he was once hailed as japan's biggest male j-pop producer. more than 20 men have accused him of sexual misconduct. last week an independent team of experts released its report on the allegations, and it concluded kitagawa repeatedly sexually abused minors represented by the agency for decades. it recommended the president be replaced to allow a new start for the agency. nine people who say they were abused by kitagawa watched the news conference together. they've been speaking out about what they allegedly suffered. >> translator: i'm glad the agency admitted what happened and apologized. a path to relief has finally opened up. >> translator: what i appreciate most is that ms. fujishima took part in the news conference. she barely looked down. she appeared to be speaking in her own words, not those from a script someone prepared for her. >> hiramoto says he still can't feel completely happy because he still doesn't know how the agency will proceed with the proposed measures. we urges johnny & associates to hear out the victims. >>> moving now

so definitely more issue, collaboration with japan, not only just japan why not all kennedy's?k, british parliament commanded actually why not? again korea and japan to join aukus? definitely more security issues and number two is this is the tricky part. koreans -- something will happen in that area. so what if north korea like another parochial or local development. we need to think about all this contingency scenario. i personally would like to actually suggest you guys to think about little bit wide unilateralism for security or for contingencies scenario. >> we have about 15 15 minutt but i do want to ask questions to the floor. i would like to take this opportunity if you have questions to one or more panelists, please state your questions directly. so, yes. >> craig sanders. it's been an excellent panel. i had one question, secretary blinken has indicated his you and the administration's view of the larger economic -- the case has shifted. how do you see u.s.-japan and korea either moving towards possible wga reform or indo-pacific or economic form, economic arrangement

does japan not think that the us is a reliable ally? the in japan and really the test americans and the trust the last was denied of states. so the, we are generally confident about the credibility of the us security guarantee and security commitments. but at the same time, the reasonableness of power is changing. so the, at least in relative terms, the pol to us is declining in the region, particularly because of the china. so that is why do you need to do more? and also at the 3rd time, the strengthening of the last we started states is a, is of the defined importance. but at the same time, the, we need to probably other layers for our security and defense as a. and that is a deep did very much about strengthening and expanding our strategic partnerships. so that includes relationship frustrated. relations is indian relations nato, and you'd be a mattress. and speaking of those, a alliances that are alliances of japan has an exercise in the country like australia and india. how important are those demands for your nations to postpone

however, in northern japan heavy rain is an issue. an active system is sweeping across the area into friday morning. in europe a couple of systems are making major disruptions. the storm is the first named storm of the season across the british aisles. flares and gusty winds have already been reported. another stormed area is moving slowly across the balkans. we have some video from the area. a number of major streets in central greece have been flooded after heavy rain hit on wednesday. many people were trapped in their cars in flooded streets while rain and lightening struck. trash can be seen floating in the water. unfortunately, the system is expected to stay over the region into the weekend. so thunder showers are still possible in athens and istanbul, however sunny skies will cover much of the continent. berlin will see much warmer conditions with a high of 26. that's all for me. have a nice day. >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and please stay with us for more.

she's japan's first foreign minister in almost 20 years. the handover ceremony was held on thursday. she's a graduate of the university of tokyo and later got her masters at harvard university. she went onto serve in several key roles including justice minister. she signed the 2018 orders to execute 13 men believed to be responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the tokyo subway. also known as an expert in international policy. international media including this south korean newspaper said her appointment shows kishida's commitment to improving ties. speaking to reporters, she said japan as a leader of the g7 has a role to play leading the international community. >> translator: as we live in unprecedented times, it's necessary to strive for ideals that won't be lost in the shuffle. we need to pursue diplomacy looking at both the immediate issues and the long-term. >> she'll have a lot on her plate including russia's ongoing invasion of ukraine and china suspending japanese seafood imports. the move was in response to the treated and dil

also on friday japan's real wages are due out. higher prices continue to shrink workers' disposable income. inflation adjusted real term wages are down for 16 consecutive months. so our feature this week focuses on the prospect for wage growth in the country. the chief economist at dieacha life research institute, he says with the bank of japan's massive easing in place the negative growth in real wages could continue for some time. >> translator: in my view real wages won't begin rising as long as the yen remains weak. that's because japan relies on imports from around the world for much of its food. the lower yen raises import prices. grocery and restaurant spending account for about 30% of household expenditures, so as the bank of japan's easing policy weakens the yen, rising prices will continue to put pressure on wages. i believe the boj's excessive easing that could cause inflation to overshoot has led to a decline in real wages. >> japanese workers say they're hoping their salaries can keep up with higher living costs. this

