sophie: keeping an eye on steel shares in tokyo. from may 1, it will alter production of [inaudible] until engine supplies are resumed. abc mark lifting its full-year net income forecast by 61%. an ¥8.8 billion game on listed security scales. trend micro on watch. the forecasted missed estimates. keeping an eye on japan airport terminals as well on plans to raise up to ¥61.4 billion in a share sale. they maintained targets. let's look at australia. the asx 200 is a little changed. earnings and focus. most stocks in the red. thanks trading mixed. westpac on the up. conwell under pressure. gold miners are falling as well. boykin is holding nearer to month low. crude gaining ground, extending the session here. u.s. production falling by a record 40%. haidi: coming up, more market analysis ahead. a company at the forefront of early cancer detection in china. we are joined exclusively as the firm prepares to list in hong kong later. the market opens in tokyo and seoul, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: welcome to daybreak asia. i

in the meantime let's hear from 5 in tokyo. that morning during the press conference which he held a while ago to. announce his resignation here if you would or steps on the stages that he or he was involved in the olympics for over 6 years now he knows all the ins and outs of all the difficulties that faced so he was a very prominent figure in ranging the olympics and especially in pushing for the olympics to be held in next july protesters in me and marching against the military coup for a 7th consecutive day and demanding the release of their elected leaders and for the u.n. to step down and also calling for tougher international action against the military . the families of 35 men thought to be trapped inside a tunnel in india's ultra can state say only a miracle can save their loved ones now rescuers have been moving mountains of sludge to try to reach the workmen but haven't been able to make any progress and russia's jailed opposition leader alexei navalny is back in court the son accused of slandering a 2nd world war ve

in central tokyo, darkened and shattered restaurants tell part of the story. experts say the rise and young female suicide is being driven by economics. >> this pattern of female suice is very unusual. i've ner seen this much increase as a researcher on this topic the number of job losses -- it is so large over the last six to eight months. reporter: japan has been quite successful at controlling the covid pandemic. but in the years since the virus arrived -- in the year since the virus arrived here, more women have died from suicide than the virus itself. katty: we do keep heang the mental health impact of this pandemic is going to be very serious and we see the consequences in japan right now. facebook is no stranger to criticism. the social media giant has found itself in the center of lots of political storms both here in the u.s. and overseas. its latest misadventure is playing out in australia. facebook blocked users from sharing or viewing content amid a dispute over payments involving material from media outlets. here's our media correspondent. reporte

the anti— 0lympic many businesses based in tokyo. the anti— olympic games sentiment seems to be hardening locally. sentiment seems to be hardening locall . . , sentiment seems to be hardening locall . ., , ., locally. the games are five months away _ locally. the games are five months away and - locally. the games are five months away and they - locally. the games are five months away and they are | locally. the games are five i months away and they are not taking place tomorrow. the organisers, the ioc and the japanese are putting in place a very strict set of covid protocols to effectively ensure that the games can take place within a sporting bubble. they haveissued within a sporting bubble. they have issued a series of play books which foresee athletes, the media, they will be only going to the venues and they will not be going downtown, there will not be the traditional celebrations taking place outside of the venues. so i think with five months ago, seeing how covid situation is slowly improving, the games will take place and

hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo. now, it's been a long winter of restrictions here and around the world, but now there's the prospect of vaccines and, with them, hope that life can slowly begin opening up again and returning to some kind of normal. at the travel show, we have been doing our best to carry on, bringing you inspiration from all over the world — a little bit of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy moment in history. of course, tokyo was supposed to host the 2020 olympics and paralympic games last year. we are all keeping our fingers crossed that it will go ahead in 2021. at the moment, that's in serious doubt. if it doesn't happen, the likelihood is that it will be cancelled completely. and in that instance, the next big global event will be the postponed 2020 world expo in dubai. as it stands, it's still on. lucy has been finding out how the authorities there are planning to throw open the gates to ticketholders from all over the world against the background of the current global pandemic. ad: see a futuri

