his interests are very un-japanese american. he can't find relationships with a female, he's been introduced by the marriage broker and it doesn't work. but in fact his character, if he were in present-day society, he would be gay. it's sort of interesting and in fact the character whom i wrote it for, gregory wallace, is a gay actor. it's sort of interesting, francis jew, who plays him now, is gay. but you have a type of character who at a particular point in history had to sort of play out a different role but if he were in present day society, he would be, you know, gay and living life and going about his business. so that is sort of interesting about that character. . >> yes, gentleman here. . >> do you think with all the writing and examination of relocation camps that the country has actually learned from the experience, what it's done to the extent that it wouldn't happen again? . >> like arab americans? you know, i'd like to think i could say yes, but i would think not. though in fact there is more information out there

a culture i realize that was a lot japanese.though i hadn't grownup in it and i was as american as apple pie in so many ways that i started to learn more about the culture and i thought, i'm more japanese than chinese in many ways. this book gave that to me. that was the greatest gift of the samurai's garden. that and the fact that somehow people kept reading it. it was the book i was worried about and i had sent it to my editor and she called. i'm telling you the gossip stuff now. i think in a way that's more interesting. i was very nervous because i didn't know how she would receive this book. she called and said to me, well, it's very different. [laughter] and then nobody said anything. i didn't say anything and she didn't i didn't know what to say different good or bad so just with quiet. she said, i think this about part of -- she talked to me about story lines. i realized wow, they are going to publish it. and we talked about it as we would talk about a man script that would be accepted. i'm thinking, i can't believe they

five japanese property companies said this is a good time to buy japanese real estate as prices are very reasonable. the firm showed videos of condominiums and commercial buildings in the tokyo metropolitan area as well as resort facilities in the southern-most region of okinawa. investment in foreign real estate is becoming increasingly popular among wealthy chinese who fear that the domestic market will become sluggish because of the government's attempts to control speculative investment. >> translator: the u.s. is in a recession, so it's a good time to buy. >> translator: overseas real estate is expected to increase in value. i would like to invest some money. >> some chinese buyers have already signed agreements to purchase properties in the u.s. and singapore. an estimated 10,000 visitors are expected on the first day. >>> the steep rise in the value of the yen against the u.s. dollar is hurting exporters. goods are becoming expensive for overseas customers. many japanese exporters are losing money. some risk going out of business. now many of them, including smaller manufacturers

i was nervous and i took one step at a time very japanese like. to study and read everything i could find on the japanese culture. the incredible thing was not having everything that went into it and it still became a quiet book. there is a tsunami. there's tv and lep easier and a fire. i call it my zen book i think it's because as i was learning about the japanese culture, all of that started to go into the book. and it gave me the structure of what the book would become, which was very much taking after what a japanese garden it. early on a read about gardens. you don't know where you are going you just read. because japanese gardens are a huge aspect on the culture i started reading on gardens. i love the natural and the idea on how they use the gardens and how much it reads to them i started reading. i read a line like the silk worker line where it embraced me and i thought, that's what i would write about. you never walk from the front gate to the front door in a straight line it's always a curving path in which you discover things along the

-- this play that you have now written, that has developed from that seed idea, takes its theme japanese internment camps and what happened to someone who had been in internment camps. >> uh-huh. >> this character had not only been sent there, the central character in the play, but also he had said he wasn't going to fight in the war. perhaps you'd like to talk a little bit about the theme of the play, but also the theme of the internment camp is something you visited quite a bit in your writing, phillip. in matsumoto and also in the collaboration with ken suganoff but i know this is a theme you come back to time and time again. >> if you are japanese american, it's one of those things that is just a part of your body. that's there no matter where you look or how fast you run or if you embrace it, it's simply there. i was born post-war, post internment camps in the 50's. and though it wasn't something that was talked about a lot at the time i was growing up, it certainly was always there and as i grew older and i began to write and i began to write about stories of my family, i began to

