back in japan at the company's spread and kyoto headquarters for the new world of agriculture spread as currently the world's largest farm for vertical production. an employee of the company on her way to work. her clothes are more similar to what people wear in an operating theatre than on an outdoor farm. here hygiene regulations are very strict . all precautions are used to prevent germs from the outside entering the production as the food should be clean and unspoiled. and this closed sterile environment the plants grow without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. a good $50000.00 heads of lettuce leaves the factory every day this hall is only used for packaging others are used for growing very special to pose including mushrooms and exotic herb's. the selection is large none of the producers washed as there are germs in the watch and that may cause the batch to post to spoil another advantage of this type of indoor farming is that the plants thrive on several floors above each other and each very little valuable floor space the cultivation and some of the house is already full

in kyoto, blossoms peaked on march 26th.e earliest date in more than 1,200 years of records. here in tokyo, flowers reached peak bloom on march 22nd, the second earliest date on ronald. these cherry trees are extremely p important for climate change studies because of how sensitive they are to temperature change and how far back the information goes. a researcher tells me he's gathered records from kyoto back to 1812 a.d. from historical documents and dairies. in the last 200 years, the peak blooming date in kyoto has been getting earlier and earlier as temperatures rise, he said, higher temperatures and urbanzation contribute to earlier blooming times. this spring has been unusually warm in japan, he says. traditionally the season is celebrated with picnics and parties and festivities underneath the trees. they've been restricted this year because of covid-19. signs all over like this one reminding people that parties are not allowed. cherry blossoms hold important cultural significance in japan. they appear throughout japa

, the motor show chairman, thatis kyoto, the motor show chairman, that is toyota, and one of the biggestsecure environment, so that is getting quite a lot of attention because the majority of the japanese public have turned against hosting the games because of the surging covid—19 cases and also shows a stark contrast with china, where the first major car show went ahead in shanghai. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: red—listed — the uk closes its doors to india as coronavirus infections hit world record levels. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. choir sings one of the most successful singer—songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57. i was — ijust couldn't believe it. i didn't believe it. we just — he was just here saturday. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily wit

back in japan at the company's spread and kyoto headquarters for the new world of agriculture spread is currently the world's largest farm for vertical production. and employee of the company on her way to work. her clothes are more similar to what people wear in an operating theatre than on an outdoor farm. here hygiene regulations are very strict . all precautions are used to prevent germs from the outside entering the production as the food should be clean and unspoiled. in this closed sterile environment the plants grow without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. a good $50000.00 heads of lettuce leaves the factory every day this hall is only used for packaging others are used for growing very special posts including mushrooms and exotic herbs. the selection is large none of the projects is washed as there are germs in the watcher that may cause the vegetables to spoil another advantage of this type of indoor farming is that the plants thrive on several floors above each other and each very little valuable floor space the cultivation in some of the holes is already fully autom

patients with severe cases of covid-19 the simple act of breathing is a battle, a losing battle for a kyotoospital university patient identified only as a woman from kansai in western japan. covid-19 destroyed her lungs leaving her trapped on life support long after the virus was gone. her only hope a lung tissue transplant. doctors say the procedure has worked for covid patients in the u.s., china and europe. all using donors who are brain dead. those donors the hospital says are so rare in japan most will die waiting. kyoto university doctors wondered why not use living donors, a more realistic option in japan. >> translator: until now lung transplants from living donors were not an option. >> reporter: they did not have to look far. the woman's husband donated part of his left lung, her son part of his right lung. a team of 30 took nearly 11 hours successfully completing what doctors call the world's first tlransplant of lung tissu from living donors to a covid-19 patient. giving hope for others with severe lung damage doctors say. >> we think it is a hopeful treatment method for patient