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but these to south korea and japan are key of key importance . so china is starting this diplomatic process maybe with, by dealing with um, by dealing with these 2. i remember being on a trip to japan quite a number of years ago at the beginning of shooting kings leadership and the foreign affairs experts, there were absolutely terrified of china. there were very, very worried. i can only imagine that things are even more serious now in terms of tokyo's thinking on this and yet they're meeting china. i mean, they must be very scared, right? i think they are. i mean, these are neighbors. these are um, china's rise has been remarkable. japan was always top dog and asia suddenly it's, it's been pushed into 2nd place in asia. and the 3rd place in the global that among the global economy is, it's, it's, it's having to do with a rise in china. and it's causing a lot of difficulty. and vines, with vast, is also china's improvements in north korea. north korea is a big factor and why the 3 of these are missing? it will be because the south korea will be

people in parts of japan have been facing a second round of torrential rain on friday. our meteorologist yuumi hirano has the details. >> heavy downpours hit western japan on thursday, but another round of severe downpours came back again friday morning. rainfall exceeded 80 millimeters just in an hour in nagasaki prefecture. we have some video. record breaking heavy rain continues in northern ckyushu causing flooding. some train services have been suspended in nagasaki and saga prefectures. officials issued evacuation orders to over 130,000 people as the risk of landslides and flooding increased. scattered heavy rain is also an issue in the kanto region including tokyo, so people should watch out for urban flooding and power cuts due to lightening late into the night on friday. the weather in tokyo is expected to improve on saturday. you could see sunny skies with a high of 30 degrees. however, in other parts of asia wet weather is still in the forecast for shanghai into hong kong. meanwhile, in the atlantic we are monitoring this system, hurricane lee. it is expected

on dw, the you're watching the w news, asia coming up today and unexpected trio top officials from japan, china and south korea needs. what's on the agenda and can 3 countries with so much mutual distrust a cheese, anything plus the mystery out of space gene? why are top level chinese officials disappearing? and what does it mean a fresh shooting pains, leadership? the my name is melissa can, thanks for joining us. senior leaders from japan, china, and south korea, met and sold for a rare trilateral. the last time a similar meeting took place was before the pandemic in 2000 and 19th. the south re informed minister part of june took the opportunity to say that peace and stability in northeast asia is critical. given that the 3 countries collectively accounted for 20 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of global g, d p. park expressed hope in a follow up try lateral soon. at the highest level, i asked the some leaders here to work closely together to make some, if possible, we didn't this year. i hope the some lead us will do their very best to make this happen to join us in t

and will japan suffer this? well, i think one and a half to the people here in china are definitely not believing anything, no matter, even if it's sympathetic words coming from ministries or whoever government officials from japan, they cannot be trusted. and we have to remember, this is a process that is going to last by japan standards, 3 decades is horrifying. really horrifying. what do you think there's anything at all that the international community, perhaps the un and other organizations that say, you know, they put the environment to the forefront could do you know, i've lost respect with the un here in the i a, a over the last few years, these are the people that lead of investigations for weapons of mass destruction, of a country which came up empty handed. these are, these are bodies that can't be trusted. they are also in for treated by american policy. and of course, you know, the collective west that are funding these organizations, whether it's in vienna or in the shores of the united states on t