subcontractors on japanese productions. but the country hasn't found a way to bring its homegrown animations to the wider audience. the thai government thinks it's time to nurture the industry to joint productions with japanese creators. >> when we become to the right level of equality, we will like to go out worldwide. we need the area to make business model, find the right way to sell. >> reporter: that collaboration makes good business sense for the japanese partner, too. the tokyo-based company, dle, produces fresh animation for tv, the web and mobile phones. they are good at creating content quickly and cheaply. the company has already moved into the chinese animation market. it's planning to team up with firms in malaysia and the united arab emirates. >> translator: i think there are many talented creators and good anime studios that are still underground. it's important to produce them and bring them to the global market. >> reporter: the anime industry is growing in asia. but the market in japan has been shrinking f

> i bet she speaks japanese better than i do. my kids might not me. >> when i had the gun i knew there was a [inaudible] and i started writing down things and i thought in my mind's eye, i think it looks like this. and it would be like that i had a small village in mind. there was a part in time i thought, i could go back to japan and go there and see how it looked. i had in the book and in my heart what i thought it was, i almost knew that if i had gone back it wouldn't be the same. so i made the conscious choice of not going. now that you tell me this i'm thankful i didn't i think it would have destroyed what i created in my head. i thought places are best when they are imagined. i hesitated naming it after a place where my mom said what did exist. i'm glad i didn't go back. making that conscious choice would have changed had i gone back would have changed the direction of the book a lot. >> when i saw it it was so different than how an imagined from reading your books. >> does that teach you never to look up things. always lis

now the japanese government is stepping in with help. it's allowing affected businesses to bring their local employees to japan for the time being. the plant closures have disrupted the supply chain. the impacts have been felt in japan and across southeast asia. >> translator: the japanese government has decided to allow companies to move their thai personnel to japan as an emergency and temporary measure. however, they must guarantee that all such employees will eventually return to thailand. >> chief cabinet second, osamu fujimura says japanese companies are hoping to transfer workers to set up production here. the government still hasn't decided on the scale and terms of the relocation program. a spokesperson for the ministry of economy says some 30 japanese firms want to bring in thousands of thai workers to japan. >>> china has already increased its global presence with military and economic muscle. now the emerging giant is turning its attention towards influencing the world with their pop culture. nhk world's yoshitaka her uchi in

the race also a big competition between japanese and u.s. solar panel producers that want to show case their advanced solar power technologies. we have a report from darwin. >> it will travel about 3,000 kilometers during the race. 37 teams from 20 countries are taking part in the race. >> translator: i think the technology is improving every year. >> translator: they run so fast. i think it is a future technology. >> the organizer -- the teams are only allowed to use affordable for home use, not the hybrid ones for satellites. japan and united states -- the japan university won the previous competition by a wide margin. the team hopes to win the race. it can convert 22% of the energy from the sun into electricity. they are among the world's most efficient batteries. tokyo university team combined different types of compartments with different features. they hope this arrangement will successfully compensate for the weak point of the battery, which used their energy conversion capability. he is a member of the tokyo university team and advis

small japanese suppliers are struggling. a town that thrived on the textile business is now worried about its future. >> what's going to happen to those small japanese companies? >> compared to large companies, small firms canned do the work overseas because of the money and connections. and this leads to bankruptcy. a private research institute said that between january and august when the yen was a record high, 34 domestic firms went under because of the rising yen, up 21% from the same period last year. >> what do you think is a solution to stop that in japan? >> japan is built on manufacturing. there are things only japan can make in small towns of small shops and craftsmen. we have to find those traditions that define the japanese brand as there's much interest in europe where countries like italy successfully protected their luxury textile. in covering this story, i learn the only way for japanese maker to survive is to identify what attracts the customers to their product, preserve it, and effectively market it to the

and finally, we meet a japanese ballet dancer that received global acclaim. we'll explore the world view of this artist with the royal ballet, still aiming high, desp

