they could have done a dual election with the upper house on lower house, but they decided not to becauseper majority in the lower house is razor thin, 67%. they need two thirds majority for the super majority. they need that super majority in upper and lower house. it was too much to risk to have a double election. they could have lost the super majority in the lower house and not obtained in the upper house. the next step politically could be a snap election, when he feels the political winds has changed in his favor on the reform package. kathleen: why is that so important to shinzo abe? tourism has increased in japan, labor markets are tight. that is why i think you are right, if he gets a super majority, then he will use it for this project. why does it mean so much to him and potentially japan? are a lot ofe geopolitical concerns in the world and in this region with north korea. they have stopped rattling their sabers but it is still a threat. all of those missile tests went over japanese territory. that is an issue. there is the rise militarily of china. there are problems in the s

shinzo abe wins the upper house vote but failed to secure a super majority. we will have results and reaction. kathleen: market action into asian trading, we have to take a look at u.s. trading first. the stock market was on its way to a modest gain, mixed results on earnings reports, microsoft with a great report, netflix not so great looking over the course of the week. friday it was news late in the day iran's revolutionary guard seized a british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. as you can see at the close we had the dow jones down a quarter-point, 68 point decline. at .75 percent loss. it is just after 6:00 in the u.s., so futures are looking to decline on the s&p 500. also wondering about the fed friday, the president of the st. louis fed repeated he is in favor of a 25 basis point cut a day after john williams seemed to be saying he was on board for a 50 basis point cut. new york had to clarify he wasn't talking about the present time. these are all hanging over the market going into a fresh trading week. how are things in asia? sophie: a frustrating

translation: this upper house election was not about winning two—thirds of the seats.taining stability. we achieved that goal. we will try to gain the support of two—thirds of the lawmakers under constitutional amendments discussing the constitution. we asked whether mr abe would be able to move forward with hiking the nation's consumption tax? yes, he has a strong majority. this means that voters seem to be ok with his overall economic policies. that is a strong signal because the upper house election is very much a regional, rural election, and many things like free trade agreement, opening the country, increasing taxes are not popular in the country. the voters gave him the go—ahead with that. country. the voters gave him the go-ahead with that. he will go ahead with that. but do you thinkjapan really needs this 10% consumption tax given the state of the economy? the state of the economy is pressured quite a bit by the trade war between the us and china. companies are more careful with their investment overseas. they are investing in japan. their investment overseas

says that may be possible if the existing coalition is joined by other parties now the upper house is the less powerful of palm and to chambers it's made up of 245 seats of which half a contested every 3 years budgets and treaties can be enacted without its approval but it can temporarily block other bills approved by the lower house promise to sions our ruling bloc needs to win a 2 thirds majority in the upper house to have a childs of revising japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment requires 2 of both chambers of parliament and a majority in a public referendum a fatty salami has the latest from tokyo. both indicates solid win for the ruling coalition in japan in the upper house elections the main themes here are amending the constitution increasing taxes consumption tax from 8 to 10 percent and fixing the defaults on bobbins in the pension and social security system by mr rabin who has the liberal democratic ruling party is growing the same voters ability he has been by mr for 6 and a half years and he's now becoming the longest serving prime minister in japan's hi

also in the programme: shinzo abe looks to have wonjapan‘s upper house election, but is thwarted in hision to make major constitutional changes. would you let a robot look after your children? find out why it's a dilemma some families may be facing very soon. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:00 in the morning in hong kong, where police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protestors after another mass demonstration against the way the territory is being run. tens of thousands of people have been marching — the latest in a series of pro democracy rallies, which have been going on for two months now. a warning that stephen mcdonell‘s report contains some flashing images. protests here used to end peacefully. not anymore. after the seventh consecutive weekend of marches in hong kong, some hardcore pro—democracy protesters have decided that escalation is the way forward, and they've been met with force. in a clear provocation, tonight's protesters moved on beiji

