you've got the tokyo olympics next year. you can see just over the horizon to 2020 and this is really something that the prime minister feels strongly about. i think also we saw in the leadership election that while they did the right thing and stood up when nobody else really wanted to take on mr. abe, there is an internal ldp conversation about what a post abe ldp will look like. i'm not sure they're ready for that. i'm not sure there will be party pressure even if it should go badly for the ldp. i think we'll see -- there's others in the room, particularly our reporters and other political scientists who are probably better than i at figuring out whether or not a general election is likely. i tend to think not because it doesn't really redowned to mr. abe's favor but the upper house could be a little shaky and i think japan at the moment is probably not well poised for a transition that's messy. i think there's a lot of risk aversion. i think we saw that in the presidential election. there maybe some grumbling and some di

tokyo is the main thing i want to do, iam tokyo is the main thing i want to do, i am thinking of therld championships and what my medleys. i have all the attributes to do it and i think that it is a possibility and i really would like to be the face of para tae kwon do and represent power athletes. that‘s all from sportsday. for many across southern england it is been a cloudy day. some fog patches over the hills and the foggy weather will continue well into the evening. wet weather moving in, rain turning heavy across wales and pushing into northern england. another pulse spreading across northern ireland that will head to western scotland. it is this area of cloud in the mid—atlantic that needs watching carefully. for the time being, through this evening and overnight, our rain band will clear away from most areas but could loiter across the far south—east of england, with rain here by the end of the night. that is where the mildest weather will be. clearing skies elsewhere, temperatures will ta ke skies elsewhere, temperatures will take a bit of a dip. we will see further showers

this is ginza sushi ko in tokyo. 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 father was very tough. >> anthony: yeah? >> masa: very tough. at that time,

because from tokyo, it is certainly seen as the wea kest of tokyo, it is certainly seen as the weakest.. tokyo, it is certainly seen as the weakest of the. .. i'm so sorry, but rupert, we have lost rupert. we have had some technical gremlins in the line. we will try to bring rupert back to you on that story. of course, we expect an announcement at some point today from the japanese car maker, honda, that it will be closing its plant in swindon with a possible loss of 3500 jobs. issues within the global car industry are being blamed, lots of other carmakers having similar problems. nissan has of course announced it is not going to be producing its extra car in the uk at stock —— x—trail. i think we have rupert back. can you hear me? yes. going back to what you are saying, this story was not so much of a surprise injapan? are saying, this story was not so much of a surprise in japan? as i was saying, the oration in the uk is seen as was saying, the oration in the uk is seen as will of the weakest of honda's operations around the world. —— operation. it was producing millions of cars back

just those live pictures there in tokyo.ency has confirmed that kim jong—un has left the country to attend a summit with president trump in hanoi next week. it's the first public acknowledgement that the talks are taking place. mr kim left by train on a 4,000—kilometre journey that could take three days. the issues of denuclearisation and lifting sanctions are expected to be discussed at the summit. a court in chicago has set a $1 million bail bond for the r&b star r kelly who's been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. the singer handed himself to police on friday and was asked to surrender his passport. for decades, he's faced claims of sexual abuse from women and teenagers below the age of consent, but has always denied the allegations. kim gittleson reports. in a chicago courtroom, prosecutors laid out the accusations against the r&b singer r kelly, who turned himself in on friday. they painted a dark portrait of a superstar who manipulated young women into sexual relationships, enabled by a coter

germany, are set to talk trade politics and business and doing fashion during her 2— day visit to tokyokel is expected to meet prime minister shinzo abe and the emperor as well is that crown prince macro way —— naruhito which comes just days after a trade deal between japan and the european union came into effect. actually, angela merkel comes with two hats to japan... apologies, we seem to have some trouble bringing you that interview and will try to get it to you in a little bit. meanwhile, the future of sears will be decided in a new york ba n kru ptcy sears will be decided in a new york bankruptcy court later today. the chain has been called and says of the changing retail landscape as more people shop on line. many sears stores have already closed and the company is facing the prospect of liquidation. formerworkers company is facing the prospect of liquidation. former workers are now fighting to get severance benefits included in any bankruptcy deal. the bbc‘s business correspondence has more. what an end, it's easy to get to sears. sears has been a fixture of the american retail l

