. >>> next is biz picks with nhk world's john ladue. >> every friday we bring you the latest in businessith biz picks. let's go straight to the numbers for this friday, july 14th. the nikkei average ended the day at 32,391. the index treaded with less momentum this week. investors sold export related shares as the yen appreciated against the dollar. traders had been speculating the bank of japan would tweak its ultra-loose monetary policy at the meeting to be held at the end of this month, and this could narrow the difference in interest rates between the yen and dollar. let's take a look what's happening in the week ahead. on monday chinese authorities are set to announce the gdp growth rate between april and june. some analysts expect the economy will grow faster than it did in the first quarter, which stood at 4.5% year on year. and on wednesday the consumer price index for june is set for release in the u.k. now, prices surged 8.7% in may from a year earlier. the inflation ratio is the highest among the g7 countries. and on friday japan's cpi will also be announced. the index excludi

there are no such ideas for the nation to get rid of their ethnic history, ladu life and traditions.is indeed the heyday of the alexandria holiday came into full force. just judging by how many people come to recharge it mood than the magic of the kupala night to me, my heart and soul are with you, belarus and everyone in my light the applause of the hall did not subside, the whole evening, the audience warmly welcomed the artists, for some of them this debut in alexandria should be more than so many talented bands of performers from belarus in russia and they should have a platform where they can express themselves, so many thanks low flow, that, despite the fact that there is already such a big and world- famous festival uh slavic that now there are also such kind beautiful meetings of alexandria i heard about these concerts many times from my colleagues from stas mikhailov philip kirkorov and here i am here for the first time with you my dear and very happy. the whole performance is a mix of star numbers and theatrical script. nadezhda kadysheva ruslana flirted with victoria olezh

there are not many such ideas for the nation that have washed off their ethnic history, ladu life and more today, if we are full of forests of entire nations. what thoughtlessly all sorts of korani, the tree of their history, do not rest the graves of the ducts, waved with recollections, we understand this, that without national fitness, dumb there can be no will to the sovereignty of povaga and prospects, but the national consciousness thought. i'm looking footage from alexandria just above the small homelands. recently, the president said in a message a phrase that i absolutely liked, and which i have already repeated many times on the air, do not suffer from globalism, he asked alexander lukashenko to all of us, and you know, but globalism is in society. here is the size, the settlement here in the village of globalists cannot be found there, people work quietly, not everyone lives happily, of course, but nevertheless, even among the villagers. as i see it, traveling with the president there is absolutely no doubt in the country who they are, definitely belarusians, we will take a

john ladue, nhk world. >>> now, the boj decision had an immediate effect on the bond market.nvestors began selling japanese government bonds and the yield on the bench mark ten-year issue jumped to 0.575% at one stage. now, the more flexible approach to the yield curve means we can expect long-term interest rates to head higher. and the boj announcement gave a jolt to tokyo stocks and the bench mark index briefly dropped to 850 points or 2.6% on friday. many investors sold auto and other export related shares after the yen strengthen against the dollar on the boj news. but the nikkei stock average rebounded sharply as investors snapped up shares that had earlier tumbled. it ended the day down 0.4% from thursday's close at 32,759. the latest inflation figures for tokyo are out and once again they show prices climbing faster than policy makers want to see. the inconsumer price index with the capital central 23 wards in july was up 3% year on year. that's not quite the 2% we saw last month but far above the bank of japan's target of 2%. the index excludes the volatile prices of