i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. >>> we begin with an announcement from japan's imperial household agency. princess mako will marry her boyfriend komuro kei on october 26th. it comes after years of delay and intense public scrutiny. the couple will not hold a traditional wedding ceremony reserved for imperial family members. the 29-year-old princess mako is the eldest daughter ofrown prince and princess akishino. her boyfriend komuro returned to japan after living in new york to study law. once he finishes a self-isolation period as a precaution for the coronavirus virus the couple will see each other for the first time in lee years. their planned engagement was first announced in 2017, but it was postponed after media reported on a financial dispute between komuro's mother and her former fiance. princess mako declined to receive a lump sum of about $1.4 million, which she's eligible for upon her marriage. agency officials say behind that decision was the significant stress she had faced. they say it was caused by wh

i was _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed, i was able _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed, i was able to _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed, i was able to focus - tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed, i was able to focus on - closed, i was able to focus on london and yeah, i'll forget about that. focus on and on london and i'm just glad it went well and is always a lot of pressure going into a big event and obviously with the marathon, you cannot run one every weekend, seejust marathon, you cannot run one every weekend, see just kind marathon, you cannot run one every weekend, seejust kind of go marathon, you cannot run one every weekend, see just kind of go all in on this one day if it does not go well, you have to re— plan and wait again but i'm just happy that it went well so i can relax a bit now and go again for the next one. from the rest of — and go again for the next one. from the rest of the _ and go again for the next one. from the rest of the team. goodbye. good evening. it's been a day of sunshine and showers

i_ than tokyo. i came back, trained hard. i never— than tokyo. i came back, trained hard, i never know if it is my last race and — hard, i never know if it is my last race and i— hard, i never know if it is my last race and i train as hard as i can and— race and i train as hard as i can and i_ race and i train as hard as i can and i gave— race and i train as hard as i can and i gave it— race and i train as hard as i can and i gave it all today. i was a little — and i gave it all today. i was a little bit — and i gave it all today. i was a little bit slow at the beginning. it was a _ little bit slow at the beginning. it was a little bit cold, i was not warmed — was a little bit cold, i was not warmed up. ijust lost daniel and marcel. — warmed up. ijust lost daniel and marcel, but the other group,, induding _ marcel, but the other group,, including brent and i felt comfortable with them and felt pretty— comfortable with them and felt pretty strong. it was nice to come first, — pretty strong. it was nice to come first, definite

in tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, in tokyo, in tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, still demanding the marriage be called off. "we're marching today, because we don't want the imperialfamily to be involved in crimes," this woman says. the main accusation is that mr komuro's widowed mother owes £25,000 to a former lover. but the media frenzy has even extending to him daring to wear his hair in a pony tail. in britain, the fact that princess catherine is descended from coal miners is no longer a barrier to her one day becoming queen, but when it comes to the family that live in the palace behind my here, attitudes are still incredibly conservative, and a surprisingly large number of japanese people appear to have looked at mr komuro and his family background and decide he isjust not suitable to marry a princess. but such attitudes could be driving the japanese imperial family towards extinction. princess mako's departure today leaves the family withjust 17 members, only four of whom are male. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. that's all the time that we

the tokyo tribunal began on may the 3rd 1946. by this time, churchill had already delivered his sinews of peace speech that heralded the cold war. and the tokyo tribunal became an arena, prevailed confrontation between the u. s. great britain and the u. s. s. l u s. representatives refused to review the topic of unit 731, and it detachments. despite soviet demands. the whereabouts of the unit 731 leaders are unknown to us. there are no grounds for charging the unit with wall crimes and cold war. and there was a stream of documents and data by unit 731 that went to 2 military bases in the united states to fort dugway in utah, into fort dietrich. and maryland, which to this day remains the headquarters for the u. s. biological weapons command. there will biologists, doctor's medical students, adolescents who had nothing to do with medicine employed at unit 731 about 3600 people in total, including maintenance stuff, but only 12 men faced trial. and how about us go through still to new obviously gang kunal sake of i. e. d. david, wh

