hello there and welcome to nhk "newsline." the presidents of the philippines and china held their first meeting in beijing. he said america has lost. he made the comments at a meeting of business leaders. >> i announce my celebration from the united states. both the military and economics

also. >> relations with washington have been deteriorating since june when duterte took office. a spokesperson for the u.s. state department says washington will seek an explanation from manilla. >> we still hold that it is inexplicably at odds to explode the relationship that we have with the filipino people as well as the government there. >> he stressed that the u.s. remains rock solid in the commitment to the mutual defense treaty with the philippines. he added that he hopes the alliance will continue to deepen. in indonesia, a suspected islamic state group sympathizer has stabbed and injured three police officers near the indonesian capital of jakarta. >> translator: the policemen were stabbed in the arms and chest. then the attacker walked around showing off his weapon and went to the police outpost shouting god is great.

>> the 21-year-old indonesian man attacked the police outpost on thursday. police said the suspect was putting an islamic state sticker on the police outpost and slashed at the officers when they told him to stop. the officers shot him in the leg and arrested him. police found what appeared to be a pipe bomb in the man's belongings. the suspect later died from the gunshot wound. police in indonesia have been on high alert following a series of attacks this year linked to the islamic state group. militants killed four people in a january shooting and bomb attack in jakarta. in august police arrested six islamic state supporters for allegedly plotting to launch a rocket toward a tourist site in neighboring singapore. north korea says it will continue to send satellites into space. its rocket launchers are widely seen by the international community as long-range ballistic missile tests.

a statement by a north korean spokesperson defends the actions, saying a sovereign nation has a legitimate right to develop satellites and use them for peaceful purposes. pyongyang launched what it called a satellite carrying rocket in february. state-run media reported last month that leader kim jong-un ordered scientists to prepare a satellite launch as soon as possible. the u.s. military says north korea failed in an attempt on thursday to launch what's thought to be a musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile on thursday. neighboring countries and the u.s. are on the alert for more possible north korean missile operations. officials at mitsubishi motors has attempted to build a company under nissan motors.

what's everyone here planning? >> catherine, as you know, it was just this week that we found out that nissan's ceo will become mitsubishi motors chairman. they plan to rebuild the business by overhauling it's development systems. the two companies have started talking about jointly producing cars in indonesia. mitsubishi will also scale down a plan to cut down on development costs. mitsubishi is known for developing plug in vehicles. the company plans to develop electric vehicle technology with nissan. the european central bank has decided to keep it's monetary easing policy unchanged.

po we will keep quantitative easing unchanged. >> the ecb present said they held the benchmark refinancing rate at 0% and it's deposit rates at 0.4%. the decisions come as the consumer prices in the euro zone rose 0.4% year on year in september. that's up 0.2 percentage points in the previous month and eased economic concerns. he suggested that the bank will discuss at the next meeting in december whether to extend the asset buying program beyond next march. as for markets, major european

stock indexes higher. many took the comments as meaning that he -- wall street ended slightly down following mixed earnings reports, the presidential debate had little impact on u.s. markets. it's friday morning here and we have john ledeiu. >> it's been a very important for the global markets, we have china's gdp data and the final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump and as reported the ecb polity decision, let's see how these stocks are opening up here in tokyo, this friday october 21st, the nikkei is up about a third of a percent and the broader topix is down on thursday.

the nikkei ended at its highest level. let's also check on oil prices, the wti crude features dropped to the mid $50 level a barrel. many profits benchmarked after a 15-month high. and on the u.s. earnings fronts, telecom giant verizon fell short of expectations as american express posted strong results. >> how are these comments affecting things like the dollar and the euro, if at all. give us an update on u.s. currencies. >> the euro dropped four points over the dollar. before that the -- comments at the news conference after the policy meeting.

he denied the policymakers discussions about tapering or adjusting the quantitative easing. the dollar fell against the yen, the u.s. currency is now at 104.08. a quick look at indexes that are open across the asia pacific region, the kospi is up. on friday china will update the new price data for 70 major cities. because the government is actively supporting measures for the china economy, we should see some stabilizing in the world's second largest economy, i'll have another update for you in a few hours. >> thank you, john, we will touch base with you in a few hours. moving on, the mitsubishi regional jet is the first japanese passenger plane developed in half a century. the aircraft is now in the u.s.