this includes a recreation of the tokyo street from 1958 where ramen was first popularised.and toppings to choose from. normally i'd think really hard about what kind of ramen i'd like, but i don't really have the time. here we go, here we go. 0k... stop! one hour and 31 minutes. we're one minute over. but this definitely looks worth the wait. well, that's all for this week. coming up next week, we've got some movie magic for you. it's red carpet and awards week, so mike is in hollywood to check out a brand—new museum built by the people behind the oscars, which is due to a later this year. in 1929, when douglas fairbanks and mary pickford were just starting the academy, they said, it's already time for us to start thinking about a film museum. and here we are 90 years later and it's finally here, los angeles‘ first film museum. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media. all the links should be on your screens right now. but for now, from me, ade, and all the travel show team here in morocco, it's goodbye. the bigger head looks like it will be very mild

if the polls are right people are going to send a very loud note to tokyo but tokyo's been hard of hearing and has said as played north the democratic loyce thousand people last autumn the new governor tomake a one a very decisive victory running on it can't hide the ace platform. the okinawan people are fed up with the. over presence of the american military forces they host about host seventy percent of the u.s. base facilities and about half of the american military personnel so they think that they have suffered too much terms of american crime and also they don't think the bases are there to protect them they see them as bull's eyes that in danger them in the impact of a conflict they're always talking about how shared values are the foundation of the alliance but by steadfastly nor in the democratic voice of the okinawa people it seems that tokyo and washington are undermining those democratic values so i think a lot of work you know and feel it's time that washed in tokyo began to take their concerns seriously. in france so-called yellow vests protesters have been demonstrating in p

japanese during star rococo care has been diagnosed with leukemia just eighteen months before the tokyo lympics the eighteen year old found out after she returned from a training camp in australia feeling on well she's going to miss this year's world championships in south korea while she receives treatment it was the first women ever to win the m.v.p. award at the asian games last year that was after winning six gold medals in the pool in jakarta the biggest gold medal haul for female athletes at a single asian games understandably she has been tips to be one of the faces of her home and picks in tokyo next year her coach says it's not impossible she can still make the impacts of her strong. we couldn't find the words i think her mind had gone blank she wants to deal with the disease as soon as possible and train with me again but i believe she will come back as a new record here who will be stronger than before because she's determined to partner's disease she still has a strong desire to participate in the tokyo olympics and i believe that possibility is not zero i would like to give

let's go to our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes who is following the story.ela merkel is hot on the heels of the eu and japan's signing off on their big trade agreement anyway, isn't it? yes, it is. her trip is being advertised by the government has getting together with the japanese to form what they are calling an alliance of multilateralism. you might ask, well, what on earth is that? it is really germany and japan, i think it is being driven by angela merkel herself coming up with an alternative to this sort of threats to world trading, to the old world trading system. which are represented by the trump administration. and it sort of trade nationalism. and the rise of china. which may people here injapan, and i think elsewhere in the world, believe doesn't really play by the international rules. angela merkel sees a like—minded ally in the shape of prime minister should as a wave, these are both big trading economy cini to get the channels of trade open. —— prime minister shinzo abe. and japan assisting the g20 this year, so they will be talking about the

want to bring agreements to a whole new level here that many points of alignment though because tokyo has been consulting with washington and in may donald trump plans to visit japan where concerns regarding the peace treaty and russia is likely to be on the agenda there but sergey lavrov such says that this shows japan's lack of independence almost to a certain extent because he has highlighted the military union between japan and the u.s. being an important factor this creates risks for both russia and china topics which have actually been on the agenda numerous occasions when it comes to discussions around this agreement but moscow has pointed out several times that it sees prospects with boosting relations between tokyo itself but this treaty and discussions around it will require a lot more for the talks ok and we should see their report. so not just censorship that's how the president of the international federation of journalists described facebook's suspension of several arts. accounts last week the social networking giant did block four pages belonging to math inc media which

we'll have a special report from tokyo.o this lunchtime — after the resignation of seven labour mps, the shadow chancellor says the party needs a mammoth listening exercise. donald trump is sued by 16 american states for invoking emergency powers to build his wall. karl lagerfeld — a creative giant of the fashion industry — dies at the age of 85. and, where golden eagles dare — plans to bring them back to wales for the first time in centuries. and coming up on bbc news, jurgen klopp says the league is liverpool's priority ahead of their last 16 tie with bayern munich in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the japanese car maker honda has confirmed it's closing its factory in swindon in 2021 — with a loss of 3,500 jobs. at a news conference in tokyo, the company's boss denied that brexit is a factor. instead, he said the closure is because of dramatic changes in the car industry — especially the need to move to electric vehicles. in the last hour, the business secretary has described the