japan's nikkei which briefly topped the 30000 mark for the 1st time in 30 years a strong buying in tokyo was driven by news that the japanese economy expanded more than expected in the 4th quarter a whopping 13 percent extending the recovery from the country's worst post-war recession the nikkei topped 30000 points on monday for the 1st time since 1990 the hike has been fueled by hopes of a rapid economic recovery under speedy exit out of the pandemic. the world's 3rd biggest economy expanded by a breathtaking 12.7 percent in the last quarter of 2020 well ahead of its competitors the u.s. economy grew by just 4 percent over the same period and the eurozone so growth of just 2.8 percent. analysts say a key reason for the upswing is japan's refusal to impose a hard lock down instead the government's aim has been to get a handle on the pandemic while keeping businesses shops and restaurants open. tokyo is forecasting growth of around 4 percent this year and businesses are optimistic to a survey conducted by japanese news agency kyoto says 72 percent of the country's companies and managers e

it's one more problem the postponed tokyo games don't need as organizers on the international olympic committee try to pull off the olympics in the midst of a pandemic. remember, you can only watch the olympics right here on nbc bay area. use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california for generations to come. >>> as many count down to kickoff for super bowl, there are some new covid concerns. we've got a live look at tampa, florida. two kansas city chiefs players are now on the reserve covid list. this comes after a barber tested positive. espn is reporting 20 people, including quarterback patrick mahomes, were in line for a haircut but only demarcus robinson and samuel kilgore were deemed to have come in contact with that barber. >>> just a few miles from that site of super bowl lv, a new mural honors the work of colin kaepernick. >> the artist unveiled the mural in old tampa. itng t-shirts associated with his nonprofit. >>> and klay thompson is still a long way from seeing the court. he may be ready to start traveling with the team. he's regaining more mobility since tearing

and this is a picture of tokyo. after first large scale fire bombing of tokyo on the night of the 9th and 10th of march and this is going to kill a hundred thousand japanese. in one night it's going to create a firestorm where you'll have almost hurricane force winds. that are blowing flames. throughout the city because japanese cities are uniquely vulnerable. in a way that european cities or less susceptible to fire bombing. because as much of the japanese construction is wood framed buildings. you see there are some stone concrete buildings, but a majority of the buildings are going to be wood frame, which means they are going to readily succumb to fire bombing and this is the weapon that the air advocates are arguing is going to bring the japanese to their needs. but on this raid. the united states loses 20 b-29 what's interesting is when you get into april 1945 the japanese start. to change how they're reacting. to us bombing rates no longer are there going to be scrambling? fighters and pursuit aircraft to atta

and the president of the tokyo 2020 elin picks organizing committee has resigned 83 year old yoshiro mori caused a firestorm for sexist remarks that in either the recent japanese olympic committee meeting mori is also a former prime minister the outrage over his comments shows that japan is slowly changing. yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy. the important thing is for the olympic games to be held in july and in order to hold the olympics if my presence is a hindrance to the preparations this cannot be allowed to nominate at least mori was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talk too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments true sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media. and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. i think more he should have resigned when he apologized but he didn't correct so i thought he was ton

the finance minister now speaking in tokyo. he has -- saying the cabinet has approved ¥1.1 trillion of reserve fund used. the funds will be used for virus response measures. this will be around $10.5 billion. japan has already three extra budgets in order to deal with the fallout of the virus pandemic. they were set to be considering a fourth extra budget. so far, they have committed $3 trillion to help the economy recover. saying the house -- the cabinet has approved ¥1.1 trillion. that would be around 10.5 billion u.s. dollars. he has also talking about the g7, saying they want to discuss building back better. they also want to discuss emerging nation debt and push forward digital taxation talks. the biggest headline would be that they are willing to spend this much more on virus relief measures. around 10.5 billion u.s. dollars. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: a quick check out the latest business flash headlines. china has some and tesla for talks on quality and safely issues. regulators say they held talks in beijing and sh

yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy. mori was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talk too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments true sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media. and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. and look i think more i should have resigned when he apologize but he didn't quit so i thought he was tone deaf. should have thought about the impact of this issue being reported overseas i know people in other countries have a stricter view on issues of equality than the japanese. mores strongly supported the effort to bring the 2020 olympics to tokyo and some officials fear that his resignation could spell doom for the games now set for this july. still his downfall to some represents an opportunity. for women i think this is a good chance for change for japan's current mindset about gender equ