or the guidance on japan?s guidances, i don't believe for one minute they are intent on reversing the outward trend that we've seen in the dollar. one of the reasons i say that is the japanese yen remains as weak as it is because it remains more resistant to see it strengthening against the japanese yen because that implies they loss of export competitiveness, vis-a-vis japan. for all of the jawboning on the setting of the fixes so far beneath, where bloomberg's consensus is saying the market implied rate will be every day, i think it might check the rise in dollar one. it won't reverse it and it will be reducing the japan intervention. they are making similar comments to those which we saw prior to the intervention for september and october. while the moves are pretty controlled. i think we will have to be more closer to 150 on dollar-yen. >> that might not be too far away of the dollar keep strengthening and we have higher interest rates and the strengthening dollar and strong economic data. the staff pricin

in japan. this multilateral security new cold war -- not to mention expansion of brics, that should tell you something about diminishing confidence in asean in terms of playing its role. in indonesia i think they realize that they have to make some big moves if they want to put the regional body on an even keel in the coming months. haidi: do you expect that to happen, what is next for the group? richard: this is legacy months for their present -- president he had a very successful year last year as a rotating president of the g20 summit i think they defied a lot of expectations. i would not be surprised if there were meaningful breakthroughs here and there but increasingly the reality is that the summit with 10 members, you cannot get much out of that if they are going to continue to operate based on unanimity. not really consensus but unanimity. that is how they operate on sensitive issues. but i think more and more multilateral coordination between key, -- summit countries i think the indone

it will move through western japan as a tropical depression. on saturday thunder showers are possible in hong kong and taipei. tokyo will see sunny skies with a high of 35. finally in india, people in the north east are dealing with heavy downpours. we have some video. india's north eastern state was hit by continuous torrential rain. major rivers in the state have swallowed much agricultural land. local media reported 100 villages have been affected by the flood waters, forcing them to move to higher grounds. so southern india nou parts of sri lanka will be affected by wet weather, too. that's all for me. stay safe. >>> and that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. the owner of japanese department store chain sogo and seibu said it completed the sale of the investment fund on friday. seven & i holdings says it expects the final price to be around $580,000. that is much less partly because of outstanding debts. the

so definitely more issue, collaboration with japan, not only just japan why not all kennedy's?k, british parliament commanded actually why not? again korea and japan to join aukus? definitely more security issues and number two is this is the tricky part. koreans -- something will happen in that area. so what if north korea like another parochial or local development. we need to think about all this contingency scenario. i personally would like to actually suggest you guys to think about little bit wide unilateralism for security or for contingencies scenario. >> we have about 15 15 minutt but i do want to ask questions to the floor. i would like to take this opportunity if you have questions to one or more panelists, please state your questions directly. so, yes. >> craig sanders. it's been an excellent panel. i had one question, secretary blinken has indicated his you and the administration's view of the larger economic -- the case has shifted. how do you see u.s.-japan and korea either moving towards possible wga reform or indo-pacific or economic form, economic arrangement

the wants behind the southern warming of ties between south korea, japan, i'm china, 3 countries, long list of mutual suspicions as the jungle have those stories on the mall and news in just a moment. i'm get hot out for us. we'll have more. well, news of the talk with you have a good the we are all set and we're watching closely. we all seem to bring you the story behind the news. we rolled about unbiased information all 3 months. done. the discovery. change your mind. just a click away. find out best document trees on you to see the world, the subscribe. now to dw talking entry, you're watching dw news asia coming up today and unexpected trio top officials from japan, china and south korea needs. what's on the agenda and can 3 countries with so much mutual distrust a cheese, anything plus the mystery out of space gene? why are top level chinese officials disappearing? and what does it mean for shooting pains? leadership the my name is melissa can, thanks for joining us. senior leaders from japan, china and south korea, met and sold for a rare trilateral. the last time a similar meeti