subject to his continued presence at the company the one celebrated executive has been detained in tokyo since his arrest in the. he's charged with underreporting his income as chief of reno's global alliance partner nissan the sixty four year old also stands accused of passing off personal finance losses to nissan at least one hundred sixty five people were killed in the brazilian town of blue monday when a down broke there at the end of january the investigation into who is responsible for the breach continues but many people already believe the tragedy could have been prevented the dom's owner mining company volley has now come under scrutiny. it was the moment the bruma denio dam broke and the catastrophe began for violence the mining company responsible. soon thereafter in rio de janeiro there were protests against one of the largest exporter as a raw materials in the world demonstrators believe the company cares only about quick profits not safety and environmental standards. you know a bone of snowfall is not the owner of the lot but only has mining licenses but they don't even ge

afterwards, he was a full professor at the university of tokyo. and he also served during this time as a consultant at the board of governors of the federal row desereserve system imf at washington, d.c. he worked as chief economist from 1998 to 2001. then subsequent to that, he was with the ministry of finance, the japanese ministry of finance. he also joined the asian development bank and served as head of the office of regional economic integration and special adviser to the adb president in charge of regional economic cooperation and integration. he published a number of books and numerous articles on economic globalization, on regional financial integration and cooperation in east asia, including lessons from the asian financial crisis and on the international currency system. so i think you can see from this brief bio that he has covered all the bases on the economic front and on international trade. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. it's a great honor and a pleasure for me to be here to talk about the japan/u.s. economic relations and the fut

he's been a commentator in tokyo and since april of 2018, he's been the bureau chief here in washington. very pleased to have mikio sugeno with us. in the middle here is hiroki takeuchi who's an associate professor of political science and director of the sun and star program in japan and east asia in the tower center at southern methodist university. he comes here from texas. we're very pleased to have him with us. he's a specialist on comparative politics, china and japan in particular. and he taught at ucla and at stanford university. and to my left, my good friend and frequent quest here at carb carnegie, yuki tatsumi. she worked for a embassy in japan and washington. so we're going to start off with short presentations by each of our speakers, and then we'll have a little conversation up here diving into some of these issues in more detail and open it up to the panel -- to the audience for questions. and we're going to ask you to start us off today. >> thank you, jim. so good morning. i'm hiroki takeuchi. thank you for inviting me here. it's always exciting to come to washington, d

germany's chancellor angela merkel is in the japanese cattle of tokyo, meeting with japanese prime ministers shinzo abe. in a joint news conference, both leaders stressed the importance of close trade ties in times of rising protectionism. merkel's visit comes three days after a sprawling trade pact between the european union and japan took affect. reporter: good friends are important, especially in hard times. that is winter -- that is what german chancellor angela merkel emphasizing during her visit to japan, a major ally in her call for free trade. their relationship is about more than trade. >> i am in japan for the fifth time. we have met 17 times already. we have always worked well together, even at international conferences. we have a long f friendship with 2021 marking 160 years of diplomatic relations for us. it is an incentive for us to work even more closely than --

three days after a free trade pact between japan and the european union takes effect berlin and tokyo explore deeper cooperation we'll tell you how the new agreement benefits both sides. also the u.n. warns that further tariffs being dangled over china by u.s. president trump could have great affects for the world economy if they take effect . and also on the show as a no deal brags it looks more likely japanese carmaker nissan scraps plans to build its new s.u.v. model in the u.k. . i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel was in tokyo meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abbay in a joint press conference both stressed the importance of close trade ties in times of rising protectionism merkel's visit comes just three days after a sprawling trade pacts between the e.u. and japan came into force good friends are important especially in hard times that's why german chancellor angela merkel has been emphasizing during her visit to japan a major ally in her coal for free trade but their relationship is about more than trade. i am in japan

between japan and the european union took effect berlin and tokyo explored deeper corp. welcome to d.w. business africa i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us and the race is on who's going to be the biggest investor in africa china has certainly increased its market share over the past seven years with beijing channeling billions of dollars into expanding its trade relations with the african continent but another major power is also showing growing interest and that is russia in twenty seventeen russian trade with african countries shot up by twenty six percent reaching seventeen point four billion u s dollars and the list of russian companies operating in africa is long rosneft russia's largest oil company is developing oil and gas fields in egypt muslim big and algeria rival new coil house projects in nigeria gonna come the room russian many on group roussel is mining box side in guinea and a criminal controlled diamond miner is planning to enter sim bob way and already has assets in angola and boats wanna according to the stockholm international peace

