when this isn't really the norm in japan. you talked about historical revisionism and i think what you might be also referring to is the read to petition of japan's pacifists constitution that allows japan's self defense forces to potentially fight overseas for the 1st time since world war 2. and wondering if this is his most divisive domestic political legacy. it is one of the most divisive legacies he has. it is tied to this idea of historical revisionism, japan escaping the bind that it was tied in at the end of world war to a constitution that banded from having a military and being able to use that military to wage war. and his domestic critics feared that his re interpretations of the constitution that he pushed forward that allowed japan self defense forces to be legally capable of aiding allies in a military conflict. they worried that this would bring japan back into the path to war, and it led to mass protests when this was inactive. and it is something that people still remember to the stairs, one of the biggest le

japan's most prestigious literary awards. it depicts a widow in her 70s who struggles with loneliness and old age. they said that the dialect was translated. they say that this the aging society empathized with the book. they expressed gratitude to her overas readers. she wrote the story to hope to depict a certain fill philosophy in life. >> i wrote the novel how wl people look at themselves unconsciously at anal aging. >> the 6-year-old novelist said that the work will encourager to work harder. >>> residents of western mexico is feeling the effects of a hurricane that is battering the coast. >>> you're kay is battering the western areas of mexico, especially in baja, california. is it bringing with it strong winds and a lot of rain in the process. this a look at the video. hurricane kay approached the southern tip on wednesday. and it brought windy and wet conditions and it was a caliber 2 hurricane at that time. a hurricane watch and warning were in place over the area. and kay killed at least three people in the country

the conservatives are still in power in japan . but this opposition and the unpopularity related to the unification church scandal will distract. he and his government from being able to move forward on issues like an actual formal change of the constitution, which would require a national referendum. and you don't want to have a national referendum when your approval rating is well below 50 percent. wheeler leave it there for that. i mean, but thank you so much for joining us today. jeffrey hold special lecture and japanese studies at can conduct university of international studies. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. pakistan is still reeling from the floods that have devastated large parts of the country. you are a secretary of state antony blinking announced another $10000000.00 in aid at a meeting in washington with his pakistan, the counterpart below one. but those of 30 both leaders said it was a disaster on an unprecedented scale, a 3rd of the country remains under water after the historic and catastrophic storms .

synonymy of 2011 by introducing economic policies by bringing the fated olympics to japan, japan to try to stimulate the economy. and also by making japan more assertive on the world stage, improving relations with the united states that is recognized by the fact that the vice president commer harris is in attendance. she is the most important of the g 7 leaders to, to come here to japan. and so he is credited with allowing japan to become for certain, for the, on the other side of that he is the suspected of trying to change the constitution of wanting to change the constitution away from the traditional path of pacifism that japan has followed. since the end of world war 2. so he is linked with being something of a militarist of trying to return to some of the old days of japan's militarism of the last century robin. they were playing the national anthem a moment ago as you were talking there. clearly, this and i was got a speech about to begin with. i believe it'll be for me because she who be speaking shortly, rob till that begins. why was it so important for me? oh, because she the

and then move across japan or move over the sea of japan as we go into monday and tuesday, while weakeningthen as a low pressure system, it should reach parts of hokkaido. the system is expected to bring gusts of over 250 kilometers per hour, strong enough to topple trees and damage homes, as we go into sunday. and then precipitation-wise, we might see nearly 650 millimeters of rain in two days or so. record-breaking heavy rain could pound western japan, so flooding and landslides will be a high risk out there. kagoshima could see high risk. the same effect could bring very high temperatures to niigata on your sunday. now, before we go, a completely different story, but take a look at this video from hokkaido. the first fall foliage of the year in japan is appearing in the mountains of hokkaido. on thursday, cameras captured the color changes. many came to see the first shades of red with drier weather bringing beautiful blue skies in contrast to the foliage. that's it for me. stay safe. >>> that's all for this hour on nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and d

and south korean navies in the sea of japan.he countries are aiming to bolster trilateral cooperation amid growing concerns in the region. the defense ministry says the anti-submarine exercises started friday morning. they involve an msdf destroyer along with five u.s. vessel, including the "uss ronald reagan," and a destroyer from the south korean navy. the last time the three countries conducted joint drills in the sea of japan was in december 2017. the ministry says the exercises show the three countries' commitment to strengthening rules-based international order. the drills are apparently aimed at emphasizing trilateral cooperation with north korea, china, and russia in mind. the u.s. and south korea held joint military exercises from monday through thursday in the sea of japan. north korea condemned the drills and five ballistic missiles on sunday, wednesday, and thursday. japan's defense ministry said vessels belong is to the chinese and russian navies they were spotted moving through the osumi straits after sailing in wa

