the japanese government decided to effectively dismiss the japanese ambassador to russia and replace him with the ambassador to the czech republic, chikahito harada, as early as january. harada is well-versed in russian affairs. he served as director of the russian division and director general of the european affairs bureau. foreign minister seiji maehara intends to bolster information gathering on russia to resolve pending issues with the country, including the row over the russian-held islands claimed by japan. he also plans to visit moscow either in february or march to hold talks with russian prime minister vladimir putin and foreign minister sergei lavrov. >>> the u.s. senate has decided to cut 3/4 of its fiscal 2011 funding allocated for the expansion of military facilities in guam. this will affect the planned transfer of 8,000 u.s. marines from japan to the island. the senate approved a budget bill that provides $107 million to build base facilities. the figure is about 1/4 of the amount requested by the defense department. the senate says the budget was cut because the annu

japanese, mandarin, korean and english. all of the students here are determined to work for a company in japan. they were given time to explain to possible employers how far they intend to use the skills they learned in university. >> translator: i want to contribute to japan/china relations through business activities in the future. i hope to introduce more excellent japanese products and services to china and deliver happiness and satisfaction to the chinese people. >> reporter: following the presentation, the students could freely interact with the corporate recruiters. the social hour is a rare chance to make a decisive impression. it also helps company recruiters locate and hire talent. >> my strong points? one is my language ability. i can speak chinese, english, malay and japanese. the second is i like the challenge. >> i've been in japan for nine years. so i know japanese culture well. i have been educated to be a global person, i believe to be. i think that would be my strong point. >> reporter: recently, 30,000 bu

that's more than 30% cheaper than similar japanese products. chinese motorbike companies keep their costs down by making 70% of their products with parts from china, where labor costs are low. dealers also try to reassure consumers by offering guarantees of up to two years. >> the brazilian customers, they want to change. they want warranty. they want better prices instead of paying a high price for bus tickets, you better pay your month payments for this kind of product. >> reporter: the chinese makers have a political aspect as well. china has been fostering and strengthening cross ties with other emerging economies in the fields of trade and energy. last year china became brazil's number one trading partner, putting the u.s. in second place. >> translator: trade with china has increased nearly eight fold during my eight-year presidency. china is our greatest trading partner. >> reporter: a subsidiary of one of china's leading motorbike manufacturers, traxx, started in the city three years ago. the company is focusing on small motorbikes that

a senior japanese foreign ministry official says china contends that the u.n.ecurity council should not denounce north korea at a time of heightened tensions on the korean peninsula. >>> indonesian president, susilo bambang yudhoyono, and japanese foreign minister, seiji maehara, have pledged to make asia wide efforts to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. during a meeting, yudhoyono said he believe the war must be avoided at all costs. yudhoyono referred to indonesia's presidency of the association of south asian nations in 2011. he said, indonesia will seek to deepen talks on regional peace and stability and underline the importance of involving china. maehara replied that japan will hope to cooperate closely with indonesia, which he called a key asian player. >> translator: in any case, we need to avoid war. the president and i agree regional peace and stability are essential. >>> japan's defense minister, toshimi kitazawa, has expressed reservations about a u.s. proposal to conduct joint military drills with the united states and south korea. he was refe

the japanese government intervened in september but that wasn't effective. and so the yen/dollar rate hit the atn at the end of october, the lowest of the last 15 years. things have changed since november when the u.s. introduced quantitative easing phase two and also the bank of japan implemented comprehensive easing monetary policy. overseas investors saw the turning point in the yen/dollar rate and also saw the earnings strength of the japanese corporations even despite the higher yen. and so they are starting to appreciate the japanese stocks and now are overcoming those troubles toward next year. >> investors will be keen to see if the nikkei can continue the overall positive momentum that it's seen since early november. they'll also be looking to see how the u.s. economy along with those of china and emerging economies can help boost japan's export-led growth into 2011. now, trading here at the tokyo stock exchange resumes on january 4th. >> that was market reporter ramin mellegard. in athens a bomb has exploded in front of a courthouse, damaging the b

