japan and china. japan will continue to exert its control over the senkaku islands. >> reporter: he also referred to economic relations between the two countries. >> translator: it is vital for japan and china to build a win-win relationship. we can do this by advancing discussions on free trade agreements and by further boosting trade. >> maehara said he expects he and prime minister naoto kan will visit china in 2011 and chinese leaders will also come to japan. >>> south korea confirmed its first bird flu cases in chickens and ducks in more than two and a half years. the foreign ministry says the virulent h5n1 strain of avian influenza was discovered on friday at two poultry farms in the southern part of the country. local authorities have destroyed 7,000 chickens and 10,000 ducks. they have called more than 90,000 chickens at a nearby farm to prevent the flu from spreading. the transport of chickens and ducks has been band within areas of a 10 kilometers radius of the outbreaks. early in 2010 south

japan will send officials to the u.s. in january to gather information about the transpacific partnership or tpp. the government will decide whether to join negotiations on the tariff abolishing pact as early as this summer. prime minister naoto kan hopes to make 2011 the start of an era to "open up japan" in his new year's statement on saturday. but agriculture and fisheries cooperative strongly opposed japan joining epas and the tpp saying the pacts will bring about the collapse of japan's farming and fishing industries. the u.s. and the eu want japan to reduce nontariff barriers including auto safety standards and regulations on the approval of medical devices. >>> japan is a country often hit by earthquakes. this year the government will draw up plans to deal with three huge quakes that may hit the country at the same time. the so-called tokai, tonankai and nankai could hit the coast at the same time or one after another. they have happened every 100 to 150 years causing huge tsunamis. seven years ago, the government

advocates are pushing for more operations to be done in japan. an expert says there is a risk that comes with having surgery in thailand. >> translator: thai hospitals guarantee to operate again if there are complications, but it isn't easy for japanese to go there. >> reporter: dr. masunakar, who suffered from g.i.d. herself, says her schedule is full with people waiting to have their condition confirmed. for many of them, however, the surgery will have to wait. very few hospitals in japan offer sex change services, and the cost is more than double that of thailand. >> translator: we need more medical facilities in japan that offer surgery and hormone treatments. in order to do that, changes have to be made so treatments can be covered by insurance to lessen the financial burden on patients. better infrastructure is needed. >> dr. matsunaga also points out some patients end up regretting having surgery. she stresses that care needs to be taken in diagnosing g.i.d. and also in deciding whether an operation is really necessary. >>> here's the weat

he travels around japan to cover the impact of japan syndrome. last month he visited the southwestern city of nagasaki. the city's population is about 440,000. but nagasaki's working population is declining every year, and it is estimated the city will lose more than 100,000 people of working age over the next 20 years. about ten minutes from the city center he was surprised by what he saw in this residential area. trix saw many empty houses and obvious signs of population decline. >> do you know what the average age of the people who live here? >> 90%. >> 90%? >> reporter: one of the typical symptoms of the japan syndrome is a shrinking economy. sales at this major department store in the city have halved from their peak. the store used to sell men's clothes and household items on the fourth and fifth floors but closed these sections two years ago. it has also stopped selling children's clothes. the store has decided to focus on ordinary customers and improve its services for them. it has set up a rest area where customers can have a complimenta

and central japan airport. this is a move expected to ease passenger transits and the unloading and loading of cargo. japan conducted similar open sky agreements with the u.s. and south korea last year and plans to engage in talks with other countries, including malaysia. >>> nec is in talks with lenovo over a possible tie-up in personal computers to enhance its market standing. sources say the japanese electronics firm and the chinese computermaker are considering setting up a joint venture this year to consolidate their development and production. they would also share materials to cut costs. nec plans to keep its brand even if the two sides agree to go ahead with the deal. sources say lenovo aims to expand its operations in japan through a partnership. the beijing-based computer maker boosted his presence in the global industry six years ago by buying the personal computer division of u.s. computer giant ibm. but in the japanese market it has lagged behind domesticmakers. meanwhile, nec is looking to raise i