the boj will watch how that plays out for japan's economy.'m john ladue, and that was this week's biz picks. >>> figures released on friday show that japan's inflation has remained at 3% or above for an entire year now. rising food costs can be blamed for much of the increase. the internal affairs ministry says the consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 3.1% in august from a year earlier. the figure hit 3% last september, and has stayed above that level ever since. many grocery items were slapped with higher price tags last month. the food index jumped 9%. they vary widely in price based on the weather. now, there was some positive news in the mix. electricity bills fell by more than 20%, the largest decline since january 1971 when comparable data became available. the steep drop was due to the impact of government subsidies to reduce the burden on households and an overall decline in fuel prices. ministry officials say without the subsidies for electricity and ce gas, it top line number would have been above a 4.1% rise. >>> joining

we have the bank of japan decision coming up.teresting for japanese markets given governor ueda needs to strike this balancing act of no change to interest rates, but also guidance that could help support the yen, given the erosion of household earnings and spending capacity we are seeing. futures in australia looking dismal. wall street saw its worst in six months. s&p 500 losing 1.6% in the worst day since march. this kind of reality check in terms of higher rates, the fed staying there for longer, perhaps starting to sink in a little bit with high growth stocks typically taking the brunt, as we saw in big tech. this is the picture as we look towards the bank of japan. what kind of messaging do we expect to see from ueda given the outsized market reaction? we are also hearing from ¡se fue la luz! pero todavía tenemos wifi para hacer las tareas. ¿y eso es algo bueno? wifi y estudiar. buenísimo. wifi y pedir una pizza online sería buenísimo. presentamos storm ready wifi. solo de xfinity. ahora puedes mantener una conexión confiab

japan expresses itself we see that the military budget will increase japan intends to make an aircraft carrier a large fleet. uh, medium-range and short-range cruise missiles, which can be hit by both china and uh, north korea and our far east in honor of the heroes the soviet army who died in battle with japan and ceremonial events. today, not only in the far east, those who gave the world to millions of people are remembered all over the country and outside it you give a roll-out of a study in relation to him, the sbu has appointed a pledge in the amount of 509 million hryvnias - this is more than 13.5 million dollars, however, kolomoisky refused intends to appeal to the world from politicians. in ukraine, they have already noted the arrest occurred exactly at the moment when vladimir zelensky was going on a us visit to west awaiting results. how is the fight against corruption going? in the country, in particular, this is one of the conditions for negotiations on the prospect of ukraine's accession to the eu . whom do they take with them? , the ruling coalition includes scholtsy and

. >> translator: china's import suspension is dealing a blow to fishers across japan. we urge the government to address the issue and ease fishery workers concerns. >> the fukushima daiichi plant suffered a triple melt down in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. water used to cool molten fuel has been mixing with rain and ground water. the accumulated water is treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. before releasing the treated water into the ocean, the plant's operator dilutes it to reduce tritium levels to about one seventh of the world health organization's guidelines for drinking water. >>> in other news anticipation is growing in japan's political circles ahead of a cabinet reshuffle scheduled for next week at the earliest. prime minister kishida fumio is expected to retain two key people in the leadership of its main governing democratic party. kishida is planning to revamp the ldp executive line-up one year since the previous cabinet shakeup. aso tarro is expected to keep his post as vice president and -- will stay on as the secret

toshiba announced on thursday japan industrial partners had bought 78.65% of the company's shares. owning a greater than two-thirds stake will allow the investors to squeeze out the remaining shareholders, and that includes overseas activists who have been at odds with toshiba's managementch the company now plans to hold an ad hoc shareholder meeting in november to purchase the remaining stakes. it is then expected to be delisted from the tokyo stock exchange by the end of the year. toshiba's repeat troubles began in 2015 when irreg lirties were uncovered in accounting records. a string of presidents was forced to resign and the company accepted capital from activist investors which only deepened the turmoil. going private will give toshiba executives more authority, but they will face the challenge of investing for growth while also shouldering the massive cost of the buyout. >>> and the value of japan's domestic home appliance shipments fell for a second straight month in august. industry officials cited lower consumer demand due to higher prices of goods. the japan electrical ma

