he says the us and japan sits at the purging of holstein mere three days. officials of the precinct into japanese counterparts to solve the issue. the relocation is an integral part of the pan to the nineteen oh four says the pacific region the current ruling party the tent to palmer announced the end. it's a neat as i agreed to move the pace to handle call him at all sticky the plan to reclaim some pristine coastal area until the new base. abbott told the governor and the skill of taking around three thousand million down after year for the next eight years. now us economy. i had promised to try to reduce the number of pills that controversial in the air. no i didn't say he asked me to photo frames both the safety of its. a kind of sad. also most generous. it was gone. he said he'll need a couple of days to decide then they all know she's the kind of mood. i've asked the government to resolve many long disputed issues their tackling the problem is relatively fast and things are moving forward at last it'll be a good new year which actually means in pain al

still to come, we are moments away from the latest track data from japan. -- trade data from japan. what goes into the making of a luxury pen. that is up. more in a moment. >> welcome back. the gdp coming out to 1.1% on an annualized basis. it is the third quarter revised figure which is a bit below estimates. they figure that they will cross the yen. you can see it holding. other headlines, japan third quarter revised is only up 5.2%. business spending is unchanged. gdp of 3.3%. third quarter revised figure for belowup 1.6% is coming 1.1%. it is doubly disappointing. the yen is holding its own. we are looking for these coming out. it does not come out just yet. we're waiting on the trade figures and exports. are rising. this is much wider than forecast . exports are stronger. they have not come out yet. the gdp third quarter is not growing as fast as the plan. not great. and tore looking ahead the japan open in just a few moments. closed in the green. it is still pointing to a higher open in singapore traded futures. the yen little changed despite revised gdp in the third quarter.

we don't have a position, but we do have a treaty commitment to japan, which extends to areas under japan's effective control, which means the senkaku, diaoyu islands, so this is a position that certainly in china is not accepted, it doesn't make much sense to them, but that is what our position is, and we stand by it. >> woodruff: let me ask you finally whether you think that given what has happened, the backdrop that happens with the planes in flyover with no incident, no reaction, what are the chances especially with vice president biden vic visiting the tomorrow that the time -- that the chinese will back off? wrong they can formally or publicly back off. i think what they are likely to do is either taylor their operational dimension to very narrow circumstances. they may just stop talking an it for a while or they may decide to change the subject. i don't think it is likely that they will continue with launching fire aircraft against uncertain civilian over flight. i just think that is so contrary to their strategic interests. ultimately, i think the u.s. role here is to privately go i

just a japan's land mass is about to become even bigger. last month and i like lists created south of tokyo after a volcanic eruption. now scientists as the land could merge with the nearby island by the end of the year the new eyelid is close to a nice emotion island hundreds of kilometers from tokyo this footage shows la vie and black smoke inside the crater eruptions or bring about every thirty seconds professor came to know many of the tokyo institute of technology companies in hk a cruise over the past month the area of the new island has grown by at least five times he says more lava may have been drawn out than in other massive volcanic eruptions in the past in japan. political books none of the volcanic activity on the new ireland has been considerable. i've seen at night. rice into the surface for months now. we should pay close attention to the volcano and its eruptions scientists are keeping an eye on the distance between the two islands nice emotion island is the one on the left the new eyelet is on the right. they're separated

well the direction of the japan's defence cuts. he has changed quite a bit especially with the arm of penance the scenes of the one to two of the said both of. defense defense capabilities as well as more but participation globally and that peacekeeping operations and a. then concentrated on arms of the maya time. omega defences said they will link the city of lights will produce eighty in western japan as well as that the eyeing to build a form of a movie. a typo value in it to. a full time defences as well as to incorporate ospreys use of race baiting to the defense said defence was up on the other hand cut the number of times. in japan so that shifting a lot to lose them as common and the fences set and a must meet in the post of dependence and china on a nine for this is when assessed up of potential threats from the dprk and the other premises scenes of these goalie is to beef up the beat japan's defence force international defence force said. it did this to say that going for it to iowa with his intentions than expected costs

