monday evening. glad you're able to join us here on nhk "newsline." i'm james tengan in tokyo. voter expectations are high for the first female governor of tokyo. yuriko koike has a number of pressing issues to deal with, including her office's legacy of back-to-back spending scandals. also on her to-do list is planning the overbudgeted 2020

tokyo olympics. nhk world's tomoko kamata explains. >> reporter: yuriko koike swept to victory in sunday's race for tokyo governor. her campaign promising a green and clean city seemed to resonate with a variety of voters. >> translator: i made my case on how i will create a tokyo where everyone can shine. women, men, children, senior citizens and people living with disabilities. i will work with you all to create a new tokyo government of which we have never seen before. >> reporter: koike entered politics in 1992 after working as a news anchor. whwhen she joined the ruling liberal democratic party, she was immediately made environment minister. koike attracted a lot of attention for a campaign aimed at fighting global warming.

she called on offices to use less air-conditioning during the hot summer months, and for woworkers finding it too hot, s asked them to take off their neckties. then, koike was appointed as the country's first female defense minister. for all of her political success, she ran into difficulty when she decided to run for governor. she ran as an independent and won without the official recommendation of her party. some party members say koike should be punished for not supporting their recommended candidate. but some others say it's time to bury the hatchet. >> translator: the japanese government believes we need to cooperate with each other. >> reporter: and when it comes to governing tokyo, koike has a lot on her plate. two of her predecessors stepped

down in disgrace over spending scandals. she's promised to bring transparency to tokyo politics and regain the public's confidence. >> translator: i want her to live up to our expectations by using our money responsibly. >> translator: i hope she'll create an environment in which i can raise my child safely and that she will view things from a woman's perspective. >> reporter: preparing the city for the 2020 olympic games is also a challenge. the tokyo leader has to deal with allegations of corruption and mismanagement and the ballooning budget now estimated to be about $17.6 billion. the host city will share the cost with the central government and other organizations. >> translator: i would ask once again for the cost summary in order to clarify for tokyo

citizens how the people are going to bear the costs. >> reporter: one of koike's first official tasks will be attending the closing ceremonies for the rio summer games and accepting the olympic flag. back at home, she will soon be at the negotiating table trying to limit her city's share of the cost for the 2020 tokyo games. but that won't be an easy task. tomoko kamata, nhk world, tokyo. here's been fallout from the hacking of u.s. democratic national committee e-mails. in an interview with fox news, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton blamed russian intelligence services hinting they were trying to influence the american election. >> i think laying out the facts raises serious issues about the russian influence in our elections, in our democracy.

>> clinton also accused her republican rival of supporting russia's president. >> we know that donald trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up putin. >> she brought up trump's statement that the u.s. might not come to the aid of nato allies if they were invaded by russia. in an interview with abc, trump rejected claims that he had links to russia. he said he had never met putin. but he also said he's willing to improve relations with russia in order to fight terror. the fbi has been investigating the breach at the dnc that came to light in june. thousands of internal e-mails were stolen. south degreeian suspect hackers have carried out more cyber attacks. stolen e-mails of dozen of government officials. officials at the supreme

prosecutor office sent e-mails to 90 officials in the defense ministries in which they tried to obtain personal information. the prosecutors said during the first half of this year, more than 50 officials logged on to a counterfeit website and typed in their information. the prosecutor said they're tracking down the origin of the attack as well as looking for the possible left the. monthly sales reports, a key gauge of spending. >> sales for month of july were mixed at five major department stores in japan. officials with hankyu hanshin

said sales were up 2.3%. sales at takashimaya were up.1%. officials at all five department stores said foreign visitors bought fewer luxury goods. they reported strong sales of summer clothing. one official said consumer spending has yet to fully recover and the outlook isn't certain. members of the public have taken the first test ride of a driverless bus in a city near tokyo. the robot shuttle at a nearby shopping mall to shuttle customers away. the robot shuttle is a mini-bus that seats up to 12. it's equipped with cameras and sensors. the test runs are being

conducted near a shopping mall. >> translator: we hope self-driving buses will be a public transport facility for driving to hospitals and stations in addition to our outlets. >> the operators plan to collect user feedback and work out safety issues before they begin shuttling shoppers around. let's check out the markets. >> this report from the tokyo stock exchange. >> in negative territory. the yen surged against the dollar on friday as investors were disappointed about the bank of japan moderate easing. lowered expectations of a u.s. rates like. the nikkei added.40% to close at

