gas to come in the next two hours. later,hat is right, and we have an asian society policy institute diplomat in residence and daniel russellhas more than 30 years of service in the state department. she will be talking about what is happening with the japanese elections as well as the effects and ramifications for north asia and what might be happening between japan and the u.s. and their security alliance. to a: we will be talking former bank of japan board member, always really interesting. 7:10 hong kong time. abe has it is fortunate walked away with an election victory. when it took -- it comes to the consumption tax, whether he will put in some of these structural reforms, she says that will take place in october, 2019, and it is too early to start thinking about that yet. lots to come in the coming hours, with "daybreak: asia." that is it for "daybreak: australia," retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across