here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a friday, i'm james tengan in tokyo. we start the program with breaking news out of egypt. a malitov cocktail was hurled into a restaurant located in a district where many foreigners reside. security officials say the victims either burned to death

or died from spoke inhalation. media reports say trouble between restaurant staff and customers could be behind the incidents. when we have more details on that we'll bring them to you here on "newsline." the scandal that's engulfed the world football's governing body is spreading. u.s. investigators indicted 16 more officials at fifa as they continue their probe into allegations of corruption and bribery. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney general named 16 new defendants. loretta lynch says they are charged with racketeering and taking bribes related to marketing for marches and tournaments. >> message from this announcement should be clear to every cup -- culpable individual.

action hoping to invade this on going investigation, you will not wait this out and you will not escape our focus. >> reporter: among those charged were two fifa vice presidents alfredo hawit and juan angel naput. the two were arrested at the request of u.s. authorities just hours before the indictment. another official caught up in the scandal is former president of honduras, rafael callejas. they are now attempting to extradite the officials. the corruption came to light in may after u.s. prosecutors indicted 14 people including fifa officials. the u.s. justice department says eight of those indicted have admitted to the charges against them and have agreed to forfeit assets worth more than $40 million. u.s. investigators suspect that sports marketing executives and other defendants paid or offered bribes for media and marketing rights over a 20-year period. the amount of money added up to more than $150 million.

fifa's president sepp blatter announced he would step down once a new president was elected. but vice president soon found themselves under increasing heat. both had a 90-day provisional ban from football by fifa's ethics committee. investigators have been investigating a payment of 2 million swiss franks that blatter made to patini in 2011. fifa's top executives had been meeting this week to discuss reforms. they indicted two vice presidents did not attend. an executive member from japan says all those attending were shocked with the indictment of the two vice presidents. >> translator: all we can do is to carry out reforms and maintain transparency. we must also decide on various rules to prevent further corruption. >> reporter: the officials have

approved a package plan reforms. they include a pledge that fifa's president and leading officials would be restricted to three terms of four years each. the investigation intoifa has uncovered widespread corruption but it's not oveyet. swiss and u.s. authorities are still focusing on the bidding process for the world cup hosting rights for 2018 in russia and 2022 in qatar. seven people have stepped forward as candidates to become the new president of the world body. whoever is elected will face the difficult task of introducing reforms aimed at establishing a fair and transparent organization. fifa will hold its presidential election in february. nhk world. >> the sa ga seems to never end. thank you. u.s. investigator say a couple suspected of going on a shooting spree this week at a social services center in california had a large stockpile of weapons, but they're still

trying to answ the key question of why. police found 12 pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition in a raid on places connected with the couple. they say syed rizwan farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire at the facility in san bernardino wednesday morning. 14 people died, 21 others were injured. >> it is possible that this was terrorist related. but we don't know. it's also possible that this was workplace related. >> obama says it's up to the fbi to determine why the two staged the attack. an official with the fbi says the shooting appears to have been premeditated, given the amount of weapons. but he says it's still too early to speculate on the motive. the two were killed by police in a shootout after fleeing the scene by car. media reports the u.s. born farook made contact unside and outside the country with a number of islamic extremists

over the past few years. a state department official says malik was a pakistani national and had entered the u.s. on a fiancee visa. >> certainly now we'll look very closely at where these two individuals may or may not have traveled to and we'll engage with those governments of those countries to where they traveled. >> he says malik would have had to undergo counterterrorism screening to get the visa. tensions along the border between greece and macedonia remain high. thousands of migrants are stranded on the frontier after border controls were tightened. a man believed to be a moroccan died on thursday after climbing on to a train carriage and accidentally it upped the overhead cable. the balkan country had been a gateway. the macedonian government began

blocking passage last month to l but syrians, afghan and iraqis. hungarian prime minister announced that he will file a lawsuit with the european courts of justice against an eu decision to redistribute thousands of migrants among member countri. hungary's action follows a similar move by slovakia. japanese archaeologists are doing what they can to preserve syria's ancient ruins and other cultural properties. they've organized an international conference following the destruction of a unesco world heritage site. more than 100 experts from 13 nations gathered in beirut. they heard the latest information about threatened properties. researchers reported that archaeologists in syria cannot conduct field research because of the civil war. >> translator: it's really nice. it's the first time to have this

kind of meeting since the civil war started. i want to get advice from foreign archaeologists. >> this is one of the organizers. he spent 20 years excavating the ancient city of palmyra. the city's temples, amphitheater and other ruins date back about 2,000 years to the roman era and are a world heritage site. cito is friends with a prominent syrian archaeologist who was killed by state militants in august. >> translator: kalid was a pioneer in palmyra research. he gave us a chance to join research in the 1990s. i wanted to dedicate this conference to him as a sort of memorial for him. >> he plans to throw three-dimensional images of the temple in its previous state at the conference which will run through sunday.

