i'm mariko 0i in singapore. also in the programme: president trump says he may ban flavoured e—cigarettes in the us after six people are believed to have died. so near, yet so far. have astronomers really discovered a planet in another solar system with the ingredients for life? announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it's 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where mps are demanding the immediate recall of parliament. it follows scotland's highest civil court ruling that the british prime minister borisjohnson‘s advice to suspend parliament misled the queen and was unlawful. the british government insists its actions are legal and is waiting until its own appeal is heard in the uk's supreme court early next week. all this as ministers published details of their contingency plans in case the uk leaves the european union without a deal. we'll have more on that later, first here's our uk political editor, laura kuen

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: democrats announce a formal impeachment inquiry against president trump. nancy pelosi says he has violated the constitution. the actions of the trump presidency revealed the dishonourable fact of president trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme court rules that borisjohnson‘s suspension of parliament was unlawful. he says the verdict is wrong, but will respect it. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: donald trump has accused iran of escalating aggression at the united nations, and asks members to tighten the noose around the iranian economy. and the duke and duchess of sussex continue their tour of south africa, visiting the country's oldest mosque. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where, in the past couple of hours democrats have laun

i'm mariko oi, in singapore. the headlines: as the impeachment inquiry against donald trump gathers pace. he denies pressuring ukraine's president to help him smear a rival. critics say they have damning evidence, accusing him of "a classic mob shakedown". like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say "that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something happened to it," because that was clear from the conversation. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: after tuesday's momentous supreme court ruling, britain's parliament is back and angrier than ever. for this prime minister to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace! the british prime minister dismisses calls to resign. he accuses the opposition of an obsessive desire to thwart brexit. and a dark world of child slavery and prostitution. we report from bangladesh, and one of the world's largest licenced brothels. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am here in

mariko, thank you to you and your guests.int against bbc breakfast presenter naga munchetty has been reversed by the head of the bbc, after widespread appeals for the corpration to change its decision. the jouralsist had been found to have breached the bbc‘s guidelines over comments she made about a tweet from donald trump about four female politicians of colour. david sillito reports. breakfast news, and an unscripted exchange that made headline news. absolutely furious, and i can imagine that lots of people in this country will be feeling absolutely furious that a man in that position feels it's ok to skirt the lines with using language like that. the topic — donald trump telling politicians, all women of color, to go back to where they came from. and, as our guest was saying there, it's an absolutely — it feels like a thought—out strategy to strengthen his position. and it's not enough to do it just to get attention. this exchange provoked a complaint about the two presenters. the process ended with a decision that naga ma

let's go to our asia business hub where mariko oi is following the story.following this story from singapore for us. what is the latest news from china? as we mentioned last week, investors we re as we mentioned last week, investors were cautiously optimistic about easing tensions between the us and china but the impact of the trade war is already evident. production only rose by 4.4% in august, which is much weaker than economists have been expecting, and in fact the wea kest since been expecting, and in fact the weakest since february 2002. the slowdown is not just weakest since february 2002. the slowdown is notjust affecting factories but also consumer sectors as well. thank you, and that is the latest on the numbers from china. let's brief you want some of business stories. the drug manufacturer accused of fuelling the opioid epidemic in the us, purdue pharma, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. the company has reportedly reached a tentative multi—billion dollar agreement in the us to settle a host of lawsuits against it. the firm owned by

thank you so much for that update, my colleague in business reporter mariko oi.now to other business news headlines, commuters in tokyo are facing major disruptions this morning after a powerful hit the region, with winds and rain. typhoon faxai, packing winds of 145 mph, made landfall east of the capital before dawn, and that triggered evacuation warnings, widespread blackouts and transport disruption. this morning, nissan's chief executive has signalled he is ready to pass on his role to the next generation. his comments came in response to reports he may resign imminently. the troubled japanese carmaker‘s board is due to meet later today. he has come under increasing pressure after it was revealed that he has been overpaid and as the company's profits have plunged. staying with cars, and consumers around the world are trading in their old petrol vehicles for new ones that run on batteries. but not everyone is convinced that electric is indeed the future. in brazil, almost 90% of new cars are flexible, meaning they run on either petrol or sugar —based ethanol.