japan will share the g7 meetings next year. they are determined to bolster unity among the members and partner countries in supporting ukraine. >>> ♪ [ music ] ♪ >>> switching gears to the weather, tropical storm that is lingering near western mexico is bringing severe conditions to the region. we have the details in our bold weather report. >>> we have been following this over the last few days. this has been battering the western coastline in mexico, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. the system is moving along and parallel to baja, california. we expect the system to bring intense rainfall. what is interesting, as the system moves toward the northwest, it will come very close to los angeles, which has not been a storm like this in decades. it is a big deal. we will see an impact from there. some areas will see 100 millimeters of rain. the area needs to get dried out once the system departs from the region. >>> in europe, we have watched a low pressure system over the uk. we will expect that to continue into friday. you wi

it includes gdman sachs and the local unit of japan' securities. commissions say moez exchange text messages on their person devices and did not preserve the as technology changes, it's even more important than trej strants conduct their communications about business matters within only official channels. >>> a research group has developed a robot that is a lot more socialable than the average android. it appears to understand humor and can lava long with the human companions. the group of it the university's graduate school of information showed off the creation. the researchers added artificial intelligence to an existing human robot capable of simp conversations. the robot tunes into human voice and laugh as long naturally to suit the volume and content of the conversation. >> translator: first time i heard the robot laugh at the righ time, it felt like we could really communicate with each other. >> you know, he says he hopes more natural sounding robots like this one can be valued companions particularly as society ages. the team plans in the

he said japan plans to support them in battling climate change among other issues. >> translator: japanill str strengthen by supporting their efforts under common principles such as sovereignty, tran transparency and accountability. >> the competition for influence in the pacific stepped up a gear in april when beijing signed a security agreement with the solomon islands. >>> in other news, the u.s. government imposed sanctions on several iranian officials of a woman detained for the improper wearing of her head scarf, or hijab. 22-year-old mahsa amini died last friday after she was taken into custody in tehran by police. her death sparked protests across iran. iran's state-run television reported 17 people have died in clashes with security forces. the demonstrations are continuing. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken leased a statement. it says the united states has sanctioned seven police and security officials for alleged human rights abuses. the penalties include freezing of assets. blinken said the iranian government needs to end its systematic persecution of women and allow pe

yoon reinforced his support for japan.ishida fumio and yoon will order stepped up diplomatic exchanges between talks between foreign ministers and agreed to keep in close touch themselves. the two sides remain at odds over a set of 2018 rulings by south korea's supreme court. it ordered japanese companies to compensate people who say they or their relatives were forced to work for the firms during world war ii. south korean district courts have since ordered the liquidation of assets seized from the japanese companies. the japanese government says the issue was settled completely and finally in 1965 when japan and south korea normalized ties. earlier i spoke to our former seoul bureau chief ikehata shuhei for more. tensions have certainly been rising in recent years. did the meeting help diffuse things? >> usually i would answer that question by analyzing what the two leaders said. this time rather awkwardly we need to start with what to call this meeting. the south korean side has dubbed it a summary meeting and the first

this areas japan's leading puffer supplier. the boats were loaded with 3000 young fish about 1510 meters long to be released for future catches. 37 tons of the fish were caught in the prefecture last season. that is about six times more than the previous year. people dined out less during the pandemic, leading prices to drop. this has posed a challenge to operators. >> we struggled with cheaper prices caused by the pandemic. i hope prices will be stable this year. to make the season continues through the end of march. let's have a look at the markets. >>> and from the "newsline biz" in tokyo, thank you for being with us. great power competition, that leaves out a lot of possible explanations. ♪ anchor: you are watching "al jazeera." our top stories. mikael gorbachev has died at 91. he presided over the end of the cold war and the lifting of the iron curtain, but failed to prevent the collapse of the ussr. president vladimir putin has expressed is deepest condolences and says he will be sending messages to family and friends. th

