: christine, i have seen two rare things in tokyo. the snow falling and the other is a missile drill. japan has held dozens of the missile drills simulating an incoming ballistic missile from north korea. alarm goes off and people get the j alert on the phone and they were told to seek shelter. they have never done it in the big cities in tokyo until now because logistically it is a big deal. it shuts down portions of the city. the japanese government is doing this now although things are calm with the olympics and inter-korean talks revived. they say this is not the time to let the country's guard down. of they a they are worried about the joint military exercises when they resume. and anti-protesters accusing the government of making this political and mentally prepare people for the possibility of war. in south korea, where they hope for snow for the games, there is a delegation for north korea led by the lead singer of the pop band. they will do that in the coming hours. christine. >> will ripley, thank you. nice to see you. >>> t

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definitely in tokyo, and that is different from outside of tokyo. and political leaders of japan merely reside -- japan primarily reside, there are people flying in from outside of japan to do deals all the time. there is a bustle, and a larger sense, not just going shopping and i'm going to buy my baguette and enjoy my meal. what are japanese companies doing, what aris the economy doing? is not expressed yet and inflationary terms, which is what everybody wants to see, but there is no doubt that many in tokyo have turned the corner, getting rid of the deflationary mindset. quietly, there is a growing confidence but japan is starting to get things right. penultimateis the monetary policy decision for governor kuroda. he is a hot favorite for another term. is it meaningful? a change of leader at the boj, or will they stay the course? ed: good question. reason governor kuroda were not to be reappointed, the policy is not changing. let's make that clear. the course is set, this is the way japan works. it took them years of debate to get to a conclusion

cnn's will ripley joins us now from tokyo with more on this.t is a chilling drill for the people of japan to have to deal with. what are they saying about this and the threat posed by north korea? >> certainly people, given the fact that so many north korean missiles have either flown over this country, like twice last year, or have come very close to this country, numerous cases of missiles coming down in waters near japan. when we were asking people about this missile drill which involves 600 participants in central tokyo, they said, many of them said they're frightened by the news of north korean missiles, they want to know what they should do if a missile approaches the city, either seek shelter away from windows inside a sturdy building, or run out of the building and go to one of the many subway stations around tokyo. today in the drill people received alert messages on their cell phones, there was a voice over loud speakers telling them to take cover, ten minutes the later the all-clear came and the drill ended. there are other people an

in tokyo and overseas this year.a week after a collision off shanghai has exploded and sunk. it went down sunday afternoon leaving a 10 kilometer oil spill. all crewmembers are presumed dead. it was caring almost one million barrels of condensate. offssenger jet that skidded a runway in turkey came to rest with its nose a few meters from the sea. some of the passengers say it was a miracle the plane was evacuated safely. pegasus says there was no injuries among the 168 people aboard the flight. prosecutors are investigating. authoritiesrgency like reasonable safeguards to prevent false alerts. fcc had says an investigation into the incident is underway involving state and federal officials. hawaiians were sent into a panic following the false alarm which was a result of an employee pushing the wrong button. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. thank you. hope acans holding out deal can be reached to of allow young, undocumented im

has mastered coffee making the robot up to five cups of drip coffee at a time customers of tokyo a first buyer ticket with a q.r. code printed on it. and gets to work. for minutes later he's served a freshly brewed job. the manager is more than happy to save on costs and labor starved japan with its rapidly aging population. sawyer performs the work of five people. study by running the cafe with fewer people we can increase productivity and serve delicious coffee at a reasonable price. he's the ticket to mark he says that will help keep the price of a cup of coffee low it's currently causing three hundred twenty yen about three dollars the robot coffee shop is part of a trend in downtown tokyo. also operate three hotels. robots run the check in desk instead of humans. as their business with. the to. prevent. the to. the to. the touch. the to. the to. the to. global demand for. a movie has plenty of this alkaline metal. batteries for cell phones and. one of the poorest countries in south america but libya has the biggest reserves hoping to get rich but foreign investors want a slice of. t

