nissan shares slump in tokyo, as the car giant says its chairman will be sacked over allegations of financial misconduct. india's hidden pay gap. how the country's 4.8 million strong transgender community is fighting for equality. and on financial markets, the chips are down and tech stocks are flagging as asia follows the big tech sell—off. pessimism about escalating trade tensions is taking its toll again. kl is shocking news surrounding nissan. —— we begin with the chaos and shocking news. shares in the japanese car maker nissan have fallen sharply today on the tokyo stock exchange, at one point down some 6% as investors reacted to news of the arrest of the company's chairman, carlos ghosn, on suspicion of financial misconduct. mr ghosn is suspected of understating his income by 5 billion yen over five years — that amounts to almost $41; million us. nissan say allegations of his "serious misconduct" fall into three areas: misrepresenting his pay in a report to the toyko stock exchange, misrepresenting the purpose of spending the company's investments, and also using the company's assets fo

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senior economist came with us in tokyo. up next, we will get his views on nissan, and nissan's board meeting in the coming hours in japan to discuss the fate of carlos ghosn. we will be at the nissan headquarters, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ g. ♪ haidi: this is "daybreak asia." i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i'm shery on in -- shery ahn in new york. the board of nissan meets to discuss ghosn's arrest for financial misconduct. sources indicate a split on whether to dismiss ghosn, who has been in detention since monday. stephen engle is at nissan headquarters in yokohama. the latest lines crossing the bloomberg right now saying that a nissan official is now saying that ghosn has six houses provided including in tokyo and new york. that his sister had an advisory contract as well. we have been hearing all these different news coming from different sources. how transparent have these allegations against ghosn been so far? stephen: you know, the japanese media really coming out with a variety of different stories. we a

i'm christopher caldwell welcome to the program the nissan board has gathered in tokyo and apparently members are split over whether or not carlos go on the chairman is accused of severe financial misconduct and has been taken into custody earlier this week but the circumstances of his arrest are giving rise to speculation and raise questions about the future of the complex automotive lines he's been headed for two decades. carlos ghosn has plunged from the plush surroundings of his executive suite to a spartan cell behind the walls of this tokyo jail. rumors that nissan executives were behind his fall from grace spread from france to japan as fast as global media could. do good it was the sort of the who to talk to those who didn't like him denounced him internally to make him. a journalist caught up with nissan c.e.o.

a whistlestop tour, a quick stop off in tokyo.ll be high on the agenda. yeah, absolutely. there are a lot of big subjects to be discussed both here in tokyo and at the summit in singapore and papua new guinea. the south china sea it, the trade war between the united states and china, the nuclear programme with north korea and negotiations with north korea, but i think the most significant thing about mike pence's is that the here and to those summits is who is not coming, and the fact is a lot of people who would prefer to have seen donald trump come to these meetings and the fa ct trump come to these meetings and the fact that he has sent mike pence instead in his place a think is being seen as a signal here that president trump is not prioritise these meetings and is not prioritising is alive for the very important issue that are going on in this region at the moment. interesting perspective there, but in terms of moving forward with north korea, especially mike pence doing a lot of work in that situation, what can we hope to he

its owner studied pizza-making in naples and then brought it home to tokyo.l m&msita a marinara. learning w pleasure sa pia really like playing music. mozzarella, tomato and basil form a melody. it's a metaphor he takes lillhe e of each day. banging on a drum set in the basement of his restaurant. kakinuma is considered the godfather of tokyo's pizza culture and has now trained many of the city's top pizzamakers. he also inspired tamaki who worked at one of his restaurants before deciding he finally had the skills to open what he calls his pizza studio. >> so let me ask you this then. do you think the japanese or the italians are making better pizza? >> translator: i'm not sure i should answer this, he says. this is all i know. if italian was tastier, i'd be making it. >>> 3,000 miles south of tokyo in singapore, cheap fast food is a way of life. and we're not talking about mcdonald's but authentic singaporean street food sold at what they call hawker centers. >> reporter: in food-obsessed singapore, being a picky eater isn't a character flaw. it's a national

