china discussed at the launch at rare talks in tokyo. the counselor began a three-day visit, saying the situation on the divided peninsula can only be resolved with negotiation. it japanese foreign minister said his arrival was timely, and as norththe importance korea's provocations have reached a new level. president trump has a tax meeting again. he drafted up a pursuit that is -- the bedrock of european-u.s. relations. twee, hely-morning criticized the trade deficit with germany and says they pay far less for defense. he added, this will change. admittedrkel transatlantic relations are strained. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am nina melendez, this is bloomberg. president trump preparing for a first meeting with the southeast asian leader, welcoming vietnam's nguy?n xuan phuc to the white house. he is keen to talk bilateral trade. washington abandoned the tpp. let's cross over to washington and bring in alisa parenti. good to see you. this might be a welcome

and that was 0bada kassoumah, 80 translator, student and author, who lives in tokyo. a few decades ago, asian immigrants in the uk would never admit their elderly relatives into care homes. a feeling of duty towards the old, as well as cultural barriers, put them off. but now, more asians are using a new kind of care home that promises a different sort of experience. bbc asian network's rahuljoglekar has paid them a visit. celebrating a hindu festival in style. you can't escape growing old, but you can enjoy. most of it in the company of friends in an asian care home for the elderly. these daysyou have children to look after. you don't have much time. —— these days, are you. they even have a hairstyle inn salon, all under one roof. but funders not come cheap. it cost £900 per week at least to be in. that is at least $4000 a month. the owner of the home defence the cost. —— hairstyling salon. we have given it a homely feeling and a homely environment. the terms we are building ourart going environment. the terms we are building our art going towards the hospit

will riply in tokyo with reaction from japan and unique insight of his own regarding north korea. we'll start with you regarding tokyo, first, what has been response from that nation to this latest provocation? >> condemnation, george, from the highest levels of the japanese government. we heard today and yesterday after the launch from both japanese prime minister, japan's chief cabinet secretary saying that japan will not tolerate this kind of thing. prime minister saying he'll bring this up with president trump at the g 7 meeting making north korea one of the main issues on the agenda there, which is what frankly, north korea wants. they did this hours before president trump's major foreign policy speech in saudi arabia. last week we saw them with that missile test just ahead of the major economic forum, one belt, one row. they know if they launch missiles ahead of major events, people will be talking about them, including the world leaders. >> we're given your extensive travel, help the viewers to understand the mindset there in north korea. just a moment ago we saw a image of

that is the boj governor kuroda speaking at this conference in tokyo. there is some headlines coming out right now. he is saying that monetary policy is not for fixing inequality, but they pay attention to this. but also, monetary policy, saying that many agree the industry has fallen in recent years. almost kind of stating an observation already in the markets, but just saying that many agree that the natural interest rate has fallen in recent years. we are watching more for comments related to inflation and their inflation target and also their balance sheet. the bloomberg global economics and policy editor kathleen hays, monitoring these headlines. what do you make so far? is there expected to be any big news from this? kathleen: you never know. i don't think he is taking questions. if he does not take questions, we want to get extra digging. i want to remind our bloomberg users you can follow us online. we are carrying the speech live from tokyo. we are watching headlines and paying careful attention. i like the topic that he and ben bernanke is goi

we are going to get the industry activity index, and sales from tokyo. i want to take a look at all industry activity index, because it is falling .6% in march after rising .7 in january. let us look at #739. we are looking at industrial production. the index is very broad, but it includes industrial productions. you can see industrial production has been struggling. it was up, but now it was down in january, up in february, projected down in march. there are other signs of rising wages and other things showing there is some recovery and of course five court is of gdp growth in japan recently. tap today,dp on holding at 0.7% year-over-year. bank of thailand metes and a couple of days, seen welding their policies ready. anchor: kathleen hays, thank you. want future we would like to bring to your attention is our interactive tv function. you can find it by typing in tv under bloomberg. not only be able to watch us here at daybreak asia live, but also dive into other functions we talk about day in and day out. there's kathleen. you can become part of t

