the one who will the owner welcome to nhk world news line and you know tommy and tokyo shares a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. i am. at least five people and killed in a series of explosions in the heat if it comes before the third anniversary of the country's democratic uprising japan's prime minister opens the new section of the time by looking ahead to a former economic recovery. casting a

critical eye on china japanese government officials may open doors to more foreign workers to help build and use it for the twenty twenty total of six. a series of explosions in egypt has killed at least five people and wounded dozens. the attacks come ahead of the third anniversary of the start of the democratic uprising that led to the fall of present costing america. egypt's interior ministry says the driver tried to ram his vehicle into the main police headquarters in central cairo before i'd gunbattle broke out the vehicle then exploded the health ministry says four people were killed and seventy six others wounded state media says one police officer died in another explosion near a subway station in a cairo suburb the third blast targeted a police station near the giza pyramids. an islamic militant organization had sent a warning to police that day earlier. the muslim

brotherhood and other islamic organizations are sharply and aunts with the military led interim government that was launched after the ouster of president mohamed more seat last july. supporters of the both sides have been calling for nationwide demonstrations on friday to mark the third anniversary of the democratic uprising tensions remain high in ukraine were anti government demonstrators showed no signs of ending their protests the two sides held talks this week to try and settle their differences. they're expected to continue negotiations. protesters have occupied government buildings and are preparing to set up barricades near the president's office the anti government rallies began in november after present victory in a cold which put off the procedures for joining the european union. instead he has opted for closer ties with russia on thursday the government agreed to release protesters being held in detention

the opposition camp said they would refrain from throwing petrol bombs and stones at security forces but the government refused other requests by the opposition. they include scrapping the law restricting protests. moving up next year's presidential election and having the cabinet resign there had been a series of violent clashes since parliament enacted the anti protest legislation on sunday at least three people died and more than four hundred injured. representatives from the syrian government and opposition parties are expected on friday to begin their first a direct peace talks but they haven't laid out a framework for how the discussions will take place. both sides are together at the united nations european office in geneva. they're expected either to me directly or to have un mediator shuttle between them in two separate locations. syria's deputy foreign minister. why is al mcdonald said. government leaders have agreed to meet

with opposition members in the same room but they refuse to attend. a spokesperson for the syrian national coalition told nhk. they have no plans to hold talks with the government unless president bush are lots of agrees to step down. un officials hope to negotiate several key issues for both sides. they include local cease fires prisoner exchanges and establishing the state's core doors for humanitarian aid. i know japanese prime minister shinzo law that says his government would try to spread the benefits of the nation's economic recovery to people across the country he laid out his plans in the policy speech that started off the new session of the diet ahmed said the three arrows of his economic policy are helping the economy recovered confidence lost during years of deflation. the eulogy read

most of the truth in corporate earnings lead to more jokes and higher wages that would boost consumption and lead to further economic recovery. without this economic cycle we cannot steal the japanese economy out of the nation. others said that without an economic revival the nation's fiscal health cannot be restored many stood by a pledge to achieve a surplus in the primary balance a key measure of fiscal health. but fiscal twenty twenty on the diplomatic front of this said japan will contribute to world peace and stability through his policy of proactive pacifism. and he criticized china's establishment of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea i know. we cannot tolerate attempts to change the status quo through town. we will continue to respond firmly and coming but at the same time others suggested he will work to improve ties with china and south korea said

his door is always open to dialogue with china hobbit noted his government will consider a report by a panel of experts before deciding whether japan should be allowed to exercise their right to collective self defense. successive governments have maintained that the constitution does not give the nation the right to defend allies that come under attack. his speech touched on nuclear power he said he will lower japan's dependent on atomic energy as much as possible through conservation and by promoting renewable energy it is ok i know that we will not resume operations of any new problems unless it is the new camry commissioners are attorneys safety regulations which opens tomorrow. all commercial nuclear reactors in japan are currently offline. representatives from each party will question ave about his policies for three days next week. i spoke earlier with our senior political commentator les enacted jima he gave us his take on of the speech. do you

why is trying to study contains a mate and the deflation and reviving the economy his main focus was simple really the analysts many voters approve of his economic policy dubbed out in the mix he learned from his first time in power. the danger of losing a parent. he is tired five of the prime minister's own at the office after roughly a year. on day one wants to hang onto stuff he'll face a challenging open when the consumption tax increases to eight percent for height. so she needs to come up with additional ways to stimulate the economy look at their recovery. in case there is a joke in a christmas baby well we'll probably also means that they can turn his attention to his other priorities for example changing the constitution. on another subject house and it