there is still the focus around japan. a lot of the moves being found so far in the early trading session in terms of the japanese yen. we are seeing some strength coming back into the currency, now trading 0.5 percent higher against the greenback. it was up earlier 0.7% permit what is driving that, firstly, the pivotal interview the boj governor gave to local media in japan. what he is saying is that by the end of the year, he will have enough data to understand whether it is the time -- the right time to exit away from negative rates. that is one factor. the other one comes down to the g20 and raising geopolitical tensions. we know the yen is a safe haven play. haidi: speaking of geopolitical tensions and all things geopolitics, india's g20 summit has wrapped up on a joint communique that included consensus on russia's war in ukraine. let's bring in our number markets coanchor haslinda amin who has been covering the summit. despite xi jinping's decision to stay away, this is being seen as a win for moody and a wing for -

the beginning of the 2000s - the name of the lamp... the enlightener of japan, it began to enter the orthodox believers, just with the expansion of the missionary service of the russian orthodox church, the first excerpts from his diaries began to be published, he was born into a rural family deacon, in the smolensk province in the first third of the 19th century, he lost his mother early, was orphaned, and as the son of the clergy, he had a theological school, that is, such a scenario of life that was very understandable for that time... era, theological school, smolensk theological seminary , he graduated excellently and was enrolled at the state expense to study at the st. petersburg theological academy, and there very interesting memories of him from his classmates were preserved that well, before us is such an image of a strictly ascetic, a monk, and an archbishop who went to a very distant place, an incomprehensible country, and even there, being in a hostile environment, he bowed the hearts of the japanese, and they fell in love with him and he, moreover, that he did a huge la

in japan, they are soaring to astronomical levels. will see a lot of governments around the world really have to look at this and figure out how to fight the energy inflation. >> not too long ago people were saying that it was not an issue in the u.s. did not to refill. does this change the calculus, potentially? >> the u.s. is still trying to fill its spr but it does make it more expensive. if you remember hurricane sandy, they created a smaller gasoline reserve on these most. they are looking to end that have put those barrels back on the market, creating a fortune boost. -- creating a short term boost. >> thank you so much for your time and for the update. let's pivot to new zealand. the prime minister singh his government is focusing on trade diversification. we got an exclusive interview that sounded in optimistic note on state of england's economy. >> it was buffered at the beginning of the year by cyclone. without the cyclone, we would not have been in recession. most of the harness would agree with that. quite a lot of damage

those are indonesia, india and japan.riven by different factors. >> higher for longer, how will that impact the way you invest in the rest of asia? >> higher for longer, certainly, you move to countries that are more driven by domestic demand, and you look at places like south korea and taiwan which are driven by exports and have a high correlation to the u.s. or even china, you see them somewhat shielded like that, you have all these people -- places like indonesia and china, so you want to be there if you want to avoid the decline in global exports. >> thank you for joining us, always a pleasure. from blackrock, plenty more to come at this hour. how is the hotel business doing? the marriott aipac x china president on white marriott has such a good outlook for the rest of the year despite fears of recession. >> plus, still to come on the show, country gardens next major test looming on monday as creditors wrap up voting on requests for more bond extensions, more on that next, keep it with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ and --

in the final stage, japan will face one of the teams from japan and saudi arabia, and brazil will meet one of the two teams from paraguay and colombia. we saw you in the last two minutes of the iran air arena. our country is in society six on the brazilian side, let's talk. mohammad taheri, the former player of the iranian national team, is present, and we will continue the expert discussion with this discussion. greetings and courtesy to all our dear compatriots. the martyrdom of imam reza , peace be upon him. let's talk with ehsan usulli, the head of the futsal committee, and see what's going on there for the darkness of asulli's groins. peace be upon you all dear people, we finished a good preparatory game that mr. shamsai had been waiting for a long time and he requested the game against paraguay, which now comes out with the good brilliance of masoud mohammadi 21, and this game against colombia, which kalatin played well again , and we won nothing. alhamdulillah, what you said is that one of the strategies in futsal and the football federation is to enable our national futsal team

