welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12-hour flight and i'm baked.must -- go out. ♪ the district near my hotel has the advantage of being where the subterranean life, the repressed i.d.s of the japanese male some female, too, comes out to play. joining me is japanese film producer and production manager maso sokubel. always a good sign when protective chains protect entertainers from the soon to be entertained. right? prepare yourself for the greatest show in the history of entertainment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> no. no, it can't be over! not yet. no! but yet -- yet it is. with a series of chaste high fives with the hard-working performers. okay, i've got to tell you. i've seen jimi hendrix. >> have you? >> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen jason robars on broadway considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life! it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that s

there is an old saying that japan is tokyo, and tokyo is japan.ys, having abe's installed in tokyo is good news for the ldp, not only from the nuclear standpoint, not only from an economic standpoint, but also with the olympics coming up in 2020. there is a lot of planning to be done. this election in some ways is a bit comforted it. the turnout was terrible. snowstormsbiggest over the weekend in 45 years here in tokyo. i am still shoveling. i asked my neighbors yesterday that i bumped into when i was going to the grocery store and people i was shoveling for, are you going to vote today? know when i met said yes. the roads were still a bit dicey. i think a lot of folks stayed home. it is a bit competitive in terms of the turnout. you have to look at this is a good day for shinzo abe. about that, but certainly whether or not there is a popular mandate there is another question. snowed in. tell us about yoichi masuzoe and his policies. >> his policies are very much status quo. there is nothing about what he is offering that is a difference from the

i'm gene otani in tokyo. f v vúú rex in rome, the international community -- >> in rome, the international community is told it has failed syria. aleppo was bombarded saturday and sunday by regime forces. woody allen rejects allegations of sexual abuse that have been made by his adopted hotter -- daughter.

i'm gene otani in tokyo.rom all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. >> a new round of peace talks on syria are underway. they come after 10 days after the first round that achieved little more than getting both the regime and the opposition in the same room. swiss voters backed a proposal in favor of quotas for immigrants. france and the european union called the narrowly-past move worrying. barack obama and francois hollande write about their model relationship in an op-ed piece published today ahead of the state visit to the white house.

i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.  hello it it's 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. raise thes ready to curtain on sochi 2014. a lavish opening ceremony is expected. there is no let up in the international criticism. conversationatic about ukraine's future is posted online forcing washington to apologize to the european union. they step on the road to lasting democracy -- tunisia celebrates its new constitution. it hopes it will bring an end to years of political crisis.

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tokyo is looking at some precipitation. don't expect any white stuff to fall with this storm system. but, the big threat is, though, as it does push east it will be pumping warm air from the south so all that large snow pack that's already in place in areas just outside of tokyo, likely that's going to be quickly melting and there is a high risk of avalanches to be had out there. now, this is bringing that rainfall here even farther towards the northeast. also a separate system pushing across northeastern china. wintry precipitation coming in with that. but the big thing is, a classic sign of spring at the very least, but unfortunately for people with respiratory issues, you're not very happy. pm 2.5 forecast, the dust out of the gobi, the northwestern winds come through, picks it up and threatens that across much of northeastern china and hazy conditions expected into korea and even over towards japan going through your thursday evening. do expect a rather decent sunset at the very least here on thursday evening, just due

>> tokyo university.in fact, he helped get okawa removed from one of his mental hospitals to convalescence home he himself ran. there is definitely conflicting interests by the end of the trial with this japanese psychiatrists. like i said before, no one expected the japanese site to say -- of course they would say of course ethan rayne. they did try at one point, this doctor to get released before the try line is seen who'd like to live and serenity. he had a very peaceful home. they be easier to recover and serenity. they said no that's not happening. anyone else? >> has written a book curator of europe session? >> i hope so. i case you tell me. there was a long period after finishing my tried not to think about this for a long time as i mentioned, towards the end of the book my grandfather and okawa shuemi really only shared distaste for a matter of hours if you backup the whole history. meanwhile, i gave used to so i thought incongruous and not send. yeah, a little excessive so i had to back off. in t

