hello there. a very warm welcome to nhk "newsline," broadcasting to viewers around the globe. it is 10:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. u.s. president our top story this hour -- u.s. donald trump lashed out. he's set to continue the measure despite protest and criticism from inside and outside the united states. the order temporarily bans people from seven countries in the middle east and aftercarica well as all refugees from entering the u.s. >> we had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland

security. some day we had to make the move and we decided to make the move. >> some travelers were detained at airports across the country after they were denied entry. on monday trump played down the number. he said a computer outage as well as protesters were causing problems. he said all is going well. the senate democratic leader condemned trump's action calling them mean spirit and un-american. trump criticized him for appearing to cry and called his tears fake. a spokesperson for barack obama says he supports be ongoing protests across the country. he disagrees with the notion of discriminating of individuals because of faith or religion. there's been strong

reactions in southeast asia. the country has the world's biggest muslim population. they're not subject to the ban but they call the decree misguided. >> translator: we deeply regret this action as it runs counter to global efforts to fight terrorism and manage the flow of refugees. it is wrong to connect such acts and such behavior with a single religion. >> reporter: the spokesperson said indonesia expects the u.s. to continue addressing challenges of terrorism and refugees. he said the country hopes trump's order will not hinder that. the decree has also angered people in the predominantly catholic philippines. dozens of students protested outside the american embassy. however, the president indicated he supports the action.

>> trump said, i will not interfere in the affairs of other countries. now, if he has other policies to protect his country, i will understand. japan airlines have stopped checking in passengers with passports from the seven countries who are trying to board flights to the u.s. japanese b japanese business leaders are raising their voices. he's very sad to see what's happening in america. he's offered free smartphone app calls between the u.s. and the countries subject to the ban. onto other stories. people in charge of the crippled fukushima plant say they may have plaed a breakthrough for dismantling the facility. they released footage of what

they think may be molten fuel. if confirmed, the finding would be the first of its kind. >> reporter: this video shows right under the reactor core deposits can be seen on the metal platform. tokyo electric power company officials say the deposits may be something they've been looking for, molten fuel. on monday workers sent an unmanned camera probe into the containment vessel of the number two reactor. that's one of the three reactors at fukushima daiichi plant where meltdowns occurred following the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. researchers believe that overheated fuel started to melt, went through a barrier and mixed with debris. workers have tried for years to locate the fuel. confirmation of the latest finding would greatly boost the decommissioning process. the officials plan to send in another set of devices early next month for further

exploration. they hope to decide the method for the most difficult task, removing the fuel, later this year. ayumi chikaraishi, nhk world, tokyo. japanese government officials released a slew of data. we received the latest batch this morning. what do the numbers tell us? >> they're giving us a snapshot of the economy like how consumers are using their money. the situation with the labor market. lee let's take a look at household spending. in december it fell for the 10th consecutive month. consumers are keeping a tight grip on their wallets. expenditures in december by households with two or more members fell from 0.3% from the year before. they spend about 318,000 yen.

that's around $2,800. the officials have come out with employment data. the jobless date in december was 3.1% which is unchanged from the previous month. officials at the labor ministry say the ratio of job offers to applicants rose 0.02 of a point to 1.43. this means there were 143 job openings for every 100 people looking for work. that's the highest ratio in 25 years. japanese managers have been seeing more activity on their factory floors. officials at the economy ministry say industrial production in december was up 0.5%. that's the second straight month of increase. the officials also released their outlook. they are predicting growth of 3% in january and an expansion of 0.8 for february. they say industrial production is showing a pick up. president trump has signed an executive order on cutting

regulations massively with the aim of fostering economic growth especially to boost support for small businesses. he says he wants to eliminate 75% of existing regulations. >> this will be the largest cut by far in terms of regulation. >> it requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identity two existing regulations that can be eliminated. the president gave no details on how the measure will be implemented. he explained earlier his plan at the white house to people representing small businesses. >> you want to simplify and lower taxes. we're getting rid of regulations to a massive extent. could be as much as 75%. could be even slightly more than that. >> the president also suggested he would review financial regulations introduced by the