let's go live to tokyo and our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes.los ghosn is such a huge figure in the global car industry. i have interviewed him, this was a shocking story when it broke. have interviewed him, this was a shocking story when it brokem massively a shocking story. very unexpected, came completely out of the blue and i think it is very clear, i have been talking to people this morning who said it is pretty clear that mr ghosn had no inkling this was coming. he flew into tokyo yesterday afternoon and nissan's corporate jet to attend a board meeting this week, prosecutors went on board thejet meeting this week, prosecutors went on board the jet and told meeting this week, prosecutors went on board thejet and told him meeting this week, prosecutors went on board the jet and told him they wa nted on board the jet and told him they wanted to interview him. he was taken to the prosecutor's office, where he was formally arrested last night and the reason why we have not heard anything from mr ghosn so far is because, as far as we understand,

this is ginza sushi ko in tokyo., in one form or the other, is how the day started. scaling and gutting the fish. prepping the kitchen. >> masa: cleaning bathroom, making sake for customers. >> anthony: right. >> masa: dishwasher. everything. >> anthony: for how long? >> masa: first two years. >> anthony: only in the third year, the rice. >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: and if you get that right, eventually, maybe, just maybe, the master will begin to teach you the next phase, how to stand next to him as a wakita, slicing the fish, eventually, eventually, creating pieces of nigiri for guests at the bar. of the dozen young men who work here, not all will make it to become a sushi shokunin. >> masa: oh, it's been a long time. >> anthony: to achieve that status of truly becoming a master chef. how many years? seven years to learn, right? >> masa: yeah. >> anthony: that's a lot of time. >> masa: a lot of time. >> anthony: a lot of work. a lot of pain. what was it like apprenticing here? hard? >> masa: his fath

winning a medal at next week concept which objects will keep him on track for tokyo —— tokyo 2020.or the malaysia motogp despite crashing during a wet qualifying at sepang. andrea dovizisio who's aiming to end the season as runner up to the spaniard also suffered in the wet, ending up fifth on the grid. in triathlon — jonny brownlee finished third in the super mix in mallorca racing on his brother's bike as jonny‘s didn't arrive in time for the race. the younger of the two brothers earned his first super league podium of the season. neil robertson is through to the final of snooker‘s international championship. the australian beat jack lisowski by nine frames to seven in china. he'll face northern ireland's mark allen in tomorrow's final. in the last few moments, novak djokovic has progressed through to the finals of the paris masters. he beat roger federer in three sets. he'll meet russia's karen khachanov — who beat the world number eight, dominic thiem — in tomorrow's final. by winning a fifth world formula 1 title lewis hamilton, should inspire more youngsters to dream about fo

yvonne: thank you, chris, joining us from tokyo.he first word news with rosalind in hong kong. >> the euro sank to a 16 month low as geopolitical risk return to haunt investors. tuesday is the deadline for italy's populist government to make a u-turn on it spending plans and e.u. is planned -- ready to take disciplinary action if necessary. the finance minister has said he will stick by his spending plan, come what may. sterling rose from its steepest decline in a month as prime minister theresa may faces a midweek deadline. she believes she's edging toward an agreement with brussels but there threatening to vote against her. wednesday is seen as a crucial .ay, a breakthrough is needed >> have the feeling we are slowly tiptoeing toward a definitive agreement, that we will conclude in the coming weeks. brexit is a tragedy for europe and we mustn't add to that with the trauma of the u.k. departing in a disorganized way. >> unions representing u.s. say a system is designed -- one planeainst killed 100 and nine people aboard. it has bee

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo.ham footballer paul gasgoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a train from york to durham. he was arrested at durham station in august. the 51—year—old is due to appear before magistrates next month. the parole board has decided that the serial sex offender, john worboys, should stay in prison. worboys — a black cab driver — was jailed in 2009 for assaults on 12 women in london. injanuary, the board said he would be freed after serving 10 years, but it provoked a public outcry and was overturned by the high court. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here. it certainly did provoke a public outcry. reminders of the bagram? john worboys was convicted almost ten yea rs john worboys was convicted almost ten years ago of drugging, sexy assaulting and raping a number of women that he picked up in his black cab. thejudge women that he picked up in his black cab. the judge said women that he picked up in his black cab. thejudge said he women that he picked up

