge the north to accept the polls on humanitarian grounds. south korean officials later as their counterparts across the border to allow the red cross officials from both sides to discuss the matter on friday. last week north korean leader kim jones said in its new year's address. he wanted to see improved relations with the south former us basketball star dennis rodman is paying another visit to north korea his team will play in an exhibition match to mark the birthday of the country's leader kim jones. there are many another former american professional basketball players arrive in an airport on their way to pyongyang

this game was worth it to work. so for the awards began to talk about something as soon as my friend prose is like for him. robin declined comment on the execution of the inside going into chunks on telly last month. this is robin's fourth visit to north korea. this team will play games to north korean team on wednesday. it is expected to attend the game he is known as a big fan of us professional basketball analysts say north korea is trying to give the impression that it is flexible in dealing with the united states government level talks between the two countries have been suspended since february two thousand and twelve. for the rest of world whether our meteorologist roberts pena joins us once again robert. on slow start off with eastern asia here where i'm really odd compared to the rest of the world we're talking about north america earlier on in the hour. it's relatively quiet doesn't see effect snow across northern japan but nothing too serious not to be tapering off lieu of a low starting about their in eastern china that springs into the rain out there for

you than with this notice to work its way onto a c so at least on that tuesday going into wednesday morning is to use a high pressure dominating much detail records korea. some fair weather there for you but once the stars start to develop toward its way up there it was east west and panesar in japanese i know some showers there and then eventually work its way over towards tokyo with some rain showers by wednesday night into thursday morning not so much of snow with this one so we're about the frozen treats a patient along the pacific coastline at least not for the first half the week along the sea japan coast later on after that the push by chrissy another shot of that northwesterly winds in its effects to machine really hurting back on cabbages look like this oh nine near tokyo on tuesday. the overnight low is going to be getting rather chilly people reduce the award ahead of that slow price serious alive sinks and showers there for you will that we are the cool spot typical for this time of your mind is twenty two only for god knows neither the spectrum that to the tropics hide twenties the low thirties. afternoon thunderstorms will be popping out there feel the sea was going on in europe and

the big topic of today out here is told that they're on the map you can miss it takes up half the screen. a big swirl the cloud cover this is a very massive low pressure system and that affected a lot of people been seen widespread when reports of the sixty to eighty kilometers per hour. and now it's still to be in play at least the going through tuesday. fellow sitting on just north of bridge dolls on the western sea ports people in this seventy to ninety kw on the prowl and seven nine meter high waves of coastal flooding is also big problem not just for the british isles don't support of southern portions of the scandinavian peninsula across the north sea as a means to continue to push through its off to prison showers out their fees and deftly on a key to control it can be the next several days pass with the webb won the physics of forecasts. ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay. i

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