tokyo stocks adding on the nikkei 225 and yen trading. keeping an ion stocks after we saw local media reporting that micron is set to invest $7 billion in a memory chip plant in japan. check out nintendo. shares falling as much as 2.1% after it was downgraded to underperform. switching up the board to the south korea session. keeping on peace talks. the latest missile test. also keeping an eye on the stocks. bond markets, we will be watching out for the three year notes. kospi gaining ground by .5%. korean won strengthening firmly to the 11.77 handle against the dollar. switching up the board to see what is going on. the offshore yuan trading near a may high. staying ahead of the update. soft and -- policy easing anticipating a triple are cut in this quarter. the dollar, a little change. brent opening higher. extending gains above $85 a barrel. energy stocks gaining ground in sydney. whitehaven under pressure. this as china going to the coal market to rein in the rally we saw. when it comes to commodities, benefiting from the commodity pr

. >>> a shocking attack in the subway in tokyo. people fleeing in fear. the alleged attacker reportedly dressed as the joker. >>> kids under pressure and acting out. the surge in violence and misbehavior at schools. why adults may be to blame. >>> plus on this halloween a house filled with good spirits and lighting the way to help others. >>> good evening. after a full weekend of in-person meetings with world leaders for the first time in a long time, president biden today touted the g 20 commitment to a global minimum tax, pandemic preparedness measures, and discussions of the global supply chain crisis. on climate change the actions weren't as dramatic as many had hoped. the president now heads to a broader climate summit tomorrow just as he is pushing congress to pass signature social spending and infrastructure bills at home. and our new nbc news poll finds the president with his lowest approval rating yet. we begin with kelly o'donnell in rome. >> reporter: on his final night in italy, president biden made a prediction about his long awaited domestic

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this is not really common in tokyo. >> no. in parts of tokyo, it did register upwards of five on the intensity scale. experts here in the japanese government have said this is 70% chance that some time in the next 30 years, we will get a big quake right under the capital. we could be looking at tens of thousands of deaths. of course, it is just a projection. shery: very scary situation, something the government must prepare for. our tokyo correspondent with the latest on that earthquake. japanese lawmakers save developing the covid-19 pill could be a 2 billion-dollar drug essentially used in combination with a similar offering from merck. it expects to have late stage trial data by december and will move quickly on filing for regulatory approval in japan. the ceo says he expects the company to produce one million doses by early next year. >> i think at least the $1 billion, two billion dollars sales will be anticipated. shery: tesla ceo elon musk said the company will move its headquarters to austin, texas. he made the announc

from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. for all but six of the last 65 years, japan has been led by the same political party, the ldp. this weekend's election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by a succession of rather un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly it starts here in the japanese countryside. this town of 5000 people is an ldp stronghold. most residents here are old and old people vote. we met this couple on their way to cast their ballot. that's right, for the ldp. translation: it will be a huge mess if we let i the opposition win. they don't have the experience ldp has. translation: i agree with my husband. i part of the reason why the ldp does so well is that it's always made sure that the taxpayer money keeps flowing into places in the countryside, particularly to build infrastructure. this place has a perfectly good road on the other side of the valley, but a few years ago, they decided they needed another one. for that, th

uh, so probably been breaking news in from tokyo, japan. we got update on it. no multiple injuries have been reported for an attack on the tokyo metro suskin taylor a correspondence on this one today. faxed you a few more details through cynthia watson. any information is still coming in. please have yet to come out with the full details. but what do we know so far? well, at around 8 pm, local time in the japanese capital of tokyo, police were allowed to, to an ongoing attack on one of the cities train lines. now what this attack entailed is still being investigated, but what we do know is that the person suspected of being responsible has been taken into custody. and reportedly, this is a man according to thought, no more than 20 years old, who went on to one of the train carriages wielding a knife and possibly sprayed some kind of flammable substance before setting it on fine. as you can imagine, i can see in the photos this obviously caused a great deal. panic entails, people was terrified from the video that i for people to fling to other and to power just