fists were flying as this plane prepared for takeoff from tokyo to l.a. the stress of flying appears to be getting to more travellers every day. and tonight reporter erica mandy says buckle up. because things are about to get worse. [ bleep ] >> reporter: another flight, another viral video. this time a fist fight between passengers on a plane about to leave tokyo, japan for l.a.x. >> it was the most frightening experience i ever encountered. >> reporter: a mother with her baby feet from the fight speaks from her home in orange county. the man started the fight after ranting about government conspiracies. >> that guy's crazy. >> it just so happens it's occurring at a time when there's a lot of angry focus on how airlines treat passengers. >> reporter: aviation attorney patrick bailey says this latest video seems to have nothing falling on the airways but it comes at a time for bad pr with the aviation industry. >> i think what's really made the biggest difference is the iphone. >> oh my god! >> reporter: remember this? a man literally dragged off a united

aaron clark in tokyo, thank you very much. we are counting down to the latest inflation figures out of japan. is the economy better than we think? president trump shaming nato leaders as he supports -- g 7, what to expect. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: you are watching "daybreak asia," i am yvonne man in hong kong. ramy: i am remy inocencio in new york. president trump is headed to italy to meet with the group of seven nations. what is on the g7 agenda? and what is on president trump's agenda of his own? kathleen hays is here with the preview, so let's start with the g7 agenda. kathleen: people will be shaking meetings attending g7 for the first times as leaders of their country. you have president trump, emmanuel macron, theresa may, her first global g7. have the host. and all the things that happened at the last meeting, u.k. leaving the european union, donald trump elected. italy has put security of the top of the agenda. pledged to get the strongest commitment on fighting terror that they can from this meeting. donald has

exporters are dragging in tokyo along with energy stocks. this is oil extending declines above 50 bucks a barrel. higher towardally the end of the day. is between swinging between gains and losses. i took a look at movers in asia starting with what is moving in hong kong. surging to an april 1994 high sinking after zooming trade in the wake of a short seller report. noble group is trading at a 2001 low as a commodity trader. with china in focus and want to show you this chart. yuanboc strengthened the by the most since may 18 which is showing -- sending onshore rates to its highest since november. speculation that they are intervening. the blue lineg up right here putting in on course for the strongest closed since february. manus: thank you. sophie kamaruddin with the latest from hong kong. the world's second-largest economy has maintained its momentum. the china official holding up. and it wasd at 51.2 the nonmanufacturing pmi that we .aw rise to 54.5 the debate is the propensity for china to deliver reflation. how is the trend looking, ro

i'm 19 in tokyo. you're up to speed. [ laughter ] so i'd been told -- i'd been told that saunas in tokyo are a a thing that a lot of people like and do. saunas sound awful anyway to me, but i thought i'll try it. so i went in, and they said you can either be naked or you can wear clothes. so i chose correctly, option b. [ light laughter ] but they give you like a kind of scrubs and shorts. so i walked in, right to the sauna, and i walked into a room with just lots of very confident, even more naked japanese businessmen. and they were talking. and i walked in in my clothes and i sat down and they stopped talking, and just glared at me. and i glared back at them as if to say, "i'm pretty sure i'm right here." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what were you wearing again? >> like doctor scrubs and little blue shorts. and i was sitting defiantly staring back at them. >> jimmy: yeah, what's your problem? >> and one guy just went, "you've got to take it off." i said, "mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. no, no, no, this stays on this

we hope you may be in tokyo in three yea rs. if hope you may be in tokyo in three years. if you want to watch the action here, it's on the red button tomorrow on the bbc and the finale, the showjumping, is on sunday. the head of los angeles bid to host the 2024 olympic and paralympic games says his focus is to win for that year only. the ioc is considering awarding both the 2024 and 2028 games at the same time, when they vote on hosts cities in september. paris are the only other city in the running for 2024. frankly, i applaud them for the thinking. it is the right thinking at the right time. that's a process that they've undertaken amongst the four vice presidents and the iov staff. at some point they will engage with us about how that may proceed or may no. 0ur engage with us about how that may proceed or may no. our focus engage with us about how that may proceed or may no. ourfocus is engage with us about how that may proceed or may no. our focus is the same as it's been since september 2015, which is we want to win the 2024 olympic games and paralympics. sport it se