previous administration by barack obama in the wake of 2008 financial crisis. he described the dodd-frank law as a disaster saying banks are not lending money to small enterprises. let's turn to markets now. see what's happening there. share prices here in tokyo did open sharply lower following declines we saw in wall street. market sentiment has been dam n dampened on trump's order on immigration. the nikkei is trading lower. dow down . major exporters like auto and technology stocks are among the biggest declines on a stronger yen. let's take a look anotht curren. many traders are unsettled. they are selling the dollar by the yen. the pair now trading at 113.78

to 81. that's down from a two-week high of above the 115 yen mark last week. the bank of japan's monetary policy decision comes out later in the day. the yen is also rising against the euro. the boj's largest expected to maintain its current policy. let's move onto some other markets across the asia pacific. we'll take a look at australia. markets in mainland china, hong kong and taiwan are closed on tuesday. honda motor and general motors have announced a joint venture to produce fuel celled power systems in the u.s. it will create 100 jobs. >> our common next generation fuel cell system is smaller and lighter.

>> executives say the system will be used to power the next generation of ecofriendly vehicles. they plan to start mass production by 2020. the automakers have been cooperating on research and will try to improve production efficiency to help lower prices. >> we also want this new fuel cell system to be built in the united states. >> he explained his company's policies to manufacture where there is demand. in japan, there's demand for better vehicle safety. traffic accidents involving self-driving cars and senior citizens have put the spotlight on it. car makers are responding by improving things like their automatic braking systems. >> reporter: a car approaches an objects but just before impact, it comes to a stop.

this braking system relies on two cameras mounted to the rear view mirror. they measure distance between the car around people or objects. when the collision is imminent, the system applies the brakes. other systems if a car was going 30 kilometers per hour or slower. the developer of this one says it works up to 50 kilometers per hour. there's other improvements. >> translator: cameras used to capture within 100 meters of a car. now they can see parfarther. their field of view is wider. >> reporter: the engineers are using cameras to tackle blind spots. many automatic braking systems cannot sense the distance of vehicles approaching from the side.

expanding the cameras field of vision could have overcome that problem. >> we're working to minimize blind spots and prevent accidents. >> reporter: they press the accelerator by mistake. they have come up with a solution. the drivers camera see a object, power to the engine is automatically reduced even if the driver presses hard on the gas. there's a sensor for spotting objects in back. the system cost about $520. nearly 80% of buyers choose to

have it. >> translator: we developed this system in the hope of preventing accidents caused by sudden acceleration. >> drivers can -- have to develop this -- it's connected to wiring for the accelerator on the brake. the brake prevents the car from going forward. >> translator: we have more and more inquiries from seniors and also people who want to install it in their parents cars. >> technologies to improve driver safety are becoming more advanced and demand seems to be increasing too. >> that is the latest in business for this hour. here is a check on markets.

onto other stories we're following this hour. the philippine president has been criticized for his bloody war on drugs.

he says he wants to purge corrupt members from his force. the move follows revelations of a police killing of a south korean businessman. >> ronald told his officers he would sweep the ranks of what he called scallywags. the kidnapping and murder of the businessman was conducted by narcotics officers. it became a flash point for demonstrators in manila. police have killed thousands of people in the antidrugs campaign which rodrigo duterte launched in june and critics say the businessman's killing as another example of the security forces pattern impunity to commit crimes under the cover of the drugs war. duterte met the deceased man's

widow on monday. he has apologized to south korea. the president promised his crackdown will continue until the end of his six year presidency and he said no critics would stop him. observers say the suspension of police hit squads is a ploy to diffuse public anger during the -- one of the most corrupt institutions. nhk has learned an experiment to solve the ever worsening problem of space debris is facing difficulties. but officials at the japan aerospace exploration agency say they'll keep trying until their spacecraft ends its runs in a few days. the ship failed to release wires as planned after detaching from the international space station on saturday.

the spacecraft was launched in december to deliver supplies to the station before conducting its experiment. the plan involved releasing 700 meter long wires. electric currents would interact with the earth's magnetic field and slow down nearby debris. debris no longer moving fast enough to orbit would follow the craft as it reentered the atmosphere and burn up. jaxa plans to continue working on the idea with the aim of putting it into use by the mid 2020s. >> the founder of the japanese company behind a legendary video game has died at the age of 91. was known as the father of pac-man. toy and games software developer says he died on january 22nd. he founded the company that became namco in 1955.

the firm started out running children's play grounds and develop software. released as an arcade game, pac-man quickly became a worldwide phenomena. it holds the guinness world record of being the most popular coin operated game. we've been featuring a project called one world in kimono. in this installment we show you how crafts men from japan and indonesia collaborated fusing their traditions.