of oxygen very soon the japanese government has imposed a fresh state of emergency in tokyo osaka kyoto and well as infections search by mr your show he says the measures will begin from sunday until may 11th is facing pressure to accept or a sharp rise in infections just months before the olympics. a new malaria vaccine is being hailed as a possible game changer in the fights to eliminate the disease the oxford institute jab a 77 percent effective in stopping infections it's now entering wards or human trials to rule out its any side effects malaria kills half a 1000000 people every year many of them children. as more from a butcher in nigeria one of the country's worst affected by malaria. it's a very serious problem niger accounts for more than 20 percent of cases global cases and nearly 20 percent of malaria deaths here and more than half the population is a risk of contracting malaria in fact a lot some statistics indicate that as much as 80 to 90 percent of the population is exposed to malaria so with the coming of this vaccine it will be welcome development for many the prevalenc

to light a medieval rule that is still followed to the by the federation the mayor of a city need kyoto collapses in the middle of a speech on the door of the ring where the fights take place if no one helps he could die. a female medic rushes to give him c.p.r. when 2 other women come to help the referee orders them to leave the ring. and. continue. in accordance with shinto religious tradition entering the door yo is to beaten 2 women they considered impure because of their menstrual cycle. the may survived but the affair stirred up a lot of controversy in japan this woman wants a sumo federation to abandon the 6 this tradition since it is now still an old school day he dead. tom. is the mare of tucker resumed 2 days after the incident she hosted a sumo tournament in her town and she spoke from the foot of the podium. that king lived and. who was going to. be. in japan sumo world punishment comes to anyone who tarnish is the the national sport the yorkers you know with this sacred bells are supposed to show exemplary behavior but these grand champion fuji went from the stages of demi

leveled sanctions, russian leader vladimir putin says he takes international commitments seriously like kyoto paris, hinting the united states does not. >> russia has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions to a greater extent than many other countries. >> biden faces domestic challenges implementing his green economy. oil, gas and chemical companies spent more than $100 million last year. lobbying u.s. lawmakers to keep fossil fuel vehicles on the road. speaking virtually before a congressional panel, greta thunberg vowed to hold lawmakers accountable if they do not change. >> i don't believe for a second you will actually do this. the climate crisis does not exist in the topic of day today. since it does not exist in the general level of awareness is absurdly low, you will still get away with continuing to contribute to the destruction of present and future living conditions. >> president biden's announcement of a new u.s. goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is ambitious, but what it lacked our specifics including a legislative plan, a budget or any kind of proposal for meeting biden's

bush pulled out of the kyoto protocol and president trump pulled out of the paris accord.sident biden has made this bold pledge, everything could change in 2024. isn't that a problem in getting the rest of the world to go along? >> it's really important to see where we've been and where we are going. united states met its 2020 commitment in terms of emissions reductions. it is largely on track to meet its 2025 target for emissions reductions. that is what gives us confidence that we can keep moving forward, and this whole time, while there have been policy shifts in washington, we have seen cities and states all around the country continue to move forward. we have seen businesses and workers continue to move forward, and we have seen technology costs come down, which reinforce this ambition. you look at things like solar and storage and renewable electricity prices coming down 70, 80, 90%, when you look at technologies like carbon capture and storage, where over the last decade, costs have come down by half and over the next decade, they will come down another half. that h

in kyoto japan u.s. technology group cisco is working on smart city solutions. managing the flows of tourists to landmarks across the beautiful old city. and energy saving streetlights that only get brighter when people are nearby for all this to work people's behavior and movements have to be captured with the help of surveillance cameras. but what if facial recognition software were added to the mix and if interactive information panels were to collect data to generate profiles of particular individuals smart city technology should make people's lives easier and better but we have to make sure it doesn't lead to total surveillance and control. technologies that one saying there's a 70 architecture today's housing policies are often about getting apartments belts as quickly and cheaply as possible to get a handle on the icky show teaches them that so many architects that simply it seem that elevation they want sustainable buildings and a radical rethinking of priorities. the new delhi skyline is a mixture of modern skyscrapers and energy intensive poorly design

regarding kyoto news, yes, i have a question regarding the tokyo olympics and paralympics for this summer -- [ inaudible support from president biden did the president mention about the concrete promise to send american athletes or positive comments if you could tell us about the exchanges and conversations that during the meeting about the covid-19 vaccines or about climate change that you have discussed these aspects about the schedule of providing the vaccines or by 2030 the reduction target of the gases in numerical targets or actions were discussed, please >> as was mentioned at the beginning, i expressed in my determination to realize the attack olympics and paralympic games as a symbol of global unity this summer and president biden once again expressed his support. japan will continue careful and full preparation in order to realize the tokyo games this summer in order to ensure equitable access to vaccines for covid-19 will also affirm that japan and the u.s. will continue our cooperation. regarding the climate change, this is a matter that both president biden and i emphasize. s