is significant is it that prime minister. mention china in his speech. well it's interesting when you click on to a twenty cent today the speech he gave this week while the cream in color being the most of the spoke about the need for asian nations to follow the rule of law when the sea and they did he also made a call to david military expansion. they didn't mention time. but this time. he was clearly referred to the country. in the diet he didn't call back. i was criticizing can only see in defense identification zone to cooking show with tons of chips intruding into japanese waters. but by saying he's open to talks. he is trying to strike of the us between being critical of china. that being close to it. however the plan could possibly allow japan to exercise the right

of collective self defense could our china and other neighbors south korea chinese and south korean leaders have accused me of trying to. we need to rise to power. here we heard others talk about nuclear power which has obviously been and divisive issue since the cushy not by accident what's your interpretation of his stance while i was liberal democrat but he needs that. i was unnecessary for people's lives and to keep the economy on track. from nestle sa probes to the station seems to have softened somewhat. now whenever he talks about nuclear power. he emphasizes that the test will stay idle aren't you relieved to say they're ready to go back online. he's trying to appeal to some photos of a new clean two people who have being on the fence about this promo image. because all

the cushion a disaster. again he's keenly aware of steampunk. so he can go the distance. eye. protesters in thailand are demanding the media resignation of prime minister you will auction a lot on friday thailand's constitutional court ruled on whether the general elections scheduled can be postponed but teddy that someone in bangkok is falling the story changing thailand's constitutional court has ruled that the country's february second election time eight anti government protests is a demonic at the inaction be postponed election commission officials wedding call it a hint of that decision on friday that the court said the decision on whether to spend the election must also be agreed by the government the officials asked the court on wednesday to rule on whether the election

party has the power to postpone the february date they say the situation in thailand is to fall it also holds a candle in action the money four thousand people voted for the resignation of finance even understand why continue demonstrating on friday the protests this on audio format to keep on houses it's got a good topic for reform for a new connection the crisis highlights more than eight is a division in time and he knocked and have brought that up single copy of mongol rule that says in the north to northeast. he knocks the type of tea is full cost to win the election and gang that payments for nine ec on the air the middle class for support. tracks four point two meeting visit is annie actually come to see sightseeing spots like uncle buck's but some posts to visit often it is and that says the government is cruel to cope and nhk welts and

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getting involved with the new un sanctions. also heard say at some alternate east plays the high priests of jones and secular violence government of the shows of the game and that human rights groups to tighten it all inside. that nhk were. and that wraps up the blitz and nine petunia have someone in pangkor protest leaders say they're planning to relax the immigration rules for construction workers they say the country doesn't have enough skilled labor and are looking abroad for help members of japan's cabinet had been discussing how to handle the shortage of you may see a baby more people to rebuild from the two thousand and eleven disaster in

northeastern japan construct facilities for the twenty twenty olympic games in tokyo and repair aging infrastructure construction company officials say their chronically short of workers skilled in plastering and reinforced concrete. dingell has the keys into the building firms are trying to poach workers from each other into this meet. in nineteen eighty seven there were almost four in a half million construction workers in japan by two thousand and twelve. that number has dropped by over a million land infrastructure and transport minister anti hero john says the government plastic said four people on technical internships the program was for national center japan to work in manufacturing or construction around one hundred fifty thousand people are currently taking part. the guy who would you know who makes finding that technically intensive program is one useful option you want to do

some promotional stuff. other cabinet ministers have sounded a note of caution this week and pushed him all will allowing more foreign workers and could cause wages to drop at a time when wage hikes are a key topic of discussion. golden eagle human to human spirit. but government officials say they're committed to accepting more foreign workers from next spring the federal reserve is cutting back on its massive online program this month and a senior chinese government official has cautioned the case the possible impact of the fed staff. we will treat. we want to just go through us who could become a destabilizing factor for global financial markets it could cause withdrawal of funds from emerging economies with it. lott also noted that

the feds for this to me this cutback would lead to drastic fluctuations in the once exchange trade. he said china can ignore possible future risks and added authorities would take measures to avoid those risks. back in may last year fed chairman ben bernanke he hinted at the possibility of tapering of the bond program and that prompted investors to shift their money out of the emerging economies and back to the us the exodus created greater volatility in financial markets. since then china and other countries have been asking the fed to take financial markets in other countries into consideration in winding down its stimulus. executives at my croissants a say. this past christmas was a particularly festive one they say the holiday season now with their sales for the final quarter to a record high. executives say they brought in about twenty four and a half billion dollars during the october to december period of about fourteen percent from a year earlier. their net profit of