of tokyo tops a poll of five major world cities way ahead really of the average in support of female only courage as cairo is second while just over half of women in mexico city backed the idea that's despite the study showing it is the most dangerous city for females and public transport less than thirty percent of women in new york and london support it they were more concerned with travel times and costs are spoken talk show host john god thinks better law enforcement is the answer. but i really don't like the idea of segregation in wage us and if we go down that route and also actually use that dreadful term isn't the victim blaming the women who are sold it's the men so with god knows for harassment and abuse we must just enforce them out woman has every right to drive. travel on subway systems and be safe it is up to the subway systems the courts and the police to enforce the laws i don't think this will really seriously i want to live in a modern tolerant liberal society well woman just like a man can just like they wish go where they wish and be safe so shocked all of us to d

now more tales of tokyo tronic and not extra segment. was. just talk of tronic wouldn't be enough singer so is involved in a number of music projects. like working with the beats takes on a soundtrack for the movie chick. in twenty fifteen he and theatre director rene polish wrote an opera for berlin spokesman it a full orchestra in course instead of guitars and drums. the role. was. not so and producer to mentor also make up the electrode phantom ghost as she told. me. with fribourg one of their very first songs talk of trying to upset the entire city of the same name. so one studied there and in the song he pokes fun at how fanatical people in freiburg are about their bicycles later took a tronic stated that fribourg was just a metaphor for any place where people feel excluded meanwhile tempers have cooled. was either way the song became a classic and inspired other musicians as well here's a covered by the electro project console. was i was germany's indie rock intellectuals are particularly fond of this animated movie series tronic are hu

tokyo tops a poll of women bucking female only public transport to tackle sexual assault in a global safety survey. and facebook investors pushed for a mark zuckerberg to quit following a series of scandals the latest being the firm's links to a p.r. agency accused of. twenty four hour news and views live from moscow this is r.t. international my names you know neal a little unwelcome top story u.s. vice president mike pence washington is ready to continue its trade war against beijing by doubling chart of sun chinese goods his remarks came. economic cooperation summit this week and the event ended on a historically low note as the member states failed to agree on a final joint statement nichiren takes a closer look. fears over the u.s. china trade war have still not been put to bed sure it's all smiles and matching shirts in the family photo. but unlike previous years this summits was less about togetherness and more kids who well divisions of a family breakdown with washington and beijing vying for the loyalties of other countries you know the two big giants in the room what can i

it's the last major event for the sport before it makes its olympic debut at tokyo 2020, so there are qualification points up for grabs. britain's defending world champion jordan thomas is in action tomorrow and bbc sport's nick hope is in spain for us. record number of athletes and nations entered this year world championships showing how much the sport grows ahead of the olympic debut in tokyo 2020, we saw growth in both discipline, they had to combat. that we will come to the moment the first to this one that kicked off this morning, he is —— it's 50 minutes of preset moves combining strength and technique when theyjudge they look at technical and athletic performance is not all completely traditional it's very much athletic and much more difficult than it looks to be honest., who claimed europeanjunior bronze earlier this year is 16 years old and won her first contest before exiting the second round as did england's. my performance i feel is better than ever it's amazing i work so better than ever it's amazing i work so hard and it's playing off for everyone in the sport to say th

he's accused of misreporting financial data to the tokyo stock exchange.ing that other bosses of japanese corporations have been found doing, and have not ended up in police custody. whether he is formally charged or not, mr ghosn will now be sacked by the company he helped rescue from the brink of bankruptcy. it is an astonishing fall from grace for a man once known here injapan as mr fixit. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's speak to our business correspondent, mariko 0i. why have we not heard from carlos ghosn yet? that is the big question. we have not heard from carlos ghosn himself and we will continue to monitor whether he makes a mistake it is today. many people are starting to wonder why here and another executive greg kelly could get away with it so long without anybody at the sun realising something was wrong. —— nissan. the whistle glowing programme started a few months ago. it was very choreographed, announcement. from the scoop from the newspaper to an english statement by nissan motor which is unusual injapan, followed by the s

