♪ hello. thanks for joining us. this is nhk "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. we start with a story here in japan that's caused major problems for companies and investors around the world. the tokyo stock exchange reopen

reopened. >> reporter: the incident on thursday deprived investors of their chance to buy and sell shares. on friday trading kicked off without any problems at 9:00 a.m. local time. at a news conference on thursday, tse officials said the glitch was triggered by a hardware failure in the system. they apologized for the inconvenience caused by the system failure. the tse introduced its arrowhead core training system ten years ago. officials said it suffered a disk failure. a back up system would normally kick in but on thursday, the switchover failed as well. there's concern that the market outage could erode confidence in the financial center. i'll be back reporting on the trading situation from the tokyo stock exchange miki. >> thank you, marie. united states, russia and france are calling for an immediate cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia.

fighting reignited on sunday over a decades-old conflict involving a disputed territory. over 130 people have died. u.s. president donald trump, russian president vladimir putin, and french president emmanuel macron issued a joint statement on thursday. it condemns the recent escalation of violence and urged the two former soviet republics to resume good faith negotiations without pre-conditions. the three countries have previously served as mediators in the decades old dispute over the region, an ethnic armenian enclave in azerbaijan. recep erdogan is clear, saying it is unacceptable the countries are involved in a search for a cease fire, given that they've neglected this problem for nearly 30 year. people in hong kong staged protests against beijing and the

hong kong government on thursday, the 71st anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. police say more than 80 people were arrested. responding to calls by a pro-democracy group, people gathered in central parts of hong kong island. they called for independence and freedom for hong kong. the national security law was imposed on june 30th. since then, the number of major rallies have dwindled. but public frustration against the governments of china and hong kong remains unabated. >> we demand the chinese communist government to end their one-party dictatorship, to give the power back to the chinese people. >> authorities deployed some 6,000 people. they patrolled the route of a banned antigovernment march, preventing crowds from gathering. earlier in the day, the hong kong government hosted a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary. >> translator: hong kong has

experienced a state of unrest over the extradition law since last year, and the a national security law has been implemented this year. >> meanwhile, china kicked off an eight-day national holiday on thursday. some 600 million people are expected to travel within the country. >> translator: china's bringing the coronavirus under control. taking a trip overseas is difficult, but a domestic one is safer. >> the city of wuhan, the initial epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is a popular destination. local authorities say they have successfully contained the outbreak. the u.s. federal bureau of investigation has released a short film warning that chinese headhunters are using fake social media accounts to recruit spies. the agency says hostile foreign actors are targeting americans in a search for government

secrets and cutting-edge technology. in the film, a former u.s. intelligence agent accepts a job through a professional networking site, but he ends up being duped into handing over national defense information to a chinese agency. the 26-minute account shows the man flying to shanghai and selling classified documents. in a final warning to viewers, night was great. we've gotten tremendous reviews on it. we're hitting what people want, law and order, which biden was unable to talk about because his radical left followers. >> from what i saw last night on that debate stage, self-entitled, self-serving president who thinks everything is about him. he tnks hithat if he just yells louder and louder, throws out lie after lie after lie, he'll get his way. >> organizers are now looking at

ways to ensure a more orderly discussion during the remaining debates. no details have been released yet, but u.s. media are speculating organizers may empower moderators to mute microphones. meanwhile u.s. research firm nielsen said just over 73 people woochd t watched the debate on tuesday. observers say the total audience was likely to be much higher than that as a number of people live streamed the debate online. the firm said the number of viewers for tuesday's debate was the highest on record. the top rated debate was in 2016 between trump and hillary clinton. it drew a record 84 million viewers. the second was the debebate in 1980 between then president jimmy carter and republican candidate ronald reagan which drew an estimated 80.6 million viewers.

earlier my colleague spokeke wi a professor, an expert in u.s. politics at soef tia university for more insight into how the debate shapes things going forward. >> well, u.s. media and the public as well is seeing this debate as the worst presidential debate in history. do you think there was a winner? >> i think as you mentioned, you know, the debate was very unusual, unconventional, so it is difficult to tell which side won at the time. president trump and vice president biden tried to energize their bases but they couldn't extend -- they couldn't reach to the undecided voters as a result of the first debate. >> what about foreign policy? it wasn't of course on the agenda this time, although there

was some mention of china and president xi jinping. do you think the two candidates will approach u.s./china relations in certain ways in the coming debates. >> i think, you know, the third debate, one of the major issues would be china and foreign policy. one of the things, vice president biden suggested several changes in the course of the china/u.s. foreign policy if he's elected. there's two points, first one is he may try to rethink the high tariff. the second is the environment. the trump organization has, versus china, but if biden wins, one of the major issues between china and the united states would be environment, especially on co2 gases.

