beyond little tokyo or in the south park area there are no civil liberties honored at all in the skid row area and outs known by the city attorney's office it's known by the mayor it's known by everybody at city hall but nobody cares. we say with some of these people stuff i went through up the street to the police kept line to clean it and i think those people stop in the street because they were going to clean that sidewalk. back and right up and that was all of blankets on people's hands and they've been. stolen they lost their blankets and. there's a place just down the line of these surveys clean sidewalk and they were. skid row is full of contradictions. it can be violent. frightening. but it can also be a refuge. a place to go well. find acceptance. to be free. one of the first people that i met and there was robert. he became a soul mate lover he became my guide. have a dream of being married to my guy i want to walk down. without. you know that the leisure. that's one of my greatest. people to walk. some time when i was tied to the. grass just to get off the sidewalk because

beyond little tokyo or in the south park area there are no civil liberties honored at all in the skid row area and outs known by the city attorney's office it's known by the mayor it's known by everybody at city hall but nobody cares. we say with some of these people stuff i want to do our stuff in the street because the police kept blind to clean it and i threw those people stuff in the street because they were going to clean that sidewalk back and right up and that was our blankets. and they'd been. they lost their blankets and. the place was down their line of clean sidewalk and they were. skid row is full of contradictions. it can be. frightening. but it can also be a refuge. a place to go well. find acceptance. to be free. one of the first people that i met and there was robert. soulmate. lover he became my guy. has a dream of being married to my guy i want to walk down. without you know that delusion. yes one of my greatest. people can take. some time. just to get off the sidewalk because my days. put to me. and let me beg you let me lay open sleeping in your house and i have to

or something that belonged to people who live west of main street or east of alameda and beyond little tokyo or in the south park area there are no civil liberties i'm honored at all in the skid row area and it's known by the city attorney's office it's known by the mayor it's known by everybody at city hall but nobody cares. we say we go places but some of these people stuff i went through a whole bunch of stuff in the street because the police kept blind humans and they were going to clean it and i think those people stuff in the street kill a we're going to clean that sidewalk i thought linking it back and get right up and that was all of blankets over people's heads and they'd been killed in my fishing means stolen they lost their blankets and i don't know telling what else has a place just down their line i mean said is going to clean sidewalk and they were. skitt world is full of contradictions. it can be violent chaotic frightening. but it can also be a refuge. a place to get well. find acceptance. one of the first people that i met and that was robert. he became a soulmate lover he b

nothing lying but he's definitely trying to be a little tokyo. just like chavez was a big no no accurate. and i think that you know but i worry sometimes we talk about these situations because there's always sort of see the impulse to say that the protesters really represent the majority of the people. and that's not always true and i think in a country like venezuela. he really is kind of big question mark because you have these populist leaders chavez for many years now mundo time with difficulty to follow his steps. but the protests very often coming from a class of people with resources and with a background where they can speak to the americans there easily. but they don't necessarily speak to them and to the venezuelans and i think that this is that this is the real problem it doesn't mean that they're wrong. professor that the way they should be shut down but i just think that analytic lee willis have to be little bit careful that we don't automatically decide that the protesters represent a majority in any of these countries where we are

tokyo's nikkei retreated from a two-week high down 0.52% there. moving on to currencies, dollar/yen currently at 102.07-08. little changed from the levels in tokyo trading hours. analysts say traders will be closely watching the fed's minutes, as well as housing data due out later in the day. bottom of the screen, euro yen 140.28 -- 140.31-35. >>> japan welcomed the highest number of overseas visitors for the month of january. this was helped by chinese travelers during the lunar new year holidays. officials at the japan national tourism organization estimate more than 940,000 visitors came to japan last month. that's up over 40% from the same time a month -- from the same month, beg your pardon, a year ago. they say the rise is due to a surge in the number of travelers from mainland china and hong kong. visitors from south korea also rose for the first time in four months. japan relaxed its visa requi requirements and the country is welcoming more people from southeast asian nations. the number of travelers from overseas in 2013 topped 10 million for the first time. >>> that's all for the business news for this

