mr netanyahu in brasilia at the inauguration of jair bolsonaro. to the lead in syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside israel. —— the decision to leave syria. ahmednues in the same way it did before that decision was made. now to tokyo, where japan's emperor akihito has given his final public new year address after a reign of three decades. emperor akihito is due to hand his essentially ceremonial role to his elder son in april. he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in 200 years. a short time ago, the bbc‘s mariko oi watched this moment of history. he made a short speech wishing everyone who gathered there a very happy new year. he is going to appear at that balcony, at the imperial palace, a few more times throughout the day, as tens of thousands of people gather there to see him before he abdicates at the end of april. he spoke a lot longer last week, celebrating his 85th birthday. back then, he spoke about how he's relieved that his era is coming to an end, free of war injapan. he's a known pacifist who visited many countries in the region which were affected by japan's wartime aggression, and he spoke about a lot of natural disasters th