let's take a live to rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo. sally explaining the make—up of the company, it underlines how complicated this could be and how far reaching the impact could be around the world? it has major implications for three very large car companies. here in japan, nissan is the main one, but mitsubishi motors is involved. carlos ghosn is the chairman of mitsubishi motors and the chief executive officer of renault in france. he had been trying in the last few years to pull these three companies into a closer alliance and to build what they hoped would become a competitor for toyota and volkswagen at the real top of the collea g u es volkswagen at the real top of the colleagues around the world. —— of the car leaks. his arrest, departure from nissan probably from the other two companies put into question the whole of our company's structure. some analysts are saying that of course this is about illegal activity and underreporting of his benefits salary but it is the background to this is the beginning ofa background to this i

tokyo tops a poll of women backing female only public transport to tackle sexual assault in the global safety said. the popular russian cartoons be accused of being a credible a propaganda tool designed to implement children's minds around the world. by good afternoon to pay a month of the nineteenth of november welcome to out international live with me kevin i would in the headlines first and today there's a fresh development in the investigation over the death of the anti corruption lawyer someday magnitsky ten years ago russian prosecutors are looking into whether or not his killing was organized by his former boss the british based finance see it william browder. expose. post-mortem tests showed that there were symptoms of poisoning with the toxic school water soluble aluminum compounds taken orally there has never been full scale research of such substances in russia but over dozens of years xico logical research of these compounds have been conducted especially by the us and. we have to understand who is mr magnates and who is mr browder the latin america born u.k. hedge fund man

they may be two decades old but women only carriages are not universally popular in tokyo one group of men protested by boarding one in february calling the policy discriminatory other critics point out that it doesn't solve the wider problem segregated trains what's next instead of fixing the problem let's separate the sexes bad logic here and it will lead to other forms of segregation at best women only facilities provided only moment to rest by sigur geisha doesn't stop sexual violence the ethical response to violence is to stop the aggressors not segregate the victims why is there no men only carriage to balance everything out and to offer a place where men don't have to worry about being falsely accused let's just examine the poll i mentioned earlier tokyopop sit it's a group of five cities that were looked at tokyo really way ahead of the average in support of female only courage of cairo is second while just over half of women in mexico city back the idea is to spite the study showing it's the most dangerous city for females. on public transport less than thirty percent of women

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mileage under round ground zero in france and this time in japan has been arrested by authorities in tokyo suspected of underreporting as salary and other irregularities. by the federal between the us and china ways of asia pacific relation. for the first time in its history the apec summit ends without a joint leader state it's. also coming up italy stands firm on its budget plans but might be open to stop at least some wasteful spending. this is the the view of business. colors god is to be removed from his post after the company said internal investigation found under reported his income by millions of dollars and then gage did other quote significant misconduct japanese media reported that tokyo prosecutors arrested got today brazilian borgata lead a dramatic turnaround over the last two decades rescuing it from near bankruptcy. using john carlos ghosn is regarded as one of the most docile and manages in the automotive business after all he has the partnership of redeye mitsubishi i'm new son and his belt. but he's been under investigation for months now the japanese comic chemist on a

plans from the plush surroundings of his executive suite to a spartan cell behind the walls of this tokyo jail rumors that management was behind his fall from grace spread like wildfire. it's a source of coup de tat by nissan those who didn't like him tonight for him internally to make him full. carlos ghosn is one of the most successful also company bosses of all time in one thousand nine hundred six he began restructuring struggling french carmaker ran zero three years later he engineered the alliance with nissan he soon had this company back on the road to success as well but a no holds a forty three percent stake in nissen giving the french a lot of power in the company through to even appointing than is on board the japanese company has only a fifteen percent stake in reno leaving it with no effective vote or power in its french partner. a complete merger would have cemented nissen's possession as the weaker partner even though the company is performing better than ran oh the sting of go on could signify that the japanese automaker wants to expand its influence and its alliance with

