yuriko koike isn't running. means if her party wins, somebody else will become the next prime minister. and her popularity has been hit because voters feel that she is neglect of her actual job. which is getting the city ready to host the next 0lympics job. which is getting the city ready to host the next olympics in less than three years. in california, an annual drill to prepare for a massive earthquake has been taking place. the great shake0ut is designed to prepare the state for the potential damage a major quake would cause. and scientists say such an earthquake should already have happened. tim allman reports. california's worst nightmare. the big one. but not quite. this, a simulation of the impact of the massive earthquake that everybody in the golden state is dreading. we survived! today we are simulating a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which is a very significant quake. a quake like that would be very damaging to our infrastructure. we would lose power and water, and people would be on their own for a peri

new leader and was not able to to really put together the policies at all and the tokyo governor yuriko quite k. who was a popular potential rival didn't have time to set up her own political party which she might have been able to do by next year so basically the prime minister pounced while the opposition was not ready for an election all right so the opposition in japan is quite weak and yet himself has faced allegations of cronyism and not all of his popular policies are popular and yet voters still do like him why is that. well to be honest the polling shows that the voters don't really like the polls lower than his party does. essentially i think most of the people believe that he's the only person who can run a competent government at this time and with threats like north korea and other problems hitting the nation that kind of reluctantly are going against the ruling party aba himself is clearly not trusted you can see that in the polls he's not liked but on the other hand he's considered to be the only option in town so it's not a win that shows any great affection of the peopl

all the public i think we have to change it and if people want to change it the governor of tokyo yuriko quake it launched the party of hope last month pledging popular policies and a nuclear free japan the body was initially considered the most prominent rival to prime minister shinzo law by its hold on government but on the eve of the general election polls show voters support has filed to gain ground and any hope of challenging his parliamentary majority is unlikely body of hope doesn't have a policy platform that is different from the current ruling party on top of this governor created the party is not running for the prime ministership so it looks like a very strange situation prime minister abbott has played the strong and stable caught in the wake of escalating tensions with north korea telling everyone to vote for experience analysts say that campaign strategy has also paid off. he's been lucky more than having played his cards right. when there's a national security crisis actually helps the incumbent government. on top of this the opposition party the democratic party were so

and the party of hope led by tokyo governor yuriko billed as a conservative alternative to the ruling party there are two opposing parties it's easier to decide where there are three it becomes more difficult to determine the deciding factor of votes. says she's having a hard time deciding which party to cost her ballot for because as a young parent she now has to think about issues like education and reducing the national debt issues that will affect her children's future florence italy al-jazeera tokyo still ahead on al-jazeera in sport the squash double act from egypt making history at the u.s. open. we are witnessing around the word this hungry money which is only looking at how to make the next profit devastating economies devastating ecosystems putting a price on the protection of nature green economy are sound good but it was all about privatized sation of nature should our environment be for sale what we're trying to do is just right people to stabilize the country by giving them a financial incentive to do that pricing the planet at this time on al-jazeera and monday pointed

his rival yuriko the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare the party only won a few dozen states. as a leader is deeply unpopular but the anxiety about north korea on the weakness of the opposition has now played in his favor. the philippine government says it has ended its battle against islamist rebels in the southern city of the defense ministry claims its seizure of the city defeated an extremist group like the so-called islamic state of the city five months ago more than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of thousand more displaced heavy shelling has left much of what obvious fent to influence. underdog why the story i'm joined by journalist noir hope he is a journalist was reported from my dhabi welcome florian and the philippine government says that it has. removed all the extremists from the city of what i did us first what these people and look for say there were a local extremist group who took over the city almost by accident when the police came in to arrest the leader of another terrorist group they then exploited the seeds are very h

anna: that was the tokyo koike.r, yuriko case -- are koike's chances? it's not only that but if you look at the poll that came out yesterday, there was a bit of a disappointment for ms. spear. koike. supportgo she had 90% and it went down to 13%. support -- 19% support and it went out of 30%. that's a bit of a fall. she blames it on the emergence of a new left party. see --e on a -- and anti-abe vote is split. manus: where is she going to lean into? sales tax? education? mother policy? where is she going to go? you are not going three be talking about monetary policy because the voters are taking about that very much. i think the problem for ms. koike is she also left the conservative party and it's going to be difficult to create a difference between herself and the ldp. the differences are smaller than they first appear. has previously talked about the sales-tax. he could change his mind again. the shift in the past few days, including in that interview, she starts to talk much more about scandals and the crony issues. that's dangerous for her. if you

his rival yuriko quaker the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare the party only won a few dozen states. as a leader but is deeply unpopular the anxiety about north korea run the weakness of the opposition has now played in his favor. so well known russian journalist attorney feldman gal is in the hospital after an intruder stabbed in the neck and work sonnenfeld is deputy editor of echo moscow one of only a few outlets for independent journalism in russia echo employees reports of the attack used pepper spray against a security guard in order to get gain entrance to the radio studio and she should proceed to be in a serious but not critical condition. i did w. correspondent and we show in joins us from moscow welcome and emily let's start with the condition of the tonya falcon gala what do we know. well we know that she's undergone an operation now and in a moscow hospital and that she's been placed on an artificial respirator and in an induced coma so doctors say that her condition is rather serious and that's that's all we know at the moment what

and the party of hope led by tokyo governor yuriko billed as a conservative alternative to the ruling party there are two opposing parties it's easier to decide where there are three it becomes more difficult to determine the deciding factor votes.