let's bring in kathleen hays in tokyo.ate confirmation of jay powell, which was all but expected. certainly, he is entering a global economy that is quite in sync. but the u.s., walking this tightrope. kathleen: absolutely, betty. it is certainly true that jay powell will have a lot on his plate if he looks at the world. things do get more complicated when you look at trade because that is an important source of stability, an important source of everything the fed chair has to watch. let's start with japan. i want to look at this more than 9% year-over-year growth in exports. solid, this is important to governor corrode and the bank of japan. it is an important engine of japanese growth. this is something they are watching closely. chooseed mr. kuroda to his words carefully. the surplus have narrowed, but the most important thing for japan is the source of growth. oda's press mr. kur conference, this is most important -- no exit, not now. we need persistent monetary easing. factbuying operations, the the boj unexpectedly c

one is the tokyo stock exchange, and there is a lot of talk right now that the second listing could beeports say the offering could be as early as spring, which falls between march and may, and the shares will debut in tokyo and elsewhere potentially around autumn. and if the listing materialises, it would rival the massive 1987 listing of nippon telegraph and telephone in size. softbank confirmed in a statement that the share sale is an option, but no decision has yet been made. the softbank group, which is majority owned by a japanese billionaire, reportedly intends to sell about 30% of the standing shares in its subsidiary to investors, while keeping a stake of around 70%. softbank has links with the uk because in 2016 it acquired a technology firm for 32 billion us dollars. and softbank shares are currently rising more than 5%, which is exciting the tokyo stock exchange news of this spin—off initial public offering. and one —— one of america's most popular auto shows has begun in detroit, the birthplace of the country's motor industry. car sales in the us fell for the first time si

we are live in tokyo.e latest boj policy decision, and if you hours -- a few days after that, we have more information. on the markets. we are down about 1/10 of 1%. the outsized move coming from samsung, providing a little more pull where the index is concerned. it is looking worse than it is, we are placing weeks put half-half. majors trading 1.10. let's look at the two markets opening up now, one now and one later on. you have the clients at the open . trade numbers coming out and about 27 minutes. a quick look at the features in india, earnings very much in the mix. tom: we'll take a look at the chinese market, the shanghai composite up a smidgen, 0.09%. the china shenzhen composite is up well over half a percent. the hang seng in hong kong also up. also weaker.hy we will be discussing opportunity in the chinese equity sector and also some of the concerns around potentially a pickup in inflation in china. let's get the first word news with paul allen. paul: opec and russia say they will maintain oil pr

let's check in on futures for trading in tokyo.have the latest ppi data to consider, isis rose 2.3% in december, slower than -- prices rose 2.3% in december. ramy: a very busy week in terms of eco-data in asia. opec and oil now, and russia say output curbs are to stay at least until the end of this year. that as oil producers continue to work to clear the global glut. the saudi and russia energy ministers told us the oil market still is not fully rebalance. -- rebalanced. >> we need have enough producers ready to intervene at the appropriate time to adjust production to deal with fundamentals and market shocks. in the old days, it used to be opec. opec countries controlled enough of global production and exports to be able to have that influence. given the size of the market, we are approaching 100 , opec isarrels per day about 34 or so. we don't feel opec alone can do it. until wehy we waited had enough not opec countries, led by russia, to come together in late 2016 and announce the declaration of cooperation that started in janu

tokyo disneyland. the name he used, pang xiong, which means "fat bear" in mandarin. ♪ makes no difference who you are ♪ >> reporter: apparently it made a big difference to the north korean regime. >> japan is one of the enemy countries of north korea, so to be caught in japan, trying to enter japan with a fake passport, this was a huge embarrassment to the regime. >> reporter: the "fat bear" quickly fell out of favor and was sent packing to macau where he remained a definite but distant threat. >> he understood that he posed a threat to kim jong-un. so he feared for his safety, he feared for his life, so he didn't want to go back to north korea. >> reporter: coming up -- kim jong-un at the crossroads. how eric clapton inadvertently helps set the stage for the leader of north korea. when we return. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine

joins us now from tokyo.le bit surprised about this news of up to $100 billion in valuation. in 20 14,ised funds it was a $45 billion valuation. has the company gained value in that time? question thee key ipo market is going to answer or xiaomi. wrote about this a few weks ago for the first time, heard they were targeting a valuation of more than $50 billion. now they have decided on banks, goldman sachs, and now they are talking about a evaluation of around $100 billion. we heard that number before, but it did not sound realistic. that is this typical dance goes on in an ipo process where banks will talk up the valuation and prospects and try to persuade management they will get the best value for them. then the company and banks go on a roadshow and talk to investors and get a dose of reality. investors will give them feedback about what that valuation should be. there is the possibility it could go down more up. how is xiaomi doing competition? i remember when it was the real disruptor to apple, samsung,

here in four years in tokyo.s creating the snowballs like this. the other is the north korean missile drill in japan. japan has never done it in the big cities with the logistics involved. they had to shutdown portions of central tokyo. they have the alert messages on the phones. alarm sounded telling people to take shelter in concrete buildings or underground in the subway. all of these drills were not done in the big cities until now. they are saying this is the tigtime for the country to stay vigilant. japan believes this council troy cou -- this country could be targeted. and in south korea, there is a delegation on the ground led by the lead singer of the popular music groups from north korea scouting out concert locations to perform during the winter games. dave. >> will ripley building a snowman in tokyo. thank you. >>> that is a massive chunk. the philadelphia eagles punching their ticket to the super bowl with a 38-7 mauling of the minnesota vikings. they face the champion patriots. it was 7-0 in the fir

basically, but in tokyo for example, in dresden and hamburg, in tokyo where this was put into effect on the night of march 9 and 10th 1945 and how many people here , in what i'm sure is a well-informed audience and not school kids here, how many know what i'm talking about the night of march 9 and 10th? that's more than often. how many do not, honestly. they cause a firestorm, or i say this when you come up, enormous temperatures. ice on the streets would be melting and burning so that people who came out of the shelters would be caught and it would burn like torches and the winds would cost hurricane winds, basically. pardon me, i'm sorry to tell the details but i put it in the book because i felt it had to be understood. many people reported babies being snatched out of the arms of mothers into this infernal fire by the winds. tokyo is crisscrossed with canals so people who out of the asphalt, and out of the shelters entered with their families and into canals to escape from the fire. and the canals were boiling and tens of thousands well to death in the canals. >> the winds, these

. ♪ yvonne: coming down to the market open in tokyo and seoul.and australian rket trading 100 -- market treading water. strong gdp data coming out of china. will that be a strong catalyst? >> the chinese economy cruising along. basing acks are mixed start after u.s. stocks traded sideways overnight. we don't have much else perhaps to sway market sentiment. market activity humming along in china. urbanization increasing sparked a rise in base metals. that is not translating smoothly when it comes to minors in sydney's. -- comes to miners in sydney. lithium miners sliding. this after morgan stanley flagged downside risk, forecasting the battery of raw material could fall faster than expected. to snap acks are set three-day decline. seoul seoul -- ew and .utures in tokyo and seoul yvonne: japanese investors have been jumping on the idea that boj will normalize policy at some point. not everyone is buying into this idea. >> not everyone buying the idea of a policy exit. market seems the to be getting ahead of itself, as you can see on the terminal. t

softbank courts in tokyo and overseas this year.istings could raise $18 billion with plans to apply to the tokyo stock exchange as early as the first half of a -- of this year. they do not say where the information is come from. softbank's fund will invest $560 million in german used car sales. haidi: bloomberg has been told ghp is asking valet to pay $1 billion for its 50% stake in the joint venture in brazil. the valuation includes a provision that they would assume its share of the remaining eye abilities associated with a deadly -- when negotiations are undone, they said -- are said to be seeking royalties. betty: indonesia's central bank is taking a stance against cryptocurrencies as an urges all parties to refrain from owning, selling, or trading tokens. a statement on saturday, they said virtual currencies are risky and inherently speculative. it says the fact that they tend to be use for money laundering and terrorism funding has the potential to affect financial stability and harm the public. much more head. housing costs p

