he spoke at a meeting of businesspeople in tokyo ahead of a special summit between japan and asean. he noted that the plan for the integration of the ten asean economies has been making steady progress. these countries are trying to abolish tariffs and liberalize investment and services. >> our vision is to transform@region into a single market with a population of over 600 million and an integrated production base. >> he pointed out that the preparations for the integration happen mostly completed, emphasized there has been no change in the plan to launch an integrated economic community in 2015. the prime minister also said private firms will be essential in creating such a community in the region, and he encouraged japanese companies to increase investments, especially in the environment and biotechnology sectors. >>> let's move on to the markets now. european equities are on post that the u.s. federal reserve may soon wind down its $85 million a month bond buying program, and this has been rattling global stock markets in recent weeks. germany's benchmark has been on a downward

ase asean, congratulations.it like standing up in there in front of the mall, in front of all those folks? >> i felt pretty proud of myself, just to know that i have changed the world, and i have made a big difference in my life. >> well, it has made a big difference. where do you get the guts at a young age to speak up at the age of 9 years old, getting up there and telling it like it is? >> well, i really think i get it from my parents and my great grandfather. because tess he was at the march when dr. martin luther king spoke. so i'm proud to know that my grandfather was here 50 years ago. and now i'm here 50 years later. i have a dream. >> up next, our favorite trenders of 2013. plus, forget the scripts. we're doing it live! look at the show, uncensored. stay with us. >> he is a dancing machine! ♪ "stubborn love" by the lumineers did you get my email? i did. so what did you think of the house? did you see the school ratings? oh, you're right. hey babe, i got to go. bye daddy! have a good day at school, ok? .

many of you know that yesterday i had an opportunity to host ambassadors from the asean countries forlunch, and we talked about many things, but in particular i wanted to get a sense from them and from their ministers of defense, minister ng and my counterparts, what they wanted to talk about and what they wanted to put -- be put on the agenda for the asean defense ministers ministerial that i will be hosting earlier next year in hawaii. that was a very productive meeting, and it flows right into minister ng in my meeting today. because singapore is an important leader in asean, in the asia pacific region, it is even more important that we had this meeting, really, back -- back to back. i also want to thank singapore for its continued important contributions to our efforts in afghanistan, which we talked a little bit about, and our counterpiracy operations in the gulf of aden. singapore has been a very important partner, and i -- we all appreciate what you continue to do. i thank minister ng for logistical support that singapore has provided the united states military aircraft and shi

. >> asean, do you think rahm emanuel got your message?e still is not listening to the kids or the teachers. he's still not listening to them. no matter how big we make a difference, we all need to come together as united as one so he can hear the message and everybody in chicago and everywhere where school closures, come together as a unity to stop school closures wherever you're at. >> what does it mean when you close a school down in a community and force kids to go somewhere else? you made a comment, you either want to build prisons or schools. correct. tell us about that? >> you're base he cically take school down you're building more prisons. when you take a school down, they need that public education in order to have know wrong from right. you can have conscience but you might not listen to it. it's for the kids and children to listen to your conscience, and to your parents and teachers. make sure that you have mostly everything that you're set. if you get a gang violence, you can get shot down, a lot of possibilities can happen. i

protesters, and concern is growing that lingering political turmoil may affect the second largest asean economy. protesters continued the sit-in they began days before. prime minister yingluck announced monday she would dissolve parliament and hold an election. >> translator: there really shouldn't be anymore elections. the elections have let us down for a long time. >> antigovernment protesters remain unmoved by the offer to return to the ballot box. they wrote to success on the back of policies designed to protect those left behind by thailand's rapid economic development. the supporters represent a minority of the national thai electorate. the opposition parties have yet to say if they will participate in an election, but are still calling for the prime minister to step down. >>> there's also concern for the country's economy. thailand's channel 9 news says since late november when the political turmoil spread, about 20% of tourists who were planning to visit thailand from other asian nations have instead chosen destinations in other countries. the confrontation between thaksin loyal

in october, asean neighbors held a meeting in hanoi. more than 2,000 police officers, firefighters and personnel from ten countries took part. they tested a system with japan's help. the system enables countries to share information on what kind of assistance they can offer. southeast asia is prone to natural disasters from earthquakes, tsunami, and typhoon, to high tides. they need to get measures in place to deal with these calamities. as the region takes on the global economy, the need for regional cooperation in times of disaster becomes all the more important. nhk world, aceh. >>> the devastating tsunami of 2004 also hit the west coast of thailand, killing more than 8,000 people. nine years on, survivors are afraid of another disaster, and they have little faith in the country's tsunami warning system. nhk world has the report. >> reporter: panga province was among the hardest hit areas in southern thailand. many visitors and foreign visitors were among the casualties. even after nine years, it's not bad to normal. about one-third