little changed from levels in tokyo trading hours. market players are closely watching for the g-20 meeting and u.s. economic data, including existing home sales. that's going to come out later in the day. meanwhile, euro/yen is now being quoted at 140.38-43. >>> some policymakers at the bank of japan say they're feeling cautious about the pace of price increases. their views have emerged in minutes from the central bank's monetary policy meeting last month. policymakers maintain their forecast that the inflation rate will reach 1.9% in fiscal 2015. but one warned about the impact of the reversal in the yen's depreegs. the policy member said this could cause price increases to slow by more than expected. a few members also expressed a more cautious view about the economy. one said the rate of wage increases might turn out to be lower than the inflation rate. the members agreed the economy will continue its moderate recovery as it shrugs off deflation. japanese government is gearing up to lift restrictions on the country's electricity

or something that belong to people who live west of main street or east of alameda and beyond little tokyo or in the south park area there are no civil liberties honored at all in the skid row area and it's known by the city attorney's office it's known by the mayor it's known by everybody at city hall but nobody cares. we say we go places but some of these people stuff i went through a whole bunch of stuff in the street because the police can't blind him it's and they're going to clean it and i think those people stuff in the street kill a we're going to clean that sidewalk i thought linking it back and get right up and that was all of blankets over people's heads and they'd been killed in my fishing means stolen they lost their blankets and i don't know what else has a place just down their line i mean said is going to clean the sidewalk and they were. skid row is full of contradictions. it can be phyla chaotic frightening. but it can also be a refuge. a place to get well. defined acceptance. to be free. one of the first people that i met and that was robert. he became a soulmate my love

little changed from the levels shown in tokyo trading hours. analysts say market players are not chasing the dollar as they're becoming a little bit wary of the u.s. economy. traders are waiting for new home sales data for january due out later in the day. euro/yen, 140.64-66. >>> japanese automakers are boosting their production in the domestic market ahead of the consumption tax hike in april. car output rose for a fifth straight month in january. eight major carmakers announced they made more than 810,000 units in total last month. that's up 14% from a year earlier. they've been posting double digit increases in production since november. strong demand for new models was another supporting factor. honda's output surged 65%. nissan's grew 13%. and toyota's was up 5%. meanwhile, auto firms said they're making efforts to compensate for lost production following a record snowfall in february that halted factory operations. that's all for business news for this hour. i'll leave you with a check on regional markets. >>> ukrainians are watching thei

or something that belong to people who live west of main street or east of alameda and beyond little tokyo or in the south park area there are no civil liberties honored at all in the skid row area and outs known by the city attorney's office it's known by the mayor it's known by everybody at city hall but nobody cares. we say with some of these people stuff i went through are all mine just up the street because the police can't blind the region is going to clean it and i think those people stop in the street because they were going to clean that site walk back and get right up and that was all of blankets on people's hands and they've been. stolen they lost their blankets and i want to help. there's a place just down the line i mean surveys go clean sidewalk and they were. skid row is full of contradictions. it can be violent chaotic frightening. but it can also be a refuge. a place to go well. find acceptance. to be free. one of the first people that i met and there was robert. here came a soulmate lover he became my guy. have a dream of being married to my guy i want to walk down would

that's little changed from the level in tokyo trading hours. >>> well toyota motor has issued a recall on 1.9 million prius cars sold worldwide. the automaker says a motor-related program in its hybrid system has a glitch. toyota executives say the model being recalled is the one that was sold from may 2009, more than half of the recalls are here in japan. they say the problem is in the software that controls the motor. when a driver accelerates, it causes thermal stress in some parts of the vehicle. toyota executives say parts can damage as a result, and could make it impossible for the car to start, and might even cause it to stop while in motion. >>> looks like too many fishermen are catching too many eels. japanese scientists have come up with a way now, possible solution, to plunging stocks of the slippery creatures. baby eels need plenty of clean water, but it's pretty hard to keep big tanks of water clean enough for large-scale production. now, scientists at the fisheries research agency may have solved that problem. a new method could allow cultivation of much larger numbers of