they actually export to japan 20% of japan's exports go to china.blem in china, we still have our own geopolitical tensions so going forward in china it would be a very important element for the boj to judge. shery: if we are not expecting any change to come from the boj until next year in the spring of the implications for the bond market because for the longest time we talked about how distorted it has been and what would be the implications for the global bond markets once the boj moves? kazuo: that's the question. first of all we talk about yen, a dramatic stance with bond yields in japan and ultimately even though the boj decides to abandon income control, my thought is next spring and targeting the interest rate, still be on that how much the boj can raise interest rates really depends on the inflationary development going forward 2024 and 2025. in my judgment it is what is known as a new long-term rate in japan so even though the rates have raised significantly still it can be very low so it all depends on the situation going after. and the i

terminating a pregnancy, legal across the country will ask our correspondent what's behind the change in japan, joins the race to the move. a rocket glass off carrying a lunar lander on its way to join the tiny club of countries to successfully touch down on earth satellite the i'm in ease of welcome to the program. the us secretary of state has announced more than $1000000000.00 an extra aid for ukraine, top diplomat, anthony, blinking the details on the new a during a surprise visit to key if not just hours before that a russian attack on a busy shopping area and eastern ukraine killed at least 17 people, president below them is the landscape condemned to strike as heinous, evil. yet another attack on ukraine city. this time on a crowded market in constantinople. at the 17 people were killed here by a russian missile, as he craned among them to child on. this is a deadly backdrop to us secretary of state entity blinking sport to visit the keeper. since the start of russia's invasion, ukraine's counter offensive was at the top of the agenda. last week, he rejected us media reports suggesting

england know if they beat japan l simple. go england and go japan.t they are up against a team who know how to cause an upset. japan had beaten south africa, ireland and scotland that recent world cups. for england, the challenge was clear. and japan were soon ahead via the boot. their fans enjoyed that. by contrast, england look rattle. other they crashed over for their first try of the tournament, the errors were everywhere as england led just 13—9 at the break. and whenjapan slotted in the penalty, they were only one point behind. but when england needed some good luck, they got it. it looked like they had knocked the ball on before courtney lawes went over. but replays showed it came off the head and remarkably it was a try. it summed up a scrappy display but freddie steward made sure it was a winning one. plenty of work to do, but for england another victory and another step towards the knockout stage. andy swiss, bbc news. in formula 1 — red bull's winning streak came to an end with ferrari's carlos sainz taking the singapore grand prix. he had

japan saudi arabia i think japan is a better team and game i saw against brazil, it is very likely that we will have a very difficult game against japan in 2022 in kuwait with the generational change we gave to japan , and the matches that the national team participates in have a positive record and the futsal committee, although regardless of the result , it is a very big move. i can be very positive for the children of the national team. many of the children were participating in international tournaments for the first time. i think that if i had more experience, i would not have been able to come out victorious in the same game, but the bell prevailed over the game. show it, but in all of us, after going to thailand for this tournament , i was able to defeat japan in the finals of the thailand tournament with a score of 4-1. whatever the children do in the preparatory games, i will be placed in the international arena, especially against big teams, they can perform better and their assets are better. it happened in thailand and this means that we accepted the cost of changing generat

the omega sisters are big in japan's v tubing community. some of the videos by the virtual twins have millions of views. you jerry wake up at 8 o'clock and this is a free time from like, depth time through about the news and from south elk grove to 6, a 6 down grove day shooting a movie, recording videos for a few hours in the afternoon. sounds like a fidget cushion, jobs, but that's just the fraction of the word we do, but do many a stream for 10 or more hours a day because the chance is of getting rid of slim. we 2 of us dogs like the on the go, sisters are more of an exception to the rule with hundreds of thousands of subscribers . they can do on several 1000000 euros a year. the tubing is a growing market according to a to the market research, the global, the to where market can grow nearly a 3rd and the next few years. one reason better hardware and software is making the tubing easier and more accessible. for eco, she flurries in japan and many of the to those donations are an important source of income. unlike traditional youtube are