in twenty twenty tokyo will host the paralympic games when the nation has a troubled history caring for people with disabilities want to win he examines japan's disability shame on al-jazeera. the lights are on. and there's nowhere to hide do you think we're going to see some kind of scene change in the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody's conspiracy affronts own al-jazeera. hello again the top story. commander of the military wing of hamas has been killed in is really on the ground raid in gaza six other palestinians and israeli soldiers died during that attack and munis the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short his visit to paris to return to israel the new york times is reporting top saudi intelligence officials close to the crown prince discussed using private companies to assassinate iranian embassy enemies it says inquiries were made to a small group of businessmen last year and the u.s. has renewed its call for an end to hostilities in yemen street battles have brought chaos to residential areas in the main port ci

in twenty twenty tokyo will host the paralympic games when the nation has a troubled history caring for people with disabilities when he examines japan's disability shame on al-jazeera. a congress divided between democrats and republicans. what does it mean for america and the world in these remaining two years of donald trump's presidency. find out on al-jazeera. welcome back you with al jazeera live from london our top stories now the french president and his lead tributes to the millions of soldiers who died in world war one a ceremony marking one hundred years since the end of the conflict called for the world not to forget the ideals principles and patriotism of those who fought. fierce battles to retake yemen's port city of the danger of spilled on to residential areas as thousands of civilians remain trapped by the violence that at least sixty one fighters from both sides have been killed over the past twenty four hours. a protesters have gathered in the turkish city of istanbul to demand justice for the murder of john is jamal khashoggi the white house has confirmed that u.s. pr

that's why the city of tokyo is looking at different ways to avoid a worst case scenario. to prevent a situation where visitors cannot move around due to heavy traffic we're looking at different measures for the talk you'll twenty twenty games. such as having people take time off work or maximizing the system. that just a business term is a campaign the city has already tested he said means time difference it's an initiative to encourage flexible working hours to reduce congestion during rush hour the government says more than eight hundred companies have taken part. in more than one million visitors are expected for the twenty twenty summer olympics in tokyo and they won't all fit in the trains no wonder train operators want to deploy more of them. how old were you when you got your first job in thailand a group of primaries school students are already picking up a useful trade cutting hair the saw from barber shop that gives kids a leg up on a potential future in running businesses and students at discount her. a quick trim here will run you between fifteen and thirty ce

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he's accused of misreporting financial data to the tokyo stock exchange.thing that other bosses of japanese corporations have been found doing, and have not ended up in police custody. whether he is formally charged or not, mr ghosn will now be sacked by the company he helped rescue from the brink of bankruptcy. it is an astonishing fall from grace for a man once known here injapan as mr fixit. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's speak to our business correspondent, mariko 0i. so many headlines around the world about carlos ghosn, but have we already heard him speak about it? no, andi already heard him speak about it? no, and i think it's important to emphasise that mr ghosn hasn't commented about this, so we will continue monitoring whether he makes any statement this morning, because, as you could imagine, many people are wondering how he and another executive, greg kelly, could get away with it for so long without anyone noticing at nissan. the whole thing happened very quickly and it was very well choreographed, if you know what i mean, f

we start off with nissan motors, and its shares are falling sharply in tokyo trade this morning after carmaker said it plans to fire carlos ghosn from the chairman's post after discovering he allegedly used company funds for personal use and committed other serious acts of misconduct. joining us now is my colleague marika oi. he is all over the headlines that he hasn't spoken about what's happened. no, it's important to emphasise we have not heard from mr ghosn himself, and we will continue monitoring if he makes any kind of statement today. he is accused of understating his income by 5 billion yen over five years, about 44 million us dollars, and according to the carmaker nissan, allegations of mr ghosn‘s areas misconduct fall into three areas. firstly, he allegedly misrepresented his pay in the report to the tokyo stock exchange, and also the purpose of spending the compa ny‘s exchange, and also the purpose of spending the company's investment. he is accused of using the company's assets for his personal use. this all comes from the company's whistleblower programme, which was set u