tokyo up to 15 here. now the good news, it is warming, unfortunately in the higher elevations, we're seeing this very large snow pack in place, and take a look at the averages. it is well above the normal average for a lot of you here. this is because of the back-to-back snowstorms we've seen over the last several weeks. now this is quickly melting and you can see here there's a very high risk of avalanches. avalanche advisories just posted around the canto area. also looking at some heavy snowfall and higher elevations across the pacific northwest. accompanied by some rain showers in a few areas out here and gusty winds. up to about 100 kilometers per hour across the northern rockies due to these two low pressure systems interacting with a high towards the north. the good news is that you are seeing this moisture come onshore and that's bringing foul weather towards washington state. down to the south, california you will be getting into the mix as well. you are in severe drought here. any rainfall is de

tokyo on saturday, high 10 only. definitely going to see some rain showers, shanghai, chongqing as well, ulan bator at minus 9 on your saturday. let's finish up talking about the tropics. guam, you are dealing with a tropical depression. this very well likely is going to be become a tropical storm sometime here on friday going into saturday morning. you've already seen some mudslides reported out here due to a considerable amount of rainfall. 16 millimeters in the last 24 hours. this is going to drift north staying east of guam likely. but still you're looking at heavy rain showers come out of this. the southern hemisphere on the other hand, you're also looking at some heavy rain fall. flooding has already been reported in parts of fiji. the military already having to be called here to help with assistance. this isn't even a named system yet. still developing. likely going to become a tropical cyclone over the weekend as it does push down there towards the southeast. all right. that's a look at your world weather. he

tokyo's nikkei bucking the regional trend. it fell sharply for a second straight day. >>> and in mumbai the sensex index rose 0.8%, 20,366. investors getting a bit of relief after india's latest data showed inflationary pressure eased up a bit in january. the wholesale price index fell to an eight-month low just over 5%. here's the picture in currencies, euro dollar at 1.3695. the euro jumped to a three-week high against the dollar. soon after germany's gdp numbers came out. meanwhile, dollar/yen being quoted at 101.82. that's little change from the levels in late asian trading. now in terms of the british pound, it keeps rising. it's approaching, in fact, three-year high against the dollar. traders believe that the bank of england may become the first major central bank to raise the key rate, the b.o.e. upgraded this year's growth forecast on wednesday. >>> well, many investors have had a rough start to the year. the markets have really been on quite a ride. the former president of the world bank says investors are still seei

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. markets across the asia pacific take a big tumble, sparking concerns more turmoil could weaken the global economy. >>> japanese and south koreans are at odds over what to call the sea between their countries. now, the naming debate is causing ripples in the united states. >>> and trying to solve china's water woes. officials in the country are coming up with creative solutions to meet the growing demand. >>> investors have said markets across asia on a downward slide and the tokyo stock exchange racked up the worst losses. the benchmark nikkei average posted its biggest one-day loss in more than seven months. it tumbled 4.18% to end at 14,008. its lowest close in almost four months. investors pulled their money out of riskier assets such as stocks after disappointing u.s. manufacturing data fanned fears. investors went after safer assets such as the japanese currency. the stronger yen hurt local equities, especially expor

i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. >> welcome back to the newsroom here on "france 24." here are the top stories. they u.n. releases a scathing report on child abuse in the catholic church, demanding the vatican removes all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers. the ukrainian president is kia afterwn in battling -- kia after battling two months of protests. the winter olympics kick off in sochi on friday, the most

this woman in her 70s lives alone near tokyo. last year she received a phone call from a man who claimed to be a city hall employee. he told her that her medical expenses over a certain amount will be refunded. she gave him her bank information and received a phone call on her mobile phone from a person who claimed to be a bank employee. she was asked to go to a nearby atm to make a cash transfer. the caller kept her on the line as she made the transfer, and she did as she was told. eventually she transferred nearly $5,000 dollars into someone else's account. >> translator: i was confident that i would never be a scam victim, but i now realize that i was wrong after what i have experienced. i now feel that i should have talked to someone about what was happening from the outset. it was too late when they convinced me. >> reporter: many elderly people become targets of fraud. >> translator: a man on the phone called me grandma. i asked who it was. he said it's me, grandma. so i said i didn't have a grant son. then he hung up. >> t

