yokohama is home to four zoos. the operators of zoo asia are asking visitors to walk on disinfectant soap mats before entering. they're keeping the visitors away from pheasants and wild ducks. >> translator: we decided to cancel bird shows for the time being. >> and they canceled events to mark the coming of the zodiac rooster. farms else where in japan after some birds tested positive for avian flu. you can call it a global report card. it's an oecd assessment that ranks countries on the educational performance of their teenagers. while japan's teens are typically ranked close to the top, some people are worrieded about the latest results. nhk world's moshe komata has the story. >> reporter: every three years the oecd sends out the program for the international student assessment. it tests 15 year olds from dozens of countries on science, math, reading and problem solving. 2015's grades are out. compared to their international peers, japanese students continue to rank high in math and science. but one score in par

in a similar case, a boy who moved from fukushima to yokohama said his classmates added the word germ to his name and he considered committing suicide. >>> a japanese cosmetics firm says data on more than 420,000 customers may have been hacked by a shopping website run by a subsidiary. a third-party probe last month found that personal information of registered customers and those who paid online may have been compromised. the data could include names, occupations, home and e-mail addresses. the company says the leak may have also included 56,000 credit card numbers. ipsa has already informed customers and terminated sales on its website. they said they will give their full support to all customers involved in the leak. >>> many religions throughout history have been persecuted. it was no different when christianity was banned and believers were forced to go underground. over the years the practices of the so called hidden christians transformed into a faith and a community. but as nhk world reports, the 400-year-old religious minority is gradually disappearing. >> reporter: every yea

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the promise of a trained workforce caught the eye of his biggest catch yet: yokohama tire. the japanese company plans to employ 2,000 workers not far from the old sara lee plant. it considered every county in the continental u.s., so higgins pulled out all the stops. he tracked the tail number of the private plane shuttling yokohama executives from site to site to find out who his competitors were. when the executives came to the triangle, higgins had researched their shoe sizes and had galoshes ready for them to tour the muddy site. this is not just about making executives feel comfortable? >> higgins: no. >> whitaker: this is hard-nosed financial negotiation? >> higgins: yeah. financial negotiations. i call it, "watching game film," you know? if we were a football coach, we're watching game film, "what's the competition doing? what do we need to do to be successful? what are their power rates? what are their-- what are their demands? how do we do what we do?" >> whitaker: what joe max higgins has done is burnish the golden triangle. local tax revenue is going up. this con

yokohama stadium will host baseball and softball games.ne of tokyo's biggest halls known as the budokan will host the karate competition. skateboarding and sport climbing events will take place at a temporary facility in the japanese capital. and surfers will take to the waves in chiba just east of tokyo. but the organizers haven't yet submitted details of their plan to hold baseball and softball preliminaries in fukushima prefecture. they said they're still trying to win the backing of the sport's' governing body. >>> japan's political leaders spent a fiery day in the diet. one of the issues raised was about a bill that could legalize casinos. the leader of the main opposition party asked about the legislation which has already cleared the lower house and is before the upper chamber. >> translator: why was the bill in the lower house after the revelations that lasted just 5 hour and 33 minutes? we oppose the legalization of gambling. without how to deal with the issue of addiction. >> translator: there certainly are concerns such as the o

a story we like to tell people, a lot of people i left in yokohama. they were very friendly and always smiling. >> host: have you visited some of the sites you participated in during world war ii? >> i haven't, never been out there but my teenage years i was 18 and got drafted out of high school and my heart is out there quite a bit. high school monitor here for a couple years ago. i would always talk to the asian girls to find out where they are from. one girl a year or so ago was from okinawa. i said okinawa? so we got talking a little bit and things really changed that she is taller than i am. most of them were shorter and i was 5 foot 8 and now i am down 5 foot 7. >> host: how old are you? >> i will be 91 pretty soon. >> host: thank you for calling. >> i am moved by these words of people going through that, those experiences. i hope we write these down to later generations can benefit. >> host: what about a japanese veteran of world war ii? >> some people keep their memories to themselves. there is an oral history. and does a bit of their own film

there is a game underway already this morning, it's the club world cup final in yokohama.ima antlers who won the japanese championship, the j—league, last season. at half—time, it's one—all, an early goal for karim benzema gave real the lead, but gaku shibasacki has just scored the equaliser just before half—time. one of the legends of boxing, 51—year old bernard hopkins, has lost his final fight. he's won multiple world titles in a glittering career, but was knocked out of the ring to end the contest. his opponentjoe smithjunior put hopkins through the ropes, you canjust see him here. this all happened in the 8th round. he recovered and was given medical attention. a remarkable end to his 28—year boxing career. that is all the sport for now. more in the next hour. richard, thank you. bbc sports presenter 0re 0duba and his partnerjoanne clifton took home the glitterball trophy in last night's strictly come dancing final, beating fellow competitors danny mac and louise redknapp. a little earlier i spoke to former strictly professional dancer karen hardy, who won the series