he'll help the japanese draw up long-range plans. sony said he's the first noble laureate to be appointed an adviser. they hope his appointment will lead to the development of ro h revolutionary products. >>> russia's foreign minister told his north korean counterpart monday that his country is deeply concerned about the north's uranium enrichment program. he stressed the importance of resuming the six-party talks. they met in moscow on monday. he expressed serious concerns about the uranium enrichment facility. he urged pyongyang to abide by a commitment to abandon its nuclear program. bak gave an interview to a russian news agency prior to his visit. he said seoul is to blame for the north's artillery shelling of a south korean island. he also said the united states is obstructing the six-party talks. it's believed he reiterated these views when he met lavrof. >>> iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has fired a foreign minister in an apparent attempt to reflect the country's hard line foreign policy. ahmadinejad made the announcem

another idea he had was to drop leaflets over japanese troops which show pictures of japanese women involved in copromising positions with caucasians, which presumably would demoralize them d seeing that their women were not being faithful. the thing that was surprise prizing to me is that these crazy ideas did not turn f.d.r. off at all. he didn't reject them because he loved theer is rip tishes,the covert and the clandestine. >> you say in your book at the height of the o.s.s., he had like 1600 working for him? >> more like 16,000. >> 16,000? >> yes. that's starting from. we had no intelligence service to speak of, even the year before pear harbor. >> so, relate that to today. the president of the united states has somebody who's a friend of his who creates what kind of -- what wouldhappen if this kind of thing was developed todayed? can you relate it to what's going on in the world right now? >> the real peril here is the shocking, un -- parallel here is the shcking, unexpectedness of pearl harbor and september 11. how could this happen? aftethe fact, t strand of intelligence that leads f

books like these must be considered japanese cultural assets. the current chinese boom is a source of real concern for scholars like me. >> reporter: chinese law prohibits the export of materials published before the 1912 revolution. the pendulum appears to be swinging back to china. nhk world, tokyo. >>> in belarus, the president won his fourth term in an election on sunday. thousands of opposition supporters looked -- took to the streets to protest what they claim was vote rigging. ten candidates ran in the presidential election in the former soviet republic including lukashenko and former diplomat andrei sannikov. western countries called lukashenko the last dictator in europe for his hard-line stance toward political opponents. he is also opposed to the economic integration sought by neighboring russia. but he has wide domestic support for his strong leadership under a centrally controlled soviet style economy. >> translator: i'm ready to join hands with anyone, including opposition parties, if it helps to improve people's living standards a

japanese prime minister naoto kan has instricted his cabinet ministers to reduce the corporate tax rate by five percentage points for the next fiscal year starting in april 2011. the country's corporate tax stands at 40%, the highest level in the world. kan delivered the direct irv on monday in a meeting with finance and national policy ministers. he added that the move will spur economic growth and help the economy out of deflation. government has already secured around $7.7 billion to make up for the predicted drop in revenue after the tax cut. however, if the government lowers the rate, it will need another $5.9 billion or more to fully cover the loss. attention's focused on how the government will compensate for the projected shortfall when drafting the fiscal 2011 budget next week. >>> now we go georgto the marke. stocks remain fixed. for more we cross over to emily wong at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. first of all how are the markets reacting to news on the tax cuts? japan? >> good morning. well the 5% tax cuts, investors i spoke to say that 5% was mostly in the cards a

the index reflects the prices of goods traded among japanese firms. the rise was due to iron and steel prices gaining 8.8% year on year, non-ferrous metal prices also rose by 8.6%. >>> one of the largest motor shows in the middle east opened on wednesday in abu dhabi, the capital of the united arab emirates. over 100 auto and related parts makers from around the world are showcasing their models for the highly promising market. european and u.s. makers are highlighting four-wheel drive and luxury cars, which are priced at more than $2 million. carmakers are looking to boost their sales by 20% to 30% from last year. japanese makers are targeting the growing buying power of the younger generation with specially designed models. >> translator: motor sport is becoming popular here. abu dhabi is hosting a formula one race. we want to offer the fun to drive, especially for the young people. >> auto sales in the petroleum-producing nations are soaring as the regional economy recovers due to rising oil prices. >>> china's dominance over rare earth metals is h

