you are there in tokyo. what are you doing there?s tokyo doing and what is the atmosphere like and what are you looking at their? -- and what are you looking at there? and what about valuations? the japanese economy is doing quite well. it has had 57 months of success of growth. it is seeing a bit of an upturn in capital spending. the domestic side is underpinned by things coming down. economy is making some decent profits and the government is improving the dividend yield. the japanese equity market is one that we like and one that we are overweight in. we are here for my company's annual conference. i am going to be seeing more in the next couple of days. it will be interesting to get their views on the politics. the japanese election is a phenomenon that we have seen in many countries around the world. clearly money could flow or could flow out of japan under various political scenarios. and we have to address those quite carefully. overall, japan is a country that we like in terms of its equity market. become more of a headwind o

he is joining in the tokyo coverage, live from the tokyo stock exchange.cene for abe? win, andit was a big that was the headline of all the main morning newspapers here. basically the coalition and the l bt getting a big win. theow -- paisho is headline, and the prime minister will continue on. the big gamble paid off for shinzo abe as they will maintain the super majority in the lower house, and he can push forward with his alter monetary easing policies. we are seeing initial reaction stock exchange, futures are higher. nikkei 225 already near the 20 year high since 1996. also the topix added 10 year highs, and seeing a further weakening of the yen versus the dollar, it weakening. -- 113.99 to1.13 the u.s. dollar as the abenomics policies continue. it was interesting because we had the big super typhoon as well hit tokyo overnight, lashing the windows of my hotel. we are getting the i am the haute -- the we are getting the eye of the storm now. the story with the election and the overwhelming mandate shinzo abe and the coalition party will maintain going

i am yvonne man in tokyo.n: how exciting, rain, typhoons. she stirs things up. i am kathleen hays in new york. we want to take a look at a very important story, a lot going on. the tokyo election, and president trump. is he going to tell us who the next fed chair is? he met with janet yellen at the white house. he is moving closer to the decision on who will be the next fed chair when yellen's term ends in february. editor, anda senior our guest. bonds even rally the bit. reporting steve mnuchin is pushing for jay powell. the middle of the road, follow janet yellen. jay powell, what type of fed chair would he be? choice isell interesting but underscores a point i have been making, which is, from apr policy standpoint in the fed funds rate, it really does not matter very much who he chooses. the degrees of freedom of movement is fairly small. the next chairman, the next crew is, is in the regulation, deregulation, reregulation of banks. it really signals that is the direction they want to go. the impact of quan

andi back down to reality here in tokyo and i think across the country with the realisation that shee see that in the polls. initial 30% support for her running as prime minister has now dropped to 1596 as prime minister has now dropped to 15% or 12%, as prime minister has now dropped to 15% or i2%, so it is unlikely that she is going to throw her weight into the political campaign and she will most likely push forward as the governor of tokyo, where she can leave a legacy of perhaps policy achievement and pushing the tokyo economy in a more dynamic direction. so what happens now to her ambition of becoming the first female prime minister of japan, is it of becoming the first female prime minister ofjapan, is it now out of the window? i do think it is out of the window? i do think it is out of the window? i do think it is out of the window even if she had some policy achievement over four years, she may be at the ceiling in terms of the age of being able to effectively compete in a national campaign. secondly i think over the four years she has to dismantle a very widespread ldp poli

tokyo 2020.nt olympic games, yoshiaki sawabe is not so sure when it comes to the paralympics. and that is worrying, because he is one of the organisers. so, he has built this. and it really is a workout for the upper body. well, i guess it depends on how much you put into it. i am moving to the right—hand side of the course. it is an exhilarating ride. and 3,000 people have already tried it out since the spring. outside the office, we caught up with the team at the ceatec expo. this is another paralympic event that can be played by competitors with varying degrees of disability. but again, it is able—bodied people that they want to get interested in the sport. it has been a highlight of paralympics in the past. he has got three years to raise its profile to the japanese public. this is a half—sized automated version of the game space. sensors keep track of the balls. the flashing lights and automated scoring helps to draw players in. and the company is in talks with arcades, shopping centres, and