that's little changed from the level in late tokyo trading hours. >>> the latest round of working-level talks for the transpacific partnership free trade deal is now under way in singapore. and parallel with these discussions, japan and the united states are trying to bridge their differences over tariffs, but they are making slow progress. the chief japanese initiator and acting u.s. deputy trade representative met in tokyo on tuesday. the bilateral talks had been deadlocked over five key agricultural products, including rice and wheat. japanese officials consider these products sacred and want to maintain tariffs on them. u.s. negotiators have been urging japan to remove the tariff on these and most other items. they have said it would be difficult to allow exceptions, especially for beef and pork. japanese officials are now considering either reducing or removing tariffs on some farm products to speed up the negotiations. japan's minister in charge of the tpp talks said just removing or lowering tariffs on some key farm products is inevitable. >> translator: japan won't make unilater

best actress was for a real in "little house", showing family life in tokyo during world war ii. the audience prize went to an yooeth film following the story of a 14-year-old girl's abduction and rape, and murder tripe after killing the man who abducted her. >> the silver bear goes to... >> while the film boyhood may not have taken the top award, american richard linklater got the nod for best director, his coming of aim tale using the same ak force over a 12 year period, filming for a couple of days every year for 12 years. is there there has been a number of screenings, kicking off the european festival circuit. the line up has some criticism. usually it's known for an aipt hollywood outlook. some said it was a let down, focussing on films from the u.s. >> american director screened on opening night, winning the grand jury prize. every scope has a famous face, and it will be a film that didn't need to get an audience. >> there'll be more on show sunday might when the red carpet is rolled out for the bavtas. >> looks like good movies. timely venice is swarmed with a walking dea

tokyo. up to 4 centimeters right now. yokohama about 10 centimete above that, though, a little bit heavier towards the south. kofu in the higher elevations about 47 centimeters, as well. now, that's about how much you're going to see in some of these higher elevations, up to 50 centimeters of total accumulation. tokyo could still see additional snowfall before it starts to switch over to rain. then off towards the north i know this says 20, but in the next 24 hours some of these areas could see about 40 centimeters of total snowfall. with all that said, remember that warm front i was talking about a second ago? that's going to push overhead. all this is not snowfall. a lot of this down towards the south is rain. and take a look at this temperature graph. right around freezing mark through the evening hours here, but then as we go in to about midnight to 3:00 a.m., it switches over to rain, and that's because, look at that by early morning on saturday, up to 12 degrees in the tokyo area. so throughout the day on saturday don't expect the snow. it is going to be raining and some areas could see some fairly hea

seen widespread maybe around ten centimeters and the tokyo metro area around five centimeters especially here the calls go areas. it's gonna be a little bit last year and actually changing over towards the rain that going into early saturday morning a property on saturday many areas of the switching over there and take a look at tokyo's forecast at his stop by friday night's kennedy falling here but then by saturday switching over to a rain snow mix in countries even getting up to about eleven degrees there. you know it or thought of going easy just great brain going into your weekend was take a look over towards the americans though where we are also seeing a very potent and severe winter storm out here this is a lot about a hundred rm. half a million people that is without power on your wednesday across the carolinas over towards georgia. i same storm system is now moving off their fourth the northeast across the mid atlantic states bringing heavy snow fall in places like washington dc and new york city even off ports boss is well in that freezing rain which caused the problems down here towards the south. mixed into this as it does

little explanation. our next guest has been protesting outside tokyo headquarters since february 14th.ining us on the fast line. colin, great to have you with us. >> hi. >> have you lost faith at all in bitcoin at this point? >> i haven't lost faith in bitcoin itself. i do feel the exchanges have been more regulated. i'm definitely worried about using other exchanges that are operating in a safe manner. >> you've been outside that office for quite some time, kolin. have you noticed some activity. there aren't employees there. lights are going on and off. what has it been like? so many people are demanding an explanation at this point. >> okay. well, today or yesterday which is tuesday doesn't seem to be any activity that we could tell for the office. we went back tuesday. before that there were always quite a few people there. they have a parent company and there seems to be a distinction between the employees. all through the day on tuesday there are people here. we haven't seen any. >> what's your game plan at this point? i mean, the website is dark. there's nobody coming or going fr