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. clashes between police and anti-government protesters in kiev are causing more deaths and injuries, as both the president and the opposition dig in their heels. >>> tokyo prosecutors have searched an affiliate of pharmaceutical giant novartis on suspicion that the company deceptively advertised one of its drugs. >>> and a curator from tokyo is finding some gems of contemporary art and sharing them with the world. >>> anti-government protesters and police show no sign of backing off as clashes intensify in the ukrainian capital of kiev. the worst violence in months of unrest has left 25 people dead and more than 500 injured. the situation escalated into brutal violence on tuesday when police tried to stop demonstrators marching. police stormed the protesters stronghold of independence square in central kiev. the people there responded by throwing firebombs. health ministry officials say the victims include police officers,

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. authorities in geneva say the co-pilot of a hijacked ethiopian airlines flight has been arrested after the plane was forced to land in switzerland. >>> investigators in china's xinjiang uighur autonomous region say police were the targets last week of a terrorist attack. >>> and only a few postmen serve the millions of people in the afghan capital kabul. and their challenges don't end there. police in switzerland have detained the co-pilot of an ethiopian airlines flight. they say the hijacked -- they say he hijacked a plane and landed at geneva international airport. ethiopian airlines flight 702 departed from addis ababa in the country's capital and was scheduled to arrive in rome. police in geneva say the co-pilot took over control of the cockpit when the pilot was in the bathroom. they say he looked the door from the inside and changed the destination without permission. he is asking for political asylum in the countr

i'm gene otani in tokyo. here is a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. >>> a record level of radioactive cesium has been detected in the groundwater at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. >>> meetings between the two korean nations have wrapped up. expert says a softer tone may be coming from the north. >>> some chinese managers are putting aside strained ties and turning to a japanese business legend for advice. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant has detected a record level of radioactive cesium in groundwater. it was found in water samples taken from a newly dug well about 50 meters from the ocean. tokyo electric power company workers detected 54,000 becquerels per liter of cease yum 137 in the water. this is 600 times the government standard for radioactive water that can be released into the sea and more than 30,000 times the level found in water samples taken from a nearby well last week. tepco officials believe the water is leaking from an underground tunnel that

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. a group of chinese is suing two japanese companies accusing them of forced wartime labor, despite courts in japan ruling similar cases have already been settled. >>> interim government leaders in ukraine are facing a deepening political divide as some in the country call for separation. >>> and we'll show you what life is like for many living in the syrian city of aleppo. as people deal with sniper attacks and barrel bombs from the air. >>> a group of chinese citizens is suing two japanese companies which they say used them as forced labor during world war ii. if the case is accepted it will be the first time for chinese courts to rule on such an issue. the plaintiffs comprise 37 former labors and family members. they launched the complaint with the court in beijing. a lawyer for the plaintiffs said former workers were brought to japan, and forced to engage in harsh labor for the firm's mitsubishi materials and nipong cok

tokyo up to ten degrees. getting back to average from below-average temperatures earlier on this week. let's see what's going on towards the british isles where a storm system is moving through, another one. still bringing gusty winds. sustained winds around 50, could gust up to 120 kilometers per hour. accompanying that is snowfall into the scandinavian peninsula. it's the northern part of the british isles where you'll see the heaviest rainfall accumulations. still a flood threat down towards the south. the good news is most is moving toward the north. much of western europe you will be seeing the showers in the next several days. i do want to mention what's going on towards sochi. friday rain showers for you, saturday partly cloudy skies, but look at the warming trend, up to 18 degrees there for you by sunday. here is the extended forecast. >>> japanese and french performers shared the stage in a charity concert in northeastern france. the event raised money for survivors of the earthquake and tsunami thre