the japan arab economic forum. trade and investment between japan and those countries remain at low levels except in the crude oil and natural gas industry in both sides want to change that and its carols guys gals in my reports on some of the challenges they face. on rink or the parody homage to people from it in half an hour of need chance of taking apart the beautiful rock. our nation's top importance those who own a natural gas co japan. and the entry is hoping to stay in this tight squeeze the region. a new quilt off plans had to go flying out to the last quake and tsunami in two years ago evidently the new and stronger ties between arab nations and japan mean a win win relationship. and we hope to take the first steps at this farm one of the eighty s japanese company is now focusing on as many cows and oh between the cement is he's playing hide seek scale that was held to smile each day. we'll see how i was out becoming more callous cautious as the alliance has become with some nights the machine can quickly

. >> that is today's word on japan. today, thailand is to phase early elections after the prime minister dissolved parliament and her testers returned to the street. what is the atmosphere like now? in central bangkok today, life goes on as business as usual. people are at work. commerce is happening. and life is moving forward. if you go near the government areas of the city where mena -- where many of the main offices are located, it is a different scene. he have thousands of protesters continuing their march toward the government house right now. 19 different protest marches in their way to the government house, even as the prime minister this morning dissolved the country's parliament and called for fresh elections. it is a bid to defuse elections that have been escalating over the past month. remember, this all started about a month ago as those opposition members and supporters decided to protest against the controversial amnesty law which would have granted amnesty to y luk's brother, the former prime minister of

that report said japan's economy was in a mild deflationary phase. japan's core consumer price index excluding fresh fruits in october marked the fifth straight month of year on year gains. the report will stress that japan continues to make progress in getting out of deflation the economic recovery and the weaker yen are pushing up prices the december report is due out on tuesday. gold prices plunged overnight in the us commodity markets that follows the federal reserve's decision to scale back its massive monetary stimulus program. gold futures prices fell below twelve hundred dollars an ounce for the first time in six months on the new york commodity exchange. that's down more than three percent from wednesday. micah claire has sold gold futures as they're concerned investment funds will which flow out of the market following the fed's decision. gold prices had been falling on the back of an economic recovery in the us and speculation about a tapering of the fed's ongoing program now that the tapering has become a reality. economists say investors

that is a deeply divisive issue in japan. came to powerbe japan has been sending more troops overseas than ever before. these are the 1000 sent to the philippines last month to help with disaster relief. most japanese have no problem with your soldiers hoping neighbors in distress, but the idea of them actually fighting beyond japan's borders is still anathema to many here. rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news , in tokyo. >> we have all heard about making a phone call from jail, but what about video chat? similar to skype, the system allows inmates to see their relatives and friends while they talk. we traveled to portsmouth, virginia to see how it works. cameron and gabriella, thrilled to see their father. he has been gone for six long weeks. >> we love you, daddy. charged with jail, burglary. his children are too young to be there with his wife sheena. the separation from eric has taken its toll. >> he is there. it is really sad. with technology similar to skype, it eric mansfield and thousands of other inmates can call their f

japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. the basic premise of those laws, if you want to own a gun, good luck. japan's firearm and swords control law states, no person shall possess a firearm. before listing a few narrow exceptions for hunters and other categories. for the brave few still willing to apply for one, they face an intricately designed bureaucratic obstacle course. just ask rick sacca, a former u.s. marine living on mt. fuji. he says he's one of only handful of foreigners in japan to legally own a gun. back at his house, he showed us the binders full of paperwork he's had to deal with over the years. they were a bit overwhelming, even to explain. >> what all do you have to do? >> it is such a -- initially -- do you want to help >> sacca took over 20 hours of lectures, a written test, a shooting range class and passed criminal background check. a doctor gave him a full physical and psychological exam. he also visited the police station more than five times where he was interviewed in an interrogation room. >> are