surfing is already enjoying a boost thanks to its inclusion at the tokyo olympic games in 2020. the world surfing games have been taking place in the french town of biarritz, with a record 47 countries participating, some of them for the first time. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid has been watching. this week we have had a day of no waves at all. we had pretty severe electrical storm but as you can see the main beach is looking pretty good. england's three remaining surfers at this competition are now out of the event. britain's highest ranked professional was struggling with the waves and the heat and was knocked out in the third round. with the waves and the heat and was knocked out in the third roundm wasn't the normal heat where eve ryo ne wasn't the normal heat where everyone sits in one they and get weights, it was all over the beach, andi weights, it was all over the beach, and ijust weights, it was all over the beach, and i just got weights, it was all over the beach, and ijust got unlucky not to get a good second wave on that one. ruben ashmead it around for, t

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sharp is plenty to apply for relisting on the tokyo stock exchange as early as july. betty: subaru may make a electric versions as it joins the drive for battery-powered cars, planning record investment in r&d and is considering electric motors for current models rather than designing new ones. would letys that subaru capitalize on its reputation for safety and eliminate the need to find a partner. we've been talking about the political risks out of washington and brazil. just like our previous guest said, no contagion risks so far, but look at how much has been wiped out from global equities in the last few sessions. 74.7 trillion, $1 trillion vanished in the last two days alone. this brings us back to september. the last time this happened, it took a must three months for equities and shares to recover the value lost. it does not seem like this political risk is going anywhere or fading anytime soon. it only seems to be intensifying. how quickly, right, you can lose your money and how much it takes to earn it all back. that is life. course if the fed will help thing

kathleen hays is in tokyo. nobody knows that better than the japanese. , he hasgovernor kuroda been boosting inflation for years, looking for the reflation , but he is confident he got it right. does he have it right for your kathleen: he is moving in the right direction. the development bank continued over the weekend. sundayome saturday and trying to power monetary policy. policy bank meeting on saturday. there is the favorite of the next head of the philippines. a greatmmenters and panel. governor kuroda basically said, i thought it was interesting, when he was describing lessons from the bank of japan and if they apply to the rest of asia. it is hard to say, but he is doing his best effort to boost inflation to that 2% target. he is acknowledging how tough the battle is. and again, both sides of the story, jumping and bloomberg to look at #7942, you see the progress and how far he has left to go. you can see the headline inflation in the 0.2. 0.2, andhe crude at taking out energy, that is back to negative t

more, garrett allen joining us from tokyo. you see the various bank stocks are writing, including mitsubishi of about 1.5%. why is that? reporter: the markets are going to respond positively to the results this morning. they are forecasting up to $950 billion. their take on things is a little more upbeat than perhaps the other two, which are forecasting lower profits. the market is showing it, certainly. also expecting some announcement on structural reforms and new business plans as some of these megabanks. did we get them? reporter: yes. they also announced another structural reform plan with includes a number of measures to shave some expenses. they're saying their profit level and five years should generate about $300 billion in games. -- in gains. they are renaming themselves. that will take place next year. they're really trying to tighten in on that brand. one of the features of their tenure business plan is ratcheting up dividend payouts. host: gaining about 1% right now. the banks werer, having some challenges weather

