even if children don't fully understand the reference, yoshida's yoshida's life hearted twist on his appearance still gets children to smile. when children ask him for his autograph afterwards, he signs it grandpa yoshida and ads in parentheses grandpa. this is what i say to children he explained have you ever looked up piece in the dictionary? they never have. they never have because they don't have to know what pieces during peace time. let's look it up together he says to the children. he pauses and ads, our greatest enemy is carelessness, we need to pay attention to peace. thank you [applause]. >> that was my father's. [laughter] >> i'm going to take a breath for a moment and allow you all to take a breath for a moment. and open the house for questions to any think occurs to you that you would like to ask or discuss. >> how did you decide upon those five? >> it started with one of the survivors i met in 1986 in washington d.c. where he was out of speaking to her. i was unexpectedly invited to be his interpreter for two days and i'd not only read the english translation of the spe

yoshida was a 13-year-old boy who had been blown back 130 feet into a rice paddy. his face was severely burned and disfigured. like doe for years he remained in hiding in his house afraid of people's stares. but he eventually needed to work and found a job in the warehouse of a grocery wholesale or. each of the five survivor ises whose stories i tell experienced personal moments of awareness or transformation that led them to speaking publicly about their experiences, to do everything possible that nagasaki is the last atomic bomb city in history. here is the story of yoshida's first public telling of his story and how he speaks to chirp about his experiences -- to children about his experiences. a note about his appearance. yoshida wears a large black patch to cover the place where his right ear used to be. the patch is secure ised by a black elastic band that runs underneath his chin, up the other side of his face and across the top of his nearly-bald head. scar tissue covers his face and neck and his left're is sliver -- ear is shriveled. behind large-framed gla

let's get the details from our business report erer mayu yoshida. tell us more. >> hello, gene. there's been a global commodity route now that the earnings season has passed its peak in the u.s. focus is slowly shifting to the macro picture. investors continue to worry about china and of course the rate hike in the u.s. so, the markets lacked power today. first, the closing levels in tokyo for august 4th. shares barely moved all day but ended mixed. the nikkei closed down at 20,520, but the broader topix ended flat but in the positive. and brent crude dropped below $50 a barrel to a level we haven't seen since january. there's mounting concern over china's slowing growth that's weighing on oil and copper prices. so, cheap oil prices pushed down the energy sector. impex is down is down 1.63%. cheaper fuel is good news for airlines so the aviation sector got a boost with japan airlines rising 1.5%. we are still in the middle of earnings season here in japan. mitsubishi corporation, which is the biggest trading house in japan, reported today that its april-to-june net profit fell 3

mayu yoshida reporting live from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the life insurance market in japan is due to shrink because of lowering population. they hope to consolidate their management bases and improve profitability by working together on projects. sources close to the matter say nippon life plans to buy more than two-thirds of mitsui life shares for several billion dollars. the two sides aim to reach an agreement next month. the business environment for insurers is likely to become more severe as historic low interest rates eat into their profits. japanese life insurance companies are requiring domestic and foreign rivals to expand their businesses and increase profitability. meiji life insurance decided to buy stancorp financial group for about $4 billion. daiichi life insurance acquired protective life of the united states for roughly $5.6 billion in february. >>> chinese authorities have been busy liberalizing the finance industry and trying the stir up competition among commercial banks. central bank officials have announced that the latest move in that direction, they're l

yoshida suga said the government does not think it is necessary for the emperor to apologize. >>> now for weather, the forecast calls for mostly overcast skies for us here in tokyo with the current temperature reading of 23 degrees celsius or 73 degrees fahrenheit. we're joined with the latest on tropical storm ericka. >> it's affecting the caribbean island and caused deadly mud slides in dominica island, about 320 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours. at least four people were kills. flooding is still happening. the center of ericka is to the south of puerto rico packing wnds of 75 kilometers per hour and is expected to move to the north of hus paniolea and then affect the bahamas into the weekend as a tropical storm. it may become a hurricane as it gets close to the florida peninsula into next week. many years will be affected by this storm. the caribbean islands could get up to 300 millimeters of rainfall. these areas are dealing with lack of pripitation. this rain is beneficial but too much rain can cause flooding and landslides. watch out for heavy rainfall and strong winds. acro

mayu yoshida reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. it was a mixed performance in other asia pacific markets. malaysia's main index lost 0.7% following yesterday's plunge. the country's currency hit a 17-year low against the u.s. dollar on lower oil prices and a political scandal. sydney dropped 2.4% to hit a four-week low dragged down by banking shares. hong kong added 0.7% hitting a one-week high. in mainland china the shanghai composite rebounded after two days of losses. it gained nearly 2.3% closing at 3744. it also rose more than 2% for the week. >>> chinese authorities have been scrambling to steady their volatile stock markets. and global investors have been keeping a close eye on beijing's movements. the shanghai composite index finished last month with the worst monthly loss since 2008. the index suffered its biggest one-day drop in more than eight years at the end of july when it plunged more than 8%. the government rolled out a series of support measures and stepped up efforts to bolster the flagging economy. for insight, r

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