culture is very popular in russia and colluding japanese q zeen japanese poetry i think our japanese friends should the rejoice over that they become popular and they because of this generates extra profits for them i think the really need to change their mindset in how they view russia in the q reliable and since the specifically what brings you closer is joint economic projects so we could consider creating a common economic zone a free trade zone everybody will be making money there they'll have special microclimate there there will be people working there japanese citizens working there visiting historical places and were making their peace i think is the right way and this is what i told my colleague in the japanese prime minister of kano when i invited him to the russian federation where i mean you know if you listen to it if your memory is selective and people rarely remembered who. what what some events looked like this and sounded like but i know there's one event that i'll remember that happened this year by the way it sounded and we really were looked like an earlier one o

and i come from the japanese side. i've also worked on the atomic bombs, as you have, in great depth. and i've seen it from many perspectives. and to me, ground zero was a world war ii term. and ground zero meant ground zero, hiroshima, and nagasaki and if you went back to the test of the first atomic bomb in new mexico in july 1945, for years thereafter there was a little wooden sign saying, ground zero. and we always used that word for -- ground zero meant hiroshima, nagasaki. suddenly it had been appropriated and almost expropriated for the world trade center. and the funny thing was i kept someone to say ground zero, weapons of mass destruction. historically, where has this word came from? of course, it came from world war ii and weapons of mass destruction, that terrify us, come out of that experience. but no one made the connections. it was as if we had just taken it and there was no way of thinking about the original ground zero and then you begin to have the language of terror bombing. now, any historian of wor

the leaked video shows collisions between a chinese trawler and japanese patrol boats. tokyo police say they will submit a report as early as next week. prosecutors will then decide whether to file charges. the 43-year-old officer admitted last month he posted the footage on youtube. since then investigators have been questioning him on a voluntary basis. the officer said he obtained the video from a computer on a patrol boat and posted it on the file sharing website from an internet cafe. he said he wanted everyone in japan to see the tape. investigators say he hasn't explained why he used youtube or the meaning of the online alias he used as sengoku38. the officer has also yet to explain the inconsistencies in his actions. he tried to hide evidence by deleting the video data on his personal computer. he also claimed to have destroyed and thrown away a usb memory device. but at the same time he confessed to his boss that he leaked the footage. police suspect the officer violated a national public service law that prohibits public servants from divulging any secrets the

this year, china's catholic church ordained a bishop who was not approved by the vatican. >>> japanese prime minister naoto kan is facing a bumpy ride into 2011. he's trying to appease a rival faction with his ruling democratic party. and he's also dealing with a powerful opposition block that's tret threatening to bring business in the country's diet to a grinding halt. the answer to both of these problems seems to be a cabinet reshuffle. the liberal democrats and other parties want chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku and another minister kicked out of cabinet because of how they've handled major issues. the opposition is vowing to not participate in legislative debates if that doesn't happen. kan says he wants to remove barriers to passing budget measures and other key bills. he also suggested the possibility of new cabinet appointments. analysts say kan is being cautious about changing his chief cabinet secretary, because sengoku plays a pivotal role in his administration. but ditching sengoku would help keep that rival faction we mentioned earlier at bay. it's led by ichiro oza

the japanese automaker says it expects second consecutive yearly growth as it looks forward to increasedverseas sales mainly in north america and asia. toyota predicts its sales in the united states will go up 9% from this year's estimate. it expects to see an 8% rise in china. a plunge to 1.3 million units. toyota says this is due to the lingering impact of the expiry of government subsidies for buyers of eco-friendly vehicles at the end of september. toyota's global sales peaked at 8.42 million units three years ago. then fell until they turned around this year. >>> nissan, nec and sumitomo will set up a joint venture to consolidate a japanese network of charging outlets for electric vehicles. it was said on tuesday that outlets will be established at supermarkets, highway rest areas, among other locations. the charging stations will be available to electric vehicle users who take out a membership. the joint venture will try to widen the network by expanding ties with convenience stores and other locations with outlets. it will also urge restaurants and hotels to install charging equip