joining us now, from tokyo -- good to see you. good news on the economy. fifth straight quarterly expansion growth, private expansion rising. does it look like this is a trend that is firmly established and will continue? >> well, it could be. exports has been carrying japan's economy for about a year, it was the biggest contributor to gdp. the first quarter we saw private pointsand today's data to japanese consumers starting to feel better, household spending down but the more comprehensive retail sales numbers beat expectations for a fourth straight monthly gain, the highest in two years. the second quarter is off to a good start in terms of japanese consumers. manus: we have low jobless numbers, still a big question mark about it. impact on wages that's the key, isn't it? >> it is the key. so far, wages have only shown slight games, but economists say the labor participation rate is topping out in they expect the labor market to continue tightening and continue supporting consumption and wage gains -- whether that will hit a tipping point, and we see si

let's check in japanese futures as we head to the open of trade in tokyo. let's bring that up. unchanged for the nikkei. the nikkei 225 above 3/10 of 1%. the dollar-yen trading slightly higher. you could call that flat right now. we see quite a bit of movement in the dollar. you can get a roundup of the stories you need to know to get your day going in today's edition of daybreak, including reaction to these numbers. onscribers go to dayb your terminals. also available on mobile. to can customize settings get news on assets and industries you care about. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is daybreak asia, i am yvonne man in hong kong. betty:yvonne: i am betty liu inw york. tech leaders seizing the tops ought among u.s.'s highest-paid executives. we looked at the top 200 paid in u.s. companies. $237 millionlmart, in 2016. secondk of apple wasn't with a hundred $50 million. $124 million.erg, we are joined now to break down these numbers. no surprise tech ceos made it to the list. weinberg, itree, is unusual to see anybody other than tech in the top compensated executives.

he's now aiming even higher towards tokyo 2020. surfing will make its olympic debut. the upcoming world surfing games is the start of that journey. this is like a really big opportunity for surfers all over the world. i know some guys in the top 32 in the world are going to france to hopefully go to the olympics to get this olympic medal. now it's there, i want to do it and get it. the route to japan will not be an easy ride. unlike big surfing nations, such as america or australia, the uk pro scene is much less developed. i don't have a surf coach as such. i never have. the other guys have surf coaches, fitness planners, nutritionists. most of them are on six—figure contracts. ijust save all the money i can and try to work it out with the budget i've got. and that's why the olympic stage is so important for british surfing. we're definitely on the back foot. but we're getting better, the last few years. especially with it going to the olympics, i think it will rise. it's going to take a little bit more time. then hopefully we'll get up there soon. so if dillon can

we'll have to wait and see. >> do you any views about relations with tokyo and beij g beijing. >> it can only be resolved with solutions based on the international law that will be acceptable to the agreed information and these people because the other administrat n administration. so problems continue to persist i think. the past administration was not in a code with international law. so it eventually worsened among korean people. so i believe the agreement needs to be re-examined. >> what about in terms of china? what do you think he will do? >> he moved from opposition to really being on the fence. he kept sort of saying well, the next government should deal with that. you will be the next government. he just sort of kept trying to punt on that. you know, more recently, as i said, i think he serves well. it is sort of a done deal. why wouldn't it be a done deal after five or four or three? and given the north korean threat to you now that they have miniaturized, they have weapon dcweapo weaponiz weaponized. where as in the past he said skud missiles, they don't have a military ta

they are planning to relist on the tokyo stock exchange. haidi: reports from hong kong saying cathay pacific is cut to staff.set to cut 600 the south china morning post says 190 management positions are to go immediately, another 400 nonmanagement in june. they are under pressure from chinese rivals and middle east carriers expanding into asia last year, seeing its first loss in eight years. the aussie dollar rallied to a gainsek high, raising after april jobs data. even the most optimistic of the forecast, joining us is nick bishop, the head of australia's asset management. great to have you with us from singapore. we kind of dodged a bullet in the ratings zero passing for now, but is it such a bad thing? seems like this obsession with the aaa is prohibiting other decisions from being made. i think that is fair. there are many nations, large nations, that don't have a aaa rating. i think it is not as important. my have been a few decades ago, and some of the government decisions, it focuses necessarily on the short term i think. haidi: i w