last month, this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, yuriko koike, vowed to take on mr abe at the pollsction day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. he said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was firstly about the north korean threat. you can say it is the biggest threat ever. but the issue much closer to shinzo abe's heart is changing japan's constitution. japan has a powerful modern military but, for over 70 years, it has not fired a single shot in anger. article 9 of the post—war constitution states that 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 upon them by the american victors. he now has the best chance he will ever get to remove them. there's plenty more detail and analysis of prime minister abe's resounding victory in japan on our website — that's bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of th

minister shinzo abe's liberal democratic party despite a strong start from tokyo's populist governor, yuriko's take a look at front page of the south china morning post with tensions boiling over in hong kong's independence movement. some football fans — mostly young people — booing the national anthem and turning their backs at the asian cup qualifier against malaysia at hong kong stadium in so kon po. and finally, the china daily has a story on taking star gazing to new extremes with the world's largest telescope. chinese researchers have discovered six pulsars, which are super heavy remnants of massive stars, using its 500—metre telescope. those are the top stories of key publications around the world. now kasia what stories are sparking discussions online? rico not surprisingly this has got people talking online. and if you don't like heights then look away. because this is a glass walk way on the edge of a sheer mountain in northern china. well don't panic the glass is not really cracking underfoot, this is actually a special effect. a headline grabbing stunt but understandably it got v

but there's a new contender — tokyo governor yuriko koike, who last month formed the new party of hope of her ambition to become japan's first female prime minister. so far she's insisted she won't run for national office but we'll find out today whether she's changed her mind. joining me is stephen nagy, senior associate professor at the international christian university in tokyo. professor, thank you so much for joining us. so, moment of truth, what are the indications, will ms koike run or not? i will say she won't run. the excitement about her charisma and the potential runners first female prime minister has come back down to reality here in tokyo andi back down to reality here in tokyo and i think across the country with the realisation that she does not have any firm policy achievements, and we 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 s

there was a new challenger to mr abe earlier in the month when the very popular governor of tokyo, yuriko said she was going to form a new party to run against him. but that has fizzled very rapidly and it looks like her party, which is called hope, is not going to do that well. and so really, mr abe, he benefits from not having any real opponents. and of course, if he does win, he is on track to become the longest—serving political leader injapan‘s post—war history — quite an achievement. it is a remarkable achievement, and this is mr abe's second go at being prime minister. he had a disastrous prime ministership back in the early 2000s, then came back to power in 2012, and has seen this extraordinary five years, and it could now be as long as nine years as prime minister. that would put him well ahead of anybody else. and it will also, he says, give him a mandate, as you said earlier, to change japan's constitution. and that is really the big takeaway from this election. if he wins, and wins big, he has said he is going to reform the constitution and to get rid of that article, article

gov tokyo yuriko quake it launched the party of hope last month pledging popular policies and a nuclear free japan the body was initially considered the most prominent rival to prime minister shinzo law by its hold on government but on the eve of the general election polls show voter support has filed to gain ground and any hope of challenging his parliamentary majority is unlikely body of hope doesn't have a policy platform is different from the current ruling party on top of this governor created the party is not running for the prime ministership so it looks like a very strange situation prime minister abbott has played the strong and stable card in the wake of escalating tensions with north korea telling everyone to vote for experience analysts say that campaign strategy has also paid off on a man when he's been lucky more than having played his cards right. when there's a national security crisis as your only helps the incumbent government. on top of this the opposition party the democratic party were so weak that it ended up in prodi. despite polls predicting our by returning to p

and the party of hope led by tokyo governor yuriko billed as a conservative alternative to the ruling party there are two opposing parties it's easier to decide where there are three it becomes more difficult to determine the deciding factor for your votes. says she's having a hard time deciding which party to cast her ballot for because as a young parent she now has to think about issues like education and reducing the national debt issues that will affect her children's future florence italy al-jazeera tokyo. the me i'm our government minister responsible for repatriating ranger refugees from bangladesh has told al-jazeera there may have planned their exodus to give the appearance of ethnic cleansing more than half a million range fled the military crackdown which began at the end of august yahoo milam has more from young on it was meant to be an interview about repatriating refugees but then the minister responsible for their recession it said this. by flirting with the groups like you make the accusation that this is ethnic cleansing maybe by systematically playing for that reason