political leaders in japan are announcing the creation of a new intelligence unit to gather information on international terrorist activity. the officials say the unit will monitor regions including southeast asia, south asia, the middle east and north and west africa. >> translator: japan will host the summit next year. we'll also host the 2019 rugby world cup and 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics. the government will tighten security to prevent any acts of terrorism. >> the government will also set up a body to oversee the unit. it will include top officials from the foreign ministry, defense ministry and national police agency. security at border stations are going to be tightened. officials will install biometric systems to screen visitors. the announcement comes during a heightened state of alert after

the recent terrorist attacks in paris. some private companies here in japan are also castinging a critical eye on security. nhk world takes a look at how. >> reporter: there are 10,000 people at this tokyo sporting event. the kind of place authorities fear could be at risk to terrorist attacks. so a private security company is conducting the drill. they are outfitted with wearable cameras with the aim of using as many eyes as possible to find suspicious objects. >> translator: i see an unattended paper bag. your image has been confirmed. >> reporter: the camera shares the images and the gps location with security guards so they can

respond. the drill is a success. but should only be a first start says the company that prevented it. >> translator: there's a limit to what we can do with conventional manpower alone. we must take advantage of technology to reinforce our security system. >> reporter: another firm is using image analysis to detect threats. in a test, along with a knife that's attacking people. the camera recognizes the crowd flow suddenly changed and trigger an alarm. the company is also using face recognition to identify suspicious individuals. cameras are used to monitor people with sudden movement buttons. one individual is showed multiple times.

company officials say this system could catch someone sing a site repeatedly to plan the attacks. >> translator: massive amounts of data are used to identify suspicious individuals. the technology has already been used in criminal investigations. we want to help prevent crimes and terror attacks by predicting them before they happen. >> reporter: by using this kind of security is worrying tosome. >> translator: trying to identify suspicious people to remove them from society is a heavy responsibility top to what extent should we be allowed to use people's face imagery or behavior patterns? we need clearer standards. >> reporter: clearer standards might be a long way away. with so many security cameras already being used in japan,

balancing security and privacy may be difficult. nhk world. >> thank you. executives at one of japan's top electronics firms are desperately trying to recover from recent scandal. gene otani has the details and a wrapup of other business headlines. >> thanks, james. toshiba executives are trying to contain the fallout from an accounting scandal that forced them to make some big writedowns. they've already said they'll sacrifice their bonuses. thousand they're reportedly aiming to stem losses from their struggling personal computer unit. sources say they're in talks to set up a joint pc venture with rival fujitsu. they focus on domesticsales. sources say the firms could slash costs by procuring pc components together. they also hope to boost earnings by using each other's sales networks.

the combined new market share of the new outfit would take it past 30%. toshiba president has said the firm will decide by the year end how it will rebuild its pc production system. sources say toshiba is also considering other partners with several domestic and foreign firms in mind. toshiba executives are also overhauling the firm's semiconductor business. they say they'll offer staff the option 6 early retirement. they'll relocate some workers as well. members of the japan business federation have started staking out a position for upcoming wage negotiations. they've drawn up a draft policy that reflects their calls for bigger pay raises and other improvements. officials are preparing for the

annual management labor negotiations next spring. they want firms to hire more temporary workers as regular staff and they'll urge bosses to improve hourly rates and other working conditions for nonregular staff. they've compiled the draft earlier than usual. they've done so, apparently in response to prime minister shinzo abe's call for pay raises. representatives from japan's main trade union federation plan to seek wage hikes of 2%, including base pay. checking the markets, many investors were disappointed at the european central bank's additional easing measures. tokyo share prices fell to the lowest level for more than two weeks. >> every measure on the ecb easing was less than expected. for example, the b extended qe by six months when many were looking for 12 months.

the wave of selling rippled from frankfurt to new york and in tokyo. shares slumped in japan on friday. the nikkei posted the biggest loss in more than two months, closing at 19,504, down 2%. the topix closed down as well. the nikkei snapped its rally, posting losses for the first time in seven weeks. here in tokyo, 90% of stocks were sold as investors took profits now that one of the big events is over. index retailing, owner of a fashion respond is down 3%. and mitsui is going down to the lowest level since mid-october after getting a rate cut. investors focused on toshiba, fujitsu and sony. this is after a report.

