and so really, mr abe, he going to do that well. he benefits going to do that well. and so really, mr abe, he benefits from not having any real opponents. and of course, if he does win, he is on track to become the longest serving political leader in japan's track to become the longest serving political leader injapan‘s post—war history. quite an achievement. political leader injapan‘s post—war history. quite an achievementm political leader injapan‘s post—war history. quite an achievement. it is a remarkable achievement, and this is mr abe's second go at being prime minister. he had a disastrous prime ministership back in the early 2000, then came back to power in 2012 and has seen this extraordinary five yea rs, has seen this extraordinary five years, and it could now be as long as nine years as prime minister. that would put him well ahead of anybody else. and it will also, he says, give him a mandate, as you said earlier, to changejapan‘s constitution. and that is really the big takeaway from this election. if he wins and wins b

it looks like mr abe is heading for another majority.ay that is because he has played a shrewd political game and been a good politician, or because of a lack of any good characters in opposition? yes, very good question. i think it is, in part, both. people are going with the candidate and the government that they know and they feel safe with. japan's economy is growing — slowly, but growing. there is almost full employment here. so this is a vote for stability, in one way. it is also what one commentator called a vote for tina — there is no alternative. japan's opposition is in disarray. there was a new challenger to mr abe earlier in the month when the very popular governor of tokyo, yuriko koike, came out and said she was going to form a new party to run against him. but that has fizzled very rapidly and it looks like her party, which is called hope, is not going to do that well. and so really, mr abe, he benefits from not having any real opponents. and of course, if he does win, he is on track to become the longest—serving political

mr abe is on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. pert wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo, his report contains flash photography. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now he has won a big victory and four more years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japan's opposition parties. last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea, who said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was firstly about the korean threat. you could say the north korean threat is the biggest ever.

mr abe saidhis imminent task would be to "deal firmly" —— mr abe said his imminent task would be to "irmly" with north korea, which would require "strong diplomacy". he's now on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo. his report contains flash photography. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. this summer, the japanese prime minister's approval rating plunged to less than 30%. now, he has won a big victory — four more years in power. this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician. he was assisted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far, his biggest help was division and incompetence in japan's opposition parties. last month, this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, yuriko koike, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls, but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. he said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyan

this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician.on lan, that helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far the biggest help was division and confidence in japan's opposition parties. last month this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, vowed to ta ke popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mrabe popular governor of tokyo, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls. but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea, who said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was fistly about not the korean threat. you could say the north korean threat was the biggest ever but the biggest issue close to his heart is changing the population. japan has a modern military. but for over 70 years it has not fired a single shot in anger. article 9 of the constitution states japan will forever renounce war and the use of force to settle international disputes. mr

this victory makes mr abe japan's most successful post—war politician.isted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. but by far his biggest help was division and incompetence in japan's opposition parties. last month, this woman, the popular governor of tokyo, yuriko koike, vowed to take on mr abe at the polls, but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. mr abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. he said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was firstly about the north korean threat. you can say it is the biggest threat ever. but the issue much closer to shinzo abe's heart is changing japan's constitution. japan has a powerful modern military but for over 70 years, it has not fired a single shot in anger. article nine of the postwar constitution states that japan will forever renounce war and the use of force to settle international disputes. mr abe and his supporters co

mr abe called the snap election to strengthen his position in the face of the growing threat from northcorrespondent rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. rupert, what will shinzo abe do with his newly acquired electoral mandate, will it affect the future of the country's constitution?“ mandate, will it affect the future of the country's constitution? if he gets the two thirds majority it looks like he's heading for then it's very possible. this will be prime minister shinzo abe last and probably better chance to achieve his lifelong goal of reforming japan's post—war constitution. he needs two thirds in the lower house and the upper house which it looks like you'll get. then he will have to go to a referendum. but the key thing here is that mr abe and his supporters have long wanted to overturn the pacifist article nine of the japanese constitution which commits the country not to have a standing army and not take part in any war. they feel it was imposed on japan after the war by america and isa japan after the war by america and is a humiliation. now mr abe has said he will use this ma

