and so, little tokyo is going down.s new energy that's come back, yes, japanese investment, but also japanese-american investment as well, as well as asian-american investment. for example, little tokyo village at japanese village plaza was developed by a korean-american, but he very much a member of the japanese-american community. so yes, it's a good thing. it's a much more vibrant, vital, economically healthy place. robert: leslie ito, president and ceo of the japanese american cultural & community center, the jaccc. leslie ito: i consider myself a fourth generation angelino. and you know, our community and our lives pre and post-war have been here in little tokyo. robert: how much disruption during the war for your family? leslie: my grandpa, my great-grandfather on my maternal side, had a nursery, and he gave that up. and you know, i think there was a lot of sacrifice, personal sacrifice and that had been left. and you know, as a yonsei, i reflect back on all the cultural things that we lost. robert: so, what does

to tokyo to study film. you talk about the emotional realism of japanese film. it's a really wonderful portrait and description of the directors of the day and their films and the differences and you sort of feel what you're saying in some of the quiet things, those posing films, there's a lot of dark going on and you're also aware of television breaking down this system, this system in japan and the very kind of touching portrait of the lake kurosawa trying to work still, trying to outlive himself but in the theater, it's something very different. it's almost the artificiality, especially the truth that opposes traditional notions of japanese beauty or something more grotesque and resounding and this is the group , his name is karajuru. >> and in a way, that part of this too but the grotesque worry and the realism and the violence of the theater and all the it was called situationtheater and they were like traveling players . they would perform in a red tent which they would pitch in various places in japan

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo.. people are collapsing and struggling for breath. five trains have been hit by a mass attack using a deadly nerve agent called sarin. the sarin gas has been made by followers of this man, shoko asahara, the leader of a religious cult called aum shinrikyo. this woman's husband was on duty at the station when the gas was released. he rushed to help people, was overcome, and collapsed on the platform. translation: my husband had no idea it was sarin gas, he was in the middle of a terrorist attack. by the time they realised, my husband was already down. he started to have a convulsion and seizures. mrs takahashi's husband was one of 13 who died. 6000 others suffered varying degrees of poisoning. in 2004, shoko asahara and 12 of his followers were sentenced to death for planning and carrying out the attack. now the final barrier to the executions has been removed. this behind me is the tokyo detention house and this is where shoko asahara and the other senior aum leaders have been held for

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hearing tokyo. -- here in tokyo. president trump dials back on the optimism.he white house says opec is keeping the oil price artificially high. they say it is not true and the market will decide. ♪ kathleen: what a way to start the week. we certainly closed the week looking at trade. imf, central bankers saying it will be more deflationary than inflationary if we had a trade war. oil prices rising again. donald trump lashing out. and of course it did hit the stock market, and bonds back up nearly to 3% now. yvonne: you can see we had a close on the dow jones. theleen: let me run through real quick. s&p 500 losing nearly 1%. that was another week where we had three up days, two down days. people are really wondering where the bull market and stocks go next. so much geopolitics, commodities, so much for investors to digest right now. yvonne: not to mention the bond yields. we are set to see about $96 billion in these options this week. are we going to see more of this yield curve flattening this week as well? take a look at what we are seeing in asia so far. se

hearing tokyo. -- here in tokyo. president trump dials back on the optimism.ing the oil price artificially high.

molly: justin mccurry joining us from tokyo. in the declaration that came out today, there will be talks of having reunions for families that were split between north and south korea. there is also talk of the demilitarized zone, the dmz he coming a zone of peace. that was just mentioned. the dmz is a four kilometer strip of land that separates the two korea's come often presented as a desolate and dangerous place. bruce harrison has been covering this and reports from the area where hundreds of people live. >> this is one of the most heavily guarded borders in the world, the demilitarized zone, or dmz. it is not quite the no man's land it is made out to be. hidden behind military checkpoints and amid thick was an minefields is a village, just 400 meters from the north korean side of the border zone. journalists were invited inside as the two koreas meet to discuss peace on the korean peninsula. in a very particular environment, we have many constraints. it is not like the villages. >> the 207 residents had an the only. curfew a

