it will cover about 1,000 restaurants in osaka and tokyo. 10 million tourists visited japan in 2013. it looks like that record will be broken this year. the number topped 1 million in october. let's take a look at stocks. investors are buying export-related shares. the nikkei popped up 0.4% at the open. the nikkei up by 0.4%. south korea's kospi is trading lower. in australia, the benchmark index is up by 0. 4%. government officials hope to calm concerns by improving profits of how the pension fund is invested. >> the government pension investment fund is an independent administrative body that manages the public pension fund. it's a national nest egg worth more than $1.2 trillion. gpif has been putting 60% of investments in national bonds. another 12% goes into domestic stocks. the body unveiled a new strategy last month. the policy keeping a relatively large amount of holdings in japanese government bonds will change. under the new strategy, will reduce holdings by 35%. >> the person in charge is the welfare minister. he spoke to nhk world's senior commentator how the government is

osakae the seal of the exchanges saying that japan wanted to get in.e osaka saying that japan wanted to get in. i would network? -- how would that work? now it is very small, and we expect china to open up. you will probably see shenzhen next but there is no reason you were not see a link to london or new york. this way they are able to control the pipe. if they have one pipe with japan going in and out and they want to squeeze that they can overtime. >> they are saying is within two years. could that happen -- shenzhen within two years. could that happen? >> i don't think so. >> it is an all-time high. >> is a good performer but highly liquid. the market accounts is shanghai. that counts is shanghai. that is where people want to be right now. look at the premium, eight are sent or 9%. -- 8% or 9%. look at aggie bank, 12% premium. right now what we will get is flow from hong kong into shanghai until the whole thing equalizes and then we will see how it goes. but shenzhen i do not think so. >> there are these quarter concerns. are they going to be able

this facility in osaka used to receive complaints from locals about excessive noise. so it began inviting neighbors to its events. here, local elderly people have been invited to sports day. >> translator: it's okay. grandma's here. we are all nanas. >> reporter: the day-care center says that since it began to build relationships in the community, there have been fewer noise complaints. >> translator: we can prevent trouble and help local people to understand the situation by inviting them to see these wonderful children and watch them grow up. >> reporter: this people-to-people strategy might be what it takes to turn things around. instead of seeing day cares as a nuisance, locals might consider them a benefit. >>> people across japan have celebrated culture day on monday. in the city of nara people gather to watch one of the country's oldest performance arts. ♪ dancers put on a performance of an art form associated with japan's imperial court. the setting was a 1,200-year-old shrine with unesco world heritage status. dancers in battle armor acted out a piece. the pi

so far, the members have formed trash collecting groups in cities like tokyo, osaka. and nagoya.s publicity has paid off. a cleaning goods company using the performers as brand ambassadors. >> translator: if we can form clear's groups all over the country, our towns will be cleaner. we want to continue to expand to wherever we receive a request. >> translator: our dream is to go overseas to clean and then give a live show. together with our fans. >> reporter: someday, clear's aims to have groups in all 47 of japan's prefectures. they've been gaining attention as a model for success, ever diversifying pop business. >>> there's more to come here on "newsline." but first a three-day outlook on the world's weather. officials at unicef are celebrating the anniversary of a landmark treaty protecting the world's children. the convention on the rights of the child was signed 25 years ago. the organization invited performers from around the world to an event at u.n. headquarters in new york. artist yoko ono and actor hugh jackman was among the participants, as well as children from differ

so far, the members have formed trash collecting groups in cities like tokyo, osaka and nagoya.s has paid off. they use the cleaners as brand ambassadors. >> translator: if we can form clears groups all over the country, our towns will be cleaner. we want to continue to expand to wherever we receive a request. >> translator: our dream is to go overseas to clean and then give a live show. together with our fans. >> reporter: some day clears aims to have groups in all 47 of japan's prefectures. they've been gaining attention as a model for success, ever diversifying the pop business. >>> people in beijing are hoping to see the clear blue skies they saw last week. but residents are seeing heavy rains once again. meteorologist robert sp speta explains. >> let's go to images coming out of beijing. we are seeing the very thick fog. a lot of the restrictions have been lifteded since then. authorities are calling for pollution levels to be up near hazardou hazardous. a daily level should be around 20 right now we are seeing about 350. so it's definitely a day where people are advised to

this facility in osaka used to receive complaints from locals about excessive noise. so it began inviting neighbors to its events. here, local elderly people have been invited to sports day. grandma's here. we are all nanas. >> reporter: the day-care center says that since it began to build relationships in the community, there have been fewer noise complaints. >> translator: we can prevent trouble and help local people to understand the situation by inviting them to see these wonderful children and watch them grow up. >> reporter: this people-to-people strategy might be what it takes to turn things around. instead of seeing day cares as a nuisance, locals might consider them a benefit. >>> it's a beautiful sunny day in tokyo but there is a typhoon moving toward japan. for details here is our meteorologist, robert speta. >> this is typhoon nuri. it is starting to weaken. but this is one of those storm systems you don't want to be near the center of circulation. and good news is no one is really near the center of circulation unless you are on a boat and lost ahead of