tell us more about japan. i was hoinr it tell us more about japan.ell us more about japan. i was hoping it was going to - tell us more about japan. i was hoping it was going to get - tell us more about japan. i was hoping it was going to get this | hoping it was going to get this spring chicken line as well. this new report has found that one in ten people injapan are aged over 80 and it was issued for a national day, they have aged over 80 and it was issued for a national da the |ey have aged over 80 and it was issued for a national da the aged ve their respect for the aged today. japan is now officially the oldest country in the world, it recently overtook monaco, 30% of the population is now aged above 65. as you say, japan in recent years has been something of a poster child for this ageing population debate and the difficulties that can come with it. the reason for this is because it has a perpetually low birthrate, something the government has tried to combat and really struggled with and people that live for a really long time, they have reall

japan is vowing to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.ocuses on emerging technologies, hydrogen and ammonia as alternative fuels, and carbon capture technology. it is also exploring newer nuclear power plant designs -- small, modular, and alternative fuels and cooling regimes. >> in cooperation with american companies, we would like to develop safer next-generation nuclear reactors, including small ones. we need to cross very high technical hurdles. innovation is the key. miles but innovation has its : limits here. japan is endowed with the third largest geothermal resource in the world. and yet it only generates less than 1% of its electricity this way. heated opposition to the idea comes from owners of hot spring resorts like this, called onsen, where bathing in the buff is a requirement. they fear geothermal wells will dry out their springs and spoil the environment. and yet, in the onsen resort town of tsuchiyu, they are proving it can be done with no apparent adverse consequences. up the river from the town center, they have built a

the print in japan joins the rates to the move rocket plas off carrying a lunar lander on its way to join the tiny club of countries to successfully touch down on earth satellites. the i'm on a and e says, welcome to the program. mexico supreme court has the criminalized abortion across the country. ruling that laws banning the procedure are unconstitutional. the court said that penalizing abortion violated women's human rights portion is already legal in several mexican states, but the ruling likely paved away from wider access to the procedure. next goes just the latest latin american country to loose and abortion restrictions and recent years. following argentina in 2020 and colombia last year, dw correspondent nicole reese as in bogota, asked or what led up to this major change in mexican law. so story is a major chain to change. a historic one is a us, i would put it. and i think it's human rights activists into portion rights activists. well celebrating this now because they have played a key role in this whole development. these other people who've been pushing for years, if n

, south korea and japan.ferent sectors we're watching so topics banks is one of them. we will wait to see that liveperson on the contract but essentially a lot of investors really buying back into japanese financials. on this assumption we are going to see some sort of change from the boj and its meeting next week. whether that means any sort of indication that there's going to be an exit away from negative rates. changes to the yield curve control program as well so i am seeing that still rising for a second straight day of half a percent adding to yesterday's gains of near 5%. what else we are seeing in the session is still at focus, will people watch on japanese bonds. we saw futures dropping yesterday all around that reaction we saw and markets to the boj governor interview with local media. in terms of the direction for stocks today we are pointing a little higher as we get underway. one of the names will be watching a softbank. you can see it unchanged which tells us perhaps they are not quite matching

japan is a team who _ stage before? that is right. japan is a team who certainly _ stage before?m who certainly know- stage before? that is right. japan is a team who certainly know how stage before? that is right. japan i is a team who certainly know how to cause a cup upset. there was a famous win in 2015, the miracle of brighton when they beat south africa in that remarkable victory. in 2019 ab both scotland and ireland on their way to the quarterfinals. not quite the force they were four years ago. japan suffered a lot as a result of travel restrictions due to covid. they did not play an international match for a year and a half and that stalled momentum. they are a team full of pace, full of power. they beat chilly in the opening game relatively comfortably in the end although they did have a bit of a shop early on. england will start as clear favourites. they have never lost to japan before in the entire history. england will be the favourites to make it two wins out of two. ~ ., favourites to make it two wins out of two. ~ . ., favourites to make it two wins out of two. ~