kathleen hays in tokyo. banks next to with a guest who says markets have priced in trump taking jerome powell or john taylor. hsbc canon, whether deliver a third straight quarterly rise in revenue. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ i am betty liu in new york. >> i am yvonne mann in hong kong. president trump preparing to name his pick for the fed. governor kuroda staying in the job when his term ends in april. let's discuss with the david mann live from singapore this morning. there is a scoop or headline when it comes to the next fed chair. today it seems like it is jerome powell. would jerome powell be a good choice for the economy? what can he bring to the table that john taylor or janet yellen can't bring? toohey wouldn't distinguish much between choices such as paolo or taylor given they have been working together and seem to share in a broader sense some of the views on how policymaking should be done, more rules-based , not as much data dependency, not short-term data dependency. i think that will be the big dif

tokyo 2020.ki sawabi is not so sure when it comes to the paralympics. and that is worrying, because he is one of the organisers. so, he has built this. and it really isa so, he has built this. and it really is a workout for the upper body. well, i guess it depends on how much you put into it. i am moving to the right—hand side of the course. it is an exhilarating ride. and 3000 people have already tried it out is the spring. —— since the. outside the spring. —— since the. outside the office, we caught up with the tea m the office, we caught up with the team and the rest of the expo, c tech. this is another paralympic event that can be played by competitors with varying degrees of disability. but again, it is able—bodied people that they want to get interested in the sport. it has been a highlight of paralympics in the past. he has got three years to raise its profile to the japanese public. this is a half sized automated version of the game space. censors keep track of the balls. the flashing lig

turnout may have been affected by heavy rains not a good sign for new beginnings earlier i spoke to tokyo correspondent michael penn and asked him to explain what kind of japan shinzo is trying to create. you know i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she's abbay kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has guided in that part of that is his family history because his own family was deeply involved in the world war two incidents and he feels that needs to be reevaluated are there are two stories to this election i mean the big win for sins of a in his party and the collapse of any some semblance of real opposition why did they fail so badly in this election

the tokyo governor calling it a tough result.t was projected she would perhaps not gain as many seats as she did on sunday. she did apologize while she was at a conference in paris saying this caused unpleasant feelings for people throughout this campaign. despite the landslide victory from shinzo abe, we heard some humility in treating this win with humility. knowing there are still some who have a harsh view of him, as well as ldt, and perhaps the have learned from his cronies and scandal earlier this year. that she wasesting not in japan during this. it will be interesting to see if we could learn anything from that platform. the majority,h what does that mean for his economic plans? the loose monetary policy we know, look to negative interest rates, right? thene: right, but there is super majority, will he make this constitutional reform more of a priority in exchange for reform? that had been crucial for him. it will still be a tough sell in revising article nine. you can, they are still quite split because japan is quite sp

she is the tokyo governor.e will 100% not run for this snap election that's been called for october the 22nd against crime minister abe and his liberal democratic party. lots of speculation that she would have run —— prime minister. she has told reporters she is not running and there's a lot of speculation her popularity is flagging, it is certainly flagging in the polls and she wants to stay on as tokyo governor and speculation is she would get more of a boost during the tokyo 0lympics would get more of a boost during the tokyo olympics in 2020. she is dubbed the most powerful woman in politics in japan. she dubbed the most powerful woman in politics injapan. she started as a tv news anchor. she is also sometimes described as a lipstick ninja, rico, and she launched her new party of hope just under two weeks ago really to take on the conservative ldp. but it's also got a very similar ethos as the ldp. it's also a very conservative party. she's riding on a populist wave really because she's launched something t