the impact will not be the ldp loses control of the upper house.tion for policy will be determined by the margin of victory. david: does it concern you as an investor? event was -- yvonne was talking about a lack of opposition as to whether the policies that have been put in place are the right ones? yes, you have a bigger mandate but what is the mandate? why what happens after the election will be very important. are there changes to the cabinet? will the composition change because the ldp doesn't have opposition but that doesn't mean that within the ldp there aren't different views on what the top three priorities once you receive or we received this mandate through an upper house election. isthe way, the positioning already who is going to be the next prime minister after abe when he is done? now more than likely, it will be the beginning of the jockeying for position and we will start to see some disclosure on who abe puts in what positions in the cabinet to potentially pave the way for his successor. yvonne: let's talk more about the markets,

other business stories: japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has claimed victory in the country's upper houseion. but exit polls suggest his coalition has fallen short of the two—thirds so—called supermajority needed to push ahead with revising japan's pacifist constitution. china says it will impose anti—dumping duties on some stainless steel products imported from the european union, japan, south korea and indonesia. anti—dumping tariffs of 18.1% to 103.1% will be applied to some steel products effective 23july, china's ministry of commerce said in a statement. an alternative to urban trees known as bio—curtains is being developed by a team of architects and scientists in london. the curtains harness the power of algae to absorb carbon dioxide from the air. dougal shaw reports on a novel approach to helping the planet. here in east london, a team of architects and scientists are busy developing technology they think could change the look of cities everywhere and help save the planet. it involves these, bio—curtains. they can be fitted to the outside of any building. they are filled with alg

she is an upper house legislator.l have the perspectives on the woman vote in this election. david: we are hitting the story at all angles. stephen engle is live out of tokyo. it is going to be a big week for japan. have a look at the charts. not inexpensive market. lifting thely market. going into 30 companies reporting this week. yvonne: it is still an unloved market. world.asia-pacific, msci the pan is kind of the lower part of the list, but we are hearing more about it being undervalued. here is where you are underperforming. that is the japan story. there is another story coming up in the program at we will get you the latest on the tech board. there is plenty more still ahead. we are just getting warmed up. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back. let's get you the latest headlines now. aandard chartered may ask for pay cut, according to the financial times. the board is in discussion with shareholders. newspaper that they have been focusing on the tension arrangement that is immature and unhelpful. worst: one

lower house japanese prime minister shinzo ruling bloc needs to win a 2 thirds majority in the upper house for you to have a chance of revisiting japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment requires approval by 2 thirds of both chambers of parliament and a majority in the public referendum well let's get more on this we're joined by jeff kingston professor of asian studies at temple university and he's joining us live from tokyo very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so poll surveys showing so far that l d p r l d p and its coalition on track to win more than half the seats up for grabs but do you think that they'll get the 2 thirds supermajority needed to begin the process of revisiting the constitution's pacifist article. yeah there is a lot of speculation the risks that are paid basis right now is really arty and coalition partners and like minded r.t.s. he has 2 thirds seems as going to be rather close and he may not actually get over the line so the polls show he's going to win a solid victory l.d.p. is you know on track to get a majority but it's going to be tough m

world war but he's going to need the 164 the magic number the majority 2 thirds majority in the upper house and still his about 11 seats short of that number south africa's president is saying that he will ask for a judicial review of her report by the country's corruption watchdog on friday sarah run the post it was accused of deliberately misleading parliament about a campaign contribution public protect is that the president failed to tell the truth to parliament when he denied knowledge of a $35000.00 donation from a demented brings us the latest on this now from pretoria. president has responded to the report by the public protector's saying that it's fundamentally flawed and not based on fact and this is after he responded to some of our questions earlier this year and according to his statements he's released he says that it's unfortunate that she's decided to to issue the strip or to given that he had concerns around it he has said that he is now seeking an urgent judicial review and it will be up to the courts to decide if this report stands it's also worth remembering that the pub