the win will give mr abe a mandate to reform the economy and take a firm stance on north korea.t to release 50 secret brexit reports on sectors of the economy to ensure transparency in future decision—making. 0n the world page of the times, catalonia could declare independence from spain on friday. meantime, the telegraph's website has the story on spain's foreign minister calling "fake news" on scenes of police violence in barcelona, while speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show. in the financial times, "greed and tax dodges leave capitalism ripe for reform say business leaders." and finally in the new york times, rwanda is taking environmentalism to the next level. anyone caught with a plastic bag faces big fines or up to six months jail. it's part of the country's bid to tackle pollution. so let's begin. with me is james hughes, chief market analyst from brokerage firm gkfx. good to see you. so, japan times, it look like shinzo abe's gamble has paid off at his popularity may not be quite what it was? yes, i mean, the snap election was always a little bit risky, we've seen snap

if mr abe wins, it would be his fourth term in office. has the latest from tokyo. mrabe mr abe called this snap election over a year before he needed to go to the polls. in fact, it has not been a popular decision. about two thirds of japanese people said they disapproved of them calling an election now. despite all at that and despite the fact that mr abe is not usually personally popular, it looks like he is going to wind. it looks like he is going to wind. it looks like he has taken advantage of disarray in japan's opposition parties without been fighting amongst each other so were the last few months. a slight bump in his own opinion and support amongst the japanese public to go for this election, and it does look like it's going to pay kick. it looks like he will get a majority in parliament today, that will give them in the four yes and power and an opportunity to push ahead with what he wants to do in his final term to change japan's constitution he wants to do in his final term to changejapan's constitution and get rid of the clau

mr abe called this snap election over a year before he needed to go to the polls.out two thirds of japanese people said they disapproved of them calling an election now. despite all at that, and despite the fact that mr abe is not usually personally popular, it looks like he is going to win. it looks like he has taken advantage of disarray injapan's opposition parties, which have been fighting amongst each other over the last few months. a slight bump in his own opinion support amongst the japanese public to go for this election, and it does look like it's going to pay off. it looks like he will get a majority in parliament today, and that will give them in the four years in power and an opportunity to push ahead with what he wants to do in his final term to changejapan's constitution and get rid of the clause that makes japan a pacifist nation. it is an important election, because that would be a huge change for this country. regulators have told several hundred online gambling operators to remove casino games which may appeal to children. the move follows claims

a win for mr. abeenergize his push to revise japan's pacifist constitution. >>> all five living former u.s. presidents made a rare joint appearance on saturday. the concert benefiting hurricane relief efforts in texas, in florida and the caribbean. organizers say they raised at least $31 million for more than 80,000 donors. >>> iraqi kurds are protesting in erbil. the demonstrators are angry at the u.s. for taking a neutral stance in the dispute, especially given the kurds' vital role in fighting isis. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is following the story. people are making their feelings very clear about the current u.s. president. >> reporter: indeed they are. it is something of a turn around, you know. george, i was here in iraq last december, we did a story about the kurdish love affair with then president-elect donald trump. we went to a fish restaurant that had been renamed trump fish. we spoke to a man who had named his new born son trump. but now it appears that that love af

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to emerge as the biggest party.wants to change the nation's defence force into a national army for the first time since the second world war, but that is extremely controversial in a very delicate subject for some. opinion polls in australia suggest the country is leaning towards a yes vote on introducing same—sex marriage. rallies are being held across the country, in one last push to urge people to post their yes votes. the postal survey is voluntary and non—binding, but prime minister malcom turnbull has promised that if a majority of australians support 93v a majority of australians support gay marriage, parliament will debate it. upbeat and positive, but not complacent, the mood of the yes campaign is cautiously optimistic. with just over two weeks to go until the end of australia's postal survey on same—sex marriage. the end of australia's postal survey on same-sex marriage. in the very final hour of this campaign, we have to give it our all... those agitating for change have gathered in sydney. they believe t

the election has been called by mr abe more than a year earlier than needed.nt trump says he plans to release thousands of classified documents on the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy. the papers would be made available, unless government agencies had compelling objections. in 1992, congress said all documents linked to the assassination should be released within 25 years. you can find more on all of the stories we're following here on bbc news by going to our website — bbc.com/news you can also download the bbc news app. parts of britain have been battered by storm brian with violent winds and high seas. gusts of more than 120 kilometres an hour were recorded in some places. strong wind warnings and flood alerts are still in place across much of wales, the south of england and the midlands. briohny williams reports. storm brian unleashes its worst as waves crash against the coast of wales. the ferocity of nature showing its hand. just taken the whole side of the officers out. buildings damaged and roads flooded. the picture in the south—west of englan