cryptors beseech the exchange in tokyo.ast week's hack will be reimbursed. ♪ yvonne: given the optimism we see in the markets, one big question we keep asking is where is the pain trade going to be? be the focus as we look ahead to the fed. we have these treasury issuance as well. wrapping up with a jobs report. this tracks the citigroup pain index for many currencies, it attracts the return of fx managers against currency performances. the yellow line is what we see for the dollar. we do see this weaker dollar trend, leading them to pare their long positions, we see closer to hitting that zero line. closer to being flat. we can interpret it both ways. other the one hand, this market not completely short. the dollar just yet. one thing you might have to worry about is the purple line, the position we see in yen. short yen position remains unchanged beast -- despite the strength. we saw that squeeze on friday they were talking about inflation. he says, we are getting closer to the target. we saw yen strength in 1%. a lot of

in tokyo the color was white japanese revelers released helium balloons each one containing a wish or a prayer for the new year. they were looking ahead to the two thousand and eighteen winter olympic games in south korea and hoping for peace with their neighbors to the north where ballistic missile tests have aroused international fears of a fireworks display of another kind it's one of many international conflicts the united nations secretary general called on world leaders to solve. i mean it's a red alert for our world's conflicts and the point a new they have emerged global in science is about nuclear weapons are the highest since the cold war and climate change is moving faster than we are inequalities are growing and receipt. of human rights i urge readers everywhere to make these new year's resolution narrow the gaps bridge the divides rebuild trust by bringing people together around common goals unity is the best. there were a few signs of conflict on this holiday in the middle east just a spectacular laser light show in dubai. and no obvious divisions in europe for hundreds

you can see how much phonies on the ground as dawn broke looking at tokyo here i would not necessarily look at the end of the snow or the having tucked in that last low is brought the real cold air once again across the sea of japan six months eleven sold in the clear a plus five in tokyo all down in between is producing snow is falling in the west admittedly but it's likely to get across to take here once again and even if not there's a huge amount falling in northern the whole issue and a whole kind as i say behind it really cold now i'm on to say to you that it will still subzero in beijing with quieter weather here in fact the winter has finally pushed down through china there a full cost for shanghai four degrees on wednesday to do but in the middle here a growing area of significant snows a real proper when to push comes to day hasn't reached hong kong of the southerly breeze means it's twenty one degrees in hong kong slightly humid as well south of that rainy season of course not as intense as it was for the shower tomorrow it will reach central and southern thailand. al jazeera

thank you, our bloomberg stock reporter in tokyo.s trading in asia this effect. nikkei 225 coming back with a bang. shares up 2% in the nikkei 225. on track for a new 1992 high for the nikkei. gaininge, the kospi 0.2%. the moment, we will look at -- look at pyongyang. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yvonne: 8:30 in singapore, pretty foggy in the lion city. half an hour from the open of trading. i am yvonne man in hong kong. betty: and i am betty liu in new york. you're watching "daybreak asia." let's get first word news with courtney collins. >> the dollar gained after december fed minutes showed most policymakers backing continued gradual rate hikes. tax cuts toects boost consumer spending and business investment. members continue to wrestle over the outlook for inflation and noted concerns about a flattening yield curve. futures traders but the chances of a march rate rise at 81%. powerfulof iran's revolutionary guard says the antiestablishment protest across the country are all but over. estate news showed government , saying this edition

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stocks in tokyo open 9/10 of a percent lower.se finance ministry data in the past week shows that four outflows have accelerated. contraction in fourth-quarter gdp, we are seeing a softer open for the kospi, as well as the won. it is trading at the weaker greenback adds to policy headings in south korea. it's take a look at the dow. leading theelco drag on the benchmark while utilities and health care are leading when it comes to industry groups. we are keeping an eye on auto stocks. softer data shows that car shipments offsets for semiconductor exports. let's check on the chipmaker following its fourth-quarter report. we did see its results top estimates despite what we saw in the last quarter. cosco on the rater after delivering a strong result. we do have key a motors due to report earnings this thursday. checking in with other stocks ahead of their results do. lg electronics insight. givenompany is in focus tariff attention regarding the tariffs unwashed -- washing machines and solar panels. let's check in on the neighbor aft