she's being treated at a hospital in osaka. staff there say she's tested positive for malaria. >>> after the 2011 disaster$201 japan's government impose tougher requirements on nuclear power plants. now a plant is at a critical juncture, the first to meet the new requirements and has gained the approval of the governor to restart its reactors. >> translator: i thoroughly examined the situation from various angles. i've decided we have no choice but to restart the two reactors at the sendai nuclear power plant. >> a citizens group submitted a petition to the prefectural assembly calling for sendai's reactors to be reactivated. the assembly voted to support the petition and gave its approval for the restart. >> translator: i think it's important to gain the understanding of local residents before the reactors are restarted. we should put all our effort into discussing the matter with them. >> anti-nuclear protesters gathered in front of the assembly building. some of them said the decision was too hasty. others said they will kee

so far the members have formed trash collecting groups in cities like tokyo, osaka, and nagoya.s publicity has paid off. a cleaning goods company uses the performers as brand ambassadors. >> translator: if we can form clear's groups all over the country, our towns will be cleaner. we want to continue to expand to worever we receive a request. >> translator: our dream is to go overseas to clean and then give a live show. together with our fans. ♪ >> reporter: some day clear's aims to have groups in all 47 of japan's prefectures. they've been gaining attention as a model for success, ever diversifying pop business. >>> people in parts of china are suffering from bad air pollution. our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us for debt tails. sayaka? >> yes, gene, last week in beijing the air was quite clean. however, the sky turned yellowish this week. this w the scene coming out of beijing on thursday. beijing residents woke up to heavy smog on thursday. it's a week after the at the government lifted air pollution control, put in place for apec forum to make sure of blue skies. authorit

. >> translator: this woman works with a group in osaka that supports destitute families. they include people like this single mother in her 40s, who has three children. >> translator: i can't help but feel i'm responsible for my children descending to the lower levels of this society. >> translator: i don't think you're to blame. >> reporter: the woman said she divorced her husband because he wasn't working. and the family became financially strapped. she suffers from mild depression. her doctor advised refraining from work so her family lives on welfare. >> translator: try to give yourself some love and appreciation. >> reporter: the group offers quick help to families in need. sometimes it's buying food and other necessities, but it also can involve counseling on how to apply for welfare benefits, and lending a sympathetic ear to their concerns. >> translator: we receive many calls, and strive to do our best. but often, all we can do is treat the symptoms. we're not able to get to the cause. it's like putting a bandage on a cut. >> reporter: a series of events nearby le

seth doane has found in osaka. >> call this precision may be an understatement.no detail goes unnoticed. no flourish is too small and slicing a dicon radish exactly one millimeter thick is, well, expected. >> i'm nervous. >> sung yung park came from korea he learned to peel vegetables in his words toilet paper thin. how long did it take you to learn how to do that? >> three years. >> after all this is cooking school in japan. country that gave us the samurai and more recently the cable show "iron chef." students repeat, welcome to a restaurant before class. they should probably be wishing each other good luck, they are graded on every detail. temperature of food, speed of service and creativity. the man behind the demanding stan cards is yoshiki tsuji. when you were a little boy did you know that you were going to wind up running this school? >> in my kindergarten days, i wrote, i am going to take over and make best cooking school. >> did you love to eat, love to cook in kindergarten. >> i was completely brainwashed. >> brainwashed because his father, shizuo tsuj

equity market, and we are seeing a lot of excitement, yes, you guess just last week, we heard from the osakaxchange, telling us thisjapan wanted in in hong kong shanghai stockinette, no specifics, just that they wanted to get in. >> we also have shenzhen. it is not just the hong kong shanghai market. a lot of buzz we have seen lately is also that market, because right now the equity age is trading near an all-time high relative to shares in shanghai. now, bank of america and templeton emerging markets fund shanghai hong kong and get started, it will follow within two years. we now hear that we have a launch date of november 17, so we are going to see what comes out with the equipment for this stock in that. >> right. thanks for that. and looking at the hong kong onnges themselves, reacting this news, as well, and looking at the brokerages which do trade on the hong kong exchange, getting a feel of what we can expect when things get underway, let's go over to john dawson. in a few minutes. is a tell you there two-day chart, and you can see friday, this spike up, this is actually amid speculat

one thing that's interesting about the communiquÉ is again, and osaka city, one of the things he doesn'tsay, this thing in particular is very interesting that it doesn't talk about and that is a proposal that was rooted at the third plenum to centralize court appointments and financing up to the provincial level. not beyond penalties of up to the provincial level so that within any given province would be at the provincial level about appointments, personal and finances were made. and again this is very explicitly with the idea of reducing the problem of local protectionism. if it happened at the provincial level it's not going to get rid of it but i think a lot of the local protectionism takes place at the local apple, not at the provincial level. it was his proposal for to happen. there was expectation about putting this into practice, and not a peep about this proposal in the fourth plenum decision. it's hard to know why. the reform is popular among legal academics that until not so popular among judges. one reason apparently that judges fear that a more hierarchical system of authori