let's move then to tokyo. in tokyo, the rules are modified because of this man. is a special kind of guy. .e is imperial you see him there with the emperor. and they are a pair. macarthur, you notice the letter uses below the language he about not macarthur decides it would be nice if every state that was a victim of japanese aggression had a judge. that is a lot of judges. wait a minute. think about this. all of a sudden you have this issue. when you say three judges are a majority,at vote as a that is pretty easy. when you have 14 judges, how many are a quorum, and what if it is a different quorum? you will see how that works out. thatthur made it clear lots of evidence which would not be admitted under technical roles of evidence was going to come in, and we will talk about some of that stuff too. i only put a little bit of what rolls of the court, including a propaganda film. nuremberg, 1946, this is a major war criminals trial. this is an attempt to demonstrate to the world what nazi germany did. some of the defendant should not have in there. tried,industry

[laughter] in 1946.ved to tokyo in tokyo, the rules are tough. i told you, you have all of these judges and you have all of these permutations. webb is an australian judge is the president at the core. at a point and time -- of the court. at a point in time, the defense counsel is on their feet screaming because the court has just refused to allow them to admit certain evidence. they are speechless, literally. they are saying, yesterday, you let the prosecution put in that very kind of evidence. what are you doing? says, i know it looks bad, i am not here to offer any apology on behalf of the court, but you know the chargers says we are not bound by technical rules of evidence. -- you know the charter says we are not bound by technical rules of evidence. there are 11 nations represented here and 14 judges with alternates. there are 11 nations represented here and yesterday, our quorum consisted of different judges. they ruled differently on the same things. like they would not rule a different way if there was not a different panel. you just have

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the tokyo bureau chief on to cato.er we've rounded up the number, is it so important? , drivers ofhigher this selloff. similar moves next year. you keep yields low the long that ishe short end? how we will pay for donald trump stimulus. more bonds being sold and also makes yields potentially rise higher. continually shrinking, this is on the list. let's look at a really cool chart. , it puts what is happening right now into a decades long perspective. does this show us it is over? look at the trend going back to about 1985. the yield is risen above pretty smartly. briefly hitting 3% in trading in the u.s., now just under that level. what does it mean? look at the domestic economy. they are already moving considerably higher in the u.s.. can make a difference. stronger dollar, we've seen that. bond yields look pretty good. .t is good it you can make some money on it. falling stocks put a lid on this. move to 3.2 5%. it is definitely the higher yield. >> what is the global impact of this rise? we have already seen it in

checking on moves in tokyo, highlighting some of those chipmakers. tokyo electron on the back foot.is losing ground as the back-and-forth continues for its acquisition of shire. tobacco,hing japan's this after philip morris said sales are week in japan and jp is to report first-quarter numbers. switching it to check in on the leaderboard. you have kobani recovering from the losses on thursday. that was sparked by the partnership with the game maker being ended. one of japan's biggest trading houses agreed to send $1.1 billion to take a majority stake in the convenience store operator. this is happening as the stock hit a record high this week. we will be paying any that they will be paying an 11% premium. mike allen is wondering why they waited until now. agong the stock one year would have shaved $475 million from the price tag. julie: checking the markets. japan's core inflation numbers came in weaker than the previous months. the price is rising less than 1% from the year-earlier. our japan and korea managing editor is with us from tokyo. are these numbers likely to affect the ba

it's exercise time much and told me nursing home in tokyo today's instructor pepper a humanoid robot brought in as part of a program to address labor shortages in the care sector. for some residents interacting with the robot is liberating. i can communicate with them and i don't need to be too careful about the things that i say. but on the other hand if they were human beings i'd have to think first about what kind of people they are. those looking for more of a warm and fuzzy feeling can take care of pets dogs. i don't know what they're going on there when i petted these robots for the first time they moved around like real living animals i think they're to use. the nursing home has introduced a total of twenty robots since receiving funding from tokyo's metropolitan government back in twenty thirteen as well as offering residents company they also relieve workers a physical tasks such forms of assistance are likely to become more common as japanese society ages people over sixty five now it's time for well over a quarter of the population and with the birth rate remaining stubbor