a xander warmer and tokyo are meteorologist robert spencer has more rubber. yeah so we are seeing are here today is this warming trend for silly is unaccompanied by on this high humidity along with those particles in the atmosphere so deftly people with respiratory issues are having a hard time here from what's been even up the t i is for many of you now that's not just a pain even a witch with korea and china but we are to be seeing some improvements in the forecast now what's causing added several low pressure areas moving through these cold fronts not a high pressure coming in from the northwest. that's to bring in some cooling air with the added that though we are seeing a warming trend and in tokyo eating in the beginning of the team by friday summer the warmest weather yet here in two thousand and fourteen importantly some lyall bay since this is what you gotta deal with this coming out or not though prefecture and just the bus driving along their eight people onboard no one was injured but when the small little avalanches did take place and i hit the s

his guy won the tokyo governorship.y would argue that the governorship is the second or third most important job in japan. it is a very powerful bully pulpit. to have always -- to have all his political stars aligned, someone who is focused on restarting nuclear power plants the way that the prime minister is focused on the olympics as well. he is focused on supporting abenomics and the different reforms that shinzo abe has promised. it really is good news for the prime minister. it is not a surprise but it certainly is a bit of relief. >> walk us through -- you say that he is the man there. how closely aligned are his policies with the prime minister , given his nationalistic tendencies? hadn't seen a lot of daylight with regard to the domestic policies, the social policies, the welfare policies. they are very similar to what the prime minister has talking about. the foreign policy is a bit of a wild card. governorwho was tokyo had a tendency to really say a lot of things that set the chinese and the koreans. governmen

the tokyo market leads the way. and markets around the world follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the latest business trends. >> up-to-the-minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business news and insight every day. here on "newsline." >>> diplomats in new zealand have slammed japan's whalers for entering their country's exclusive economic zone. foreign affairs minister murray mccully released a statement calling the action deeply disrespectful. officials with new zealand's ministry of foreign affairs and trade say they summoned the japanese ambassador to express their disappointment. japanese officials had announced that a research whaling ship might enter the zone. but new zealand officials said they made it clear they did not want that to happen. new zealand prime minister john key says he hasn't decided what steps to take next. >>> the commander of u.s. forces in japan says he's confident the military can cut do

the tokyo market leads to win. he wanted to rule the world this is the quick change the course of the economy lincoln christmas. there's more to do. and now with the bike stolen from a brown one. oh but wait this is that he's continued to eat it with a heater on youtube the government plans to strike the operator out that she might die if she knew korea plans to review measures to prevent spills and leaks of contaminated water. last week around one hundred tonnes of highly radioactive water spilled from a storage tank to be like to carry county officials have been interviewing workers to find out why the water spilled you put simply you can still use to review its preventive measures by taking two cars to race and the top fourteen bottom and took the planet the company also nice to read the lists go on existing structure to prevent similar cases. he is and again in one tidy ensure that techno implements and to prevent problems including those resulting from human error and then nuclear regulators have criticized th

muscle is a well known figure not only in tokyo but across japan. nice japanese kill him for his appearances in the media commentator on international affairs at the scala. munce is i was elected to the dying two thousand one when more than one point five million voters for his name on the ballot. he went on to become health minister. am i so i had the backing of prime minister sees all ivy and supporters of the ruling parties and labor unions rallied behind him. also i had the backing of another former prime minister to each of quincy and there are opposed to the central government's policy of eastern ukraine be after us another candidate can can see the tsunami are also argued that nuclear power should be abandoned. he has somehow i ended up splitting the anti nuclear vote. any state can get to exit polls asking voters about their first priority in choosing the new governor. twenty two percent of red respond instead be focused on the candidates' policies on energy including new peter heller. but the polls suggesting more voters more than thirty pe

welcome to nhk world news line and you know tommy in tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am the police and anti government protesters in the heart causing more deaths and injuries and both the president and opposition to begin their deal. tokyo prosecutors have searched an affiliate of pharmaceutical giant novartis on suspicion that the company deceptively advertised one of its drugs and russia is working to solve long standing border issues with neighboring countries. government leaders have signed a treaty with the stone. anti government protesters and police showed no sign of backing off as clashes intensify in the ukrainian capital of kiev the worst violence in months of on rest has left twenty five people dead and more than five hundred injured the situation escalated into brutal violence on tuesday when police tried to stop demonstrators marching police stormed the protesters stronghold of independence square in central kiev. the people there responded by throwing fireballs health ministry officials sa

