this year, suzuki took more leave than usual. she spends nine days at her daughter's home. the bank introduced a system called grandchild care leave. suzuki took advantage of the new perk to help her daughter care for three infants. >> translator: it's fun. child care occupies my time, but that's something worth doing. >> reporter: two years ago, the bank extended the retirement age to 70. management needs older workers to train younger staff and deal with the aftermath of the 20 11 quake and tsunami. to keep them on the payroll, the bank decided they needed to offer new worker benefit leading to the new leave system. staff can apply for 120 days off work to care for grandchildren. so far, four people included suzuki have taken up the offer. >> translator: more people will apply for leave once we get a support system in place to fill in for their absence. >> reporter: more companies are offering child care benefits. this web advertising firm is one of them. the push for change came from its 1,000 employees. twice a year, the company holds an event called the children's boar

. >> and it should be noted here that our own ricky carmichael is co-owner of this suzuki team. he will be very happy with the outcome of this race. >> i'm happy for ken and the crew and everybody working hard. this is a tough field here this year. certainly the best in the business. >> ken roczen to the final corner, he has done it, he won and the 2015 monster energy cup if ken roczen pulls off of the track ready to celebrate. the gloves and goggles into the stand. >> he didn't run in 2011 or 2012. looks like tissue in 2013 he finished in third. he is now a winner of the monster energy cup. here is heart right here. anderson celebrating with him. you can see the sportsmanship. >> those two are practice buddies. >> a rider out of germany has won it right here in las vegas. he is $100,000 richer. the 2015 monster energy cup on fox has been brought to you by monster energy. unleash the beast. and by yamaha pb and have the dinero, all sorts of stuff in it. that's how. really? 'cuz i heard that you could only win it at taco bell. grab a quesarito or volcano quesarito big box for a c

tod we'll follow suzuki and mazda. let's look at the dollar/yen pair. the pair gained about 13% from a year earlier when it was around 105 yen. today the dollar is taking a breather ahead of fomc meeting. it's now below 121 yen. longer term, the yen is weakening. the euro is trading slightly higher or flat ahead of the central bank meetings and major u.s. economic data due out later today including durable goods orders. i'll be back with an update in a few hours. back to you. >> thank you. investors holding off a hitle bit there. reporting live from the tokyo stock exchange. >> japan is being hit by many more typhoons than expected this year. we report on what japanese companies are doing to improve their preparedness for extreme weather and other natural disasters. >> violent winds. record-breaking heavy rain. a typhoon left big scars behind. one storm in july inflicted heavy damage in western japan. it killed 10,000 yellowtail being raised at the seafood company. the damage amounted to about 5.8 million. the company raises about 400,000 yellowtail in

they allowed a veteran outfielders suzuki to pitch. he always dreamed of reviving his high school pitching career with the marlins, the manager thought it was time for suzuki's dream to come through. brilliant ending to that game. >>> that is your sport. it's back to felicity in london. >>> you can find out much more about sport and news stories by going to our website. you can click on our website, aljazeera.com. please join us again in a couple of minutes. i'll see you again. bye-bye. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> saturdays on al jazeera america. technology... it's a vital part of who we are - >>they

that first off, i feel like i should recent the fact that i have to if through 10 to 12 years of u.s suzukig in piano, memorizing scales and chord only to tell me that is bunc bunk. >> this is a crutch for all conversation you have. kennedy: sharpies smell good, jedediah. >> my memory is shot, i don't know how i got here. i don't know who carried me in. but, when i was younger i knew everyone's phone number, i used to just, i had to, because you could not open your phone, and have your phone answer all of your questions. >> walk with your address book everywhere. kennedy: week at a glance. >> true but i feel like i lost some of that, if a hold on to information it is a second and a half, i feel like i am 95, there has to be some truth. but that said i don't know how important it is to remember everything. i mean you know like, when you went to school this stuff they made you memorize how does this help me. kennedy: i would say i'm not smart, i don't put phone numbers in my phone. >> rolo dex. >> a trapper keeper. >> the lady serving the tennis ball. harry reid reported his nasty black eye r

. >> and it should be noted here that our own ricky carmichael is co-owner of this suzuki team. he will be very happy with the outcome of this race. >> i'm happy for ken and the crew and everybody working hard. this is a tough field here this year. certainly the best in the business. >> ken roczen to the final corner, he has done it, he won the $100,000 check. and the 2015 monster energy cup if ken roczen pulls off of the track ready to celebrate. the gloves and goggles into the stand. >> awesome. >> he didn't run in 2011 or 2012. looks like tissue in 2013 he finished in third. he is now a winner of the monster energy cup. here is heart right here. anderson celebrating with him. you can see the sportsmanship. >> those two are practice buddies. >> a rider out of germany has won it right here in las vegas. he is $100,000 richer. the 2015 monster energy cup on fox has been brought to you by monster energy. unleash the beast. and by yamaha pb and have the dinero, people are dipping all sorts of stuff in it. that's how. really? 'cuz i heard that you could only win it at taco bell. gr

suzuki and on do still being sold off. up another 1% today. we have been watching these casinos.a look at this. galaxy entertainment up by more than 7%. wynn also up. rising.ina also we have had reports of another month of false coming through in gaming in macau. perhaps there could be some supporting measures from china. whether or not they will give a boost to casinos or there were just a lot of buying and selling, certainly the casinos lifting the hong kong market today. yvonne: that's right. that report is saying they might be boosting the taurus and sector and we will check on that later. let's check on this evening's u.s. jobs report which gives us another indication of the strength of the economy. and possibly a hint of what the fed will decide at the end of the month. we have more from washington. all eyes will be on the u.s. labor department on friday as wall street takes the latest piece of data likely to have an effect on the federal reserve. two weeks after policymakers decided to leave interest rates near zero, the government will release in september job report data

