a tokyo toe shut to number one. and the chairman charts with their 1st song in 2005 with their music 30 most style outfits. they struck a chord with many kids initially and you're aligned, is it just is a double personality of these very dissimilar waiting is who stood out with the very recognizable has style. and then these 2 of the guys in the background show and it looks and but very all sent it with that looks like i don't know what all of the record company could have molded the. my goals made the more did young avoided and that's exactly what from leo and mexico loves window. you know, and i mean he, but when they came to mix kite, uh we will thought he was a woman because of the unfortunate little key hand to him specifically, bill county. i've seen that it was, i think he drew a lot of attention because it was e mail as a setting. but it was very much his image that caused me to listen to me, use a and then, but i didn't know if it was a woman or a man saying that old number of teenagers would star quality.

there were tokyo hotel painting. they actually cremated her with a tokyo who to obtain time get there and tell him, wrote to me that he sent his regards to her family and the hope they were doing well. it's good and he wrote it in, let's see you in the other galaxy. i keep the same, here's a tough to wait with the galaxy just for the for days, but here's bills. how to really mean for over here is tom's for the stuff, but it represents a nebula, which is just the universe going on us. so pretty the that's what i was bullied at school for a while under people e. when listening to music always helped many he'll send that tokyo hotel helped me a lot to get the measure them, which was like, oh, implement the i just think tokyo hotel for practically saving my life, the man excited for the concert. so excited to be seeing the band have a special nickname for their funds in the nickname just a unless i won't find them hold themselves precisely because we don't feel so good in science. the new phone will then see you in the f

we can sync tokyo hotels. i was hoping that they'll get that the but then the tags, there's a cancellation by the production but, but like, don't understand. it's not clear young. no, no. here's an official announcement that will take care hotel. syracuse tele, 50 ended look here to, hey guys, what's up? we can't believe we're actually saying this, but we are sitting here in mexico city. i'm unable to pay hours. so i mean, you guys sorted already. yeah, it rates our heart, but our hands are tight. there's nothing we can dig up to, the venue is up to the local promoter and a zip. so they don't let us enter so we can set up and make a safe. so for you guys, we're trying to do whatever it takes, you know, for sure as we are working on a solution to come back to mexico because it makes one thing for you guys. and you actually go to the, it's one of our favorite places to go once the concert venue double booked, we're ticket sales to low rivers abound, but there's no official explanation. so probably, 06 comforts a

it looks out directly onto tokyo station concourse. i can see the ticket gates and people coming and going, and it's really making me itching to want to get to start myjourney. for maximum efficiency, the hotel connects directly with the station. wow, what a contrast — from the quiet of the hotel to the concourse of tokyo station. what a sight! tokyo station is the busiest station injapan, with a staggering 4,000 trains arriving and departing daily. it's a national institution and the main hub of the iconic shinkansen, the original bullet train. it's amazing to me that these revolutionary machines have been around for 60 years, and to get the inside track on them, i'm meeting ex—driver, nowjapan rail central manager, naoyuki ueno. lovely to meet you. nice to see you. obviously, this is a very busy station. how frequently do these trains go? every three minutes... wow! ..shinkansen is operated. and also, since the birth of the shinkansen, we have had 6.8 billion passengers. 6.8 billion? yeah. that's right. wow! i mean, they are incredib

that welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12 hour flight and i'm baked. no sleep. might as well must go out. the kabukicho district near my hotel has the advantage of being where the subterranean life, the repressed ids of the japanese male and some females too, comes out to play. joining me is japanese film producer and production manager masa kokubo. always a good sign when protective chains separate entertainers from the soon to be entertained, right? prepare yourself for the greatest show in the history of entertainment. >> long time ago. in a bid to race in the priesthood in the old forms on the planet far away. qizan al-najjar. >> what does it all mean? for? the. >> no, no, it can't be over. not yet. no, but yet. yet it is with a series of chaste high fives, with the hard working performers. okay, i got to tell you, i've seen jimi hendrix now have you? i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs, i've seen colleen dewhurst and jason robards in moon for the misbegotten, directed by jose quintero on broadway. considered one of the grea

