good morning, ramin. what can you tell us? >> thank you very much, ai. those numbers you just mentioned coming in a little bit wider than market consensus, but let's have a look at how the nikkei and the topix are reacting for today, wednesday, august 20th. both are in the positive, nikkei up 0.25%. we'll see how that progresses. the nikkei hit a two-week closing high on tuesday and both indexes registered seven days of gains in a row. now investors may be prompted to continue buying shares here today, after inflation and housing data released in the u.s. on tuesday eased some worries about the u.s. economy, and helped push the dollar higher, and that of course should continue to support exporter shares here in japan. the dollar has risen even further from this time yesterday, so that bodes well also. ai? >> so where does the dollar stand against the yen this wednesday morning, ramin, and what are you hearing where the trading may be headed? >> the dollar/yen really is stuck in a range. let's look right now, 1 10 2.93-98, close to the 103 level. an analy

. >>> let's now go to ramin ramine melengard. good morning wharks's on tokyo's investors' minds. >> starting a week on a positive note. some key events may keep investors a little bit sidelines. the nikkei and the topix both well in the positive. the nikkei ended just about in the positive on monday. investors largely focused on the health care sectors, a story we've been reporting, a source looking to spend $10 billion to gain full ownership of two-guy pharmaceutical, japan's third biggest pharmaceutical company. a lot of to skusz afocus in jap exporters. the dollar yen very important pair for currency traders. right now, it's at 102.63-65. investors bought the dollar after american home builder sentiment rose to its highest level since yan. the eero, by contrast, 137.07-10. janet yellen would be given a speech on friday. many analysts will be talking about the state of the labor market, jobs. the central bank, mariodragey will also be there. that will be another big focus. many of the market speculating at currency levels. and

. >> and, ramin, all of that looks like it's affecting currency markets, too. where are we now? >> yeah, exactly, the dollar yen a big foe cuss. let's have a look at that. the euro dollar, i beg your pardon. 1.p 3190-3192. analysts say traders sold and bought in new york trading hours to take profits from the recent advance. now, great deal of focus on the european central bank meeting coming up on september 4th. in other words, an interest rate cut. the dollar yen pair has again dipped below 104. 103.83-86. late i recall today, august unemployment rate from germany will be a big focus and probably will be a guide to the currency and stock markts, as well. now, keep track of all the sectors here in japan and also how some of the asian indexs strad. trade. most of them ended higher yesterday. but upward momentum has not been strong, as we've seen? the u.s., europe as well as japan this morning. so we'll see how that develops and then have a full round up of the morning trade in a few hours. back to you, yi? >> sounds goods. we'll talk to you then, ramin. >>> prosecutors in france

ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. i will be back next hour with more of your business headlines. here is a look at some of your other market he is. >>> officials with the world health organization have been tracking the ebola outbreak in west africa, and they say the epidemic continues to accelerate. they say more than 20,000 people could be infected in the next six months. the w.h.o. has published new figures. they show 3,069 people have been infected or believe to have been infected with ebola, and the fatality rate is reaching more than 50%. 1,552 of them have died. the u.n. health agency officials say the number of actual patients could already be several times higher, and they say there could eventually be more than six times as many cases as doctors currently know about. officials are calling for a global response to the spread of the virus. the agency says it needs $490 million to combat ebola as it set out a road map for tackling the outbreak. researchers suspect the first case was a 2-year-old boy in guinea i

. >> all right, ramin, thanks a lot for that. >>> the number of foreign visitors to japan has hit a record, monthly high. some have been attracted by a weaker yen. others from southeast asia are finding it easier to get visas. the number of visitors from mainland clooi that and indonesia more than doubled. last year, the number exceeded 10 million for the first time. more cruise ships are docking at japanese ports. and people in the tourism industry are seeing another banner year. more headlines for you in business next hour. here's another check on markets. >>> officials overseeing the damaged fukushima daiichi power plant in northeastern japan are putting their hopes in a new water treatment system. workers for tokyo electric power company have started testing the system to remove radioactive materials in contaminated ground water. if successful, the treated water would then be released into the ocean. the test began after about 500 tons of radioactive ground water was pumped up from drainage wells around the reactor buildings. the workers then ran about 290 tons of water through the sys

. >> ramin, thank also lot for that report. hackers have infiltrated sony's online entertainment service and shut it down for almost a day. company officials say the attack crashed their play station net work for games, music and movies. officials at sony computer entertainment say the hackers caused a system failure across the global network. they say the distribution zfs was unavailable for about 20 hours while they dealt with the problem. but they say they found no evidence the hackers accessed the personal information of network users. 52 million people have accounts. >>> the same hackers claimed online there were explosives on a plane carrying head of a sony subsidiary. officials diverted the plane for an emergency landing. investigators with the f.b.i. are looking into the matter. >>> japanese government officials are coming up with ways to tackle one of the problems of their ageing society. they want to train 20,000 new construction workers to address a serious labor shortage. members of a labor ministry task force met t

wlet's get the latest from ramin. >> let's get a check on how the markets are opening here on friday. august 22nd. 15,673 624. up a quarter% for the nikkei. the broader topics, higher. it has been boosted by speculation that the u.s. interest rates may rise sooner than expected. and that may widen the ten-year government security interest rate gap between japanese government bonds and u.s. government bonds. that's very closely watched right now. and that, in turn, of course, is pushing up the dollar. so that's helped a lot of japanese exporters. still, there is a little bit of caution in the markets ahead of that economic symposium in wyoming later today, which is also this weekend and federal chief chair, janet yellen as well european president will p giving speeches later today. >> and where do some of the major currency pairs come this morning? >> let's look at the dollar yen. right now, single currency dipped below 1.33 dollars for the first time in a year. investors are waiting for the speech to see whether he drops any hints about helping to support euro zone's fragile growth ra

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