julie hamp was arrested on violation of the narcotics drugs control act. the president bowed deeply to a room full of reporters. toyoda apologized. >> translator: what we can do now is believe in our member. we will fully cooperate with the investigation. we believe the investigation will prove that hamp didn't have any intention to break the law. >> police in tokyo allege hamp smuggled pills in from the u.s. the tablets contained a substance known as oxycodone. japanese authorities identify oxycodone as a narcotic drug. hamp is denying the allegation. hamp's case is accepteding shock waves through the business world. we are more. >> konichiwa, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: julie hamp seemed calm introducing a new vice president. but hours later she would find herself talking to police. they say the discovery was made in a parcel that arrived at the airport by international mail. they say it was sent from the u.s. state of michigan to kentucky and then on to japan. and it was addressed to hamp at a tokyo hotel. the box was labeled as necklaces and som

police in tokyo arrested julie hamp on thursday on suspicion of importing dozens of pills containing a narcotic substance. toyota president akio toyoda bowed deeply to a room full of reporters. toyoda said he's sorry for the trouble the case has caused, and he called hamp an indispensable colleague. >> translator: what we can do now is believe in our colleague. we will cooperate fully with the investigation. we believe it will prove that hamp didn't have any intention to break the law. >> toyoda says hamp is the first non-japanese executive to reside in japan. he says the firm may not have given her enough support and he stressed there will be no change in the automaker's policy to appoint the right person for a position regardless of nationality or gender. >>> lawmakers with japan's ruling coalition have moved closer to enacting a bill they regard as one of the most important in the current diet session. the lower house has approved legislation that would change the rules for employing temporary workers. >> translator: i want to emphasize that this bill is aimed at improving working

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they detained american julie hamp at a hotel in tokyo. she denies any wrongdoing.okyo police allege hamp smuggled 57 pills into the country by international mail. they say the package arrived at narita airport on june 11th. police claim the pills contain a substance known as oxycodone which is used in some countries to relieve pain. japanese authorities define oxycodone as a narcotic drug, but they say doctors can prescribe it as a painkiller. the 55-year-old american became toyota's first female executive in april. she oversees public relations. before joining toyota, hamp had served as communications executive at pepsico and general motors european division. >> i have a deep love for toyota and i have for many years, because helping society is in our dna. >> toyota offered an apology for causing a stir. the firm's executives say they believe hamp will be found to have no intention to break the law. >>> leaders in sri lanka say they're reviewing the country's china dependent foreign policy. the foreign minister is visiting japan for the first time since the curren

julie hamp was arrested yesterday accused of importing oxycodone of the she was appointed toyota's chiefmunications officer in april and had previously worked for general motors and pepsi. >>> new this morning a plane nearly split in half after crashing at an airport in southern california. it happened late last night. the small engine plane attempted to land at long beach airport when the pilot couldn't stop. the plane hit a fence. the pilot was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> emeryville police need your help finding the people who started shooting at each other in a grocery store parking lot. investigators say two men drove a black lexus and gold mercedes- benz into a pak-n-save parking lot yesterday then both got out of their cars and started shooting at each other. nobody was hurt. but a couple of cars were hit with bullets. officers got a partial plate off the 300 series lexus. it reads 5sf blank 569. anyone who might have some information is asked to contact the emeryville plymouth. >>> the two convicted killers who broke out of prison are now on the u.s. marshals mo

>> the first western woman to be named a senior executive is under arrest in > tokyo police say julie hampdly violating the narcotics control act accused of importing the painkiller oxycodone. she was appointed toyota's chief communications officer in and a and had previously worked for general motors and pepsi. >>> a pilot loses control of his plane and it nearly split last night in long beach. the small plane attempted to land when the pilot was unable to stop. it hit a fence. the pilot was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> emeryville police need your help finding people who started shooting at each other. two men drove a lexus and mercedes into a pak-n-save parking lot yesterday and both got out of the car and started shooting at each other. no one as hurt but a couple of cars were hit with bullets. officers got a partial plate off of the 300 series lexus. it reads 5sf blank 569. anyone who might have some information is asked to contact the emeryville plymouth. dc -- contacts the emeryville police department. >>> traffic alert in the bay area especially in san francisco be

julie hamp was arrested for receiving 50 oxycodone tablets in the mail but denied she imported illegalnt george w. bush unveiling the veteran deployment transition road map at the summit devoted to 9/11 victims and careers in washington, d.c. it helps military veterans to find civilian jobs on leaving the service. >>> that's your cnbc news update this hour. >>> it has been an up and down day for oil. mostly down as we head into the close. jackdy deangelis downtown at the nymex. >> that's right we settled lower today by 75 cents. $60.27 is where wti finished off. we were seesawing all day because of the data from the eia. the inventory number was negative 4.9 million barrels last week but production back up over 9.6 million barrels a day. the market didn't know how to read this and in the end it went with that supply/demand dekwags that continues not to work out. still that seesaw continuing around the $60 level. that's the 2 it 00-day moving average for wti. the intraday high today, $61.57. we haven't seen that since june 2nd. >>> let's check on the 10-year bond yield. late night talks

american julie hample was hamp was arrested for mailing painkillers to japan. >> it's the responsibility of a parent to protect his children and if a child causes problems it's also a parent's responsibility to apologize. >> toyota's president says he believes hamp had no intention of breaking the law. if dielgted she so face time in prison. >> boeing and airbus can sell but there are many deals behind the scenes. for france that means selling its home grown fighter jet rafal. >> reporter: the rafal is a french fighter jet used primarily by the french air force. until recently no one else wanted it, it didn't stack up, even if the boss of the company which makes it thinks otherwise. >> i think its capability has been recognized by our complers. problems in some areas in the world, has also pushed some government to buy and to reinforce the difference. >> reporter: this is key not so much to the rafal in-air success. middle eastern countries saw what the plane could do in combat and they could buy them with much more flexibility. >> dedicated functions we are ready to develop then we prop