live from tokyo, this is "newsline." i am james tengan and it's 7:00 p.m. on a thursday here in japan. welcome to nhk world. here are the top stories for this hour. myanmar's leader is laying the ground work for a transfer of power.

soukt korea's supreme kourld has held up a life. election officials say that the national lead for democracy is heading for victory. the party leader is laying the ground work of the historic transfer of power. the election have released result itself for 72 percent of the seats as noon thursday. officials sai that the nld has captured 291 out of the 600 seats. the military backed governing party has tallied 33. myanmar emerged from the military rule four years ago, but they're lead by former military officers. the focus is on whether the

opposition is going to loossen the grip. the military retains strong political influence in the country. it holds one quarter of the seats and veto powers of change. he wants an early dialogue to ensure a smooth transfer. a life sentence for the captain of the sewol boat. it killed almost 300 people and mostly teenagers on a school trip. the ferry capsized in april last je year.

295 died. the vessel's captain and his crew have been among talk. on thursday the su stream court said that the captain was guilty of homicide. he fled the ship without giving an evacuation order even though that he is required by law to save the passengers. japanese o officials say that the ships appear to be intelligence and sailing in the same area in open waters near the a lands since wednesday. they say that such moments of the chinese navel ships are are

close. japan's prime minister is gearing up or meetings. we have the details and a round up of other business headlines. >> thanks james. prime minister aba will attend a gathering. the leader will discuss antiterrorism and the ways of growth. that's the free trade area of the asia pacific and they plan to tell the counter parts as they plan to raise by 20 approximate percent. he also plans to say a bigger economy at home will have global

benefits. the meetings come after last week's agreement. data from japan's cabinet show that is managers are spending more on upgrades than. government officials say that they placed machine orders worth $4.6 billion. they do not include the shipbuilding and the power sectors that tend to fluctuate. although the numbers were up, the nonmanufactures are made up by ib creasing by 14 percent. shareholders have backed an

overall and they approve the shuffle. 125 shareholders were present and the president address the gathering and he apologized for the trouble and resigned from his post. senior corporate officer took the place. he admitted to selling earthquake devices after false identifying data and faked results used mainly in trains and ships. film workers will have the ability to get their movies online. officials at the cultural convenient club are concerned about the stagnant rental

market. they launched in august in an effort to boast. they will fund original movies too. managers would judge the entry and they award the best three up to $300,000 each. time to check the marlthss that the japanese stocks fraded on thursday. for more let's go to the business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. mayu, what can you tell us? >> well, the outlook was weak and then it was a little dampened by the signs of over heating in the market. they were flat all day and we can see that the stocks barely

moved and barely closing at 19,000 and it did imagine to go to a seventh day. now invest gaors played it safe today. one company outsmted others today and that's the colopl and that's after the company raises the -- and then the major shareholder group and kbrerd alibaba breek the record for the single's day but it feel on profit taking so that wage on south bank is flat. on the down side there's the

12 percent rise and that was lower than margrket expectation. now they underperformed and overall it was a very quit day in the financial markets. reporting from the financial exchange. moving on in the region in china the shanghai closed at 3,000 -- it clipped and posted the biggest one day gain in more than a month. investors picked up wide range of shares.

the central bank decided to keep the key interest rate unchanged. prices of goods between firms have fallen and it was down 3.8 percent from the same month last year. the analyst say that it was due in pasht to a decline in prizes of coal goods as well as scrap parts. they set a record with the winning bid and an auction in switzerland. they discovered the diamond and weighs around 12 carrots and experts describe it as ats and

experts describe it as flawless. people are peddling to save money. bikes powered by electricity and bikes harrell ythat are powerin young economy. nhk reports. >> a bicycle that turns into a shoe shine shop. a folding bike that fits into the suitcase. bicycles from japan and aboard were on show just outside of tokyo. the event attracted about 30,000 people. one type that's gaining popularity is assisted ones. this year it's a whole section

to t these. >> these are more stable and for the held erl seeking style and function, one manufacture has launched this sport's bike aimed at urban writers. the small battery mean that is it weighs just 15 kilograms. >> translator: i'd never seen a power assisted bike before. it's really cool. i was happy that i could test ride it. >> since light, it can travel smoothly and in the power assist mode. the sport's bike take off like this and it's going to help to broaden the customer base.

>> reporter: several are offering vertical rides. this lets you ride through the the landscapes and up load it. >> virtual actual bibike tours interest. one annual event generates a spin off of nearly $800,000. >> translator: the peek tourist season is summer, so we need to device the ways to detract the tourist. i think that bicycles may help.