japanese micro-homes are proving that compact doesn't have to mean cramped. lucy craft, "nightly business report," tokyo. >> we could use some of that here in new york city where we are cramped for space. >> very interesting solution to the problem. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, december 2. we want to remind you this is the time of year your public television station seeks your support... >> tom: ...support that makes programs like "nightly business report" possible. >> susie: thanks for joining us. and don't forget to support your public television station. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone. you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. we'll see all of you again tomorrow evening. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> be more. pbs.

here a chinese giant panda and a japanese ninja are fighting over a disputed island.imation picks up international news and reports on it with biting satire. now, you were born in china and fled to hong kong. you're well known for your bold and blunt criticism of the mainland government. what's your approach for dealing with china's leadership in terms of covering the news and also in reaching an audience on the mainland? >> we can only reach the audience outside china. we should portray it as objective as possible. we also have to portray china through our value. the dominant value of democracy, of human right, of freedom and all that, that's the value we share with the world. >> in taiwan the authorities haven't yet approved your applications to start a broadcast-based tv channel. so you can only for now post videos on the internet. >> well, i think the future definitely is the internet-based tv. because that give people the interactivity that the cable and other kind of media cannot give. you know, so when we are not -- when we are denied the license by ncc, we dec

the boat is capable of traveling at 44 kilometers per hour faster than japanese whaling ships. it was built to replace a vessel that was destroyed in january. one official said the group may resort to more violent action than in previous years. >> its goal is to stop whaling in antarctica. >> to protect the whaling fleet, the japanese government will allow armed japan coast guard officials aboard whaling ships for the first time in three years. >>> a former ukrainian prime minister has been charged with misusing funds obtained from selling carbon emission rights. the ukraine state prosecutor said on monday that she used the equivalent of $290 million to pay pensions during had her tenure as prime minister. ukraine received the money from the japanese government last year in exchange for 15 million tons of carbon credits under the kyoto protocol. she is a fierce rival of pro moscow president yanikovich. she dismissed the accusation. >>> japan and jabumpt te have agreed to work together. naota kan met the president on monday. the two leaders agreed to improve military facilities.

. >>> meanwhile, in stockholm, sweden two japanese winners of this year's nobel prize in chemistry havepoken about their research and its future uses. elichi negishi and akira suzuki lectured to about 1,000 students in stockholm and around the world on wednesday. negishi is a special professor at purdue university. he began his speech by saying that his 50-year dream came true when he won the award. >> we all are organic. and if you look around, especially in this room, that's organic. you guys are all organic. and the floor's organic. flowers are organic. most everything is organic. and as organic chemists, clearly our goal is to be able to synthesize them all. >> negishi said their cross-coupling may help develop green chemistry, which tries to solve food and environmental problems. suzuki is a professor emeritus at hokkaido university. he explained the way they discovered stable coupling and how it works. >> in the near future if you use our cross-coupling reaction i'll be very happy. i don't have any patent. so you can use as much as you want. thank you very much for your kind atten

members of aquamarine fukuchiyama, a japanese aquarium, carried out their research on coelacanths with indonesian researchers for about two weeks last month. the aquarium says the team found and filmed a total of five adult coelacanths about 200 meters underwater deep off biak island in eastern indonesia. the fish has only been found off africa in an area near sulawesi island, 1,500 kilometers west of biak island. >>> nearly two months has passed since the miracle rescue of 33 miners in chile. people around the world were thrilled at one by one, the rescued men surfaced unharmed after weeks underground. now, before that memory faced, locals are hoping to profit from the event. nhk world has more. >> reporter: in child's capital of santiago, people see history. the phoenix capsule that lifted the chilean miners to the surface. and the government care, it is displayed in front of the presidential palace. this area where the rescue drama unfolded, residents want to bring the phoenix capsule back and make it a tourist attraction. the writing on this taxi said, the phoenix belongs to our to

