tsuyoshi kusanagi said kimura created an opportunity for them to apologize to the management agency's president. he said he felt relieved that all the members were together again. kimura said they'll look forward to whatever the future brings. >> translator: i want them all to keep on going. >> translator: my mother and i are both big fans, so i hope we can go to one of their shows again. >> smap has been a fixture on the japanese pop scene for more than two decades. they have also appeared regularly on tv shows and in commercials. all five members have worked on their own as actors. >>> on to business headlines. we've seen global financial markets in quite a bearish mode from the start of the year. ai uchida has an update from the business desk. >> keiko, the nikkei is falling and down almost 19% from its 52-week high. now, a 20% drop from the recent peak is typically called a bear market and getting very close to that and it is not only japan. same is happening in australia and china where slowing growth is a big concern. investors are closely watching china's gdp figures out about