the 2nd 1945 in tokyo bay, the bold, the american battleship. u. s. s. missouri representing the soviet union general did of jenco also signed the surrender document aboard the u. s. s. missouri general macarthur and admiral nimitz signed on behalf of the usa. the tokyo tribunal soon follows the trial of japanese war criminals. america behaved as if it owned the courtroom. after all, japan was in its hands. he hoa, america good unless she hi, norma, done yet. that that a good there. amaica ganga donna summer. nealon de la cruz. okay. i made a goga dba nissan. gyla. ah ah. the took you tribunal began on may the 3rd 1946. by this time, churchill had already delivered his sinew as of peace speech that heralded the cold war and the tokyo tribunal became an arena, revealed confrontation between the u. s. great britain and the u. s. s. l u s. representatives refused to review the topic of unit 731, and it detachments despite soviet demands. the whereabouts of the unit 731 leaders are unknown to us. there are no grounds for charging the unit with wall crimes

ambassador tomita graduated from the university of tokyo and joined japan's ministry of foreign affairs in 1981. i think i've known ambassador tomita since 2001 when he was director of the foreign ministries national security affairs division and i was the minister of our embassy in tokyo and i'm honored to introduce my friend to you today, ambassador tomita. [applause] >> the. >> ambassador tomita i would only add a word to what ambassador she or has already said. it's a tremendous honor to have you with us here at the reischauer center and here at johns hopkins university. i say that sincerely, particularly in your recent postings of course in your distinguished career across many years with the foreign ministry but particularly in the last 2 postings as ambassador that ambassador she or mentioned. 2 difficult countries. two countries in which reischauer himself had a broken dialogue that was similar perhaps in some ways to that which existed in reischauer stay between japan and the united states and i know in your remarks you will dwell on those things and i don't want to go further

in tokyo, he is a widely _ policy challenges? in tokyo, he is a widely recognised - policy challenges? in tokyo, he is a widely recognised as - policy challenges? in tokyo, he is a widely recognised as a - is a widely recognised as a nice guy. a good person. and the deal with all the... you sometimes have to become a bad guy or a tough guy. people are questioning if a nice guy can deal with all the hard political issues, so there is pressure here.— pressure here. yeah, it is . uite pressure here. yeah, it is quite difficult _ pressure here. yeah, it is quite difficult being - pressure here. yeah, it is quite difficult being a - pressure here. yeah, it is| quite difficult being a nice guy in politics. just moving away from mr kashida, takashi did not make it. she's a woman, unusual in politics injapan. if she wanted to watch for the future? . , , future? takashi is quite intimates _ future? takashi is quite intimates because - future? takashi is quite intimates because a - future? takashi is quite| intimates because a few future

. >> let's bring in our guest now joining us from tokyo, a professor of political science. a professor of management and in tokyo, a professor of international studies. welcome to you all. donna, he lacks popular support he appears to suffer from some of the weak points which got the better of his predecessor. why did the liberal democrats choose him? >> i guess because they weren't all that keen to have the man with better favor with the younger members and the broader public. they made some swift changes and deals to ensure that they got their man. >> so listening to what donna said, is this just a classic case of the elites prevailing over the party rank-and-file, perhaps even over the will of the public? >> i would agree with that. before the leadership race was concluded yesterday, there was a lot of speculation about the factions allowing a free vote, which wouldn't usually happen, because as donna said, a lot of the younger members are worried they could lose their seats in the upcoming election that will happen sometime in november. but i would say the factions reas

let's look at the open in tokyo. sophie: in tokyo, after a two-week drop, we are seeing green shoots for benchmarks with fiscal stimulus and focus. local media reporting the exact size of the package will not be announced until the general election, likely to take place in november. jgb markets are watching those prospects. goldman expecting limited implications for the yield trajectory. ahead of tuesday's 10 year option, jgb opening higher this morning. also on tap this monday. trading there a one-week high, looking to tesla 111 handle, trading below that. we are seeing the dollar softer for a third session. we are seeing cash shields on the u.s. 10 year, back below 146. they do see benchmarks rising to 2%. inflation only set to statewide next year. switching out the board for the market action in sydney, we are seeing moves higher for the benchmark by 1.3%, with only health care under pressure. we have thanks leading the gains along with energy stocks amid the surge we are seeing in prices. whitehaven rising to the

tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and — tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i — tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i was _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i was able _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i was able to _ tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i was able to focus - tokyo. as soon as the olympic door closed and i was able to focus on i closed and i was able to focus on london it was like i'll forget about that now and focus on london cell i'm glad it went well yesterday. it's always a lot of going into a big event obviously with the marathon you cannot to run one every weekend so you go all in on this one day and then if it does not go well you have to re—plan and wait a bit of time before you go then but i'm happy that it went well so i can read — relax a bit and go again for the next one. read - relax a bit and go again for the next one-— read - relax a bit and go again for the next one. that's it from us for now. we the next one. that's it from us for now

this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: captain down to the start of trading in tokyo and seoul. pledging that all models introduced the country will be electric from 2030. there also facing out combustion engine cars globally by 2040. that was hit hard by the ongoing semiconductor shortage. the prime minister is saying he will invest in reviving domestic chipmaking speaking in an interview with tv tokyo. we also continue to watch japanese yen, zeroing in on the currency to position for fed tapering. almost 4% against the dollar -- we can almost 4% against the past weeks. rising nearly 27% on the year, export prices also jumping more than 20%. meanwhile, the bank of korea will report on international financial and fx market movement in a couple of hours time and before the hearing is scheduled for j widely on -- j -- jay y lee. haidi: let's get the business flash, second quarter profits of $740 million, an increase from the or before. also raising the out -- changing the outlook for the year. spending continues to grow as the pandemic forces migration online. cathy wood joining w

europe competing for team gb in tokyo, you're going to be competing against some of your team—mates who you are alongside their in tokyo as you can pay or to compete for team england in the commonwealth goes back at him like he said, the home crowd isjust so exciting and i can't wait to be a part of it. exciting and i can't wait to be a part of it— exciting and i can't wait to be a art of it. ., ' , ., ., part of it. how different is again to be a? europe _ part of it. how different is again to be a? europe competing for. part of it. how different is again - to be a? europe competing for team gb in tokyo, you're going to be competing against some of your team—mates who you are alongside their in tokyo as you can pay or to compete for team england in the commonwealth goes back to my closest competitor is duncan scott. picked when gold silver and the winning relay together but were going to have to go head—to—head and myself in england representing scotland for some it can be really exciting. mixing all the nations i think is going to make for a pretty exciting home comments. is g

instead, she and her fiancÉ went to the equivalent of the tokyo registry office. here is rupert wingfield-hayes. rupert: no grand wedding ceremony, no cheering crowds. just a very formal goodbye from princess mako to her parents. first, her sister does the same, then she steps forward for a very un-japanese hug, the most touching moment in what has been a strange day. a few minutes later, the now former princess was sitting before the media with her new husband, kei komuro. ever since their engagement, mr. komuro's humble origins had been the subject of japanese tabloids. in central tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, still demanding the marriage be called off. >> we are marching today because we don't wanthe imperial family to be involved in crimes. >> the main accusation is that mr. komuro's widowed mother owes 25,000 pounds to a former lover. the media frenzy has even extended to him daring to wear his hair in a ponytail. in britain, the fact that princess catherine is descended from coal miners is no longer a barrier to her one day becoming queen. but

. - tokyo 2020. we can see them bearing the baton directly behind us. and - tokyo 2020. we can see them bearing the baton directly behind us. and i- the baton directly behind us. and i heard lauren _ the baton directly behind us. and i heard lauren price _ the baton directly behind us. and i heard lauren price earlier, - the baton directly behind us. and i heard lauren price earlier, she said she has— heard lauren price earlier, she said she has never taken part in something like this before. i think it will— something like this before. i think it will really get the athletes who are taking part today really excited about _ are taking part today really excited about next summer's games. for many of them, _ about next summer's games. for many of them, for— about next summer's games. for many of them, for lauren, this will have been _ of them, for lauren, this will have been about— of them, for lauren, this will have been about tokyo, and now their attention— been about tokyo, and now their attention turns to birmingham and what they— attention turns to birming