but if it does, japanese agriculture would take off. >>reporter: ironically, japan's refusal to join free-trade pacts like the trans-pacific partnershipagreement, or tpp, is a bad deal even for the farmers it's supposed to be protecting... because millions of part time farmers earn most of their income from manufacturing jobs... >>honma: not only agricultural sector, but also industrial sector is sinking, declining. that meansfor the agricultural farmers, most of their income is coming from non-agricultural sectors. so their income itself is reducing. if we are not catching up with tpp or fta, in world trade. >>reporter: rice distributors like nakajima see a better way... specially trained, he is a so-called rice "meister," and can wax eloquent on the subtle flavor notes between hundreds of varieties of white rice, which vary even from paddy to paddy... >>... he and others are confident that high-quality japanese rice can hold its own in a free market,here or overseas... the question is when politics will allow farmers a chance to do so

sunrise party chief and other senior party members including roles related to the abductions of japanese citizens by north korea. on wednesday, katsuya okada, the secretary-general of the main ruling and democratic party, met with them to ask for their support of the smooth execution of government policies. the sunrise party has three lower house and three upper house lawmakers. its members appear to be divided over kan's offer. political observers say the prime minister intends to form a more stable government by expanding his power base to deal with the split diet. the lower house is controlled by the ruling coalition while the coalition is a minority in the upper house. >>> japan's top prosecutor's office has released results of its investigation into a postal fraud case that ended in the acquittal of a senior health ministry official. in the case handled by the osaka district public prosecutor's office last year, the court rejected most of the claims against the health ministry official. after an acquittal in september of this year, tsunehiko maeda, the prosecutor who headed the inve

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this is due to soured bilateral relations following a collision between japanese and chinese ships in the east china sea in september. >>> here's a look at the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a microorganism that thrives on the toxic element arsenic has been discovered in california by a research team at the u.s. space agency, nasa. the discovery suggests that life could exist outside the earth's atmosphere. >> well, we could have the productive clash that leads to big discoveries about big questions. >> the joint team comprised of members from nasa and arizona state university along with various other institutions announced the finding on thursday at a news conference in washington. researchers said they discovered a microbe called gfaj-1 in the hypersaline mono lake in california. they found that it thrives on arsenic instead of phosphorus. phosphorus is one of the six basic building blocks of all known forms of life on earth, along with oxygen and carbon. these elements had been considered indispensable for producing substances such as dna and proteins. nasa says the discovery sug

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that is one reason why japanese birth rates are so low. because without those children, without expectations, japanese women have a better chance of achieving their aspirations. this is one of the miracles. it is one thing that keeps families small around the world. and it creates burdensome a lot of time. so you have this idea of families as the bulwark against the ravages of old age. your children will take care of you when you're old but actually and the countries that hold this idea there is and loudest, they don't have the children to take care of them when they are old. and also along that if their children were taking care of them when they were old, you would be having 90-year-olds being taken care of by 70-year-olds. and when you talk to families around the world, one of the things that they tell you is the one thing i don't want is my children taking care of me. this is not something parents tend to want in places where they've struggled hard to give their kids in education, struggled hard to give them a foothold in the world of

he was a blue eyed giant towering over the japanese soldiers. his khaki uniform was torn and stained with dried blood and mud. the faded white tag across his shirt read, private d packston. the solders marched him to the river and made him kneel bite coconut trees on the riverbanks much the japanese officer drew his long sword, dip it in the running water, swung it high and one swoop, cut the american's head off. seconds before the blade hit him the american shouted something. perhaps his mother's name or a lover he had back home. may be it was the name of his god. he called out, but it did not matter. his head turned circles in the air before landing with a small that you had on the soft muddy banks of the river. my mother opened her mouth and tried to scream as the head rolled past her feet. on the far hills red sparks littered dark skies like fire flies swimming. the crackling of the burning grass hiszed at the quiet country night. my mother wis perred. in the last stages of the war the retrieving army would burn the dry grass. my mother's fa