tokyo is up by 120 —— 112.17 points. this is up by 120 —— 112.17 points. this is its highest level since 2017. the dow is up by 85 points and the nasdaq composite index is lower by 13. they give are investing your time with us. i‘m rico hizon. sport todayis time with us. i‘m rico hizon. sport today is coming up next. stay with us today is coming up next. stay with us bbc world news. you are watching bbc news. it has been announced that ian brady has died. the 79—year—old tortured and killed by children in the 19605. he was receiving palliative care at a secure psychiatric unit on merseyside. we got this report. few murders before or since have caused such revulsion. the discovery of children‘s bodies on saddleworth moor left the public wondering who could commit such dreadful crimes and why. ian brady was a petty criminal who grew up in glasgow, where he is remembered for his cruelty to other children and animals. he later took a job in manchester and, when his company hired a new typist called myra hindley, the couple became lovers. and brady le

a front-runner in tokyo is up 9.5%. approvedug has been for the first time since 1995. shares.hi deutsche bank indicating its operating profit will be lower than expected. sends china. under pressure. na under chi pressure. great read up there from juliette saly. let us talk about the president-elect of france. he has pledged to unite the country following his victory against marine le pen. beat emmanuel macron marine le pen securing 66% of the vote to her 34%. he will address the concerns exposed during one of the most divisive campaigns in recent history. won.night, you france won. what we have been doing in the past few months is unprecedented. everyone said it was impossible but that was misjudging france. say a few words to those that voted for madame le pen today. do not boo them. .hey have expressed their anger and i have expressed them -- i have respected them as well. i will do everything i can in the next five years to make sure that they do not have any reason to vote for extremist ideas. we have the strength, the energy, and the will because that is what has

we'll be live in tokyo for reaction. but first, we start on wall street where for months optimism about the trump presidency, the markets have been powering to record highs. but late on wednesday the trump bump turned into the trump slump — as us stocks and the dollar suffered their worst day since before the election. the cause of the sell—off? growing concern that the president's promised tax cuts and pro—business reforms may never materialise, as the white house battles one controversy after another. let's show you the numbers. the dow jones industrial average fell 372 points, and both the dow and s&p 500 suffered their worst falls in percentage terms since september. the nasdaq had its biggest loss for almost a year. in fact the last time the nasdaq fell this much was onjune 2a — the day the uk voted for brexit. the us dollar has also tumbled to the lowest in six months — this will give you an overview. this is the us dollar against 10 leading currencies over the past year — as you can see it's lost all i

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tokyo and washington need to consult with one another fed is the excellent strategy both parties including china and russia are committed to the denuclearization and this is a great asset that both parties need to retain. however if that temporary reduction but i see the icbm department. >> and with that perspective this is from a long time ago. '' we need here is the alliance strategy for north korea. to maintain costard -- constant superiority and to be recognized as a nuclear-armed state with the capability against the u.s. intervention there for the repeatedly contended the six party talks is dead but the joint statement in september september 2005 washington and tokyo and seoul, korea need to deny aid the objectives. and then to but this is probably the only way to seek serious negotiations lastly also those proposals to strafe and the u.s.-japan alliance in seamless by the responses and just to those challenges. as the low end of the conflict but in the medium through high-end but of course, japan has the committee they want them to deal with it. but based on the seamless judge of op

emily: peter elstrom in tokyo, thanks so much for that update. says apple has the potential to achieve a $1 trillion market cap. it could surpass that over the next 12 to 18 months. he joins me in the studio with his new call. how much of this is related to the iphone? how much of it is the expectations of potential cash coming back from overseas? >> their two things that will get you there. what is the iphone and the other is to continue the buyback program. nothing to do with the $1 trillion roadmap from our perspective. emily: can the iphone 8 disappoint? if so, how? is it possible? >> maybe two ways. expectations are very high. these are even more lofty than for the iphone 6. the second is if it is priced at $1000, are there that many buyers? those are two things to watch for. emily: global smartphone growth is not looking great. they're forecasting 4.2% growth from last you to this year. do you think the iphone can beat that? >> we think it does. 750 millionut a base. we think the upside with the iphone is driven by the install asp turning o