japan confirm support and cooperation from the u.s. and south korea to resolve the issue of abductions of japanese nationals. >> south korea could ask the public to weigh in on a debate involving members of bts. the defense ministry says it may conduct a survey to help decide if it should exempt them from mandatory military service. the oldest members of bts, the oldest member turns 30 in december. the south korean men are required to serve in the military by that age. the country gives exptions to classical musicians, dancs, or athletes that enhance national prestige. th thinit shou be expanded to inude pop stars like bts. the defense minister wants the public to have a say. >> we have set a deadline to decide on the matter. i have told officials to carry out a public survey. >> officials say the survey is one of many factors it will use to make the decision. the media reports say the ministries plan is facing criticism online. >>> officials in japan are tackling the biggest covid-19 wave yet. they are also looking toward the next pan

it could make landfall in western japan's kyushu, move over land or move over the sea of japan into tuesdayaccording to this model, a lot of heavy rain and strong winds will pound the southwestern islands of japan into saturday, where it could be as high as ten meters. and then as we go into sunday, it could hit parts of kyushu as typhoon strength and move across western japan and affect many areas of japan into tuesday, including the national holiday. a lot of heavy rain is on the menu for the country into tuesday, at least. and it was a hot dayn thursday in japan. that's it for me. stay safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of "nhk newsline." thank you for joining us. >>> this is "newsline biz." video game fans are flocking to the tokyo game show for the first time since 2019. the event is one of the largest in the industry. it was held online over the past two years due to the pandemic. more than 600 exhibitors from 37 countries and territories are on hand at the exhibit near tokyo. the global game market grew to about 13 trillion yen or $90 billion in 2021. that is up 16% from the

are you looking more japan?think there will be the most upside when it comes to asian currencies and beyond that mark >> i think there are a few scenarios. i think the baseline could possibly be first quarter. this could be by the end of the year. there could be a slight dollar leveling up. not to mention, i would say the best case scenario would be developing the russia and ukraine situation. this is the sort of risk off sentiment that we are seeing right now. >> the majors, who are the most vulnerable? one of the others looking like? -- what are the others looking like? >> i think the euro -- the euro remains vulnerable. especially going into winter. this will be demand for all. things worsen in the winter. demand for energy worsens. i think sending in the euro might be more vulnerable going forward. there were 50 basis points, there was the expectation for them not to realize. also, some of the fiscal consideration. this could have something to do with some vulnerability at the end of the year. >> look at sou

the latest big one is japan.e are going to be talking about that any a moment, but still the bank of japan intervening yesterday to buy the currency on behalf of the ministry of finance. it doesn't really stem the weakness of the longer term because of the ongoing -- we have seen between the u.s. and japan. direction of stocks, looking for a slightly weaker start. new zealand stocks already online, looking at the downside. let's look at how bond markets are reacting because we did see a big jump in treasury yields. investors really starting to heed jay powell's call that he is serious about bringing out inflation, particularly reflected in the longer duration bonds as well. the aussie 10 year and kiwi 10 year as well. as a reflection of those recession fears that are likewise building. haidi: as the treasury market has been all over the place when it comes to those expectations of a hawkish fed, they are being felt across treasury yields. the 10 year yield, the highest since 2011. surpassing 3.7%. the two year ra

why intervene in that way, why not just raise rates for japan?arisha: i think the government understands the boj's stance, if the boj were to raise rates, that can have harmful effects on certain sectors in the economy. so they have decided to go the route of fx intervention, yesterday it came as a surprise since the past few months we have only had verbal intervention. but we think this is just them trying to do a smoothing operation to curb excess volatility. we don't think this precludes a move higher still in dollar-yen which fundamentals are supporting but we think this can induce more two-way risk in japan. dani: does it make a difference whether japan is trying to support the currency via selling treasuries or using fed reverse repo facility to do so? parisha: i don't think it makes a significant amount of difference, treasuries will still be supported for the currency. or whether they are doing get through other repo operations, ultimately there is still some dollar-yen and selling flow that will go through markets. that will keep pressur

of japan.on "daybreak: asia," this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: a quick check of business headlines -- apple unveiled a new lineup of devices without raising their u.s. prices, in one of the worst years for inflation in decades. this includes the iphone 14, fresh airpods, earbuds and the apple watch that includes the first ever ultra model. apple's open new features and the lack of a big price hike will ward off competition for bibles. elon rusk scores a win in his buyout fight with twitter, the judge allowing him to add the claims of the whistleblower to his case. he wanted that for efficiency on twitter operations in his counterclaim on the acquisition. musk lost his bid though to push back on the trial date. d.l. reported a worse than expected quarterly loss of 3 -- ne-yo reported a worse than expected quarterly loss. despite $1.4 billion beating estimates, deliveries were smashed during the april lockdown, the ceo says they need to scale up production in the second half. paul: coming up, j.p. m