still ahead on the news hour japan's ruling party brains a majority in parliament upper house but it may not be enough to enact prime minister shinzo abbes agenda plus digitally lending is how kenya's easy mobile phones that are pushing many into debt and in sport harry kane looks more than ready for the new football season p.d.l. explain. how the heat continues to build across the middle east's no great surprises lost the clear skies always a chance of want to shout as it came up around the caucuses georgia mean you could see want to 2 shots to sliding out of the black sea world temperatures around 30 celsius the 4 by route and also for jerusalem it is the heat as you can see $4647.00 a possibility around baghdad kuwait city over the next day or 2 well quite as hot as that into afghanistan and kharaj but plenty hot enough that he 7 celsius 99 in found high he has abated slightly in concert 39 celsius if you go on through monday hopefully the winds just easing off a little bit but the winds tending to come in from the from the gulf so a little more humid than we might like so any fee

election. ♪ >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has won the upper house election but has fallenty that would have let him push through his revised constitution. triesoes that mean if he to move ahead? >> it's another mandate as he attempts to become the longest-serving japanese prime minister. by november he will be the longest in modern history. but he also solidifies his mandate to push forward with the sales tax increase. he may not have gotten that super majority to push forward for the constitutional revision, but at least he can have the next three years or so until the next upper house election to sway the lawmakers and move the ball forward on what he calls his mission, and that is to , tose the constitution basically legalize in the constitution the self-defense forces, which is not in place right now. ♪ >> let's focus on turkey. the nations new central bank governor delivering the biggest interest rate cut, 17 years of putting the president's policy goals into practice. he has a different view of economics than many of us. he believes that high rates contribute to high

well japan's governing coalition is on track to win a solid majority in sunday's upper house election but it's still unclear whether prime minister shinzo abe will secure the 2 thirds majority needed for constitutional change the could loosen restrictions on the armed forces at the g 20 last well donald trump criticized the u.n. security treaty with japan the u.s. is obliged to go to japan's aid in a crisis but the japanese constitution restricts japan's armed forces from assisting its allies abroad and the solomon has more from turkey. of course many of the main issues in this elections is that is amending the course constitution. mentioned 44 years now that he wants to change the constitution that was written by the they not the states during its occupation and this was his long life that he has very close to achieving that what he wants now is to get the upper house of the parliament to to call for and to amend the constitution and all the countries especially the united states which wants japan to engage more in. more in taking care if we can use the search of their asia the secur

a polish busy political parties who are opposing this bill now look at how they had been in the upper houseof indian parliament they all privately want this bill to be passed but publicly oppose it in the parliament they abstain from voting and some of them walked out which brought down the mark of majority below a certain level and therefore this bill was very easily passed so they have to face is bundle public and one in private in private when it happens among in that one family they start supporting this this bill but otherwise in public they start opposing i think everybody should be clear about the fundamental right of right to life or dignity to of women which isn't shined in our constitution it has nothing to do with religion that right does not to talk about hindus and muslims it is a neutral religiously neutral fundamental right and that is what has been given through and the supreme court judgement was not acting as a deterrent and therefore and the cases number of cases where increasing and going on i'm only talking about reported cases that are huge number of under porter cases

election. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has won the upper house election, but has fallenf a super majority that would have let him push through his revised constitution. he didn't win the super majority, fine, but he won. so what does that mean if he tries to move ahead? >> it's another mandate for shinzo abe as he attempts to become the longest-serving japanese prime minister. by november he will be the longest in modern history in japan, but he also solidified his mandate to push forward with the sales tax increase. that is due to take effect in october. ok, he might not have gotten not -- gotten that super majority to push forward for the constitutional revision, but at least he can have the next three years or so until the next upper house election to sway the lawmakers and move the ball forward on what he calls his mission, and that is to revise the constitution, to basically legalize in the constitution the self-defense forces, which is not in place right now. >> let's focus on turkey. the nation pose a new central -- nation'sare -- new central bank governor deliver

ruling bloc has won a majority of seats in the upper house elections according to public broadcaster but the coalition has fallen short of the 2 thirds majority needed to push ahead with our base proposal to change japan's pacifist constitution he wants to amend the restrictions on the military to bolster the country's defense capability turn out in the vote fell to less than 50 percent though for the 1st time since 1905. unthinkable market stability all this is what i've been appealing to the public about the results show that the public wanted to make it bodes boots on policies under a stable political both and to proceed on diplomacy to protect the state's interests around a 1000 firefighters are battling a wildfire sweeping across central portugal after bringing 2 other places under control police have arrested a man on suspicion of starting a fire in the coastal a bronco district where the fires began on saturday at least 20 people have been injured and an entire village evacuated meanwhile the united states continues to swelter in a heat wave stretching from the midwest to the