the nursing home has introduced a total of twenty robots since receiving funding from tokyo's metropolitan government back in twenty thirteen as well as offering residents company they also relieve workers a physical tasks such forms of assistance are likely to become more common as japanese society ages people over sixty five now account for well over a quarter of the population and with the birth rate remaining stubbornly low the number is only set to rise. with a shortage of human care workers robots could soon become a regular nursing home fixture even if they're not everyone's choice of companion for their twilight years. india's one rupee bank note was first printed over a hundred years ago these days it's essentially valueless still every cent reissue even comes with a watermark what can it buy you. look it over. what are you. going to go before you know it was in something like that for you as to what i've seen in which zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero it says was good to see i think the government did this most of what. would you accept it. was free and that's a good thing i di

donald trump speak as if he's already managed to get kim jong-un on the deck of the uss missouri in tokyo bay to basically sign the surrender documents. >> everybody needs to take a

japan futures looking shaky going into the tokyo open.t segment from president trump saying they have been asked to consider an additional $100 billion on tariffs of chinese goods as beijing's retaliation to the first set of tariffs. certainly a tit-for-tat situation underway. trump saying the u.s. is still open to talks. nikkei futures, this is how we are sitting on chicago futures, looking weaker to the downside. dollar-yen falling to that session low. certainly going to weigh on sentiment, as we go into the open of trading this friday in tokyo. i am haidi lun in sydney. betty: just as we were talking about headlines, we may be getting past them a new set of headlines walloping the markets again. asian-pacific stocks may be facing a difficult day, president trump adding new tariffs threats. that is rippling through the markets. we are seeing stock futures tanking. yenaidi mentioned, the jumping on this idea of an additional $100 billion worth of duties against china. i want to bring in whittier trust vice president caleb. we thought thi

and you think tokyo sought beijing, and tell her that play out in these sessions?from tokyo's perspective, what is happening right now is to north korea has not given up anything. it has gone from a pariah state to a country where theaters are eager to have a summit meeting with. meeting withve a the south korean leader, and he has already had a meeting with president xi. , ifn was a six party talks not bilateral come up with north korea as well. the concern north korea has it will marginalize and not be part of the conversation. what japan wants from north korea is different than what the united states wants. the united states ultimately what -- there's concern the trump administration will be out of with icbms being circuit. medium chore range missiles will be in place, and that would main under threat for japan from north korea. ramy: back to trade. japan wants the u.s. to go back to the tpp. not sure where donald trump stands right now, but the united states by all accounts once this bilateral trade agreement. will either be possible right now, looking ahead, w

in japan, tokyo electron, the biggest boost to the nikkei 225, leading to arise in electronics. tech is weighing on the hunt saying -- on the hang seng. suny may also be under pressure given its sales exposure to huawei, which is being investigated for possible violations of iran sanctions. their dollar bonds have fallen to a record low. on the mainland, despite positive catalysts such as tax cuts and easing capital outflows , chinese stocks are losing ground, the large-cap gauge off by 1%. malaysian stocks snapping a four-day drop while the ringgit continues to weaken. checking in on the bond space, malaysian paper catching a bit with the 10 year yield, adding about two basis points after the recent correction. sticking to its year-end forecast for 4.2%. the rout in asian bonds is deepening after the worst selloff in seven months, adding more pressure on the central bank, which has been attempting to prop up forex and bond markets. this could be a sign of things to come in asia. we are keeping a close eye on chinese bonds, given the yield premium over treasury is disappearing a