the countdown is on in tokyo. so do stay with us here at cnn as we help you to usher in to the new year. and the party is well underway in australia. got a look at how sydney's world famous pyrotechnics ushered in the new year. plus, her designs can be seen in museums and on runways all over the world. hong kong raised vivienne tam shows me her unique blend of tradition and innovation. >> hi, i'm nymphia wind and in 2025 i'm looking forward to more bananas and more yellow and more love for the world. woohoo! >> cnn new year's eve live is brought to you by listerine, a fresh routine for a whole mouth clean. >> want a next level clean swish with the whoa of listerine? it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean with listerine. >> feel the. whoa. >> over the years, you've talked to her about boys. you've talked to her till you were blue in the face. you've talked about parenting tips, college prep, and who's in the family photos. now i

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>> tokyo is better. >> oh, those ones were pretty sick. oh, tokyo is better. >> really? are you sure about that? >> i'm very sure. yeah. tokyo was sick. >> so, sydney, you know. >> okay, sure. the tokyo government is not paying you. >> no, no, no no no. >> okay. and then 20, 25. what kind of new year's resolutions do you have for the new year to study harder for university for next year? >> um, for me, it would be to travel a bit more, see a bit more things, you know. >> nice, nice. >> so we got a good a+ student. hopefully. yes. yeah. okay. that's a promise. you're making that on live tv. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. a-plus. >> great gpa and traveling. >> where are you going? to travel to? >> um, hopefully europe next year. in the summer. that'll be exciting with my mates. get to see, uh, hopefully sam konstas smash a couple more runs in the new year to. >> amazing. well, i'm so looking forward to the year that you guys are going to be having. thank you so much for joining us today. i know it's a bit cold, but thank you so much. thank you. over to you, kristie. >> hey, i think

tokyo. just as you said, tokyo does know how to party. and right behind me, you can actually see how the tokyo metropolitan government is getting ready for their first ever countdown event. behind me, there's actually a skyscraper where we're going to see a beautiful projection map of old japan, of new japan blending in the new and the traditional. and then actually, if you take a look at this stage here to julia, you can see there are going to be some live music guests. there's going to be a dj in that corner. and then also you can see these taiko drums. these are traditional japanese drums. and i hear the group that's performing is also very, very famous. so obviously it's a few hours out before it's midnight here in tokyo. but in the meantime i have a bowl of not so warm soba noodles. thank you to our producer yumi, who just handed it off to me. this here is traditional toshikoshi soba noodles in japan. we eat this on new year's eve to celebrate longevity, to celebrate good health. and because soba noodles are easier to cut than other

this is ginza sushiko in tokyo. the original 130 years old. for all that time, this in one form or the other is how the day started. scaling and gutting the fish, prepping the kitchen, cleaning the bathroom, making sakÉ for a customer right? >> dishwasher. everything. >> for how long? >> first two years only in the third year. >> the rice. >> well, that about does it. >> 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. >> it's been a long time to achieve that status of truly becoming a master chef. >> how many years? seven years to learn, right? that's a lot of time. >> a lot of time. >> a lot of work, a lot of pain. exactly. what was it like apprenticing here? hard. >> his father was a very tough, very tough. at that time, his grandfather was here, too. very tough. >> young

here in tokyo. santa _ my rounds tonight. here in tokyo, santa decided - my rounds tonight.ith some of the local wildlife, at the city's 5un5hine aquarium. and since he was in the area, he organised a quiz, trying to raise awareness about penguin5, like you do. but no sign of the big man in this part of mexico, at least not yet. what else say5 christmas other than some exotically decorated route vegetables? the night of the radi5h i5 vegetables? the night of the radi5h is a festival that dates back more than a century, it attracts thousand5 back more than a century, it attracts thousands of tourists and local residents. christmas really does come in all shapes and sizes. tim 5tarted tim started that report talking about the santa tracker, which is provided by norad. father christmas is currently over iowa. he is already halfway acro55 iowa. he is already halfway across america, of course. his starting point was at the north pole, a5 starting point was at the north pole, as you would expect. just to let you know, the map cannot predict exactly when he'll arrive at your house.