simple numbers upper house, 245 seats, only half of them up for grabs. call it 124. to maintain the simple majority they need 53 seats to hit the super majority, they need 38 seats more on temperature of that. the key issues, the controversial second leg up in sales tax, up to 10% even. how folks here handle that, that's an open question. how voters feel about that as well we've talked about this big hole in the pension system in japan whether or not old folks here will have enough money, not just from the pension, but whatever else they need to supplement income on top of that from the point they retire and pass on. that's an open question. some stats have come out in the last one or two weeks suggesting that pension hold, that shortfall could be big the upside for markets, it could force a lot of them -- this is what we've been seeing, a lot more people have been opening up retail brokerage accounts, many of them online to try to supplement income and take more risk guys, back to you. >> interesting comment there especially when nee yeels are ys are negative >>> we

world war but he's going to need the 164 the magic number the majority 2 thirds majority in the upper house and since his about 11 seats short of that number in pakistan a suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people a hospital in north in the northwest the attack happened in the city of dera ismail khan soon after gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint killing 2 offices their bodies were being brought to the hospital when the suicide bomber struck the blast damaged emergency ward and wounded more than 20 people the backside taliban have claimed responsibility sunday's attacks followed the 1st several elections in a nearby tribal region on saturday is following the story from islamabad. and what appears to be a planned and coordinated attack the top gate policeman 2 policemen killed at a security checkpoint after that randy wounded andy richter means were taken to a hospital a suicide bomber was waiting there and detonated a deadly pack of explosives that killed a number of policemen at the hospital also and injured a number of civilians also including in the casualties a number of civili

well of course mr abbott is going to consider this his way in the in the majority in the upper house as i mentioned as an approval to his politics and diplomatic agendas and actually we're hearing that the united states the united states' national security advisor mr john bolton is going to visit japan and south korea during. the coming days and he's going. presumably he's going to talk to mr and is going to try to convince him to join so that in his forces could join the u.s. in that ordering. oil transporting lines through her most state so this is how this is how the u.s. is going to benefit from this victory they're going to enhance their military cooperation with. the promise that is going to benefit from this victory to push forward with. this alliance between the 2 countries 30 salami in tokyo thank you very much for that a suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people at a hospital in northwest pakistan the attack happened in the city of dera ismail khan soon after gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint killing 2 offices their bodies were being brought to the hospital when a

and this was his long life and his very close to achieving that what he wants now is to get the upper house of the parliament to to called for and to amend the constitution and all the countries especially the united states which wants japan to engage more in. more in taking care if we can use the search of their asian security indonesian especially to face also the emerging powers of china and also wants japan also to share some of the cost of hosting the united states troops in japan which is which is hosting the largest bases in the in the isha so for you they not just this would be also very happy to see japan and. obvious going to win these elections with his coalition especially that he has also very close relationships with with it because then trump they have very good chemistry as they mentioned at 730 several times and they have this personal relationship which also could. maintain more of the coalition between the 2 countries and we'll talk with enhanced military cooperation between the 2 countries. well still ahead here. ricky resigned the rallying cry of protesters in puerto ri

such things it's happens in that have to be stopped immediately the polls have closed in japan's upper house election with the governing coalition expected to win a majority prime minister shinzo of a needs 2 thirds of age to pave the way for planned reform which would include a change to restrictions on japan's armed forces fadi salami has. hooves indicates solid win for the ruling coalition in japan india but house elections the main themes here are amending the constitution increasing taxes consumption tax from 8 to 10 percent and fixing the defaults on bowman's in the pension and social security system by mr abi who has the liberal democratic ruling party is growing missing voters the ability he has been brimstone for 6 and a half years and he's now becoming the longest serving prime minister in japan's history after the war amending the constitution would mean changing article number 9 in the constitution which renounces war and defines the status of the self-defense forces many of japan's. neighbors there warning about this change if it picks pace or boards changing the pacificist cons