the final was in yokohama. they beat the japanese side 11—2 in extra side.idea that real madrid would win again gained pace after this shot was too much for the japanese keeper to deal with. karim benzema literally had to get a boot on the rebound. but the expected goals never came and by the second half the japanese were back, with the equaliser. within seven minutes of the restart the unthinkable. the japanese had the lead over the world's most hated football side. who knows how long that lead would have lasted if this ball was kicked instead of the man. then again became the christian —— cristiano ronaldo show. first, he slotted home ina ronaldo show. first, he slotted home in a penalty. then, in extra time, little doubt that the world's best was as good as his title. he finished the year with his 45th hat—trick for club and country. there might have been a scare on the way, but no surprise to see this site along the way. the hungarian—born actress and socialite zsa zsa gabor has died. her age was a closely guarded secret, but she was thought to have been

ago,in 1853, just 92 years commodore perry's american fleet of four ships sheldon to yokohama bearingmore. the japanese warlords woke with a shock from their 200 years of isolation. whiterutalized that the barbarian had machines and weapons that made him powerful. if the sons of heaven were to rule the earth, they are spirits -- spears and swords would be of little avail. also, they realized how weak and divided the really were compared to western nations. hastily, they stopped fighting amongst themselves and joined together, but they needed a central figure around whom they could rally, available was the god emperor who up until now had been more or less of a stooge. in 1868, the warlords did away with the position of shogun and elevated the emperor to supreme dictatorship overall japan, reserving the right to speak for him and guide his policies. , paidr a strong military warriors, the samurai, were too few for a national army, so they introduced another revolutionary idea. peasants were suddenly permitted the great privilege of bearing arms. a soldier almost meant being a noble. to

then in 1853, just 92 years ago, commodore perry's american fleet of four ships sailed into yokohamadent fillmore in the interest of trade. the japanese warlords woke with a shock from their 200 years of self-imposed isolation. they realized that the harry white barbarian had machines and weapons that made him powerful. if the sons of heaven were to rule the earth, their spears and swords would be of little avail. also, they realized how weak and divided they really were compared to western nations. hastily the feuding barons stopped fighting among themselves and joined together, but they needed a central figure around whom they could rally. available was the god emperor who up until now had been more or less of a stooge. so in 1868, the warlords did away with the position of shogun and elevated emperor meiji to supreme dictatorship over all speak for him and to guide his speak for him and to guide his policies, a position they have hung on to ever since. now for a strong military, paid warriors, the samurai, were too few for a national army, so they introduced another revolutionary

by the time tokyo or yokohama or osaka open their doors, we believe the market size for macau will be the business going to japan from china, $2 billion to $4 billion, and half of that may come from a cow. we are talking -- come from a macau. we don't think the impact will be significant. sophie: we have players saying they want to invest in japan. foreign partners will have to have a local partner, for example. >> the direction is going to be -- first, we think the japan government will like to use the foreign operator experience. not just gaming, but experience in handling the integrated resorts. strong,panies are very so they will have advantage. on the japan side, of course there are also a lot of the industry that can participate, real estate companies, construction companies, media companies, entertainment companies, because for an integrated resort, you need a lot of different elements. ip content is important. casino,ck how to run a if they have experience for the foreign operators experience operating casinos in different jurisdictions, that will be a plus. rishaad: why is th

. -- could be yokohama. it could be osaka. we don't know. rishaad: breaking news out of seoul.ve the moment that the samsung vice president is talking. this is li jae yun. foring about, he apologizes public concern. he did provide a $1 billion roy.e to the daughter of t she is the woman who is at the heart of the presidential influence peddling's scandal taking place in the country. he did not make a dough nation in return for any favors. he went on to say they have nothing to do with succession in the country. that is what is going on in the moment. that is what we have at the moment coming in from seoul. those are live images of this parliamentary hearing taking place. we will keep you up to's plead -- up to speed with the advice. the ecb looks at barclays. you are back with bloomberg markets as we check in with what is going on in the forward exchanges and the on. -- and beyond. haidi: i want to take you to some of the losers we are seeing . some of this news coming through tensionsential further on the korean peninsula. report saying south korea saying the north may have ha

africa, 1942 and the ships have left respectively from new york i am not sure where in japan but yokohama that today would i think is lausanne being -- mozambique but they knew each other and respected each other and they were afraid during this swap that they would meet and would be uncomfortable and they did literally walking down the street of the city in which buses exchange was occurring and resolutely he kept his eyes for word even though he was trying to catch his eye and hurt him to ignore his friend but he thought diplomatic niceties protocol required him not to equality of their country so from start to finish a was very painful. >> i think in your book, craig nelson ag was kept at the hot springs resort in virginia? >> what we found out is that it was broken by this that it was like two children the english were involved and there is nothing they could do to stop it but a piece of american slang at that time was the double cross. >> the next call comes from connecticut. >> i have in two questions in that macarthur did not prepare very well from the short period of time before t

ships have left respectively from new york and i'm not sure where japan, that yokohama. it was that what i think is today most in the that the various embassies were exchanged and was a friend so they knew each other and respect each other and were afraid during this meeting that they would meet and he wouldn't -- it would be a comfortable moment and act they did it literally walking down the street of the city in which the exchange was occurring and grew resolutely and cap dice forward, even though the more i was trying to catch his eye. it hurt him to ignore his friend, but he thought diplomatic niceties protocol required him not to acknowledge the other country. so i think start to finish it was a very painful at periods. >> host: i think i read in your book that the ambassador was kept at the hot springs resort in virginia. >> guest: yes, we found a journalist he was interned and what we found out interviewing him was that the bora was really broken by this. he says the united states and japan were like two children and if only the english have been involved this wou