embassy tokyo. he has a 36 year foreign service career and it is our great pleasure to have him here today. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thankingto start by you for coming today and grading the snow and cold. it shows how important i think we all feel it is to talk about relations.korea by, too, wanted to thank linda such a, because i know conference isn't easy to put on. it requires a lot of effort. i wanted to thank you for all the work you have done in assembling a group of students who can talk together. , we are also a nonprofit and washington, d.c., and our efforts are to strengthen u.s. relations through programs such as this one. we are delighted to be one of the cohost with the international student conferences. the third time we are supporting -- supporting this initiative to bring together american university student leaders. abouty i wanted to talk bilateral relationships between japan, korea, and united states. my predecessors up here talked about u.s. alliances with japan and

on the controls on the iconic fish markets in tokyo to stay with us here on out is that. from slowing down i mean when it's to an inch on t.v. does it pretty soon the. how low we've got some very heavy rain coming into southern parts of china over the next dial to still has a wintry flavia's further north we had some very heavy snow into central pass around who by the nam province further south this is whether the rain really is in the prices a setting in is sinking a little further south what we're going to see those big downpours continuing through sas they going on into sunday hong kong joining in with some rather wet weather by this day's behind it should be a lousy drivers and decent spells of sunshine and a solid shot in the shallows to into the philippines still as bad as it has been recently hit by the wet weather there was seen just around malaysia that does look set to continue hopeful around the malaysian peninsula it will be a tad drivers to go on through the next day the shot was never really too far away can see how they stand their way down across a good pa

day the price tuna that fashed three hundred twenty thousand dollars at a historic final auction in tokyo. the author of a controversial book on donald trump says the u.s. president has no credibility and his staff say he is like a child the book by michael wolff has gone on sale for days early despite threats of legal action from trump's law is the president has described fire and fury inside the trump white house is full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist insisting he never even spoke to wolf but that claim has been refuted by mr wolf who said i absolutely spoke to the president it was not off the record. spoke to him after the inauguration yes and i had spoken to i mean i've spent about three hours with the president over the course of the campaign in the white house so my window into donald trump is. is pretty significant but even more to the point i spent this i spend in this was really the sort of the point of the book i spoke to people who spoke to the president on a daily sometimes minute by minute basis so this this book was really i mean in a sense in a sens

david thank you so much, in tokyo. quite an intricate story on hna. asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak asia." i am yvonne man in hong kong. in newi am betty liu york. cryptocurrencies facing scrutiny, now in china. chinese authorities said to be planning to limit electricity use by the use of bitcoin miners, who are starting to look elsewhere now. research, ishinese in beijing. we thought it would be electric cars is sucking up all the electricity. but it is bitcoin miners. how much power do they actually consume? >> we estimate the amount of electricity they consume in china for bitcoin mining is quite minimal. china is the largest power market in the world, you have to keep that in mind. in terms of total consumption, it looks like it is only about 0.2% of the total power used last year. betty: it might be relatively small, but why is there so much mining -- bitcoin mining concentrated in china? the simple reason is because power prices are extremely cheap. there is a lot of cheap, large-scale hydro and pull power in china. but the

embassy in tokyo was great. they are the ones that i went to ambassador ruth's office in 2012 and we had all these paper with maps like these are the schools we will work with, great, awesome, how can we support you? i think having just that energy within the government of willing to take risks you talked about is important to kind of try different things, and we work with those private companies. so i think there are organizations that can bring those together but i think there is a lot to be said for. and the program is great. it isn't digital diplomacy, but it is coming together private and public that can do a lot of good. >> fantastic. one last question on messaging. what are ways in which government administrations can maintain consistency? speaking of increased traffic that the state department website has received an individual actors and their own messaging through their own digital platforms, how can you maintain consistency? if we cannot maintain consistency, how can they correct inaccuracies? >> poli

i am in tokyo right now personally. we have spread around a few locations.wan, hong kong and other island countries. tough toasically it is decide where you want to be in this kind of environment. before, cryptocurrencies -- cryptocurrency exchanges were not allowed. things are becoming tighter. we have to play by ear and see. >> the demand is there. tou had the -- to hal registration. will you get to a point where you can open it up again? >> yes, absolutely. the demand is extremely strong. we opened registration for an hour yesterday and 240,000 users registered. we are growing by a couple million every week in terms of users. we do not expect this kind of growth and our current courses are changing really fast. some of the other parts we are not taking up. provide aike to customer service that bloomberg is able to provide, but right now we can. actively renting out -- fixing that. probably within a couple weeks we can fully open again. emily: that was the ceo of binance. behindup, the company the wall street decathlon is putting you behind the race. this