-- sunny and a windy day in tokyo.30 first fall in a week as we head weeka big earnings with industrials as well as technology on radar. yvonne: you are watching "daybreak asia. tillerson is visiting afghanistan and iraq. it was his first visit to either country as secretary of state. ansident trump announced open commitment to afghanistan, putting as many as 4000 more troops there. says the fed should more closely monitor the economic struggle of the bottom 60% of americans. there is a growing grass between the top 40% and the bottom 60%. focusing on a national average can paint a picture writer than reality. officer says kong two options are allowing shares on the main exchange, or confining them to a new platform. critics oppose the idea for fear it would diminish the one-share system. singapore is putting the brakes on vehicle ownership. carsnnual growth rate for will be cut from a quarter of 1% to zero. ensure itsant to most productive use. officials view a $20 billion increase in public transport over the next fi

now to chiba, just outside tokyo where japan's biggest tech—fest is being held.attracts more than 600 companies, many showing off their ideas before they are due to come to market. dan is there to show us the best of them. ceatec seems to be full of these cute robots. but they are not as helpful as they look. i would rather show you something you might find useful. it may look like a microwave oven but this piece of kit is designed to tell me the number of calories and the sort of fat content, protein, carbohydrates of any dish that i put in there. at the moment, itjust works with simple dishes. it uses near infrared light and analyses the reflection of those inside the device and it should work with any sort of food. eventually. it only takes around ten seconds and here is what we have. this piece of quiche, rather full of calories, i might say. i might leave that one in there. it struggles with several foods on one single plate and readings on my quiche varied a bit. panasonic says it is still a few years away. but fish has to be good for you, right? so, doctor

something that's especially relevant here in tightly packed tokyo. its own custom interactive rig. there's the vr fishing rod, bicycle, segway, other self—balancing transportation scooters are available, fighterjets, skis, complete with chilled—air fan, and of course the giant vr robot thumb. oh, my gosh! i'm going up! wow! i can feel the heat of the laser swords. the one drawing the biggest crowds, unsurprisingly, features this guy. you hare around the track talking to your friends on your headset while smacking them with hammers or hurling exploding turtles at them. oh, my god! i'm inside mario world. this is wild. mind the bumps. got you! hello, luigi! all these years, i've been saying if you try and simulate motion in vr when you're not actually moving, it's an unpleasant experience. it's still an unpleasant experience. this isn't the first vr arcade that we've seen, but it is the first place we've seen so many people getting genuinely... screaming. ..excited about strapping a headset on to their face. even so, this place does make you appreciate

well joining me now from tokyo is journalist michael penn thanks for joining us michael so polls closing just a few minutes ago what are the exit polls saying. well the exit polls are predicting that the government will definitely win a majority as to whether or not they will win the super majority which is the two thirds majority you mentioned that we probably won't find out until later in the evening but it will definitely be a crushing victory for the prime minister and probably will certainly historic low voter turnout both because lack of a real competitive election as well as a thai food hitting the island right on election day here looks like turnout is probably going to be well below fifty percent in fact. well why did they decide to hold a new election right now he didn't have to call them early so why now well he calculated that this was going to be his best opportunity and that calculation is clearly proven correct i think the number one issue was that the opposition parties were not ready to contest an election right now at the time he called the election the main opposition

masayoshi: i said, you came to tokyo the first time, i want to give you a gift.ant to give you a tokyo gift $1 trillion gift. , aand he opened up his eyes and said ok. now it is interesting. him and said, here him and said, here is how i can give you a $1 trillion gift. you invest $100 billion to my fund. i give you $1 trillion. david: what is it you told people and what was the vision you gave them? masayoshi: one vision, which is singularity. singularity is the concept that the computing power, computer artificial intelligence past to mankind's brains. david: the singularity is the concept, that is the word means, that is the point at which a computer becomes smarter than a human brain. masayoshi: yes. today, already, computers are smarter than mankind at chess or go or weather forecasts. in some expert systems, the computer is already smarter. but in 30 years, most of the subjects we are thinking, they will be smarter than us. that is my belief. david: let's go back and talk about your upbringing a bit. you are of korean descent. your grandfather came from kor

and journalist michael penn reporting to us from tokyo many thanks indeed thank you. now the spanish government is moving forward with what's being called the nuclear option in catalonia madrid has announced on president of measures to temporarily strip the region of its powers by firing its leaders and triggering fresh elections catalan president carlos whose dimona is accusing the central government of the worst attack on his region since franco well meanwhile large crowds rallied in barcelona to protest against spain's proposals. to these pro when dependents catalans the central government's decision to fire catalonia separatist leaders and trigger new elections was yet another insult in response hundreds of thousands of protesters took to barcelona streets among them as preached demand for now still the question on president since. i wonder what without standing for any election with very little support and against the will of the majority the government of mariano rajoy wants to name a board of directors to remotely controlled the life of catalonia from madrid in