fujitsu bucks the trend on the news but toshiba fell 1%. we saw the ecb shock coming through the region. now the focus turns to the u.s. where nonfarm payroll data is due out on friday. i'm mayu yoshida, reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. moving on to other markets in the asia-pacific region, most major benchmarks posted sharp declines. hang seng fell 2.18%. in china, shanghai composite dropped 1.7% to close at a one-month low. analysts say many investors grew cautious after four straight days of gains. financials and property shares led the losses. the s&p dropped 1.4%. higher oil prices failed to

support sentiment. here are a look at the other business stories we're following. consumer sentiment improved for the second month in a row. the consumer confidence index increased in november by more than one point from the previous month to 42.6. officials upgraded their assessment for the first time since march. they say confidence shows signs of picking up. managers at volkswagen japanese arm are feeling the effects of a scandal left engulfing the firm into other parts of the world. they sold only about 3,600 cars in november, down more than 30% from the same month last year. they say the admission riggings case in other countries is tainting their brand. even though they don't sell diesel vehicles in japan. japan's aviation industry is taking off. one company has developed the nation's first commercial aircraft in half a century. and a car manufacturer also aims to fly high. in the second installment of

dreams of flight, we look at ways that government and small businesses are teaming up to take advantage of new opportunities. nkh world has the story. >> reporter: the city of nigata built this factory. it was completed last spring. it houses a cluster of five small and medium sized firms engaged in machining parts for aircraft. >> translator: we hope that components made in niigata will soon find their way into airplanes. >> reporter: the aviation industry is expected to grow substantially. a recent air trade show in tokyo attracted hundreds of firms from around the country. the ministry of economy trade and industry estimates sales in the sector will double in five years to $2.5 billion.

a typical airplane contains over 3 million parts, over 100 times more than an automobile. the company that makes these parts must have advanced technological skills but they don't need large expensive machines capable of mass production. that's one reason this industry is so appealing to smaller firms. there are 28 aviation industry clusters in japan where 600 small and medium size businesses have teamed up with government. niigata was among the first to establish a joint manufacturing facility. this is one of the companies operating there. its 140 employees have been making parts for home plumbing systems. over 70 years, the company developed expertise in handling difficult to process metal, something few businesses can claim.

with sales plunging, company executives decided to use that experience to try something different. this man is one of them. >> translator: focusing on this industry will allow us to pursue new opportunities in a number of ways. >> reporter: kimura began making the rounds of aviation companies in search of customers. recently he received a request from a major passenger aircraft manufacturer to produce a prototype for a key component. the aircraft company will give kimura the produion contract if he can meet the customers' high safety standards. the part must be very strong and be built to exacting standards. the machinery company invested about $1.6 million in production

equipment. work on the prototype can now begin. >> translator: we've committed ourselves to succeeding in thi industry, so we have to keep moving forward. we've staked the future of our company on this project. that's the challenge we have to keep in mind. >> reporter: many small businesses are hoping that the rising prospects for japan's aviation industry will allow the dreams of success to take flight. kazuaki hirama, nhk world. >> if you missed our first report on "dreams of flight" you can watch it on the nkh world website displayed right here. that's it for business news. i'm going to leave you with the markets.

visitors from countries that don't normally see snow might be in for a treat if theyan make it to northern japan. as we hear in this hour's weather update. it's chilly, windy and snowy across northern japan. heavy snow is falling across the northwestern flank of the nation. about centimeters is on the ground in this area, hokkaido. 110 kilometer per hour wi$110 k gusts were report. a slick road caused a car accident, killing one person,

injuring four others in eastern hokkaido. visibility is fight low as well. now we are looking at winds coming from the continent. as the wind moves over the sea of japan it gets ample moisture from the ocean and clouds form and clouds draw lots of prec precipitation in the form of snow across the northwestern side of the country. this is what's happening and winds will remain fight strong. we'll see an additional 50 centimeters of snowfall in hokkai hokkaido. that's fight a lot for this time of year. the coastal areas will see heavy rainfall and thunderstorms as well. across the pacific side, staying dry but fight windy in many areas, including the tokyo area, up to 110 kilometers wind gusts are expected. waves up to 6 meters across t pacific coast. higher than that across the northwest. 7 meters expected. so watch out for coastal flooding as well. now, snow and winds will continue into the weekend and

possibly into monday in sparrap. tokyo, warm weather, 16 for the high on saturday, it's going to be a beautiful day on saturday for you. and according to the japan meteorological agency, we'll experience wet but warmer conditions as we go into the end of winter in much of japan. now, across the continent, a couple of high pressure systems are causing calm conditions. in fact, the air quality has much improved in the beijing area. this area experienced the worst conditions of the season a couple of days ago. now we are looking at that weather to come back by the weekend and the bad air quality will likely stay as we go into early next week. now, temperatures are going to be as follows in the single digits in beijing as well as seoul and down towards the south, much warmer than normal in bangkok with a chance of thundershowers on saturday. now, let's go to india then. the south of india has been

contending with the worst floods in 100 years and more rain is expected. it's already affecting car industry as well as agriculture and this low will continue to soak the location. more rain is expected, at least into next week. chennai will see rainy weather on saturday, sunday and early next week. now, finally over europe it's teryblusnd wet across the northern areas. the uk will see fight strong winds, maybe hurricane force wind gusts expected into the weekend. and heavy rainfall about 100 llimeters expected on each day, on saturday as well as sunday. now to the south, looking dry and temperatures will be comfortable, staying in the mid-teens in many places. madrid 17 degrees, 7 degrees higher than normal. across the seasonably chilly, 2 degrees for the high in kiev. in the balkan peninsula, things

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