little bit later. tweed.k you, david we'll get more news. tokyo with us from the details.is going to hold back our economics? the trade deficit was much more than we had expected. at $27 billion that is about the size of a [indiscernible] economy. there are lot of factors and influences. the chinese new year, for example here at the japanese raising their sales tax. people are importing a lot more luxury cars. is energyory here imports. japan still has not gotten any of the nuclear power plants online. there's no real timeline for them to start again. if that continues as it looks willit is going to, these continue. eventually that will create serious problems for the government if they cannot see to decreased japan's dependency. over time, this is definitely going to provide concern that it would not be succeeding. >> thank you. making sense of that. we have got to move on. lena is still here. want to talk about the record for 2013. lena komileva is here. data out of the eurozone. it should show a slight improvement. your message is quite clear that it is still a contract

little bit. >> certainly, the ldp is there he happy today. prime minister shinzo abe is very happy. a were very concerned about the tokyohip going to someone who is anti-nuclear. some would say that the tokyo governorship is the second or third most powerful position in japan. there is an old saying that japan is tokyo, and tokyo is japan. guyany ways, having abe's installed in tokyo is good news for the ldp, not only from the nuclear standpoint, not only from an economic standpoint, but also with the olympics coming up in 2020. there is a lot of planning to be done. this election in some ways is a bit comforted it. the turnout was terrible. snowstormsbiggest over the weekend in 45 years here in tokyo. i am still shoveling. i asked my neighbors yesterday that i bumped into when i was going to the grocery store and people i was shoveling for, are you going to vote today? know when i met said yes. the roads were still a bit dicey. i think a lot of folks stayed home. it is a bit competitive in terms of the turnout. you have to look at this is a good day for shinzo abe. about that, but certainly whether or not there is a po

maybe a welcome sign that slowing down the plants a little bit is happening naturally, thanks to mother nature. >> thanks, greg. joining us from tokyo. we have former barclays employees being charged overrating libor. they are accused by u.k. prosecutors of manipulating rates. this is the first related to u.s. dollar libor. defendants will appear in an london criminal court next week. the las vegas sands website is back online after being hacked. sites in the u.s., singapore, and macau were out for nearly a week. there was criticism for their staunch support of israel. after years of trying to grow downsizingin india, a recruitment firm, saying investment banking jobs and india dropped 30% in four years, more than double the pace of global industry cutbacks in the same time. a fallout of deals and lower fees at banks, which tinted revenues. nifty see yesterday the points at the close. it looks like a flat start to the trading day. coming up, the latest addition to asia's crowded budget aviation industry. we talked to learjet about how they plan to stand out from the crowd. we are going to be joined by michael kurtz, who says an econ

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tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. >> a new round of peace talks on syria are underway. they come after 10 days after the first round that achieved littleore than getting both the regime and the opposition in the same room. swiss voters backed a proposal in favor of quotas for immigrants. france and the european union called the narrowly-past move worrying. barack obama and francois hollande write about their model relationship in an op-ed piece published today ahead of the state visit to the white house.

little bit about where we are because this is not new. aboutnchmark indexes up 9/10 of one percent. this has -- in focus has been the automakers. it is cold in tokyoe country seeing some of the worst snow in 45 years. that has impacted production to it is at some of japan's top automaker's. they had to shut down some of the facilities because of supply chain issues, because of this snow. that said, toyota, honda, suzuki all seeing gains. what wem that, this is have been watching in japan. high as 11%.as according to the nikkei newspaper they are going to mass produce nano chips that are going to go into cars this year, so that could help their top line. the company was raised to outperform, this stock seeing some of the highest levels is july 2. tonominee -- kunami up close seven percent. and i just put up one of the top nttarmers, in tt data -- dat data. nothing much movement. >> china's reported growth figures more in line with reality according to what we are hearing. they report it has narrowed for the first time in years. in hong kong.h me >> we have all heard about this. local officials say they are doing better and beijing saying you are no