looking at japan's gdp, japan will fall short of supply by over $200 billion. so prices as a whole will continue to drop for some time. >> reporter: but he stresses that the recent changes in consumer spending are important because it is not spurred by government stimulus. others say the changes could eventually herald an end to deflation when demand rekindles a stable economic recovery. a key to putting an end to deflation is how much consumer spending gets the necessary boost to fill the gap between supply and demand. nhk world. >>> china is introducing a real estate tax on two cities. this is another attempt to cool down the country's booming property markets. the tax was announced thursday and is being launched as a trial as rising housing prices are causing dissatisfaction among consumers. in central west china, homeowners will be charged up to 1.2% starting today. the new taxes come after beijing raised the minimum down payment for second home purchases from 50% to 60%. home prices are soaring in china due to the growing economy. another factor is the inf

japan is a computer game leader. the netherlands takes a special interest in fukuoka. >> translator: fukuoka is a hub for computer game development. i haven't seen another region in japan where education,ndustry and government agencies have come together like this. i'm very impressed. ♪ >> reporter: what does the future hold for serious games development? with the collaboration of educational, industrial and government groups, fukuoka is ready to lead the way. >>> now, let's look at some of the news we gathered from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with this item sent by btv bangladesh. baladeshprime minister is calling for the eradication of polio in the country. she inaugurated saturday's 19th national immunization day early by giving drops of a polio vaccine to children at her official residence in dhaka on thursday. the prime minister has directed health authorities to vaccinate all children below the age of 5. in a special drive on saturday, children will receive anti-polio doses at about 160,000 te

cold air continues to sweep across japan, bringing moisture from the sea of japan, and dumping heavy snow. as it goes, we can see 50 centimeters along the western side of the country, looking at substantial amounts of snow as well. as more snow piles up, there's going to be that risk of avalanches to occur. staying generally dry out toward the pacific, we could see one or two showers, snow showers as well. and then we enter the dry zone for the korean peninsula. cold air really gripping much of the region here, temperatures really struggling to rise. it's also spreading into southern and western areas as well, producing snow, sleet and rain over quite a wide area for inland china. unsettled outlook for taiwan, and the southern philippines contending with heavy bursts of rain. torrential rains are recorded in the last 24 hours, looks like that's going to continue over the next couple days, so increasing the risks of flooding and landslides in the area. 30 degrees in manila today, 6 in shanghai and 5 degrees in seoul. a bit cold out here. now, as for the americas, the focus today is go

the company notified japan's transports ministry on wednesday that 16 models will be recalled in japan. they include the noah, voxy, isis and wish. more than 1.2 million units that re made beeen may 20 and october 2008 will be recalled. overseas, six models including the avansis will be recalled, and they will amount to over 420,000 cars. toyota's report to the ministry shows one factor for the recall is the engine's fuel pipe is thinner than required. this may cause cracks and result in gasoline leakage. the ministry says massive recalls are increasing partly due to more shared parts among multiple models. through such a reduction in parts used, automakers aim to cut costs, but a problem in a single part can then affect many models. >>> here's the latest market figures. >>> the grace and skill of figure skating attracts many young people to the sport but it's an expensive activity so usually only children from higher income families can afford lessons. but in one new york neighborhood, an organization is giviortunities to children from all backgrounds. nhk world's rosa sabrino reports

this isn't from japan? it was good. very sweet. >> they were just as good as japanese ones. >> reporter: these cherries come from tasmania in the southern part of australia. their summer is just starting and the cherry season is at its peak. tim reid grows the cherries. >> they're probably a little bit bigger than we had last year. good. good. >> reporter: he keeps about 20,000 trees on a 20 hectare orchard. reid used to grow apples, but 12 years ago he took a business trip to japan. he noticed that shoppers were willing to pay high prices for sato nishiki cherries. he thought by growing the cherries in australia where the seasons are reversed, he had a good business opportunity. >> people really looking for something like this for gift giving and to put on a christmas and new year table, yeah. >> reporter: he began with a single cherry sapling he obtained from a major cherry producer in the yamagata prefecture. here he also studied how to grow the cherries. the japanese impressed upon him the importance of covering his