the relay route will be the subtropical island of okinawa in early may, the former imperial capital, kyoto—june. two years ago this month, the world watched as paris's notre dame cathedral burned. to mark the disaster, the museum of paris website has created an exhibition called notre dame de paris in more than 100 works. it's a fascinating potted history told through drawings, prints, photos and video of the landmark. and while you've got paris on your mind, the louvre has put its entire collection online for free for the very first time. the mona lisa and venus de milo are among the nearly half a million exhibits you can get a closer look at. and it's only a few weeks until the academy awards in hollywood. the new academy museum is scheduled to open in la this september. we went to see it being built back in 2019. in 1929, when douglas fairbanks and mary pickford were just starting the academy, they said it's already time for us to start thinking about a film museum. and here we are, 90 years later. it took a while, but we're at the top, looking over the hollywood that they saw. in the m

this temple is a replica from a temple and kyoto japan, but the canopy is made original ones made of wood here. it's made of concrete and the architect. mcclellan was first time builder buddhist temple, he was a specialist in making public schools, so we're not sure how and why he had this northern wall that's not japanese that's middle easterners, but way back in 1925, maybe that's when the king tut's tomb was recovered and also in hollywood. we had the egyptian theater built then so maybe in theme with the egyptian theme that he made the egyptian wall here. this is the gateway to little tokyo home his little tokyo and this depict what happened here in the japanese american community in the center right here. we see three people right there with a dedication of the candles and then this young girl with a mallet. actually, she was supposed to be making japanese crushed rice or we call it more chi however is depicting. 1942 guard tower with this symbol executive order 9066. so she's actually demolishing the memories of world war ii up here it depicts some of the activities going on in

back in japan at the company spread and kyoto headquarters for the new world of agriculture spread as currently the world's largest farm for vertical production. an employee of the company on her way to work. her clothes are more similar to what people wear and an operating theatre than on an outdoor farm. here hygiene regulations are very strict. all precautions are used to prevent germs from the outside entering the production as the food should be claimed and unspoilt. in this closed sterile environment the plants grow without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. a good $50000.00 heads of lettuce leaves the factory every day this hall is only used for packaging others are used for growing very special post including mushrooms and exotic curbs. the selection is large. none of the producers watched as there are germs in the watcher that may cause the vegetables to spoil another advantage of this type of indoor farming is that the chance thrive on several floors above each other and each very little valuable floor space the cultivation and some of the house is already fully automati

official records began 70 years ago and historians delving into archives from the ancient capital of kyoto believe it's the earliest the bloom has appeared for at least 1200 years of course. but when i was a high school student cherry blossoms were still blooming around the start of the academic year in april i think the timing is getting earlier. the colder korean peninsula witness says it's blossoming just after japan but not by much a rolling wave of color moving south to north as temperatures climb it's the earliest that sol has seen cherry blossom since records began 99 years ago and it's 3 days sooner than the previous record that was set only last year it coincides with higher than average temperatures and more hours of sunshine the same apparent result of a changing climate is being felt across south korea only the most southerly island of jeju was warm enough to support the growing of subtropical fruit but not any more species like passionfruit are now grown in greenhouses much further north they were nona and the areas in which subtropical fruits can be grown are expanding toward

pakistan's situation gets as bad as india's japan has declared a state of the mergence sea in tokyo kyoto and he'll go as infections said across the country the prime minister yes he says the measures will begin from sunday until may 11th he's been on the pressure to accept a rising infections just months before the olympics began. rushes keeping people home from work for 10 days in early may to help curb the spread of covert 19 president vladimir putin says he will support the suggestion by health officials it's a time when many russians go on holiday it's an emergency meeting of health experts is about to be held in the u.s. over the future use of the johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine a centers for disease control advisory committee has been reviewing the job after 6 cases of severe blood clots were found in female patients the c.d.c. recommended a temporary pause of the vaccine 10 days ago wab data guidelines are due to be announced at today's meeting and fisher has more on the story from washington. you'll remember the earlier this month the pause was put on the johnson and john