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church of christ missionary and was born in tokyo and my grandmother on my father's said turned to god for strength when she faced the task of raising seven littleoys all under the age of 10 when her husband suddenly died. that journey of favorite from both of these women ultimately helped me find my journey of faith. it has always been a great source of inspiration. i believe in the power of prayer and its ability to unlock doors and soften hearts. our group is important and essential in keeping me grounded in my hope for change. i cannot imagine doing this job without that fellowship. but i will be honest. it is not always been easy. [laughter] it is a struggle. some days you have to dig deep to find the resolve to love your enemies and put aside the fundamental differences and pray for each other. i have to dig really deep, louie. when you held that press conference criticizing that poor woman for buying crab legs for food stamps. you were not there. it could have been immitation crab. really. our experience encourages us to think of a fellowship of nonlike minded people with the lord in the middle of it all. [applause] >> i love her. what ca

with little to support it and say it could be used as leverage and the countries have a real difference how known as takashima in japan. >> and they are telling to make claims on the island if tokyotinues the claims. >> reporter: resent reports in the media of a surge in hostility for all things korean seem over blown but beneath that the hard edges of the conflict laden past and the trust remain. i'm with harry in japan. >> and this is the second night of rising and australian immigration centers end in blood shed. >> taking my whole life away and i worked there for 32 years. >> reporter: and so in the united states where free trade cost them everything. four time barcelona getting ready to match up with the city and details later in the program with joe. ♪ hello, i'm laura in doha and the top stories this hour and riot police fought protesters trying to march in kiev, the scene you are seeing now and shrouded in smoke as they burn barricades of tires and trying to maintain pressure on viktor yanukovych to step down. [gunfire] in thailand at least four people have been killed on a crack down on antiprotest camp and the gun battle started after police officers and bulldozer clear

tokyo. european stocks seem to not be in such bad shape as the asian markets. now, u.s. futures right now showing some buying, potentially, in the early going. we've got futures up a littlewhat we saw yesterday that's the real problem here, huge declines, 326 points down in the dow. a lot of people saying don't be surprised if selling continues, because there are a lot of good reasons. the dow and the s&p 500 have had runaway years recently. last year, basically, a shot straight up. there's also u.s. economic uncertainty. a big jobs report is due out friday. you've got worried about the health of some u.s. corporations, concern about the fragile state of emerging markets, places like india, brazil, south africa, turkey and indonesia. the u.s. has not had a technical correction in the s&p 500 in almost two years. april 2012 is when it got the closest. you've got the s&p down 5.8% now. 10% is a correction, so it could be logical that you would see more losses, and many are saying that could still be overall good for the market. >>> now, amazon prime. members of amazon prime might be in for some sticker shock here. amazon considering raising prices of prime membership by as

little regulation and the price is set by demand and supply. it has captured the imagination, but is thoughing that it's very, very high risk. >> the mentioned it had no regulation. tokyo is talking about regulating bitcoin. for this reason, should they? >> i think there should be some players of regulation. the industry is moving faster than they can keep up. the next raping of virtual currencies will have a new set of characteristics outside the regulatory control. they'll always play catch up and react to the issues and it's a very fast-paced industry. >> i think the problem here, and this is speculation is hackers made is difference. the new range, and i expect there'll be a bitcoin too or another competitor will have the security gaps closed down. the trading of them will move away from companies into a new exchange in marketplace. the regulators will be regulating it. the new form of currencies would be regulated in a different way. >> bitcoin is a volatile currency. the value increased from about $30 to a year ago in december. today it's about $580. how do you expect the price to react to the closure of the change? >> i think we'll see volatility. a lot of peopl