the tanker left a port in northern norway early last month. it then sailed through the arctic ocean along the russian coast and through the bearing strait. the route opened up as ice melted due to global warming. the distance is two-thirds that of the regular path which passes through the suez canal in egypt. the arctic route will enable japan to increase it's lgm imports and diversify it's lgm imports, cutting the energy dependence on the middle east, but challenges remain, including cost problems. it have russian government is making it a requirement for tankers that follow that route to use russian ice breakers. it's not only natural gas, the japanese are looking to other energy sources to replace nuclear power after last year's nuclear disaster. an exhibition featuring the latest using solar powered technology has begun near tokyo. about 200 companies are taking part from japan, china and germany and several other countries. demand is growing in japan has power companies are now required to purchase renewable energy. but japanese solar mak

as it turns out we ended up doing the same story in northern norway with the sami people away. kind of a lot of sticks in the end it's quite i mean most the place you were very hard to get to. russia is a vast place i think when it came down to the wire norway it was chosen over russia will be the psalmist people are the same the same part of the sammies people live in russia you know i mean it is the same people just divided exactly by a political border there yeah but since this is you so if you're interested in human stories i mean there's a lot you can find russia in the caucasus for example i mean just wild well things this is i mean since i've been here this is i've had this conversation with so many people and i would love to i mean when i look at a map and i see russia it's i'm i'm in too much in oroville i would not literally know where to stop. it's one of those places that you really need to i mean like i say i wouldn't know where to start it's hard to it's hard to come up with a plan of what you would do in russia you know so vast but. if we leave russia alone you y

>> host: a lot of people say the northern european countries, norway, sweden, et cetera, is socialists. is socialism a term that is outdated? >> guest: i think it is. let's take an example. car companies going bankrupt during the last cycle. america, big capitalist country, doesn't have a social safety net. so if those companies were out of work it would be a social catastrophe so the company had to bail those companies it0. sweden had a car company that went bankrupt, saab, and because of the social safety net and restraining program, they let saab go bankrupt and let the market take its course. which is more capitalist, the country with the safety net that can allow the market to do its thing or the country without one that couldn't afford to let the market do its thing. >> the title, "inc." is this a oh-too? >> i suppose you could read it that way. it's more of a cautionary tale. it's a story how the growth of the power of private actors has spent dramatically, not just in the past decade but over the past thousand years. it's a historical trend just like the evolution of democracy

." >>> rice harvested in northern japan is being shipped all the way to europe. the destination norway. it's not for eating. it's being made into sake in the same traditional way it's been brewed in japan for centuries. >> reporter: in the norweigan capital, sake is getting popular. many people like to drink with their meals. >> translator: this is made in norway using japanese rice. it's really good. >> reporter: the flavor is tru fruity with a slight acidity. >> translator: i'm very proud of the sake made in norway. >> translator: i usually drink red wine but i love sake too. >> reporter: as europe acquires a growi ining taste for japanes food, demand for sake is increasing. europe's first and only sake brewery is here in the south of norway. it was set up two years ago by a local er company. the brewer is from canada. he first discovered sake nine years ago and was amazed a complex flavor could be made from rice and water. three years ago he met the owner of this brewery at a sake workshop and was invited to norway to help start a production. >> it's very rewarding. >> reporter: it'

northern market. the parent company of the discovery channel is buying a dozen networks in norway, sweden, denmark, and company. roughly one-half billion. discovery has also approved a $1 billion increase to its existing stock buyback program. the most reid tweeted message for 2012 was president obama's for more years victory speech. a photo of him hugging the first lady. some of the other most tweeted events include the summer olympics, the super bowl, the election, of course, and super storm sandy. as the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power prosper. dennis: hollywood has had a bomb big box office ride all year. trancelike the avengers, that shooting of a dark night rises, with the opening of the hub it h new ticket sales to a record high. trying to make money on this. that, it looks like hollywood will pull a come back here. >> i think the year is virtually a lock. as you pointed out, it has been a bumpy year. the avengers, hundred names among the dark night, despite the tragedy or highlights, but there were some write-offs along the way. overall it was a pretty decent year, i