and japan.e a message sending out that, yes, we can still keep pushing the currency lower as long as we do not go too fast. will that be 150? that is what we see in our survey. shery: not only the u.s. is hiking, we have central banks across asia hiking this week as well. annabelle: this is a major week for central-bank action asia. it boj expected to stay on hold, but we have rate decisions coming from india -- indonesia, philippines, taiwan is well. when you look at the weaker currencies asia, these are some of the central banks that have been having to deal with that, because the stronger dollar is continuing to weigh on these currencies and prompting policymakers to brace for further pressure. if you look at some of the action we saw, the thai bond sliding to its lowest since 2006. haidi: turn's economy in focus as always, lpr announcements? would are we looking at? >> -- annabelle: no will changes on tuesday. expecting pboc to keep the facility at 2.75%. we did see that seven basis point in

let's turn to asia, japan.i reporting the bank of japan has conducted rate checks on foreign exchange market participants. it is a move considered a precursor to intervening in the fx market. this as china extends its currency defense by setting its reference rate for the yuan with the strongest bias on record. joining us now is mark mobius, founding partner of mobius capital partners. thank you so much for joining us. the market really. global currency markets reeling from that hot cpi yesterday. can japan get these moves under control without more sustained intervention, without a type of g2 intervention? your thoughts this morning? mark: it is going down and down and the numbers don't look very good. i think what people are missing is that these inflation numbers are erroneous. we looked at the cpi, but that does not tell the whole story. would. hat we should be looking at is money supply. in the last two years, money supply has gone through the roof. all these countries had 30% increase in money supply, whi

this is not a story exclusive japan -- two japan. -- to japan. boj will be taking steps to stabilize the markets based on their contingency plan. it is not just that. regulators are on watch for this massive melt off. yvonne: there was some impact from fx intervention last week, we are waiting for more signs from that. still ahead on "bloomberg markets: asia" we have a leisure set up to discuss reopening and just how much of a boost it is going to give the travel industry. up next, the latest in terms of markets. our guest joins us, when to expect the pivot, maybe for -- maybe before the second quarter of next year. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back, new week, same story, two year yields, when year chart, one-month chart. 30 days barely had a day at where we had yields fall. one full percentage point on this. what that is done is when you look at asian equity markets, down six weeks last week, we are going for number seven. if we get seven weeks this week, that would match the only three times in history at least when you go back the last

japan is a country with a rich history.o big outside of the tokushima area. it is now performed in other much bigger cities, like tokyo, every year. while somejapanese culture and traditions have gone mainstream globally, many businesses and recent start—ups still focus on the domestic industry. its lucrative home market is a blessing and a curse, as companies don't need to expand overseas to become profitable. but if japan wants to move on from relying on its past glory and catch up with its rivals, they too need to step out of their comfort zone. hello. as we turn the weather page from summer to autumn, it looks like nature is taking its cue as well. big changes this weekend. there could be a bit of thundery rain around across much of the uk — not everyone will see it — and potentialfor some strong winds as well. the weather charts really scream autumn — area of low pressure which will develop. around that, bands of heavy and thundery rain and potentially little smaller areas of low pressure within it, which could bring b

japan was the big news here overnight.just heard from the prime minister speaking at the new york stock exchange. as just a bullet point snapshot of what is happening. japan, all of these controls are going to end october 11. they had caps on arrivals, test requirements etc.. that is all going to go away as of october 11. as he said to be pretty much in line with the united states which is open for business. taiwan, a little more cautious. they may scrap their three-day hotel quarantine. they're going to wait another week and analyze their data. they have had a surge of cases as of late. again, none of these economies in north asia want to be left behind. what singapore has done and the rest of the world has done. i will get to hong kong and a second. south korea they will be likely lifting the outdoor mask mandate. it is another step in the relaxation of south korea. look at one big driver of why these governments are doing this all at once. that is the king dollar across asia-pacific. with the exception of course of hong

a state, a funeral is underway for japan's former ministrations. either in 2 months after his assassination, his ashes were carried by his widow here. and his party colleague prime minister, who knew casita, had to stay time. they could choose from around the world have gathered for the ceremony in tank. or they was assassinated in nora in july, while campaigning for parliamentary elections. you were always sincere, single minded, fall apart. you loved your friends and an even deeper love for your wife. here i will always treasure your memory and many people across the world and in japan. remember the era of prime minister abbe with nostalgia prime minister, thank you for your work from the bottom of my heart, rest in peace. however, many people in the japan are unhappy about the funeral, largely due to the cost. the government says it's spending nearly $12000000.00 because also anger, ruling liberal democratic party ties to the unification church. his assassin had blamed the church for his family's financial difficulties. let's go to rob mcbride n