tokyo, going through friday, it will still be in place. once that front moves by and eventually off towards the east, tokyo's conditions will be improving by saturday. looking at rain showers along that front as well. even down towards southeastern china, you can see 30 to 50 millimeters of rain. heading over towards friday, showers will start kicking in in tokyo. high of 17. very warm weather along with the high humidity. the thing is you have to take one with the other. the fresh air, once that starts coming in, you'll see about a ten-degree drop in temperature. let's see what's going on over here towards europe. we have one low pressure area moving through. that's bringing heavy rainfall. winds up to 120 kilometers per hour in parts of the uk, extending towards france and portugal, you've been looking at the heavy showers continuing to pop up with the system moving through. this one is going to move off. a weaker system is on its heels. over towards ireland and scotland, higher elevations some snowfall. for the most part western europe,

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. a former prime minister says japan upholds his 1995 apologies for its war-time aggression, and colonial rule in asia. >>> reporters without borders has downgraded japan's press freedom ranking by six places. the announcement follows the passing of the state secrecy law. >>> and the pets left behind inside the fukushima nuclear evacuation zone are still waiting for their owners to return, nearly three years later. >>> a former japanese prime minister has assured south koreans that japan holds an apology he made for its colonial aggression. tomiichi murayama issued a statement in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the end of world war ii. he expressed deep remorse and a heartfelt apology for japan's colonial rule in asia. murayama is the former leader of japan's social democratic party which is currently in opposition. he is on a private visit to south korea, invited by the country's opposition lawmakers. >> translator: i am c

staff at libraries in tokyo are trying to protect books from vandalism. they found damage to more than three hundred books relating to the holocaust including anne frank's diary of a young girl. libraries in tokyo's change in the district move seventy books to shelves they can keep an eye on. we hope we can keep these books accessible for visitors in this way. we want to put them back to where they belong as soon as possible. staff members have some pages damage to at least eighty titles and thirty eight libraries. the books include honda's suitcase which tells the story of a girl taken to auschwitz and murdered there a biography of june ms cindy hideout was also damaged he was a japanese diplomat to issue travel visa is to to save them from the nazis police are analyzing security camera footage to find out who is responsible the israeli embassy in tokyo and a jewish group planned to donate copies of the frank diary to the library's embassy officials say they are moved by the concern japanese people have shown about the vandalism. south korean president p

where do we stand in currency trading right now in tokyo. exactly we did see some fluctuations than tonight can now be more strongly emphasized how in step for step for step of the dollar can relates to be in the case and its rise and fall right now having to put twenty to thirty one and died there still industrial production data due out later in the us has offered get so another indication that for the world's biggest economy seventy during an hour and thirty nine point eight six to ninety six. odd that we actually called and arranged ahead of key data in the eurozone in the form of gdp that's going to cost a lot of economies on only eurozone but when the weekend of france into money and other countries as well as i mentioned that china's cpi has been the key for asia pacific region. we'll see how that relates to japanese shares. but it's also awesome earnings related shares on track. those nature in that day as well if you're into pan. concerning those life insurance companies and that's all for me so far positive start for it and it effe

in a stairwell with tokyo. though. people in communities across japan are reaching out to neighbors who are grappling with dementia there are openings cafes for sufferers and caregivers can get professional advice and a chance to socialize. a neighborhood group in the city of kawasaki in your tent camp set up this dimension campaign last september. it's opened once a month at a local community center. the main goal of the people who managed the campaign is to educate the community about dementia their season long term care specialists familiar with dimension of red vines to caregivers and neighbors health professionals can stop signs of dementia by having informal chats with people. and you need to really test team indictment says. a seasoned photo is a former nurse who worked with dementia patients for forty years. she tells people that the campaign how to relate to people with the disorder i don't get me down and i can in some instances. in dimension kathy's also give sufferers and caregivers to stand next to people