>> let's look at the schedule. trump and biden will debate again october 15th and the 22nd. do you see any surprises coming up? >> we willll see, i should say. the race will be decided by the undecided voters, especially in the battleground states. they have to folk cut on the battleground states that are undecided voters. it's difficult to send a message to them. so maybe debate is not a quorum to cement their voters, but they have to go on so-called ground games, they have to visit, their camps may visit supporters and try to persuade them to vote for their own candidates. that would be the key.

i think ground game will be the key. turning now to fighting between azerbaijan and armenia. azerbaijan's president warned armenia to withdraw completely and unconditionally from the disputed territory. at the heart of the conflict. ill ham al leaf also said as ser bay jan ally turkey had nothing to do with the alleged downing ofof an armenian warplane on tuesday. >> translator: f-16 airplanes from the turkish air force have never participated in combat. today, new technologies make it difficult to hide something, thanks to objective means of surveillance and satellite surveillance. that's why it's very easy to figure out that this is another provocation. >> decadades' long tenensions reigniteted last s sunday over disputed region, an ethnicic armenia enclave in azerbaijan. turkey supports muslim majority

asas ser bay jajan. ankara has urged armenia to withdraw from the region, suggesting possible military intervention. moscow is widely seen as an ally of armenia. in japan one in every seven children lives in poverty. children's cafeterias offer free or inexpensive meals, but not all of them are accessible. they're few and far between. now a volunteer group has hit the road to get this critical service to where it's most needed. >> reporter: at first glance this looks like an ordinary bus, but when it stops it transforms into a children's cafeteria. the service was launched this year by a volunteer group in

aomori frequent. the group was started after this man h heard about single parent who couldn't afford to feed their children. >> translator: when i researched the number of children's cafeterias in aomori frequent, e learnedd we had the secondnd-lot rate out of any prefecture in the region. when i discovered children had this need, i decided to find the way to solve the problem. >> reporter: at first he set up cafeterias using community centers and city office. he soon came across a problem. he learned that some children couldn't make it to their location. that's when he came up with the idea of going mobile. using crowd funding, he raised enough money to rent a used bus. he built the kitchen himself. it's not just his handyman skills that have proved useful.

others on the team point to his personalit personality. >> translalator: he doesn't get angry and never says mean things. he sets an example of kindness that everyone around him follows. >> reporter: the first day of serving meals on the bus and a group of local volunteers has come to help out for the big occasion. at this stop, there are 45 stomachs to fill. but when the team starts cooking, there's trouble. the equipment has suddenly stopped working.

>> reporter: after this hiccup, cooking resumed without a hitch today's bus fare, sausages and scrambled eggs. >> transnslator: i'm glad we go to see the kidids so happy. we plan to go to small towns and villages where children don't have a cafeteria. we're also planning fun events as well as feeding them. >> mizushiri's bus is on the move. with fun activities spicing up the meal as well, it looks like children will have even more reason to get on board. a japanese airline is hoping to take gender representation to new heighghts with a more inclusive greeting. >> good morning. japan airlines flight 47 bound for helsinki. >> that is the first thing

english-speaking pasí@ngers on flights on japan airlines will hear from now on. gone is the old ladies and gentlemen greeting. in its place, attention all passengers. the change has already received some positive reviews from guests who hope other companies will follow suit. >> translator: i think it's fantastic for a japanese company to provide services considering lgbtq communities. >> translator: we've introduced this change because we think it's important to be free from fixed ideas and come up with new services that make every customer feel comfortable. >> the company says it has already made some other changes, including creating a more gender neutral uniform option for female flight attendants. frigid air is gripping

mongolia bringing accumulating snow. the cold air could affect northern japan next week. our meteorologist sayaka morii joinins us now with the details. >> hello there. chilly air is covering parts of mongolia bringing significant snowfall. areas in the southwest experienced about 27 centimeters of snow as of thursday morning, and the pressure gradient is pretty tight over the eastern side of the nation. blowing snow is occurring. cold air will continue to affect the area at least into the weekend. the air will move into northern japan as we go into next week. so it looks like hokkaido might see mountain snow because of the cold air. before the arrival of the chilly air, warm air will surge in from the south. so many areas of japan could see warmer-than-average conditions into the weekend. tokyo could see a high of 27 on sunday. that's about three degrees higher than average for this

titime of year. western japan could see summer-like conditions into the weekend. again, portions of hokkaido might see mountain snow early next week. to the south we have a low pressure system which could intensify to a tropical depression soon. it might become a tropical storm and will hikely head towards the okinawa region into late next week. temperatures will be 31 in taipei with rainy weather on friday. the morning low on friday could be only minus 12 degrees. so bundle up. a different story across the southern hemisphere. south america has been experiencing record high temperatures. on wednesday parts of southern brazil had 44 degrees, making the old time record for these places. fires occurring in the largest wetland in the world, that's punt tanl. others fires across central arkansas general tina.