it's with mariko oi.istoric uk ruling, as britain's supreme court finds the prime minister's suspension of parliament was unlawful, what does it mean for brexit? wework‘s embattled chief executive stepped aside after the company's executive stepped aside after the compa ny‘s stock market listing executive stepped aside after the company's stock market listing plan ran into trouble. good morning and welcome to this wednesday edition of asia business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. beginning with exit, because the british parliament will reopen later after the supreme court ruled prime minister borisjohnson‘s request to suspend it was unlawful —— with brexit. british mps have a lot to do in the lead up to leaving the european union, so what happens next? october the 14th is the queen's speech, which officially opens the new parliamentary session. three weeks later, parliamentary council meeting, that last for three days, will be one of the last opportunities for the british government to neg

thank you, mariko 0i.s a slow and sluggish with very limited range. not anymore. slow and sluggish with very limited range. notanymore. it slow and sluggish with very limited range. not anymore. it is fair to say tesla changed that with its high—performance cars. now porsche hasjoined high—performance cars. now porsche has joined the party. high—performance cars. now porsche hasjoined the party. it high—performance cars. now porsche has joined the party. it is high—performance cars. now porsche hasjoined the party. it is proudly displaying its new model at the car show. we have been speaking to porsche‘s chief executive 0liver bloomer. —— blume. porsche‘s chief executive 0liver bloomer. -- blume. we have decided to go battery—powered because it suits us for the acceleration and on the other side, our goal of our company strategy, sustainability. to combine both of this, it was a very clear decision to go to electric. combine both of this, it was a very clear decision to go to electricm isa clear decision t

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: after an attack on saudi arabia's largest oilfacility, the price of oil surges. water cannon and tear gas mark the 99th day of protests in hong kong i'm reged ahmad in london. also in the programme: a special report from kashmir — six weeks after the indian government revoked its special status and locked down communication. more than a dozen families have told us that a child from their home was taken into custody. some were released after several days, some are still locked up. and we meet the 97—year—old former fighter pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, and 1am in london. oil prices have soared at the opening of the markets in asia following saturday's drone attacks on two key facilities in saudi arabia. the cost of brent crude rose by the most on record, after half the kingdom's output was taken out — that accounts for roughly 5% of the world's oil supply. iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind

mariko oi joins me. so koizumijr in the cabinet.t in the past week or so, local media have pretty much reported all the names of the new ministers and according to them, koizumijr is expected to become environment minister. he is very popular among voters. when there was a survey about who should replace shinzo abe as the new prime minister ofjapan, he ranked higher than any senior ministers. he is also in his late 30s which means he is half the age of some key ministers in the cabinet and that is probably owing to go down with well with voters because one some of the key posts were announced and remain unchanged, they are taken up with men in their 70s 01’ even are taken up with men in their 70s or even 805, some are taken up with men in their 705 or even 805, some critics say it is time to bring in the next generation of politicians. one thing i am really keen to watch is koizumi jr recently announced he will soon become a father and said that he would even consider taking paternity leave and i know that is not anything special el

let's go straight to the bbc‘s mariko oi, who's in hong kong for us., we saw the 17th weekend of protests which also marked the anniversary of the start of the umbrella movement protests which demanded free and fair elections but the demands of these pro—democracy protesters are the demands of these pro—democracy protesters a re in the demands of these pro—democracy protesters are in direct contrast to the celebrations of 70 years of 1—party rule by the communist authorities. they're determined to spoil the party. with just two days to go before china's big anniversary, hong kong is decidedly off message. while in beijing, rehearsals are in full swing for a celebration of 70 years of communist rule and a message of unity and strength, in hong kong there's division, uncertainty and fear. it's a faultline that cuts across class and generation. this 73 year—old is showing me the protective gear he wears when supporting the protesters. translation: for 70 years the ruling party has subdued its people. do you think we are in the mood to celebrate? this woma

that was my colleague in business reporter mariko oi.usiness news making headlines, wework board members are reportedly planning to try to push chief executive adam newman to step down. —— neumann. the reports come up down. —— neumann. the reports come up to wework postponed its ipo last week. it has had pushback from investors over its widening losses and mr neumann‘s unusually firm grip on the business. wework declined to comment. us president donald trump and india's narendra modi have met in houston, texas, at an indian—american rally dubbed ‘howdy, modi'. this indian—american rally dubbed ‘howdy, modi‘. this comes amid reports that the two companies are discussing a limited trade agreements that could be signed up the un general assembly in new york at the end of the month. well, besides india, japan is another country facing trade tensions with the us. japan was my prime minister, shinzo abe, is due to meet with donald trump on wednesday. —— japan‘s to meet with donald trump on wednesday. ——japan‘s prime minister. there are signs t