japane eaders haveaden exceptional move to support un peacekeepers in south sudan and the violence there escalates. the giving ammunition to south korean troops. officials in tokyo say this is the first time japan is using its peacekeeping operations wall to provide the un with weapons. defense ministry it's notable that i and senior officials of the self defense forces decided to supply south korea with about ten thousand rounds of rifle ammunition. sds personnel taking part in the south sudan mission. all the ammunition. and she ate this decision was based on the situation on the ground the urgency of this issue and humanitarian concerns. then received a request from south korean troops deployed in the restive eastern state of joan delay. the self defense forces are the only members of the un mission to retain the same entity as the south koreans. fighting erupted in cheers of more than a week ago. the train south to the soldiers lowered to the present sell bikes here and it's those supporting former vice president. we wish our. the violence has spread to other regions armed groups ass

and japan. there is vast potential for thath and areas of synergy can be explored between the two airlines. speaks toark index investors who are giving to the new joint venture. it shows the escalating growth in airline traffic in asia. that is according to data that we have here a bloomberg. asia whotiger and air are setting up this over the past year. all of them came to capture a bigger share of the business. share and itt the being double what it is currently. >> it is a crowded space. tearsre setting up with -- carriers. >> you are right. talk about a busy morning of announcements, they signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a local airline in bangkok that will be named and operate for medium and long hauls. they will have the remaining investments. campbell wilson says that it is a logical hub for them and it is in asia. recapping, spirit is an airline fully owned by singapore air. >> fighting air pollution. and much of the problem is coming. we have a closer look at this and joini

china said japan was the target of the new zone. they said it is neither a no fly zone nor territorial air space. can joe biden discover the real reasons behind the power play. only a gambling man would lay money on what china is thinking. >> the vice president next stop will be china, and he heads to south korea. >> the 85-year-old american war veteran held in north korea is in good condition - that's according to a swedish diplomat who visited him. merrill newman was taken captive more tan a month ago as he was about to take off on his plane after a tourist visit. authorities say they are holding him to investigate war crimes. he was shown on north korean television, reading what korean officials said was an apology. the u.s. is calling for his release. >> pope francis is urging catholics to pray for those with aids. the pontiff addressed a crowd at st peter's square, which is world aids day. >> for 30 years peter has been living with h.i.v. >> i'm used to it. >> his prognosis is good. >> h.i.v. is not a death sentence, but a life

when you when you say to them you have to balance your relations with japan they say no no they have to apologize on what they did to us and so on and the koreans also have some governance of this because obviously japan korea between one thousand five hundred forty five and there are members of that and so on so japan is seen really as the enemy and so it's a it's a real conflict between the two but from the american point of view they would like them to come together better the hatchet as john said right let's say let's draw some lines if you look at the actual lines that they've drawn their course cover all the oil and gas which they think is underneath the soil underneath the seabed and the obvious solution is to say to japan and to south korea to vietnam. and the philippines result ok let's develop these resources on an equal basis we can share the wealth which is under the seabed but. china president doesn't see it like that they don't see why they should share with others of the power they're the rising power and therefore there will shoot in fact be listened to and they will

states has encouraged japan to have a more aggressive more muscular shall we say foreign and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is with its economic strength its growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what if the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be put in because he wants to be quote unquote neutral but not everyone in the region wants the united states to be neutral and then because of these treaty commitments the united states may find itself having to do something that it really doe

the friction between china and japan. and now introduced new tensions between china and south korea and created the potential for accidents. in the region that could be quite dangerous. it is the tightening of the announcement and the extent of this zone that i think is quite worrisome to the united states as well as the procedures that the chinese have announced that apply to aircraft that are flying through the set and therefore i think that the united states does not expect that china will rescind this zone. i'm wiped i think the us hopes that we can influence how the chinese actually implement these procedures. the circumstances under which they intercept aircraft flying through the zone. i think you will certainly encourage more diplomacy on any specific discussions about confidence building measures up between your forces in particular but also between other parts of the military and law enforcement systems. i think overall. wh the vice president is going to do is encourage a lessening of tensions between china and