the atmosphere is electric at the tokyo motor show.has punished the native japan brand. -- tarnished the native japan brand. yvonne: not seeing any tarnish in the markets. it seems to be filtering through in asia as well. he got the mix earnings that have been a little bit confusing for investors. looking ahead to these catalysts, who will be the next fed chair? catalysts.e are earnings will continue to be catalysts as well. yesterday, they were propelled forward by those earnings. tomorrow is likely going to be the tech shares. will they keep that momentum going in the market? that will be a big day. we saw big numbers out of south korea. yvonne: let's get the market open with sophie cameron. sophie: reaction to south korea's gdp figures. flat.spi opening a bit movement.ome the rate is that the whitest premium over the policy rate since 2011. reaffirms that case. -- pulling out the board to show you. their quarterly earnings surged 20 record thanks to a memory chip prices. we are seeing that putting some ynix.ure on sk h aboard to sho

the races on for paul position of the tokyo motor show. really from more imaginings of old classics. to concept cars seemingly borrowed from the highways of tomorrow japanese cars. producers are showing off their latest and greatest in tokyo. at the forefront this year electric cars hydrogen fuel cells and other environmentally friendly technologies. manufacturers here are hoping the zero emission vehicles will help them being ground in the face of wind domestic interest and stiff pressure from abroad. the japanese used to be technology leaders but really what they're finding is that they like all global makers are being pressured by newcomers not only from silicon valley but from china so they really have to up their game and they're stepping into technology areas where they don't have a lot of expertise. and that means one thing you know vision is key and while car makers here might not be able to step on the gas they're driving full speed ahead into an emission free future. of a two hour asia correspondent andrea hang where do the japan

a short time ago i spoke to journalist michael penn in tokyo i asked him why are they call this election when he could have waited until next year. well you see although he has a lot of a personal baggage at the time he's not particularly personally popular he saw that the opposition parties were in a very weak position to challenge him the main opposition party at that time was just had a new leader and was clearly very disorganized and then there was a very popular governor of tokyo who was preparing to move into national politics but by going now instead of next year he was able to essentially get the tokyo governor to move too quickly before she was ready and her effort to unseat him fell apart pretty badly. let's talk a little bit about this supermajority if he does get it what will it let his government do in the coming years well prime minister abbott sheens all but all of his life it's been very clear what he's been aiming for long before he was prime minister probably when he was a teenager he's wanted to revise the constitution of japan in particular to get rid of its pacifist

well joining me now from tokyo is journalist michael and michael what is the latest from the vote when will we know whether ave has got his supermajority. most likely will find out about the super majority a little bit after midnight local time which is a little over two hours from now. at that time the proportional bloc voting results will be coming in as of about fifteen minutes ago we have confirmed through the district races and what we do already know that he's won a simple majority combining both his ruling party plus his ruling coalition partner so there's no doubt that it's going to be a landslide election in favor of the ruling party in the ruling coalition we just don't know quite the size of it at this moment. i'll be still have a year to go in his term why did he you know jump the gun and call this election so early well you see he has a lot of a personal baggage at this time he's not particularly personally popular he saw that the opposition parties were in a very weak position to challenge him in the main opposition party at that time it was just had a new leader and was

rupert in tokyo, thank you. minutes the world health organisation has announced it has rescinded its decision to appoint robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. he has led his country for 37 years but was condemned over his human rights record. britain and the united states had warned the decision could overshadow the work of the global health agency. america's five living former presidents have gathered in texas, for a benefit concert to help the victims of the hurricanes which have hit the united states this year. barack 0bama, george w bush, his father george bush senior, bill clinton, and jimmy carter came together to support the one america appeal, following the hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. the appeal has so far raised more than $30 million. bill clinton had this message for americans. there is still work to be done in texas and florida, and ourfriends in puerto rico and the us virgin islands have only begun to dig their way out of what could be still a calamitous disaster but can be a new beginning —

