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on monday. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline." several gunmen stormed the restaurant in the capital of dhaka. they took hostages. 22 were killed, including two police officers. the daily star printed photos of
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five men and said they have identified four of them. they confirmed with nhk the men in t the pictures are the suspes of the attacks. an organization calling itself islamic affiliate claimed responsibility. but the country's home minister denies any link to the group. >> there's no existence. this home grown terrorist wants to contact, but all our home grown, it is not from our country. it is our people -- >> khan said the attackers were highly educated jews from affluent families. the armed men holed up in the restaurant friday night and took people hostage. this video uploaded to facebook appears to show one of the attackers. survivors say they were asked to recite versing from the koran. those who couldn't were
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executed. the siege ended after security forces stormed the restaurant. most of the victims were foreign. they included japanese, italians, americans, and an indian. investigators are questioning the lone surviving attacker and are looking for links to islamic extremist organizations. people in bangladesh observing two days of mourning. the prime minister and her cabinet members attended a memorial service for the victims on monday. japanese ambassador to bangladesh was also in attendance. family members of the seven japanese victims are in dhaka. they plan to leave bangladesh to repatriate the bodies of their loved ones as early as monday night. the relatives were taken to a military facility with the remains of the victims were kept. some were seen wiping away tears when they left the facility. the japanese victims were in
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dhaka working on infrastructure development projects. their families say their hopes to contribute to a better life there were cut short. tanaka was a veteran engineer working on development of roadway projects. he started an international consulting business. >> translator: my brother passionately said he wanted to work for bangladesh before departure. it's a great pity he was involved in the attack being so dedicated to his work there. this man helping authorities to find ways to alleviate traffic congestion. his parents spoke of their loss. >> translator: since he was a child, he never caused trouble. it's more regrettable for
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paren parents. >> no parent can take it. i can barely control myself. >> he had planned to marry his fiancee after returning to tokyo. bangladesh has seen attacks in the last months, this put a spotlight on the situation there. other asian countries are looking at how to deal with it. nhk worst. >> reporter: like in other parts of the world, people in asia have been affected. deadly terror attacks h happene in a number of months. in january attackers set off bombs and opened fire killing four people in jakarta. a branch of islam state militant group claims responsibility. in istanbul last week a suicide bombing at an airport took 44.
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authorities are looking into possible ties between the suspects and islamic state militants. it's worrying for some that see terrorism expand from their front lawn into asia. in dhaka they have seen another change of tactics. they say recruiters are reaching out to new segment of the population. >> they don't want to go to the old people. not be a problem at all. >> reporter: this expert in anti-terror measures agrees and warns a different breed of attackers is emerging. >> this the new, i will say hybrid terrorist. this is no more seasoned terrorism but hybrid terrorism. >> reporter: he says the fact these young people have access to internet and smart phones
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makes them more vulnerable to extreme influence. how to deal with the problem, though, is still an open question, increased intelligence governing. a large scale government crackdown before the latest attack was counter-productive. >> that also marginalized some people against the authorities, which they don't realize that the more you do this, the more people will get alienated. >> some urging bangladeshi government to continue taking action and to work with others. >> this will be handled brutally. we need to cooperate among all the countries together according to reports, against extremism. >> reporter: it's a fight that may have become more difficult as authorities in bangladesh try to find ways to stop this new breed of extremist from growing.
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nhk world. iraqi government declared three days of mourning for victims affair deadly attack. a car bomb in baghdad killed at least 160 people and injured around 200 according to local media reports. islamic state military claimed responsibility. blew up in the city center in the predominant shia district of sunday. security officials say the streets were crowded as families were breaking their ramadan fast. the extremists have called for terror attacks around the world during holy month will iraqi prime ministerer condemned whate called a cowardly attack and called for a period of mourning. the militant group has been losing ground in the last month. iraqi forces regained fallujah. the city had been in the hands of the islamic group for two years. turkish authorities arrested
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13 people in connection with last week's terror attack at the airport. the suspects include three foreigners. they are among 29 people detained after suicide bombers struck ataturk airport. 34 people were killed and more than 2 200 injurered. reports say some of the suspects may have communicated with the attackers the day before the assault. authorities are investigating the possibility they had links to the islamic state group. security has been further tightened across the country. the police have stationed 80 more officers at the airport. japanese astronaut arrived for the launch of soyuz spacecraft july 7th. onishi, a former pilot will become the 11th japanese astronaut to go into space. the 50 meter rocket arrived at
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the site after traveling 10 kilometersoon train at anselm bully facility. the craft is to blast off from the baikonoor in kazakhstan 1:36 utc on thursday with onishi and two others from russia and the u.s. on board. onishi is to stay at t the international space station for about four months while carrying out experiments on developing new medicine. the soyuz is able to reach the space station on saturday. police in okinawa arrested a member of the u.s. air force on suspicion of drunk driving. this comes after a week after the ban was lifted. a 27-year-old in the prefecture. he was arrested driving under the influence thursday morning. he was also out hours after the military imposed curfew.