well joining me from johannesburg is tokyo sexwale ali he's south africa is the former minister for human settlement until two thousand and thirteen he's also a former prisoner alongside nelson mandela thanks very much for speaking to me on al-jazeera you're obviously outside the home of for winnie mandela where people have come to their respects mr sikes wali how would you describe the icon that south africa has lost i must say that it's a sad day here in south africa with a loss of somebody who consider as one of the most iconic leaders as a pioneer amongst women the first black social worker in south africa and of course was a companion of this mandela. we mandela was a like a candle in the cross winds of contradictions in our country she's served the people with fortitude and survived all the brutal years and a party being imprisoned being detained being tortured sometimes but lived to see on has been coming from jail after twenty seven years still went on with the struggle for social change she was often described as the mother edition just of you speaking she's the mother of the unw

we have talks between washington and tokyo, with tokyo trying to get an exemption for the first roundriffs on steel and aluminum. is japanese finance minister saying it is hard to make progress in those talks, going on to say they will core operate to support a free-trade system. moment, the cabinet secretary of japan saying they are watching negotiations closely, but saying they are supporting free trade and that it is important for the world. ministerese finance say they share the u.s. thinking on an electoral property enforcement as well. our next guest is here. what are you making of this? what is your take on this if you take a holistic view? >> there is a bigger deal a foot. a lot of this is global. trump this morning saying considering $100 billion. this is a lot of postulating at the moment. we think it is bringing short-term volatility, but will get parties to the table and there will be mutual concessions of both parties can look favorable. rishaad: to save face to some extent, but this begs another question. people say donald trump goes that much further, then he dials back

. >> so my husband and i went to tokyo for upa couples trip.law e-mailed us and said, jenna lee, the kardashians are in tokyo. maybe you'll run into they will. now should i say that my smoerl a huge kardashian fan. when she came to visit us, we took her to dash. that's their store in calabasas, everybody. >> jimmy: i'm proud of you for not knowing that. >> she bought candle. >> jimmy: she did. to pray for the kardashians or what? >> i'm not sure bust a fun day trip. she wrote to say they're in tokyo. i wonder if you'll vote for them. and i said i've lived in los angeles for 20 years and i've never run into a kardashian. tokyo is huge. so on the last day of our trip, we put it out of our minds. the last day of the trip we go to kyoto. we're going to have a one-night spa. a spa. a spa day. and a romantic dinner. as we pull up to our hotel, there are two passenger vans and guys with cameras is that little head sets and clip boards, and i thought to myself are we running into the kardashians? and as we walk, in i hear a guy go, listen, when we get

yvonne: 9:30 in tokyo. it is the oj decision day. that decision and a couple hours. not looking for change in policy, but we could see differences in opinion on stimulus and inflation forecasts. breaking news from japan as well, jobless numbers, that jobless rate hanging steady at 2.5%. we are talking about how these are multi-decade lows for the japanese economy and the labor market. the job to applicant ratio 1.58%, in liner, with what analysts were expecting. the question is, is this going to generate moderate or bigger wage growth? this yielded marginally higher pay raises, and what this means for the inflation picture. certainly one to watch. we are getting cpi numbers from tokyo, which seem to be softening a bit. we continue to watch reaction from the young, still hovering around 109.33. let's get the latest with courtney collins. jong-un set tom become the first north korean leader to enter the south since the peninsula was divided nearly seven decades ago. he will make the short walk across the demarcation line at panmunjom a

the dow dropped more than a50 points on monday and tokyo stocks opened sharply lower.rain drivers and other workers in france have begun several months of strikes as trade unions battle president macron‘s labour reforms. it's expected to be the biggest wave of industrial unrest since mr macron was elected last may. now on bbc news, it's the travel show. my name is tony giles. i'm from england. i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. and i'm travelling around the world trying to visit every country. we're in the old city! israel is country 124. i see a place with my senses — i see a place by the sounds, by the smells, by the textures. the hustle and bustle of people shouting, buy this, buy this, come and look at this! i feel the atmosphere, the energy, the buzz. i was born with my eye condition, so i don't have any vision apart from sunlight sensitivity. and i've gradually gone deaf as i've got older and i am now 80% or severely deaf in both ears but i use digital hearing aids. i travel alone, because it's the biggest challenge i can get. and the travelling by