the japanese bank says it will try to catch up with those banks by increasing lending to indian firms taking part in the projects. >>> japan's environment ministry will instruct municipalities to closely monitor migratory birds in an effort to spread bird flu. it's been detected in five hooded cranes. several other flu-infected birds have been found around the country. at a meeting on wednesday, a professor of tottori university described a recent study and said he found no signs of a pandemic there. some panel members called for expanding feeding areas to stop cranes from congregating in specific areas. >>> the ministry plans to work out concrete efforts to monitor the birds to prevent the infection super spreading to other parts of the country. it will inform municipalities of the methods in early january. >>> the japanese government says north korea's willingness to accept a visit by u.n. nuclear inspectors to its uranium enrichment facilities is a one-off deal. the government of the u.s. state of new mexico, bill richardson visited earlier this month. >> my primary mission was to

descent by the japanese government. he has lived a life of sacrifice that country this resolution honors his accomplishments, his legacy and inspires and encourages us to reflect upon the lessons of his distinguished life. it was a pleasure to serve in the house of representatives of with norm mineta. you may have differences of opinion with him but he never allowed it to rise to a level of being disagreeable. he was someone you could speak with. even though you may have different positions on issues on this floor, i don't think i ever heard a cross word come from norm mineta with respect to other members of this house. i thank congressman hon ka and congressman chu from the great state of california for offering this resolution. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from american samoa is recognized. mr. honda: there seems to be a california conspiracy here in this legislation. be that as it ma

the japanese government had wanted to be less dependent on the u.s. and closer to their asian neighbors. now they are calling for the u.s.-japan allies to be strengthened. in reordering their defense, they are moving back to the cold war era and recognizing the new challenges of emerging. the prime minister said that they're not a threat to any other countries that are their neighbors. the new strategy will be watched closely by the region. japan's wartime aggression is neither forgotten nor forgiven. >> the chinese prime minister is on a three day visit to pakistan where he is due to assign billions of dollars worth of trade deals and to reassure his post that beijing still sees pakistan as an important partner. historically, the chinese relationship with pakistan was founded on military links. this is a development that will cause some size of a weary resignation, for others it can be a matter of life and death. the president of zimbabwe's says of the power-sharing government said that this should not continue. he said that there should be elections

. >>> large scale joint japanese-u.s. military drills have begun in various locations across japan. the eight-day exercise kicked off on wednesday involving 60 ships and 400 airplanes. 45,000 personnel from japan's self-defense forces and the u.s. military are participating. >> continuing to build the u.s. navy's relationship with the japanese self-defense forces is an important step forward as we work together for the defense of japan. >> the maneuvers include training on shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. they are simulating defensive drills in kyushu and okinawa. south korean senior military officials are expected to participate as observers forhe first time. the military exercises between japan and the u.s. come as tensions simmer in the korean peninsula and other parts of east asia. for more insight, we are joined by ryo sahashi, an expert in east asian and international politics. mr. sahashi, thanks for joining us. what is your perspective on the latest drills that started after the end of an american exercise with south korea? >> of course, u.s.-japan joint exercise h

. >>> japanese researchers have rehabilitated a monkey's spinal injury using induced pluripotent stem cells, or ips cells. the groundbreaking achievement is likely to bring laboratory experiments one step closer to clinical human trials. keio university professor hideyuki okano and his research team used neural precursor cells developed from ips cells. these were created by planting different types of genes into human skin cells. the team transplanted the cells into aparalyzed monkey. the monkey began moving its body in ten days and was walking again in six weeks. the success of the experiment has increased optimism about a cure for human spinal injuries. professor okano said ips cells often turn cancerous but no symptoms were detected during the three-month observation period. okano hopes his research will lead to clinical human trials after gathering data to ensure their safety. >>> one of japan's most popular kabuki actors, ichikawa ebizo, has apologized for his involvement in a bar fight but denied that he used violence. the kabuki theater operator says the actor's stage appearanc