mr abe party is expected to emerge as the biggest party. roadworks in england could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour. the proposed changes follow trials which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. sophie long reports. roadworks — some of them go on for mile after mile. the current speed limit is normally 50mph, but highways england says that could be increased to 60. they conducted trials with heart rate monitors measuring d rivers' stress levels as they pass through roadworks at different speeds. 60% of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60mph zone. in the 55mph zone, there was a decrease in 56%. what you find at 50mph is many trucks have their speed limited to 56mph. and, therefore, they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars a foot off their bumper — that becomes incredibly dangerous. so, on those stretches, if you can have 55mph or 60mph, you'll get less tailgating, fewer drivers studying their speedometer, and it really can be safer. but what about people working on the motorways? the unite u

earlier i spoke to our what mr abe's mandate would be for this next term as the japanese premier. be his fourth time in parliament. it will be almost certainly his last term as by minister, so he is very likely to use it, to try and pursue his lifelong dream of reforming japan's post—war constitution. shinzo abe is a right—wing nationalist, and he and his supporters seedy pacifist opposed on japan by his supporters seedy pacifist opposed onjapan by the united states at the end of the second world war, as a deep humiliation. they want to get rid of the pacifist element, not all at least change it, so element, not all at least change it, so that japan can become what he calls a normal country with a normal military. but, it will be difficult. you need to get a two thirds vote in both houses of parliament, and needs to wina both houses of parliament, and needs to win a referendum of the japanese people. but, it looks like this is his best, last chance to do this. this is quite a turnaround, isn't it for the president. he was suffering from pretty low popularity rating is not so long

mr. abealled for the vote in september, he hopes to get a strong mandate to keep taking tough stances on north korea, which sent ballistic missiles flying over japan in recent months. >> translator: now together with the international community, we have to put the highest possible pressure on north korea. we will create a society where everyone can have a dream, a society where people young and old can feel safe. >>> let's cross over live to our journalist there live. this could be a game changer for mr. abe. >> it could be. i think with early polls showing that it could be a big victory for prime minister, shinzo abe, i think it might in the end turn up to redefine his legacy of not only as the longest serving prime minister in the post war period, but in fact what he does with the japanese constitution, which has been the pacifist one throughout the post war period. he made it clear he wants to change that. some polling stations here in japan are closing early because of the very powerful t

robert: i think mr. abe makes a habit of getting along with people, working out compromises, getting people in a room together, something the way, ideal american politicians worked 20 or 30 years ago. he's been extremely effective in getting along with the u.s. he was good friends with president obama. he's good friends with trump. this is an asset to japan since the u.s.-japan relationship is so important. i think the prime minister deserves a great deal of credit for that. tom: i believe i give you credit for giving me the classic book coming out of world war ii. that's when they last addressed the constitution. do you look for profound constitutional changes now that ill move japan away from a passivist structure? robert: i think the answer is probably yes. the results of the election over the weekend have increased the number of members who are in favor of some kind of change in the constitution. the downside of that, of course, is that's going to be a difficult negotiation to take place among a number o

those will be the key challenges for mr. abeng forward. >> china's communist party has approved a charter hearing under xi'guiding principles. s >> this is the clearest signal we have had up to this point that president xi is going to have a grip on the party, the government, and a china, well beyond 2022, possibly for decades beyond. tarik, archaic form of wording that is put into the charter, but it is consequential. xi'sare saying president characteristics are going to be enshrined in the constitution, putting him on the same level in terms of respect as mao zedong. it is significant. easing ping has -- president xi has ms more power than any leader in a generation. -- amassed more power than any leader in a generation. that opens up the prospect that the president can stay in office beyond 2022. >> the politics of it are clear. it is not clear where he will go on the economy agenda. will he be involved into shaking up the state owned sector? economy?o hard on the if you look at the personality demoted today where similar is

those will be the key challenges for mr. abeng forward. >> china's communist party has approved a revised charter here enshrining president xi jinping's name under guiding principles. and elevating him to a status that alluded his predecessors. >> this is the clearest signal we have had up to this point that president xi is going to have a grip on the party, the government, and china well beyond 2022, possibly for decades beyond. this is an archaic form of wording that has been put into this charter here, but it is consequential. they are saying xi jinping's thought on socialism, chinese characteristics in the you year are going to be enshrined in the constitution, putting him on the same level in terms of respect by the party as deng xiaoping and mao zedong. it is very significant. >> xi jinping has closed the 19th party congress, having amassed more power than any leader in a generation. in a break with a 25-year-old succession system, members of politburo will be too old to rule after xi finishes his second term. that opens u