north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abyei that he had conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera sold. un security council delegation has interviewed more than one hundred range of refugees who fled a military crackdown in neighboring myanmar launched crowds of rain in july the road says the team arrived in the bangladesh in town of cox's bazaar that's where some seven hundred thousand ranger remain in makeshift camps charles stratford has been following events there. well it started a very emotional response from some of the refugees that met with this delegation the small innings of british ambassador literally being held by a number of women who described. as being raped losing family members shot dead by forces the delegation were moved around the camp they were taken along roads along which times thousands of ranger refugees stood many of them

so for the short term at least it should be a little bit of cloud around fifteen celsius there for tokyo that cloud will thicken up from the south as we go on through choose day into wednesday says and what the weather possibility into tokyo but bright skies come back in behind twenty celsius or soka similar values there across the korean peninsula but unlike a hot one in beijing temperatures could touch thirty one degrees meanwhile we have had a little bit of a wet weather into the southwest of china some snow over the high ground too but tony fine and dry once again there for hong kong right in the process of pulling out of the way moving in the cross the gulf of dunking some wet weather there in thailand as we go into the middle part of the week the usual showers continue across southeast asia some lively ones in places as usual some heavy downpours there into northern sections of borneo wanted to share was to into the south of the philippines some rather heavy rain for a time making its way into thailand but that will clear through the course of wednesday. water an essential resource

brian flour is in tokyo.t of thinking of the central bank there with the policy board meeting, i think, next week. yes, rish, the slowdown in core cpi is the first time the pace of growth has slowed in more than a year and a half since july 2016, so that will weigh on the boj when it meets next week. solid,erlying trend is but we saw prices for fresh food weigh on inflation, as well as the strong yen mitigating the impact of costs and energy prices specifically, so i think the boj will be looking at that going for to see if those pressures will be sustained. shinzo abe coming back from his meeting with donald trump. what is the perception in tokyo and how well he did, and has he been able to get around the scandals? short while ago suggested people are not gauging how low his stature has fallen in japan. abe went overseas hoping to get a victory he could bring back and distract the citizens from what is going on domestically, and he really did not get it. the visit was ok, good photo ops, nice comments, but h

a new application from tokyo lets customers by their groceries without the usual checking out.hat is in business in 15 minutes. paris. top stories from ♪ >> we will start first with that ruling out of belgium linked to the only surviving suspect of the paris terrorist attacks. he has been found guilty in brussels over a police shootout that happened for months after the attacks that left 130 get. he has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. here is more from his lawyer. >> following the verdict and consult withill some obvious salon on whether or not he wishes to appeal. beenr dave keating has covering this link from the courthouse. give us the details on the verdict today. abdesalem and his codefendant were convicted of three crimes, attempted murder in a terrorficers context, the illegal possession of weapons, and membership in a terror group. from thatxtends firefight that occurred in march 2016, several months after the terror attacks. he had been in hiding for those months. there was a manhunt for him. as the only surviving attacker in the paris attacks, everyone was looking

we had to tokyo next.♪ ♪ rishaad: the timeout here in 10:16, and we go to tokyo where we are counting down to today's bank of japan decision, the first meeting .etween the new fed governor he was vocal before he joined the board. does that still hold true? we are joined by our global policy and economics editor, kathleen hays, who is outside the bank of japan. take it away, kathleen. kathleen: thank you so much, rishaad. very specialy a guest, as we count down to the decision.pan's policy no big changes expected, but where the bank is and where it is heading is very important to investors around the world. i am happy to bring back our att guest, portfolio manager alliance burstyn here in japan, an avid follower of all things boj. great to see you again. let us talk about this great up,ing that is wrapping there are two new deputy governors, broadly speaking, what is the debate today if anything? and what we we hear when they come out? stephen: our expectations for the doj is that it will not do anything be