with the united states and japan. in protecting security in the region. if chinese actions are destabilizing and they are causing the region to be less secure, then we should be taking steps that make it more secure. >> guy, thank you very much. we really appreciate it. coming up one of nato's top generals on how the alliance will preserve afghanistan lessons after the current mission ends. you're watching "this week in defense news." >>> the war in afghanistan is winding down and powe are consi next steps in the country after 1230 20á 14. the u.s. is negotiating to keep a excuse me force in afghanistan in 2015 and beyond. but others like canada are withdrawing entirely. at the recent hall fax international security forum i met with john pair pallamero, and the nato consume allied. and as nato plans to make a transition after a dozen years of war, i asked what afghanistan lessons need to be remembered and what issues nato must be focused on in the years ahead. >> first, i would like to correct this perspective of a p

. >> japan's growth slowed more than estimated. in an exclusive interview, he can kickstartll the economy. end to abenomics. at the beginning of next year the cabinet will prove the related policies on the growth strategy third we will announce .he timing of their execution focus onl continue to japan as tensions mount between the world's second and third biggest economies. we will speak to long time china about the two nations economic relations next. >> let's continue the conversation now on japan. its economy slowed more than estimated in the third quarter. that underscored headwinds to prime minister obvious from recovery drive. >> tensions mount was china over regional security. he said his door is always open to china. because there are issues all the more i think there is a need to have a meeting by the heads of state. i always keep my door open for dialogue and i hope china will adopt the same stance. that is my hope. >> joining us now from hong kong to discuss this is the chief managing director at asia analytical. great t

yes the shrine honors japan's war dead. the amended to include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international tribunals after world war two they did not visit the shrine during its spring and autumn festival says see it. he also didn't kill one on his fifty. the danger and mike's the end of world war two. people know how many. i showed my nose respects scene and had to ration to those who sacrificed their prices rise but the pounds a week that i also pray that they would rest in peace. he loves it. they also said he visited another shrine in the same compound he said he paid his respects to all the people of the world who have died in wars. the leader said that china and south korea did not hesitate to criticize the gazette. chinese foreign minister whiny lodged a protest. sea run china central television a point that wagon called in the japanese ambassador was at that stand out when come to visit a belief in provocation. he won the chinese would fly to the finish. if the japanese continued to ch

all nuclear reactor plants in japan are currently offline. the new policy contains no mention of a plan to rebuild a nuclear power plant, with the government to construct more reactors. the draft says japan aims to promote renewable energy as a promising domestic resource over the next three years or so. the government plans to approve the new energy policy early next year. >>> on to markets now, european equities bouncing back from recent losses, the rebound is due to bargain hunting today in part. investors also receive news that germany's central bank raised next year's growth forecast to 1.7%. it seems to be giving a bit of a boost to the markets now, london is up by 0.4%, frankfurt gaining being 0.5%, and paris's cac is up 0.25%. tokyo's nikkei rose after two consecutive days of heavy loss, hang shy declined 0.4% ahead of the release of chinese economic data and jakarta hit a three-month low. thaila thailand's key index loss over 1%, it was the worst performer in the region, fears over political tensions flared up again after anti-govern

--said japan was up by 1.2%. was off by 1.2%. >> they will improve loans by the japanese government. the stocks that are performing the most in the nikkei, you have the best performance. tn. worst is n price target cuts, the biggest decline about 5.9%. niko concern about their electrode demand. electrodes for the world of pc's. tepco, what isep clearly a falling market. 2%.es rising the government in japan may double their interest-free loans to ¥5 trillion. that could be a major lifeline in interest-rate loans. sumitomo heavy fell. it is not making the configurations of the japanese defense ministry. down because of the demand on pcs and electrodes. right now, china is down 1.5% as we speak. >> authorities in china are widening their drive against corruption. ist is the lie -- what behind the latest move? through exactly what is happening on this antitrust thing. >> it is all about the crackdown on corruption. that allis one thing chinese leaders are also afraid of is inflation. you have these two working in ta