isabel reynolds is in tokyo. this was going to create further damage for the economy so what has been the challenge in getting the virus under control in the first four weeks? isabel: right. one factor is the state of emergency in japan has been a very mild one, even by japanese standards. the government this time in 11 areas including tokyo and osaka to avoid going up after 8 p.m. they've instructed bars and restaurants to close at 8:00. mostly has gone on as usual with schools and so on. the thinking was a lot of infections resulted from people eating and drinking in large groups. however, the local government who preleased these measures didn't have any penalties to their disposal. we saw quite a few bars carrying on serving customers. we have even seen yesterday, we saw a lawmaker have to resign after being seen going to a bar lit at night during the emergency. the lack of penalties has been the difficulty. having said that, the infection numbers have fallen quite a bit. not quite as far as was hoped. shery:

we have stocks opening to a downside in tokyo. we are seeing japanese banks also under pressure this morning. there could be upsides for japanese value like auto and financials if higher yields materialize. turning to south korea, south korea kicking off its national vaccine campaign today. we are also learning it is planning to sell 14 trillion yuan -- 14,000,000,000,001 -- 14 trillion won in bonds. we talk about the selloff we saw in u.s. stock. i want to highlight a note from morgan stanley. they have downgraded korean stock. check out the korean won losing ground. looking on the board to check in what is going on elsewhere, the aussie under pressure. we see yields climb in australia, as well. the three year yield is pushing higher. we are seeing the 10-year treasury yield gaining ground this morning as well. a lot of pressure when it comes to this tightening we have been facing. a lot of focus on the oil patch. prude losing some ground today. opec meeting to take place next week. there's a headache for india -- headache for in

the head of the tokyo lympics organizing committees apologized of a sexist comments he made about women but says he will not resign and sharon laurie reportedly told a meeting of the japanese olympic committee on wednesday that female board members talk too much in meetings and are annoying the 83 year old who is also the former japanese prime minister is facing pressure to step down with the hash tag laurie please resign now gaining traction online well according to one of japan's leading newspapers a citation when the president of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee told a meeting of fellow members. if we increase the number of female board members we have to make sure their speaking time is restricted somewhat they have difficulty finishing which is annoying we have about 7 women at the organizing committee but everyone understands that place morey says that he's sorry for any offense his comments have caused the. persecute i would like to take back what i said i also want to apologize to the people that were often that view should through canarios. i have no intention of resigning r

host 2: let's turn to the tokyo olympics. the organizers have appointed one of japan's most celebrated female stars. she takes the position. our politics reporter isabel reynolds has more. she is a seven-time olympian. she is clearly qualified. will this help ensuring support for the olympics at a time when we have seen scandals over sexism, fatigue over the virus -- what are we hearing? reporter: that is a good point. she appears to be the perfect candidate for this job. she has said that she was born to be an olympian. five days before the opening of the previous olympics in 1954 she was born. she grew up learning how to ice skate on a frozen lake at her family's farm. she has had a fixation on the ethics which turned out to be her career. she moved into politics later in life. she is 56. much older than her predecessor. there is a big question mark over whether she can turn around this kind of empty olympics feeling which is spreading and japan. signs are not good. i'm looking at twitter in japan this morning and one of th

the tokyo impacts mean a lot for karate instructor. tokyo will be the 1st games to include karate in the competition and although he can't compete a condo still wants to participate. more gaga will then the russian i'd be happy even if there were no spectators to be a torch relay runner for an olympics in japan is a once in a lifetime chance. if it's possible i do want to do it by that you never are. for a 56 year old or she could tanika everything hinges on whether spectators will be allowed in she and her family won tickets for the judo and i'm hoping to attend to napa has been in or of the game since she saw her 1st live event in 1998 at the winter olympics in the garner. the hudson out of the going to she's a guess i thought i was struck by how many people there were saying the no i was surprised by how quiet everyone was when the races started then the noise when the races were one was something i remember to this day what it was amazing was i was struck by how different it was when you watch it live long gone are the one my stuff

into hokkaido will be some snow coming through for a time sheltered by the mountains not too bad in tokyo but not quite as mild as it has been recently but the seventy's not that may well we got some wetter weather moving across the philippines in the form of a tropical storm did weaken to the tropical depression briefly but it's picked up in strength once again winds of around 65 kilometers per hour more the rain that we are concerned about over the next couple of days for those central areas of the philippines slides out into the open waters of the south china sea the still a legacy as she was coming back in behind a lose on we'll see some heavy downpours as we go on through choose day elsewhere the usual scattering of showers across malaysia still some heavy showers there into indonesia but a little dry for to kata. sponsored park qatar airways. a place upon our world social life where intellectuals artists and activists me where i do use a spark and history has made. america has throughout my right to have brought al jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and their role in th