so as he was taking the presidential oath, tokyo's on fire. that happens in chapter one. and i bring this up in the end end -- epilogue, and my point is there were critics, all of these critics, and i bring up here the white house chief of staff, admiral leahy, who thought the atomic bomb was a bad idea. we had been fire bombing civilians in japan all up until that point, so how do you say it was the wrong thing to do when we had already been doing this in a different format all through june and july? i don't know. the answer to that is the atomic bomb, the achievement of atomic science and weaponizing it was such a shock that we're still talking about it. but you're right, in fact, this was all happening all through the first four months of truman's already in a different format. so i don't know how you can criticize, you know, the atomic bomb when, you know, we were already burning these cities to the ground, city after city. it's an interesting point. .. [inaudible conversations] the change these come down the far wall for a moment. thank you for coming by, thank you.

embassy tokyo. he also has 36 your foreign service career spanning across the globe and was a great pleasure to have him here today. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i wanted to start by thanking you all for coming today braving the snow and cold. i just hope how poor we all feel it is to talk about use japan korea relations. so it's wonderful to see you all today. i, too, wanted to thank linda butcher because i know such a conference isn't easy to put on. it's really important but it requires a lot of effort, i want to thank you, linda, and i see for all the work you've done is simply such of august group of students who can, and talk together. briefly, on sasakawa peace foundation, our mission can we also a nonprofit based in washington, d.c. at our mission is to strengthen us-japan relations through education and research, through programs such as this one. and we're delighted to be what of the cohost of the fifth trilateral forum with the international student conferences. this is the third

in tokyo. david: welcome to "bloomberg markets asia."talls as the yen rises to 110, its strongest level since september. the dollar is at a three-year low. president trump confirms new tariffs and says he is looking at new areas as well. global trade rivals are not impressed. and a race is on to clean up the streets. we have a special report on the cleanup mission of taiwan. david: the broader picture looking like this. for the first time in four days, we are getting consolidation. finally after 18 straight days, although we are still getting a lot of money coming through from the mainland. dollar index below 90 for the first time and 20 40's. another day of substantial dollar weakness. as you can see there, some strength coming through in the commodities space. tom: we will check in with the time markets -- the thai markets. they have been open and trading for just about five minutes. a pretty good run so far this year. again, up 0.20 9%, dollar weakness a big focus going on, and also concern potentially in thailand given the strong tra

tokyo disneyland. >> japan is one of the enemy countries of north korea.embarrassment to the regime. >> reporter: jong-cho would also be undone with fixation of western culture, namely the music of eric clapton. >> he doesn't have the right temperament and characteristics, that's what his father thought. >> reporter: that leaves the path clear for the youngest son, kim jong-un. >> he had a little bit of a tough streak in him. and that's what his father liked, that he was strong. >> reporter: december 2011. north korea says good-bye to the dear leader, kim jong-un. as 27-year-old kim jong-un assumes the leadership of his country. >> i don't think we know too much about this person that's the leader of north korea right now. >> reporter: the only american known to have become close to kim after he assumes power, the flannel buoyant former nba star and chicago bull dennis rodman. his latest attempt to get into north korea was sponsored by a company called popcoin. rodman makes no apologies for his embrace of a dictator. >> as a friendship hug, you know, even

in tokyo. yet is currently a little bit weaker.ei up by 0.5%. kong, as wein hong head toward the last half hour of trading in the morning, when you look at the h shares, they are flat right now. early this morning, they were up by as much as 1.7%. maybe just following the weather. last 25we head into the minutes of trade in the morning session. juliette: let's get a quick check of the first word headlines with yvonne man. has putpresident trump more pressure on president -- on british prime minister theresa may by saying he would have handled brexit differently and been tougher on brussels. they were hoping for an endorsement but he later offered in unflattering assessment of her performance. a member of the ecb's governing council says the bank must and qe as soon as possible. they say the program has done what was anticipated and there is not a single reason for it to continue further. patience and persistence are still required. a new lease of life with a surprise victory over u.s. tariffs. the trade commission ruled against boe