we are in tokyo. headlines out of nissan dampening sentiment across asia with stocks falling the most in two weeks in the last session. let's see how markets are looking right now. japan and korea coming online, sophie. sophie: we are seeing red across the board, matching this great and gloomy weather we see outside the window in hong kong, looking like a midweek hump for asian stocks. losing 1.2%, so we are seeing losses of over 1% in set fors the asx 200 is a fourth day of losses, trading at a low. the global selloff is continuing apace while the yen is not too far off from a three-week high. the korean won off by .4%, so this resurgent dollar strength is not helping the risk-off narrative as well. we have the tech turmoil continuing. oil below $54 a barrel. just getting a little bit of ground after falling more than 5% on tuesday. s&p has placed the carmakers credit rating on negative watch. news reporting that tokyo prosecutors are considering building a case against nissan over financial miscondu

minus the twoy, that are in detention in tokyo. representative director, quite a powerful position on the board, that is said to have done a lot of the work for carlos ghosn. still chairman and ceo for renault. the fate of carlos ghosn in the legal process is still in the air. it was unanimous. we thought there was going to be dissent from two of the board members who had ties to renault. after about three hours deliberating at the yokohama headquarters, it was unanimous to oust carlos ghosn as chairman. again, perhaps his biggest trouble now are his legal woes in tokyo. haidi: tell us more about those. tokyoording to the prosecutors office, they are picking up the case from this investigation by nissan. as late be in detention as next week, next friday, until a possible indictment comes down is he eligible for bail. that is not a certainty either. true, theyimes are would constitute quite heavy crimes that could lead to a jail sentence or imprisonment of up to 10 years. even in this very preliminary , it is painting a very dire pi

tokyo will host the next paralympic games your home country those that make you. a little bit more nervous. a lot. of. you. had you started training in high school at the time a does more junior was growing in his right arm and doctors were considering amputation. rational for the. wrong on this kid or. what if i feel guilty and or. with these tuman no longer spreading rumors paralympic career is taking off in leaps and bounds. after winning bronze in long jump at the recent asian power games how do you muse ultimate goal is to compete at the summer olympics. japan has a long history of discrimination against the disabled while the country was hosting the paralympics in nineteen sixty four people considered bentley and physically inferior being forcibly sterilized. the eugenic protection law began after world war two when japan was struggling with food shortages and a ravaged economy. close to twenty five thousand japanese citizens with sterilized over the next four decades sixty eight thousand of them against their will. the policy only stopped in ninety ninety s

jeffries, japan, head of research, joins us now from tokyo.unanimously voted that was perhaps a little bit of a surprise from those of us expecting more dissent. what do you make of this? is it going to change the balance of power when it comes to the alliance? >> i think we need to start by taking a step back and evaluating nissan's governance over the last couple of years. doinging they have been at jefferies, is rating and ranking board structures of the top 500 companies. nissan really stood out. had most of the bad government structures, it probably surprised a lot of people. they were only 11 companies last year that didn't have the minimum independent directors required by the corporate governance code. nissan was the only large global ,ompany, the others were small domestic, japanese companies. it stood out in that way that they only had one independent director. when he was at the background of that independent director, even was a next employee and just because they had been retired for a few years, they counted them as independent.

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.iness correspondent, mariko oi. it is an over used phrase, rockstar but he was treated that way. indeed, it really is a fall from grace. i think it is important to emphasise that we have not heard from carlos ghosn. we will continue monitoring whether he makes any kind of statement today. he is accused of understating his income by m5 billion overfive years. understating his income by m5 billion over five years. many are starting to question how he and another executive, greg kelly, could get away with it. during the press conference, the chief executive officer has asked if the company has made some kind of plea bargaining deal to which he said he could not comment. many are saying that nissan's books now need to be looked into, and not just nissan's books now need to be looked into, and notjust for these two individuals. so a lot of fallout? indeed, it is notjust nissan. there is an alliance with mitsubishi motors and the french company at renault. nissan also has some stake in renau

