charmaine deogracias, nhh world, manila. >> and that's going to conclude our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> the u.s. labor department has released the latest employment figures. the unemployment rate was unchanged from the previous month, but the number of jobs outside the agricultural sector was lower than expected. the labor department says employers added 80,000 nonfarm jobs in june. that's approximately 20,000 less than analysts expected. the number of new jobs has been below 100,000 for three months in a row. unemployment remains unchanged at 8.2%. employment in the manufacturing sector continued to edge up, but figures for mining, construction and retail remained at a standstill. >>> the international monetary fund chief has praised japan for raising the consumption tax but urged the country to make further efforts in restoring its fiscal health. imf managing director christine lagarde spoke in tokyo on friday. she said japan needs to cut spending and further increase taxes. earlier last week, the lower house of parliament passed bills to raise t

charmaine. on thursday, attention was turned to the asean national forum. the united states and north korea will both join that meeting. north korean delegates led by foreign minister arrived in cambodia on wednesday. he later held talks with chinese foreign minister. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived on wednesday. the obama administration has shifted its focus towards the asia pacific. the region is now officially at the center of u.s. economic and military strategy. clinton's priority at the asean regional forum is to contain chinese moves in the south china sea. north korea's nuclear weapons program is expected to be a major talking point. we'll be reporting live again on thursday. so please join us then. reporting in phnom penh. japan and china have failed to narrow their differences over the islands in the east china sea. the state owns one of them. it's been renting the others from a japanese family since 2002. the islands are claimed by taiwan and china. also protested the entry of three chinese boats. the coast guard warned the boats t

charmaine deogracias, nhk world, manila. >>> we go to sayaka mori now for a look at the weather forecast. >> typhoon vincente is downgraded, and winds are dying down, heavy rain will continue because the system will continue to drag ample moisture from the south, so areas, northern vietnam, and laos, you're going to continue to cope with heavy rain throughout the day. up towards the north, we have a low pressure system moving into the beijing area. if you remember record amounts of rain battered this area over the weekend, so any additional rain is not good news, however, thundershowers will likely continue into tomorrow. as for japan, staying stormy across the northern half of japan. thunderstorms, gusting winds, and even hail are expected. all right, temperature wise, getting up to 32 degrees in kyo, so very hot. sweltering hot conditions will likely continue into the weekend, but hotter than tokyo across the western half of japan, we've got heat advisories in place across this area. out towards the west, 29 in beijing because of the heavy rain. all right, moving into the americas, man

why don't we turn this over to charmaine, who is your publishing director extraordinary. have you seen any trends since he became the publishing director like what kind of submissions are you getting and what would you like to see in terms of the genre that isn't being represented right now in the marketplace like what is your dream which list? >> i have seen a trend where there is more urban fiction than we originally started at strebor and as far as the missions are concerned, i think that we could find more christian fiction and used models, young adult novels. i feel children need to start reading at an early age as i did, and i think their needs to be more books on the market place for children were young people. >> what books to you enjoy it personally? >> i like thrillers. we don't get a lot to lose but i like thrillers and contemporary romance the types that i'm drawn to mostly. as connect you have any plans to expand in those areas you to become christian fiction, young adults, children, are you going to expand in those areas or keep it more adult based? >> in 20