city. ♪ officials at narita marked the start of the daily flights.na is first japanese airline to fly their route nonstop. officials say they hope to meet demand from japanese companies operating in mexico, such as automakers as well as tourists. the new service comes amid concerns over the influence of the new u.s. administration. japanese companies have invested heavily in mexico over the past five years, but president trump has attacked plans by automakers to expand there. the airline chief has dismissed those worries. >> translator: we've seen no changes in reservations with the new u.s. administration. but we're keeping an eye on demand. >> an ana official says 70% of seats on flights are already looked. >>> labor unions and the management of japan's automakers have kicked off annual wage negotiations. the maker of subaru cars union is asking for an average raise of about $26 monthly in base way and a bonus equal to a little more than six months' worth of wages. unions at japan's other large automakers have similar demands. they're making their

japanese immigration officials took him into custody at narita airport in 2001. they said he tried to enter japan with his family using forged passports. they said he told authorities he wanted to visit tokyo disneyland. he apparently did not attend his father's funeral in 2011. observers say he didn't want to interfere with the process of establishing a new regime. kim had not recently talked to foreign reporters, but there had been sightings of him in southeast asia. the chinese government says 192 people across the country were infected with bird flu in january, and 79 of them died because of the disease. china's public health authorities say the deadly h7n9 strain of the virus continues to spread, especially on poultry farms. the government began taking preventive measures in december, including closing some live poultry markets. the world health organization is warning people not to visit poultry farms or live bird markets where bird flu cases have been reported. a japanese researcher says the virus has not mutated since the first case of bird-to-human case