their big target is at the olympics in tokyo and absolutely 110—0118 olympics in tokyo and absolutelycted them to reach this stage, especially watching them play, they were very scratchy. they stepped up a level. qatar have all the stakes in their favour. almoez ali the leading scorer. they have not conceded a goal yet. the most assists in the competition from their staff. i just assists in the competition from their staff. ijust did not see japan beaten. i make them favourite, just but it will be an entertaining game. thursday was transfer deadline day in many of the major european leagues — the final chance for clubs to add players this season. one of the final deals before the door closed will see belgian striker michy batshuayi return to london to crystal palace. he had been on a season—long loan from chelsea to spanish side valencia but will move to palace on loan until the end of the season. let's take a look at some of the other big deals. english premier league side newcastle united have broken their transfer record to sign the paraguayan midfielder miguel almiron. he joins fr

subject to his continued presence at the company the one celebrated executive has been detained in tokyo since his arrest in the fender he's charged with underreporting his income as chief of reno's global alliance partner nissan the sixty four year old also stands accused of passing off personal finance losses to nissan the european union has reached a provisional agreement on new rules governing gas pipelines entering the block from a third country now the north stream to project a pipeline connecting russia to germany will be subject to those new regulations which include war oversight from the e.u. germany hopes the agreement will help a peace critics all the projects like the united states which has warned of security risks. the compromise looks set to be something all e.u. member states can live with it requires all gas pipelines in europe to comply with easy law even those operated by third countries such as russia it stipulates that the natural gas producers may not also operate pipelines that would be bad news for russia's gazprom the kremlin controlled company operates north st

the challenge, though, for tokyo is going to be to have a decoupling. a decoupling of economic interests and trade relations with china on one hand and also acknowledging and trying to come to terms with the political, as well as the strategic rivalries that it has with beijing. i should point out, though, that the relations that beijing and tokyo now have go beyond the cosmetic. there is -- it isn't simply a summit diplomacy in october for the sake of summit diplomacy, and instead of just having another meeting in spring this year in tokyo, there is a great commitment between the second and their largest economies in the world. to have what prime minister abe has called moving from competition to cooperation. this is not an altruistic issue, it's something that both countries see as critical, in part,ing to offset some of the risks that is being imposed by a more unilateral trade approach by the united states. but we've seen an agreement between beijing and tokyo to have an easing of maritime tensions. we've also seen specific roadmap for joint energy

it is down 8% in tokyo.t is not something the nikkei -- that is not stopping the nikkei from rising. , it's prettya much a weaker yen story. it announced its biggest quarterly loss in a decade. the stock is up almost 3%. up 0.80%.rities is dropped 15% on its debut. both trying to get clients back to their site. docom up 0.10%. by 0.30%. 225 up this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: it is 10:29 a.m. in hong kong. 9:29 p.m. here. i'm su keenan with the first word headlines. president trump reporting to meet his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, in vietnam at the end of the month. the china morning pos sayst they may hold morning talks on the 27th and 28th. the idea was floated when chinese trade delegates were in washington last week. president trump said progress was being made, but no final deal would happen until he asked president xi. the trump administration is sending extra troops to the mexican border to support operations.security the pentagon will deploy 307,000 50 additional personnel. taking a total number o

jets carry out in the new verse above the heads of nearly a hundred thousand residents but tokyo and washington say they'll only close the base if another one is built somewhere else on the island. like many places in okinawa the fishing village of her is used to living with and from american soldiers that welcome customers here at the washington restaurant owner to moto to marry has filled the menu with american favorites so his patrons can feel at home he's been waiting years for the air base to be relocated to the area. if the base doesn't get built here to free up the other location then there's nothing you can do about it i personally would welcome it an airport like that could also be used commercially one day that would really help the local economy. once again there's a fight over the island's future this time with words not weapons the names of those who died in the battle of okinawa in one nine hundred forty five are listed here both americans and japanese as a symbol of reconciliation but it seems the us military and or can our locals are still far from living in peace wit