and asean nations a top priority. in september kerry said china and the u.s. have agreed to a new model of relations looking to ease tensions between the two nations, both of which are expanding their presence in the south pacific. 2013 was a packed and complicated year for international relations. by the looks of it, 2014 won't get any easier. juan carlos moline that, al jazeera. >>> president obama and john kerry have a long to-do list for the new year. several hotspots need attention. one big political headache will come from afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops are set to leave at the end of 2014, but tribal leaders have voted to keep some troops behind always president karzai won't sign off until elections in april when his successor is chosen. >>> in may the six-month nuclear deal with iran will expire. by then tehran and other powers have to satisfy missions and ease the fear of neighbors. not an easy task. growing crisis in africa are anybody's guess frankly. fighting has put millions at risk. president obama has said humanitarian disaster are a national

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it's as japan and the ten asean member states will step up cooperation to enjoy their safety in the least. it also says japan will help us be on anti not create legally binding rules to settle to a toilet years old but i was in the south china sea. china's decision last month has shaken up of asian countries. will you china steel the now selling car the overlaps with other nations including japan eighteen has indicated it may set up an open air defense identification zone and the south china sea the focus of territorial disputes with countries such as the philippines and vietnam japanese prime minister shinzo abe and wants to win back from our nation's capital t that legitimacy of china's policy. but officials are still struggling over the exact wording of the traps. for some countries with strong ties with china taking a strong position may be difficult. this year china's expanding reach him a real aka corn. the result of its alway seem to be. i know treatments. the political stances of each country against china and different we tasted each city as early as friday night. officials are w

the gap does this as japan and asean should work more closely in such fields as to katie and economics is as though settle isputes peacefully according to international law. billy is the summit to commit about twenty billion dollars in assistance to assay on or five years the surprised about one hundred million dollars for the fund created for regional economic integration plan for twenty fifty. i met with his counterpart from malaysia before the summit of heads he and i did read some to discuss china's anderson on another security matters. i bid on the team that did the intent to unilaterally change the status quo is unacceptable he said chinese authorities have suggested they may create a more air sounds. he said his country would like to do more to cooperate with the others in the region the credo crime in the september for the first time we had a joint maritime training exercise with malaysia. we agreed to keep working together to improve maritime security jail melissa also supports so the defense intention to increase better dynamo training. with all maritime agency. new year is o

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nelson mandela will be buried on sunday december fifteen at the land of asean sister's keeper the vaccination campaign against polio has started in syria. the un plans to vaccinate over two million children under five years of theirain gl i to reachoctor' children when the combat zone the minister of health of the arab republic signed a bill some of my aunt told reporters that this is one of the plant campaigns seventeen cases of the polio virus of pakistani origin have been registered in the country three thousand seven hundred and fifty one mobile medical teams are involved in the campaign. children are vaccinated for free in identity documents are not required. this is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the nervous system the disease can lead to a reversible process within two hours of the first symptoms. it is important that the campaign will cover about twenty three million children in egypt iraq jordan lebanon the west bank the gaza strip and also turkey. a new project of these kazakhstan region on the rehabilitation of children with disabilities by a hippo therapy has bee

databases to do it is that information being shared with other countries like that the us the un and asean and other countries beyond that to the survey say what is happening in so far the government has been really tight lipped. i mean they won't tell us what's happening here and the fact that we hear now that some of the spying is going on and comfort for the pastry then say is telling our country what to do to spy on qantas makes the concerns grow even stronger. stay with god the five hundred authors who are calling on the un to pass this new international charter to protect civil liberties in the digital age when you think something like that looks like and how does that jive with overseeing on a country by country level like brazil trying to wall off its internet with its new avenues here that which one should we take which one would work which one doesn't work yellow i think that we get clean domestic legislation time it has been really in most countries around the world to rein in the surveillance i think that it's had a staff with decent basic understanding and accent pieces for th

has been active in asean, an asian regional organization which has increasing number of countries. we have a trade policies, major trading agreements with asia and europe. my dream is that one day soon the middle east will not only recognise israel's right to exist and the palestine state, but will be an economic powerhouse. there's enormous natural and intellectual resources in the middle east. wouldn't it be great if the middle east could trade with europe, asia, latin america, africa and the united states on a fair basis, and everybody could win. >> thoughtful comments. jane harman. appreciate you joining us on "consider this". for more on the middle east and contentious article if women and men can have it all. i'm joined by anne-marie slaughter, former member of the state department, but now a member of the new american foundation. thanks for joining us. you wrote an article "bringing the iran text back home." you wrote: >> in trying to get the domestic space are both sides saying different things that could sut scuttle the agreement. secretary kerry is saying you have no righ