>> the local tourism association helps them to extend the trips with rental bikes modelled after the train. travelers can also bring their rentals on to the local trains and a special measure in a country that has tough restrictions of the planes and bik bikes. >> translator: the models are poplar with young tourist and men. our goal is help people have the potential to go.

>> that's it for the business news, and i am going leave you with the markets. declared free of ebola of the world health organization. around 14,000 people there contracted the disease. the kountd eries fight against ebola is not over. they're struggling to prevent another breakfast.

>> hallelujah ♪ >> people in western here gear up in the charge to celebrate the official announcement. many of them lost loved ones to ebola. the outbreak of the deadly disease lasted more than 80 months and killing more than 4,000 people. >> for those that left the families from outside country join us to fight the ebola. >> officials say that they continue to take heightened precautions in order to contain any possible reo o kurnts of the disease. after driving two hours, they chased a checkpoint. they were all checked for

temperature. it geteven tighter in a bolder town. >> here at the border area the authorities are on the look for anyone that might be infected with the virus. >> in the neighboring country the disease continues. four new patients were confirmed over the border in the past few weeks. they're taking the out most caution to vent the person. ea the staff are rehaning on high alet's against fresh outbreak of ebola.

they screen anyone that dies in the hospital and check the wounds like in case. >> everything we return and that's why we should not be come place sant. >> one in three residence died in the village where 19 people used to live. she lost her husband in two sons aged 18-21 to ebola. he was also deprived of the income. the land slide family worked hard building, and in six months sefs in quarantine. she received no support from the governme government. >> translator: i have no one to take care of me.

they say that the ebola has left the country, but i can't help but worry and have headaches. >> the fight continues and the outbreak maybe over but for many that lost the loved ones, the bright future is nowhere in sight. we're coming to you live from tokyo. halloween has been and gone. the pumpkins have been cleared away and only sikts weeks until christmas. >> reporter: wl, i am dm tin th middle of tokyo's business district. take a look. the skating rink opened today. as you can see there are people that have already come here

after work. this will definitely give you the christmas spirit and the spirit of giving. speaking of giving, port after t -- the statue that you see here is olympic -- he is raising money for the elected people. so i will pay the money and here we go. >> reporter: you know it's 14 degrees and watery and slippery, but the last time that i skated

was 20 years ago. in the meantime watch the opening ceremony that was celebrated earlier. at the ceremony, the children put on a skating exhibition. they're fan of the gold medallist. there was also a light show. many different colored lights were reflected on the rink. >> reporter: despite the warmer weather it continues outside as well. it's thursday evening here in japan time, so many office workers that are on the way back

home have stopped here to check things out. here is the christmas elimination. 200 trees along the avenue stretching for more than 1 km has been stretched up. no ordinary thing here. 1 million of the late ets led lights being used and they consume only 35 percent as conventional leds. they grow with the intensi and all fou erred by clean ener erie. kind to the environment and caring for those that cannot help himself. from all of us at nhk world, enjoy the winter likes. >> definitely a big draw as

well. do work on the skating skills. now we're joined. >> well, we will see the clouds increase and it's going to be a welt week end. it's located east and that's sending air from the east as well. we're looking at rain and heavy at times. it's going to be a wet day with 21 degrees and then on friday the rain maker may have to tell you to and this system has dumped about 200 in china and this one continues to do the location here and this one creeps into western japan.

you now it's going to be raining on friday in seoul and now a deep depression made land fall in india a couple of days ago. the system is a low and located over the sea. rainfully weather similar proving across southern temperatures and that's going to continue throughout the day. the rain can be found from the northern areas and across north area, various kinds of a weather sir happening. first i want to talk ability heavy snow fall. take a look at this from nevada. 45 sent mecentimeters was recor

5,000 people were without power. the storm knocked out trees and closed roads. however, some animals like these dogs really enjoyed playing in the snow. now the snow has lead up and the cool air is dripping with my mist. now this system caused about ten tornados across hawaii and 100 percent of wind. now this system has weakened but it's capable of producing in this area. now we have lake shore front warnings and so clouds could happen and it's going to be up to seven meters and extremely

strong. very cold air is coming in from the north and the highs in chicago will be only 9:00 degrees and seven degrees in denver and the next couldle of dies trump is going early if even going for saturday. acould say you are we the first official named storm is approaching and very heavy rain and high rands and just want temperatures are going to be warmer. here is your extended forecast.

once again officials say that chinese ships are sailing in the east china sea. the ships with the vessels have been sailing in the same area near the open waters since wednesday. they say that such moments of chinese navel ships are unusual. "newsline" will keep you updated. we invite you to watch news room

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