he joins us live from tokyo. it is good to see you.e tell us exactly what happened the fourth quarter that really so one percent wrote. what is the significance of this data? to look into details. my impression is that it was the net exports which weekend the over toppling growth. this did ok. this is basically the external demand. imports. strong it is hurting the top line rate of japan. >> that risk to the japanese economy is going to be exports. we saw that affirmed with the fourth-quarter gdp. this really is bolstering the economy there. weaker export numbers. even when a week. yeah and did not translate into moveemand, what is the forward? >> the risk is that there is a thisransition coming up april. this will really cool down the domestic demand. byhas to be taking over expenditures. this gives us a sense of risk that the japanese economy may install after april. >> are you still waiting for all abe to improve the nation's competitiveness here? >> right. investors are starting to give up on the prime minister. onre is almost noth

it was found in water samples taken from a newly done well about fifty meters from the ocean tokyo electric power company workers. detective fifty four thousand back pearls for leader of seizing among thirty seven in the water this is six hundred times the government standard for radioactive water that can be released into the sea and it's more than thirty thousand times the level found in water samples taken from a nearby well last week tesco officials believe the radioactive water is leaking from an underground tunnel that extends from the reactor building sport the ocean. they say they have been taking measures to prevent the tainted water from reaching the sea but have yet to determine the exact source of the leak prime minister shinzo ahmed says he wants or is all the long running territorial dispute between japan and russia during his in office. the japanese prime minister was speaking before a lower house committee meeting on thursday. he was referring to the dispute over for russian held islands off hokkaido. he said his summit talks with russian press the bloody near port st on sat

the speaker dollars says after attaining this to his family's approval you'll find a seat at the tokyo district court next month. he said the city would demand the central government in the plant's operator j power halt construction like the mayor said in an accident which occurred at the planned all my plants. it would be how they can on the city the sunnis being built across the narrow strait in neighboring awarded prefecture twenty three km from access. regulations require local governments within a thirty kilometer radius of the new kia plans to have plans in place it is actually residence in the event of the major accidents. until i get home i was suspended after the two thousand eleven accident at the fishermen's ninety plants the reasons in october two thousand twelve. the town is preparing applications for safety checks required under the government's new safety guidelines. padilla said the city is as essential government and j power on four occasions to halt the structure weekend definitely the democrats have called the magenta it's all my town has the nuclear plant and says i

not to see how tokyo stocks and the acting was better than the mill a guard standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. amiga morning on the nikkei has seen a big job so far this year but earnings reports still positive. he's actually a lot of japanese companies are reporting of positive earnings results but that's still a lot of them getting caught up in this global downward shift in sentiment that we're seeing the first box of bullets have a look at the opening levels for today every fifth and would sing a little bit of a turnaround following on from the us markets as you mentioned i as you can see that the nikkei fourteen thousand two hundred and two topics one thousand one hundred and fifty nine and both are well into the positive that the nikkei is still down around fourteen percent of the year amid stronger yen and a global shift to safer assets as concerns grow over the pace of growth in the us and china however earnings as he sat there are the focus here at no less so than from toyota which came out with earnings after the market's close yesterday saying that net income for the

tokyo stock exchange you mean good morning what he's seeing at the open the morning. investors seem to be a real contest after the us gdp. at the opening levels for monday. editor in the seventeenth. he is. i was up twenty four percent at fourteen thousand three hundred and five five points and a button topics is now higher by zero point two eight percent. now as i'll fry told that nikkei had fallen for six weeks in a row in contrast u s stocks close that gap because in the evenings when the un estimates despite some mixed economic reports and as those brain deleted the email on the recent back to read that i remain optimistic about the will and i just economy and call center home the people's bank of china be some positive dig out over the weekend of the show said the amount of new loans insured by chinese banks in genuinely what's the highest in four years and that may help ease concerns of all he could eat and still won't go so i'll see if this can support investor sentiment here in japan and encourage people to buy a chance of turning every country needs to be tel