a flight to safety to the japanese currency is our headline this hour. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. welcome to "newsline." joining me with the details is ai uchida from our business desk. >> the euro foal a ten-year low against the yen dipping to the upper 100 yen level. euro/yen continues to hover at those levels this tuesday morning. investors sold the single european currency taking their cue from news that debt strapped greece will not be able to meet its deficit reduct whereon target this year. the euro is currently trading at 101.06 to 11 yen and against the greenback, it is trading at 1.3192 to 3195. your dollar is trading around an 8 1/2-month low. meanwhile, share prices also took a beating in europe and the u.s. they fell about 2.3% in frankfurt. nearly 1.9% in paris and 1% in london. in new york, the dow jones industrial average fell 258 points, or 2.4% to 10,655. market players say growing concerns over the european credit problems are dampening investors' appetite for risk. >>> now let's get a check on tokyo stock markets. the dow has d

subcontractors on japanese productions. the country hasn't found a way to bring its homegrown animations to the wider audience. the thai government thinks it's time to nurture the industry to joint productions with japanese creators. >> when we become to the right level of equality, we will like to go out worldwide. we need the area to make business model, find the right way to sell. >> reporter: that collaboration makes good business sense for the japanese partner, too. the tokyo-based company, vae produces fresh animation for tv, the web and mobile phones. they are good at creating content quickly and cheaply. the company has already moved into the chinese animation market. it's planning to team up with firms in malaysia and the united arab emirates. >> translator: i think there are many talented creators and good anime studios that are still underground. it's important to produce them and bring them to the global market. >> reporter: the anime industry is growing in asia. but the market in japan has been shrinking for th

and so many people who know japanese where i don't. what i discovered i think on the whole, for all cultures both cultures and the writing process itself is the more i write about different cultures the more i realize how much alike we are. and if you take anything away take that. take the fact that all humanity is the same. you know the -- culturesar a background for me it makes you who you are. if you are japanese you bow. if you are chinese you don't. there are certain things that are specific to each culture. but if you are writing characters there are specific things that are everybody. and that's more important to me in that sense. you have the culture's background but if you can understand why a person who lives in that culture feels the way they do or does what they do i think that's the most important thing. does that answer your question? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> you letting me off? [laughter] do i have another story to tell you? i would if i -- >> you seem very conscious of the writer's process you are aware of how you work

the japanese community is known to be very passive. and although the traditional efforts of our reach -- more labour-intensive work is needed and we do not want this planning effort to be just a few who have been actively involved. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am a member of the japan town organizing committee and one of the active members of the land use committee. as you have heard from everyone who has spoken so far, the planning for the future of japan town is a very challenging task, challenging communities throughout the nation where we are facing the homogenization pressures of the time and this is uniquely challenging for san francisco, because of our history. this largely consists of government action, at the state and local level in the last century. the denial of citizenship to the east bay immigrants, which denied them a political place. an alien land law, presenting -- preventing them from owning property and the interment of the entire japanese community and communities up and down the west coast and the

japanese businesses already hampered by a strong yen. worried that they're competing less will further -- if the country left out of the trade impact. south korea which competes directly with japan has the trade agreement with the eu. while that pact was approved by the congress. >> the prime minister is facing strong opposition from the farming sector. but noda still aims for an early decision on the tpp. why is that? >> noda hopes to make the decision before november where he is supposed to hold summit talks with u.s. president president barack obama. noda wants to improve relations with united states. which former prime minister strained due to his thoughts on u.s. air base issue in okinawa. noda wants to convince people that join withing the tpp is the only way for japan to survive even though it could hurt farmers by opening the door to cheaper products from overseas. the farm bureau, lobby remains a tough task for him though. >> we'll have to wait and see what happens there. thank you very much. nhk world's political commentator. >

