mitsubishi says it has not confirmed any leads. the target sights information about manufacturing destroyers, submarines, missiles an nuclear power plants. tokyo metropolitan police departmentntends to launch a full scale investigation after they receive an official report from mitsubishi on the damage. >>> meanwhile, beijing denied any involvement. speaking to reporters on tuesday, china's foreign ministry spokesperson said such allegations in japan are groundless. he also said the claim might harm international efforts to enhance internet security measures. in addition to mitsubishi heavy industries, three more japanese defense equipment makers say they have come under cyber attack. ihi corporation says that several employees began receiving e-mails carrying viruss in 2009. it says the number of such attacks has been on the rise since the march 11 disaster. the maker tells employees within to open attached files that look suspicious. it has also enhancedecurity measures. mitsubishi electric and could you sauky industries confirme

mitsubishi says it has not confirmed any leaks of its products and technologies. the targeted sites include information about manufactured submarines, muss sils and nuclear power plants. tokyo's police department plans to launch an investigation after they receive an official report from mitsubishi on the damage. meanwhile, beijing has denied any involvement. speaking to reporters on tuesday, china's foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei said such allegations in japan are groundless. he also said the claim might harm international efforts to enhance internet security measures. in addition to mitsubishi heavy industries three more japanese defense equipment makers say they have come under cyber attack. ihi corporation says that several employees began to receive e-mails carrying viruses in 2009. it says the number of such attacks has been on the rise since the march 11th disaster. the maker tells employees not to open attached files that look suspicious. it has also enhanced security measures. mitsubishi electric and kawasaki heavy industries have also confirmed s

. >>> one of japan's giants mitsubishi heavy industry detected a computer virus at 11 sites producing defense and nuclear equipment in august. it's investigating the possibility of a cyber attack. the company says virus found on 83 servers and personal computers was designed to steal data from the company's inhouse network. no leaks have been confirmed. the infected site included shipyards at nagasaki and kobe. and are responsible for man fakih chering destroyers, missiles and power plants. the company has consulted the tokyo metropolitan police debarment and carried out an investigation with security experts. mitsubishi heavy industries says the virus may have originated outside the company's computer network. >>> shares in new york were sold as euro zone finance ministers failed to make progress solving the greek fiscal crisis. stocks on the dow-jones average were down more than 250 points briefly, before rebounding to close at 11,401, down 108 points. >>> now let's look at other market figures. >>> now let's look at the latest in sumo. >> as we enter second week of the grand sumo t

. >>> one of japan's giants mitsubishi heavy industry detected a computer virus at 11 sites producing defense and nuclear equipment in august. it's investigating the possibility of a cyber attack. the company sa virus found on 83 servers and personal computers was designed to steal data from the company's inhouse network. no leaks have been confirmed. the infected site included shipyards at nagasaki and kobe. and are responsible for man fakih chering destroyers, missiles and power plants. the company has consulted the tokyo metropolitan police debarment and carried out an investigation with security experts. mitsubishi heavy industries says the virus may have originated outside the company's computer network. >>> shares in new york were sold as euro zone finance ministers failed to make progress solving the greek fiscal crisis. stocks on the dow-jones average were down more than 250 points briefly, before rebounding to close at 11,401, down 108 points. >>> now let's look at other market figures. >>> now let's look at the latest in sumo. >> as we enter second week of the grand sumo tou

to achieve this goal, mitsubishi plans to make thailand an export platform for the asian markets. it will build a new plant and double output in two years. the company will start to make compact cars in indonesia and malaysia also. >>> toyota says it will boost its production kpaps capacity in indonesia by more than 60% and launch new compact cars there. nissan will also introduce over 10 new models across the region. >>> now let's look at what is coming up in japan's business calendar this week. domestic auto production is due out on wednesday. a recovery in supply chains for automotive parts is feeding through to tangible improvements each month. automakers say their output is approaching pre-disaster levels. we will see a spade of economic indicators on friday. first industrial production, a key gauge of corporate activity for august. and the jobless rate and the job seekers to job offers ratio for august will come out on the same day. the third indicator is on consumer prices. finally housing starts will come out on friday. the figure for july soared 21.2% compared to the prev

mitsubishi says at least eight separate viruses have been found in its computer system since the server attack last month. the company makes submarines, missile parts, and other weapons for the japanese military. it denies sensitive information was leaked and is working with police and experts to contain the damage. it is the u.s. policy that has served as a lightning rod of controversy. after 18 years in place, a ban on gays serving openly in the military has officially been repealed. commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell," it sparked endless debate, and president obama was among those who heralded its repeal. >> 3, 2, 1. >> celebrations as history is made. euphoria from gay members of the military in the washington bar, as the ban which prevented them from serving openly was repealed. now, it is service and not such a relative that matters. >> this has been a scary day for the pentagon and for the nation. as of 12:01 this morning, we had the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." these are men and women who have put their lives on the line for this country. that is what should matter m

