. it's the top of the hour here in tech owe. i am james tengan and here are some of the stories that we're following this morning. reaching concerning of those referred to as comfort woman. japan's finances regulators have imposed a record penalty of

$61 million for false identifying the financial reports. japanese foreign minister has o officially announced that he will visit south korea on monday. he will hold the issue of those referred to as comfort woman. >> translator: the issue is extremely tough, but i hope to edge gauge in adjustments on what i can do. >> he also said that he will do the best to improve the ties within a year. the two countries have had different views of history and territory for years. the next piece tells us how that's affected the

relationship. >> relations between japan and south korea was good enough in 2002 and the fifa world cup tournament. then in 2011 things took a nose dive. they made a surprise visit in the sea of japan. japan claims them, and the japanese government maintains that it's a part of the territory. the visit sparks strong opposition. the two countries disagreed on those referred to as comfort woman. they say that all things were settled in 1965 but some continued to the call for compensation. the statue is symbolizing the woman and the one in the japanese embassy.

they call for japan to reacquaint drees the matter and making it for the summit. she changed the stance on that and last month they held the first summit in three and a half years. i expect today to be an important step in developing the two countries relationship. >> i want to work together to build a relationship between the two countries. >> some see that as a turning point. some say that it's faming president pac. >> i value the acquittal, and i believe that it will have positive affects with south korea. >> south korea is calling for

three things: and at the meet they're asking that the issue of comfort woman not be brought up again to remove the statue in the capital. another japanese has been arrested. >> translator: chinese officials say that the woman was officially arrested last month. >> he said that the government was in formed of the formal criminal detention of a man. he was first held in june and has been under house arrest.

chinese authorities have been cracking down since the antiying law in november of last year. the move came one day after. the power company started the loading process at the number three reactor of the plant on friday. it's containment vehicle has been emptied and it's expected to take until tuesday. they plan to restart in january and following the critical equipment. it's the third activated under the 2011 nuclear accident.

company officials plan to restart the number four reactor in late february. out of 44 nationwide, only two are currently online. a japanese electronic giant has been hit and now with the details of that and the wrap up of other business headlines. >> thanks james. japan's regulator thes have ordered toshiba to pay a $61 million fine. that's five times the record in japan. the service agency followed a recommendation for the security and exchange surveillance. earlier this month toshiba

judged for the fiscal 2011 and a advised the agency to impose the the penalty. figures for those and the number of those is is showing the results. japanese shoppers fit the tight grip on the wallets in november. officials say it fell 2.39 percent and november marks the third straight month in decline. they spend an average of $2,300 and sales and winter clothing was slow because of f a stretch of warm days a month. officials revised down the assessment of consumer spending and had sets in september that it was leveling off, and now

saying some weak moves are there. and another indicator is out and the index last month was up one percent and marking the rise in five months. this is because a drop in 2k3w57 lean was more moderate lan last year. when prices of food were excluded, it was point 9 percent of the year. let's go to young giang at the stock exchange. >> low volume had the the stocks fluctuating, and let's see the

closing levels for friday december 26th in japan. it was lore for five session in a row and closing at 18,679 for the week. it's down more than one percent. it ended half a percent lower. some of the shares fell more than four percent after the aircraft unit delayed the delivery of the passenger jet. they lost five and a half percent and mayor export ers are going and they were all lower. hitachi went higher.

thanks and to other markets in the region and then it was across the region and then the compensate revisited and then the two day losses. the additional property and it rose 1.4 percent in the week. they added nearly half a percent and it was the gains on nasdaq. here is a look at some of the other business news that we're following. japanese officials say that the jobless rate went up in 23015. they say that the racial jobs was at 1.25 and that means 125

job openings for every job seek er. japan says that the production increased seven and a half percent and it marks the second straight month and it's a gain to exports and mainly to the u.s. sales in japan fell due to the tax hike in april. information technology is in and standing the environment of smart education. what's creating the new thing for i t companies. >> reporter: students have dropped the textbook for electronic teaching.