cases across the country the japanese government has imposed a state of emergency in tokyo a suck up kyoto yogo as infections surge prime minister you're shaheed a surrogate is facing pressure to act to surge in infection. a funeral ceremony for todd's late president idriss deby has been held in the capital and jemima debbie was seriously injured last weekend while battling rebels who launched an offensive from libya he died on monday his son mohammad idriss deby is now in power and will lead a transitional military council for the next 18 months. this and therefore the people of the region enjoy this part with france we have to make sure that the pact lives on and that of liberty and independence france will not let anybody question operating today or tomorrow child is stability and territorial integrity france will be here to ensure that the promise which was made will be realized we're all part. and democratic transition this is what we want by your side that the search for missing indonesian submarine with 53 people on board has reached a critical point oxygen supplies on board are set

she and the donors are now in a stable condition at kyoto university hospital. the organ is provided by donors who have died — are very long in japan. let's speak to professor greg snell, in the australian city of melbourne. he is the head of lung transplants at the alfred hospital there. thank you very much forjoining us, professor. this seems utterly extraordinary. how does a living lung transplant even work? it a living lung transplant even work? , . . a living lung transplant even work? , ., ., ., work? it is amazing and it requires _ work? it is amazing and it requires an _ work? it is amazing and it requires an amazing - work? it is amazing and it i requires an amazing amount work? it is amazing and it - requires an amazing amount of skill and the japanese have really honed this down very well because of their lack of donor organs. essentially, you take the bottom portion of mine, usually a relative, and the bottom portion of a number and put it in. it's got to be the only operation known where three people are essentially under the knife at the same time

going out from their homes but even all even this measures have been asked by the governors off tokyo kyoto and they're going to last until the 5th of next month of may and many people are questioning. these measures that are going to last months wining and dining restaurants and cafes to close at 8 am before that they were allowed to all been until 9 pm so people are asking what would. make what kind of difference would it make so. although the government is asking trying to implement more strict and measures some questioning this measure. enough to prevent. infections in the capital and other places that. old may is a possible date where the authorities might be able to ease restrictions how worried all the government about the messaging considering they don't really want to send out the wrong message about japan being able to control this problem as cases begin to rise again. exactly this is the main point that actually has been raised in the parliament by the opposition during the deliberations during the last few days and they are kind of like using the governmental laying down situati

the united states under donald trump pulled out of the paris climate accord and he also referenced kyoto in the case of the chinese president xi well he talked about how he believes that he can reduce his admissions and his nation in a shorter time span than other developed countries air quote there that's a reference to the united states so you have to remember that there are great tensions in the backdrop between these nations and so well they are committed or at least pronouncing these commitments to one another on this global challenge of tackling climate change. with this backdrop of tensions over other major issues between the united states very quickly i should mention not only has there been the tit for tat of tariffs between the united states and china but more recently under lattimer putin and joe biden just last week they were putting sanctions on each other so these are the challenges that they have as they commit to this global challenge of fighting climate change they still have their individual differences to work out and that will play a major factor in all of this could

notice after 3 months in the meat factory and began working at a different company called martin in kyoto slow in north rhine-westphalia they hoped that conditions there would be better from the 1st of april temporary workers may no longer be hired in germany smita industry until now foreign workers were employed by sub contractors and worked for low wages but now employers and unions cannot come to a way to agreement workers representatives are ramping up pressure and calling for strikes work is a kept up to date on the negotiations thanks to news bulletins in romanian polish and russian many of them don't speak german but had signed contracts written in german nonetheless when they realized what they'd let themselves in for it was too late the conditions and wages are terrible people come here with the wrong expectations they get here and discover that germany isn't paradise on earth he's a. 3 year old gobbler to have a school wasn't expecting that but he expected to be paid a fair wage he spent 4 months working on a construction site in germany he earned $300.00 euros a month not enoug