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in the meeting, nakaima expressed disappointment that the japanese and u.s. governments are pushing ahead with their plan to relocate futenma air station to the henoku district in nago city. he suggested that the marine corps base be moved out of okinawa. noda said the government plans to submit an environmental study to the prefecture by the end of the year. this will lay the groundwork for a relocation based on an agreement between the u.s. and japanese governments. he also expressed hope for smooth communication with okinawa's residents. he cited the issue of security as a matter of national concern. but the okinawa governor remained unconvinced. >> translator: it was very disappointing to learn that the government is pushing for relocation to henoku and not outside of okinawa. this must be resolved based on the wishes of the people of okinawa. they have been struggling with the u.s. bases for the past 66 years. >> meanwhile, the mayor of nago expressed his opposition to the two governments' plan to relocate the marine base to his city. >> translator: as a

can really do to prevent a story from relieving japanese businessman starts. money. there. are going in supply industries were actually losing its ability to sell their products and machines just aren't selling and since the world faces these conditions japanese companies have to look for whatever opportunities they can discover but that's not going to be easy in a country where the government itself in the plea in the red japan has the highest national debt among major economies owing almost twice as much as the economy makes in an entire year couple that with the funds needed to rebuild after the devastation only changed by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year and it seems japan is fighting a battle it may not be able to win she hoary matthew r.t. tokyo now as thousands continue to protest across america as part of the anti-corporate occupy movement the mainstream media is at pains to point out there is a lack of a unified agenda while harvesting returned to where it all started in new york to discover that every demonstrator has a special something

in many ways the japanese economy is like this fish. caught dried out frozen and having great chunks of value sliced clean. take the industry itself japanese so she shops raking in about seventeen billion dollars annually with hungry customers consuming nine million tonnes of seafood along the way. if an addiction repeated all over the world but it's not helping the main exporters which has been left floundering. japanese food is the most popular food in the world and definitely i think there are many other companies like ours doing the same business and everywhere else in these companies are suffering major consequences from a strong. when the national currency is up it pushes exports down japanese goods just too expensive to compete on the wild stage and its profits disappear so people's livelihoods stagnant growth the strong yen and the massive national debt some economists to japan maybe only a few years away but it's own major economic crisis and says this east asian nation remains the world's number three economy the consequences

japanese businesses are hampered by the strong yen. worried that it will erode if the country is left out of the trade pact. south korea which competes directly with japan in autos and electronics has a free trade agreement with the eu, while that pact was already approved by the u.s. congress. >> last question. the prime minister is facing strong opposition from the farming sector, but noda still aims for an early decision on the tpp. why is that? >> well, noda hopes to make the decision before an arsia pacifi summit where he is supposed to have talks with u.s. president barack obama. he wants to improve relations with the united states, which former prime minister strained, due to his thoughts on u.s. air based issue in observing now a noda wants to convince people joining the tpp is the only way for japan to survive, even though it could hurt nations' farmers by opening the door to cheaper products from overseas. the powerful farm bureau remains a task for him. >> we will have to wait and see what happens. >>> time now for our weekl

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japanese universities will soon be training afghan officials. a ceremony to welcome the first group of 47 students was held at the afghan embassy in tokyo on friday. over the coming eight years, the japan international cooperation agency plans to send up to 500 young afghan civil servants to graduate schools in japan. the students would get the knowledge and skills they need to build infrastructure and develop agriculture. they hope they will use what they learn to help afghanistan develop and that they'll encourage friendship between afghanistan and japan. >>> the japanese government has decided to give out free round trip air tickets to 10,000 people living abroad during the next fiscal year. this is aimed at promoting the country's tourism that's being seriously hurt by the march disaster. the government's tourism agency will launch the program next april. the agency made the announcement friday. he says this will mark the start of a major campaign to lure foreign visitors. he expressed hope to get a budget of $14 million for the program. the