for official flight tests, the most critical face before it is rolled out to customers. here's our report. >> reporter: the jet arrived in washington state on america's west coast. >> the mitsubishi regional jet has finally arrived in the united states. it will be undergoing further testing at this airport to gain its federal certification. >> the jet's development delayed lead time by five years. before starting delivery to customers in 2018, it must complete 2,500 hours of test flights, proving its performance, even in extreme weather conditions. >> translator: as we start a new phase of developments, our emphasis is on test flights and

improving the aircraft. >> reporter: but the mrj is a powerf powerful -- the brazilian aircraft maker is developing it's new e-2 series which uses an engine similar to mitsubishi's jets and reportedly bridging the gap between the two planes. the company has front loaded it's schedule and completed the e-2 maiden flight in may this year. the plane has advanced commitments for more than 650 units, far ahead of mitsubishi's 450 units. this aircraft leasing firm has put its face in the company. >> they have an old history, so they're quite reputable, they

have done quite well. so we're very comfortable with it. >> the company is confident it can fend off the challenge from mitsubishi. >> i'm sure amerimrj will grow a serious competitor. >> the market expectations in your japanese made aircraft are high. i hope we can compete with each other and provide our customers with better products and services. >> prior to its delivery in 2018, mitsubishi cannot lose any more time. successful completion of the flight test is key to gaining an edge. >> all right, that is the latest in business for this hour, i'm

going to leave you with a check on the markets. the governor of japan's southern prefecture of okinawa has launched a protest with local police. he says an officer hurled a slur towards protesters who were

demonstrating at the construction site of u.s. military helipads. the officer made a remark as police were warning protesters not to climb over a fence. governor takeshi onaga on thursday summoned the head of the okinawa prefectural police department. >> translator: the use of the word offended the people of okinawa and caused them grief. i cannot tolerate statements like this. i would like to tell you the comment was outrageous, and i am furious. >> translator: i feel deep responsibility over the matter for the officer working in the okinawa police department.

i want to sincerely apologize to people in the prefecture. >> ikeda suggested his department will review ways to instruct riot police. the incident sparked another protest on thursday to block the construction site gate. they clashed with riot police who sought to remove them to let trucks pass. labor authorities in japan have officially linked the death of a nuclear power plant employee to overwork and they say his family is eligible for compensation. the man worked for tansaka electric power company in april. he was working towards a july deadline to extend the use of aging reactors, and it's believed he worked at least 150 hours of overtime during a 19-day period before his death. officials say he regularly worked extensive hours.

the company has declined to comment on the issue. the president of japan's largest labor union told reporters this is not a unique case. he said he'll urge the government to come up with a plan to make it stop. death from overwork in japan is said to be a decades old phenomenon. chesapeake has ex- china has executed a man on the offense of drug smuggling. the man who's in his 40s was put to death. the man was convicted of involvement of illegal sales of methamphetamine. earlier this month, a court informed the japanese consulate that the man's execution was imminent. in china, people convicted of carrying over 50 grams of methamphetamine are subject to capital punishment.

the japanese craft of origami paper folder is -- push the envelope in their fields. >> reporter: this experiment satellite, origami sat 1 is scheduled to be released in 2018. it's designed to expand based on traditional ways of folding. research on origami's possible aerospace uses began more than 40 years ago. koryo miura is a pioneer. he's an aerospace engineer who came across origami as he was studying how to package satellites.

miura says folding methods can bring out a materials potential. folded fabric easily expands to cover a large surface area. folding in a way that provides even weight distribution adds strength. >> translator: we could also think about how concepts of origami can give products added value. >> reporter: origami has expanded to other fields. it's attracting increasing attention from architects. organizers of an international science conference in tokyo last month included an origami session. >> ability for folding to be a transformative construct for us to create real devices, machines, things that can improve the lives of people. >> reporter: some studies of why

origami concepts to construction materials. a sheet of metal is folded into a honeycomb structure. the material is strong and lightweight and can be made at relatively low cost with reduced waste. >> translator: i think we can come up with many innovative uses. >> reporter: tomohiro tachi is a research associate at the university of tokyo. he is applying origami concepts to the development of new buildings. he's working on creating collapsible temporary housing units and mobile auditoriums. >> translator: these are structures that expand from a folded state and are stable when they are deployed. each one is shaped like an arch so when they're connected, they become like a roof. >> reporter: a major hurdle remains. materials used in real