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.ariko oi, has more on mr ghosn‘s arrest. it really is a fall from grace. i think it is important to emphasise that we have not heard from mr ghosn. we will continue monitoring whether he makes any kind of statement today. he is accused of understating his income by m5 billion over five years. many are starting to question how he and another executive, greg kelly, could get away with it. during the press conference, the chief executive officer has —— was asked if the company has made some kind of plea bargaining deal to which he said he could not comment. many are saying that nissan's books now need to be looked into, and not just for these two individuals. donald trump has called it an "invasion" and the mayor of the mexican city of tijuana an "avalanche". both men are talking about the caravan of thousands of migrants who've travelled through central america and are now in the border city of tijuana, hoping to cross into the us. our correspondent, will grant, is there. this is the spo

well in terms of single sex courage it's not a universally popular idea in tokyo just this february we saw one group of men protesting by boarding a women's only courage on the train calling the policy the scrim minatory other critics point out that it doesn't solve the wider problem segregated trains what's next instead of fixing the problem let's separate the sexes bad logic here and it will lead to other forms of segregation bassed women only facilities provided only moment to rest right doesn't stop sexual violence the ethical response to violence is to stop the aggressors not segregate the victims why is there no men only carriage to balance everything out and to offer a place where men don't have to worry about being falsely accused well let's just go through the global story here tokyo tops a poll of five major world cities and is really way ahead of the average in support of female only courage as cairo is second while just over half of women in mexico city backed the idea that's the spike the study showing that it is the most dangerous city for females on public transport less

shery: stephen engle in tokyo.eeping a close eye on nissan, which fell the most since 2016 in the last session. plenty more to come on "daybreak asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ >> haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery in new york. the u.s. is accusing china of theft. it comes 10 days before the leaders of the two nations meet at the g20 summit in argentina. the professor of global affairs at the johns hopkins university school of international studies joins us now from washington. welcome to the show. it is great to have you with us. there seems to be more consensus within the united states and u.s. allies that the trump administration is not wrong in addressing these concerns over china, especially when it comes to ip theft, but are they right on addressing these grievances now? there is a pretty broad consensus internationally and in the united states that chinese trade practices have been a problem for quite a long time and there are concerns around other unfair practices. critiques that have been raised o

landing a medal and next week ‘s world championships will keep them on track for tokyo 2020.op of the premier league later if they beat arsenal, whilst in the early kick off manchester united are drawing 1—1 at bournemouth. anthony martial equalising after an early bournemouth goal. but that is all your sport for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:20pm — bye for now. it is not all trees and shrubs. many of them, we can store in seed banks and we do hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. pakistan authorities have made a deal with protesters , who've been demonstrating against the acquittal of a christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. under the agreement, asia bibi will be barred from leaving the country — but it's unclear for how long. the deal ended three days of violent protests across pa kista n. earlier i spoke to wilson chowdhry, who chairs the british pakistani christian association and knows the family of asia bibi. i began by asking him how her family, and the pakistani

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.as said austerity is coming to an end. but what has the effect of less money been on local communities? in the coming months, we‘ll be looking at the impact of austerity on hartlepool in the north—east, one of the poorest places in england. tonight our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan looks at the the impact of cuts on the police force there. i should warn you his report contains some flashing images. all right! what am i getting arrested for? you‘re getting arrested to prevent a breach of the peace. what starts as a minor incident... bleep. ..can quickly escalate. calm yourself down. don‘t kick off. a suspicion of domestic violence leads to two arrests. four officers are needed... bleep. ..40% of the night shift. it‘s a good job that we had the other unit there. now, they both go to middlesbrough police station, where they‘ll spend the night, until she‘s sobered up and he will get interviewed about obstructing police. the prisoners have to go to middlesbrough, 15 miles aw

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.e, mariko oi, has more on mr ghosn‘s arrest. it really is a fall from grace. i think it is important to emphasise, though, that we have not heard from mr ghosn. so we'll of course continue monitoring whether he makes any kind of statement today. but as you mentioned, he's accused of understating his income by $5 billion yen over five years, so that's about m5 million. as you can imagine, many are starting to question how mr ghosn and another executive, greg kelly, could get away with it for so long without anybody at nissan noticing. during that press conference that was in rupert's report, the chief executive officer was asked if the company made some kind of plea bargaining deal with the prosecutor's office, to which he said he couldn't comment. but many analysts are now saying that nissan's books really do need to be looked at, notjust these two individuals. donald trump has called it an invasion and the mayor of the mexican city of tijuana an avalanche. both men are talking about t