japanese experts say other countries are expected to demand more thorough safety from japanese nuclear technology following the fukushima nuclear crisis. >>> in northern bangkok residents continue to struggle against the floods and massive volumes of floodwaters continue their relentless advance on the city. the heart of bangkok escaped significant damage over the weekend. but residents of other areas have not been spared from the worst floods in half a century. the government was forced to move its flood relief operation center from waterlogged don muang airport to central bangkok. the waters followed and monday reached about two kilometers north of a new crisis center. even so, thailand's prime minister said she remains confident that inner areas of the city are safe. >> in the province of ayutthaya to the north, the industrl statof raja has been under water for more than three weeks. officials said on monday that a full recovery wouldn't be poss until next ring. that caused dismay amongst the japanese companies that are the park's key occupants. supply chains from thailand have seve

they forced many japanese companies to suspend plants in thailand. now the japanese government is stepping in to help allows them local business s to bring in local employees to japan for the time being. the stoppage of plants in thailand has caused serious disruptions in supply chains. it's impact is felt both in japan and across southeast asia. >> translator: the japanese government has decided to allow companies to move their thai personnel to japan as an emergency and temporary measure. however, they must guarantee that all such employees will eventually return to thailand. >> chief cabinet secretary osamu fujimura said japanese companies need to transfer workers to keep production lines moving. the government still hasn't decided on the scale and terms of the relocation program. a spokesperson for the ministry of economy says some 30 japanese firms want to bring in thousands of thai workers to japan. >>> china has decide dodd wait for a while before deciding whether to invest more in a europe-area bailout fund. this week top european union leade

thailand is one of the popular destinations for japanese tourists. about 1 million people visit the country every year. on monday japan's foreign minister upgraded the travel advisories and warnings for the thai capital from the lowest on a scale of 4 travel caution to the third highest recommendation to consider whether or not to travel. jtb and nipon travel agency have suspended tours to bangkok until november 15th. another will stop them until the end of november. tourists had cancelled package tours to the city until the end of october, but they have decided to extend the extension to mid-november saying it appears the flood damage will continue for a long time. >>> rescue efforts continue in eastern turkey after sunday's major earthquake. the workers racing against time as the chances of anyone surviving beneath the rubble are said to fade dramatically after 72 hours. the turkish government says 459 people are confirmed dead, and more than 1300 injured. the magnitude 7.2 earthquake also destroyed at least 2200 buildings. in the hardest-hit town,

they don't understand much japanese and they don't know the area well. the locals gave them food and clothing. >> translator: everyone was kind to us at the shelter. we are so grateful. >> for mao and the others, life is starting to get back to normal. ed the sewing factory started operating again in may. the factory produces 70% of what they use here. mao and the other chinese apprentices help the factory recover. aside from getting the factory running again, the apprentices are excited about taking part in the town festival. the t-shirts are gifts from the local people. they were given when the chinese were taking shelter at the community center. this is their first time they have taken part in the festival. >> i don't think i did well, but i wanted to try the japanese dance. >> it was more fun this year with the chinese people joining us. >> mao and her friends saying in a chee appreciation of the local people. >> translator: i am so grateful to those who helped us through the most difficult time. i will certainly do whatever i can to help the city ge

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japanese companies operating in the country have been hit hard by the flooding. more than 260 people in thailand have lost their lives since july in the heavy monsoon rains, flooding and mudslides. almost four-fifths of the country and about 2.3 million people have been affected. >> translator: it is terrible this year. i'm 62 years old. this is the first time i saw something like this. water came every year, but this is worse than ever. >> the meteorological department predicts heavy rain through the end of the month, posing the higher risk of severe flooding in bangkok. the flooding has the operations -- hurt the operation s of japanese companies about 100 kilometers north of the capital. nearly 2,000 companies have been forced to halt operations in the industrial zones there. honda motor had to suspend work for the past week in the assembly plant. toyota and other japanese automakers have been forced to stop production after supplies of components from makers were disrupted. japanese automakers say that thailand is an important production site for exporting ca