16,635. the dollar slipped below before the yen before recover some grounding. software financials raised their gain. they were all trading higher. on the losing higher, nec fell 11%. it reported a net loss of $96 million in the april to june capital due to weak tell com spending. given persistent weak consumption in japan they'll be watching for consumer confidence on tuesday. checking on the other markets in the asia pacific region. lower expectations for the u.s. rate likes raised the kospi to 2,029. foreign investors were net

buyers. and sydney's s&p/asx 200 also gaining by .45%. on the flip side, china's shanghai composite declining by almost 1%. concerns over the tightening market restrictions await on sentiment there. in other markets, hong kong, up by little over 1%. shares in indonesia jumping 2.8%. china's purchasing managers indices for manufacturing are giving differing results. the government's gauge suggests the economy is continuing to lose steam. the private index indicates improvement. both show the country's factory output. government officials say the their pmi in july stood at 49.9,

down 0.1 point from the previous month. a reading below 50 suggests a contraction in factory activity. that's the first time in five months that the index is below that mark. analysts say that sluggish new orders among medium and small sized companies were the main cause. meanwhile, the private research firm caixin puts its index at 50.6. it exceeded the 50 mark for the first time in 17 months suggesting expansion in factory activity. analysts say china's economy has begun to show signs of stabilizing due to the gradual implementation of proactive fiscal measures. a survey shows that businesses in japan are making progress in having more women take on senior positions at their workplaces. the government study shows a record high in the ratio of females in managerial or executive roles at private sector companies. officials at the labor ministry conduct a poll once every two years. they survey the ratio of females

in management posts at businesses with ten or more workers. about 4,000 firms responded. the ratio of female managers and executives reached almost 12%, that's up 2.8 percentage points from the previous survey. this comes after legislation was passed last year requiring companies to make public the ratio of female workers in managerial positions. by industry, the medical and welfare sector has the highest rate at 46.7%. it was 28% for entertainment and services relating to daily life. hotels and restaurants had just over 25%. the results also show that smaller firms have a higher ratio of females in managerial positions than larger corporations. the number for businesses with less than 30 workers was 22.7%, but it was 5.4% for companies with staff of 5,000 or more. here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following.

private sector analyst in japan believe gdp grew slightly in the second quarter. to.4%. the government will announce the numbers later this month from april through june. the analysts expect an increase in housing investment. but they say personal consumption remain flat. most of the institutions forecast a decline in exports due to a stronger yen and slowdown in overseas economies. the governments of japan and malaysia are working together to present disaster prevention. they also described methods for preventing landslides. interests in these are growing in malaysia. it's time to take a look at the global economic calendar for this week. on tuesday, the reserve bank of australia will hold a policy meeting.

on thursday, toyota motor will announce business results for the april to june quarter. experts are focusing on how the strong yen has affected toyota's earnings. the same day the bank of england will hold a policy meeting. the central bank left its key interest rate unchanged last month. on friday, we'll have a main economic indicator in japan. the index of business conditions for june. we'll also get u.s. jobs data, a key figure of the health of the world's largest economy. every monday we ask specialists to share their perspective on the coming week. in this edition of "expert view," we hear from makoto ono, an economist at mizuho research institute. ono says u.s. job growth in july will likely slow from unexpectedly high june results of nearly 290,000. but he still expects a solid gain. >> translator: we are expecting nonfarm payrolls to rise by 160,000 jobs in july, marking a

slowdown from june. we also expect the jobless rate to level at 4.9%. basically, nonfarm payrolls are expected to mark solid growth. one reason is that unemployment insurance claims data since the start of july remain extremely low, the lowest in 40 years. the data shows continuing strong demand in the labor market. >> jobs data is one key indicator the u.s. central bank refers to when it makes policy decisions. in r regards to when the federa reserve is expected to raise interest rates, ono sees a clue in a statement from the board's policy meeting last week. >> translator: the fed statement was hawkish making us wonder why it opted against raising interest rates in july. now, there is a higher possibility of a september rate hike. the statement indicates the fed

will continue to closely monitor not only inflation indicators in the u.s., but also global economic and financial developments. it suggests there was friction between policymakers in favor of raising rates and those against. my opinion is that it will be difficult for those on cautious side to reverse course and allow a hike to go ahead in september. >> that's a look at business news. i'm going to leave you with the markets. ♪ ♪

the mayor of hi saturday marks the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of his city. he says he'll quote a passage from a recent speech the u.s. president made there. he revealed the contents of the declaration he'll make to mark the occasion. u.s. president barack obama made a historic visit to the peace memorial park in may. he said nations with nuclear stockpiles must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them. >> translator: president obama delivered a speech in front of the citizens of hiroshima, but the message was also intended for people around the world. i highly welcome his remarks and

hope they help move us to the complete abolition of nuclear arms. >> matsui says he'll use the quote when he calls on the international community to eradicate nuclear weapons as he describes as an absolute evil. on august 6, 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped onto a city for the first time in history. hiroshima suffered the impact and three days later so did nagasaki. by the end of year, an estimated 210,000 people had died. as we near the 71st anniversary, we're bringing you stories the enduring legacy left by the devastating attacks. a survivor from hiroshima with

pictures of he and president barack obama embracing symbolizing peace. not long after that they met with a group of high school students. nhk world's uzo ota tells us what they discussed. >> reporter: 17 students have come from massachusetts on a study tour. their learning included meeting and talking with mori. mori was 8 when the atomic bomb was dropped. for some 40 years he has been conducting research about the war and those who died in hiroshimima. >> translator: the youngngest them was 1 19. someone around your age suffered a terrible fate 71 years ago. > reporter:r: thetudents discovered mi i through a documearary reaseded elier this year. >>ranslator: at all costs nted to pay tribe e to the ameranan sdiers s o died

trtragally.. >> reporte t the fm fofocus on mori a activies s anexchanans withelativesf the p.o.w.s. >> i love you. >> reporter: many people in the u.s. believe the dropping of the bomb was justified. after seeing the documentary, they were wondering about the question, did mori make it to the united states? >> as a japanese man, what motitivated you to research the2 men that passed away? because they were enemies, i was just wondering why you did that. >> translator: the americans died, i survived. i wanted to do allll i could as survivor. although, no one asked me to.