a client was lured from japan.the offices, received an advance payment and transferred to the accounts of one-day firms the place of foreign cars indicated in the papers. people sometimes received auto junk for the victims and did not care at all to pick up their intermediaries of the far east being, for example, in europe. parts of the country very hard another revealing moment of those who are still waiting for the car from the ship. angara only a few people. they wrote a statement to the police. the rest are awaiting prosecution. so far, a response has not been filed to one of the appeals. currently, the office of the ministry of internal affairs of russia for the city of vladivostok is being audited for possible illegal actions of employees of the company transporting vehicles. based on the results of the audit, a decision will be made in accordance with the law after the appearance of the office camera transport company and employees. finally , a new post was published on the social network. according to it, s

not just japan and taiwan, but also influencing japan/u.s. relations.e did make an official state visit in 2018 to beijing to try to thaw the icy relation says deteriorated during his tenure as japan's longest living prime minister. the chinese were unhappy with a lot of things. you heard the prime minister of japan was the brain child and the one that came up with the personal indo-pacific. it was send there had in mainland china. in taiwan, he is being celebrated. there was a statute unveiled in southern taiwan that said in chinese, taiwan's internal friend. that is because he did develop such close ties with taiwan. in his final months was speaking out on behalf of taiwan's democracy and the response of defending taiwan saying that the united states could move away, leaving an open question, whether it would get involved or try to make a move on the self-govern democracy, could pose a threat to this eye island and japan. it is certainly easier in a sense for other countries around the world to celebrate a leader when there or a lot more complex issue

his deep connection to japan's ruling party, the l. d. p. prime minister, casita apologized and promised to sever his parties linked to the church, but the full out for the l. d p. his government and him personally, has been hugely damaging gentlemen. they use a switch to go after more than this from jeff kingston. he's a professor of history at temple university in tokyo, and george now from the professor kingston. how widespread is the anger over this state funeral. i mean one person appears to have set himself on fire ordered. so i think it is emblematic of widespread anger about the decision by prime minister, a key sheeta to. busy hold a state funeral for our former prime minister ave. in clearly people are not persuaded by the reasons a key shita has given. and right now about a twice as many japanese are opposed to the state funeral, then are for it. so this 2 to one ratio and opposition has translated into a plunge, in case she does support ratings. so i think you know, he never ever anticipated such a strong backlash yell in the

japan is at the center with china being more close than japan but we see things opening up.e difference between tourism flights and the business flights you have seen so far? have they been dented as much during the pandemic? how has that been felt across your business? >> the business flying is what has boomed in the pandemic because of the commercial infrastructure. executives needed to fly to remote locations, the counterparties meet their subsidiaries or business partners. that is what stepped in and connected the world while the airlines actually had to produce -- reduce their capabilities. paul: business class is coming back but is still very high, do you find your customers are saying business class tickets are so expensive i may as well take a private jet? >> if you take this plane, it fits 15 people, if you put that kind of number of people into the aircraft to get very close to the numbers in terms of total cost of the trip. as extra flexibility and the safety to be shielded from all of the touch points of covid that the private jet industry has commissioned and fo

japan has a larger population compared to small countries. diverse stakeholders like elderly people and they focus on issues within japan as to what will happen in their life. in adapting progressive policy, it might be -- face backlash is. when he thing about the future of japan in the long-term, politicians and leaders need to, you know, face those backlashes and convince people to adapt more progressive policies further. >> we do have plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> asian markets are risking a reprise of stress levels seen during the global financial crisis. the mliv market strategist joins us now. we are seeing the reverberation of king dollar playing out for asia. >> absolutely. we are very concerned that the japanese authorities allow that to break and i don't think that they well this week. if they do, that could set off asian currency selling and dollar renminbi, very important. if they allow it to be weaker against the dollar and that will bring 720 in dollar yuan quickly. >> how resilient are asian economies compared to