the tokyo prosecutors office is building a case.d heavy. that could entail a 10-year prison sentence. this story will unfold over weeks and months. francine: thank you very much. we are back with christian and peter. peter, the implications for the outlines, mitsubishi-renault-nissan? , does the industry take a different shape? >> high am not sure it should. the companiessons have to get together is we have huge overcapacity in the industry. we have to reduce that capacity. one way are mergers. we can share platforms, costs. it would be a mistake if we seized partnerships in an industry grappling with huge external challenges at a time when we start to think about electronic cars. francine: i note this is not your field. it goes back to the momentum in japan. are investors getting japan wrong, away from nissan? >> we are more optimistic on japan from an economic perspective. the headwinds are there. the domestic support seems to be increasing, some talk of fiscal support next year. we have stimulus in the u.s. , europe,lking the u.k

he's accused of misreporting financial data to the tokyo stock exchange.bosses of japanese corporations have been found doing, and have not ended up in police custody. whether he is formally charged or not, mr ghosn will now be sacked by the company he helped rescue from the brink of bankruptcy. it is an astonishing fall from grace for a man once known here injapan as mr fixit. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. that was a report from rupert wingfield—hayes. let's bring you breaking news, shooting in chicago this evening. if we look at the scene outside the hospital in chicago. police say that a gunman has opened fire outside. a police spokesman said there were reports of multiple victims. he added that at least one possible offender had been shot. reports in local media say a police office has also been shot. the unidentified man was near at the time of the shooting, this is from an unnamed witness, who says he was coming out of the hospital from the clinic area, and he saw a coming out of the hospital from the clinic area, and he sawa man coming

the decision was eagerly awaited in tokyo and around the world for our top executives held consultations with their c.e.o. . then it became clear. his position. now expected to be his temporary successor. carlos ghosn has plunged from the plush surroundings of his executive suite to a spartan cell behind the walls of this tokyo jail rumors that nissan management was behind his fall from grace spread from japan to france like wildfire good. it's a sort of could it top by nissan those who didn't like him internally to make him. carlos going as one of the most successful auto company bosses of all time in one thousand nine hundred six he began restructuring struggling french car maker reno three years later he engineered the alliance with nissan he soon had this company back on the road to success as well right now holds a forty three percent stake in nissan giving the french a lot of power in the company right through to even appointing the nissan board the japanese company has only a fifteen percent stake in reno leaving it with no effective vote or power and its french partner a complete

the decision was eagerly awaited in tokyo and around the world for hours and it sounds top executives held consultations with their chief executive hero. then it was done. was fired as innocent chairman cohen has plunged from his plush executive suite to a cell in this tokyo jail is accused of underreporting his income by millions of euros over five years and misusing company assets for personal gain rumors that nixon executives were behind his fall spread fast. that it was the sort of coup d'etat by knew. those who didn't like him denounced him internally to make him fall . colors go on as one of the most successful auto company managers of all time in one thousand nine hundred sixty began restructuring failing french carmaker. three years later he engineered the alliance with. he soon had this company back on the road to success as well. holds a forty three percent stake in this and giving the french a lot of power in the company through to even appointing minister on board. the japanese company has only a fifteen percent stake in rhino leaving it with no effective vote or power ove

tokyo dieyland. tokyo disney sea with more than 30 million guests per year. it boasts more than 21,000 cast and a w incarnation of childhood favorite, 20,000 leagues under the sea. there she blows. this park is made up of seven themed ports, including the arabian coast, a fun nod to "aladdin" complete with its own palace. the mediterranean harbor, its watery canals and gondola rides really feels like you're in italy and the american waterfront where patrice and i got to take in all the excitement on the electric railway. >> the american waterfront. steamboat mickey. >> oh, look at the little boat. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: tokyo is also known for its popcorn mania. over the years there's been a rotating list of 25 different popcorn flavors and today there are ten for sale including strawberry, garlic shrimp and soy sauce and butt t toti that's an ad. let's tst j just like a honey, maybe. hon >> chocolate. salt and pepper. >> barbecue. >> let's try this one. >> tastes a little caramelized. >> strawber