>> reporter: mori urged the young colleagues to find something they can do for peace. >> translator: as i have said many times, peace is not forced upon you, it is something you must create. wars have erupted because people have been incapable of makaking peace.e. awareness is essential. >> reporter: afterwards, he considered what he could do. >> i did learn a lot in the u.s. about the dropping of the atomic bomb in hiroshima, but actually coming here and experiencing it and seeing a completely different experience. i don't think we should have atomic bombs. i think from what we have seen

from experience and from history. >> reporter: at the end of his trip to hiroshima, he expressed his feelings in writing. peace and unity, the message he got from mori was that showing respect for others is a step toward peace. the students intended to share what they had learned with their classmates back home. that way they could give peace a chanance. yuzo ota, nhk world, hiroshima. >> we'll have more on this series throughout the week. on tuesday we'll report on the harsh reality of nuclear disarmament. with just days to go until since the rainy season was pronounced over, overcast skies with thunderstorms as jonathan oh tells us in this hour's weather update.

>> it was a bit of a slippery day for some portions of japan as we had an area of low pressure that was a tropical depression that continues to move into the area that's forcing a lot of the southerly flow to keep the area damp. not necessarily sustained rain period, but enough to really pour down the rainfall. and if you didn't have your umbrella, you got drenched. let me show you some video coming out of tokyo from earlier in the day. and far off in the distance in the background portions you may notice that big gray area that is extending from the clouds down to the ground that's where we saw the heavy precipitation really pouring it on in portions of tokyo, even i was walking through some of that, but i had my umbrella. and you may noticed a few lightning strikes. but all that rainfall really expanding out and you see the visibility really drop off once the rain poured through the area. we had significant areas that could see some rain on sunday and monday. look at some of these numbers.

in just one hour, some of the rainfall rates were anywhere from 41 up in ikutahara and even in closer toward japan we also had heavy rainfall as well. and rainfall rates as you went through the day on monday, we had some places getting 50 millimeters per hour. yeah, it was quite wet. and just to let you know we have visibility down to okinawa where a possible tornado was cited as well. going into the day on tuesday, we are looking for more rainfall. the low pressure system is stubborn, doesesn't want to go anywhere, so all the warm air coming in, high h pressure from the north will bring in some of that cooler air in the upper layersf ththe atmospsphere. you know what atat combinanatio means, more rainfall extending from central portions of japan all the way in towards the north. anywhere from 100 to 120 millimeters of rainfall possible from now to tuesday morning. and we are looking at the

stormier weather, we may even deal with some of that stronger thunderstorms from time to time. so, be on the lookout for that. in tokyo we do need the rainfall for tuesday. then we start drdrying you out. highs will be in the 30s as far north as this area on tuesday. that's definitely warm weather that will be around as we go through this week. speaking of tropical weather, we'll go down near hong kong and southeastern portions of china. we are keeping an eye on this tropical storm nida. as it continues to move toward the west-northwest. this is expected to become a typhoon going forward in time and lots of rarainfall associate with this. hong kong, you're about to get drenched as we go throughout the next 24 to 48 hours. some areas could see potentially up to 200 millimeters of rainfall. so flooding is a concern as you move forward in time. now, as you wrap things up with a look at north america, you may notice some clouds just firing up these really white brightht sps apappearing g in the centr poportions othe united s states.

that is associated with a cold front that moved through the area. but with high pressure down to the south, all that warm air is surging in and creating the instability we are looking at where some areas could see stronger thunderstorms from time to time. already places like baltimore got hammered as we went throughout the day on sunday. more rain and thunderstorms along the eastern seaboard down toward miami as we go throughout the day. and the even warm weather is persisting back to the west. i hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

test broadcasting for ultra high-definition tv has gotten under way here in japan. people can get a look at super sharp images at nhk stations and elsewhere. a high rise in tokyo's major business and shopping district hahas instalalled an 85-inch monitor, that and another next generation format 4k boast much higher resolution than the current popular high resolution mode. images look more real. and the sound is higher quality, totoo >> translalator: it's really beautiful. it's great. the colors are sharp and lively. >> they're not yet commercially

available but they're expected to come out by the time regular broadcasting of the format úg:

anchor: thanks for joining us on "france 24" this hour. these are the headlines. groups launched a major assault to try and break the ongoing siege in aleppo. it is the first big drive to regain ground after the syrian army moved in last week tightening the siege. the taliban says it is behind the truck bomb attack on a hotel mostly used by foreigners. the explosion was heard across the city. casualties do seem to be