here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a monday. welcome to nhk news line. a special team of prosecutors in south korea has decided to arrest the leader of samsung group. they suggest he was involved in a corruption scandal.

>> translator: our team has requested an arrest warrant against jae-yong, vice president of samsung electronics. the charges include bribery and embezzlement. >> the prosecutors put the vice chairman through 22 grueling hours of questioning last week. they accused samsung offering bribes of more than $32 million to two foundations. the foundations are under a long time friend of the president who expected of exerting inappropriate influence on her. the prosecutors say they can prove she shared some of the money with the president. investigators alleged that in return for the payment it is presidential office supported a merger between samsung group companies. in a hearing before lawmakers last month the vice chairman denied his company gave money to her and her family in return for

favors. tokyo and washington are making moves they hope will defer crimes by u.s. base workers in japan. they've signed a pact limiting the scope of protection afforded to civilians in japan. the agreement follows the arrest of a base worker over the killing of a woman in okinawa. under the japan u.s. status forces agreement the u.s. military has the primary right to exercise jurisisdictio over civilian employees accused of crime while on due tichlt but on monday, that changed as the two countries signed a supplemental pact. it limits the categories of civilian workers and it sets stricter criteria for the employees contracted by the military. >> translator: it is our hope that the management and

supervision of the u.s. civilian component will be further enhanced and will help preventre kurnss of accidents involving the u.s. civilian component. >> this agreement underscores the commitment of the united states government to ensure that u.s. forces are prepared and ready to meet our treaty commitment in the defense of japan. >> but the governor of okinawa says it's not enough to improve the implementation of the agreement. his prefecture will continue to call for a drastic review of the agreement itself. the governor plans to visit the u.s. late this month to meet experts close to the incoming president. he wants to call for a review of plans to relocate a u.s. air base within his prefecture. he wants the base moved out of okinawa altogether. many americans and people around the world will be watching on friday when donald trump is inaugurated as the next

american president. the ceremony will be held in front of the capitol building. that's where organizers held a rehearsal over the weekend. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president-elect of the united states, donald john trump. the associated press news agency reported that a 53 u.s. army vocalist played trump wearing a red tie. marching band members also practiced their path toward the white house. they've had difficulty booking high profile performers. some 7 to 900,000 people are expected to attend. medicare and medicaid save lives and create jobs. don't mess with any of them. >> also on sunday, democrats and activists staged rallies in more than 40 cities calling for the

preservation of president obama's health care program. trump has insisted that he will immediately overturn it. >> i have very real concerns. i see my life flashing before my eyes. if you represent the people, represent the people and do what the people need. >> experts say repealing obamacare would mean more than 20 million people would lose their insurance coverage. delegate from dozens of countries say the only way to achieve peace in the israel palestinian conflict is to recognize the two states. the call was meant to be a call to donald trump not to shift the policies in favor of israel. >> they included outgoing u.s. secretary of state john kerry who recently offered rare criticism of the u.s. government for the handling of the

situation. israel refused to send a delegation. its officials called the gathering futile and said it aims to impose conditions that conflict with the international interests. france's president said with the u.s. soon to have a new administration, lessons have to be learned from history. >> translator: the international community needs to think seriously about the best way to achieve a two-state solution. and i affirm here that this solution is the only possible one for peace and security. >> the participants adopted a declaration calling on israel and the palestinians to refrain from unilateral steps that could hurt talks ch. trump hasas beenn critical the agreement.

a key negotiator of the 2015 deal, it's now been a year since it's lifted sanctions on iran. he told reporters teheran's negotiations with washington on the nuclear issue are over. he added, iran has been recognized as a powerful player in the international community becaususe of the deal. after sapgnctions ended, ir signed a pact with a major oil company to develop an oil field. it also agreed to do joint production with a french car maker. a jet crashed and 37 people are dead. the boeing 747 crashed as it tried to make a refuelling stop. the planene damaged 15 houses a

killed residents including children. it had been on itsts wayay fromg kong to istanbul. officials are looking into the possibility that poor visibility might have caused the crash. investors are exercising caution ahead of this week's inauguration of donald trump. we're joined now with more on the markets and other business headlines. >> tokyo share prices slipped monday as informs torrs avoided risk. many market players unloaded stocks while picking up the yen. our business reporter has more from the tokyo stock exchange. >> we definitely seeing a risk adverse mood as investors await for signs that trump will act on his campaign promises. and let's say it concerns and perplexes also on the markets. let's take a look at the closing leveling for this monday.

