. >> officials at fuji heavy industries say they're putting more resources into their hybrids and electric vehicles. >>> japan is known as the land of original mascots. many businesses depend on them to appeal to customers. we take a look at a company that creates custom designed ones with just the right amount of cuteness. >> reporter: this business provides rental wi-fi routers to customers arriving at tokyo's haneda airport. they introduced two time traveling characters from the edo period. these foreign visitors find them irresistible. >> ninja wi-fi. >> ninja wi-fi. >> many people are fascinated with japan because o of mangas. >> translator: it's a distinctive look that other countries can't copy. >> reporter: but these characters didn't really travel through a rift in time. they were created by a company in shizuoka. they provide designs to businesses that want to transform their brand and reach a largeraudience. it matches images uploaded by artists to clients' products and target markets. customers can review these images and choose what they like. each design costs about $3,000. h

year, i received a telephone call from an individual who identified herself as a member of japanese fujielevision. i inquired as to how they obtained my name and telephone number and she replied from the archives of the world war ii memorial. assuming they wanted to talk about the war in the pacific, i agreed to an interview. and on the 8th of april, a crew of three, including a television camera, arrived at my home. i was surprised when their first question concerned secretary kerry's visit to japan and whether he should visit the memorial in hiroshima. i explained to them in some detail why i thought it was not appropriate for the president of the united states to visit hiroshima. to do so, i thought the people of japan may consider his visit as an apology for dropping the bombs on hiroshima aend nagasak. president obama was the first sitting president to do so. on august 8th, 1945, the soviet union declared war on japan and invaded manchuria. on august 9th, 1945, as the bombing of hiroshima failed to bring about the immediate surrender of japan, a second atomic bomb dropped that day o

executives at aig say they've agreed to sell all the shares of aig fuji life insurance to pacific century group. the japanese unit has more than a million life and cancer policy contracts. the executives say the buyer already takake thehese over. they also say the firm will focus on nonlife iurance in japan. the deal markrks the entntry fo japan i io the groroup heaeaded richard lee.e. the grgroup has bought life insurance businesses in asia in 2013. its business has been expanding. >>> japan's nikkei share average ended fractionally lower as investigators booked profits from sharp gains. phoebe amoroso has the details from thehe stock exchange. >> we saw a bit of calm return to the markets as the post-u.s. election rally ran out of steam. treasury yields and the dollar also eased a little. there was some correction there. let's see the closing level with tuesday, november 15th. the nikkei 225 finished just a touch down at 17,668, but it's still hovering around a nine-month high. the broader topix rose 0.2%. the dollar climbed to the 108 yen level, reaching a five-month high, on the back

deal on apples including fuji and the red but the best on red is food city with $.99. food city has the best deal on small avocados and blueberries for five dollars. you will also find pepsi on cell. pac for $1.99. you must buy ore but it is still cheaper. >>> let's talk about your most accurate forecast . we take a live look right now at tempe with 40 degrees early this morning. several cities waking up to temperatures in the 30s. phoenix sky harbor is that 43 degrees and we have some northerly winds brain cooler air across the state. that sunrise is 7:14 this morning and i do think that temperature will cool again before we start to see if climbing again. by 8:00 we are back up to 43 degrees and by lunchtime we are still in the 50s. puts us about 6 degrees below the average for this time of the year and it is the northerly air breathing the cooler air. no storm systems today and it will not be until the end of the week we actually see a storm sister frontal system move in by friday with another push of cooler air. for now i do not see any valley rain chances. we will

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tosses in handfuls of fresh fuji apples...d sprinkles on just the right amount of brown sugar streusel. ♪ so that you can spend more time making special moments... ...with your family. ♪ marie callender's. it's time to savor. ♪ >> officials at hampshire college in massachusetts decided to stop flying american flags on campus t all began after school officials pushed to lower the flag to half-staff after the presidential election. what school leaders say was about escalating hate-based violence and not about the result but someone took the flag and they burned it. now the president, the college president says they are removing flags to promote what they call meaningful and respectful dialogue on campus. but also that students can still fly individual flags if they so choose. the hampshire president, jonathan lash, admitting the decision has been especially painful to our hampshire colleagues who are veterans or families of veterans. saying it will enable us to instead focus our efforts on addresses racist, misogynistic, islam p

tosses in handfuls of fresh fuji apples...ight amount of brown sugar streusel. ♪ so that you can spend more time making special moments... ...with your family. ♪ marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> president-elect trump hasn't kept his feelings about the press very close to the vest on the campaign trail he repeatedly lashed out at what he calls the dishonest media and has continued to do so. on monday, president-elect trump held a meeting with journalists and news executives at trump tower to senior adviser kellyanne conway characterized it as a reset but acknowledges the press will have a different administration to deal with this time around. >> apart from the protective press pool questions structurally, i think you are going to have an unconventional presidency in donald trump. because he is unconventional. many in the press are in campaign mode. they are scratching their heads figuring out how to stop this guy from becoming president or from forming a cabinet in his likeness or from actually doing things, activity

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