he was chief of accident measures -- of active measures at the kgb office in tokyo. in 1979, he defected the ninth date. -- to the united states. >> at any given moment the , soviets are involved in active measures in any country in the world. the number of operations they are running can be comparable to the thousands. -- can be counted only in thousands. we are talking about many thousands of people, at least a few thousand people who in the soviet union and outside of the soviet union are involved in this kind of action on a daily basis. at the very top of the pyramid -- they prove the mess to germanic and large-scale global and regional active measures. but daily the business is being run by the international department. the international department is responsible for planning coordination and implementation of the soviet active measures abroad. the main difference is when soviets are running an active measure operation, for instance in the planting a major story in the newspaper in france, west germany, japan, elsewhere --that kind of article would normally be w

tokyo's stocks opening higher as the yen remains wea k opening higher as the yen remains weak on expectations for global recovery growing. expectations are down due to lower oil prices. thank you for investing your time with us. have a wonderful wednesday, everyone. i am have a wonderful wednesday, everyone. iam rico have a wonderful wednesday, everyone. i am rico hizon. have a wonderful wednesday, everyone. iam rico hizon. goodbye for now. you are watching bbc news, i'm greg dawson. the top stories this hour: us president donald trump has sacked his fbi director, james comey, saying fresh leadership is required to restore trust in the organisation. the top democrat on the house judiciary committee says it reeks of a cover—up. the liberal human rights lawyer moonjae—in will be the next president of south korea. he has promised to restore national pride, and favours a more conciliatory approach to north korea. in a bbc interview, jeremy corbyn says brexit is settled. but, when questioned repeatedly, he refused to confirm britain would definitely leave the eu if brussels offered a bad deal

the success at the euros comes after gb badminton had all its funding cut by uk sport before the 2020 tokyo 0lympics. we were disappointed with the decision about funding but it is something we try not to think about too much. for a couple of weeks it was taking over what we were doing but you need to put it to one side and as players we just try to concentrate on badminton and fortu nately concentrate on badminton and fortunately as a squad we did really well in this last week. and paralympic champion susie rodgers has announced her retirement from swimming after a six—year international career.

david mckenzie is in beijing and in tokyo. will, let's start with you, what's japan saying about this news that north korea is poised to deploy and mazz produce a medium range ballistic missile. ? >> well, there really is -- as we've seen condemnation, everyone from japanese prime minister, who said that he will does this with president trump at the g 7 meeting this week to japan's chief cabinet secretary who said that japan will not tolerate this kind of activity. as is often the case, this missile -- it was launched in the direction of japan and even though it didn't come as close to the japanese coast as some other launches we've seen in the past, most noticeably that simultaneous missile launch at least three missiles came within three lending an -- an area of water at the exclusive economic zone, very close to the mainland. this is still very troubling for the japanese government. >> and will, you, of course, traveled to north korea on numerous occasions. you have a unique understanding of how the leadership views the cou

bbc news, tokyo. bats and there! you haven't changed and i look 100 years older. that's all from us. goodbye. welcome to bbc news. the time is just coming up to a quarter to eight. let's take a look at your headlines here on bbc news. president trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying james comey wasn't doing a good job. the family of evha jannath, the 11—year—old girl who died at a theme park yesterday — say their world has been torn apart. the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached the rules on campaign spending during the last general election. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. the london ftse100 is up 43 points, but the dowjones, the key indicator as to what is happening to the main stocks in the united states, down to just 61.5 points. in a moment —one of the world's most famous buildings —— the sydney opera house is to get a makeover to improve its notoriously bad acoustics. the white house sa