tokyo mitsubishi and desuna will reduce rates by 0.05%. the u.s. economic slow down and european debt problems are raising concerns among investors. this is prompting them to shift their invef frmts assets like stocks to low risk japanese government bonds. the move is pushing down the yield on the bonds which are a yardstick for long-term interest rates. the banks hope to promote home mortgages with lower rates to improve their earnings, which have become worse due to a decline in loans to businesses. >>> and now let's get a check on the markets. u.s. stocks ended higher wednesday marking four straight session of gains. but august overall proved to be a negative month after volatility the "globe" al markets and fears of economic downturn. to see how stocks are kick off on the first day of september, here in japan, we cross over to the tokyo stock exchange. how are stocks trading? >> thank you. just looking at open willing levels for the nikkei, it did break above 9,000, that's the first time in 20 two weeks. just a touch below that right now, but n

mitsubishi heavy industry says the virus may have owe rinl nated outside the company's computer network. >>> japan's nuclear crisis has sparked a lot of talk about the benefits of going green. the prime minister is promising to slowly steer the country away from atomic energy and toward renewable resources. it is a tall order but something other nations have managed to do quite successfully. nhk shows us bright ideas from austria. >> nuclear power following a referendum in 1978. since then the government put policies in place it move away from you a tomorrowic he energy. much emphasis has been placed on conservation. solar power is helping austria achieve its green goals. the sun's energy is used to heat water, for showers or heaters. these days were more people are using solar panels in austria. now this technology is used not just for heating but for cooling too. this office has an air conditioning system that runs on solar power. cooler air flows from these vents. here is how the system works. air from the outside filters through a dehumid fire to remove moisture. then tap water is a

losers mitsubishi shutting over eight percent of sony losing four percent hong kong shares are also losing ground with tanks and down one point eight percent. and oil is trading near the lowest in more than six weeks investors are speculating that europe sovereign debt crisis will cut fuel demands and that apple supplies land is trading at. one hundred three dollars a barrel guys losing seven cents and it's trading at seventy nine dollars a barrel. i thought other stories ukraine says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia president between unocal which met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of castro thoughts now the parties agreed to hold an interim government meeting craning told work crane claims it is paying too much under the current gas like the old and last to change the terms russia says it's fair to provide a discount but you know once a stake in ukraine's pipeline might work. on the national energy security fund billings it's a simple solution for here. we must solve the problem or. who will be the purpose of the problem will be the

dropping two percent this hour catching up with heavy losses in asia on friday among the top losers mitsubishi shutting over eight percent and sony losing four percent hong kong shares are also losing ground with hang seng down one point eight percent. and oil is trading near the lowest in more than six weeks investors are speculating that europe's sovereign debt crisis will cut fuel demands and that ample supply bread bland is trading at one hundred three dollars a barrel. losing seventy seven cents and is trading at seventy nine dollars a barrel. for other stories ukraine says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia president viktor unocal which met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit and supplies now the parties agreed to hold that into government meeting in ukraine and told work crane claims it is paying too much under the current gas supply deal and wants to change the terms russia says is prepared to provide a discount but in return wants a stake in ukraine's pipeline network. the national energy security fund believes it's the

for example, mitsubishi up. major exporters like toyota and sony also ended up higher. meantime here, the hang seng closed down by about two-thirds of a percent. property stocks. one of the world's biggest real estate companies closed down about 3.5%. also costco pacific, one of the largest cargo terminal operators edged higher by 4%. but trainmaker csr corporation fell by more than 5%. its railcars were involved in tuesday's subway crash in shanghai that did hurt more than 270 people. meantime, the shanghai composite, that closed down by about 1% right here. and finally, this australia, it did close up about 1%, as was the case in japan. financial stocks pulled stocks higher. resource stocks also higher by nearly 1%. those arrows going up in the hopes that greece in particular are getting closer to getting their financial house in order. >> yeah, it's certainly an issue that's going to affect the markets so heavily over the next days and weeks. randy, thanks very much for that. charles. >>> indeed, andrew, clearly optimism that europe can stave off a greek default or a

mitsubishi fell 3%, icbc, the biggest bank by market value fell nearly 4.8% and hsbc, the world ae world'shird largest bank is down 3.7%. >> ramy, thanks very much for that, ramy inocencio. nina? >> andrew, u.s. stocks headed for significant declines when they start trading later on today. this is where the futures market stand in the premarket action. the nasdaq down to the tune of 1.5%. getting off lightly. take a look at the broader index, the s&p 500 down nearly 2% as we speak in terms of the futures. andrew? >> okay. as we mentioned before, tensions are running high in europe over the debt crisis. on friday, this man, the european central bank chief economist decided it was all too much. he resigned. he had been a critic of the bond program designed to support heavily indebted nations such as italy, spain and portugal and the most troubled one in all of the euro zone, gross. greece remains at the heart of the difficulties. joining us now is a senior trader at etx capital in london. minoj, first of all, when you see the share prices on the big european, particularly the french banks ac