if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declaresapan a pacifist country. the church of england is the debate holding services for same—sex couples. the services could be held after the couple is married in a secular after the couple is married in a secular ceremony. after the couple is married in a secular ceremony. since 2014, same—sex couples have been able to marry outside the church but the church does not allow the relationship to be blessed. it says that the real and profound disagreement is there. three years discussing what to do next but their hand is now being forced by the diocese of herath third who voted in favour of an order of prayer and dedication. now it will be deep debated. neither contrary to law a departure from the dock of the church and individual priests will be allowed to opt out. it has not gone as far as anglicans in scotland. conservative campaign is called the move a fundamental departure from teaching. desean is yet to fix a date. saga of now on bbc news — our world. birdsong. the lush tropical forests

mr abe is now on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister.field—hayes has the latest from tokyo — his report contains flash photography. shins are they took a gamble and it has paid off. —— shinzo abe. his approval rating plunged to less than 30% earlier this year and now he has won a big victory. for more years in power. "4. this makes japan's most successful post—war politician. he was as this did to his win by typhoon lan which kept nearly half of japanese voters at home but his biggest opposition was incompetence last week, this woman vowed to take him on at the polls but come election day, she was at a conference in paris. shinzo abe claims he called the election because of the threat from north korea. he said he needed a mandate from the japanese people to get tough on pyongyang and its missile programme. translation: i believe this election was firstly about the north korean threat. you could say it is the biggest threat ever. but theissue it is the biggest threat ever. but the issue much closer to shinzo abe's heart is changing japan'

made about what needs to be done -- one of the space you have made about what needs to be done on mr. abe'sist is labor market reform. should he pressure on small and medium-size businesses in japan? what needs to be done? >> when i say labor market reform, it is to increase labor mobility. there is a big mismatch in japan's labor market. optimal resource allocation -- labor market reform, in terms of increasing labor mobility. kathleen: when do you think japan will hit 2% inflation? does japan need to percent inflation? -- need 2% inflation? 2022, 2023. rate is zero for the past 20 years. on average, it is slightly below 2%. it takes time. it is very gradual. it will take five years. kathleen: if governor kuroda gets reappointed, he has five years. speaking of next term, i am just curious, you are an advisor to the bank of japan, you worked at j.p. morgan. donald trump will announce his pick on thursday powell. does this matter to the rest of the world? what are the implications? from outside the country, how is it being viewed? >> this is very important. kathleen: does it matter if it is

looking ahead, mr. abee the japanese constitution from something that, from post-world war ii, has been pacifist. what do you think this has in terms of traction moving ahead? has a: i think that abe number of priorities i had. one of them -- ahead. one of them clearly is amending the constitution. i suspect that this is not a place where he will rush. he needs to step very deliberately. there is distinction that has some meaning between revising the constitution and amending it. what is important to recognize is shinzo abe certainly at this tont is not proposing jettison article nine, what makes the peace constitution, renounces war and prohibits japanese military from taking offensive operations. what he has been talking about, -- of course he has pampered been pampered that he is in a pacifist party, what he has been talking about is making an amendment to the existing language of the institution on augmentation that would essentially legitimize the reality that there is a standing japanese military call

if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declaresapan a pacifist country. speed limits through motorway roadworks in england could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour to combat congestion. according to highways england, tests have found that drivers‘ heart rates are lower when the faster speed is allowed. sophie long reports. roadworks — some of them go on for mile after mile. the current speed limit is normally 50mph, but highways england says that could be increased to 60. they conducted trials with heart rate monitors measuring d rivers‘ stress levels as they pass through roadworks at different speeds. 60% of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60mph zone. in the 55mph zone, there was a decrease in 56%. what you find at 50mph is many trucks have their speed limited to 56mph. and, therefore, they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars a foot off their bumper — that becomes incredibly dangerous. so, on those stretches, if you can have 55mph or 60mph, you'll get less tailgating, fewer drivers studying the

