meet akiko. she showed us the room her husband won't enter. i sit here relaxing, she told us. i add new items and just look at my collection. it's really quite something. she's decorated the walls with pizza and drawers are filled with creme brulee. seated on a burger and piece of cake, we chatted about her hobby. why did you start collecting food, plastic food of all things? "i always thought plastic food samples were only available for people in the food industry, but when i found out they were available for a housewife like me, i started buying them." she has no idea how much she has spent, though doesn't dispute estimates of more than $80,000. do people think you're crazy? "i'm not aware of that," she chuckled. well, it landed her a place in the book of world records. for having more thaha 8,000 pieces of plastic prepared food items. who knew there was such a category? while she may have taken to another level, we found this fake food is undoubtedly appealing. there's something almost enchanting about these hand made, delicious looking morsels you would never dare to o t.

akiko okamoto, nhk world, tokyo. >>> check the markets, many investors reacted to the deadly attacks in paris by taking a cautious approach. share prices in tokyo fell to their lowest close in more than a week. for details we go to our business reporter maiu yoshida. >> after those horrible attacks in paris we saw some of these fears play out in financial markets. investors sold off stocks and sought shelter in gold and safer currencies like the yen. another factor weighed on shares pulling them to one and a half week lows. that was japan's third-quarter gdp, which fell below estimates. it was a double whammy for japanese stocks. the benchmark chosed lower by 1% at 19,393 on monday. and the broader topix closed at 1,571, falling .9%. about the flow and effect from the events in paris, in terms of the economy, we could see a shift in confidence and consumer spending so that led to sell-off in equity markets as well as the euro. against the yen the single currency dropped to its lowest levels since late april. the plunge in the euro pushed down stocks of companies with a strong presenc

meet akiko. she showed us the room her husband won't enter. i sit here relaxing, she told us. i add new items and just look at my collection. it's really quite some\hing. she's decorated the walls with pizza and drawers are filled with cell brulee. seated on a burger and piece of cake, we chatted about her hobby. why did you start colleleing food, plasticed to of all things? "i always thought plastic food samples were only available for people in the food industry, but when i found out they were available for a housewife like me, i started buying them." she has no idea how much she has spent, though doesn't dispute estimates of more than $8$8000. do people think you're crazy? "i'm not aware of that," she chuckled. well, it landed her a place in the book of world records. we found this fake food is undoubtedly appealing and there's something almost enchanting about these hand made, delicious looking morsels you would never dare to eat. >> after thanksgiving dinner, you might want to relax with a cup of coffee. >> reporter: something is always brewing in gerard's studio. >> well

meet akiko. she showed us the room her husband won't enter. i sit here relaxing, she told us. i add new items and just look at my collection. it's really quite something. she's decorated the walls with pizza and drawers are filled with creme brulee. seated on a burger and piece of cake, we chatted about her hobby. why did you start collecting food, plastic food of all things? "i always thought plastic food samples were only available for people in the food industry, but when i found out they were me, i started buying them." she has no idea how much she has spent, though doesn't dispute estimates of more than $80,000. do people think you're crazy? "i'm not aware of that," she chuckled. well, it landed her a place in the book of world records. for having more than 8,000 items. who knew there was such a category? while she may have taken to another level, we found this fake food is undoubtedly appealing. there's something almost enchanting about these hand made, delicious looking morsels you would never dare to eat. >> after thanksgiving dinner, you might want to relax with a cup

meetet akiko, she show us the room her husband won't enter. i sit here relaxing, she told us, i add new items just look at my collection. it's really quite something. and drawers are fillele with creme brulee. on a burger and piece of cake we chatted about her hobby. why did you start collecting food, plastic food? >> i always thought plastic food samples were only available for people in the food industry, she told us. when i found out they were available for housewife like me, i started buying them. she has this idea how much she spent, doesn't dispute estimates of more than $80,000. do people think you're crazy? >> i'm not aware of that, she chuckled. it landed her a place in the again necessary book of world records having more than 8,000 pieces of plastic prepared food items. o knew there was such a category. she may have taken it to another level, we found this fake food is undoubtedly appealing. there's something almost enchanting about these hand made, delicious looking morsels you'd never dare to eat. >> just two words may explain why