going going gone a final check tokyo's famous fish market and in sport never shop over this promising start to the new year head for head on it or he will be here with us in town to see. you are making very pointedly mounts where on line the main us response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal mind or if you join us on sense no evil person just wakes up within the morning in the sense i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue that could be what's leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on. welcome back you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to a reminder of our top stories the author of a new book criticizing us present donald trump's administration says he stands by his work michael wolff who spent months in trump's white house says the u.s. president has quote less credibility than perhaps anybody who has ever walked on earth at this point and of quote in the news pro-government rallies have taken praise throughout iranian opposition to on r

in tokyo snapping a ride.are being stocks.by let's check in one of the big movers in sydney. we are seeing medical the best sydney, after earnings topped estimates. machine maker that is retreating from record high it hit on tuesday. ed.wngrad was keyence is set for all time high. machinerytion in makers in tokyo. posted second straight monthly rise steady. movers ande of the shakers. thank you so much. let's get to the first world jessica summers. >> thanks, president trump doctors 71-year-old commander in chief is fit for duty. so.ld remain he examined the president last week. -- doctor jack said the president takes aspirin,ol medication, drug.itamin and hair loss >> neurological exam, deep tendon reflexes and motor function and century system were all normal. exam was normal with a over 30.3 30 >> general electric ceo is weighing possible break up of the company after latest disappointment. $6.2 billion charge related to old portfolio. on the call with wall street analyst, flannery plans to separate g.e.'s

our energy market editor there in tokyo.up, central-bank meetings dominating the headlines in the coming days. we start out with the bank of japan. we will see what is on the agenda my next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ramy: welcome back. three top central banks me in the coming days with a good japan leading the way. and his teamrnor open the way to lower stimulus? economics editor kathleen hays is here. yes or no? kathleen: we are going to find out, what we? i am here in tokyo come day one of the bank of japan's policy meeting, and no policy change expected to be announced yet even though policy makers may be thinking harder about what they will say when they are ready to signal a change. why aren't they going to change policy? output is strong, industrial production, a buoyant stock market, tight labor market, these are seen as fueling japan's reflationary efforts. the output gap also adding to inflation. time, 0.9%, this and the key index is him was halfway to the 2% target. two weeks ago, an unexpected cut in bond purchases

at the centre of this, tokyo —based coincheck, one of the largest digital currency exchanges in japangest digital currency exchanges injapan. it said on friday it had been hacked, resulting in the loss of half $1 billion. the biggest ever. translation: there are some troubles in one of our systems, i am sorry for causing much trouble to clients and relative parties to buy cryptocurrencies don't have a centralised register. their strength, in theory, comes from having a connected distributor register called a blockchain. a transaction is ordered by putting the currency into groups, call blocks, which link to and verify the previous block. the stolen queen check —— coincheck assets were part ofa check —— coincheck assets were part of a hot wallet. in a cold wallet phones are stored securely off—line. coincheck said it will offer full refunds to a quarter of a million of its users who have become victims of the hack. but will that be enough? translation: my total losses are about 1 translation: my total losses are about1 million translation: my total losses are about 1 million yen. trans

what you can expect the open hard line coming from tokyo which produces was mr charm like to ask you this this is a nation i mean both countries have been together for more than a thousand years separated for almost seventy years are there the chances that they can come together one day set aside their differences and negotiate a permanent solution where we might ultimately see one nation or do you think this is wishful thinking for the time being. yes as a korean i have this enduring hope that once again we will be unified and it's not just a hope it's an eventuality the only question is how it will look so i have a firm belief that we will one day be unified and a unified korea will contribute not only to this region but to world peace is that a concern among the koreans right now that if the talks fail that could have some impact on the winter games. for now i think a lot of koreans are relieved that the north koreans especially their leader kim jong un himself as announced that he's willing to. use dialogue and negotiations where this will lead to be honest with you i think we we