in tokyo, david goffin‘s late bid to reach the atp tour finals continue to take pace.an started the final looking for a ninth straight win, at his clinical best. he broke the frenchman in the fourth game and held on to take the first set 6—3. manarino big marin cilic in the semis and took the initiative in the second set, forcing goffin into rare errors, but he broke back and at 5—5 seized his chance. he duly served out to secure his second title in eight days after his triumph last sunday. it's taken a few years to come back to my best, and to win the davis cup and my first title of the yearin davis cup and my first title of the year in the atp 250, and this first in the atp 500, and to win in tokyo — it's such an amazing feeling, and i couldn't be more happy. goffin will play in the shanghai masters next week. those end of season finals in november must seemed tantalisingly within his reach. staying in asia, where caroline garcia made it back—to—back titles by winning the china open and moved a step closer to securing her place in the season ending wta tour finals in

we're going to be live in tokyo.his is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is day break asia. >> the bank of japan wraps up a two-day meeting as the federal reserve starts a two-day meeting just hours from now. even so, the world of central banking right now, there's just one big story as president trump gets ready to announce his choice to be the next -- his choice to be the next fed chair on thursday. let's bring in bloomberg's kathleen, she's in tokyo for us this week, to cover the b.o.j. of course more on headlines here when it comes to trump's pick for fed chair, looks like jerome koul is the winner. >> all the more because there is so much reporting now. in fact, first of all, the white house has confirmed thursday is the day. this is clearly -- it's not just the central bank story. it's a market story. it's a global policy store. ry. but the white house has confirmed thursday is the day they'll make this announcement. "new york times" and the a.p. have echoed now what bloomberg has reported, that poul is definitely leading f

let's kick off with events in tokyo. asjamie let's kick off with events in tokyo. lu kewa rm as jamie mentioned, that has been a lukewarm response to this election result from the nikkei. it is stability, and everyone knows what they're going to get from shinzo abe, and he has been re—elected and with a good majority so that is the sort of news people want. it allows them to build... you could say a third bite at the cherry, to get reforms and the stimulus going and inflation up. he's had two goes at it. now it is his third. will he make it? will he be able to sort of breakthrough? robert lui not universally, because we are talking about decades of kind of japanese —— probably not universally. the session, in a sense. he's going in the right way, very steadily. japan has an ageing population and they do not raise enough tax, hence the increase in vat to help pay for the ageing population. what about in europe, is spain having an affect on the ecb? a couple of weeks ago it looked like spain has settled down. now it seems to be flaring up. one of the issues, talking

it isa what you need to do so tokyo 2020.so tokyo 2020. it is a challenge in thisjob, you a lwa ys it is a challenge in thisjob, you always need to think about the future and not enjoy the moment. taking time off and reflecting on all we've achieved is a very nice feeling. how are you excited about the potential here and continuing that success going forward? personally, the next challenge after winning a gold medal is to do some thing even more special again. i have a really great life and the opportunity to try that. that is amazing, an incredible story. we have another tale of determination to bring you in a moment. first but today's main stories. no surprise, harry kane has been named on the short list for the 2017 ballon d'or a award. 0thers included on the list we re a award. 0thers included on the list were leaked to kenya and de bruyne, the full list be announced later. kyle edmonds suffered an early break in the first set before composing himself and cruised to a 6—3, 6—2 win. it sets up a match with the marin cilic

to me now from tokyo is journalist michael pan michael what's the latest from the count is on course to get his super majority. yes in fact as i sit here right now he's one seat away and there's about thirteen left of races left to call so it's very clear that the ruling coalition will have the super majority combining the seats of both the his party liberal democratic party plus their coalition partner come a time so you will have that. two thirds majority which will allow him to have enough authority to for example attempt to revise the constitution yes abbay wants to change japan's pacifist constitution what kind of japan is he aiming to create if he's it succeeds in passing these reforms i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she's abbay kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view