tokyo's nikkei jumped to a three-week high. sydney rose to a level not seen in four months, helped by positive corporate earnings. shanghai continued to face selling on lingering worries over the chinese economy. let's switch to currencies now. dollar/yen is currently changing hands at 102.40-42. little changed from levels in tokyo trading hours. market players are closely watching for the g-20 meeting and u.s. economic data, including existing home sales. that's going to come out later in the day. meanwhile, euro/yen is now being quoted at 140.38-43. >>> some policymakers at the bank of japan say they're feeling cautious about the pace of price increases. their views have emerged in minutes from the central bank's monetary policy meeting last month. policymakers maintain their forecast that the inflation rate will reach 1.9% in fiscal 2015. but one warned about the impact of the reversal in the yen's depreegs. the policy member said this could cause price increases to slow by more than expected. a few members also expressed a

welcome to the world his line and you know tony and tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. negotiators from iran and six world powers have a full time as easy as striking a comprehensive deal on the country's nuclear program rights groups are calling for justice after un report says north korean leader anti police. we're anti government protesters from st it was for people negotiators from iran and six world powers have begun talks in vienna. they're seeking a comprehensive agreement one confronts nuclear development program iranian foreign minister mohammed divides our reef and the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton are among the attendants the talks come after iran in the five permanent un security council members plus germany agreed last november on an initial deal. the deal has been implemented since january to iran agreed to scale back its nuclear development in exchange for a limited the easing of international sanctions western nations were expected to urge iran to accept surpris

it's going to snow in tokyo saturday and expect the white stuff to pile up. our meteorologist roberts pants more rubber nestle skin radiance this is our talk about what's already happening across parts of western japan he can show you video coming out of hiroshima where the snow is already coming down here in the lap record a few centimeters is the kind of lee's will go out on the roads of snow. i'll get the cars now this is what's happening now there was fifth in the big topic is what's gonna be happening throughout the day on saturday. across much of the pacific coastline of japan and whats causing others to read some pretty heavy snow fall is a low pressure area just down here towards the south number eight now just off the coastline of tissue that is key with this storm system is a typically if they come in from the self you have enough pull their off here towards the north. he wraps it around and waste or even picks up some more energy on the crucial colonel warm cool ocean current that this can be moving over. it develops into brings heavy snow falls th

welcome change your world islam and you know tony and tokyo shares a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. a fragile truce in ukraine is being tested as violent protests break out in the streets of kiev delegates from iran and six world powers had settled on a basic framework for negotiations on a final agreement on iran's nuclear program. and true sense of achievement i eat is trying to deal with on the first goal of contaminated water after the overkill of storage. ukrainian president viktor yanukovich announced late wednesday that she and the protest leaders had agreed to a truce but the violence continues on the streets of kiev protesters threw stones and fire bombs at police on thursday morning in a square in central kiev. they're falling for the resignation of president of coke which live rounds were fired government officials say at least seven people were killed and sixty others were injured. the death toll since tuesday has now reached thirty five. nhk world xi mit she has more on the unstable political situation in the country. and the announcement came

welcome change your world is one and you know tony in tokyo shares a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am markets across asia pacific a debate on sparking concerns and more turmoil could weaken the global economy. japanese and south koreans are at odds over what to call the sea between their countries now but maybe that is causing ripples in the united states and members of the opposition party in thailand are challenging sunday's general election arguing it violated the constitution. investors have sent markets across asia on a downward slide in the tokyo stock exchange racked up the worst loss since the benchmark nikkei average posted its biggest one day loss of more than seven months. it tumbled four point one eight percent in at fourteen thousand and eight its lowest close in almost four months. investors pulled their money out of riskier assets such as stocks after disappointing us manufacturing data and fears investors went after safer assets such as the japanese currency. this country and her local equities especially export related issues in growth sensit

stock markets are here in tokyo. members of the japanese government panel are divided over an idea raised by prime minister she and so on and they're debating whether his suggestion to lower corporate tax rates will help drive economic growth. private sector members of the council on economic and fiscal policy are pushing to cut the tax rates. they say it will help rebuild the economy. they say germany has lowered its rates but increased its revenue by expanding the taxation base they also say make cuts in britain and south korea spurred economic growth and boosted tax revenues. but finance minister kang alonso is cautious about the idea he's calling for a thorough study into the impact of rate cuts on japan's fiscal health so says the us and france have increased their tax revenue without cutting corporate tax rates. council members will make proposals on corporate tax rates when they drop the long term policies in june. negotiators at the trans pacific partnership free trade talks were hoping to wrap up and deal la