company coming to japan country. innovation takes place where people make face to face interaction and expand their network. it's my sincere hope this incubation center south of catalyst is forcing more and more subcontractor and this center about facility more gross for the bay area and japanese company in the future. congratulations for this grand opening of this incubation center in san francisco. thank you very much (clapping.) okay. we will be moving on to a special ceremony in which digital garage will be presenting 3 donation checks to 3 companies that were mentioned. first of all, i want to get the participants up on stage. mr. mayor ed lee as well as supervisor kim and the japanese gentleman as well as of the representatives of the m pos come to the stage as well. the 3 donation checks are for the hospitality house the asian cup and another one. first of all, the hospital that pistol house through a unique combination of adequacy efforts many homeless people benefit. the cup is for the asian law caucus and t

here in japan the system has improved its inter dependent and northern japan it has pulled a wake up short. bringing the wintry pressure packed and left behind is the typical pressure packed in here which is going to be piling up that snow up to about forty five centimeters to be possible until cooled and in whole critique or the scent been so strong no warnings in place we have highways also increases twelve times for walking the warnings about five to eighty teachers highways will be found here in north western flank on budget and generally very dry and each of the across the korean peninsula down towards the south it's still in the tropics to the licking and some scattered thunderstorms across the philippines with a lot of heavy rain to be covering the news on that could trigger some planning another area where concerned with flooding and mudslides as close the site is a similar areas where the p this storm system is a hit as the chronic storm that we have been continuing to monitor monday is now five deep depression in the further weakening into a depression an isolated having th

people across japan endured heat waves this summer. those in the western city of shimanto saw the temperature reach 41 degrees, the highest mark ever recorded in the country. central australia was more than 2 degrees higher than usual for seven months. temperatures rose to 49.6 degrees in january, matching the record set more than 50 years ago. abnormal weather resulted in natural disasters around the globe. last month super typhoon haiyan killed in the philippines. >>> some italians call venice the floating city, but actually it's sinking, and buildings are taking a battering from all the waves. so now authorities are spending billions on a modern approach to an age-old problem. more from nhk world. >> reporter: venice lies at the farthest end of the adriatic sea. in winter, sirocco winds blow. if the winds during high tides where the atmospheric pressure changes, the result is a storm surge. during the last 20 years, the number of floods here doubled. the increase damage caused by these high tides is linked to the rising sea level ca

it will overlap japan's and one china declared last month. they all lie outside each nation's air space. initially the south korean and japanese zones were adjacent to each other over the east china sea. south korea's zone did not include a submerged rock both it and china claim. authorities in beijing says theirs did include the rock. officials in seoul asked them to revise it but the request was denied. representatives with japanese airlines say the change won't affect their operations. they say the revised zone coffers south corey yes, sir current air traffic control area. defense ministry officials in tokyo told lawmakers with the liberal democratic party how they plan to deal with the change. they said the self-defense forces and the south korean military have use add communication line to notify each other of their flight plans in their air zones. they do that to avoid unintentional problems. they say they used the line around 20,000 times last year and plan to continue using it. >>> members of a u.s. congressional panel say they're al

he also says he respects china and japan had croup set to build friendly relations. foreign ministry's spokesman tim gunn said a fifty pound been earmarked to improve relations with the station made this japanese from a stock they shoot and also visit nasa to a shrine and a second visit to the nineteen monster you mario. in hong kong thousands of protesters staged a demonstration outside the japanese embassy against a single at this visit to the eskimos trying to protest as and apricots and anna's as the months to the embassy and to see santa they call out this visit to the china warning will quit today is a shameful act. in spite of mounting criticism the japanese government has defended to the visit saying it was not meant to cause offence to neighboring countries and japanese chief cabinet secretary gus he did so the stats update which continue to seek the understanding of neighboring countries. i seem to love this visit to the yasukuni shrine has drawn strong contamination from the international community even from the two main us. i like the us embassy in tokyo

