before we leave hitto yoshi we take a look at a clock in front of the train station. you know. i've always. been. a nobleman and his band appeared to the sounds of a folk song. the little spectacles house the story of a young prince who visits the festival in the town around his castle and partakes in all sorts of feasts. the way this sort of oddity is popular in japan. the train disappears into the dense forests. these forests almost impenetrable in places characterize the landscape here as we continue onward to the south. outside this it is there is a great deal of untouched nature. and this stretch of our way has a special feature in the middle of its layout namely a double switch back. there way of sped up the train a bit to better illustrate how it maneuvers its way through. the train has to switch back and forth twice in order to continue onward. in the middle of us which tracks live a little past station which isn't just known for the unusual track configuration many visitors come for a completely different reason. countless business cards line the station's walls and ne

before we leave hitto yoshi we take a look at a clock in front of the train station. that you know. i will always have. a nobleman and his band up here to the sounds of a folk song. the little spectacles house the story of a young prince who visits the festival in the town around his castle and partakes in all sorts of feasts. this sort of oddity is popular in japan. the train disappears into the dense forests. these forests almost impenetrable in places characterize the landscape here as we continue onward to the south. outside this it is there is a great deal of untouched nature. on this stretch of roadway has a special feature in the middle of its layout namely a double switch back. where we have sped up the train of it to better illustrate how it maneuvers its way through. the train has to switch back and forth twice in order to continue onward. in the middle of the switchbacks live a little past station which isn't just known for the unusual track configuration many visitors come for a completely different reason. countless business cards lined the station's walls and new ones

then and to the volcanic region around mt are so true kumamoto to head to yoshi and its temples and finally to kaggle shima and to. on the southernmost tip. around travel as a culture of its own in japan lending a touch of elegance even to everyday life. as well as efficiency the cleaning crew has just a few minutes to clean a home track. every gesture has special significance granting reassurance have i seen and done everything. the hustle and bustle and strongs of people in phuket our station are typical of the japanese metropolis. there is no chaos with everything moving along in an orderly fashion showing discipline in public is a highly regarded virtue. and everything everywhere is constantly getting wiped down because tennis also takes top priority. is the train station in the city of folk who are caught. which grew together out of 2 different cities and lies in the south of japan in the country's most economically robust region. trade activities with the asian mainland operative clearly active here. at the feet of the tower and buildings there are also little markets and this farm so

is getting them must absolve is while the his her yoshi steam train white said camacho station. is the special train as an attraction in future especially since the japanese don't get much by cation time making short outings by popular. n.q. sure people have discovered the appeal of special trains it all started with a luxury of 7 stars and now nearly every region has its own train. each of the trains has its own character meant to exude more than a stone just in luxury and with cars boasting an old fashioned but completely modernized designed. the rotex passengers through the kumar river valley. following the course of the river for about 2 and a half hours. the car with the viewing window reveals majestic scenery i was. the train is driven by the oldest still operational steam locomotive engine pan belts in 1922 i. bought the view outside is the main attraction the river is one of the fastest flowing waterways in the country however it is also dammed in some places. this route used to be one of the most important transit cardinals to the south. now however it is mostly local t

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo.hanks for watching, and do stay with us for more. >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. japan's labor ministry says that over 80,000 jobs have been lost as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. the ministry says that from the end of january last year through wednesday this week, around 80,100 became unemployed or were about to lose their job. the actual figure is believed to be even higher. the ministry's data only covers cases known to labor authorities and public job placement centers. as of december 25th, 17,000 have lost their jobs in manufacturing. another 11,000 were out of work in the restaurant industry. trade unions are warning of more job losses to come with a state of emergency in tokyo and the surrounding prefectures. the ministry is urging companies to apply for the latest government subsidies to save jobs. other data show that the pandemic is squeezing people's incomes. wages in november fell for the eighth straight month. the ministry says average monthly pay was a

before we leave hitto yoshi we take a look at a clock in front of the train station. how do you know. i've always. been. a nobleman and his band appeared to the sounds of a folk song. the little spectacled house the story of a young prince who visits the festival in the town around his castle and partakes in all sorts of feasts. the way this sort of auditing is popular in japan. the train disappears into the dense forests. these forests almost impenetrable in places characterize the landscape here as we continue onward to the south. outside the cities there is a great deal of untouched nature. and this stretch of roadway has a special feature in the middle of its layout namely a double switch back. where we have sped up the train a bit to better illustrate how it maneuvers its way through. the trying has to switch back and forth twice in order to continue onward. in the middle of the switchbacks live a little past ation which isn't just known for the unusual track configuration many visitors come for a completely different reason. countless business cards line the sta

