but panasonic and sony both turned in strong earnings. panasonic's operating profit increased 13% to $1.6 billion. sony returned to the black for the first time in two years. >> translator: we are expecting an increase in earnings for all five electronics divisions for the full year. >> reporter: and here's what is boosting sony's bottom line. not the camera. it's one of the parts inside. the image sensor. image sensors convert the light coming through the lens into an electric signal. basically, a high quality sensor means a high quality photo. sony's seamless sensor is not just top quality, it's small. sony engineers achieved that by stacking two wafers together. right now it's the only company capable of mass producing this technology. that gives sony a lock on the market. most high-end mobile phones and many digital cameras come fitted with the company's seamless chip. image sensors contributed 10% of sony's profits. analysts say switching from products to parts is key to the industry's future. >> relatively, b2b business is a higher

sharp and toshiba reported losses but panasonic turned in strong earnings. it increased 13 percent to $1.6 billion and sony went to the black for the first time. >> translator: we're expecting an increase in the earnings for the next five years. >> here is st. bottom line. not the cram but one of the parts inside. the image sensor concert come canning a signal. a high qualify sensor is a high quality. it's not just fop quality but small. sony achieved that by stacking two wafers together. right now it's the only company kpapable of producing. that gives sony a lock on the market. most phones and digital cameras have a chip. the sensors con transcribe yutd it and analysts say that switching is key to the industries future. >> it's higher than it's said buness. focussing and keeping the technology different is more critical. >> they agree and ramping up the investment in the production. they're spending million to buy lines from other companies. sony forecast a bright future in the industry and it's essential for the automatic driving. trns the marlth will con

global names including panasonic and honda also did well. now, as i mentioned earlier, there was some action on the back of corporate news, shares of shopping mall operator aeon mall were up overle% at one stage and now is the on the back of stock buy backs. traders will be trying to glean as much as they can from last month's trade meeting. there were a close watch on the happenings of the meetings with the bank of japan. >>> most other markets in the asia-pacific region ended lower. in china, the shanghai composite lowered 1%. growing speculation about a december rate hike in the u.s. weighed on some markets. singapore closed at its lowest in six weeks. hong kong closed lower .34%. sydney gained .3%. here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> a record number of foreign tourists entered japan in the first ten months of this year. officials at the japan national tourism organization estimated more than 16 million people visited between january and october. up 48% from a year earlier. travelers from mainland chin

. >> i got a bluetooth speaker, panasonic blu-ray player, beats headphones. >> reporter: but this year's biggest black friday trend? online shopping. thanksgiving online sales up 26% since last year. for shoppers, this is a sprint, but for shops, this is a marathon. many remain open until 10:00 p.m. tonight. and number crunchers say there are many sales still available. tom? >> thank you. >>> and we're learning details about the man that disrupted the first family's thanks giving dinner. joseph caputo managing to scale the white house fence. we're learning he may have had darker aspirations. here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, joseph caputo is facing charges of unlawful entry after his brazen security breach on white house grounds thanksgiving day. the first family was at home when caputo, draped in the american flag, broke through a makeshift barrier and scaled the perimeter fence. secret service agents, guns drawn, swiftly took him into custody. the white house was on lockdown for nearly three hours. >> the most important part is how quickly they got to him once he flipped ove

we have a japanese chamber of commerce in the city of mcallen because panasonic, sony are located there because they have a trade agreement between mexico and japan. as they expand those trade agreements, there will be more pressure, more things getting shipped over from mexico instead of being manufactured here. we need to get on board. carlos: mayor martinez, what are your views, particularly as it relates to energy and all that is going on there he i go mayor martinez: -- going on there? mayor martinez: we have presidential permits in brownsville to go ahead and pipe national gas into mexico. mexico needs the energy that we have to provide. i think the thrust of our conversation here has to be that not only does the world need to a betterhave to have messaging from our standpoint to let everybody know what is going on and why the border is so important, but i think a good example of what i am talking about is, we just finished doing bid from train rail mexico to the united states in over 100 years. the mayor of laredo is trying to improvise and get something going. the way cut down t

. >> they have a bluetooth speaker, panasonic blu-ray player, beatsheadphones. >> get our thanksgiving early to come get in line early. shopping on black friday. >> reporter: this black friday brawl breaking out in one kentucky mall. fists flying as shoppers flee. but overall this year's thanksgiving shopping scene seemingly a bit more tame. in part because many retailers touting online deal the same if not better than what you'd find in stores making it easier than ever to avoid the commotion completely. >> i thought maybe the line would be a few blocks. took us only five minutes to get in. >> reporter: if you weren't among the crowd, there's still plenty of time to join the expected 136 million people who plan to shop over thanksgiving weekend. 75% of those shoppers will be out today for black friday deals. and for anyone who is planning to hit the tors today google as this new future called think with google and they tell you all the peak times, the times to go to retailers, the time to skip retailers. this he say between 2:00 and 4:00, that will be maximum capacity. that's when the