nearly half of all elementary, middle and high school ers use high-tech devices like this. >> i can can share what i studied with others. that's cool. >> the application is expanding an career and it's creating business opportunities. the robot reads cards carry instructions like move forward

or red eyes on. the robot is used for future programming. >> computer program is part of south korea's education from 2018. >> going forward we plan go expand from kindergarten to education and other educational fields. >> some companies alreadied have their eye on the foreign markets. take a look. this can be shipped anywhere. a start up company has developed

this part of a classroom. in some areas it connect to the satellite. the company say that is the classroom is assembled to using containers and can be moved quickly to areas lacking structure. the company has an order of more than 5,000 smart classrooms from the united nations. they will ship to parts of africa next year. >> translator: we see demand because this is an economic driver. this is who should grow up and help the technologies and they should want it quickly.

the world's fastest el say tomplt they demonstrated them and one of the bids for the project made the devices the world's fastest. it's going to travelle up to 18 meters a second. that's it for business now.

we will leave you with the markets. ♪ a journalist ask believed to have gone missing from turkey in late june. they say that he entered the area controlled by the al qaeda front. they're demanding a ransom for his belief. a link to forces and he said

that it was southern turkey and shortly before the journalist -- and he head for me help. >> the man sought approval but it failed. the journalist enter her through other means. >> translator: i was shocked to hear that he is missing. i hope that he will be released. >> the man said that he wanted to take up the humanitarian project.

a story about japanese american are forced and the it's hit broadway and it's a dream come true. he was born in california and had to spend his childhood behind a barb wire fence. nhk reports. ♪ they raised on broadway last month. it's the experience between japaneses and americans. the story was inspired by an actor in the show. the 78-year-old plays two roles including the the main character sammy and his grandfather. the story begins when sammy is young. they're trying to establish

their lives in the united states. the war broke out. >> the united states of america was attacked by the forces of japan. >> anemia are on the streets and that's in the a security threat taka was one of them. he was five yeared e was one of. he was five yearei was one of t. he was five yeared old. >> we heard them come to the door and bang on it. literally out of gun point we were ordered out of the home. >> 120 japanese americans were detained and people stayed

resill gent. one japanese word kept them going. >> they're treats us like animals. >> gaman. >> gaman? >> it means for us survive. >> it has a lot of other qualities and the ability not t to bit the bullet and endure, but also to have the strength to find beautiful. >> some of the men stayed behind and the families are torn apart

and many years later they come to forgive each other. several years have apologized and he gives talks where ever he goes. especially to young people. >> we have to be active and engaged. >> i think that it's really important that it's been prous deuced that we have events like this for campus and students and to be aware of it and promote plead guilty it. >> 70 years after he is reliving

the dream of bringing it to drod way. a great actor were and story tell er. people are celebrating christmas but the shadow of violence hanging over the festivities. in syria several hundreds christians attended. a priest said that after the violence ends they will face the struggle to rebuild. ♪ >> outside they tried to brighten the atmosphere of the rear scene of those played by the power cuts.

police checked the bags of 800 people attending the mass in texas. >> people prayed for peace and some speak sadly of this year's tragic events. >> i hope next year we will be free of con zprikt violenflict . thousands of soldiers were asked to guard on thursday and friday. here on "newsline" it's time for

the world. >> reporter: as you can see behind me it's festive. you have the lumination out here. a lot of couples that i have been seeing as well. unyou you the red brick warehouse and a tourist attraction in it. if you want to go somewhere that's unique with the winter time festivities, you may want to out what you have. japan figure starting and ice skating the very poplar. last year alanine this bought in 2011 people. this is an art equal erie and

each year it changes and this year it's trout punch on it. as you can see, there's noik out here because the ice skraltinging rink is closed. first i want the talk about what has been going on and a lot of you are thinking that it's christmas time and where is the snow at? well, we have not seen the strong westerly winds out of south east everyone china. apparently when you get the winds you're looking at warmer temperatures out here. that's why they're closed. don't worry don't errorly.

you're dog to be hop pi about? . in tech owe and in the over night hours by monday morning we're looking at just zero degrees there for the low. you might want to get the jackets out and ice skates as skpel st. come. now the extended lateral.

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