. >> and it should be noted here that our own ricky carmichael is co-owner of this suzuki team. he will be very happy with the outcome of this race. >> i'm happy for ken and the crew and everybody working hard. certainly the best in the business. >> ken roczen to the final corner, he has done it, he won the $100,000 check. and the 2015 monster energy cup ken roczen pulls off of the track ready to celebrate. the gloves and goggles into the stand. >> awesome. >> he didn't run in 2011 or 2012. looks like tissue in 2013 he finished in third. he is now a winner of the monster energy cup. here is heart right here. anderson celebrating with him. you can see the sportsmanship. >> those two are practice buddies. >> a rider out of germany has won it right here in las vegas. the 2015 monster energy cup on fox has been brought to you by monster energy. unleash the beast. and by yamaha pb and have the dinero, people are dipping all sorts of stuff in it. that's how. really? 'cuz i heard that you could only win it at taco bell. grab a quesarito or volcano quesarito big box for a chance to win

that's because soon-to-be 42-year-old ichiro suzuki has re-upped for one more season with miami. >> gary:the japanese ironman is tied reaching the 3,000 mark. return to index of stories... >> gary:here's an interesting story-- a team that's having line and quarterback traded >> gary:the 49ers announced today nick easton for vikings linebacker gerald hodges and a draft pick. >> gary:hodgers is expected to compete for playing time with michael wilhoite. >> gary: played in 29-games for minnesota with 19- tackles this season. >> gary:easton will be on his third from the ravens to the niners in early september. >> gary:. and tune in every sunday night live. followed by abrand new episode of the that story. --backstory >> gary: geezer the kids that practice. brady used to paying the defensive players. if they made a good play against him in practice tom brady would give them a few dollars. --these are t he kids that practice >> gary:curry just took his shot! warriors season officially srtart--start on oct 27th >> catherine: . and post your high school football selfie to facebook, twitter and i

contention for sometime, so fart game against philadelphia, they allowed their veteran outfielder suzukio pitch the eighth inning. the japanese player that more than 4,000 combined hits in the major leagues but always field of his high school pitching career. >> jockey said the golden horse is the best horse he'd ridden after the pair surprised the favorite to win sunday's race. the horse had been seeking an unprecedented third try. it won the darby in june and after winning in paris is aiming for the breeder's cup in kentucky next. there is more sport on our website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. we've got blogs and video from our correspondents around the world. can i ask for your opinion right now on the rugby? we're getting halfway through, who's looking good? >> i'm looking at australia at the moment. >> new zealand knows all about looking good at the tournament and losing the semifinals. >> you had to bring that up. what about the fact that england's out of the tournament now? does it dampen the whole event? >> it will a little bit. i think the tournament's been a great success an

. >> you're saying that yamaha and suzuki are taking share from harley? thought it was a completely different purchaser? >> yeah, honda and ckawasaki as well. here in the united states, harley is losing share over the last several quarters thanked to the renewed competition from japanese as well as a couple european based manufacturers. >> any sign of turning it around? >> no. i think the primary reason why the stock is off so much today. >> what happened to that loyal customer, the harley-davidson life. they don't sell motorcycles. they sell a lifestyle. >> absolutely. it's an american icon, a global brand. and very well known. they still have half the market for heavyweight motorcycles in the united states. but thanks to the renewed competition, you have another competitor, polaris industries. i think this economy tigs is just a little too much, too soon for harley. >> we've had polaris on, we showed the indian bikes. the same for harley davidson on cnbc. is india cutting into harley's share? >> they certainly are starting to. polaris broadened the prod

in the past 40 years, taylor, suzuki, the first staffer they build it into an amazing organization to work across so many different lines. i wanted to say too that their elder abuse project and the youth violence prevention program are a great model in san francisco as well. lastly a couple of notable accomplishments, they have been honored by other groups. i did want to acknowledge social services. there are projects dealing with abuse and elders and seniors in our community and to promote their independence and aging in place with dignity in our communities. they also have as i mentioned work not only in domestic violence but also developing new projects to support lgbt survivors of domestic violence as well. but really cutting edge in the types of legal work they do that is empowering to people. i wanted to say that my experience helped guide as an activist and social justice person and that they don't get enough credit in the work they do and how much they have changed the lives of youth and people like me, i want to thank dean and his staff and the board and all of those that hav

in the past 40 years, taylor, suzuki, the first staffer they build it into an amazing organization to work across so many different lines. i wanted to say too that their elder abuse project and the youth violence prevention program are a great model in san francisco as well. lastly a couple of notable accomplishments, they have been honored by other groups. i did want to acknowledge social services. there are projects dealing with abuse and elders and seniors in our community and to promote their independence and aging in place with dignity in our communities. they also have as i mentioned work not only in domestic violence but also developing new projects to support lgbt survivors of domestic violence as well. but really cutting edge in the types of legal work they do that is empowering to people. i wanted to say that my experience helped guide as an activist and social justice person and that they don't get enough credit in the work they do and how much they have changed the lives of youth and people like me, i want to thank dean and his staff and the board and all of those that hav