now dozens of flights and train services have been cancelled in tokyo as the japanese capital braces for its first heavy snow alert in four years authorities have urged people to go home early fears of a public transport chaos while japan's northern regions are used to seeing heavy blankets of snow during winter such weather is rare in tokyo. philippine officials have raised the alert level of the country's most active volcano one of a possible eruption within days now and may all spewed a large cloud of ash and smoke on monday the alert level is now four on a scale of five tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes remaining residents have been told to stay indoors. and experts are warning that a major volcanic eruption may be imminent and papua new guinea thousands of people have been evacuated from around and recent weeks scientists have noticed volcanic activity in the area since the fifth of january flights have been cancelled and ships were warned to stay away from the area p. n. g.'s prime minister has told communities to be on alert for tsunamis. that's

new zealand, tokyo, thailand and the philippines on a break today.are setting up for a pretty holiday shortened week and thin volumes on the ground. we saw crucial data points out including china's pmi. of course, we are working our of dataugh quite a bit from u.s. culminating in payrolls at the end of the week. trading in australia is just trickling online. mining up when it comes to the iron ore and the aussie dollar as we get the crucial reading on the economy. ofpmi showing steady as she go. we are looking at more of the same when it comes to the private actor. gold futures lower by 3/10 of 1%. we are seeing new york crude holding a $50 a barrel. iron ore seeing a bit of an up. we are looking at the miners potentially seeing that positive support. let's get you up today with the first word news. haslinda? haslinda: president trump has called for change in iran as protests turned fatal. he posted a series of tweets saying that country is failing on every level and denounced the 2015 nuclear deal signed with the west. the president wrote that the h

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tokyo's first ballistic drill makes the front of the japan times. 350 people took part in the drill,nts that spoke to the paper offered mixed reactions on its value. and india's business standard reports that the mumbai to delhi air route is now the world's third busiest. there were almost 48,000 flights between the two cities in 2017. the only busier flight paths arejeju to seoul in south korea, and melbourne to sydney in australia. now, babita, a famous blogger is sparking discussions online? well, rico, the uk blogger amena khan is trending after she announced that she's pulling out of a l'oreal campaign. she had spoken to the bbc saying she was delighted to be the first woman in a hijab to be part of a mainstream advert for hair care. but after the discovery of tweets she wrote in 2014, which some have branded anti—israel, she's said she's stepping down. that's among the most read on our website. it is billed as the most high—profile trial in vietnam in decades. a former member of the all powerful communist party politburo has been sentenced to 13 years in jail. dinh la thang is

there was selling across the board in tokyo, 80% of all stocks listed at the tokyo stock exchange first session finished lower. following reports that apple will slash the iphone x production target for the first half of the year because of weak sales, japanese supply partners bore the brunt of the selling. falling oil prices also was affected if the trend continues, it could lead to firms revising their forecast to less growth and smaller profits. the nikkei index may be approaching a turning point and all eyes on wednesday will be following firms for the latest quarter. that's all from the nikkei back to you. >> thank you for that another big earnings week for japanese equities >>> now, japanese chipmaker renesas electronics is set to buy maxim. speaking to cnbc, a spokeswoman from renesas denied it is in talks for a possible acquisition. >>> doctor pepper and snapple is emerging with keurig green mountain in a $21 billion deal the ceo,l larry young, outlined the reasoning behind the deal. >> it's a fabulous deal not only for share holders, consumers, partners we talk about being a to

install in bomb chum a retired lefton general with the south korean army and joining us on skype from tokyomichael pan president of the chains twenty years agency thank you for joining us let me start by asking mr chairman this is the mitten purely about winter olympics or there's more to the story. we're hoping that this will lead to further negotiations and talks that will set a stage or a foundation for a. easement of tensions on the korean peninsula and hopefully a resolution to the nuclear issue that has been rising in this region which is affecting the world mr pat is this purely an attempt by the north korean koreans to test waters or do you think that this could be a genuine attempt to move forward and solve the long disputes between all the parties well i think. it is genuine. of course it really depends on the nation. if. this is going to be. was asian or north koreans policy you know it's not going to happen but it is they are a genuine attempt i think to his work in chains and trying to bring on some degree of normalcy situation mr chum the reason why i was asking the question a