back in japan at the company's spread and kyoto headquarters for the new world of agriculture spread as currently the world's largest farm for vertical production. an employee of the company on her way to work. her clothes are more similar to what people wear in an operating theatre than on an outdoor farm. here hygiene regulations are very strict . all precautions are used to prevent germs from the outside entering the production as the food should be clean and unspoiled. in this closed sterile environment the plants grow without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. a good $50000.00 heads of lettuce leaves the factory every day this hall is only used for packaging others are used for growing very special posts including mushrooms and exotic harps. the selection is large none of the producers watched as there are germs in the watch and that may cause the vegetables to spoil another advantage of this type of indoor farming is that the plants thrive on several floors above each other and each very little valuable floor space the cultivation and some of the house is already fully auto

reduction is relative to 2005, which flatters your efforts if measured against the 1990 benchmark and the kyotowhat do you say to the critics who thinks canada is greenwashing? p.m. trudeau: everyone needs to do more. the fact we have one of the realest prices on pollution of our peer countries and we are an exporter of energy, a producer of energy. that is a challenge not all other countries have. amanda: that was justin trudeau, prime minister of canada. sticking with the green theme, full speed ahead on electric for ford when it comes to batteries. coming up, we speak with the company's chief onyx officer. state -- chief product officer. stay with us. ♪ amanda: this is "bloomberg markets." we are seeing more companies committing to new technologies that push them deeper into the green energy space. for ford, it is doubling down on its electric battery technology with a new battery development park. hau thai-tang is the chief operations officer for ford. great to happy you with us. i want to start with the ford ion park. it's a big commitment of money. it's bringing together a kind of cross-s

$1800000000.00 in the 1st quarter to turn a tidy profit of around $800000000.00 how we'll be able to trade in kyoto one sees is becoming an increasingly competitive business with a growing number of rivals like crack in gemini pay pal and square allowing users also to buy and sell crypto assets so let's get more on the coin base my financial correspondent in new york yen scored good to be with you there was a lot of the hype ahead of this has it lived up to it. well it was a very solid start for coinbase there's no doubt about it by the end of the trading session up a good 30 percent it was the market valuation of around $85000000000.00 you didn't mention those $100000000000.00 valuation that we saw at some point during the trading session and that brings actually coinbase into a leak which companies like general electric got beaten socks or black rock 90 percent of revenue by the way comes from fees for trading those crypto currencies and clearly congress has been profiting just look back when this founded the company and 2012th bitcoins were roughly at about $10.00 apiece now they're trading at m

this is the problem with paris and kyoto before it, some of the biggest growth in carbon emissions isa lot of credit for using electric vehicle. when you use an electric vehicle in the united states you may be shifting from carbon intensive to less carbon intense ivie. in china you're driving a coal powered car. that doesn't board me. for people upset with the amount of climate emissions, but this deal china is being held to a much lower standard supposedly because it's a developing nation still than the united states and europe. elizabeth: so let's, we hear you. let's break this down. they want to ram the infrastructure deal through. china dominates green energy like solar panels. china will make a lot of money off it. they are basically saying you got to do this, america. they're saying the green new deal, infrastructure includes paid leave, corporate child care, the national science foundation. they will kill shale and natural gas boom. they will put a 33% all in tax rate, federal and state which is higher than china's? where is the common sense in this? we get it. we don't want to

back in japan at the company's spread and kyoto headquarters for the new world of agriculture spread as currently the world's largest farm for vertical production. an employee of the company on her way to work. her clothes are more similar to what people wear in an operating theatre than on an outdoor farm. here hygiene regulations are very strict . all precautions are used to prevent germs from the outside entering the production as the food should be clean and unspoiled. in this closed sterile environment the plants grow without the use of pesticides and fertilizers. a good $50000.00 heads of lettuce leaves the factory every day this hall is only used for packaging others are used for growing very special to most including mushrooms and exotic herbs. the selection is large none of the produces washed as there are germs in the watch and that may cause the vegetables to spoil another advantage of this type of indoor farming is that the plants thrive on several floors above each other and each very little valuable floor space the cultivation and some of the house is already fully auto