dollar-yen seeing or spite going into the open in tokyo. sterling falling the most in a week.. 10 year yield above 2.8%. gains we saw in the s&p, closing at the highest level in a fortnight. still yet more of a holiday china, hongsia with kong, and taiwan markets still closed. let's get more on what we should be watching as the friday fray gets underway. one market under real pressure is india come equities at least. has anything changed given the rbis staying on hold and sounding more dovish? how youmes down to think that economic growth will play out. .specially the consumer sector it has been such a great performer, a popular place to be for many global fund managers. the sector was up 50% last year. turn totion valuations and how much you want to pay for earnings in the consumer sector. this chart shows you that it is down to valuations now, and some consumer stocks looking pricey. one fund manager at axis mutual says to give you a quote from him, "if you want to play in india, you have to invest in stories directly linked to consumer spending in some form." ratess with in

for washington and its compliant ally and tokyo it's this kind of insurrection but they fear. during the making of this film a young woman was raped and murdered allegedly by an american military contract from one of the bases. yes. it was the latest of these of cases of violence and it brought massive crowds into the streets demanding an end to the military occupation of their country. this is some mice misao designed to carry a nuclear warhead during the cold war the united states secretly installed nuclear weapons at this launch pad you know. most of them aimed to china. today the nuclear missile site is run by a buddhist organization the so-called god as a peace be seen. in one to sixty two the. atomic weapon us out or on the missile almost launched. their almost alone should be according to the spokesman of this military base said they were all about to prepare them were shipped second order to stop it. one of the american servicemen whose job was to fire them a smith. has since revealed that china was a nuclear target during the cuban missile crisis in one thousand nine

let's cross to tokyo and i reporter there.and portions oh update that he probably should be worried about this knock on effect. what is the situation here? yeah, there are a lot of reasons for japan to be worried. the first and most obvious risk is uncertainty and the prospect of escalation of this trait conflict between the u.s. and china, but u.s., japan, and companies around the world have source production to take advantage of lower production costs and goods produced there might be affected by these tariffs. finally just to add another layer of complication, even if japanese shipments pick up as chinese shipments in tech products, that will increase, especially with the trump administration, so a big mix of different concerns for them. what options remain for japan? yeah, the first and probably the most obvious option is direct persuasion, and prime withter oabe will meet president trump and tried to press the case and convinced the u.s. why this is not in anybody's interest. failing that, japan is in negotiations as part

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes joins us live from tokyo.own in japan? what how was his press conference going down injapan? what do they feel shinzo abe has achieved on his trip to florida? the japanese stock—market has gone up in the aftermath of that press conference this morning, in japan, aftermath of that press conference this morning, injapan, so there is a bit of relief that president trump wasn't more harsh on trade issues than he might have been. but i think it isa than he might have been. but i think it is a mixed picture. 0n the issue of north korea, mr arbeau appears to have got what he wanted, he has a strong have got what he wanted, he has a strong reassurance have got what he wanted, he has a strong reassurance from president trump that no sanctions will be lifted against north korea until there is concrete progress on de— nuclearisation —— shinzo abe. mr trump spoken about people abducted from japan saying he would push north korea to bring those people home. on trade, it is a much more mixed picture. shinzo abe did not get

in tokyo. we have reports coming up. in the book, fired fbi director james comey blasts donald trump in brutal terms calling him unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. comey written quote his leadership is transactional and ego driven and personal loyalty. it exploded into public view last night. cnn obtained a copy. comey calls the trump presidency a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. >> and comey recounts the first meeting with president trump. when russian meddling came up, trump's only comment was you found no impact on the result, right? >> and the dossier and the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate in a hotel suite in moscow. he was obsessed with the golden shower information. quote it bothered him if there was a 1% chance his wife melania thought it was true. he rolled on unprompted explaining why it could not be true. ending by saying he was thinking of asking me,