the nikkei closed at 19,095. now on to how some individual stocks fared, shippers saw some of the biggest declines. their shares had been gaining in recent weeks but analysts now say expectations may have been two high. steel and metal and the lines all ended sharply lower. moving now to currencies, the dollar yen pair was c caught in some choppy trading during tokyo hours dipping below the 114 yen level at one point. u.s. markets are closed for a holiday so we may see more cautious moves here on tuesday as investors await trump's inauguration. we're reporting from the stock exchange. moving on to other markets, the shanghai composite extended

its losing streak to fifth day to 3103. the country's economy will face more problems in 2017. sydney's s&p index outperformed the region. up by half a point to 5748 for the closing number. mining and other resource related shares. samsung electronics fell on the news that investigate investiga an arrest warrant for the chairman. japan's central bank chief says he believes the economy is to expand moderately. he was speaking at a quarterly meeting of the bank's s branch managersrs. he said japan's economy continue to recover and is likely to expand as the emerging economies

pick up. he expects growth in consumer price to remain slightly in the negative or hover around 0% for the time being. lower energy prices are putting downward prices overall. he expects inflation to turn positive as the supply demand balance improves. managers at japanese companies have been holding back on capital investment. machinery orders fell in november more than analysts expected. that's mainly due to weaker demand for rail cars and other transport goods. officials say the orders were down 5.1% in yen terms from october. this was the first drop in two months. the figures exclude the shipbuilding and power sectors which tend to see large fluctuations. the officials are maintaining their assessment of the economy saying the recovery remains as a stand still. shipments of beer and beer

like beverages in japan fell for the 12th straight year to a record low in 2016. the five leading brewers put total shipments at 5 and a quarter million kilo liters down 4% from the previous year. beer was down 2%, low malt beer dropped nearly 7% and beer flavored alcohol drinks were down about a percent. shipments declined in all three categories for the first time since 2003. that's when beer flavored alcohol drinks first hit the market. the brewers said young adults are drinking less beer. they also blamed poor summer weather for the decline in sales. they're planning to strengthen their lineup of beer to reverse the market. government tax reform is proposing a lower tax on beer and higher levies on the two other products. the government aims to tax all three products at the same rate by 2026.

u.s. president-elect donald trump is continuing to put pressure on auto makers urging them to make more cars in the united states and hire more american workers. trump repeated his stance in a tweet on sunday. he said car makers and others have to start making products in the u.s. again if they want to do business there. americica's next president made similar comment last week. he warned of a stitiff border t for companies that make products elsewhere. two options have emerged for the tax trump is suggesting. one calls for high duties for goods produced at plants for goods that moved out of the u.s. america's trading partners are expected to oppose both options, seeking them as protection. here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. japan has won a 25-year

extension on oil concessions off the coaoast of the uninited ara emirates. ceo of the national oil company, they agreed to extend the jajapanese permits i in twowo oe oil fields. he asked for an extension on japanese concessions and other larger offshore fields. chinese and american firms are looking to develop the same oil fields. officials at bank of tokyo mitsubishi ufj say they have approval from saudi arabia to open a bank in the capital. over 90 jap nianese firms are operating in the country. bank officicials say they'll be able to provide more lending support to these firms. let's check our global business calendar for the week.

on tuesday, the world economic forum opens in switzerland. chinese president is attending this annual summit for the first time. on thursday, the european central bank holds a policy meeting. friday brings the following report card on 2016 with the gdp growth figures, the same day donald trump is sworn in as president of the united states. every week we ask specialists to share their representatives on the week or perspectives, rather, on the week. in today's edition of expert view we hear from the chief strategist for bank of america merrill lynch, the new u.s. president takes over with stock markets still celebrating his election win but he says trump's trade policies will determine where things go from here. >> i think we have to look at two things and balance, you know, these two factors. one is how protectionists trump

presidency will be. i think he has already, you know, used relate rick against japanese car maker, you know, china's trade and you know, mexican production by u.s. car makers soy think if he strengthens protectionist rhetoric and implements protectionist policy that's going to be negative for the japanese equity market. on thehe other hand if trump presidency is very business friendly, you know, much more than people think at the moment, then you know, that's going to, you knowow p push up the market. >> he believes the can dollar will rise further against the yen if the president-elect donald trump goes down a business friendly road. >> that's my base case for

december 2017. however, if for example, u.s. treasury changes its strong dollar policy under the new presidency, then i think it's very -- it's going to be very difficult for the dollar yen to sustain the current level. it's likely to fall below 110 quite quickly. on the other hand, if trump presidency turns out to be very business friendly and sticks with strong u.s. dollar policy, then something like 125 to 130 might be even possible. >> he says japan's benchmark index may climb to the level in line with a stronger dollar. >> let's say if dollar yen manage to rise to 120, then you know, the index should rise, you know, well above 20k. >> and you can catch a report again online. together with a full transcript,

look for nhk world and business wrap. that's a look at business news. i'll leave you with the markets. many restaurants in japan don't just sell food, they also offer a traditional experience