six and a half billion dollars up three percent the executives and credit sales of new game consoles and tablet computers during the holiday season this either corporate server business and cloud related services grew fast too. in recent years they've been changing direction they're relying less on computer software and investing more in mobile devices and services. samsung electronics posted a decline in its operating profit for the october to december period as the first quarterly fall in two years. samsung electronics executives say the operating profit for the quarter was about seven point seven billion dollars that's a drop of about six percent in one turns from a year earlier losses from a rapid advance in the one amounted to about six hundred fifty million dollars for that quarter alone. another factor was a fall in profit from the telecom sector which amounts to which accounts for nearly seventy percent of the overall profit. this is due to the popularity of low

cost smartphones in the chinese market. despite the decline in quarterly profits and sign posted record annual sales and operating profit last year in fiscal two thousand and thirteen sales rose fourteen percent to two hundred ten billion dollars in operating profit was about thirty four billion dollars up twenty seven percent from the previous year the reward investors are really cute the tokyo market. markets around the world. from the vision that could change the course of the economy lincoln christmas the minute or two. in our bike stolen from a brown one

people in the wake of tuesday's continued to read it. he called me smile the use in china have released a japan based chinese scholar after nearly six months in custody. we'll go to a university professor issues young wrong when missing well on a trip to shanghai last july. china's foreign ministry in sydney in september that they were holding him. university officials confirmed that two has been released they say they met him in shanghai zhou told them investigators were looking into whether he broke the law while conducting academic research in china he says he did nothing wrong and will return to japan soon. as a well known commentator on relations between japan and china. he has appeared frequently on japanese television. japan's top government spokesperson says self defense force aircraft have received no warnings from chinese military planes over the east china sea. you see the city i was responding to a chinese media reports saying that foreign military aircraft flew into the country's air defense

identification zone the report was carried by nationwide news agency. it quotes an air force spokesperson as saying. give monetarily identified and issued voice warnings to foreign military that the aircraft and train the country's air defense identification zone. china set up the sun over the east china sea in two months ago siva says he knows of the reports but that he doesn't understand what the term voice warning means she had no clue the government is not aware of any unusual actions taken me by chinese military planes flying near self defense force aircraft crews had it a night to you. to see this as the defence ministry which are properly disclose any such incidents if they occur warmer weather is back for the weekend in japan that's according to our meteorologist roberts pet a robber. well i'll warmer weather it comes that was some good things to me

needing get out about enjoy yourself here on friday and saturday but unfortunately there's some downsides to this the warmer weather that is to be coming through along with some rainfall from a low pressure system in the sea on a satellite picture file are up there towards the west take a look at the forty and our outlook pushes over budget and urine off their towards the east and what most of this it is the rainfall it's not snow so you get. temperatures in the mid teens can buy with the rain there is a high risk of avalanche out here. even some flooding in low lying areas were to get some that still now so go watch out for specifically audience was wesley got the of the big snow pack in place to go to high temperatures on saturday although it to ten degrees f only well above average there for you. tokyo at sixteen even farther down the court the south and cushy up to seventeen for the flick much warmer temperatures in place to advise you go wow. enjoy this the warmer air while it does laugh because by sunday hellos to push off their towards the east then called in air will be filtering in back in behind it yet again

syllable screen captures starting to fade away the hype that has been great in the warmer air though is also bring in some drier weather father down here towards the south specifically across the philippines we can talk about the severe flooding got a look at this. at twenty four are preset it starts to oversee drift away in clear skies their new forecast manila five twenty nine partly cloudy skies there for you. taipei up to twenty shanghai seventeen sunny skies as well. so start to see that for the locals range ours coming through. only six expected for you. on saturday unless they took over towards the americas was going on here right now. another several low pressure systems we are keeping an eye on both them creating winter weather first. this one downpours the gulf of mexico and well this far south you wouldn't expect fill the gap that has been snowing over the waters hearing even into new orleans even reporting some spill over to houston freezing rain causing on numerous some flight delays and cancellations even reports of power outages out here the good news this will

taper off but then as the keepers off this next system in alberta clipper comes in from the norfolk is to bring widespread still fought on some gusty winds across the lakes here and then fall behind that another blast of this artic air they'll be coming in irenaeus and toddled minus four three or higher on your friday but by saturday and sunday it's going to feel more like martinez seventeen minus eighteen for the high temperature below was will be getting much colder than that that is really to be the case here. across much of the eastern half of the americas. meanwhile as we look over towards europe though we have another system actually coming into the british dolls that bring us some rain showers for now to move more towards low countries in this and still fall wide spread of knowledge could be about five centimeters there to france and then as is does push these and other more potent system will be making its way into the forecast by early next week to keep an eye out for for the time being though across another training we also looking at some pretty

heavy rain showers and even severe thunderstorms across western portions of the balkans. there's a flood risk here especially for those areas in the allen wrench. but it's not just that it's these thunderstorms with frequent lightning and also very gusty winds mixed into it to stop and watch out for us with your weather this is the new forecasts. i am to noon. ay ay ay ay. i

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