tomei halloran is preparing to the biggest competition of his life representing astride the at the tokyo olympics something he's been dreaming about since he started climbing is a child it's still a bit of a trip out to think and a 1000000 people it's a dream come true so the 1st time a climbing will be an olympic sport and i halloran is one of 2 to qualify and you for match will require athletes to master 3 disciplines during a coma for a climbing speed climbing and laid climbing with a roic all requiring mental and physical strength flexibility and skill is usually specialize in. the combination of the 3 is is one of the events sort of like. a track athlete has to run the marathon $100.00 made it is and like hurdles climbing his growing from what some of previously viewed only as a recreational activity to athletes winning medals at top international events in australia pretty suppression rights are driving fueled by new gyms opening up across the country with its popularity rising the number of competitive climbers in astronomy has tripled in the past 7 years there are now 1200 climbe

the tokyo impacts mean a lot for karate instructor. tokyo will be the 1st games to include karate in the competition and although he can't compete i kind of still wants to participate. mcgregor will then the reason i'd be happy even if there were no spectators to be a torch relay runner for an olympics in japan is a once in a lifetime chance. if it's possible i do want to do it. for 56 year old you sheiko tanika everything hinges on whether spectators will be allowed in she and her family won tickets for the judo and hoping to attend to napa has been in or of the game since she saw her 1st live event in 1998 at the winter olympics in a gun oh. hi jim are they going to she's a guess i thought i was struck by how many people there were saying the no i was surprised by how quiet everyone was when the races started then the noise when the races were one was something i remember to this day what it was amazing was i was struck by how different it was when you watch it live on are the one my stuff. it's not just 14 fans who are disappointed

pressure grows on the head of the tokyo olympics to step over his sexist comments. we are just a few hours away from hearing more of the evidence against the former u.s. president donald trump as his impeachment trial enters day 3 so far we've seen impeachment managers deliver never seen before footage of the attack on capitol hill on january the 6th the c.c.t.v. videos show top politicians such as mike pence fleeing as the rioters swarmed the building. the senate heard that the house speaker nancy pelosi was rescued before the rioters broke into her office impeachment manager stacey plaskett argued if they'd found her quotes they would have killed her other previously unseen video show capitol hill police officer eugene goodman running toward senator mitt romney his court similar way as the mob approaches here you can see senate majority leader chuck schumer being led away by his security detail but then moments later they turned back around and run to avoid encountering the protesters donald trump is charged with inciting the attack on capitol hill one more day of

speedy conviction now which the turn of trump's lawyers to make their case for acquittal plus that of tokyo's olympic organizing committee resign his sexist remarks calls for an uproar and cast attention on japan's sluggish progress toward gender equality and. i'm sorry welcome to the program. kremlin critic alexina volley is back in court this time on charges of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a government video these are the latest pictures of all the from inside the court room in moscow he was recently sentenced to several years in jail for allegedly violating his probation in germany while he recovered from a poisoning attack and of all nice arrest sparked street protests across russia. leaders have called for his release further straining ties between the european union and russia. and on the story for us it's. standing by in moscow erin what's the latest. legal move here really about well what's an evolving is looking actually answering to slander charges surrounding on statements he made online in the run up to last year's constitutional referendum here in russia that wa

let's discuss this with jeff in tokyo. how much will the resignation help here? >> i mean, i think the organizers must be thinking, what else could go wrong? i mean, it has just been one scandal and gaffe and problem after another so, yes, his exit will help. but i think it has done damage and the way he went was messy at first, the old guard circle the wagons trying to protect him. 20 years ago they probably would have gotten away with it, just no longer, it was unbelievable. his comments say, we already have enough board members, and those women another place. human rights watch awarded him the gold medal for sexism. clearly it was time for him to exit. just think back, two in japan got the elliptic bid in 2013 -- the olympic bid in 2013. the stadium design, the logo plagiarized, after that it turns out they spent $28 billion. then the pandemic derailed the olympics last year. now, new strains may raise? 's -- new strains may raise question marks this year. the head of the olympic committee had to resign. it has been one blackeye after another. the olympics is