stance on north korea with all options on the table tokyo's popular governor yuriko corky represented opposition party where she loans just over a week ago she criticised mr obvious economic policies and pledged to phase out nuclear power by twenty thirty. asia's middle class is getting richer that means they're buying more electronic goods which ultimately have to be thrown away china is now the world's biggest recycler of so called the waste but the industry does have a poor reputation adrian brown reports the village of darya in north east china was once part of a burgeoning illegal industry it still survives just three years unskilled local people made a living picking apart electronic waste by hand extracting metals like gold silver and copper and anything else that offered value. oblivious of the dangers to their health or to the villages water and soil this contamination will last for years slowly these unregulated workshops have started to close as we took these pictures a local government official appeared and unusually for china he agreed to an on the spot interview and that

pacifist constitution to formally knowledge the role of its self-defense forces such as governor yuriko call you could launch the reformist conservative party last month to try and steer voters away from the ruling l.d.p. you care however is not running let's go live now to sarah clarke she joins us from tokyo seris the polls have already opened but we understand as a typhoon sweeping across japan so what are we expecting this typhoon land is currently sweeping across japan and will play a major factor i think in the voter turnout for this general election we were just a polling booth earlier the rain was light at that stage there was no wind but since in the the situation has deteriorated we've got heavy rain and the wind is on the rise all the way the intensity of the wind so the public on those grounds have been encouraged to vote early and having said that fifteen percent of eligible voters had gone to the polls before today's official election day which is being boosted or both in some kind of expectation that there may be a higher voter turnout but looking at the conditions we exp

he faces the challenge of renewed opposition led by yuriko corday and criticism that his first five yearsn office have failed to start growth. theresa may may trigger the anger of voters after declining to say she would vote to leave the eu in a future referendum. a series of interviews, she says she voted remain at year but things move on. the deputy major says he thinks the u.k. is better off inside, although both said there is no chance of a second vote. thailand's return to democracy is said to happen next year after the government said elections would be held november 2018. the army seized power three years ago, pledging to restore stability after political unrest. the new military backed constitution that gives soldiers and bureaucrats the power to stifle elected politicians. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. juliette: checking markets midsession here in asia. we are seeing the regional benchmark index holding onto the 10 year high. many markets a decade or even a decade highs. taiwan of .7%.

all the public i think we have to change it and if people want to change it the governor of tokyo yuriko quake it launched the party of hope last month pledging popular policies and a nuclear free japan the body was initially considered the most prominent rival to prime minister shinzo law by its hold on government but on the eve of the general election polls show voters support has filed to gain ground and any hope of challenging his parliamentary majority is unlikely body of hope doesn't have a policy platform that different from the current ruling party on top of the governor created the party is not running for the prime ministership so it looks like a very strange situation prime minister abbott has played the strong and stable card in the wake of escalating tensions with north korea telling everyone to vote for experience analysts say that campaign strategy has also paid off. has been lucky more than having played its cards right. when there's a national security crisis a jolly helps the incumbent government. on top of the opposition party the democratic party were so weak that it

and the party of hope led by tokyo governor yuriko billed as a conservative alternative to the ruling party there are two opposing parties it's easier to decide where there are three it becomes more difficult to determine the deciding factor for your vote. g'kar says she's having a hard time deciding which party to cast her ballot for because as a young parent she now has to think about issues like education and reducing the national debt issues that will affect her children's future florence italy al-jazeera tokyo hong kong is hosting people from all over the world with one thing in common they are all it's a minority group of han chinese scattered across southern china in dozens of countries their language cultures record lee disappearing especially in hong kong as cantonese and mandarin become more dominant to video pollan reports. lovesong passed down through generations the villagers fear they'll be the last to sing it there are few young people left in this village and paneling most have gone to live alongside the dominant cantonese speakers leaving behind their ancestral homes

all the public i think we have to change it and if people want to change it the governor of tokyo yuriko quake it launched the party of hope last month pledging popular policies and a nuclear free japan the party was initially considered the most prominent rival to prime minister shinzo law by its hold on government but on the eve of the general election polls show voters support has filed to gain ground and any hope of challenging his parliamentary majority is unlikely body of hope doesn't have a policy platform as different from the current warming party on top of the governor co-equal creator of the party is not running for the prime ministership so it looks like a very strange situation prime minister abbott has played the strong and stable card in the wake of escalating tensions with north korea telling everyone to vote for experience analysts say that campaign strategy has also paid off on a man when he's been lucky more than having played his cards right. when there's a national security crisis a johnny helps the incumbent government of on top of this the opposition party the demo

his rival yuriko quaker the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare the party only won a few dozen seats. as a leader but is deeply unpopular the anxiety about north korea on the weakness of the opposition has now played in his favor. joining me now is richard bits in there he is a coordinator of the military transformations program at the school of international studies in singapore welcome richard the army is expected to push to change the country's specific postwar constitution which limits the role of the army to be purely defensive how do you this will go down in the region. well i think he's going to have to proceed very cautiously and i think he will part because of the internal politics of japan i mean there is no will mandate to overturn or loose in the article nine but also i think you know something about the fact that if he starts looking like he's going to become more of a militarist maybe not the impression that he is this is going to upset things on the korean peninsula north and south. i really think that. the final dance can be a lot

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