>> yeah i had to, or else i'd walk away from tokyo. i had to put in that retrospect. at the end offed day, it's probably one of my bravest things and greatest accomplishments. >> certainly it. it is an honor to meet you both. thank you for what you're doing. oh my gooden, i can el it you, i have a third grade daughter who wishes she was not at school. she wishes she was right here. if you know someone or you yourself are struggling with mental health, please know you're not alone. you can talk to someone immediately by calling this number on your screen. 100800-273-8255. coming up, we told you about the school official down in texas who asked teachers, are you ready for this, to balance holocaust books with opposing views. now students and parents are speaking out revealing the problem has much deeper roots. r. >> i received everything from jokes about my nose to gas chambers. they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liber

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. before we go i want to bring you the story about astronomers who have spotted signs of a planet in a distant galaxy that, if confirmed, would make it the first planet discovered outside the milky way. the possible x0 planet candidate, meaning a planet that orbits a star other than the sun is located a spiral galaxy, a whirlpool galaxy and appears to orbit a star much larger than the sun and is roughly the size of saturn. it is thought to be about 28,000,000 light years away. well, that's all the time we have for you. thanks for joining us. stay with bbc news. hello. with a number of weather and flood warnings in force where it's been so very wet, it's certainly worth keeping across those if you've got travel plans going into the weekend. a weekend which will bring more rain at times, but not all the time. there'll be some sunshine, too. saturday, for many, looks like a fine day. quite windy this weekend, and it will turn a little cooler. the low pressure very much in charge, but the f

we do have the marketer in seoul and tokyo coming up next. this is bloomberg. >> welcome to bloomberg asia. >> and i'm in hong kong. and and looking at the major markets opening in asia. and commodity prices will spur inflation. and another chinese developer and and bloomberg korea's antitrust regulator. >> japan and korea coming on-line, korea, what are you seeing? >> and japanese stocks and more than 1% and nikkei and one of the tokyo stocks is sticking up and that is below 111. and that is a push for the dollar yen. and also loom large. turning to south korea after the long weekend, the last trading day, we are seeing it decline 3,000 points. and could see a small and looking more appealing than the larger piers and anticipated and we see expectations for inflation for six months and due out later this month. we are keeping an eye and continuing to lose ground and continues for these types of industry. and over in sydney we have the dollar and they have gained and leading the jump shedding while we have opec decided to maintain an approach

. >>> it was the center of the tokyo olympics, and now the tokyo dome has been transformed into a mass covid-19 vaccination site. by appointment only. now people in tokyo are those who commute to the capital city will be able to receive the moderna shot without an appointment. japan has been speeding up its coronavirus vaccine rollout after a slow start. over 67% of the population is now fully vaccinated. >> the billionaire space race has a new member. a japanese billionaire is training in russia to take a trip out of this world. the online fashion tycoon is scheduled to lift off into space on december 8th for a 12-day mission. the 45-year-old will be accompanied by a producer will -- who will document the mission. >>> the nba season is here. the warriors are set to make another run at a title beginning tonight in l.a. we have a preview of the season opener, next. and there you have it- woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow. -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just 30 bucks. sweet, i get that too and mine has 5g included. that's cool, but ours save us serious clam-

by these equity markets, to a lesser extent in tokyo. tokyo post, nikkei topics and dollar yen or .14 -- dollar yen 1.14. dav -- yvonne: coming up, the energy crisis facing china had whether beijing moves to tame prices will make a difference. this is bloomberg. ♪ moving is a handful. no kidding! fortunately, xfinity makes moving easy. easy? -easy? switch your xfinity services to your new address online in about a minute. that was easy. i know, right? and even save with special offers just for movers. really? yep! so while you handle that, you can keep your internet and all those shows you love, and save money while you're at it with special offers just for movers at xfinity.com/moving. >> it is 10:29. i'm su keenan with the first word news. we begin with the u.k. and new zealand. the two countries have agreed to a trade deal, which includes business travel arrangements and reduced tariffs. it is a symbolic and political move for u.k. prime minister boris johnson, but government analysis estimated there would be no long-term impact on