shinzo abe made the comments at an asean summit in tokyo. they have a territorial dispute with china over a chain of islands. >> reporter: regarding the issue of the south china sea, we all agreed that all related nations shouldn't attempt to change the status quo by force and should comply with international law. we also confirmed the importance of freedom of flight over international waters, which is considered a general principle under international law. >>> in iraq masked gunmen have killed 18 people working on a gas pipeline near the northeastern town of muqdadiyah. they were laying the foundation for the pipeline. >>> an armed student opened fire at a school in the u.s. state of colorado wounding two students before killing himself. police say he entered the arapahoe high school in a denver suburb armed with a shotgun. the teenager was looking for a specific teacher before being confronted by another student. saturday marks the first anniversary of the killing of 20 elementary school students in the state of connecticut. >>> a man plot

nations of asia with whom we have strong trading and historic defense relationships and supporting aseanroups which the administration is doing is the best buffer against china, hopefully over time its tpp passes, the trade promotion agreement -- >> if i can just get back to afghanistan for a moment. there was an article in the paper today, at the same time, at the same time he's condemning the u.s. for inadvertently killing some afghan civilians in one of their villages, there was a terrible slaughter by the taliban and boo from president karzai. what does that tell you? >> well -- it is an uncertain trumpet because he has an uncertain constituency. the fact is, we're in the 13th year in the longest war in american history and he really force the country, particularly congress, to stand up and ratify staying there, particularly if our troops are, a, minimal, and b, under rules of engagement that make their function, they're bad or dangerous, then we'll find out how ready we are to turn our back and leave. >> -- mentioned the show, showtime, karzai's behavior reminds me of one of my favo

one cousin was killed in that attack and several asean just what country has seen weeks of not protest when opponents of the prime minister you actually know what court about resignation. and colin fernandez well to families of political dominance. bullet holes and blood stains the mind is the latest anti government protests in bangkok weeks to deadly on saturday morning as an unknown gunmen opened fire on the crowds. the victims were among the peaceful been in st is camping out in the thai capital calling for the prime minister to leave off its beauty. you can put them all i was sleeping when i heard several gunshots and i was surprised. then i grab the police shield protection goal total in the name. only this week dozens of good taste is great news it is a class to police the ut gas and rubber bullets. it's the culmination of nearly two months of protests against time in this team lacks a lot in an effort to defuse tensions. she is dissolved parliament and called early elections in february. it doesn't satisfy their opponents to the keys to being a copycat of god the exiled former p

there's a lot that we can do and actually can find the book on our web site at our asean nida.org ort the organization that is lifting up workers and employers and consumers. that is number one. why the book and support the organization. number two is to actually go to the new consumer web site that we have created to collectivize the voices of people who eat out who also want to say enough is enough. it's called the welcome table.net and already over 100,000 consumers have signed the petition asking congress to raise that abysmally low minimum wage of $2.13 an hour. also on the web site you can find a guide and the smartphone app that you can download for free under smartphone called the r all maxie national diners guide which tells you how restaurants are faring. the third and most important thing you can do and often sometimes when i make these talks -- i spoke in washington d.c. and i heard someone say i should just get better. i always say that is great, please do tip well when you be al but that cannot be all that you do. if that is all that we all do we continue to subsidize a

hold has been offering to defense ministers with the oz asean region.ar whether alb succeeded in getting what he wanted. >> thank you. thats our bloomberg government reporter from tokyo. still to come, we're going to talk more on japan. a sliding currency is helping to boost confidence under japan's largest manufacturers. where the yen is headed. stay with us. ♪ >> ime is saying he -- i am mia saini. clamping down on companies. they will begin supervising prices in certain companies and punish companies that break the rules. findovernment found 60 -- 60 producers. this is the nation's bailout program. a $100has relied on billion loan from the eu and international monetary fund since back in two thousand 10. this is all to stave off the government has raised taxes to rebalance the economy, hitting every major target imposed by predators. abenomics has enjoyed a boost. it shows confidence among the manufacturers in japan. report from the bank of japan shows sentiment climbed more than expected. say it is paying off. >> monetary policy and stimulus has hel

there was supposed to be on capitol hill an investigative hearing into the asean na airlines crash in secretary of state john kerry about the iran nuclear deal and the house foreign relations committee that's on. the senate is in session today. they'll be dealing with some of these nominees that were blocked previously by republicans in the senate. there's a confirmation vote today for patricia mullet up to be a district court judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals and also going to try to move forward on the confirmation of representative mel watts, to head up the federal housing finance agency. he was blocked a few weeks back as well, so they're going to try to move forward on that and under new rules they just need 51 votes to do so. we could see that confirmation vote happening by day's end. so government is closed, but doesn't mean everything has stopped. carol? >> allrigh that's good. athena jones, thanks so much. >>> we're going to head to new york city to check in with fred pleitgen but his camera is freezing so move on to other news. we have to talk about the memorial for