forest firires continue to burn central argentina. the blazes have been on going for the past ten days. high temperatures reaching 37 degrees celsius along with shifting winds have been blamed for the situation. close to 16,000 hectares have been burned in the province. we need rain and cooler temperatures, but it looks like no significant rain is in sight at least into the weekend in places like southern areas of brazil, argentina and paraguay. the western united states will see high temperatures on your thursday. that's it for me. stay safe. ♪

>> that's a wrap for this hour on nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. do stay with us for more. ♪ this is "newsline" biz. i'm gene otani. tokyo stock exchange officials are racing to fix a major system failure that halted trading for the entire day on thursday.

they say they are aiming to have the exchange ready to reopen on friday. tse president and ceo apologized to investorsrs for the outage. officials say a glitch appears to be preventingng the system fm sending out infoformation on stk prices and trading data. they sayay they are planning to replace the hardware. >> translator: we feel a grerea sense of responsisibility. we will conduct a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the problem and do whatever is necessary to ensure it doesn't happen again. >> he said the timing was unfortunate given the government is considering a plan to create an international financial center within japan. officials announced the halt shortly before trading was due to begin at a at 9d /* 9:00 a.m local titime.. inveorors couldn't s sharere th roughly 3,700 shares listed on the exchange. brokerage firms were inundated

with calls from customers. they use the same system as tokyo to execute trades. the exchange in osaka is the exception. it remained open. this is the first time the tse has shut down for an entire day since trading was fully commute rised in 1999. the system is developed by few jeet sue. the company says it's working on the problem. the index in the tankan was up but still in negative territory the latest report shows confidence rose to minus 27. the bank of japan's survey covers about 10,000 businesses and gauges how businesses feel about the economy. sentiment and large

non-manufacturers improved gaining five points to minus 12. the tankan also covers the views of executives. the index for all industries. including the service sector showed no improvement from the previous survey. the tankan indicates that employment still has a long way to go before it returns to the prepandemic situation. for many workers, these gliers of hope are too little too late. an oecd graph illustrates devastating job losses worldwide. it shows just how far working hours in major industrial countries have fallen during the covid-19 pandemic. the rate of decline in the third month was much worse than during the 2008 financial crisis. this grim situation is forcing employers and other organizations in japan to think evermore creatively to survive.

nhk world reports. >> reporter: executives at this restaurant chain responded quickly to the coronavirus outbreak. they temporarily shut nearly all of their 180 restaurants. to protect their workers, they assigned some to stopgap jobs to supermarkets and elsewhere. staff are also doing their bit to help out. officials at this labor center connect employees with companies that are shorthanded. workers keep their job contracts while on assignment. a tour bus driver may work as a truck driver for a delivery company, or a restaurant chef could work in a supermarket kitchen. about 200 workers have found

temporary work through the scheme since it launched in june. >> translator: our priority is to ensure our clients don't have to lay off their workers. >> reporter: officials are now trying to help employees in hard-hit industries get temporary employment in unrelated fields. some workers are being proactive by trying to make a permanent shift to different industries. staff at this staff agency usually help people make the leap to other jobs in similar areas, but since the start of the pandemic, theyave h been supporting workers who want to transition into unrelated occupations. >> translator: during april and mamay, we had clients who neede to take leave because department stores or other retail outlets they worked in closed down. we met with them in person or talked with them online about their future plans.

>> reporter: some of them used to work in sales in the apparel sector which is facing challenges from the plunge in tourists and the growing might of e-commerce. one says industry most susceptible to changing social change, will have to rethink their strategy or be forced to make lay-offs. >> translator: at the momente anticipate the end of this year being stable in terms of employment. assuming we d don't see clear signgns of a second wave of covid-19. next march may be a major turning point. >> reporter: can companies and workers hang on that long? can they continue to adapt to survive? the coming months will provide the answer. shin ozaki natsuki, nhk world.

startups and new businesses have a place to test their 5g products. 5g test lab was set up in the district is aimed at helping companies involved in the ultra fast wireless standard. they can test theirir p pducts a 5g-based station. variety of equipment is also on display. a robot arm can be operated through 5g. a pair of virtual reality goggles gives exterior and interior views of an engine f fm vavarious angles. >> translator: the key is to make this a launch pad for innovation by new technologies. the operators of 5g cross lab osaka expect about 2,000 users a year. their goal is to help launch 15 projects over the nextt three

years. all right. let's have a look at the markets. ♪ from the " "newsline b biz"m in toaiogaiog