one with whom you will welcome to taste a world whose line and you know tony and tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am candidates are off and running as the official campaigning begins in the race to be the next governor of tokyo. anti government protesters remain in the streets of kiev as they demand ukraine's president to fire his camp and people living in nepal are switching from tea to

coffee as growers their expansion. voters in georgia will be spending the next couple of weeks weighing their options. the race to lead one of the biggest ie the worldldldld is officially underway. sixteen candidates are running in the gubernatorial election set for february night they're vying to replace malalalalalalaliki in all the g the twenty twenty olympics to the city. but he resigned after admitting he received funds from a medical group around the time of the last election he said it was a perch along. the tokyo governor has an immense jurisdiction the budget is equivalent to that of sweden about thirty million people live in the japanese capital more than ten million of them are eligible t t t t t t t t tn the candidates dell ceo on the ballot is king gee it's in the mia. he is the former head of the japan federation of bar associations. he has

the recommendation of the japanese communist party p i hope to make tokyotic the world's best city to work to live. and a city where people have hope. i'll aim for a society without nuclear plants by sending a message from tokyo. if you all stand up. we can change tokyo. his cocoa can change. japan can change. dr not the maths is an inventor who is running for governor for his seventh time. all in the cool guy tokyo will be hosting the olympic games. so n goverernor must be someone who is free frommmmmmmm corruption. it's essential that person has an unrestricted imagination along with international knowledge. another contender is so she'll come on down. he rose through the ranks of japan's air self defense force and became chief of

staff in two thousand and seven. he has the backing of former tokyo governor she totally she added. on the long jump in europe we should use funds for works projects to invite more investment from abroad and improve the economy. that would make tokyo stronger against disasters and a beautiful city. wood also revitalize the economy former health minister you reach the masses though it is also running in the gubernatorial racacacacacaf the token chapters of the ruling liberal democratic party and its coalition partner new call me tall psycho moment this one together the power of all the people to best hospitality and make the olympic and paralympic games in tokyo. thththththththr it's important to protect everyone's lives in assets

i'll use my experiences health ministers to make tokyo the world's number one city when it comes to welfare twenty he k k k k k k k k k ks primemememe minister twenty yes ago. he has the voluntary backing of the democratic party. the unity party and the people's life party and inister junichiro koizumi y y y y y y youou know i causem allllllll on the wall. i think the most important thing for jap clear message now that we will end the use of nuclear power generation. and that will make use of alternative energy. i want to work to build a new japan by leading the people who hope to design the country's future. byby tngnatural and renenenenewable energy. has thrhrhrhrown his hat in the rain. he's an executive of an internet related firm we did it when i step on

the internet kerry's views of many people who otherwise wouldn't be able to voice their opinions. i hope to create popopopolilicies dgampaf such opinions. other candidates have registered are shown on the screen these contenders s s have also registered. campaign managers are already busy mapping out their strategies i spoke with nhk roles like bombay on the u u u u u u u u u upcomingi started by asking her what is likely to be the main issue candidates will be talking about. fill the country about how to deal withhhh japan's declining birthrate and asian population. he also did the economic and climate policies. disaster preparedness is another experts say amnesia creek is likely to strike the target area weeeeeeeeeeeek andhe years. then there's the country olympics and paralympics. some contenders

are you a cd nice to focus on building infrastructure and getting athletic facilities present. all of dc shoes are expected to best voterssss. some foreign media have called this election a referendum on the central government's nuclear policy is thahahahahahahatt true. i'mt necessarily one candidate has clearly said the future of nuclear power should be the f the election former prime minister modi he'll also highlights bringing after staying away from politics for more than y r premier is backing him. jerry feel queasy that the political world forty years ago. depression for japan to abandon its nuclear plants. none of these facilities using the tererererm eeapitalism east of consumer of electricity. in the coca metropolititan erent is a shareholder of tokyo electric power company what to call the operator of the damage to myyyyy diet plan ministers areo sto up an excellent ep in an effort to spark change

hull are other candidates approaching theor mister elitetetetetes from us is alwas bowing to increase the ratio of renewable energy ininininino account. he says he will aim to build a society that does not depend on you for power another candidate earlier cans that he seemed out of town again. she is necessary formerir s s s s s s s s s s o come over on the ruc it's possible to upgrade new clear reactors safely. he says is to be active citizens to decide the pros and cons of nuclear power. some candidatesssssssssssss see then shouldn't be about assimilation. the scene there are more important things to come about. the race to beat coach o's next governor is seeking to be an interesting one. the voters have a lot to think about beforey their ballotstststststs. michas as always. the official