that russia's foreign minister has ruled negotiating a peace treaty with japan on tokyo. after the japanese premier told his parliament . has more. this is been one of the toughest statements by russia so far when it comes to the peace treaty and talks regarding sovereignty over the chorale islands now speaking to asian media on sunday say lavrov stressed the complications of the situation which he says requires practicality when it comes to diplomatic relations so this means ruling out negotiations if they only depend on japan's terms. has told his parliament that he will solve the peace treaty issue. frankly i have no idea where he got that notion from the russian president you or anyone else taking part in the russian japanese consultations has ever given our japanese colleagues cause to say that so lavrov has further stress there that russia hasn't given japan any grounds the such statement but developing on this point lavrov said that on the sidelines of the asean summit in singapore president putin and his japanese counterparts spoke on the need to speed up work on

in a small school on the outskirts of tokyo students will be watching in rapt attention.ondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been to talking to them about their hopes for the hanoi summit. these 11—year—olds are singing about a homeland they have never seen. "when the day comes," they sing, "i will go to pyongyang." on the wall, a photo of kim il—sung, north korea's founding dictator. the school is on the outskirts of tokyo, but the language is korean and their loyalty is to the north. and so for these children, the korean peace process is personal even inspiring poetry. translation: my heart was full of joy and anticipation. spring has come to my homeland. as tensions between north korea and japan have grown, so have racial attacks on the korean community here. can we ask about discrimination? has anybody experienced any examples of discrimination against korean people injapan? translation: when i am on a train i hear people saying things like, "you koreans should drop dead." translation: a high school girl had a korean style dress like this one, slashed by a japanese perso

rupert wingfield—hayes is live in tokyo for us.e you havejust come back you have just come back from their press c0 nfe re nce . you have just come back from their press conference. yes, there were a lot of figures to dig into. the first thing is that we were not expecting the ceo to turn up and ta ke expecting the ceo to turn up and take over the press conference and make the main presentation today. it was expected the chief financial officer would make the statement but this ceo turned up and held forth about the figures and during the question and answer session he talked a lot about the arrest of carlos ghosn and the alliance with renault and the future strategy now that carlos ghosn has gone and how they are going to be build confidence in missile and the alliance with renault in the future. —— with nissan. jim holder, editorial director at autocar, is with me now. clearly things moving quite quickly but this is our first snapshot since that scandal with carlos gordon. what do you make of the figures? although they are going

and now singapore. you have spoken to from tokyo, hong kong, seouland now singapore. now in the 21st century and the digital era. in the singapore— uk future partnership around digital it is very much about exploring where we are going. brexit is a short—term frustration. but the excitement is around the innovation thatis excitement is around the innovation that is coming through. very confident that that they will ove 1120 m e confident that that they will overcome a no—deal brexit. that was the lord mayor of the city of london. let's have a quick look at the markets. currently it is mostly in negative territory. down by 100 points. the hang seng just opened lower by 64 points. thank you for investing your time with us. i'm rico hizon and sport today is coming up rico hizon and sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news — the top stories this hour. the archbishop of mumbai admits that he could've handled allegations of sexual abuse better and faster, after a bbc investigation. this ahead of an historic vatican summit on abuse later on thursday. bangladesh says t

bbc news in tokyo. staying with japan. the country's exports fell by 8.4% in january. with japan.ell by 8.4% injanuary. from the same time last year. it is the biggest drop in more than two years. economies see the file as a sign of external demand. that helped widen the trait epithet of the world ‘s third—biggest economy. the world ‘s biggest mining firm reporting a drop in first half 2019 profits. that is asa in first half 2019 profits. that is as a decline in earnings and a series of output disruptions boost costs a nd series of output disruptions boost costs and results in missed opportunities for cost savings. it isa opportunities for cost savings. it is a secretive industry that impacts the lives of millions of people every day. few of us ever consider where painkilling drugs come from. the australian island of tasmania is responsible for going around half of the globe ‘s legal open supply. but it is an industry feeling pain of its own. it is one of australia's best—kept secrets. a global drug supply that blossoms and blooms, and the tasmanian hills. for this farmer, growing

