detailed review from an external committee undertaken for the comic up at a press conference in yokohama japan the committee says they found sufficient facts to support their suspicion and the true much power within the company may have been given to go directly it recommends a majority of directors be independent and the role of company chairman be abolished cohen was recently released on nine million dollars bail after more than one hundred days at a tokyo detention center he has denied all accusations of wrongdoing for grange joins us now from singapore he's a correspondent andrea what's this mean for god or ben these signs chairman position seat remains empty and that could probably mean that going is not going to be welcomed back however. a replacement it may come in handy said the yukky sakakibara a big prominent person in the auto industry in japan is touted to take his place another committee has been set up a committee has been set up to restructure the balance of power within the nissan renault partnership and with john doe meeks and now at the helm of this alliance he could very wel

detailed review from an external committee undertaken for the comic up at a press conference in yokohama japan the committee says it found sufficient facts to support their suspicion and the true much power within the company may have been given to go directly it recommends the majority of directors be independent and the role of company chairman be abolished cohen was recently released on nine million dollars bail after more than one hundred days at a tokyo detention center he has denied all accusations of wrongdoing through the brain joins us now from singapore he's a correspondent andrea what's this mean for god. or ben these signs chairman position remains empty.

rupert wingfield hayes in yokohama, japan. leader in robotics, but not only are they greeting guests at hotels or seven feet are restaurants, they are also transforming the medical industry. as part of our leading cities series, mariko oi visits a very special operating theatre. is this the future of surgery? this smart cyber operating theatre connects medical devices together and consolidates the information in real—time, helping surgeons make critical decisions. japan is already a world leader in robotics. the industry is currently worth $5 billion. at this nursing home, 16 different types of robotics, from nursing aides to rehabilitation devices support the residents' well—being and care. this baby seal, inspired by animal therapy, can respond to temperature, touch, and sound. it is being introduced in countries around the world. what kind of impact can you see residents seem happy to interact with pepper, a humanoid robot able to recognise some emotion. as the country faces an ageing population, there is a shortage of care

yokohama harbor to watch the arrival of the ictorious u.s. military and when he was in school in japan he studied english so he was the language. >> i watched the americans come ashore ashore, hundreds of them crammed into motor boats, steaming from the docks. to nothing about that moment was order narrinary. -- unreasonable and i could feel the excitement. i watched one motorized boat toward the dock and soon i i.'s faces.out the g. eufpl a few of them seemed to stare at i stared back at them. suddenly i was startled by a loud.closer and hi, there. i turned quickly. army officer in his late 20's will joined me on the embankment. captain kelly he said. with a broad smile. relative of yours. held out his hand. to ok it and waited for him continue. do you speak japanese? yes, sir. you can help me. deared a e machine school bus but i can't communicate with the driver. tell him where to go. >> isaac works at the u.s. a kwraoyear and n then the following year in 1946 american comfortable and his wife ask isaac's parents to boy to america. understanding the opportunity it they provide to the

japan. the shapiro's were moved by the japanese government from yokohama to tokyo, where the family experienced deadly bombing raids. mr. shapiro: the year 1945 began with the familiar sound of air raid sirens which woke me shortly after midnight. i turned on the radio to hear an announcement that an enemy plane had been seen flying toward tokyo. from my bed, i saw the aircraft smashing. my 14th birthday, january 5, fell on a friday and i woke to the sound of bombs falling all around us. by the time i was dressed, i could see flames in the distance. looking up, i saw japanese fighters flying to meet the b-29 super fortresses. i saw one of them go down in a blaze of fire, even as anti-aircraft guns were blazing. i heard a loud noise and saw a large metal object dropped into the compound in front of my house. it turned out to be a shell for my 12 millimeter american canon. a short time later, to air raid wardens arrived and demanded we turn it over to them. after an argument, we handed it to an official. by the end of january, following a series of intensive raids, trams and subways were no longe