one of the industries that could be affected by the tpp. some members of the ruling liberal democratic party have voiced opposition to japan's participation in the tpp talks. about 100 members opposing the tpp held a meeting on friday. they said japan's participation could hurt agriculture and health care and insurance. leader of the group said the party should keep its election pledge that it will not accept an accord that would require partners to lift import tariffs without exception. that is all for me. it's back to the main news with gene otani. gene. >> japanese media report is casting doubt on chinese claims to the senkaku islands in the east china sea. chinese government recognized the islands as part of japan in a document more than 60 years ago. the wire service obtained a copy of a draft outline on territorial issues for a peace treaty with japan. the draft was produced in 1950. the document refers to the islands by their names senkaku islands not their chinese name. the article says the document contains descriptions recognizing

one is that one of the reasons why the genesis of or creation or mushrooming of tpp became a reality was that there was this government of all major religious political parties in kpp, this was from 2002 up to 2008 or 2007. this -- [inaudible] which believe in a democratic process, these are not the terrorist groups or like the let or ttp or other groups which believe in militancy. these are the groups which believe in a democratic process. they have been declared political agendas. they have web sites. and one positive thing, if i may call that, was that this group of five different religious/political parties represented sunni groups,. [inaudible] more closer to the saudi vision and the shia group as well. so in principle it looked like a good combination with all the current religious political parties coming together. and this was the first opportunity this group had to run a province. but the results of that were, if i may call it, devastating. because that, the policies created a space. they were not directly supporting militancy or terrorism. not at all. but some of the orthod

we need to conclude the trans- pacific partnership (tpp) agreement in the booming pacific basin. let's get a high-quality agreement done this year. the chamber has also been leading the fight for a trade agreement with the european union. we're gaining a lot of support for it from business and government leaders on both sides of the atlantic. negotiations should be launched without delay. in geneva, 50 countries have stated their intention to launch talks on an international agreement to boost trade in services, which we strongly support. and to conclude any of these agreements, we must renew the president's authority to negotiate trade agreements, known as trade promotion authority. as we pursue a more ambitious trade agenda, let's make sure it includes robust intellectual property protections. the chamber's global intellectual property center will continue to lead a vigorous effort throughout the year, at home and abroad, to protect ip and the millions of high paying, high quality jobs it supports. our country should also make a major effort to attract more global investors. fo