japan's crown prince will also be at the ceremony. the prince will be the first imperial family member to attend a funeral or a memorial event overseas for a nonroyal. the crowned prince is accompanied by the former prime minister, who will attend the service as a special envoy. they left tokyo aboard a government plane on monday afternoon. the prince will arrive in johannesburg on tuesday morning. >>> there's a severe winter storm in eastern united states, and here's our meteorologist robert speta with the details. robert, how bad is the situation? >> well, gene, this past weekend many people without power, all the way from texas, extending up into new england. today, it does look like the worst of it is in new england, but you're seeing icing all the way across the appalachian mountains here and this is cause for at least 2,000 flights to be cancelled. anybody traveling, it has been a rough go. you see the cloud cover, most of this down towards the south now starting to switch over to rain, including those in and around washington,

japan is the one to watch right now. are -- i mentioned before yahoo! japan. a buy from goldman sachs helps that. .p by 8.2%, upgrading goldman really backing yahoo! japan. you have these also rising as well. in australia, we have qantas falling once again. to junk lastrade week after the last forecast. virgin australia falling with that. singapore airlines is marginally up. unemployment rates falling to seven percent and china, exports beating forecasts. good.igures, japan not so >> thanks, john. bought more europeans bought a lot more. >> good morning, we are talking 33 point $8 million for the month of november. if you take a look at the exports, europe beating analyst estimates, rising from a year earlier. imports rising less than china did5.3%, but import a lot more iron ore. they are the world's largest consumer of iron ore that is used mainly to produce steel. assaw that at a record traders were punishing existing stockpiles. analysts are pretty happy with the export figure, not so happy with the import figure. they say it shows that global activity is

report as one of the japan's cabinets office up monthly economic report. because of the all day yesterday. it means both of those economic reports will be released today. and the bank of japan at its meeting last week i said that the japanese economy was recovering a lot of sleep so we're going to see if all those monthly reports actually backs that up and i'll see if we cannot break above the sixteen thousand level on to make a pact to not appear in the basal up for that update from email it back there. executive's the japanese firm or should not have their sights set firmly on britain's nuclear energy industry the entire deal to help build the power plant in northwest england the executives agreed to buy a fifty percent stake in british consort in new generation from spanish utility be there to allow the deal is worth eighty five million pounds why about one hundred thirty nine million dollars. a generation. plans to construct a nice three point six deg a walk nuclear plant in centerfield on the coast of the irish sea she now wants to expand its nuclear

and this is putting the stages two economic giants china and japan in direct military competition. weary of a rising china. biden will address the issue and seek clarity regarding china's intentions when he meets with present she later this week according to senior us official. by this final destination will be south korea. we'll meet with president park in hay and assess the ttp the controversial airspace issue and north korea. all of the audio mix the intensifying where the northeast age of major powers in the region are bracing for more advanced weaponry to bolster their defence capability. curry is no exception as the country's reportedly seeking to increase its number of aegis destroyers our defense finish a course on and on has more on the parent arms race in asia. sundown which sparked fresh diplomatic friction easy pacific region by unilaterally the clearing its new here and defend sound of the east china sea is feverish and beefing up its air and sea defence. china plans to for two or two more aircraft carriers like twenty twenty five extending the total number to read whi

we decided to visit japan. because few nations on earth have fewer avid gamers than the land of the rising sun. the japanese play many of the same violent video games that we do. in 2012, consumer spending on video games in japan was second only to the u.s. but there's another factor to consider here when it comes to gun violence. japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. the basic premise of those laws, if you want to own a gun, good luck. gentleman opinion's firearm and sword control law states, no person shall possess a firearm. before listing a few narrow exceptions for hunters and other categories. for the brave few still willing to apply for one, they face an intricately designed bureaucratic obstacle course. just ask rick sacka, former u.s. marine living on mount fuji. he says he's one of only handful of foreigners in japan to legally own a gun. back at his house, he showed us the binders full of paperwork he's had to deal with over the years. they were a bit overwhelming, even to explain. >

meet your beef each focus and i knew going in all japan. fuji turnovers three thousand seven hundred seventy six meters above sea level. such a beautiful state with mild retailer is free to repeat that volcanic activity more more. the temperature difference more than twenty degrees celsius cr as it's a single key. the temperature clearly changes with the altitude. ecosystems here are perfectly distributed and the fauna and flora names clearly along with the high. and and and. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. she sae roughly forests cover this looks from the foot to a height of around seventeen hundred meters. and yet remain so. there are many fruits attracting a multitude of creatures. move move move on. between seventeen hundred and twenty four hundred meters is covered by conifers he's a large tree soul extend toward a certain direction due to stormy winds the bridges are forced over to one side. chee the arch street has entered your soul it seemed to work the fierce winds with its roots holding firmly to the terrain. our there were stalled for y