celebrate the latest polls predict his coalition will come out on top when the nation votes for a new upper house of parliament positive economic data is also helping his chances japan's economy beat expectations expanding by 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter but it's not all good news exports fell by 2.4 percent in the same time period with japan shipping fewer cars trucks and steel pipes abroad the burgeoning trade conflicts around the world could sour the outlook u.s. president or trump is still weighing a 25 percent levy on japanese car brands like toyota and nissan japan's also facing a boycott in south korea over a disagreement on reparations for its treatment of victims of war time slave labor . kim jong il is putting up a boycott sign at the entrance to his grocery store. he's taking all japanese products off the shelves including cigarettes and alcohol. and there we took away japanese beer from here will. and replace these 2 rows are places i bottled beer with korean soju if i would have found it if you know that he will. and he's not alone over 3700 members of a south korean grocery store

2017 and asked lawmakers to act against it however the bill was blocked by the opposition in the upper house of parliament for more than a year this time a split in opposition ranks helped prime minister narendra modi's government push through the bill here's more from correspondent in delhi and we should as well. primus some of the ins more of these b.g.p. and some with slim women's groups have applauded the criminalized reaction of instant divorce or the lockerbie that the prime minister has said the new law will be a wix treat for gender justice he called the practice medieval and said that this practice will not be confined to the dustbin of history several civil society groups however have criticized the new law saying that it does not approve them and but actually i'm tired minority they have said that as the supreme court had already declared the practice unconstitutional back in 2017 there is no need for this new law and that it simply targets the muslim minority in line with what is seen as this government's hindu nationalist agenda the civil society groups have also written to the

celebrate the latest polls predict his coalition will come out on top when the nation votes for a new upper house of parliament positive economic data is also helping his chances japan's economy beat expectations expanding by 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter but it's not all good news exports fell by 2.4 percent in the same time period with japan shipping fewer cars trucks and steel pipes abroad the burgeoning trade conflicts around the world could sour the outlook you.

japanese prime minister shinzo aves ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutional reform during the campaign the liberal democratic party focused on revitalizing japan's economy and bolstering the military. to hong kong now where clashes have erupted between police and anti-government protesters tens of thousands of people took to the streets on sunday for a 7th consecutive weekend the march continued after nightfall police charged demonstrators who had defied orders to disperse and fire tear gas rallies were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill although that bill has now been suspended the protesters continue to worry their freedoms will road and are pushing for free elections. our correspondent phebe kong is monitoring the situation and joins us now from hong kong phebe hong kong is under high alert tens of thousands are back on the streets this 7th straight week of protests what can you tell us about what's have. right now. yes you have mentioned a n

japanese prime minister shinzo bay's ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutional reforms during the campaign a liberal democratic party focused on revitalizing japan's economy and bolstering the military. to hong kong were clashes have erupted between police and anti-government protesters tens of thousands of people took to the streets on sunday for a 7th consecutive we can't the march continued after nightfall police charged at demonstrators who defied orders to disperse and fired tear gas the rallies were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill although that bill has now been suspended the protesters continue to worry their freedoms will be eroded and they're pushing for free and fair elections. our correspondent phoebe kong was at the scene of the clashes between police and protesters. police fired rounds. protest is we can feel the choking and now at the central business anti it. has lasted for more than 6 weeks and there is no science to end. so far

the numbers will indicate how government and boj policies are working as voters prepare for upper house. tonzo abe is on course becoming the nation's longest-serving prime minister. shery ahn: we have 124 seats up for grabs. the ruling coalition needs to add 53 to its current tally to secure a majority. straight when would reinforce the status as a political force and cement shinzo abe's legacy. some in the opposition claim he has failed to deliver widespread prosperity. the electorate is divided over the sales tax hike, while social security reform has been cited as the most important electoral issue. constitutional changes are also among the hotly contested issues, tweaking an antiwar provision has been one of his policy goals. paul: bloomberg daybreak: asia it up brian fowler is tracking the elections in tokyo. -- editor brian fowler is tracking the elections in tokyo. it looks like a one horse race at the moment? >> you can look at it in two ways. on the one hand, the jobless rate is low, the economy continues to expand, and there is optimism over the rugby world cup this year in th