the tokyo games scheduled to begin july 23rd. the torch last summer -- last spring, i should say, laura, made its way from greece to tokyo. they never got to start the relay there. here's hoping it goes without a hitch this time. >> that's for sure, andy. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> even with control of the white house, the house and the senate, democrats aren't acting like it. they don't seem to stay united and it's posing a problem for president biden with big implications for his cabinet nominees and four years of critical plans. ying. car vending machines. and now, putting you in control of your financing. at carvana, get personalized terms, browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your down payment and monthly payment. and these aren't made-up numbers. it's what you'll really pay, right down to the penny. whether you're shopping or just looking. it only takes a few seconds, and it won't affect your credit score. finally! a totally different way to finance your ride. only from carvana. the new way to buy a

and a social media backlash of a sexist comments made by the tokyo olympics takes more than stay with us. however there we've got more when she weather on the forecast for north america big bulge of cloud into central parts pushing across the plains and the central areas of canada and that's all going to make its way further a switch so there's an expansionist snow coming into the northeastern corner snow there north of the border into quebec pushing across towards canadian maritimes and some very heavy rain running down along the eastern seaboard into the panhandle and across the gulf next batch of wintry weather waiting in the wings that's going to make its way in as we go on through saturday say clearer skies over towards easter saturday but yeah that next batch of very wintry weather will come in the potential for developing nor'easter coming in for the latter part of the weekend so that could cause some problems back up to a specific northwest significant snowfall coming through here western parts of canada warmer and drier than across california once again a woman try to across

. ♪ >> we went to our third cpac in tokyo, japan. all these asian leaders are come to me saying, we have to have u.s. leadership because collectively, we asians cannot fight this on our own. if the u.s. stands alone against socialist nations, we will lose. >> just as president trump says, fake media is running rampant, especially here in japan. everything they say is a lie and you cannot trust the news. japanese people do not understand what is going on or why it is happening. >> we think about the fact that our -- runaway courts and by an increasingly radicalized and socialist democrat party. that is a fact, but it is not nick lee american. these rights are being eroded all over the globe. >> one of the most serious challenge our countries phase is the specter of socialism. it is a wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies. >> they are watching america because they fear if america ever goes socialist, america stops being america. that means the future for their country is very dark because what left-wing american presidents do w

his live in tokyo i guess the pressure just got too much especially friday when the sponsors are getting upset. yes indeed. as you mentioned even the big sponsors and even some of them were friends with very very good connection with the executives of. other important sports the sponsors of the olympics and yet they criticize him that's what made him. the clear or announce his resignation and during the brief comments that he had the start of the day when they have the press conference he said that. he was at a presenting the elderly in japan and he didn't want to give bad image of the elderly that they are. that they are sensitive or they are not getting about the woman and their comments and that's that was one of the reasons that led him to announce his resignation but we have seen waiting for the press conference in which they should announce. the successor of mr moti and it has been delayed for over 30 minutes and that's very unusual in japan. terms that reflects very difficult on the complicated discussions between the board members and we ordered the starting to hear some criticis

so, today, i'm offering my resignation as president of the tokyo organising committee. the international olympic committee — which had previously described his comments as "absolutely inappropriate" — thanked mori for his outstanding contribution to organising the postponed games. the controversy has given fresh impetus to campaigns against the event and could hinder chances of getting an already scepticaljapanese public onside. many are looking down under for how a major sporting event might be held amid a pandemic. after overcoming initial issues with hotel quarantine, the australian open had got under way... bizarre scenes, highlighting the precarious reality of staging a big event in these circumstances. laura scott, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it wasn't quite as cold last night, temperatures only —13 in braemar. but still a cold day today and it feels a bit colder because the winds are stronger. many areas will see spells of sunshine, more cloud come again off the

japan shouldn't recognize a military regime that representatives handed every statement calling on tokyo choose all of its political diplomatic and economic power to restore me and mas civilian government and then in thailand the international zagg gathered outside the united nations building in the capital bangkok the crowd chanted we don't want the military many way flags for me and was national league for democracy party. the un is saying that the charges against unsung see so many compromises the country's democracy will continue to call for her immediate release for the president's immediate release and all others who have been detained by the military in the last few days i think the charges filed against her are just compound the undermining of. the rule of law in myanmar and the democratic the democratic process. the kovacs scheme set up to ensure poor countries get equal access to corona virus vaccinations as unveiled its distribution plans for the next few months the scheme backed by the global vaccine alliance the world health organization and the u.n. children's fund was aimi

