antists at the japan food service association say sales in september fell 2% from a year earlier. they say that was partly because there was one fewer sunday than in the same month than in 2013. even so analysts say the increase in the consumption tax is continuing to take a toll. officials at the food service association say sales at fast food restaurants fell 4.3%. they say mcdonald's japan took a hit after being caught up in a scandal involving a shanghai supplier. food safety regulators say the supplier sold expired chicken meat. and sales at pubs fell 3.7% from a year ago. they predict the decline in sales will continue into october, as typhoons keep people indoors. they say there are no signs that consumption will pick up soon. >>> mt. fuji became a unesco world heritage site last year. tourism has boomed and local people couldn't be happier about it. now they feel like the mountain is giving them another blessing. a scientist has taken some yeast from the foot at the mountain to make wine, nhk world's -- explains. >> reporter: this is a miracle wine. we're selling this toda

ongoing legal pursuit of jim sends a rn terrifying message to the 124 journalists jailed worldwide on antistate charges and detracts t from its normative moral power abroad. i don't think that the united states wants to join cuba in becoming the only other countryr in the western hemisphere to have an imprisoned journalist. and that's what's at risk here.t it is much harder for the u.s. to be taken seriously when it advocates for press freedom and journalistic rights abroad when they are abridged at home. governments have many obligations, to enforce the law, to protect citizens, to provente attacks. but they also have an obligatio to uphold the constitution and to uphold democratic principles upon which this society is built and to ensure the functioning of the democratic process in which the press plays a central role. the committee to protect journalists calls on the united states department of justice to withdraw a subpoena seeking to listsd give force journalist james risen to give testimony that would reveaf a confidential source. >> our next speaker has worked as the director of theto rg

ongoing legal pursuit of jim sends a rn terrifying message to the 124 journalists jailed worldwide on antistate charges and detracts