>> it's this one especially vivid. there's centuries of craftsmanship behind the piece, designed by the president of one of the oldest kimono companies in japan. but nowadays, vivid colors have more appeal to youngsters. he searched through his company's art collection for inspiration for this project. he found it in this that was made in java. its powerful colors haven't faded over the centuries. >> translator: i cannot forget the excitement i felt when i first saw those textiles.

their vibrant colors have remained in my mind ever since. and i've always dreamed of visiting the country. >> reporter: the town has a long history of international rapport and known for its quality. he came to the town to meet a renowned craftsman. he warmly invited him to his studio. it's made by drawing patterns with molten wax. it's usually done on cotton. and he says it was a challenge to adopt the technique to the kimono silk. >> translator: you need to be constantly careful about the condition of the wax when you apply it to the silk. >> reporter: he says slight

differences of heat and maturity of the wax affect the quality of the garment, especially in the process of dyeing the kimono. the two master designers worked together on new ideas. >> translator: the quality of the kimono all depends on you. >> reporter: he left the dyeing for okajima's team. the traditional colors came out with a new vividness. after half a year of intense work, the indonesian kimono is finally complete. the intricate patterns, the result is a powerful contrast between the two techniques. japanese style gradation and vibrant colors. >> translator: i want to try it. >> translator: the designs and the colors. >> reporter: okajima is proud of

his success. >> translator: we always pursue innovation. it would be wonderful if this creation would lead to a new tradition. that's what i've sought after in my career. >> reporter: he says he will continue trying to expand the horizons of kimono making and keep working to bring kimono to the world. nhk world, kyoto. people in some areas of japan experienced record warmth and some plum blossoms bloom. we're back to cold weather this morning. robert speta explains in weather. >> winter definitely returned in force across central and northern japan. we have the cool northerly winds sweeping in out of here. that's continuing to bring

snowfall across okkido. you'll see this pile up along with gusty winds. still expected as we head through the rest of your tuesday. things stay dry along the pacific seaboard. dry air advisories in place. if you're in tokyo don't expect any precipitation. it will stay sunny and much chill. how much of a temperature drop did we see? at the tokyo international airport on monday, 21 degrees was reported for the high. even towards seoul, minus 1. it continues to drop the temperatures. if we look at the three-day forecast, in tokyo about 11-degree drop from your high temperatures here for monday into tuesday. thursday expected to be about 9. osaka as well toward the north

you're seeing a pretty significant difference as we go ahead through midweek. things are cooling off. did have a day where you could probably put away your winter jackets but a little bit back to reality now and match closer to what we typically see for this time of year. also getting some pretty chilly weather is out here across central and eastern areas of europe. we do have several storm systems moving through right now. back towards the west there's this one. this is bringing rough weather there across parts of the british isles. this storm system combined with this frigid air mass having snow warnings in place for southern germany. this is often towards hungary where temperatures are chilly. i'll show you video of this event that takes place in

hungary. the water is not frozen but it's cold. it's about 2 degrees celsius. about 80 people partook in this event and that looks cold. it's one way you can enjoy that frig frigid weather. it's not all just dark and gloomy out there with those chilly temperatures in your forecast. vienna, 0. budapest at minus 3. it stays warm out towards the west. madrid getting up to 15 degrees here. also want to mention dry but warm weather in the southern areas of the u.s. today. l.a. with a high of 23. houston getting up to 23 as well. we have a clipper coming in across the great lakes. that will bring scattered

snowfall from chicago to new york. watch out if you're driving. all right. here is your extended outlook.

that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thank you very much for staying with us.

michelle: hello, and welcome to the first "focus on europe" for the new year. i'm michelle henery. unfortunately, here in europe, 2017 begins much as the last year ended, blighted by acts of terror. many of the attackers are young men, some who were impressionable and vulnerable to being radicalized. in germany, a group called the salafists which adheres to a strict, traditional interpretation of the koran, were known for distributing the islamic religious text in pedestrian areas. they said they wanted to spread their religion. but many only wanted to recruit young men for the islamic state, say the police. relations between russia and the