head of the tokyo lympics organizing committee is expected to resign on friday at a special meeting to discuss sexist comments he made last week. if your memory of former japanese prime minister said women talk too much and must quote understand their place in his meetings the 83 year old apologized and retracted his comments but initially said he wouldn't resign now after increasing pressure from sponsors colleagues and politicians to peers he's been left with no choice but pride has more from seoul. you're sure amaury has apologized for these comments but the controversy shows no signs of going away if anything pressure for him to quit has been mounting with more gore makers and even some of the commercial sponsors of the games now joining those calls in addition there has been a groundswell of public opinion against him with more than 140000 people now signing an online petition for the tokyo olympic committee to take action and to punish him in addition there have been reports that hundreds of volunteers who are needed to stage the games have quit have said that they will no longer

and days after the tokyo olympics chief is forced to quit over sexist remarks japan's ruling party invites more women to its meetings but only if they don't talk. here's some normal wintry weather for you result of the winds come across the atlantic whipped up the foam hit the south coast of ireland size just seafoam it is not snow we've been we've been so used to in fact that's just part of the system 3 of melbourne running in through western europe and lift me temperatures quite substantially now bring wind and rains more to come during the day the not substantially so it's just more like standard weather now but as a blockage of how far this warm sun is warmth really can go it sort of held up against poland to the east opposing the or the cold remains that stubborn and as it's come down over the black sea it's produced a lot of snow for greece and turkey recently at all so it's carried on going through the ages and through the measured into was that coast of libya this is called green mountain is probably a mountain there full but hasn't snowed here for 15 years so this is just the last

with this update from tokyo it's the morning during the press conference which he held the while ago to. announce his resignation here if you would all the steps all the stages that he was involved in the olympics for over 6 years now he knows all the ins and outs of all the difficulties that faced so he was a very prominent figure in ranging the olympics and especially in pushing for the olympics to be held in the next. protesters in maine maher against a military coup for a 7th consecutive day demanding the release of their elected leaders and they're going to step down they're also calling for tougher international action against the military the families of 35 men thought to be trapped inside a tunnel in the indian state of utter can say only a miracle can save their loved ones rescuers have been moving mountains of sludge to try to reach the workmen but haven't been able to make much progress south africa's president cyril ramaphosa says his country will receive 9000000 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine this is after suspending use of the vaccine developed by astra zeneca

and a social media backlash of a sexist comments made by the tokyo a limp exchange bar and that stay with us. for the perfect. sponsored point qatar airways hello we've got some welcome warmer weather coming into japan over the next couple of days you still got some wintry weather to get out of the way some sleet and snow still in place across western parts of honshu into colorado for friday but it's 12 celsius there for getting up to 7 in soul behind that will be some cloud and rain just moving across the east china sea and that will roll its way just to the south of q shoot for sas table to the temperature 15 celsius in tokyo could add to the the melting snow that we have here so there is always still a worry of some flooding as a result of that 10 celsius in seoul by this day's double figures 2 for beijing and for the weekend it doesn't last you try and find across a good part of china try and find to across much of indochina because the usual showers driven in the northeast the monsoon there into the philippines into malaysia where we see the heaviest of the showers running acros

japan's prime minister has extended a state of emergency in tokyo and 9 other regions for one month to curb the virus infections there the rates of new cases has slowed slightly since as lead to restrictions being tightened in january but the government is trying to restore domestic and international confidence with less than 6 months before the tokyo olympics the head of the event says the games will happen regardless of the pandemic israel's coronavirus vaccination drive appears to be slowing as many people have received injections more than $3000000.00 people have had their 1st injection but in palestine there are concerns about islam vaccination rate there a lack of supply and the potential spread of a new strain we have teams covering the situation across israel and palestine we'll hear from him and in a moment 1st is harry for sits in west jerusalem there are. communities within israeli society particularly palestinian israeli and ultra-orthodox communities where there is less trust in this vaccine where it has been harder to get people to come in to the vaccination senses and in