you had in tokyo the report that said japan should no longer rely on the u.s. for security returned to the united nations. you look at the united nations today half how to the people think that? if you are in the post-cold war. you realize the world look very different than it does today. so those were the circumstances but i felt was that if you look at the future of east asia. i should add one more point trident was still they first went to beijing in 1993 it was to be about human rights violations it was not about economics at all it was not about military. so at that stage again the world look very different. from my perspective the future of east asia it was going to be three major powers. the u.s./japan, and china. sort off elementary balance of power says it's better to be part of the two than the one. my outline maintained the u.s./japan security treaty was critical i will not bore you with the domestic politicalti bureaucracy of political struggles tosi try to get change in the american position. what's interesting is it took a while for japan to adjus

softbank shares are trading higher by about 11% in tokyo on the back of that news. as we go through the morning. canada has a brand—new finance minister — dominic leblanc. he was appointed after his predecessor chrystia freeland quit on monday after clashing with prime ministerjustin trudeau. in her resignation letter, freeland dismissed trudeau's push for increased spending as a political gimmick, saying it could hurt the country's ability to deal with the 25% import tariffs us president—elect donald trump says he will impose once he takes office. turning now to asia with a look at how the region's economies may fare next year. while inflation and cost—of—living concerns were a dominant theme of 20211, the mastercard economics insitute says that the spending picture for next year will be more upbeat. their chief economist, for apac, david mann, explained the trends driving this optimistic outlook. the way we are thinking about this from the perspective of the mastercard economics nymex institute is 2025 is likely to be the year where we get the more sustainable lev

the german teenagers became overnight, stars with their very 1st single look at the tokyo hotel and then to lot to me because there was a point in my life.

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i sent a cable to tokyo. rich armitage, very angry, he pounded on the table. [laughter] the people in tokyo jumped back. a smooth negotiation. we both cheated. as for camp david, he had a pretty good throwing arm. unlike his image. he has a pretty good throwing arm with his control. [laughter] chris: i love it, the theater of alliance management. i think a lot of us can identify with those stories. we have time for one question before i bring this to a close. please take advantage of this opportunity. page? >> page cunningham, japan-u.s. friendship commission. this exchange is an opportunity for reflection. you are right, its leaders and craftspeople who have been these architects. i am also curious about the role of the government, particularly the public. you were just describing this period that many of us in this room recall. to what extent does the public play a role in influencing the work you are able to do as leaders? and to what extent do you have to manage and negotiate that, even though you knew at a different level that important work was happening

softbank shares are trading higher by about 3% in tokyo on the back of that news.nce minister — dominic leblanc. he was appointed after his predecessor christia freeland quit on monday after clashing with prime ministerjustin trudeau. in her resignation letter, freeland dismissed trudeau's push for increased spending as a political gimmick saying it could hurt the country's ability to deal with the 25% import tariffs us president—elect donald trump says he will impose once he takes office. starbucks has announced a major change to its parental leave benefits in the us. starting in march next year, the coffee chain will offer 18 weeks of paid leave to birth parents, covering 100% of their pay. that's triple what it currently offers its employees. non—birth parents, those welcoming children through adoption or surrogacy, will get 12 weeks of paid leave. the new rules will apply only to employees who work at least 20 hours a week. turning now to asia with a look at how the region's economies may fare next year. while inflation and cost of living concerns were a domina

and the news is sending shares of nissan and mitsubish soaring in tokyo, while honda's stock is down around 2%. for more on all of this, let's bring in suranjana tewari live from the newsroom. the discussion between these two were first reported by japan's nikaev newspaper. but now the bbc understands that honda and nissan are discussing a potential merger. the discussions are understood to be in the very early stages and there is no guarantee that ideal will be struck. but this is the clearest sign yet of some sort of reorganisation in japan's auto industry. in the face of immense challenges posed by both tesla and chinese ev makers. the discussions would allow the manufacturers to co—operate more closely on technology and help japan's number two and number three automakers to create a more formidable domestic rival to toyota, which of course is japan's largest automaker. some analysts say this is good news. putting together a very significant japanese car manufacturer that is extremely strong — manufacturer that is extremely strong in — manufacturer that is extremely strong in hybr