thank you, mariko.assessing the potential impact from rising political turmoil in washington. you can imagine traders are having to figure out what might be going on, the yen, seen as a safe haven, is enjoying a two week high. that is your business moving. —— briefing. let's step away from the tension and drama in westminster for a let's step away from the tension and drama in westminsterfor a moment. what do voters in other parts of the uk make of what's happened? our political correspondent alex forsyth has been getting views from stoke—on—trent and from altrincham. bbc radio stoke. wherever the phone—in, it seems there's a prevalent view — leave or remain, people are simply fed up with how brexit‘s been handled. ijust don't know anymore, i've lost the will to live. ijust — i can't be bothered with the lot of it anymore. in stoke, such frustration is rife, and as well as confusion about what happens now, there's as much anger at the slow wrangling in westminster as there is at borisjohnson‘s actions.

joining me to talk about this is mariko oi. is this a bit they present for himself?ng down at 55 yea rs so young to be stepping down at 55 years old. that is right. he turns 55 today and that is when he will be retiring. he will hand over the rain to danieljohn, the current chief executive of the country. you might be wondering why is he retiring at 55? but it seems he is following his own advice, which he gave young leaders at the world economic forum in davos last year. he said when you are in your60s in davos last year. he said when you are in your 60s you should enjoy spending time with your grandchildren. when you are 20-30 years old you should follow a good boss, join a good company to learn how to do things properly. when you are 30—40 years old, if you want to do something yourself, just do it. you still can afford to lose, to fail. but when you are 40—15 years old, my suggestion is you should do things that you are good at —— 40—50 years old. and not do things that thatis years old. and not do things that that is very interesting, i want to try something new

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm reged ahmad in london.sters have continued into the night, after a day that saw several people injured. the price of oil has jumped at the opening of markets following saturday's attacks on two majorfacilities in saudi arabia. and in golf, europe's women staged a dramatic fightback at the gleneagles course to beat the united states in the solheim cup. the home side won by 14.5 points to 13.5. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the japan times, and the country's ageing population is the lead story — with the number of people over the age of 65 at a record high. seniors now make up nearly 30% of the population, the highest in the world, and there're more than 70,000 people above the age of 100. meanwhile, the south china morning post is leading with our top story — the 15th straight week of protests in hong kong. with a dramatic image of fist fights between pro—democracy protesters and government supporters. the paper says some demonstrators also demanded action from th

doctor mariko chang pyle is a national expert and he wealth gap especially gender and racial dimensions of wealth and equality. she is also a founding member of closing women's wealth gap initiative and a member of the insights centers experts of color network. next we welcome the testimony of sallie l. krawcheck who, is the chair of the network and a 135,000 strong global professional women's network. miss sallie l. krawcheck is the ceo and cofounder of they digitally first mission to trim an investment platform for women. before launching miss sallie l. krawcheck a built a successful center as a ceo and smith barring and u.s. trust and city private bank and stanford bernstein. she's also the chief financial officer for city proof. finally we welcome the testimony of doctor lisa cook and associate professor as part of economics at the jane madison college at michigan state university. she served as president of the national economic association from 2015 to 2000 and and currently serves as co-director of the american economic association summer training program. prior to this academic

let's go straight to the bbc‘s mariko oi who's in tokyo for us.citement with the brave blossoms facing the russians tonight! yes, rico. and the aim for it to be taking place in japan is because they want to spread the popularity of the sport outside countries like australia, new zealand, england and south africa. i think it is working because people are certainly quite excited about it. there have been questions about ticket sales and so on but the fact is they want to spread the popularity and asia is of course the most populous region on the planet andjapan most populous region on the planet and japan has the largest rug —— by and japan has the largest rug —— rugby playing population in asia. baseball and football are more popular but rugby is popular especially among university students was not i visited a university last night to watch them practice and find out how the students feel. rugby has never been that big injapan but it suddenly came into the spotlight in 2015 after that shock victory by japan's brave blossoms over south africa. it ha

let's go straight to the bbc‘s mariko oi who's in tokyo for us.am sure everyone i am sure everyone is excited. yes, rico. and the aim for it to be taking place in japan yes, rico. and the aim for it to be taking place injapan is because they want to spread the popularity of the sport outside countries like australia, new zealand, england and south africa. of course, ager is the most populous region on the planet andjapan most populous region on the planet and japan has the biggest rugby playing ablation in asia. does make asia is the most populous region. it was the first asian nation to host the fifa world cup in 2002 alongside south korea. from the japanese point of view, it is a good practice ahead of view, it is a good practice ahead of tokyo olympics next summer. —— asia is the most populous region. football is a lot more popular than by. football is a lot more popular than rugby. but rugby is popular with university students. i watched their practice last night to find out how the students feel about the sport? rugby has never been that big

