mhi is expected to announce details of the budget next week when it will release a mid and long-terment plan. >>> japan's consumer prices continued to fall last month, a hint that deflationary pressure is growing as the pandemic drags on. officials at the internal affairs ministry say the cpi excluding fresh food was down 0.3% year on year. that marks a second consecutive month of decline. the index hasn't written since april. hotel charges fell 30% despite the government's campaign to stimulate domestic tourism. crude oil prices have been heading lower making gasoline and other fuel costs cheaper. >>> not all industries are struggling in the wake of the pandemic. shipments of laptop computers in japan hit a record for the april to september period as more people work from home. an industry group says shipments jumped 15% from the year before to about 4.3 million units. it expressed fresh demand from schools to support sales even as the initial surge in teleworking fades. >>> okay. let's get a check on the markets. ♪ >>> that's it fo woman: we love food. we all eat food. food is yumm