following his stunning gold on the pommel horse, at this summer's tokyo olympics — max whitlockjoined me in the studio earlier. he's resting from this year's competition — and said the experience would serve those competing well. it's nice being on the side of it this time around, seeing the young men's team and the young women's teams. for them to go out there, gain experience and i think what they showed was, there was a few mistakes, but it's very normal when you're up and coming but but we have shown is difficult level was there. the skill standards were there and they were the roads best and they really are picking a good amount of finals and it's about tying those loose ends up and making sure they go back full of motivation and inspiration from this championship give aid to go again. would've been your highlights what you have seen? for me, it is the seeing the guys out there, the youngsters, i think the real youngsters and so, hayden, skinner, real experience couple of guys that were really trying to go all out. just giving it their all. you have the other nations that look

rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. no grand wedding ceremony, no cheering crowds, just a very formal goodbye from princess mako to her parents. at first, her sister does the same, but then she steps forward for a very un—japanese hug. it was the most touching moment in what has been a strange day. a few minutes later, the now former princess was sitting before the media with her new husband, kei komuro. ever since their engagement, mr komuro's humble origins have been the target of japanese tabloids. in tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, still demanding the marriage be called off. "we're marching today, because we don't want the imperialfamily to be involved in crimes," this woman says. the main accusation is that mr komuro's widowed mother owes £25,000 to a former lover. but the media frenzy has even extended to him daring to wear his hair in a pony tail. in britain, the fact that princess catherine is descended from coal miners is no longer a barrier to her one day becoming queen, but when it comes to th

from tokyo, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. no grand wedding ceremony, no cheering crowds, just a very formal goodbye from princess mako to her parents. at first, her sister does the same, but then does the same, but then she steps forward for a very un—japanese hug. it was the most touching moment in what has been a strange day. a few minutes later the now former princess was sitting before the media with her new husband kei komuro. ever since their engagement, mr komuro's humble origins have been the target of japanese tabloids. in tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, still demanding the marriage be called off. "we're marching today, because we don't want the imperial family to be involved in crimes," this woman says. the main accusation is that mr komuro's widowed mother owes £25,000 to a former lover. but the media frenzy has even extending to him daring to wear his hair in a pony tail. in britain, the fact that princess catherine is descending from coal miners is no longer a barrier to her one day becoming queen

local time in the japanese capital of tokyo, police were allowed to to an ongoing attack on one of the cities train lines. now what this attack entailed is still being investigated, but what we do know is that the person suspected of being responsible has been taken into custody of reportedly. this is a man, according to some, no more than 20 years old, who went into one of the train carriages wielding a knife and possibly sprayed some kind of flammable substance before setting it on fun. this obviously caused a great deal of panic and tales. people were terrified from the videos that i for people to fleeing to the end of power, just some even trying to squeeze through some of the courage windows. frankly, at this stage, there are no se ton of teams reported the reports all conflicting, but we're looking at multiple injuries, according to some around 10 people, one pass and seriously hut being treated by a number of ambulances that appeared very quickly at the scene of the extent of the damage to the train. well that was images of some very fond seats, so that is the picture at the mom

to his point, tokyo year on year for october missing expectations, coming in at just zero point 1%. markets were expecting 0.4%. stripping out fresh food year on year, 0.1% also missing expectations and stripping out the volatile energy as well. we are seeing a deflationary number or contraction of 0.4%, worsening from the previous rating. expectations of an unchanged number. we had heard just this week from governor kuroda as to the reason why we are seeing weakness still in consumer prices in japan when we are seeing accelerating prices and price pressures in light of the u.s. and europe. >> one of the reasons consumer prices are weaker than those in the u.s. and europe is that the pace of recovery in demand has been weaker in japan. daphne's companies tend not to raise end product prices even when demand recovers. i believe japanese prices will gradually move toward a rising trend as the gap between supply and demand narrows. >> prime minister fumio cushy to -- he/she to -- kishida was regarded as the safe choice, but raises questions going into a general election. juliette saly