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo.hanks for watching, and do stay with us for more. >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. japan's largest business group is pledging to encourage more telework as a new state of emergency is declared for tokyo and its nearby prefectures. the minister in charge of the coronavirus response asked companies in a meeting with business groups on friday to allow more remote working. nishimura toshi said staff should be reduced by 70%. keidanren conducted a survey to see if companies are doing enough to achieve the target. >> translator: i believe it's important to work to prevent the spread of infection while allowing some social activities to continue. >> hitachi has been quick to respond to calls to get more people working from home. only a few employees were seen at its office in central tokyo on friday. about 30% of its workers currently go to an office. but the company targets further reducing that to 15% or less. >> translator: we are putting remote working into full force to protec

i'm yoshi ogasawara.e begin here in japan where health authorities are reporting a record number of new coronavirus cases. more than 4,800 infections have been confirmed across japan on tuesday. the increase comes as the central government considers declaring another state of emergency for tokyo and three neighboring prefectures. kanagawa, saitama, and chiba. the area now accounts for half of the country's daily infections. prime minister suga yoshihide says the government will make a final decision about the state of emergency on thursday. the measure is likely to remain in place for around a month. the declaration will give prefectural governors the legal authority to urge residents to cooperate with prevention efforts. >> translator: a state of emergency declaration will lead to stepped up measures. i hope they will be more effective. >> the four governors will ask people to refrain from non-essential outings after 8:00 p.m. they'll also request that bars and restaurants close by that time. but a state

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bunker hill, one of the major fleet carriers, and this yoshi ogawa who you can see pictured here is thee who is credited for the hit that is really going to damage and take the bunker hill out of the fight. you land right in the mid ship close to the castle area, and there's nothing you can do with that carrier except take it back to bremerton and go through months and months of major repairs. so they're able to knock out the bunker hill with two kamikaze hits. okay. so we -- at this time we still have the american forces on okinawa, so now it's time to turn our attention to that bottom one-third of the island. by l plus 2, the second day, they've already divided the island in half. the marines and the 7th had both gotten over to the eastern side of the island. and you can see it's only a few miles wide at this area in the first place as well. and the army forces, the 7th and the 96th now are going to take a hard right turn with the 7th going down the eastern side of the island and the 96th division going down the western side of the island. they are facing the 62nd japanese division. t

cases most are people in their twenty's with the reschedule lympics just months away prime minister yoshi he day suga had hoped to ride the balance of curbing the outbreak while still keeping an ailing japanese economy the 3rd largest in the world but his approval rating has been battered by his government's coded $1000.00 response in order to enhance the economy economy particularly service sector particularly in areas like you know traveling. and say hotels and restaurants i think the government had been pushing a little bit too early a little bit too much and i think people realized and were getting back into a bit of the dark times when we used to get the 1st wave of pandemic. so it might take a bit more than cheerleaders at a tokyo train station to lift the spirits at the start of what would be a long month for many. al-jazeera nancy snow is a professor of public diplomacy of killing university of foreign studies and she thinks the one month restrictions won't make a difference. they didn't move fast enough on this one of the. focuses was on the economy and this was a shift away from

french president emmanuel macron, german president angela merkel, japanese prime minister yoshi heroes minister -- japanese prime minister suga, and indian prime minister modi. tom: a welcome change, many would say. the keynote later today will be chinese president xi jinping, expecting on delegates to focus on multilateralism. you talked about climate change. that is likely to be a part of xi jinping's speech. any more details on that will be keenly awaited by investors. we are also waiting to see if she gives any sort of nod towards the new administration. of course, chinese incorporates are still in the crosshairs. that will be the keynote speech later. the keynote, with the world economic forum largely virtual, looking forward to may. haslinda: still to come later today, bloomberg tv will feature more interviews from the world economic forum, including the u.k. secretary and french finance minister as well. you want to keep it here on this channel. tom: ok. and it is risk on in the asian markets. investors look ahead to the fed, but also some changes in hong kong, re-adding some of

lbj wanted somebody to cover everything, and he hired this guy named yoshi okamoto who had traveled with as vice president. and, you know, johnson was such a character and okamoto was such a great photographer, his pictures are just amazing. you know, more than anyone, his work was the kind of work that i wanted to do. i wanted the level of access that okamoto had to johnson. that's sort of what i was striving for with obama. >> photographs can tell a story, just as a book can tell a story. and it's a very special thing because it breaks down the idea that these people are, somehow, different from us. yes, they have different responsibilities. yes, they have greater anxieties. but they're leading a life that has a daily ritual to it. >> i knew how the job should be done, having worked for the reagan administration, too. >>> the white house photo editor called me up one day, out of the blue, and said we want you to apply for this job. it was totally unexpected. you know, i'm in my 20s and i had never met a president before. and i was just nervous. it was kind of like, just sort of overwhe

lbj wanted somebody to cover everything, and he had this guy named yoshi yokomoto who travelled withson was such a character. and okomoto was such a great photographer that his pictures were just amazing. more than anyone, his work was the kind of work that i wanted to do. i wanted the level of access that yokomoto had to johnson. that's what i was striving for with obama. >> photographs can tell a story just as a book can tell a story. and it's a very special thing because it breaks down the idea that these people are somehow different from us. yes, they have different responsibilities, greater anxieties, but they're leading a life that has a daily ritual to it. >> i think i knew how the job should be done having worked for the reagan administration, too. the white house photo editor called me up one day out of the blue and said, i want to you apply for this job. it was totally unexpected. i'm in my 20s. i had never met a president before. i was just nervous. it's kind of just like, overwhelming to me. i actually turned it down at first. "a," he was not really that into politics. "b