i was on a six day tour of japan china and south korea on tuesday he agreed that japan's prime minister seems ill on that. they won't tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. foreign diplomats around the world continue to try and confirm news that a high ranking political figure may have been ousted from office in north korea. the alec and pyongyang have been getting confirmation that turns suntec the uncle and mentor of currently taking john owen has been stripped of his powers but if true it can be a major political shakeup in the country an hk with scandal. oh come on phil reports. some dickhead served as the vice chair of the powerful national defense commission. time is native to the relay team don't guilt sister anna has widely been seen as a mentor of the younger can often accompanying an important ceremony. but it's legal to get on second time the song tonic may have been dismissed his aides have been executed news broke tuesday. time may no longer be in office the court he would have to master returned to service off itself suggests that if the script of

high pressure is dominating much of china, korea, over towards japan. we have a weak low, that's been tapering off and we are seeing showers in northern portions of hokkaido, but nothing too significant. the problem with this high, still looking at poor air quality, parts of beijing, shanghai. earlier we had photos with dramatic reduced visibility. at least temperatures, though, like i said, will be warming up through the coming days. that's the look at the world weather, here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. >> another freezing night for protesters in ukraine. the angry crowd continued their fight to bring president yanukovych down. he is now in china for a planned three-day visit. unearthed in mali, the bodies of 21 soldiers found outside the capital just days after the arrest of the man who led a military coup last year. of france'snd one most popular soft drinks has died. he was the driving force behind angina. gina -- or

began helping mongolia measure levels of harmful substances three years ago japan held by japan plans to use that data to introduce stricter regulations the operation will include improving called burnings heating systems in the capital. people in iraq live with the ever present threat of violence more than seven thousand civilians have died this year in terror attacks and other blood shed at the same time iraq's oil sector is driving rapid growth. deputy prime minister for energy affairs hussein osiris tawny is in tokyo to call for more japanese investment. nhk world bank is awesome i asked him for the details. separate studies his iraq have the plans for its crew the only industry it's always the restart production to live was not seen for want of three tickets. but now it's preparing to wrap it up front for the coming due. we expect to increase own production and twelve lumps form. the end of scarcity and this is a large increase more than five hundred thousand barrels per day from the current elections separate studies and iraq led to people on production by pinky pinky. but he sa

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japan has agreed to use its technology to help costa rica cut its greenhouse gas emissions. the two countries since i'm in the season ended today she had and then de castro concluded the deal and telltale under the agreement in japan is to count emissions cuts in the latin american country has its own exchange which insisted that says that the country aims to reduce its carbon output from fossil fuels to zero. to be completed the pebble mill told him he calls and twenty one. because he's good for economy and is good for the time this year japan sign similar bilateral pacts with eight asian and african nations including indonesia and ten. officials in tokyo i tried to double the number of partner nations for the crediting mechanism over the next thirty years japanese whalers in the antarctic in ocean will have to contend with the anti whaling group sea shepherd and now australia's environment ministry is sending a ship to monitor their activity. a syrian officials said the vessel would sit in the japanese ship that set sail this month will also keep a check and see champagne

i take each of the buy in tokyo with the latest updates on the leaders of japan and southeast asian nations say they will step up cooperation to see tool freedom of aviation and safety of commercial flights. this is viewed to be in reaction to china's newly established and defense identification zone japan's prime minister as usual thing and its counterparts from the can of salmon salad summit in tokyo the benchmark for the eyes of relations between japan and the regional bloc of ammo supply into providing nearly twenty billion dollars from a well defined yes that's the stasi on too long coming economic committee in two thousand fifty. the belt was that any attempt to unilaterally change this contest will hold to restrict the older i become small aviation based on the freedom of aviation as a reason for strong this out into the conclave the farm into china's recent activities in the east and south china sea on a number of nights assault on the incline of the hostel now that he issued a joint statement. the song was co chair of the summit the statement sent to japan anasta and have agreed to