he is a graduate of tokyo university. sitting all the way on your hima. is nagas he is had a very interesting two weeks. two weeks ago he was a member of the democratic party of japan. -- now he has moved independent which you might ask -- which we might ask him about. sites with meat and graduated, he served lasting government as a special advisor to prime minister noda. a five to 10 opening statement. tiny --nakatani will talk about collective self-defense and other self forms. -san will talkra about missile defense, in particular about what we do with allies with north korea. nagashima will discuss working with trump administration. you can use this odium if you like or stage her seat. if you to join me in welcoming gen nakatani. [applause] [speaking japanese] >> last year more than 20 times missiles were launched and the nuclear test were conducted twice. 12 this year, a new solid fuel was used. in march, four missiles were launched simultaneously and three out of four landed in the on april 5, or it missiles were launched but this failed. the uss car

the success at the euros comes after gb badminton had all its funding cut by uk sport before the 2020 tokyo olympics. we were disappointed with the decision about funding but it is something we try not to think about too much. for a couple of weeks it was taking over what we were doing but you need to put it to one side and as players we just try to concentrate on badminton and fortu nately concentrate on badminton and fortunately as a squad we did really well in this last week. and paralympic champion susie rodgers has announced her retirement from swimming after a six—year international career. the 33 year old won gold in the s7 50 metres butterfly in rio, four years on from taking three bronze medals at the london games. she also won two bronzes in rio and says she wants to leave at the top, after what she's described as a "journey of learning, challenges and ultimately immense happiness." that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. you're watching bbc news. the prime minister is in bristol tonight at the end of day campaigning in the sout

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emily: peter in tokyo. we brought in a doctor for more reaction to the softbank news at a larger perception on tech investment. he is one of the most prominent tech investors in china and the founder and ceo. he has executive posted apple, that post at apple, microsoft, and google. >> we are an earlier stage investor. we usually manage funds in the hundreds of millions of dollars. we began investing in ai and related technologies cointreau -- four years ago. we are also strong believers that the future of technology is great. the age of ai is coming, so we are looking forward to softbank being a later stage investor in some of the companies that we and other venture capitalists have a buildup. emily: a lot of this is supposedly going towards ai. i am curious, could it be too much? are there enough opportunities out there to warrant $100 billion? >> i think there certainly can be deals like that. they have already invested in didi, for example. if you think about finding another 20 companies like that, the m

. >> reporter: they packed up on city streets from san francisco to tokyo. >> every time i visit san francisco -->> reporter: when they wanted to open a shop in san francisco neighbors were jolted.>> they wanted a starbucks.>> reporter: the owners of bluebottle cafi needed a conditional use permit because the neighborhood has a ban on a chain that has more than 11 locations and they got denied the permit. >> she has run the cafi for more than 20 years. >> i just want to have more family oriented businesses.>> reporter: they qualify as a mom and pops bluebottle has been called the next starbucks. >> the impression that we got from bluebottle was that they wanted to in-n-out.>> they say people like that -- to take their time to socialize.>> it was a blow to was that somebody coming in and not having a connection to the place. >> reporter: we reached out for comment but did not hear back. san francisco, ktvu news. >>> there's a new plan tonight to keep people from littering into lower spark. they propose new legislation that would increase fines for people who letter or leave broken gla

look at this two men brawling on board a flight from tokyo to los angeles. now the airline says a man in red was pulled off that plane and arrested. >>> and there is more anger on display in the parking lot of a furniture store in alabama. here it is. a woman standing on the hood of a car, and stomping on the windshield. >> that -- no. >> is 24-year-old barbara lowry. she told one of our affiliates that she decided to take action when she found out a man she thought was her boyfriend was cheating on her. >> so, barbara was arrested. she also says that she spent a night of thoughtful prayer before this action. she says she knew it wasn't a good idea, but, she did anyway. >> she prayed. woke up that day. not today, satan. >> like the carrie underwood song. took her foot to the windshield. >> i know i won't be looking for a date with. >> oh, there you go. barbara, he is available. >> no. no, no thank you. >> swipe left. >> you don't even have a car, it's fine. >> true, are you single, barbara? i suspect you are. >>> coming up, the fenway faithful apologizing ov