it is competition coming from mr. abe not to rely on money printing.tting the first numbers out of the tankan survery. large manufacturing index coming in above what economists estimated, a reading of 22, the outlook at 19. we were talking about the nonmanufacturing index. coming in at a reading of 23, so just below what economists had estimated. you can do the small manufacturing, but some are slightly above and some slightly below. yvonne: it is interesting because bloomberg intelligence was expecting we would see more outperformance went domestic demand, but the metrics are very much a bigger feet. it was a miss for the nonmanufacturing side. when it comes to the all industry large cap explants, it is a miss, rising 7.7%. the estimate was 8.3%. the small manufacturing index, well into positive territory as martin was talking about, 10 for the third quarter. --is a sizable jump from the also beating expectations, and the outlook at eight. nonmanufacturing was also upbeat, slightly higher at eight as well. beating expectations from the economists. whe

if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declaresapan a pacifist country. now on bbc news, it is time for click. this week: life on the ocean waves. a big cloud makes a big bang, which makes a big cloud. and climbing higher and higher, and back down again. this weekend, the world's toughest sailing race begins. held every three years, the volvo ocean race starts in alicante, in spain, and ends in the hague, in the netherlands. now, that doesn't actually sound very far. but, in the middle, there is the small matter of 16,000 nautical miles, taking in 12 cities in six continents. and, with broken masts, capsizes and icebergs almost guaranteed, this is no luxury cruise. to try and make this journey even possible, technology inevitably raise its head. these are some of the most advanced sailing yachts ever designed, and we were given special access to one of them during crew training. 22 october sees the most extreme offshore event in the world began. we're just testing if we can figure out trying to sail through that wind. we're really

if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declaresapan a pacifist country. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week we discuss spain's constitutional crisis in catalonia. the continuing brexit negotiations. has there been perhaps some movement this week? and, with one of the leading middle east analysts around our table, could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of the war in syria? my guests are the times columnist david aaronovitch. the north american writer and broadcaster, jeffrey kofman mina al—oraibi, the new editor—in—chief of abu dhabi's the national. and from spain's la razon, celia maza de pablo. a warm welcome to all of you. let's start in spain. spain is in the midst of a huge constitutional crisis. as we go to air, an emergency cabinet meeting is discussing suspending catalonia's autonomy, in the wake of the independence referendum — which was declared unconstituional by the courts — and the violence that surrounded it. it will be the first time in spain's four

mr abe called the snap election to strengthen his position in the face of the growing threat from northrt wingfield hayes is in tokyo. this will be his fourth term as by minister. his third consecutive term, and it will be almost certainly his last term as by minister, so he is very likely to use it to try and pursue his lifelong dream of reforming japan's post—war constitution. he is a right—wing nationalist, and he and his supporters see the pacifist constitution opposed onjapan by the united states as a deep humiliation. they want to get rid of that element, or at least change the pacifist element so that japan can become what he calls a normal country, with a normal military. it will be difficult. you need to get a two thirds vote in both houses of parliament, and he needs to win a referendum of the japanese people. but it does look like this is the best last chance to do this. this is quite a turnaround for the president. he was suffering from pretty low pollington ratings on popularity not so long ago. what is behind the researchers? that's right. if you go back to the beginning o

i don't think mr abe will have a landslide victory.bers away from the ldp party and this will be another centre of political pressure. i think what she can do to produce a national legacy is push prime minister shinzo abe's ldp to the right on constitutional issues. she does it to the right on constitutional issues compared to the prime minister shinzo abe. she would like wide ranging constitutional change. and she has a track record of revisionism not unlike the prime minister. her right leaning credentials suggest that she will use her party platform to push the prime minister more to the right which will complicate relations within the region. thank you so much for your insights on the japanese election and on ms koike, whether she will run or not run, stephen nagy, senior associate professor at the international christian university in tokyo. you have been watching newsday. stay with us for cooking with a bite. we'll be looking at a group of indonesian students who're developing a cooking oil made from insects. it's a sustainable a

information was given about a man called mr ab, he managed to get onto this low roof. in 2015, after his mental health act deteriorated, the family told the staff about the danger of him getting onto this roof. but enough was not done to prevent that happening. he managed to get on the roof. eventually sustained what the court heard where life changing injuries. staff knew about despot that nothing about it. 2012, 2014, 2015. internal documents, saying that you have got to do something about this. it is a risk to patients. but nothing has been done. it was a lack of money to do anything. because of the repeated history, knowing about this, the trust was today fined £125,000. it could have been a lot more, but getting some credit for pleading guilty. any money find would be taken out of the money that they can spend on patient care. this is the first prosecution that southern health have faced over care faring, but not the last. due to be fined again in several weeks, over the death of a young man with learning difficulties. the problem is that this trust has had for a

