is that the broadcasting of 8k starts on the ist of december this year by the national broadcaster, nhkh. oh, no, hang on. now another thing that might be of interest to japan's ageing population are these. they may look like normal glasses, but if i press the touch sensor on the side, you may have seen a little flash, and what that was was liquid crystals inside the glasses shifting orientation and changing the focus, meaning it's easier to see things close up, just like bifocals. now, the upside of these is that you can then turn them off and goes back to your regular prescription. and we'll finish with something mind blowing, eye—popping, and jawdropping. i can't even walk in. it's messing with my perspective. this is borderless. the latest otherworldly experience from digital art collective teamlab. this amazing space is their first permanent home in odaiba in tokyo. a 10,000 square metre magical transcendent world of projected art that's never the same twice. this is just astonishing. it really is alive. the exhibits react to your presence and your touch. nothing is just played on

real news is that the broadcasting of 8k starts on 1 december this year by the national broadcaster, nhks is definitely something to watch. yes, ok, ok, virtual baseball was a bit hit... homerun! ..and miss. and i wasn't having much luck with virtual fishing either. it's heavy. this teleha ptic setup by keio university means i could be at home while the fishing rod that's copying my movements is out at sea. that may, of course, mean that dinner is a little late. now, if emily has no luck catching those robot fish, she might like to try the robots here at this lawson store. hello? hello. it's the overenthusiastic shop assistant there. lawson is a big firm injapan. a bit similar to tesco back home. they serve food, but what they're finding is that the population in japan is decreasing, the working population, so fewer people able to work in stores. so, our shop assistant at the top will knock us up a salad according to our allergies or our health concerns, she will know those automatically in the future. and in a few years' time, lawson would like to introduce these cooking robots, to cook

is that the broadcasting of 8k starts on the 1st of december this year by the national broadcaster, nhkt might be of interest to japan's ageing population are these. they may look like normal glasses, but if i press the touch sensor on the side, you may have seen a little flash, and what that was was liquid crystals inside the glasses shifting orientation and changing the focus, meaning it's easier to see things close up, just like bifocals. now, the upside of these is that you can then turn them off and goes back to your regular prescription. and we'll finish with something mind blowing, eye—popping, and jawdropping. i can't even walk in. it's messing with my perspective. this is borderless, the latest otherworldly experience from digital art collective teamlab. this amazing space is their first permanent home in 0daiba in tokyo. a 10,000 square metre magical transcendent world of projected art that's never the same twice. this is just astonishing. it really is alive. the exhibits react to your presence and your touch. nothing is just played on loop. everything is changing and reacting

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so this program will be broadcast later on by nhk world and the global agenda. i would like to take a moment to thank nhk for the generous support to help make this possible and to the commitment to independence and underscore that the views represented here today are of the speakers only. so we have a terrific group of experts today willing to share their expertise. they come from very different fields, so i think it is going to be a very rich discussion, from economics, from political science, law, journalism. let me introduce them briefly for all of you. tosedo nakimaya, professor from japan. edward alden, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations here in town. a professor at the university of luven in belgium. and mark lewis, professor at harvard law school in boston. camebridge, actually. sorry. let me take a couple of minutes to set the scene, to highlight some of the important trends and issues that the speakers will be discussing in much more detail and we will certainly be taking questions from the audience so we can engage with you as well. i

. >> we would like to welcome our viewers joining us on c-span, nhk japan, and listeners on radio. >> our inclusion requirements are at montanapbs.org. the candidates meeting the criteria are here tonight. >> democrat u.s. senator jon tester. thanks for joining us. state auditor republican matt rosendahl. >> welcome to both of you. we have a slightly different format tonight. each candidate will have an additional 90 seconds to answer questions. after that, open discussion and a chance for rebuttal and follow-up questions or direct exchanges. there'll will be a closing statement from each candidate tonight. let's start with the event that has gripped our nation, the supreme court justice confirmation process. you have both spoken publicly about the fact that this is the most important decision and vote that a u.s. senator take on as part of his duty. let's use this current confirmation process as an example to reiterate how you would vote or how you are voting. we would like to hear insight into what informs your decision, the important factors in a monumental decision like this for a

glad to have you with us on nhk "newsline." it's 9:00 a.m. on wednesday in tokyo.ickki yamamoto. >>> we begin with a mystery surrounding a prom nant saudi journalist's alleged killing in turkey. the president is saying people should not rush to judge saudi arabia when it

i would like to take a moment to thank nhk for the generous support that helps make this event possible and also to the brookings commitment to independence and underscore that the views represented here today are of the speakers only. so we have a terrific group of experts today willing to share their expertise. they come very different fields something is going to be a very rich discussion from economics, from political science, law, journalism. let me introduce them briefly for all of you. toshihiro nakayam is professor at taylor university in tokyo japan. ted alden senior fellow at the council for relations here in town hylke vandenbussche is professor at university in belgium. and professor hopper law school. mark wu. let me take a couple minutes to set the scene to highlight some of the important transit issues that the speakers will be discussing and much more detail and we will start taking questions anarchists we can engage with you as well. i don't think it's too much of an exaggeration to say that we live in extraordinary times. frequently we don't know what the world is head

is that the broadcasting of 8k starts on the 1st of december this year by the national broadcaster, nhk what that was was liquid crystals inside the glasses shifting orientation and changing the focus, meaning it's easier to see things close up, just like bifocals. now, the upside of these is that you can then turn them off and goes back to your regular prescription. and we'll finish with something mind blowing, eye—popping, and jawdropping. i can't even walk in. it's messing with my perspective. this is borderless. the latest otherworldly experience from digital art collective teamlab. this amazing space is their first permanent home in odaiba in tokyo. a 10,000 square metre magical transcendent world of projected art that's never the same twice. this is just astonishing. it really is alive. the exhibits react to your presence and your touch. nothing is just played on loop. everything is changing and reacting all the time. behind the scenes, 520 computers and 470 projectors bring to life the work of cg! artists, engineers, and architects. some of the artjust doesn't stay put. character

time to see what's in the news here on nhk world.'m james tengan. . >>> we begin in japan where prime minister shinzo abe is making it clear he plans to increase the consumption tax next year. he's t telling cabinet members ease the impact. gene otani has the