video showing a fight on a plane yesterday getting ready to take off from tokyo headed to lax. the man who recorded the video said the passenger started throwing punches after the man in the red began attacking the couple. the man was removed from the plane. he also choked an airline employee in the terminal and was arrested for assault. >>> you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 p.m. and we are learning more about the cost of the protests in berkeley last weeks. hundreds of thousands of dollars in over time. ktvu's tom vacar tells us one department is looking to be reimbursed. >> reporter: the activities at university of california at berkeley during the protest and counter protests ran up a half million dollars in over time for university police, berkeley police, the sheriff's office and a host of many other law enforcement agencies. urine and berkeley police had to have assist -- university and berkeley police had to have assistance. >> hot bed of activity around fetch. that is overwhelming the resources freedom of speech. that is overwhelming the resources. >> reporter: t

cnn's will ripley is live in tokyo with the latest. will. >> reporter: the supreme leader kim jong un said this could be mass produced quickly. if north korea can get the missile components, that is not unrealistic. that is disturbing given missile first tested in february and again hours before the donald trump speech in saudi arabia. this puts within striking range u.s. troops in japan and 28,000 troops in south korea. the missile they tested one week ago potentially could go further hitting u.s. military assets in guam. in addition to technical information learned by north korean rocket scientists is political theater. the timing during president trump's first foreign trip is a way for north korea to force itself into the global conversation. to get what it wants which is attention. in fact, here in tokyo, the japanese prime minister promised to bring up the north korea issue with president trump at the g7 meeting which will happen later on during the presidential trip. i spoke with officials in upon y pyongyang. they want a seat at

tokyo by itself is amazing. it's like when people ask me, do you think new york or london needs an integrated resort. no, you don't need an integrated resort. but the places where you do build integrated resorts are like places like las vegas, macau, places where you go there to have fun. taylor: others competing for japanese gambling licenses includes las vegas sand and m.g.m. resorts international. that's your bloomberg business news. mark? mark: taylor, e.c.b. president mario draghi will be grilled at 2:00 p.m. eastern time and will be the scheduled appearance before next week's monetary decision. while the area is strengthling, draghi could point to low core inflation as he makes the case for keeping policy on hold. with erik norland and the president of the german institute for economic research, marcel. we approach the pivotal e.c.b. meeting in june. so much has been talked about, so many expecting so much, some not expecting so much at all. what sort of message is draghi going to want to pursue today in f

cnn's will ripley is in tokyo. we know you spent a lot of time, a number of trips to north korea. how is the region? how are japan and other powers who are much closer to the north korean threat reacting to this latest test? >> as you would expect, jim, here in tokyo the prime minister shinzo abe promising concrete action and the repeated threat of a strong military response as a result of this, and, of course, president trump's tweet alluding to the fact that really what the united states is relying on here is for china to do something about this. remember back in the mid-2000s after north korea's first nuclear test in the bush administration was hoping that china would solve the north korea problem, now we're five nuclear tests and countless missile launch eds later and the bottom line is if japan and south korea and the united states could do something to stop north korea from launching missiles they would have done it already. they really don't have a solution right now other than the really unpleasant and potentially catastrophic one which would be military action. >> a key q

for the japanese to receive that to any of that comes to the japanese war party gains ascendancy in tokyo and plans world harbor. so people always say do you think fdr knew about pearl harbor? i think fdr he knew an attack was coming, and he knew an attack is probably coming the first of december, the first two weeks of december, but where was a going to be? almost everyone thought it would be on singapore and probably the philippines. the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon, vietnam, back then french indochina. living to the fdr and general marcia had the war department worn the bases to go on high alert. if i had an hour, i could go over what happened at pearl harbor. it is the perfect storm of mistakes. everyone there believed -- they were in command, but in command with the attitude it does not matter anyway because we will not be attacked, so why bother? that is a bad way to do it. other commanders had done that, but if it was 1932, 1934, 19 36, and you are a commander in hawaii, you could have that attitude and you could spend two years in hawaii and not do all lot. but in december