japanese forces will be scaled down in the north where they were to face the sothe union and be faced toward china. this report was sent. >> japan is reshaping its defense in response to the shifting balance of power in asia casting the number of tanks facing russia to the north and instead expanding its forces to the south toward growing might of china. missile defense will also be strengthened to guard against an unpredictable north korea. >> we have been able to put forth defense that includes troops with mobility. >> when a chinese -- collided with a japanese ship, the fishing captain was arrested. china broke off contact claiming the island near where the incident took place were rightfully chinese. ith added to japan's alarm over china's growing activity at sea. >> china's lack of transparency in its ever-increasing spending on military have become a matter of concern to us. >> days after japan and the united states held their biggest-ever joint exercise, the review describes their relationship as indispensable. they wanted to be less dependant of the united states and closer to

the japanese government announced plans to overhaul the fences, with an emphasis on china's military buildup to the south, as china looks to tie it up billions of dollars of trade deals with pakistan. more from islam about in a moment but forced the report from tokyo on a move china is already calling irresponsible -- more from islamabad in a moment. >> japan is reshaping its defense in response to the shifting balance of power in asia. cutting the number of tanks in the north and expanding forces in the south. defense will be strengthened to guard against an unpredictable -- also be strengthened to guard against unpredictable north korea. >> troops with mobility is a program for the tough security environment and a new era. >> when a chinese trawler collided with a japanese patrol ships relations were strained. the fishing captain was arrested. china broke off contacts, claiming the island where the incident took place were rightfully trainees. a it -- it added to japan's alarm over china's growing activity at sea. >> china's lack of transparency and ever increasing military spendin

. >>> japanese carmakers have been doing good business overseas this year. their exports climbed for the 11th straight month in november. the japan automobile manufacturers association says about 432,000 cars and trucks were exported in the month. that's up 9.6% from a year earlier. shipments to north america, japan's biggest market, edged up 2% to 162,000 units, marking two straight months of increase as the u.s. showed signs of recovery. those to europe climbed 44% while asia recorded a gain of nearly 20%. domestic auto production declined, though, by 6.7% in november. the drop followed the end of government incentives for buyers of ecofriendly cars back in september. >>> in the domestic housing market, housing starts for november rose for the sixth straight month year on year. that's mostly because of government backed low interest housing loans. the land and infrastructure ministry said on monday that construction of 72,000 houses and condominiums got under way last month. up 6.8% from a year earlier. the ministry says housing starts are improving, thoug

how japanese comic book characters are proving a boon to french wine makers. hello. the risk of nuclear terrorism is spelled out in the latest batch of documents released by the website wikileaks. in supposedly confidential government cables, britain, the u.s., and russia expressed deep concern that islamist militants could still enough material to construct and detonate a crude nuclear weapon. our security correspondent has this report. >> it is official. the fate of pakistan's and a

a couple prices all traded near ninety dollars a barrel and the euro is climbing after again in japanese exports boosted investor confidence in the global economic recovery nikkei has swung into the red however from the last hour down two point three seven percent. russian markets finished in the black with most of the blue chips gaining the r.t.s. ended point nine percent higher than my six was up over half a percent trading volumes are expected to be low and quiet on the russian markets on wednesday as the holidays approach vice president troika dog gives us his take

we got out to the mouth of the harbor and there was a japanese submarine waiting for us.y sent two torpedos at us. but there was a reef between us. so we were lucky. >> reporter: with each passing anniversary, there is concern that we step further away from remembering the day that roosevelt promised a stunned nation would live in infamy. last year, four more local survivors passed away and the active membership is quickly dwindling. john egan was in the marines and wants these children to know what happened. >> it is all history part of why we're here and what happened in the past is beneficial to them to know who they are. >> reporter: and this history is understood and appreciated by some. >> i'm a world war ii geek. i love studying it. >> i think that this is a really important day for the veterans. >> reporter: the mood on mount diablo was respectful. the beacon on the summit was used for navigation. but after the 1941 attack, it was turned off until it was restored in 1964. last year for the first time since the relighting, the ceremony was moved to the base of the

