a bank of tokyo mitsubishi ufj survey says exports will decrease by 1.3% and capital investment will contract by 0.7%, compared to figures calculated at the level of 90 yen to the dollar. the bank of japan says most japanese manufacturers are projecting business forecasts on the basis of 90 yen to the dollar. the central bank is expecting the current fiscal year's gdp growth to be between 2% and 3%. however, the estimate also says that if the current level of foreign exchange rates holds firm, shrinking exports will lead to a 4% reduction in overall corporate profits. an official from the bank that conducted the survey says this will likely have an adverse effect on the japanese economy, which is now on a path to recovery based on exports. >>> 25 years ago, japan suffered its deadliest air disaster. families of the victims prayed at the crash site on thursday to mark the anniversary. on august 12, 1985, 520 people died when a japan airlines jet crashed into a mountain north of tokyo. relatives, locals and others took part in a memorial service on thursday at the foot of the mountain.

mitsubishi motors gained 50% and toyota 46%. robust asian sales offset declines in europe. but the carmakers say the domestic market will be stagnant in the short term as government subsidies for ecofriendly vehicles end in september. since the carmakers also don't expect growth in u.s. and european sales, they said they'll focus on unveiling cheaper fuel-efficient vehicles to expand in asia. >>> wednesday toyota motor announced it turned a profit in the april through june quarter. the world's largest automaker said it posted an operating profit of about $2.5 billion due to an overall sales gain of 27% compared with a year ago. in the same quarter last year toyota showed an operating loss of just over $2 billion. toyota says the turnaround was mainly because increased sales offset the impact from the stronger yen against the dollar and euro. more demand for autos came from the domestic and overseas markets, including emerging countries. for the full fiscal year through march 2011 toyota's expecting a better profit. it now estimates an operating profit of $3.8 billion, up fr

brothers crawled from the rubble and went into the city to look for their father who worked at the mitsubishi munitions plant close to the heart of the explosion on their way they found countless charred bodies and a terrifying scene you have. while crossing the river we were drawn to a woman who was walking with what looked like a wide belt or cloth trailing behind her but when we took a closer look it was her intestines coming out of her stomach there was nothing we could do. this is the hyper center of the bomb which means sixty five years ago it exploded five hundred meters above this exact spot and the people who suffered that horrific event well their stories are truly amazing but what they didn't know back then and just as disturbing is the long term effects of that radiation the effect is continuing. cutting her. that sixty five years. so that it true that the. radiation is affecting human bodies for sixty five years . has had continuous surgeries throughout his life to remove tumors on his back caused by the radiation now he declares that the war did not end in one thousand nine hund

i call the economics of extinction that there is money to be made by driving a species extinct mitsubishi has built large refrigerated warehouses in japan they've already got a stockpile of four year supply bluefin. they like to get ten to fifteen year supply the more bluefin that they pack into those warehouses aboard the mid-east they become in the wild this fish one fish is worth seventy five to one hundred twenty five thousand dollars apiece so as the diminish the fish in the wild the value of the commodity in their warehouses goes up and what if they can wipe it out they've got a price this commodity a million dollar fish will be able to set the price for the next ten to fifteen years and then after that they don't care because the problem is is that fishing operations are no longer run by fishermen the run by corporations for short term investment for short term gain and they really are not interested in the future of the fishery just maximising the profits from this venture when they get into it right the debaters diamond cartel the they simply control the price and they create an