also in the programme: shinzo abe looks to have wonjapan's upper house election,

i put this question to an upper house lawmaker.hat can you -- shinzo abe do to assuage this anger, she says, no. this is a south korea issue. there's real heated issues right now. yousef: you can catch "daybreak middle: east" every sunday to thursday morning right here on bloomberg television. that is that 8:00 dubai time. join us then. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: hello and welcome to luxembourg, the location of the asia infrastructure investment bank. often referred to as china's world bank. opened in 2016, is been one of the biggest supporters and financiers of china's controversial belt and road initiative. it is on target to count almost 100 countries among its members. this is a conversation with its president, jin liqun. ♪ haslinda: thank you for joining us today.

. >> his party won a majority in the upper house and mr. abe looks poised to be the longest-serving jp longest-serving japanese prime minister ever. still the ruling party missed an important threshold. >> reporter: japanese prime minister shinzo abe cemented his place in history, all but certain to become the longest-serving prime minister of his country, but his party and coalition partners failed to secure the 2/3 supermajority in parliament's upper house, which would have made it easier for the liberal democratic party to amend japan's passivist constitution. >> translator: i asked the voters what they want, stability or chaos. the voters have spoken and want us to take steadfast measures based on a stable political foundation and to pursue diplomacy that will benefit national interests. >> reporter: abe entered politics dreaming of changing article ix of japan's constitution, which forbids japan from having a military. after nearly seven years in office, abe's ambition is now a goal. he and other nationalists say the clause was imposed

parliament was packed with opponents japan's prime minister shinzo alba has claimed victory in an upper house election. wasn't large enough for him to be able to lift restrictions on japan's armed forces. and portugal have managed to bring 2 wildfires under control but one blaze is still burning dangerously close to villages more than a 1000 firefighters a better than the flames and castillo bronco that's about 200 kilometers north of the capital. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera up to the last drop that's coming up next. hope almost always almost. if you don't know. if you take umbrage this you dog. the dog the penguin nouvelle police or people. in the last 15 years increasing their release we could call a spontaneous emergent trans global trade of water it means politicians which goes in the opposite. taking water back into public cans only until a few years ago the problem was the only game in town. means very much a position secondly she probably found as a research study what they have a common but he she had been actually did it appreciate it from forth and not everybody. in t

the good news is shinzo abe, the coalition are back and won a mo jurorty in the upper house but it'sst over 50% they crossed that line the super majority, two thirds, they weren't able to hold that yes, that basically net net leaves them in a -- with a weaker political hand this time around i want to talk about what that means for a couple of thing. one is the economy economic management policy, two is the upcoming u.s./japan trade deal and three would potentially mean for constitutional reform to bring it full circle. let's talk about the economy first. biggest worry and election this sunday was upcoming hike in the sales tax from 10% to 8% the government is planning a big offset in plan of supplementary budget as well as extra fiscal stimulus including hash handoff to lower income to offset that also remember there are a lot of carve-outs as well, food beverage, what you eat or drink, whatever you pay on that that doesn't get taxed. expert i talked to earlier said that takes the rate down to 1.6% that may be easier for people to handle that's economic policy there the trade deal wi

japan's governing coalition is on track to win a solid majority in sunday's upper house election but it's still unclear whether prime minister shinzo uppity will secure the 2 thirds majority needed for a constitutional change that could loosen restrictions on the armed forces ukraine's new president is facing his 1st major test as voters head to the polls in a snap parliamentary election. dismissed parliament 3 months ago after his landslide victory the former comedian won on a promise to get rid of corruption in what is one of europe's poorest countries all right up to date these are the latest headlines from. elizabeth will be in this season half an hour or so after mexico. on counting the cost the trillion dollar lunar bounty 50 years after man 1st stepped on the moon we find out why there's a scramble to return and the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running we find out what's gone wrong. counting the cost on i just you. mr nichols. is there. ever actually look at our commercial one is when in place because. you see that. we have to. look at. why this is