mariko 0i is following the story. what's the latest? resuming on both sides are doing what they can to make them successful? that's right. possible olive branch. president trump treated he will delay traitorous on china by two weeks, to the 15th of 0ctober china by two weeks, to the 15th of october and his tweet came after beijing announced it would exempt some american products from tariffs. us president called it a goodwill gesture and some may see these latest developments as a softening of their stances ahead of the talks scheduled for next month. but let's be honest, delay of two weeks will not have a major impact on businesses and how damaging this trade war has been an china's exemption only applies to 16 of over 5000 products and fundamental differences remain so, while this is good news, the trade wall is far from over. —— trade war. now let's brief you on some other business stories... the london stock exchange is preparing to reject a $39 billion takeover offer from its hong kong rival, according to press reports. lse shares

let‘s go to our asia business hub where mariko oi has been following the story.we know about this deal, then? well, ben, there is still more work to r&r a broader agreement, but at least president trump and by minister abe have managed to announce they reached a deal during their meeting at the united nations, which they really wa nted united nations, which they really wanted to do —— to out. we will see lower ta riffs wanted to do —— to out. we will see lower tariffs on us agricultural products. that is a big victory for president trump, is also hoping to open up japan‘s president trump, is also hoping to open upjapan‘s markets to american farmers. under the agreement we are announcing today, japan will open new markets to approximately $7 billion in american agricultural products, japanese tariffs will now be significantly lower or eliminated entirely for you is eve, port, wheat, cheese, corn, wine and so much more. this is a huge victory for america‘s farmers, ranchers and growers , for america‘s farmers, ranchers and growers, and that is very important to me.

mariko 0i is in tokyo and told us how organisers are hoping it will bring a major boost to the economycitement of hosting the rugby world cup. the economic impact is quite significant. let me crunch some numbers. the organisers think that the event will bring in some 400 alien yarn. that is a whopping 4 billion us dollars. they think nearly half a million foreign visitors will come to japan for the six week tournament and they think fa ns six week tournament and they think fans are expected to spend an average of 20,000 yen orjust under 200 us dollars per day, being there time injapan a sizeable economic impact. it is notjust these cities like 0saka impact. it is notjust these cities like 0sa ka and impact. it is notjust these cities like osaka and tokyo because the matches are spread out over 12 venues matches are spread out over 12 venues in 12 different cities. the key is whether they can offer convenient services for foreign travellers, especially with a language barrier. i guess it is a good test ahead of tokyo 0lympics next summer. but guess what? 0ne thing the sponsor of the tou

morning and welcome to this wednesday edition of asia business report, live from singapore with me, mariko beginning with brexit, because the british parliament will reopen later after the supreme court ruled prime minister borisjohnson‘s request to suspend it was unlawful. british mps have a lot to do in the lead—up to leaving the european union, so what happens now? october the 14th is the queen's speech, which officially opens the new parliamentary session. three weeks later, the key parliamentary council meeting, that last for three days, will be one of the last opportunities for the british government to negotiate a new withdrawal agreement before leaving the bloc. the 31st of october is the key brexit date and as it stands, the last day the uk will still be part of the eu. parliament has passed a bill requiring mrjohnson to ask for an extension if there's no deal in place by the end of the eu meeting. the big question is, will there be another general election and if so, when? most analysts seem to think it could be as early as november with opposition leader, jeremy corbyn, saying h

welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. start with the us—china trade war, because this morning donald trump that he would delay the imposition of new tariffs on china, tweeting: that came after china announced it would exempt some american products from new tariffs. stocks in asia have opened higher following the us on hopes the announcements signal igas a softening in beijing and washington's stances ahead of talks next month. joining me from sydney is markets a nalyst joining me from sydney is markets analyst peter maguire from xm.com. thanks forjoining us. president donald trump calling it a goodwill gesture, is it that or are they softening their stances? there's a number of points. we need to understand the fragility of the economy and we think resident trump is extending the olive branch to get the trade talks back on track in a goodwill gesture, and i think that extending that branch is going to be a benefit for all economies and certainly for the china and us economies at the moment. he's only suggesting a two—week

i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: water cannon and tear gas mark the 99th day of protests inrice of oil surges. i'm reged ahmad in london. also in the programme: a special report from kashmir — six weeks after the indian government revoked its special status and locked down communication. more than a dozen families who have told us that a child from their home was taken into custody stop some we re was taken into custody stop some were released after several days, some are still locked up.