welcome to nhk world is lamenting of tawny in tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am russian security forces captured gunman who killed two people at his school in moscow and help students hostage. protesters succeeded in disrupting the general election in thailand. people who didn't. i can get into the state is quite tight security. we are ready to launch the twitter with it's now just days away investigators in russia are releasing more details about a deadly school siege in moscow. an armed student is accused of killing two people after charging into a classroom and holding other students hostage we have been around noon at the school in the north end of the russian capital. investigators say the gunmen stormed into the classroom and fired at a teacher. they say he'd been shot at police officers who rushed to the scene the teacher and one of the officers died. another officer was wounded the armed teenager in the other students kept it for fifteen minutes until a father persuaded him to surrender.

voters in tokyo had their say they've given the former cabinet minister the top jobs in the top list the league's team of sizzling has been elected governor . the we chose to go into much what i wanted the first is government estimate a kid that lives in the world and so i wanted to be tackled will fit is the engine and the economy all. most of all i want to make a success. the twenty twenty and olympics and paralympics where's all the ballots counted as is the one tune of one hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and seventy nine goats mike and everything to me the place and the unions say he resigned late last year. i can tell you to understand is that twenty thousand jobs in the city of thirteen million. especially with a twenty twenty olympics on the horizon. now let's look back at how the candidates fight over this race an hq as to local come on ten points. he then became content of a nineteen twenty two now and jam think he's four year term. even the bits of green to compete in the olympics to the capital. he loves riding high. his fall from grace the screen. kristin some of

this senior day care center in the suburbs of tokyo. it's a well known for its unusual philanthropy i know. it's not too with independents. staff prepare tea menu of activities for considers to choose from. they emphasize freedom of choice for everyone this is jurors can select from over fifty programs including exercise its winning with words. my shot. it's a new kind of approach. it's on itunes no car ok. normally day care centers have one program for all members. but here people can choose whatever they want to do. undersea getting to see what i used to work in hospitals as a key piece to their desks. one day during a recession. he seems keen consent. that made him think about the existing care system. boy used to fuel she said the kisses of instruction to reflect what's good for the provider. so instead she wants us to think about what disabled and elderly people meet. inside the facility. these clients tears have crocs instead of canisters. there are also lots of slopes and a long hallway. this is what we have to teach and practice

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welcome to your world is love and you know tommy and tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. the shutdown had a major beef corn exchange and who has highlighted the risks to the virtual currency the position of the nation nuclear plants have allowed journalists to see firsthand the central control room inside the facility. and we'll show you what life is like many lived in the syrian city of aleppo. as people deal with sniper attacks in several spots from the air officials at a major dent corn exchange and tokyo have subtly announce that they have stopped all deals. they say they have taken the step as a security measure. big change from docs suspended did quinn transfers on every seven due to what it described as a systems glitch at the time adam dykes said he was trying to repair its system but on tuesday the site went down town docks was considered the world's biggest nickel in exchange it boasted more than one point one million accounts both inside and outside japan but users are now unable to contact th

executives at tokyo electric power company are hoping to restart nuclear reactors at the cost was a key cutting the plant the regulators are checking whether they can prove up survey plan submitted last month by tesco. that is carol's tmi he she explains the new curry paste and offered his team began trading on monday as a black beanie and everything. look at still want that information. after that the spots i read the plan you are either one of the war is not just nuclear plants in terms of total output. call to stella's want to restate two oldest enemy act is coming to mind. they applied to the government's massive painter poet in the screening my theory of the buildings and pass up high over the past eighteen seat on top of twinkies to reno until it's got a phone so reagan eight has asked the company to come back as happy to take with it the whole works. i'll take what not. new eu nations than the filming of nuclear reactors and asset keep from thinking about how he folds typical of the cellophane they have so far today he will fall if that could become a hot tea into the future the