i was actually in tokyo at a restaurant. i had to log into my uber terminal to write the story because that news was breaking. it was an election year. 2024 was going to be really tough. u.s. steel they have this deep history. they helped boost the u.s. economy to make the u.s. one of the most powerful countries in the world following world war ii. for a foreign company taking it over, even a u.s. ally, of course that would face opposition by certain states. they could have looked at biden's history, he has a close connection to the unions and this state. was a miscalculation by nippon steel? they are offering such a large premium, over $14 billion to buy out the company, much more than the previous offers in 2023. despite that, they could not get it through. it is purely a political play. will we be looking at this a few years down the line? perhaps maybe we will be looking at what nippon steel does as a plan b, are they going to double down on other countries like india, and will the trump administration be saying we wish

remember in tokyo, the ldt had lost its dominant position. these socialists were part of the opposition coalition. and the socialists have a long history of resisting the u.s.-japan security treaty. you had in tokyo the higuci report that said japan should no longer rely on the u.s. for security but should turn to the united nations. today you think, how could people think that? but in the post-cold war period, you realized the world looked very different than it does today. those were the circumstances of the end of the cold war. what i felt was that if you looked at the future of east asia -- i should add one more point. china was still in the post tiananmen turmoil. when warren first went to beijing in 1993, it was to berate them about human rights violations, not economics at all. it was not about the military. at that stage, the world looked very different. from my perspective, the future of east asia was going to be three major powers, the u.s., japan, and china. sort of elementary balance of power 101 says it's better to be part of the

and nagasaki, the war formally ended when japan surrendered in a ceremony aboard the uss missouri tokyo bay world war two, the most important and most terrible event of the 20th century was over but a profoundly changeable economic, political, social relationships that continue to influence the world we live in today today. we are now this war and we're all in it all the way. every single woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking. our american history. we must share together the bad news and. the good news. the defeat and the victory. the changing fortunes of war to a global war. the united states needs to its entire population along. what became known as the home front, the government turned to ordinary and leaders of large corporations help lead the mobilization effort. the response was. american wartime produced more than 299,000 aircraft, 630,000 jeeps. 88,000 tanks. 1005 naval vessels. six and a half million rifles and 40 billion bullets. by 45, the united states producing 60% of all allied munitions, 40% of the world's weapons. the american public was asked t

we're live in tokyo as japan toasts the new year.nd the world. but some of those celebrations have been cancelled here in the uk, with yellow storm warnings in place in large parts of the country. ukraine says it has fired a missile from a sea drone to take down a russian helicopter. officers say the attack is the first of its kind. and medics in gaza say six newborn babies have died from hypothermia in a fortnight. we'll bring you a special report. hello, i'm christian fraser. we are going to take you straight to tokyo, japan where the clock has just gone midnight, welcoming in the new year of 2025. ringing in the bell...

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so when they are looking at traveling to different destinations like tokyo, tokyo has been at the topof everyone's list for a while and a top destination. but instead of going to the city, maybe you travel outside. when i asked an eye trip planning tool where i should go, hakone was the top place to experience tokyo and japan's natural hot springs and stay in a traditional ryokan. >> you know, it's funny, one of my good friends actually recommended doing a tokyo trip for 2025. that's funny you say that. um, last thing expedia wrote about set jetting. basically, it's a popular trend where two thirds of travelers say movies, streaming services, and tv shows are influencing their travel choices. a 16% increase from last year. what shows and movies are inspiring people to travel? maddie. >> that's right. so they've been tracking this trend since 2022, and it's continued to rise. the shows that people are most interested in traveling for are the yellowstone. it's the final season of yellowstone this fall, this winter, and people are looking to head out to have that ranch lifestyle experien