last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to ta ke popular governor of tokyo, vowedf tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea, who said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was fistly about not the korean threat. you could say the north korean threat was the biggest ever but the biggest issue close to his heart is changing the population. japan has a modern military. but for over 70 years it has not fired a single shot in anger. article 9 of the constitution states japan will forever renounce war and the use of force to settle international disputes. mr abe and his supporters considered those words a humiliation, forced on japan considered those words a humiliation, forced onjapan by the american viblingtors, he now has the best chance he will ever get to remove them. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: thous

joining me now from tokyo is journalist unlike append michael as we heard obvious is this election was about the military threat from north korea with this resoundingly victory water is likely more is going to be. the obvious particular diplomatic approach to north korea is pretty well set and essentially what he was saying is i want you to endorse what i've already been doing so he hasn't been promising to be doing anything differently he's business saying that we'll be moving on as we have and what that has been is been to refuse talks and to rely on economic sanctions in order to eventually bring some sort of change of behavior to the to the north korean regime and also he's endorsed donald trump's idea that all options are on the table in dealing with north korea which is something that some of the opposition parties have criticized he's also expected to go ahead and change the country's specific constitution which would be a hugely controversial move but now that he has this to this majority can he just go ahead and do it well in fact he's had the two thirds majority since two tho

david: you did not grow up in tokyo. you grew up in a relatively small town in japan.asayoshi: in the southern part. david: it was said you are interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's. interested -- was at the mcdonald's food? worked the book, and it became the best ever. i was so impressed and said, this is great. the guy who wrote about it must be great. david: how old were you when you wanted to meet him? masayoshi: 16. david: you managed to get a meeting with him. masayoshi: i called his assistant, long-distance call. it was so expensive. i made almost 100 calls -- 60 calls. i said this is my name, i am a student, could you ask him to spare me some time? she said i will try, but he is not going to meet with the student. i said come i do not decide by yourself, let him decide. [laughter] masayoshi: i spoke with the assistant so many times. they did not give me the right answers so i said, this is a waste of my telephone bill. i i flew into tokyo and said, came because the phone call was becoming more expensive than an air ticket. [laughter] david: what happened

they begin theirjourney towards the sport's debut in tokyo pretty 20 in pa rt sport's debut in tokyoreat training, england doesn't have most consistent of waves. here, because the waves are so of waves. here, because the waves are so consistent and so similar every time, you can dial in your skills. it puts us ahead of the game, i guess. they surf on water pipes down from the mountain reservoirs. as the wave develops, down the lagoon, it picks up the intermediate and then the novice surfers. and then the moment when you are told to paddle and you can feel the roar of the giant artificial wave behind you. pushing forward with surprising speed. then it isa forward with surprising speed. then it is a case of trying to jump to your feet. there we are. that's just shows you how steady those waves are. the first time standing up, all the way to shore. i've never had that in the ocean before. ijoined some of the 60 youngsters from the local surf club, who are now given weekly sessions. most had never been near a proper wave before. weekly sessions. most had never been near a proper wave bef

that could pave the way to make changes to the country's pacifist constitution while the latest from tokyo after this report a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo abbe had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a super majority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when i made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival eery koori the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare. her take on the issues should have appealed to the voters but it clearly wasn't a winning electoral strategy because it isn't about this much japan's opposition didn't have the time or perhaps the inclination to unify the le

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and 100 millimeters of rain fell in tokyo, about four inches, and voter turnout in tokyo was about 10centage points lower than the two previous general elections. so will that be the case this time? well, again, like i said, only time will tell. we're feeling the effects of typhoon lan even though it is off shore. 230 clom pkilometer per hour sud winds near the center. the eye has basically collapsed in on itself, a sign to meteorologists that the storm is weakening and weakening quickly. doesn't mean it won't be a formidable storm by the time it makes landfall on mainland japan. overnight tonight, and into monday morning, local time. you see the computer models depicting the winds across that area. but quickly moving out too by tuesday. the skies will clear and probably see some sunshine, even into the early morning hours of tuesday as well. that system will bring a lot of rainfall, so the threat of landslides, mudslides continues across this region with some of our computer models indicating upwards of 250 to 350 millimeters of rain before it is all said and done. another thing to m