he's an assistant professor of asian studies at temple university in japan. good to have you ever so why does chin so our base legacy remain so controversial? first of all, the civil ave came into power saying, i want to end the post war regime, making it seem like the post war prime ministers before him had been some kind of illegitimate force. and he tried to pro japan in a direction that a lot of japanese were not wanting to go. and still, as we saw at the protesters, lot of japanese still think that what he has been doing in terms in were, have been doing in terms of security changes. the, establish him a national security council. the ability to work with a prime minister to make decisions based on matters of security. these things are dangerous and he managed to push these changes through but over a large degree of resistance. well, the decision by the current prime minister to hold a state funeral just add to the frustrations with inflation with the economy is going to undermine him. well the, the prime minister key should have made a snap decision to

and japan. this was a well-worn pattern throughout 2021.when iceland was one of the first european nations to reopen for tourism, what happened is an overnight cycle where people were really excited, started searching for flights to iceland, airline sagas and decided we want to capture as much of that demand as possible and started adding more and more flights to the itinerary and that had a downward pressure effect on affairs. hopeful while we have not seen many great deals to japan over the past couple years and it would not have mattered anyway because the borders were closed, no borders are open and people are going to be in a rush to be booking those flights, airlines adding more capacity will hopefully offset spike in demand and lead to lower fares. >> that is one place i really want to get to. i want to address other news. super high airfares and cancellation super, and the past few months. air passengers have been really frustrated. what is the white house announcing to try to make things a little better? >> the white house announce

i mean, it's cloudy over japan. you know, it's pretty much all month, so much so you might get three days of clear weather to bomb course you're you're doing daylight bombing you need to be able to see what you're aiming at. of course, they didn't encounter these hellacious jet streams high in the heavens over japan, you have literally 200 miles an hour that just completely wreck accuracy. and of course, at the same time, you know, these missions are far, far larger, far longer than they were over europe. i mean, a one way flight from england to and back around a flight is about 1500 miles, a one way flight from the mariana islands, where we were base to tokyo, is just 1500 miles. so you really you're doubling the distances you're having to fly that over open water where, you know, and you're also it in a b-29, which at this point was a brand new airplane. so the aircrews are still working out all the kinks. and, of course, you know, a plane that has 55,000 parts, you know, anything can go wrong. and and if it does

it's way up pretty much the length of japan. there's going to be very little of japan that will escape from this typhoon . as it does move, the winds will decrease. there will be less rain full. it will, thankfully also speed up its track. it will be moving off japan more quickly than they'd be moving. so far, but until now, one of the problems, especially for q issue has been that this is a very slow moving typhoon, basically for the whole weekend. it has been dumping huge amounts of rain on key issue one, city reporting 900 millimeters of rain. that's just shy of a meter of rain since saturday. this is amount to this area. there are likely to be land slides and you've got to remember that this area was also impacted by typhoon rains 2 weeks ago. we do know that thousands of people have been left to that power . there are reports of injuries because q she has been experiencing more powerful rains and typhoons. in recent times, it has been putting in place mitigation measures better infrastructure. the people of the south west o

coming to japan and also for people going back to japan, but still, japanese government cash to easest couple of years, how it has been full for companies like yours having to deal with the restrictions with the restrictions and the pandemic? after the pandemic, most of us had to shift domestic business. before covid, japan, tokyo was preparing the welcome for the tokyo olympics 2020, and the number of tourist arrivals was double digits since 2013, but after the pandemic, it completely went to zero and almost right now it is 30 months that japan started to close since covid, so we are doing business tours for international travellers, we have to shift to the domestic tourists, domestic business, or try to find another business to survive. still we are waiting for more travellers. and finally — the heartbreak of losing a pet. if you own one, you'll know what i mean. well, in china — where's there thought to be over you 68 million people now owning cats or dogs — there's now a pet detective not too far away, ready to track down people's missing beloved pets. michael bristow reports. th

the big one is japan. we have a bank of japan meeting this week.the bank of japan are not actually going to do very much. but of course time is running out. this negative rate policy japan has really looks out of place compared with the rest of the world. eventually they are going to have to decide it is not in their interest to continue to pursue it. we saw cpi today came in at a 31 year high for japan. it touched 3% on a year on year basis. even though the bank of japan is formation of that inflation is not the climb they want to see. it is not being driven by domestic wages. it still takes away from the fact that the difference between yields at 0.25% and 3% cpi is way too much for a country the size of japan. so clearly there are people willing to bet on the fact the bank of japan is coming towards the end of its negative rate policy. my not happen this week's meeting, but october is certainly a possibility people are building up. the bank of japan are really getting close to the end of this and will have to throw in the towel and do something

