let's cross over to emily wang to check on thelatest. emily? >> reporter: ross, well, the morning sex ended-the morning session just ended 20 minutes ago. they are responding to an intervention by g-7 members. with that the nikkei recovered to the 9,000 level this morning on expectations that the agreement could stop a further appreciation in the yen. the nikkei is now just closed the morning session at 9120. it is up 1.7%. and that's the equivalent of 158 points. topix closed 821, up 11 points and that's 1.3%. over in the foreign exchange market, dollar yen is currently trading at the mid 81 yen level. before the mark opened the yen was changing hands at the low 79 level and then rose two yen within the first half hour of trading. keep in mind, the yen had just hit the historic high of 76.25 on thursday morning. so, for now, we are seeing the affects of intervention with the yen back up above 81. now, the g-7 agreement has so far brought the yen's level close to what it was before the earthquake struck last friday. as for trading today, there

. >> our business reporter emily wang is joining us in the studio. emily, 10 million. that's a lot of toyotas, and that's in one year they want to sell that amount. how are they going to do this? >> to summarize they are focusing on two key strategies. the first is reaching in to emerging markets, and the second is developing its lineup of eco friendly cars. the company says it will launch ten more hybrid vehicles over the next four years, while developing other echo friendly models. as for emerging markets, toyota aims to increase the sales competition situation from the 40 -- composition from the 30 to 40%. they plan toin crease production and develop new models exclusively for emerging countries and among them toyota has stressed the importance of china. >>> translator: as for china and other emerging markets, we expect them to be growth centers. we expect china to lead that growth and to account for about 15% of toyota's worldwide sales. >> emerging markets, of course, have been the darling in late in the auto industry. as you say, they are going to start building

emily wang, nhk world. >> all right. here's the latest market figures. >>> hi, welcome to your world of weather. in east yaz ya we are seeing settled skies. for china and the korean peninsula as well we have a high pressure area in place. however, along the edges of it, showers are look to develop later on today an also looking like scattered showers will show up across the indochina peninsula and the philippines as well. for japan, we have been talking about a lot of snowy weather for the western flank of the country. that's set to continue again today. more snow for those of you here. we are talking about a month of up to 20 to 50 centimeters, especially in upper elevations at high risk for additional snow. so you want to watch out if you are going to be in the area. highs today will come up to 8 degrees in tokyo , 6 for seoul. in the teens for beijing and only 9 in shanghai. on the cool side. taipei is up to 18 degrees. for north america, seeing a lot of snow coming in from the west. really starting to spread across t

here's emily wang with the latest. >> reporter: ross, the nikkei index broke below the key 9,000 mark again this morning as current yen levels are keeping the pressure on markets already hit hard by the latest developments. the morning session, trading session just ended 50 minutes ago. the nikkei average closed the morning session at 8903. it is down over 2%. top ix is trading lower at 802. down 1.8%. shares are down in most sectors with major electronics manufacturers, as well as automakers trading lower once again. keep in mind, many japanese companies have assumed a dollar yen rate of around 80 level. so it could cut in to an export of profits. given that exports are a key driver of the economic recovery in japan, the yen's current levels could hurt not only the exporters but also japan's economic recovery. overall as investors become more nervous they are more risk averse and we could see volatile moves in markets around the world. . on that note, back to you in the studio. ross? >> that was emily wang at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the g-7 nations will hold an emergency meetin