construction are often thick and cannot always be folded like paper. to allow for folding, thin, durable sheets must be used or methods developed to handle existing materials. >> translator: when using real life materials, we must think about such factors as the steps required to fold them and the eventual layout. many factors must still be considered. >> reporter: tachi was particularly interested in a study by a u.s. researcher. the presenter shows a thick prototype material that's been folded. at first sight it looks almost like a mechanical part. but then the origami principle becomes clear. >> translator: to create folded objects with thickness, parts must be divided into several panels. each panel is then connected

with thin plates that move like hinges so the plates don't interfere with each other when they're folded. >> reporter: as new applications emerge, specialists exchange ideas and consider new possibilities. tachi and others are pushing the limits of origami as they aim to uncover its benefits. a japanese rugby star has died. seiji hirao was 53. hirao was the general manager at the rugby team at kobe steel. officials there say he passed away thursday morning, succumbing to an illness. he was born in 1963. the kyoto native led his technical high school team to a national title. then he helped his university team win three straight championships for the first time in the country's history. hirao later contributed as a central player to the kobe steel team claiming seven consecutive national titles.

he earned 35 caps as a standoff and center for japan competing in three world cup finals. after retiring as a player, he became the head coach of japan's national team in 1997 at the age of 34. he spearheaded the squad at the 1999 world cup final. last year hirao joined the board of the japan rugby football union, the sport's national governing body. he worked hard to prepare for japan hosting the world cup final for the first time in 2019. people in southeast china are dealing with the effects of a typhoon that left a trail of destruction in the philippines and now it's bearing down on the chinese city of quongdong.

>> a signal warning 8 has been declare out here. i do want to bring your attention out to the east here, across the northern areas of the philippines. actually this town right here, this city of 150,000 people. i'll show you this photo. it's quite incredible. this was taken on friday prior to the storm making landfall. a few things i want to point out here. look at the tops of a lot of these buildings, you have this tree right here, and then you have these fields in the background. 24 hours after the storm has gone by, this field is gone. this almost looks like a lake. that tree completely deleafed and a lot of these buildings just getting their roofs ripped right off. that just shows you the power of this storm system. and more video out of the west coast, that shows you this coming onshore and blowing through this area. winds at its weak were estimated to be about 315 kilometers per hour. tens of thousands of people were

evacuated. one thing i do want to mention is that this entire area is still recovering from sarika. remember that hit this past weekend out here? there were several casualties with that one. this one does look like there at least was a half dozen casualties out here across the northern philippines. the philippine government took this very seriously. they evacuated people from flood prone coastal areas as this moved overhead. but back to back category 4 and category 5 storms. this is still a typhoon, winds 126 kilometers per hour. the rain is going to be a big issue, we actually had flooding earlier this week in the same area. last wednesday, flood warnings were issued in hong kong, you had severe flooding out there. the ground saturated, the river flooding is going to be a big issue. that's going to be something

we're going to take away from this storm system. back towards the north, high pressure dominating much of northeastern asia, across korea, over towards japan, but we do have this storm system kicking off here in northern japan, that has been bringing some rough weather out there, and then back towards the west, we have another low coming in that's going to bring in showers across kyushu. look at the forecast saturday morning for okaido. 126 clm kilometer per hour winds. could see an additional 15 centimeters of snowfall overnight. let's talk about the americas, severe thunderstorms still flaring up across the east coast, actually flood warnings in place across the ohio river valley. they have seen this persistent

flow. this frontal area really being fielded by that intense action. out ahead of it, record breaking highs were seen earlier this week in new york and d.c., but it's going to be cooling off. take a look at this three-day outlook, halifax 18, 11 on sunday, new york dropping down to 14, they were in the 30s earlier this week, by saturday. here's the extended outlook.

we have one more story to share with you before we go. the public is getting a look at one of the world's largest mosaic floors. officials unveiled the floor in the ruins of palace. the palace was built in the eighth century. the floor is 825 square meters. tao floor patterns were represented in islamic art. this is the first chance that the public has been able to see the floor since it was discovered in the 1950s. official from the japan international cooperation agency say japanese experts will begin to further restore ration work. that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." thanks very much for joining us.

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