paul jackson on all things japan.terms of what this means for the fed, we have a really strong dollar story, you have rates diverging, pricing close to 75 basis points. or is it simply just a matter of time before we see it snap back? pricing is closer to 75 basis points, i think it is the week after next when we have the fed meeting. and i of that we have the inflation numbers coming out. rishaad: it was 8.5 percent last time. that is the probability. david: yes, the size of the hike , 73, 54, and 29. added together, it is still chunky for the fed. we'll probably get a lot of big headlines, things like another drop in month-on-month inflation, core inflation still quite hefty. rishaad: absolutely, people do need to spend money on their food and gasoline. let's talk more about the fed in detail. former new york fed president of dudley says the fed actually learn from experience and will not repeat the qualitative tightening strategy that led to the cash crunch in 2019, wasn't it? david: yes. how do they move forward f

in japan there is a debate over medically induced abortions.'s health ministry said in may it would approve an abortion pill companies and. from our tokyo, our correspondent reports. rupert: this japanese woman became pregnant after her boyfriend repeatedly refused to use a condom after sex. she then had to ask his permission to get an abortion which he did not want to give. >> it is strange. i had to ask him to use contraception. when he decided not to use a condom, i needed permission from him to abort the baby. i felt completely powerless. i could not make my own decision about my own body. rupert: japan was one of the first countries in the world to legalize abortion, all the way back in 1948. it has always had this paternalistic twist. japanese women must get the written consent of their husband or partner. now japan is set to approve the so-called abortion pill, something that has been available in france since 1988 and britain since 1991. but japan's health ministry says women will still need the nsent of their partner. and it is going t

the legacy of japan's former prime minister shinzo abe.ome injapan don't feel mr abe deserves this honour. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... a game changing election in italy as exit polls suggest far—right giorgia meloni is set to win, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. to the philippines now, where a category three tropical storm has made landfall northeast of capital manila. super typhoon noru has been lashing the eastern parts of the country with high winds and torrential rain. thousands of evacuations are under way, and president ferdinand marcos junior has suspended work and classes for monday. our correspondent laura bicker has the details. super typhoon noru has now crashed into the main island of the philippines. winds gusting up to 180 miles an hour and there are fears of coastal surges. torrential rain is already causing river levels to rise. red cross volunteers worked their way through low—lying neighbourhoods ushering the vulnerable to safety. th

inflation is rising in japan. of this is due to unsustainable rises in commodity prices. he doesn't expect wages to go up. he is not going to move. when it comes to the exchange rate, he is concerned about these big moves, quick moves but he thinks intervention is a step that could be on stabilizing. that is what we are going to wait to hear tonight. what does he say about the exchange rate? does the boj change the tone at all on that? when you look at what he has been saying with inflation, jackson hole and beyond and before, he is going -- he dug his heels into the sand and that is what they are going to say. >> kathleen talked about the japanese yen but it is not just about that. when you have the boj so heavenly -- heavily involved in the markets, you are compressing basic market moves. tell us a little bit about the consequences of what the boj is doing right now. >> it is going to help the boj this morning. it takes pressure off the yield curve. that does continue to show the pressure of their to enforce thi

arrival to japan, pcr time, before arrivaltojapan, pcr testis time, before arrival to japan, pcr teststep for people coming to japan and also for people going back to japan, but still, japanese government cash to ease my restrictions. just but still, japanese government cash to ease my restrictions.— to ease my restrictions. just talk us through. _ to ease my restrictions. just talk us through, dai _ to ease my restrictions. just talk us through, dai miyamoto, - to ease my restrictions. just talk us through, dai miyamoto, the l to ease my restrictions. just talk. us through, dai miyamoto, the past couple of years, how it has been full for companies like yours having to deal with the restrictions on the pandemic? to deal with the restrictions on the andemic? �* . .,, pandemic? after the pandemic, most of us had to — pandemic? after the pandemic, most of us had to shift _ pandemic? after the pandemic, most of us had to shift domestic _ of us had to shift domestic business. before covid, japan, tokyo was preparing the welcome four tokyo 0lympics was preparing the welcome four tokyo olymp