this is to some commentators and election about nothing, it is about mr abe maintaining power. popular tokyo governor has stepped out of the race. who are the other people who might be facing him? well, the party is still very much being talked about. she set up a new party, the party of hope, a few weeks ago, to run in the election. there was regulation and hope from her supporters she would step down as governor and lead her party into the new election. that caused a lot of excitement early on. she decided not to do that after looking at the polls and realising she would not win. the old opposition party, the democratic party of japan, dissolve itself and joined her party. there is another one called the constitutional democratic party of japan, which looks like it will be the main opposition despite being far behind the ruling party. thank you for that. police in la have opened an investigation against harvey weinstein regarding sexual assault allegations that date back to 2013. earlier this month police in new york and london also began investigating similar claims against

mr abe is in the process of a landmark programme of economic reforms, but some experts say that theseong time. structural transitions usually take a long time, because it has to be associated with societal context and associated with societal context and a lot of back—up from that arena. i think what shinzo abe is waiting for is continuous feel—good factor to flow in through the first two areas, particularly with the highest level of profit that these exporters making. that should be flowing in to increase wages, which hasn't happened. that's another reason why private consumption has not boomed. for the opposition, the whole party was saying they will tax more on cash reserves by the corporate, which is totally a reverse policy. what the government has to do is start inducing entrepreneurship. we have a lot of invention and innovation within the company, but we need to have new, open type of innovation, that type of entrepreneurs that should be popping up, and unfortunately the trend is going otherwise, even for younger generations like college students. former hsbc banker markjohnso

mr abe's liberal democratic party is expected to again emerge as the biggest party. 0pinion polls haveed that the ldp and its junior coalition partner, komeito, could retain their two—thirds supermajority in the lower house. the head of the world health organisation has said he is rethinking the approach, after his decision to appoint zimbabwe's president, robert mugabe, as a goodwill ambassador was met with widespread condemnation. the role is symbolic, but mr mugabe is expected to tackle non—communicable diseases like cancer and heart disease. 0ur south africa correspondent andrew harding reports. 93 years old, and in frail health, president robert mugabe is an unexpected choice to be the new goodwill ambassador for the world health organization. and it is notjust a question of stamina. the president's defenders insist he has earned this new honour. and yet, during his 37 years in power, mr mugabe has overseen the collapse of zimbabwe's currency and economy, and of its once—impressive health system. zimbabweans who have fled abroad are outraged by today's news. it angers me, because

mr abe has said that his imminent task would be to "deal firmly" with north korea, which would requirerade secretary, liam fox, says the government won't decide how much money it will pay to the european union after brexit until it becomes clear what trade agreement the two sides will reach. dr fox says ministers are still trying to establish what the eu wants. i'm saying that what we will decide is a number when we can see the final package. i've made this, as has david davis, in discussions we've had with ministers across the european union. we've made very clear our position. and when we said to them, "would you simply give a number before you knew what the outcome was going to be?" they say, "absolutely not." in which case, we say, "so, why should we?" the spanish government has rejected accusations from the regional authorities in catalonia that it has carried out a coup by moving to impose direct control after the disputed independence referendum. people opposed to catalan independence have been protesting in barcelona, from where tom burridge reports. this scene, hard to imagine

i think the most significant agenda for mr. abee] the spending plan he is proposing, diverting consumption tax revenue to education, childcare, how much growth could this unlock? this is just a fraction of gdp. kazuo: it is not a straightforward change. this is partially a structure change. childcare, after that, people have more flexibility in terms of lifestyle. have better human resources to create productivity in the economy. it is about the magnitude of spending, and equality to achieve the longtime goal of abenomics. yvonne: i want to throw up the chart here. people do not feel like things are losing momentum. look at g #btv 5730. it tracks inflation as well as unemployment. know the japanese are not fans of inflation altogether. they live quite comfortable lives here in japan. does it matter we do not have 2% inflation? ays.o: you can argue two w because of the lack of a sense of crisis, we are slow to create structural reform. the people are satisfied with the current situation. there is a government survey that shows we ar

if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declaresapan a pacifist country. that's it from me. the breakfast team is here at 6am. now, the week in westminster. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, as more pressure is piled on the government over the welfare benefit, universal credit. will the prime minister now pause universal credit and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the rollout? why have we reintroduced universal credit? it is a simpler system, it is a system which encourages people to get into the workplace. what next for brexit? we talk to two parliamentary experts about the battles ahead for the eu withdrawal bill. in the commons, there's a call for an end to the use of surgical mesh implants. women in their 30s, 405, 50s are telling us that they're struggling to walk, they have lost their sex lives, and suffer from horrendous pain day in, day out. and we hear from the mp who wants stiffer penalties for assaults on emergency workers. i think that since they are there to protect us and save our lives, any attac