the head of the tokyo impacts organizing committee has apologized of a sexist comments he made about women but says he won't resign if shearer mori reportedly told a meeting of the japanese olympic committee on wednesday that female members talk too much in meetings and they're annoying the 83 year old who is also the former japanese prime minister is now facing pressure to step down with the hash tag mari please resign gaining traction online the. persecute i would like to take back what i said i also want to apologize to the people that were often the . do you shoot through cold milieu. i have no intention of resigning really i have been supporting i'm working hard for the tokyo games for 7 years i'm not thinking of resigning. quick bit of news from denmark the government has approved plans to build a groundbreaking energy island to store and distribute green energy the artificial island will be linked to hundreds of wind turbines in the north sea around 80 kilometers off denmark's west coast it comes a month after denmark decided to halt all plans to search for oil and gas in the

with that report from tokyo thank you. now demonstrations in maine ma still no sign of ending as people protest against the military coup for a 7th consecutive day and demanding the release of their elected leaders and for the jointer to step down after this month's coup they're also calling for tougher action against the military as the u.s. imposed a 1st round of sanctions on those involved in the coup earlier the army warned protesters they should be going back to work meanwhile the military's leaders announced an amnesty for more than $23000.00 prisoners lying side in humanitarian grounds officials have already started releasing some of them an update on both of those issues now with scott hardly monitoring events from bangkok 1st of all the protests i mean it's a sort of deja vu all over again each days and at the protesters just not backing down. they're not kemal absolutely and you know you look at the spots across the country where these protests are taking place in there they're all over the country the day before

the head of the tokyo olympics organizing committee has apologized over sexist comments he made about once more women talking too much but says he won't resign your mori reportedly told a meeting of the japanese limpid committee on wednesday that meeting with female directors a can take a long time and are annoying 83 year old mori in who's the former japanese prime minister is on the pressure to stand. there was a general statement made at the g o c committee yesterday was an inappropriate expression contrary to the spirit of the olympics and paralympics i am deeply most folks i would like to throw out the statement i would like to apologize for any unpleasant feelings to officials say the delay the games will go ahead despite the call in a biased pandemic and when they do sport climbing will make its debut. reports from canberra. inside this climbing gym tomei halloran is preparing for the biggest competition of his life representing astride the at the tokyo olympics something he's been dreaming about since he started climbing is a child it's still a bit of a trip out to think and a

organisers of this summer�*s delayed games in tokyo have just confirmed the torch relay due to start on march 25th will go ahead then as planned. but they will now broadcast the event live to try to avoid large crowds gathering, and warned they will temporarily suspend the relay if if big gatherings are spotted on the streets. a painting by vincent van gogh at a key point in his career has been unveiled to the public in paris, after a century in private hands. the street scene in montmartre was painted in 1887 where his style was exposed to the influence of impressionists. lucy williamson reports. as debutants go, this one is older than most — revealed to the world for the first time today after more than a century in a family home. montmartre street scene was painted by van gogh in 1887. here in paris, he met impressionists like renoir and began to absorb their styles, his famous brushstrokes already becoming clear. the pigments he used so pure, the colours still pop after 100 years. even for sotheby�*s own experts, the first glimpse of this painting was special. ifelt like i wa

and we hope to see him in tokyo, if tokyo happens, and we think it will. >> for sure. alexander graduated from stanford, and his sister, sabrina, is also a fencer, a talented family. >> what a good-looking family right there. >> congratulations. >> that's going to do it for us at 5:00. as a reminder, lester holt is up next. >> we hope to see you back, see you soon. >>> tonight, the deadly winter blast and the new threat on the move right now that monster storm leaving at least 28 people dead and millions without power in the record-shattering cold >>> deadly tornadoes in the south and now the new danger along the same path. al roker tracking it >>> the growing variant threat and where the uk strain was just found in a 4-year-old this as the first federal mass vaccination sites open plus we talk to the doctor who raced to give out doses before they expired why it cost him his job and landed him in trouble with the law >>> also, we tell you what's safe to do and not to do after you're fully vaccinated >>> former preside

their 160004 tokyo children across japan and that number is. a region the education system. and strict parents are a commonly blended tribute today with. japan's conform to society values it beats and those who do should be different how can you be content. but there are a new alternative to japan is street schools yeah but i don't know i know there are now 400 non-government schools like this one set up across the nation as a safe haven the photocells mean. runs a preschool and says 80 percent of children who attend the same to eventually return to the mainstream education system i see a lot of kids playing video games how does that help the thursley with. mother they would rather put it. off on the. why. you're so caught up the article talks. about they can. understand kids better than most he was a boy you know so. now he uses his experience to help children who feel lost at school. where. in their home where we're going to it's an awfully long. to me thinks early intervention can prevent a lifetime of isolation or. a lot of although you know there. are now seeing that. i