i'm mariko 0i, in hong kong, where a new working week is just beginning, but what will the protestors their shock and horror listening to murdered journalist,

mariko oi joins me. why the young koizumi jr in why the young koizumijr in his cabinet?official announcement isn't until this afternoon. local media has reported pretty much all of the names of the new ministers and it is it does make it is expected that he will become the new environment minister. he is very popular. when there was a survey of who should replace shinzo abe as the prime minister, he ranked higher than any senior ministers. he is also in his late 30s which means he is almost half the age of some key ministers which i think will go down well with voters because when it was first reported, that some remain unchanged and are taken up by men in the 70s 01’ even and are taken up by men in the 70s or even 80s, there was some criticism that it was time to bring in the next generation of politicians. one thing i am personally very interested in is koizumijr personally very interested in is koizumi jr recently announced he will soon become a father and he said he would consider taking paternity leave. i know that is nothing special outside of japan but if he did t

i'm mariko oi, in singapore.nt inquiry against donald trump gathers pace. he denies pressuring ukraine's president to help him smear a rival. critics say they have damning evidence, accusing him of "a classic mob shakedown". like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say "that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something happened to it," because that was clear from the conversation. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: after tuesday's momentous supreme court ruling,

thank you very much, mariko oi. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: president trump has sacked john bolton, his third national security adviser in three years. the president said he disagreed strongly with many of bolton's suggestions and that he was no longer needed. benjamin neta nyahu has promised to extend israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley if he's re—elected next week. the palestinians say the move would ‘bury any chance of peace for 100 years‘. and this video of an american adventurer becoming the first person to reach the deepest places in all five of the earth's oceans has caught people's attention on our website. in his finaldive, victor vescovo used a submersible to travel 5.5 kilometers down to the bottom of the arctic ocean. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm at stephen sackur. —— i'm stephen sackur. indonesia has big ambitions to be a 21st—century regional superpower. it has the right kind of assets in terms of population, natural resour

i'm mariko 0i in hong kong. the headlines: 70 years of the people's republic.et underway with a military parade and a presidential speech. but in hong kong, the pro—democracy protests look set to continue. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: donald trump's personal lawyer is ordered to hand over documents on ukraine, as the president calls for the democratic congressman leading the impeachment inquiry to be arrested for treason. so adam schiff made up a phony call, and he read it to congress,

mariko 0i joins us now from tokyo. great to see you. travelling over to japan at the moment, looking forward to the world cup there. why japan? at the moment, looking forward to the world cup there. whyjapan?|j guess the aim of having the rugby world cup here injapan is to spread the popularity of the sport yonder the popularity of the sport yonder the traditional rugby playing nations like england, new zealand, australia south africa and asia is the most populous region on the planet jan —— the most populous region on the planetjan ——japan the most populous region on the planet jan —— japan has the largest by planet jan —— japan has the largest rugby playing population in asia. the country is no stranger to hosting big international sporting events. japan was the first asian nation to host a fifa world cup in 2002 alongside south korea. and from the japanese point of view it is good practice ahead of the tope go 0lympics. there were concerns that ina 0lympics. there were concerns that in a country where baseball and full all are much m

my colleague mariko oi is in singapore. bring us up—to—date on what the cost of crude is doing.e spike when oil began trading on the global markets. that is right, we saw brent crude prices jumping global markets. that is right, we saw brent crude pricesjumping by almost 20% when they opened and still currently we are seeing the jump still currently we are seeing the jump of10—12%. still currently we are seeing the jump of 10— 12%. a double digitjump that we have really not seen before. the easing of the jump was somewhat because of the us president donald trump moving to ease the jump because of the us president donald trump moving to ease thejump by organising the release of reserves but he also raised concerns with traders by saying that america was, quote, locked and loaded. but i was speaking to a former adviser to the bush administration and he was saying this is significant, that even though saudi arabia says it will try and avoid having oil shortages, these attacks really raised geopolitical tensions and thatis raised geopolitical tensions and that is why traders are rea

and i am mariko 0i outside the tokyo stadium where the home team will face russia later this evening.terfaces heavy criticism after footage emerges of him in blackface makeup. darkening yourface, regardless of the context of the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme:

headlines: japan is set to become the first asian nation to host the rugby world cup. andi and i am marikoces heavy criticism after footage emerges of him in blackface makeup. darkening yourface, regardless darkening your face, regardless of the context of the circumstances, is a lwa ys the context of the circumstances, is always u na cce pta ble the context of the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface.