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they say he denies he had been drinking. > translator: i believe some servicemen are to blame, not all of them. i hope this kind of thing never happens again in our prefecture. >> it's very regrettable that these kinds of incidents involving u.s. servicemen and workers should not happen in the first place. japan asks for measures. >> the ban on off base drinking took place in late may following the killing of a japanese woman. a civilian worker and former marine has been arrested and charged with murder. a major chinese electronics maker is entering the japanese personal computer market. gene otani joins us with that story and other business headlines. technologies will start selling a type of notebook computer in japan this month. the two in one can be used as a
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tablet. the third largest maker. huawei will enter the japanese computer market for the e first time. theroduct is aimed at business users. they have increased secururity measures which are inclu a fingerprtt reader. thcompanyxecutive say they hope toain a large share of japan's market by continuously releasing new models. >> translator: the history of the pc industry goes back 20 years, b but f for the past 10 s not as many business use laptops have been released. >> research says the rise of smart phones has been shrinking the japanese pc since 2010. shipments of home pcs have dropped 43% over the last six years b but there's only been a 29% decline in business use pcs. the latest tankan survey
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shows businesses well below the bank of japan's target. they want the fiscal target in 2007, one projection downtown 0.7%, down 1 percentage point from the april results. more than 10,000 businesses gave outlook, highlight factors such as crude oil prices being low and falling consumer price index. the wages haven't seen much of a rise. the three-year inflation outlook was 1.1%, the same as the last survey. the five-year projection was 1.1%, a slight drop from the previous tankan results. meanwhile another survey shows capital in domestic companies remain firm. companies expect 2.6% of growth in capital investment through the fiscal year march 2017. that's smaller than 9.3% last year. the actual figure might change
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because it doesn't reflect eu and following brexit vote. large manufacturers made assumptions on the assumptions being 111 level. it has many manufacturers worried about declines in revenue. bangladesh tightening security after friday's deadly terror attack. they instructed employees they are to stay at home and they have advised others against traveling to the country for the time being. aboutut 240 japanese firms d affiliateses operatete in bangladesh. toshiba has an office in dhaka. it instructed employees to put off trips to bangladesh until july 10th. major construction firms obayashi building bridges. they have urged workers to stay home. a retail group running retail
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clothing chain has told their staff to do the same. the low labor co-s in bangladesh are prompting japanese textile makers and others to relocate from china where wages are rising. the chairman of the japan association of corpoporate executives commented on how companies can protect their employees. >> companies entering new frontiers in asia and africa amid globalization. businesses can't stop this expansion. companies must take measures to protect employees from terrorist attacks. >> kobayashi said it's important for businesses to do things such as conveying safety information from japanese foreign minister to employees. turning to the market tokyo stocks higher extending their recovery since tumbling after the brexit results. for the details our business reporter phoebe amaroso reports
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from the stock exchange. >> reporter: it was another finish in trading, further easing from the bank of japan following the brexit vote. nikkei 225 added .6% to 15,775 posting sixth straight day of gain. the topix rose by same margins. investors were reluctant to make any market moves. leading gains shares related to industrial metals due to higher commodity prices. toho sync 7.17%. konica 2.01, lowered price target analysts say precision instrument companies will see the largest impact from brexit among japanese firms. on the currency market investors recovered a little appetite for risk and sold the yen, the dollar firm against yen in japanese trading hours.
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monetary easing from major central banks and still closely watching britain. they will be listening to bank of england governor's news conference on tuesday. phoebe amaroso at the stock exchange. moving to asia-pacific, starting china shanghai composite gaining almost 2% at 2988. analysts say many expect new measures following data. gaining 0.7 of 1%. 5281. higher commodity prices, unclear results in a federal election weighed on major banks. looking at other market, south korea, seoul, extending its winning strength to a sickth day. hang seng 1 1/4%. property shares jumped on those hopes for stimulus in china. let's now take a look at our business calendar for the week. on tuesday policymakers rer
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reserve bank of australia will hold a reserve meeting, compiled by private research firm. nonmanufacturing has been one of the few proprietabrights spots chinese economy. indexes of business conditions for may. friday japanese officials released international balance of payments also for may. the weekend u.s. employment data for june this indicator shook up the market last month when it showed a surprise drop in job growth. every monday we ask specialist toss share their perspective on the week. this expert view we hear from an economist at daiichi life research institute. he's expecting to see considerable recovery in the u.s. jobs market.
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>> translator: a strike in may caused downturn, the end of the strike should push job numbers higher. payroll growth should reach mid 100,000 level. the corporate sector remained weak in the april/june quarter due to continueded low oil pric but personal consumption is showing signs of improvement and gdp growth will likely improve from around 1% to about 3%. likely timing of u.s. rate hike, risk factors at home and abroad could cause feds to delay the long awaited move. >> translator: if you just look at the fundamentals, it seems likely the feds will raise interest rates in september, but the fed has become more sensitive to downside risks after stepping up its risk management. the risk factors on the horizon
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now are britain's exit from the eu and u.s. presidential election in november. the fed could go ahead with the interest rate hike in september if financial markets take an optimistic view of these risk factors and remain stable. if the market fluctuates wildly the fed may decide to postpone the rate hike until december. >> and that's a look at business news. i'm going to leave you with the markets.