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it could help the tokyo open, and sterling trading at 1.40.terview with mark suggesting the may rate hike is a done deal that could actually got back expectations and a reminder of how we close the s&p 500 with your stocks falling for the first time in four days. quite a move for the u.s. 10 year yield at 2.91. julie: let's look at commodities as well because of a mixed session with commodities. you see the bloomberg commodity index falling by half a percent. crude at present is unchanged but we saw a move downward after a big increase in prices on wednesday. aluminum and nickel reversing recent moves. we had seen a rally and aluminum and nickel, as he saw stockpiling ahead of sanctions on russia reversing a little bit. we will talk more on crude prices in just a moment. as trading gets underway this friday in asia, beth bloomberg global markets editor adam haigh with us. any concerns about whether these moves are going to result in a quicker pickup in inflation? adam: this week has been defined by this inflation story coming into the focus. a

cnn's anna stewart is live in tokyo. more than golf on the agenda this time. >> reporter: yes, really meaty topics on the table. shinzo abe, the japan prime minister, has a lot more to lose at this summit than president trump. politically, he is weak at the moment. in japan, he is embroiled in scandal. his approval rating is low. there were lots of protests here in tokyo over the weekend for that. he needs to bring home a political win. what does that look like? first of all, making sure japan is not sidelined in any discussion between u.s. president trump and north korea. making sure interests for japan are shorter range missiles. not just icbms, but shorter range missiles that threaten japan. abducte abductees. also he needs to get a promise on that. and the trade issue. japan is left off donald trump's investment list of steel and tariffs. he wants to side step the issue of the bilateral deal that trump has been pushing and help donald trump get to tpp without major changes. and on top of that, dave, he needs to make

tokyo and seoul the only ones open. a decent rally on the cosby here.uarter after that miserable lunch that we had. checking in on what is happening. rising for a third straight session is korean cosmetics and tourism related stocks climbing. it is looking to resolve disputes. we do have investors looking for that breather across the region. japanese exporters are rising is again consolidates. optimism coming through on the hong kong survey which shows the economy is in a relatively good place. large company say it is time to raise spending despite this sentiment taking a beating. nikkei 225 gaining a 10th of a percent. x raising the gains that we saw this morning. check out what is going on with the yen. it is trading at the strongest level since october, 2014. before the start of geopolitical tensions and trade risks. andyone watching their seoul. consumer shares are the best performers. lg household climbing towards stock, they are getting a boost as the girl band red velvet conducted diplomacy. the group is gaining ground with agencies. what is on t

the dow dropped more than a50 points on monday and tokyo stocks opened sharply lower.rade unions battle president macron‘s labour reforms. it's expected to be the biggest wave of industrial unrest since mr macron was elected last may. now on bbc news, it's the travel show.

the dow dropped more than a50 points on monday and tokyo stocks opened sharply lower. train drivers and other workers in france have begun several months of strike action as trade unions battle against president macron‘s labour reforms. it's expected to be the biggest wave of industrial unrest since mr macron‘s election last may. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. this programme, like so many others in the churn of 24/7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. more often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. are we missing the bigger picture about the world we live in? my guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. his new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to human progress driven by reason and science. just how convincing are his reasons to be cheerful? theme music plays. steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. thank you. this idea of the enlightenment is very dear to your heart. can you briefly, if you will, just cap

indexes were slightly down in tokyo and shanghai, though hong kong was closed.rk, both the dowjones and the nasdaq ended the day significantly lower. the dow was off by 1.9% and the nasdaq was down by nearly 2.75%. our business reporter in new york, joe miller gave his assessment on why stock markets have been down. there weren't that many smiley faces elsewhere at the close of trading today. elsewhere on the floor, that is. a jarred —— today. elsewhere on the floor, that is. ajarred —— dowjones fell 1.5%. the s&p 500 narrowly avoided its worst start to april since the great depression so not a good day at all. the real fear for investors isn't so much the sanctions that china has imposed yesterday on those 128 products you mentioned earlier but more what might china do next. the real exposure is from some of the biggest companies like holding a caterpillar, general motors that sold more cars in china last year thanit sold more cars in china last year than it did in the us. investors are concerned that the next round of chinese retaliations will specific —— targ