campaign for t t t t t the tokn gubernatorial action a last seventeen d d d d d d d d daysn briririririring you coverage lp to the bow and results and analysis. wh's's'ss he close on feb nine i know and i the anti government protesters are standing defiantly in ukraine h h h h has their ultimatum to the country's leader nears its deadlines they are demanding presence. they carry an alcove which fire his cabinet. demonstrators are gathering around government buildinn the capital k k k k k k k k k e b b burning and prepaparing barricades thrererereree protes have already died and more than four hundred and ten wounded. security authorities said twtwtwtwtwtwtwtwtwtwtwtwos and the third person died in the hospital after being injured in sunday's clash there were the first violent deaths since the protests started ukrkrainians first trip to the streets in november

many are angry over the government's decision to cancel a trade deal with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia the country's present held zack's with opposition leaders on wednesday in africa and t t t t t t t must s candidate within twenty four hours or face more violence they also want the governmenenenenent abolisnr rights to protest the cuts are expected t to resume on thursday. chinese officials and business japanese prime minister shinzo i missed calls for transparency and i lied. having used his keynote address to the world economic forum's to call for a seperate and transparency in military spending in and it calls for creation of rules to eased on the internatl law of the sea. analysts suggested he aimed his words and china a c c c c c c c c c e forces. china's foreign ministry spokesperson said the country that ought to be more transparent. is japan

how you die. turned out a way to the japanese critics going to arrange tomatoes and the rest of world wide we seek to revise the pacifist constitution. and that beefing up in the pre oscars chin also brushed off the biz call for a bilateral summi o the city wawawawawantso china's leaders and talk h issf mutual concern. chin said talks would be useless pile of big continues to say bad things about china. us officials are pressing chinese authorities to immediately release a prominent human rights activist shoe zhi yong is on trial for disturbing o we are concerned that he's being prosecuted as retribution i think for his campaign to expose corruption and for the peaceful expression of his view. corey hart said this is the latest in a pattern of arrests and d d d detentionf lawyers and journalists who are challenging china's official policies. she really is a founderf the new citizens

movement. the group advocates of reform and participation in politics support for theheheheheheheheheemement sd the intt last yeaeaear. shoes trial began in a court in meeting on wednesday many others in the movement have also been detained for pressing communist party officials to disclose their assets. i am i. japan and taiwan have started talks to said operating rules for their fishing boats in watersss nr the sand d d d d cuckoo isls the two day meeting opens on thursday and friday attended by government officials and representives of fishermen from japan and taiwan the talks are a follow up to an agreement reached in april last year that allows taiwan to fish and parts of japan's exclusive economic zone near controlled by japan but claimed by china and taiwan japan says islands are an inherent part of its territory. according to

history and international law y they and taiwanese fishermen are offering so close to each other that theirune a a a a alliance ul become tand in previous talks in december japan and taiwan failed to narrow their diffeferences o issues such as disistatatances to be maintainede fishing boats a a a and where r lines can be cast. this time taiwan is p proposising that ta is wer areas one foror those using a japanese method and the other. for those using a taiwanese method both sides hope to agree on the rolls before tuna fishing season opens innnnnnn april. judicial officials in tokyo and down something out of the ordinary dave decided to block the winininner of an auction fm acquiring a property that served as north korea's de facto embassy this was onceeadf the general association of korean residents in a mongolililian company placed the highest bid of about fififty milliononononononon dot

auction held in october but the tokyo district court held off on finalizing the sale because of questions about the company. court officials as the mongolian government to cooperate in doing a check the officials w y a erteheppears to be a color copy and does not bear the ceo of the mongolian government. the company has one week to file an appeal if the appeal is rejected the cell will be declared void and the property will be auction once again the company has not yet responded. the situatioioioioin thailand doesn't show any sign ofalmingngngngngngngng don the second day of the state ernment tried to digd by us and joins us the latest on n in the region. thousands of people have taken the streetsts o o o o o o o o o protest a a a against the statf emergency declared by the french leader cells they want to stop the tide document from functioning

yes months as the protesters were shot down at the end of the office this week projects that seek a state of emergency the government closed on wedednenesday. not to impose an emergency decree we need an emergency situation first. such as protesters rioteted. but there's nothing like that now because all of those haveeee come here peaeaeacefu without weapons. protesters on thursday closed contemporaryy on face the transfer of misfit move to protests. prime minister and the national acts as the state of emergency is necessary to settle the situationeacefully k here. we are not strident each county has prompted it is. the theme on sunscreen just as aool for the all star teams to walk propeperly