to try and boost that flagging number, mr abe has overseen a huge stimulus programme.atest bundle is worth almost $18bn and will be spent on childcare and increasing productivity. it's being paid for by a 2% increase in sales tax. a kind of vat. the plan to make it 10% from october 2019 was a big election issue. for more we'rejoined by karishma vaswani, our asia business correspondent. shinzo abe has been trying to boost the economy, to kick—start it for some time. how much more patience to think the bubble have and how much stronger position do you think he is 110w stronger position do you think he is now in after this election? let me a nswer now in after this election? let me answer the second part of that question first. as a result of the figures that we are seeing out of japan with regard to the election, he certainly seems to be winning a decisive victory. he will be in a much stronger position than he was perhaps right before he called the election with regards to the economy. this election was never about the japanese economy but about north korea, about const

let's talk about japan in that report we heard question marks around the fiscal strategies is mr. abe's plan, is that fiscally irresponsible >> i wouldn't say physically irresponsible, however he has committed to bouncing the deficit by 2020 that will be more difficult if some of the actual tax hikes are actually spent on fiscal spending that said that seems to be the path of things globally. >> the nikkei is on a tear we are trading close to 21-year highs, on track for a sixth consecutive weekly gain on the back of a weaker yen and on the back of hopes for decisive wins against the ldp party. do you think there will be some profit taking after this or could this rally continue? one thing we're looking at is the correlation between the weaker yen and the stronger stock market i think for us to get more positive on a longer term basis, we need to see structural reforms around corporate governance, leading through to domestic earnings in small to mid cap companies. we would be waiting a bit to see how that progresses before going from neutral to overweight. >> don't you think would be mis

on the flipside, you have mr. abe who was talking about geopolitical tensions.elling himself as one of the few world leaders who can actually maintain a stable relationship with trump while trying to navigate these difficult channels in asia. ands the party of stability safety, she is the party of dynamism and change. is dynamism and change, it will all come down to tax, and whether the tax rate goes through. they have different propositions for tax. some companies in japan may be worried about their tax brackets. let's raisebe said the consumption tax and some of that money goes to our fiscal problems and some of it goes to social welfare, koike is saying let's freeze the sales tax, keep the money in the hands of consumers. these companies that have benefited for years, they have tons of money on their balance sheet. let's provide an incentive that pushes the money back into the economy and the hands of the consumers. it will be interesting to see how it plays out for the people, but koike is much more aimed at spurning consumption. anna: it is important to add

now that the political uncertainty has been removed, we can move onto the agenda that mr. abe put forward for perhaps the next four-year term. the agenda includes more abe-nomics, the cocktail of fiscal spending and more monetary easing as well as fiscal stimulus, spending on social issues such as health care and daycare for the young. abe says he wants to govern in his next term with more humility but also wants to tackle a raising of the consumption tax in 2019, which here, as unpopular well as reviving the pacifist constitution in light of the growing threat from north korea. stephen engle, bloomberg news, tokyo. julia: now for more on what his victory means, let's bring in scott. great to have you on with us. clearly this is a divisive, decisive victory here for prime minister abe. just tell us what you think his top priorities are now domestically but also internationally. scott: so he definitely wants to use the victory to kind of put additional momentum behind his effort to revise the constitution, although that is still a very controversial policy item, something he ha

president donald trump congratulated mr. abeand the two agreed to step up the pressure on north korea. >>> now to spain's political crisis. both sides, madrid and barcelona are denying carrying out a coup d'etat. catalan leaders are rejecting any rule from madrid. they say the region won the right to be independent through an unofficial referendum. madrid wants to suspend catalonia's autonomy until new elections are held. now in a new interview with the bbc, the spanish foreign minister is defending the government's plan. listen. >> we are going to establish the authorities who are going to rule, you know, the day to day affairs of catalonia according to, as i said, to the catalan laws and norms. i hope everyone will disregard whatever instructions they will be planning to give. because they will not have, you know, the legal authority to do that. >> in the meantime, not everyone in catalonia opposes direct rule for madrid. our erin mclaughlin met some people who think remaining part of spain is the best option. >> reporter: nes