but now a japanese company may have a new way forward. pair of robotic trousers to help a patient stand up and take steps. they are already in use in japan. we have this from osaka. >> ever since her stroke, she has been in a wheelchair. now the sons of robotics offers hope she will be able to walk again. -- the science of robotics. once she is trapped in, the moment she has been waiting for. she can even take steps for the first time. >> i could walk without difficulty, but because of my stroke, i had to start again from scratch. it is very difficult to get on my feet. i am delighted that with the help of mr. robots, i can walk again. >> after a few minutes, mrs. nishi can try the stairs. sensors on her legs are controlling the robotic lands. >> i can live confidently. >> japan leads the way in this kind of technology because it has the greatest need. already nearly a quarter of the population is over the age of 65, and the challenge is to develop devices to help people live unhappier old age. >> hello. >> a robot died for the blind has

the number 55 was given to him in honor of a japanese legend who hit 55 home runs in one season.0 years in japan, the three-time mvp signed with the new york yankees and brought the nickname godzilla with him. ♪ [ music ] >> where is the series mvp? is he here? ♪ [ music ] [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: matsui left for anaheim where he hit 21 home runs last year. but when he returned to yankee stadium, fans witnessed a heartwarming moment when he was swarmed by his former players upon receiving his world series ring. a gesture indicative of the player he was and the one as fans hope he can still be. >> if i knew it was going to be like this i would have signed you a long time ago, hideki. >>> guess who is cheering for the 49ers this week against the chargers. the raiders, who could use the little help with their sagging play-off hopes. our cameras caught disconcerting shots in the locker room today both patrick willis and spikes, the top two didn't practice. spikes was limited. they are both wearing casts. willis played a small small club cast during his rookie season. both

i let the japanese maybel swat the afi ds on it's own. purple spotted brush. 2 calla lillies take root. birds return listening to lost meats all day until dusk beckons them to come to the nest and try again in the morning. this next poem is indian an ina ontholingly. on telegraph avenue it's no longer in existence, the sadness of this. berkeley, late fall. um -- this is from forest hamer who is a bay area poet who wrote berkeley late spring. this is berkeley late fall. i have been browsing the peet ree section had come to lose the unconcern but persistant rain that followed me in as a trail of damp shoe prints and dripping conscientious hacompanied to a solitude. i ran my right index if anything are across each spine flesh going along volume and groove. imagine the book seller anding by to fold and flatten we down to on an oblong shape and reshelf me into an americay sandwich between the t's and v's stacked up along the unexpected and unknown. i notice that the pe ems i imagine crowding around you were the unquieted the unrequited. distan

japanese manga comics are known for their blend of fantasy and romance. lonely heroes practicing violence. one features two heroes who travel the world tasting wine. >> in france, he is a little- known wine maker who has been tending his fines for 400 years. fords family's vines for years. in japan, he is a cult figure. the unlikely hero of a manga comic strip. after the screening of the tv version, he was forced to suspend sales. he had sold everything. >> we were scared of the speculation. ethically, our first reaction is we were going to be finished. retail and distributors will be pillaged. ng left. nothi8n >> the cartoons recount the adventures of a wine expert and his friend who follow a series of clues to discover the best wines in the world. there are 15 books in the series and they sold millions in asia. when the cartoons featuring his wife were published, he took over 200 orders from japan alone. behind the pen name of the cartoon's artist is a brother and sister team, both with extensive knowledge of wine making. they paid a visit to to the est

town and let the board informed of the african american roundtable to improve relations between japanese and african americans in the western addition, but it is going to take a lot more than just groups coming together to talk about stereotypes and misperceptions. for these tragic deaths, they must rise a responsibility to reach out beyond our communities and make sure that we understand that there is a cost to holding misperceptions and believes that oppress us all. thank you. [applause] >> we have got a great program for you, and for those of you who have attended in years past, you know that we celebrate with song. we celebrate with dance, and we celebrate recognizing different cultures from around the world, so leading off today is a wonderful performance by students -- yes, they are all students. they are -- their organization is called the golden gate bong what association. these young women are students at san francisco state university and the university of san francisco, and they practice every sunday morning -- that is called dedication. they have got beautiful costumes. you a