we spoke to create us and people behind the scenes in japan. this is e q who she 40 the pink space princess from the galaxy light years away. the v 2, but from japan has more than 50000 pounds on youtube alone. but as a standard, when it comes to v tubers for fans, don't know what you looks like in real life. the tube or is use of motion, capture hardware and software to transfer their motions to their avatar their by bringing it to life. because you 40 started the tubing in 2021. she plays video games, does crafts previews, food and things for the creator. it's a full time job being of the to where it is kind of a unique experience because you can connect with your audience in a personal way without interviewing your personal information. um, my audience doesn't see my face, but they can see the way i move and react to certain situations. i feel like i have more control over what information i share with the world. but without losing that personal connection with my audience. inventing an avatar and a whole new personality gives be to bears mo

the world is produced in japan, which is sold for more than a thousand dollars in this country. the price of the product in an auction in the amount of more than 12 thousand dollars became the first headline of the japanese newspapers. the grave of the ping pong ball in a greenhouse is the most expensive grape in the world, the ruby ​​cluster. there is no color because of the criteria research in japan, japanese grapes with a weight of about one kilogram are sold in this country for over a thousand dollars. 28 years ago, in ishikawa's research , more than 400 types of vines were studied in order to produce bunches of grapes, until within the last few years, agricultural experts japan was able to produce the best money in the world at incredible prices due to the culture of gifting in japan, the market for this type of fruit has a lot of cages , an exceptional price that only in one auction with 12 thousand dollars for a bunch of black is the headline price of japanese newspapers. development of agricultural research projects recently we managed to grow expensive white strawberri

south korea, fiji japan itself, all sol, demonstrations over the weekend. in south korea, protesters gather chanting. save the pacific, waving banners, proclaiming the sea is not japan's rubbish bin. while in the island nation, a few g, crowds demanded tokyo, immediately stop releasing the waste water. and as mentioned, hundreds of demonstrators have been making their feelings queer in japan as. 8 well, claiming the move is too risky, the move will never forgive the japanese government for breaking its commitment to the people. i think this not only be trace the japanese people, but also goes against the international community. i firmly oppose it. it only conduct the task on the amount of treat him, but other radioactive substances are also dumped into the ocean. we're really worried. we're from what you post the discharge of nuclear contaminated wastewater and demand to stop to immediately. you know, although japan's already releasing radioactive water, we still demand that the japanese government immediately stops a release. and we are to the south korea

and japan. as long as the u.s. is threatening monetary policy, japan is easing monetary policy. that is what is happening. but i think there is quite a big possibility that the u.s. monetary policy may change in the near future. so if that happens, then the yen would start to strengthen. >> so perhaps the u.s. does one more hike around december, and that is the peak of yen weakness? >> i think so. >> so essentially it is a matter of buying time until then. do you think japan can get to december without intervening and markets again? >> i don't think that authorities are thinking of intervening at this moment. it would probably go until december. >> janet yellen suggests that smoothing movements, and intervention to achieve that, could be understandable under certain conditions. does that mean that japan has done the groundwork and already has a green light into intervening from the u.s.? >> that is some the i don't know at this moment. but i usually contacted my counterpart. and i tried to get their understanding to intervene in the market. i made it sure that it was very import

is once again stepping on the same rake, do you involve all to japan supported? hit the smell, is there a gene? and now the us supported new and us to review means the landscape through green. and according to the latest information received in the japanese governments intense to show it supports through the supply fleet. the weapons as well. what the japanese leadership is doing is outrageous, and this is another dropped of the 3rd world war which has been actively talked about now to me. so and then we, while a judge today, we have come to the consulate general of japan, to remind them that by supporting ukraine they are killing civilians and innocent people. apparently, japan has forgotten his history. how america bumped a russian man like a saki. it is now become a pop in the united states to shop for the process of coma for the japanese foreign minister said the celebrating vic today of a militaristic japan will lead to tensions between moscow and sell care known officially in russia as the day of japan surrender in world war 23rd of september has now been b