japan's prime minister shinzo abyei has claimed victory in the upper house election but it's obvious when it was not enough for him to be able to lift restrictions on japan's armed forces he needed at least 2 thirds of the votes in order to carry out his constitutional reform plans on the unthinkable market stability or chaos this is what i've been appealing to the public about the results show that the public want us to make it balance points on policies under a stable political base and to proceed on diplomacy to protect state interests that islam has more from tokyo. he thanked the people for supporting his political and diplomatic agenda so he understands that the people are supporting amending the course and constitution but many of the people actually supported him because they were looking for stability. but i missed that i be has been office for 6 on the half years and he indeed he brought back stability to the political scene in japan after what so-called revolving door politics in which 6 prime ministers came to office within 3 and a half years many issues in this elections

exit polls in japan's upper house election predicts prime minister shinzo abe is willing coalition has won a majority of seats but abbie's victory was not enough for him to be able to introduce constitutional changes that would lift restrictions on japan's armed forces. south africa's president says he will ask for a judicial review of a report by the country's corruption watchdog on friday cyril ramaphosa was accused of deliberately misleading parliament about a campaign contribution he says findings i get findings against him are fundamentally flawed and have several in accuracies a suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people at a hospital in the north of pakistan the attack happened in the city of dera ismail khan soon after gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint killing 2 officers the taliban has claimed responsibility those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts now stay with us. our flags of convenience and inconvenient truth for the shipping industry the registers the iranian oil tankers seized by britain's armed forces and dozens of other ships to why are they s

shinzo abe has claimed victory in yesterday's upper house election. his block is short of the super majority needed to push through revisions to the pacifist constitution. he is on course to be japan's longest serving prime minister in november. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am debra mao. this is bloomberg. nejra. nejra: debra mao in hong kong, thank you so much. phillips maintained its overall margin views.nd the groups comparable sales rose 6.1%, comfortably beating estimates. the group considers acquisitions to help bolster a push into medical monitoring devices. ceo said the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and china are expected to cost the country 45 million euros in profit this year. ,oining us from amsterdam the ceo. welcome to the show. thank you for joining us. would we get an up date first on and you are setting aside what you are expecting from the trade tariffs for 2019? whatou able to offset you're expecting to take in terms of

world war but he's going to need the 164 the magic number the majority 2 thirds majority in the upper house and still his about 11 seats short of that number of south africa's president says he will ask for a judicial review of a report by the country's corruption watchdog on friday cyril run the post it was accused of deliberately misleading parliament about a campaign contribution the public protector said the president failed to tell the truth to parliament when he denied knowledge of a $36000.00 donation has the latest from pretoria. president has responded to the report by the public protector's saying that it's fundamentally flawed and not based on fact and this is after he responded to some of our questions earlier this year and according to his statements he's released he says that it's unfortunate that she's decided to to issue the strip or to given that he had concerns around it he has said that he is now seeking an urgent judicial review and it will be up to the courts to decide if this report stands it's also worth remembering that the public protector has had a record of having

work for presidency lenski and for his majority or for his call listen now exit polls and japan's upper house of action predict prime minister shinzo villain coalition has valid comfortable majority base as a victory in sunday's election shows that voters support a debate over his proposal to change restrictions on japan's armed forces he needs 2 thirds of the vote to pave the way for planned constitutional reform on the upper house is the less powerful of parliament's 2 chambers it's made up of $245.00 saves of what's half a contested every 3 years but just in treaties can be that had without its approval bought it can temporary. block the bills approved by the lower house. burning block needs to when a to the majority and a house for a to have a childs of revising japan's pacifist constitution a constitutional amendment again because approval by 2 thirds of both chambers of parliament and a majority and a public referendum jeff kingston as a professor of asian studies at temple university and he thinks obvious party might win the election but his proposed constitutional reforms will be diff

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