live now to tokyo and our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes.under severe political pressure there at home, how did all this look from there? well, i mean the thing is it is good. as barber said there, that shinzo abe seems to have got some of the assurances he was looking for from president trump. shinzo abe is very much playing catch up here, he was very much taken by surprise when president trump made the surprise announcement that he was going to hold a summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. up hold a summit with the north korean leader, kimjong—un. up untilthen, japan had been supporting very strongly president trump's strong stance, his threats of military action and ever tightening sanctions against north korea, then the us president really took 180 degrees turn suddenly, and it leftjapan feeling left on the sidelines, i'm consulted, even uninformed about what was going on. shinzo abe is catching up on what is going on, we have seen in his press conference today in praising mr trump for his strong diplomacy and i have to say th

our correspondent in tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes, says there is suspicion injapan about north korea'suclear disarmament. mr abe appears to have got some of the assurances that he was seeking from president trump onjapan‘s concerns, particularly on sanctions against north korea and on this abductees issue. mr abe is very much playing catchup here. he was very much taken by surprise when president trump made the surprise announcement that he was going to hold a summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. up until then, japan had been supporting very strongly president trump's strong stance, his threats of military action and ever—tightening sanctions against north korea, then the us president really took a iso—degree turn suddenly and it left japan feeling left on the sidelines, unconsulted, even uninformed about what was going on. so mr abe is playing catchup on what is going on, we've seen in his press conference today him praising mr trump for his strong diplomacy, and i have to say that here in tokyo there is strong suspicion about north korea's motives, and i think concern th

and he will look to compete in tokyo in the 0lympics look to compete in tokyo in the olympics in 2020s, i guess the heat is not a problem because they are used to it but for a lot of the runners, the 40,000 running out there today. this is going to be a difficult race. it is going to be a difficult race. it is just so hot. is going to be a difficult race. it isjust so hot. hotter than is going to be a difficult race. it is just so hot. hotter than the african —— the average marathon. yes, a lot of the mass runners have trained in low temperatures. you know how cold this last winter and the last few months have been. so to arrive at the london marathon, a lot of them will not have been prepared. the ethiopian athletes, they know how to race in this condition. but one ends have been sent to the runners to make sure they are wearing suncream to high gesture hydrate up to the day of the marathon. and not get carried away in the early stages of the race. some of the elite athletes have struggled. maryjepkosgei keitany went off hard in the elite race but she struggled to keep up with the pa

with a fire bombing using napalm on tokyo a wooden city that killed lots of people made a million people refugees in one night the japanese call it the night of the black raid but the japanese refused to give up and hence the atom bomb was used on two cities killing one hundred thousand mostly women and children in both cities and it worked and this has set a precedent today because people try and want to win wars and if they believe that they can win them through using weapons of mass destruction such as chemical weapons they will try and now of course they don't always work the united states used about one hundred twenty million gallons or twenty million gallons scuse me of chemical weapons in vietnam and it didn't work for them they're so good they're not always the answer although they can kill lots of people and this is the problem you raise this problem hypocrisy and and america you know in large swathes of the world looks fairly hypocritical when it comes to using weapons of mass destruction because it has a long history of using them in its own wars now we've also seen a response

it is fairto comes to the tokyo olympics.nd—down time of late after holding manchester city's title winning party, just eight days later, they had a defeat at home to bottom of the table west brom. united were at home at the bournemouth on wednesday night, with the fa cup against tottenham on saturday. jose mourinho was less than impressed with some of his players. it was an opportunity for some people to play and to try to get a place in the team for totte n ha m , get a place in the team for tottenham, and some of the guys that played today they do not have a place in that team. meanwhile in italy, juventus can take another step towards securing the serie a title. napoli are also in action. the european clay—court tennis season the european clay—court tennis seasonis the european clay—court tennis season is well under way in monaco and on wednesday, world number one rafael nadal will make his first appearance back on his favourite surface. the king of clay is hunting an 11th monte carlo masters title. the tournament is clos