but sticking to those customs mean many haven't adapted to the needs of tourists. some restaurant owners are now realizing they need to cash in on new customers. >> vacations usually mean a lot of sightseeing and shopping. and also eating. >> i leukojapanese foodod. i like to eat when i travel so that was one of the purpose to come to japan. >> i come to japan, usually eat japanese food. >> as more and moree tourists visit j japan restaururant owne rise in demand. foreign tourists are key for business. >> translator: we have more than 2,000 customers per month. one third of them are foreigners. >> at lunchtime you can see lines like these at japanese restaurants. many of them from foreign countries. while it looks like the business is booming some of them have

been losing out on customers. >> reporter: thiss restaurant i getting more reservation from international tourists. it only accepts a limited number of customers every day. in order to provide special hospitality to each guest. but its business modelel isn't necessarily compatible with what people are used to or the bay they travel. the owner says he gets several no shows every month. >> translator: they waste food and result in lost opportunities for other customers to visit t e restaurant. we expect the customers to appear on time or give us a ring to cancel the table. >> reporter: and he isn't alone so one website is proposing doing business a different way. restaurants can use its system to require tourists to pay in

advance by credit card. the website will partner with travel agencies in china and taiwan. >> translator: restaurants will receive foreign customers with more hospitality so this will change things for the better. >> reporter: the japanese government wants to see tourist numbers increase every year, but for businesses to be successful, changes like this are necessary. and perhaps it's also a reminder of the saying, the customer is always right. nhk world, tokyo. a lawyer for 21-year-old woman charged with murder claims she's incompetent to stand trial due to a disorder. the woman was also charged with attempting to poison two classmates when she was in high school. the former universrsity studenent is accused of clubbin and strangling a 77-year-old

woman in 2014. prosecutors also allege she attempted to kill herer classmas in 2012 with highly toxic thallium. she told the court that she dsh did not realize it could be lethal. the court is scheduled to hand down a verdict in march. nhk news line comes to you live from tokyo where the weather is fair and current readings are 31 degrees fahrenheit. jonathan o. joins us with more weather starting with the u.s. >> it looks like we're still dealing with a bit of a mess as we go forward in time because we are dealing with some really chilly air coming in from the north. what's making the situation a

bit complicated is that we have a southerly flow that's coming in and that's interfering with the snowfall and is, in fact, turning things intnto an icy situation and that is the messy part when you hit the roadways. when you're on the road and you have the ice developing it becomes very, very dangerous. let me show you some video that comes out of texas from this weekend. we'll show you some other locations as well but starting off in texas where a winter storm brought ice and freezing rain to a large part of the central u.s. on sunday, trees and fences were covered by ice and it created icy road conditions and sadly, at least three people died in traffic accidents because of the slippery roadways. over in california we had another weather situation. very snowy, huge amounts of snowfall to the sierra mountains. more than 5 meters of snow fell since last week and it made the best conditions for skiers and

snow boarders. here's this low pressure system in the central plains of the united states. lots of icy conditions and it looks pretty if you look at it, but it is quite messy and the reason why it took place is we have colder up in the higher areas of the atmosphere and we have warm air coming in from the south and that's cutting in the middle of the air and then down toward the ground level we still have some of that cold air wrapping around the area so as the snow melts and it moves through the warm area it becomes liquid rainfall. that's where we are going to see the concern as we go throughout the day on monday extending through places like kansas, nebraska and you're looking at possibility of freezing rain. also to the pacific northwest because of that introduction of warm air. snow possibilities north and east of those areas and maybe some heavy snow in isolated spots. ahead of all of t this cold weather into the western areas of the deep south looooking at

some t thunderstorms as warm ai surges in. so be on the lookout for some rain and some strong storm from time to time. a lot of the focus of the central system will be moving toward the east as we go throughout the next couple of days. so snow to chicago, washington, d.c., but further up to the north and west may be dealing with more of an icy situation. down toward houston looking at thunderstorms. denver snowy and vancouver and seattle may be dealing with freezing rain as we go through monday so be on the lookout for that. overjapan it has been a a chihi weekend and a lot of snowfall. you look at 2.5 meters in terms of snow depth as of monday afternoon. we are still seeing a northerly flow and that's still bringing in some moisture so look for the possibility to see anywhere from 30 centimeters of snowfall and then from 60 to 80 into portions of the regions. tokyo looking at temperatures

closer around average as we go through the next few days. across asia high pressure is bringing chilly conditions. a high of 4 on tuesday. looking at europe, low pressure brings some rain down toward italy. high pressure toward the north bringing chilly conditions into moscow for monday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. qéaú

tohello and welcome live from paris. i am annette young. here is what is making headlines. anger and confusion after donald viewss spills out policy days before assuming the american presidency. claims thatect brexit was a fantastic move. here in paris, delegates from 70 countries restate their commitment to the solution between the conflict