the mountain view based company is going to begin testing out driverless cars in tokyo starting earlyt year. it is entered deal to have drivers from japan's largest taxi company to manually operate the vehicles and that would enable waymo to map out tokyo's streets before committing to independent operation. waymo says that's expected to take some time. >> it's happening. all right. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5, a call to fight crime. people in vallejo taking matters into their own hands, trying to get help. they say they need. plus, the man accused of killing united healthcare's ceo. it's now been indicted on murder charges. we have details on what is now facing. and california attorney general rob bonta is firing back against president-elect trump's mass deportation >> tonight at 5.30, more reaction following the death of 6 year-old king julien hoagland after investigators say he was hit and killed by a driver on san jose's interstate 2.80, just a terrible story. king was a student at bagby elementary. and tonight the school district is remembering him saying in part. >> king le

and all the way, if we fast forward to tokyo 2020, when you came back to the track as a mother, whatas driving you then? because i think it was more than what you just described. yes. at that point, everything had changed for me. i think i finally understood that my purpose was so much bigger than just running fast and just getting medals. and so, when i arrived in tokyo, being a mother and overcoming so much adversity, it was full circle, you know. i knew that my daughter was watching. i knew the hardship i had been through with my sponsor. and i was showing up and competing in shoes from a company that i had built. i really had evolved from that athlete that showed up just trying to run fast. and your daughter camryn was born in 2018. i mean, the first pregnancy is a lot ofjoy, it's a lot of anticipation, but as you just alluded, it was a very difficult time for you. you're probably under a lot of pressure. where do you think that pressure was coming from? yeah, it wasn't what i had imagined. i had always dreamt... i knew i wanted to be a mother, and i dreamt of, you know, like eve

i also outside tokyo is a planned to newtown, in the american style. this is where i shows in my legs, it has an abundance of green spaces unless your activities offer. disney land is nearby. but not everyone feels at home here in the set ups, some like of shows in funded, claustrophobic. that's why he's building a world he does want to live in one thing that has this new virtual world up as an escape from an environment he finds limiting, which is cost in pain. ready the stuff, the guy doing, what does it this month? okay, during puberty, kids often tease each other which can turn into bullying on without if you slip into an avatar, you can avoid negative judgments about your own. and parents that the 16 year old has been exploring virtual spaces for a long time. it's here that he meets his friends on the title method either. oh, sometimes i even with the all glasses in my sleep switch to the stand that might sound strange. you know, funny, but it's like the feeling you get on school trips. when you chat with your friends late into the 912 that video

i also outside tokyo is a planned to new town in the american style. this is where it shows in my dollars. it has an abundance of green spaces on ledger activities offer. disney land is nearby, but not everyone feels at home here in the suburbs. some like of shown is in funded, claustrophobic. ready that's why he's building a world he does want to live in this new virtual world office and escape from an environment he finds that and the thing which is caused in pain the stuff, the guy doing, what does it this month? okay, during puberty kids often tease each other which continued to bully, you know about if you slip into an avatar, you can avoid negative judgments about your own appearance. the 16 year old has been exploring virtual spaces for a long time. it's here that he meets his friends on the table and it said an idle sometimes even where the v on glasses in my sleep switch to give me one that i'm seeing that might sound strange. yeah, that's fine if that was a thing. so, but it's like the feeling you get on school trips when you chat with your f

a tokyo is no bulk in the pock young people in japan are among the unhappiest in the world paper . she was high and drilling discipline, all coal features of the education system. those who can stand it. and there are many of them. look for a way out. yoshi international, a private high school that specializes in distance learning is working together with virtual reality developers to provide lessons in a shed virtual environment. the samo read nakamura is an english teacher and stuff like develop the here at the school. he says he's optimistic about shifting the learning environment into the match of us say publishing some of. ringback this type of data got students today already live in the digital world. and of course on when children come home from school and leave the school building, they already use chat programs tassel court that if in the future they communicate in virtual spaces. so we thought, well, actually reinforce the traditional form of conversation because their interaction was also involved eye contact. for example, i didn't lose me commented really, well kind of,