but we've seen an agreement between beijing and tokyo to have an easing of tensions. we've also seen specific road map for joint development projects and we've seen a commitment to develop third-party country cooperation, especially in thailand, for city growth. that said, i have to agree with the professor that japan's relations with china have really started at a very low point. and the fundamental rivalries that -- the rivalries and quite frankly the mistrust continue to persist. and if we look at a poll done by a non-profit organization at the time of the xi-abe summit, we saw that the sentiment on japan has improved remarkably from very bad relations between china and japan following the nationalization of the islands in 2012. we see that china -- about 40% of the chinese now have a very favorable view of japan in that comes in part from creator tourism and more chinese people going to japan and seeing firsthand what japan has to offer. it also has a great deal to do with a more positive tone in the chinese state media coverage over the last year or so. but what'

mariko 0i, bbc news, tokyo.enue growth helped to offset higherfuel costs. revenue growth helped to offset higher fuel costs. singapore airlines is in the second year of a three—year transformation plan, designed to cut costs and boost revenue to better compete against chinese, middle eastern and low—cost rivals. and now, what is trending in the business news this morning. bloomberg tells the story of amazon's escape from new york. we were discussing that little earlier. it says plans for helicopter pads for the company's wealthy executives only exacerbated anger about the plans among some opponents, who used the catchphrase "stay the helipad out!" business insider says facebook is reportedly considering paying a record multi—billion dollarfine to settle us regulators's investigation into its privacy practices. and the wall streetjournal reports on the arrest of a scientist working with suppliers to coca cola — accused of stealing trade secrets to pass to china. they were interested in the coatings used on the in

of the alliance but by steadfastly knowing the democratic voice of the okinawa people it seems that tokyo in washington are undermining those democratic. so i think a lot of work you know and feel that it's time that washed in tokyo began to take their concerns seriously. senegal's president is banking on a booming economy as he seeks reelection in sunday's vote but opposition candidates are focusing on poverty and unemployment which are pushing people to seek a better life abroad. reports some of the car. sinegal rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president like you said he's promoting to get reelected he. didn't continue to progress the one that will bring prosperity to at least. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact to car incubate or for startups but i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a number of risks because very little things a person mayfield's an entrepreneur things that are here now going to go through before inauguration after the other cell is changing the capitals

asia, based in niigata, which i find interesting because so often we just see things happening in tokyo or washington, d.c. but having someone based in a perspective outside of the main city is great. he's also a professor -- he's a representative director of the economic research institute of northeast asia, but also a professor at the graduate school of public policy at the university of turkeokyo. he served as the deputy minister of finance. he's a tstanford university graduate with a ph.d. and masters in finance. and he began his career at brookings. and then he was an assistant associate professor in the economics department at johns hopkins. afterwards, he was a full professor at the university of tokyo and served during this time as a consultant. at the board of governors of the federal reserve system and the imf in washington, d.c. he's worked as chief economist for the world bank's east asia and pacific region from 1998 to 2001. and then subsequent to that, he was with the ministry of finance, the japanese ministry of finance. he served as head of the regional economic integrat

in tokyo, it expanded the size of tokyo out to kind of another prefecture, and that added more land and lowered the effective cost of housing for residents of tokyo because they could live in outlying areas and did not have a horrendous commute into town. >> yeah, that certainly sounds good to a lot of people. we don't have a lot of time left, but i do want to ask you, you mentioned funding. this request by the trump administration to get back some of the federal funding that was awarded to california, how do you see the potentially playing out? >> well, that is a legal question as to whether or not the federal government is entitled to get back money that has already been spent, and what they can do with grandson have already been made, so i think that will play out in the court. >> thank you so much, professional. appreciate your time. >> you are welcome. >>> bill is here. we are going talk about the weather. some folks might be getting some sprinkles. >> is a little bit of stuff showing up in the east bay. you see behind me though, you did see back to the golden gate bridge and traff

in the central tokyo where most of the fans. here and other sports. we would see. end of the match if this race would be flooded with the fans they do usually when their team wins matches. as important as this continent and what it meant all right for the time being found this out i mean thank you for that update from tokyo. time for a check on the weather with stuff going somewhere very cold now and we're going off to the snow we found plenty of snow in parts of europe over the last couple of days these pictures are from the u.k. this is bristol we've also got plenty of snow that we've been seeing in london and we have seen a fair covering as well so lots of wintery weather around that system has also been affecting us elsewhere in europe too so here it is swirling its way eastward we've also seen a lot of snow over parts of germany as well some places here have seen very thick snow coming down and that has caused disruption to flight and a lot of disruption to traffic as well so lots of wintery conditions over many parts of europe at the moment and plenty more st