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. a formal impeachment inquiry against president trump. nancy pelosi says he has violated the constitution. the actions of the trump presidency revealed the dishonourable fact of president trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme court rules that borisjohnson‘s suspension of parliament was unlawful. he says the verdict is wrong, but will respect it. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: donald trump has accused iran of escalating aggression

i'm mariko 0i, in hong kong, where a new working week is just beginning, but what will the protestors the first time of their shock and horror listening to murdered journalist

i'm mariko 0i in singapore.he 99th day of protests in hong kong i'm reged ahmad in london. also in the programme: a special report from kashmir — six weeks after the indian government revoked its special status and locked down communication. more than a dozen families have told us that a child from their home was taken into custody. some were released after several days, some are still locked up.

i'm mariko oi in singapore.have died. so near, yet so far. have astronomers really discovered a planet

mariko 0i is in tokyo...illion yen, that‘s a whopping 4 billion us dollars. they think nearly half a million foreign visitors will come to japan for the six—week tournament. and they think rugby fans are expected to spend an average of 20,000 yen orjust under 200 us dollars per day, giving their time injapan a sizeable economic impact and it‘s notjust in big cities like tokyo and osaka because the matches are spread out over 12 venues in 12 different cities across japan. the key is whether they can offer convenient services for foreign travellers especially with a language barrier and i guess it‘s a good test ahead of the tokyo 0lympics next summer, but guess what? one thing that the sponsor of the tournament heinekin has been concerned about is the capacity of stadiums like this to sell beer. because they usually use the host of football or baseball games and did you know that rugby fans drink a lot more beer than them! during the last rugby world cup in england in 2015, rugby world cup fans there consumed 1

i've been speaking to our correspondent in tokyo, mariko 0i, and i asked her, why is the tournament takingpopularity of this sport beyond your usual rugby playing nations like england, new zealand, australia, south africa. and of course asia is the most populous region on the planet and japan actually has the biggest rugby playing population in asia. and, japan isn't a stranger to hosting big international sport tournaments, japan was the first asian country to host the fifa world cup back into thousand and two, alongside south korea. from the japanese point of view, i think it is good practice ahead of the tokyo 0lympics next summer. but of course, baseball, foot bowl, sumo, i'm a lot more popular than rugby so there we re more popular than rugby so there were concerns about ticket sales —— football. but i think it is fair to say that the locals are quite excited about it. do they know all the details of the rugby rules? probably not, but they are definitely excited to be hosting this event and they are gathering later this evening to watch the match that is going to take place inside the

mariko 0i joins us now from tokyo. thank you, mike.the traditional nations and of course asia is the most populous region on the planet and japan actually has the largest rugby playing population in asia. despite some earlier concerns about the excitement of the locals, it's fair to say they are quite excited about it, although i have to say baseball then put all are still a lot more popular. with me is the rugby producer with japan's macro —— j sports. you have been covering rugby atj sports. how do you feel about your own country to be hosting the world cup? my feeling is it is big—time, finally. very exciting. world cup? my feeling is it is big-time, finally. very exciting. of course, baseball and football are still a lot more popular and after the 2015 shock victory by japan's team, the awareness of the sport has gone up but still not the number of stu d e nts gone up but still not the number of students playing rugby. do you think this tournament is going to change the popularity of the sport?|j this tournament is going to change

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many thanks, mariko 0i. it will surely boost participation.king side, with captain 0wen farrell playing at centre alongside manu tuilagi. that means that george ford will play at fly half. bbc radio 5 live has exclusive radio coverage of the rugby world cup, and every game is live on bbc sounds and the bbc sport website. no fewer than five british sides in europa league action last night, and a couple of teenagers stole the headlines. 18—year—old bukayo sa ka score his first goal for arsenal and set up the other two as they beat eintract frankfurt 3—0 in germany. manchester united's mason greenwood is even younger. he's just 17, and got his first goal for the club as they beat the kazakh side astana 1—0 at old trafford. it was a disappointing night for wolves — back european action for the first time since the early 80's. they were beaten 1—0 at molyneux bu the portuguese side braga. rangers meanwhile were 1—0 winners over the dutch side feyenoord. this great strike from sheyi 0jo giving steven gerrard's side all three points. celtic had to co