paul: bloomberg's isabel reynold in tokyo. let's get a check on what is happening in the markets now. over to sophie in hong kong. what are you watching? sophie: price action early in the asian session. kiwi stocks off by .01%. financials helping to lift the ask high -- the asx higher. the aussie 10-year yield holding above 1.2%. futures, you are seeing them flat to the downside, after a solid three year option from treasury bills yesterday. to longer dated options from the treasury on thursday which may see yields fall to zero. and ahead of that pulling up the chart on the terminal -- piling into junk bonds. that has pushed the u.s. yield below 4% and wider the gap to asian and junk and debt. we have goldman along with ubs tapering asian high-yield. shery: up next, freight costs continue to soar for shipping companies. japan's largest shipper tells us how it is dealing with that amid the coronavirus. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: it is one of the most important parts of the global economy but the shipping industry is under pre

if i can make the tokyo olympics, that would be incredible. but to just be in the mix would be amazing. soledad: if chellsie makes the u.s. women's olympics team, she would be the oldest gymnast in nearly 70 years. >> ahead on "matter of fact" -- is america prepared for the next big power outage? plus, after a year on lockdown, some cities will give you cash to change zip codes. but read the fine print first. soledad: welcome back to "matter of fact." when the power grid in texas failed during a massive storm, it left millions freezing and in the dark. and it raised questions about why texas even has its own power grid. the country is divided into three grids. one covers the eastern u.s. another the western states. and then there's the texas grid, which covers nearly the entire state of texas. the electric reliability council of texas, or ercot is the unregulated nonprofit that operates the grid. it was formed in the name of energy independence. essentially to avoid dealing with regulation from the federal government. ercot said a deep freeze

with the very latest on the arraignments were of the tokyo olympics later this year. —— the arrangements. the women's 6 nations will go ahead this year. the tournament's been pushed back to april. the women's competition had been running concurrent with the men's, but as our rugby union reporter sara orchard explains, that wasn't possible due to covid requirements and safety concerns. it's very complicated. what a lot of people think of the women, they have full—time professional contracts and they can a exist in these bubbles, the rest of the country are pretty much amateur other than france. the travel, the quarantine, the isolation, the testing, it proved too much for them, so they delayed the tournament and then there was a concern of when they would actually be able to put it on. the fact that is going i had in april is fantastic news, particularly because of the world cup year —— going ahead. it also represents an opportunity for the women's game to stand on its own. earlier today, women's game to stand on its own. earliertoday, i women's game to stand on its own. earlier tod

but no major exposure to tokyo. annmarie: you also mentioned the covid impact on credit insurance. as governments start to withdraw some of this aid, what is the risk of support measures as they are withdrawn? could we potentially see a little bit of a credit crisis? guilio: first of all, the agreement is still running until summer 2021. we will adhere to the agreement with the german parliament and we will see as we go into the second part of the year. i also want to say that as of now the agreement with the governments is a nice profit for the government. from that point of view, it is a benefit from our side and we will continue to watch the situation. to your point, whether i believe we are going to have a credit crisis, i don't think so. i don't think we are going to see a credit crisis in the course of 2021, and not even 2022. if we are going to see any, it is going to be more down the road. but not as long as we have in general the supportive economy we see right now. annmarie: and no risk of a spread into sovereign risks? guilio: we see spreads going down. this has been the

the tokyo olympics mean a lot for karate instructor. tokyo will be the 1st games to include karate in the competition and although he can't compete a cano still wants to participate. mcgregor will then the russian i'd be happy even if there were no spectators to be a torch relay runner for an olympics in japan or is a once in a lifetime chance. if it's possible i do want to do it by the. for 56 year old you sheiko tanika everything hinges on whether spectators will be allowed in she and her family won tickets for the judo and hoping to attend to naca has been in or of the game since she saw her 1st live event in 1998 at the winter olympics in the garner. had him out of the going to she's a guess i thought i was struck by how many people there were saying the no i was surprised by how quiet everyone was when the races started then the noise when the races who won was something i remember to this day it was amazing i was struck by how different it was when you watch it live on are the one my stuff. it's not just 14 fans who are disappoint