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tuesday's attack killed about two dozen whennnnnnnnn ab exploded near a bus carrying the conference in west central pakistan. there were returning from leave on to the city of tyre in baluchistan province. women and children were among the victims. not to use two claimed respoibility s s sayine bomber. people equate our older citizensst the attack. in the pentagon crackdown on militants committed to stand as a hotbed of islamic militancy. the government is with a . it isnd how come it is getting information in these incidents are still happening again and again they also protested in karachi pakistan's biggest city. prime minister and musharraf called for more efforts to improve the security situation when he took office last year. he urged talks with islamic militants. these are t t t t te

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pounds signing. one of the most successful japanese pro baseball players isnother e with the new team. maths feel a ton that the sign with the new york yankees he's now the fifth most expensive pitcher in the history of the us major leagues and the most expensiveveveveveveven built by the new york yankees are world famous team and they've shown the attached the greatest possible they'll use my skills i think i can start the next phphase of my carararo think the signs are not going to a seven year contract is reportedly wororth one hundred fifty five million dollars to bacacack itwe he's been playinn northeastern japan with the rocks and golden eagles hehehehehehehehed a jape lastg twenty four games in a row he completed the season with no losses and he led his team to its first v in the japan series i wanted new

york yankees become world. so y kitchen contributes to the team's victory. . to annder a new system that allows japanese players who are not free agent contracts with major league clubs. another coldd the us oureo robert spencer has moreeeeeeeee rerfe shat is going onnn a at least throughout the next several days here because right now. captures this absolutelye it's all f falling on this low pressure system the members brought all that snow fall across much offfffff tid atlanantitititititititititititi these political front dieting all the way down here towards the southg and all of t t that cool they e even still smell lake effect the tail here towar end of this when a new storm starting to develop in throughout the day on thursday it is as can be messy out here and i'm talkin about. all the theories in

the red bean could see as much as three millimeters of ice accumulation that getting on the powerlines in on the roads is death or a not very good power outages or identity of a problem with this and talk about some of the bigger cities of houston over toward san antonio cities not use to the wintry weather meanwhile farther back off was an aura is still looking at some pretty decent snowfall about that actors will plunge into texas. as the school front of puss out that the good news is that leader on this week and by friday and saturday is going to rapidly warm back up that is not the case for a lot of people though cavalry notice chile seem over there it was when attacked. you will see a little bit of a warm up but by saturday in the sunday it's kinda cool break that down so something that happens this time of year but do enjoy the slight warm up but be prepared for things to continue to remain very very chilly. meanwhile do i talk about the philippines we've been talking about that have increased a petition for the last two weeks down to the last seven games. some

areas on your coupons and three hundred millimeters of rainfall has accumulated this has resulted in some severe flooding numerous plans lined up for the fifty deaths coming out of this good news in the forecast the area has been causing malady that it's moved off it was the piece really being spewed by vertical wind shear high pressures coming in from the north and that is austrian all sorts of dry air and deftly a welcome sight for a lot he also stifling the role of warming up the weather gear across much of northeast asia. on the western periphery of that temperatures are going to come in from the south in pushing north out of the tropics and take a look here friday highs for a lot of you homecoming nineteen ninety and twenty one she's like the beginning of the fourteen saying they're in tokyo and it's even a mini warming up a little bit more so by saturday as well unfortunately not be long lasting warm up by some a lot of healing the time you see a cool break back off meanwhile across western europe one storm system after another out here were talkin of this one now in italy pushing across very well

developed a cough or most any here flash flood watches and warnings in effect isn't snow there and some forces of germany about ten centimeters peak in the lake and dam across the british isles while the next twenty four hours to have this storm system coming through is in a made for some nasty weather twenty thirty millimeters of rain overnight hours. very slick roads out here feel that spamalot and you'll get a little break but by sunday to think and more potent storm system will be making its way into the forecast but that's what you will whether is it some forecasts i knew and. i know. it was

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