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it's been a good yearfor archibald — she won the madison at the tokyo olympics with laura kenny, and then three more gold medals at the european championships earlier this month. she's been telling us how she deals with the pressure of competing at the top level. certainly, you want a big pair of headphones for racing. partly so that people know when you don't want to be spoken to. people will sit down next to me in the just for a chat in the buick how do not understand what this is the sign of. i tend to, i have music generally calm me down and bring my heart rate down, to something nice and mellow site if you like it can get to she really easily comes in the know bring me down a bit and help me take a deep breath. my three main targets are olympic events, team pursuit, the madison. i've been quite dependent on team events, my career was really defined by team pursuit and my new challenge for the tokyo games was madison and we had a partnerfor games was madison and we had a partner for that games was madison and we had a partnerfor that and the partner for that and the biggest stres

. >>> covid numbers are dropping to record lows in tokyo. so now restaurants are moving closer to normalcy. tokyo is averaging 30 new cases per day, that's different from the olympics when they had 5,000 new cases per day. restaurants are no longer required to stop serving alcohol or close by 8:00 p.m. >>> they're saying it's my choice not yours. thousands of demonstrators marched in new york city to protest vaccine mandates. the march shut down several roads through the city as demonstrators made their way across the brooklyn bridge. the unvaccinated employees have until november to get the shot or be placed on unpaid leave of >>> fans of the hit show "friends" are remembering james michael tyler, he died over the weekend following a battle with prostate cancer. "friends" cast members paying tribute to him on instagram. anniston saying, in part, thank you for the laughter you brought to the show and to all of our lives, you will be so missed. james michael tyler was 59 years old. >>> up next, the weather and the game ugly. a big announcemen

i know we just finished the tokyo summer olympics and now we have the winter olympics. 100 days until beijing. today, ice skaters, bay area olympians at the holiday ice rink at san francisco's union square. janelle wang was the emcee. we are sending her to beijing, opening ceremony and the winter olympics begin in february in beijing, china. >> that will be really fun! >> we just finished tokyo but this is really cool. >> 100 days from now we have beijing. >> it's going to feel like a true winter olympics. 42 for the high. a low of 22. monthly rain about .3 of an inch and the possibility of snow early in month. >> to be clear if you're tuning in. that was not the bay area forecast. that was beijing's norfolk. >> so follow janelle for the latest. we are sending her there and we'll have the live reports. in the bay area we have high pressure moving in. that is what made it so beautiful today and it will stay as we head into tomorrow. we'll start with at that in the 50s and a mostly clear sky through the day. 70s are back. so if you have storm clean-up to do, or whatever, any kind of cle

this is only a tokyo going to fly to tokyo just to do that. this you do that if i'm not even see tokyo. yeah. just for the surprise. but looks quite nice john. yes, definitely some really clear spots and then some spots that are still kind gray and what a range. because look at this view in san francisco. oh, wow. or as a right outside right now. so for the most part, we are looking at the sunshine, but some of us are not yet. and this is not even marine layer rather, it's just a very moist atmosphere. we've reached dew point. >> we are seeing some of that water vapor condensing. so you're not going to notice. maybe some do on your windshield as you step out your car, those spots of fog, especially hugging the peninsula side of the bay down to portions of the south bay. as i mentioned, though, most of us are sitting under the sun at this point. high pressure is built up across the region. this is going to keep us dry and really nice come the afternoon. in fact, i'm going to say today is our nicest day of the forecast. we've got calm winds. we'

from tokyo, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. no grand wedding ceremony, no cheering crowds, just a very formal goodbye from princess mako to her parents. at first, her sister does the same, but then she steps forward for a very un—japanese hug. it was the most touching moment in what has been a strange day. a few minutes later, the now former princess was sitting before the media with her new husband, kei komuro. ever since their engagement, mr komuro's humble origins have been the target of japanese tabloids. in central tokyo, around 100 protesters gathered today, still demanding the marriage be called off. "we're marching today, because we don't want the imperial family to be involved in crimes," this woman says. the main accusation is that mr komuro's widowed mother owes £25,000 to a former lover. but the media frenzy has even extending to him daring to wear his hair in a ponytail. in britain, the fact that princess catherine is descended from coal miners is no longer a barrier to her one day becoming queen, but when it co