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growing up isn't always easy for kids. the pressures they face can make school difficult. in japan 180,000 have stopped going to regular schools. instead many end up attending alternative institutions known as free schools. nhk world reports. >> reporter: this free school has been set up in a room in a high-rise building in one of central tokyo's business neighborhoods. twenty of those students who come here have stopped attending conventional schools or had to drop out. the room is normally part of a prep school for would be lawyers and public accountants. but the classrooms aren't used much during the day, so this is linked to the free school at no cost. this man runs the free school. one of its major expenses is the rental he pace for classroom space. to save money he came up with
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the idea of using spaces that are not in use during school hours. another place he's found that's empty during the daytime is this traditional tavern. he can use the main dining room as a classroom until 3:00 p.m., and it's also rent-free. >> translator: we use this private dining room as a counseling room for students. this is also where we meet with parents. >> reporter: the restaurant owner was happy to provide a study space for the students. >> translator: all they needed was the space so we offered it to them. we think it's a good way to give back to the community. >> reporter: using this unusual space has had one unexpected outcome. this man used to attend classes here. from the time he was in junior high school, he wouldn't go to a regular school and avoided
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interacting with other people. but coming here places him in a position where he has to interact socially. gradually he began to open up. six months ago he started a part-time job in the kitchen. >> careful with the angle of the skewer. >> yes, chef. > twice a week he helps preparing the food. >> translator: i used to think i'd never be able to do anything but i've started to feel like i can do this job. it's gratifying that the students can get out and actually regain some social skills providing this space that would otherwise be empty is one way of supporting our work.
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>> this free school offers itst students more ththan just learning. by holding classes in different spaces, it's opening up possibilities for their future. nhk world, tokyo. >> let's hope the movement spreads. thanks for that report. you're watching nhk "newsline" live from tokyo. the western pacific is seeing this year's first tropical storm system with a name. jonathan oh joins us with the details. >> hello. it looks like the system will be getting closer and closer toward china as we go forward throughout the rest of this week. right now we're keeping an eye on the system, because for the moment, it is a tropical storm. but as we go throughout the day on tuesday into wednesday, we're expecting this thing to really blow up and become a very strong typhoon. so it is expected to create some very serious conditions in places like taiwan and also the east coast of mainland china, going throughout the rest of this week.
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here is the name of the tropical storm. nepartak. it is moving to the northwest at 30 kilometers per hour. it is holding winds at 83, gusting 108. now to give you an idea where we are. there's guam, there's the center of the tropical storm. it is expected to move to the north and west. by tuesday, we're expecting it to become a typhoon. but notice the area, the cone where we're seeing the cone. it is over water, but it will intensify, and by thursday, we will see rough surf and conditions will deteriorate over taiwan. once it gets past that, we'll have to keep an eye out and see what it actuallyly does. because it has a decent clip of speed, it looks like the rain that's going to drdrop over the watersrs may not be thatigh.h. but notice as we go toward the third day, close to thursday, we're looking at the possibility of seeing 200 millimeters of rainfall right off the cost of taiwan. it is expected to bring a lot of rainfall with it.
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meanwhile, high pressure dominating the weather over japan. it was warm, we had highs pushing over the mid-30s in japan. we have have some clouds coming into the picture. a low pressure system is developing running over the korean peninsula. so you're going to be dealing with rainfall. 26 with cloudier skies, much cooler than what we saw on the day monday. rain and thunderstorms from shanghai to hong kong as rains continues on tuesday. speaking of rainy season, the monsoon continues to make its way across india. i wanted to show you a picture of new delhi. renounced the arrival of the monsoon in northwestern portions of new delhi. the active monsoon brought 400 millimeters to central portions duringng the last 24 hours. the monsoonal rainfall also brought pleasant temperatures after a long span of sweltering heat. you may remember, we talked about how daytime highs in new delhi above 35.
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on saturday, dropped to 31. but we are expecting the rain to continue. here's a look at the monsoon map as we progress and see where the rain is taking place. moving toward the north and west right now. that orange line showing the edge. but plenty of raininfall down fm the south and east of that. so looking at lots of rainfall, much-needed rainfall. looking at much cooler temperatures associated with that. looking what's happening over europe, clouds twisting up. a core associated with that. high pressure pushing northerly flow around it and that's really moving the rain and storms into places like western russia. so be on the lookout for rain and thunderstorms on monday as we go with warm temperatures for the central and person portions of the continent. and wrapping things up with a look at the united states, we are looking at natural fireworks, talking about thunderstorms. look out for that in places like kentucky, back over into portions of the southern plains as we go throughout the day on monday.
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hope you have a good day wherever you are, here's your extended outlook.
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newsroom tokyo will be interviewing experts how brexit will be affecting asian corporations. ú]x
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>> you are watching live from paris. let's take a quick look at the main stories we are covering this hour. we begin with the ripple effect of the brexit vote. nigel farage, prominent leave campaigner, steps down as the leader of the independence party. three days of national mourning in iraq after one of the deadliest suicide bombings in recent memory. more than 200 people were killed in baghdad yesterday when a truck exploded in the middle of a busy shopping district. at the euro

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