yes, japan has got what he takes to be a global contender. he was credited with making japan more assertive internationally. but his critics accuse him of moving the country away from it, traditional parts of pacifism, and many people have been protesting against this event. they've been an goodbye the cost. and revelation since the assassination about links with the unification church or so called moonies, have also heard his reputation and that of the current government. still thousands turned down from all parts of japan to pay their respects. you know, the more he's always stood up for. he believes, even when many were against him. personally, i like i'll be very much. i'm so happy to see how many people have turned out long lines, waiting patiently to lay flowers as their own tribute. his legacy will certainly be a controversial one responsible for policies that will often divisive here. but since they seem determined to change japan's position in the world and he'll be remembered as one of his countries, most significant political figur

believe that biological weapons would help japan conquer the world. as a descendant of the sun goddess a matter aso. he saw it as his calling in the 1930s, the concept of japan's exceptional role in the world permeated the country society . oh, sorted out. so june gets the sunni hummadi condie equal sucking yawn all natural medina? oh, japanese journalist shoji condo, the author of evidence of unit 731 crimes. a book that caused quite a stir is one of the few people who trauma is to give an impartial account of factors that brought japan to war. tiny, doing look up to your school for a chunky to cook. got it. says so to so you wish so than what they glint irish but thick star. so carrying us get along sort of an up on that chism all want on. you saw it fixed on in the early 19 thirties, the japanese military carefully studied a report by microbiologist, cheryl, is she biological weapons affects the human body, silent, causing a slow but painful death. there is no need to manufacture missiles. instead, you can infect clothing, food or water will disper

he was very smart, intelligent, capable person of high status in japan. he was a medical doctor who was also a pilot, and a military commander. he had all of these great talents and skills that sadly, instead of being used for a good purpose, he took his great prodigious skills and took it in the opposite direction to the dark side as a force for evil. ah, japan's general staff allocated enormous resources to help the biologist establish a secret facility to develop biological weapons. china, manchuria region, occupied by japan in 1932 and turned into the puppets state of manchu co, became the testing ground. manchuria is very handy because of its location close to the u. s. s. on it also has plenty of test subjects, test subjects. you mean people brought to the unit for tests? exactly. those people were meant to die. that's right. from tribunal questions to quiz shima kiyoshi. a medical service major general mm. in 1968. several secret facilities were established in the hills of manchuria. unit 100 in san jang worked on lifestyle contamination. unit 516

the idea that they are going to return to any significant electricity generation in japan?reactors are going to get approval to start within the next year, but the actual energy demands of japan are so indoor must -- are so enormous that they have already said the long-term solution for japan is renewables. at that is the reality not just for japan, but for the world. >> phil, how do you see the world moving forward in the near future? are we likely to see this push toward rethinking energy policies, more people saying it is about time to look at renewables in a different fashion? how do you see the future of the geopolitics of energy? >> that is a good question. specifically on nuclear, as jonathan said, the crisis that has picked up since february with ukraine has basically underlined the policies of those countries that were already deciding on nuclear as a solution. beyond nuclear, we have a lot of countries rethinking how quickly or whether they want to phase out coal and natural gas as they had previously thought. but in terms of nuclear, only a couple of policy u-tur

well, his legacy is a to a strength in japan's media. terry, visa, the china as aggressive poster and the very much necessary because as i say, japan is in a very much dangerous and shaky neighbourhood. very few advanced the democratic nations on like this neighbor, 23 non democratic nuclear powers and you know, for japan to stand tall, it needed to, to ally with countries such as the united states. and i'm sorry, so that's what does a lot of it did. but nothing is complete without boosting japanese economy. and in order for, in order for japan to boost its economy, nothing can be achievable without people, especially young people becoming more boy and becoming more forthcoming about the future. and the young people received that message that she was aiming at boosting the morale of the young people. so the 2 mile long to that you saw around the venue quite a few young people. 20 something 30 something. also, we did see a number of protests is obviously his funeral has been quite divisive with the costs. what do you make of of it all? i

japan is really strong _ the cutting edge? japan is really strong in _ the cutting edge?really strong in hardware, if you talk about industrial robots, some of the most advanced come from japan, video game machines, little parts that go into smartphones, this is really more of a software problem. it's getting information that might be on my desk into the hands of a government official, maybe a list of employees or something. it could be anything. i think that's where japan really is struggling and finally is recognising that. the covid—i9 pandemic really inspired these reforms. ., pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early - pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early in - pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early in the| reforms. how so? early in the pandemic. — reforms. how so? early in the pandemic. you _ reforms. how so? early in the pandemic, you had _ reforms. how so? early in the pandemic, you had health - pandemic, you had health officials trying to fill out forms by paper and sending a fax to the central government... fax to the central covernment...