example if our country want to fit in japan. then this evening in principle help the administration take more costly to the auction. trying to create a mess of the kitty costume when he was first in office. but he's there for scale. now with the strong majority. is it bigger democratic party and its coalition partner were able to get back in the past. they argued the security environment in east asia is becoming more secure. north korea's missile and nuclear programs pose a threat to japan and china is becoming more active in the region critics say that didn't seem to help the under eye the demonstration of strength and security ties with the us they worry that this could not get a good time. trees are getting involved in the real conflict or war some say yes to these subdivisions of people to check what our leaders talk about and decide if the cost the other administration responded by adopting a resolution allowing the course of the nsc meetings to be kept in a way that does not compromise national security. however those reco

south korea's foreign ministry spokesman chun kung young said japan's move has cast doubt on japan and sincerity regarding improvement in south korean jap mutilation. he did not add it on youtube you'll move and said the south korean side would also move the view of history and sovereignty of the ego or the topic in the islands and is called in japan the japanese foreign ministry initially uploaded the video in october. on wednesday japan released the same video in nine different languages including korea. and that's our report for now i intend to launch in beijing. stay tuned we'll have much more news at the top of the aisle the new the us. i use. lou will will will will. the us the idol welcome to nhk world news line and you know tony and took ill cures a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. south korea has told other countries it's expanding its era the fences on to overlap those of china and members of japan's ruling coalition have agreed on guidelines to cushion the impact of

these are all sold no other country like a korean japan with us and we cannot overlook them. when china today did emphasize that these air defense owns are separate from their territory and maritime territory but how likely is it that this conflict could get out of hand. are we to putting ourselves in a situation of the irreconcilable differences. no actually i'm in what we have to know was that i mean for this company it's smooth. it's happened not because of ideas but because of the existing conflict between nations sylvie china and japan and india fight the audience is sent to clients. low value now in china. so annie and korean and thai time. we have learned that these people would be easy on you. so let me and one has seen while coles not because some of these but because of the existing company. so i mean what they have to do is that the fee we have to be twenty eight or five. with this issue in all of his recent trip to the region. us vice president joe biden on seemed to have been mediating rather than intervening time this issue. so what to say that as meetings in ko

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kobe japan would take action to maintain peace rather than simple talking about it. we also hold to them play constructive role in safeguarding peace and stability in the region japan's new defence package into the national security back into defence proved i'm going blind. as with the fight to defend build up the strategy put together on the orders of prime minister jean sarkozy says japan will seek a more proactive security role. it was seventy basically position they can to pass the national security council. the media now don't understand prove as will strengthen surveillance as the chinese guy he lightens and bolster the capabilities of the self defense forces the cabinet agreed to two hundred and fourteen billion us dollars to be spent in the fight is leading up to twenty nineteen that will be a fine percent increase the programming to its acquisition is today in its current tenant units on its goings on of the time. japan will shift its troop deployment from the north to make findings in the south west eagles they will deploy and early warning system submarine

many of japan's neighbors view the shrine as a symbol of japan's past military aggression. shinzo abe is the first to visit the shrine and seven years. >> some symbolic steps in the heart of tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe approaches the shrine. he said his visit was to remember his country's war dead and not aimed at hurting the ealing's of other nations. -- hurting the feelings of other nations. >> i pray for peace for the souls of all the people whose lives were taken by the war. also, i made a vow to renounce war, and it has made me more determined to make sure we live in an era where people's lives are not engulfed in pain by the misery of war. >> despite his comments, there was a swift response from countries that suffered under japanese occupation during the second world war, like south korea. >> it's not very convincing, when he says he is open to dialogue at the same time makes a visit to the shrine. we need to look at who exactly is creating obstacles to dialogue and stability in the region. >> there was also a sharp reaction from china. beijing summoned