noticed after i got there all the time i was in new york city i was always thinking, what if i were in kyoto or lived somewhere else, leading a radically different life, and as soon as i got to japan i never thought about maybe shy be in europe. i instantly felt at home and thought this is the life that's been waiting for me, and i finally made my way to it so a few years after i moved to japan, i was invited to drive up into the cold, dark hills behind los angeles, a little like what is behind me now to visit my heroes since miss boyhood, leonard cohen, and i was really impressed and moved to find this man who had taste evidence assault the pleasure another the world and could be living anywhere in any high style he wanted, had chosen to become a zen monk and was living for five and a half years in this quite severe, foreign bidding monastery up close to the snow, doing really grueling manual work and literally sweeping up and cleaning things, day in and day out, and this is a man who is already a sell -- celebrity and that made a big imappreciation only me, and i remember while i was stayi

tokyo and kyoto were the top destinations, but tour operators hoping lure more visitors by showing them life and culture rarely found in standard site sight seeing courses. >> the district in western japan is mountains, about 3,000 people live here. a party of 30 americans is vitzing the district. the foreign tourists have started to come here, and increased in numbers two years ago. they are here to see scarecrows. they're made by female residents to live inn n up the community. tourists interest was when a german young visitor put it on the internet. hundreds of people began joining tourists annually to see the scarecrows. >> this is such a wonderful treasure that we've never seen before. >> japan, tourism companies have been expanding their repertoire. tokyo and foreigners on what tourists might like. over half the staff are non-japanese. the company has organized more than 1,500 tourists, that's more than 30 travele,000 travelers l. harvest sugar kane on an island island in southern japan. >> translator: i'm surprised such tours sell to japanese people. they're just normal dale ily

stretches west down the coast of japan all the way to the next major megalopolis, which is the osaka/kobe/kyoto megalopolis. taken together, these two megalopolises and the various cities in between them, such as nagoya and other cities, is an incredible, vast megalopolis-- by far the world's largest-- and containing a very large proportion of the japanese population. translator: tokyo's expansion has been striking. many people predicted a breakdown with the strain. but it has neither broken down nor stopped growing. i believe that one of the major reasons for this is the comprehensive transportation network. the system's design resembles a wheel with spokes. people who live in the suburbs can board a train at their local station and ride any of the spokes directly to one of the central stations such as tokyo, otemachi or ginza. i think that there are few systems like this one in other countries. narrator: saitama prefecture is one of the fastest-growing areas where workers can still find an affordable home. sako toshiaki works as a department manager in a major cosmetics firm. he moved to his

that's a record with tokyo and kyoto as top destinations. but tour operators are hoping to lure more visitors off the beaten track by showing them life and culture rarely found in the standard sightseeing courses. nhk reports. >> reporter: this district in western japan is encircled by steep mountains. about 3,000 people live here. a party of 30 americans is visiting the district. foreign tourists suddenly began to come here in increasing numbers over two years ago. they are here to see scarecrows. these scarecrows were made by a female resident to liven up the community. tourists' interest in the district was triggered when a young german visitor uploaded a video on the internet. hundreds of people began joining tourists annually to see the scarecrows. >> this is such a wonderful treasure that we have never seen before. >> reporter: in japan tourism company have been expanding their repertoire of attractions. this venture travel company in tokyo employs foreigners to get a handle on what tourists might like. almost half the staff are non-ja

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walking out of kyoto talks. eight years, two to one favorable.e most popular person in belgium, not kim class sisters, not their prime minister, but barack obama. david: when they did not respect president last time, ronald reagan, they had terrible disrespect for him, called him those were nice things they said them, he turned out to be one of the main reasons we ended cold war. they were wrong. we were right. >> that can be but why is it important for them to support us? we were there they increased their troop commitment to afghanistan. they were one of six countries bombing in libya. david: that's true. >> at time before we got there, they had brought indictment against donald rumsfeld for war crimes. that is different matter. david: belgium. look all of europe. angela merkel, head of germany, i'm sure she had best of intentions wanting to bring all immigrants in. she brought more than a million immigrant from the middle east in and it's a mess. it's a mess in all kinds of ways. you had incidents around new year's eve over there. now you have

. >> [indiscernible] opening a new store in kyoto in march. let's go shopping.e japanese. >> field trip. >> suv's and cosmetics. angie: we are at least all in the green. thank you guys. on "first for us here up" for today. "trending business will close up next. >> let's have a look at what is going in the opening. g-20 comedic eight pledging to revive growth. looking at all of that. and the market opening. indian budget today. a big one. a big day for the finance minister. he tries to deal with some of the many difficulties facing the country. also following what is trending on social media, all on trending business in the next few hours. ♪ rishaad: it is monday, the 29th of february. this is "trending business" with me, rishaad salamat. ♪ live in tokyo, sydney, and mumbai. stocks rising across asia. leading economist pledge to do more to strengthen jobs, rising fears about japan. toking through the weekend salvage the deal, foxconn and sharp, won't

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