yamaguchi experienced attacks in japan and nag save in august 1945. he died in january last year at the age of 93. the host explained yamaguchi suffered burns in the atomic bomb attacks. the comments drew laughter in the studio. >> he was in hiroshima on business when the bomb went off. >> yes. >> so he got on a train in nagasaki and the bomb fell again. he was celebrated. he became a sort of hero. >> after being alerted by a japanese national living in britain, the japanese embassy sent a letter of protest to bbc and the company producing "qi." the letter calls it inappropriate and insensitive to the feelings of the japanese people. >> translator: it's unforgivable. i cannot understand why the broadcaster dealt with the nuclear bombing in a comedy program. how can they call my father -- how can a nuclear power call my father unlucky? >> translator: i cannot stay calm. i want to ask producers what they really think of atomic bomb survivors. >> later on friday the japanese nbc received a letter from the program's producer expressing regret. the embassy

could you start by telling us how you are a historian of japan both imperial and japan, how is it you came to write this book that links both purple heart, hiroshima, 9/11 and the iraq war what gave you the idea to make those linkages? >> guest: in this case i think it is the moment that for all of us remember where we were since 9/11, and i happened to be at that time in vermont when 9/11 occurred i saw it in a store and then the newspapers came out, the local newspapers and both newspapers have had lines saying day of infamy in their work on japan, have written on world war ii, carol herber, japan after the war command of course infamy is the more proper word and suddenly everywhere the word infamy was coming up. i think if you go back and look and all the newspaper headlines that cannot september 11th, september 12, september 13, i would say ten, 15% use the word infamy nitze or presidents roosevelt the day of infamy so there was the assertion with japan, step in the back of a tragedy, and because there were airplanes crashing into the building is suddenly we started talking about

these are the first japan-u.s. working-level talks on the diversification of such resources. >>> china says it will allow some of its companies to make direct overseas investments in yuan. the chinese government apparently aims to promote the internationalization of its currency. the people's bank of china made the announcement on thursday night. according to the central bank, the new rules will take effect from this month. china began lifting its ban on the use of yuan overseas in 2009, when it allowed some companies to settle trade accounts in the currency. the new decision will allow chinese firms to buy companies, acquire stocks, and expand businesses abroad in yuan. china has continued to intervene in money markets to sell yuan and buy dollars in order to increase exports while cushing the yuan's exchange rate. critics say the interventions have triggered inflation and a steep rise in real estate prices. >>> u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the country's economy will likely grow 3% to 4% in the

, one of the four islands claimed by japan. but with the agreement russia may be showing a separation on territorial and economic issues. >>> 30 japanese companies are promoting their latest green technology at a world trade fair that opened on monday in abu dhabi, the capital of the united arab emirates. 600 firms from around the world, including those specializing in solar energy and electric vehicles, are showcasing their state-of-the-art ecofriendly products. abu dhabi is switching from oil to next-generation fuel as it anticipates that oil supplies will eventually run out. the middle eastern city is currently building the world's largest eco town. it is inviting international organizations focusing on clean-energy projects. one japanese company is displaying a technology which it sold to abu dhabi. the system can monitor the location and battery life of every electric vehicle in town. the trade fair opened alongside the world future energy summit, an international conference to discuss clean energies. u.n. secretary-genera

for japan today the pacific side as well as a lot of southern japan looks to be in the clear. but northwestern sections once again looking at more snow coming on in. it is going to be piling up yet again over the next couple of days. tokyo's highs today at 10, minus 2 for seoul. 5 in shanghai with cloudy skies, 20 degrees in taipei. balmy 30 degrees meanwhile in manila. as for the americas, we are looking at pretty messy picture across the northeast united states, eastern canada. that, however, is looking to pull away tonight and it should look a little bit more settled as we head into wednesday. however, there's still just going to be a little bit more snow as well as icy weather, freezing rain for those of you here travel problems could persist. do watch out for that. a little rain moves through the tip -- or rather the end of the florida peninsula and parts of georgia. then out west moisture will be pulling in quickly to the rockies and a lot of that will be snow. here's a look at highs for you. 23 in l.a., meanwhile, 3 degrees in denver. minus 12 in winnipeg, then minus 5

japan is a computer game leader. the netherlands takes a special interest in fukuoka. >> translator: fukuoka is a hub for computer game development. i haven't seen another region in japan where education, industry and government agencies have come together like this. i'm very impressed. ♪ >> reporter: what does the future hold for serious games development? with the collaboration of educational, industrial and government groups, fukuoka is ready to lead the way. >>> now, let's look at some of the news we gathered from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with this item sent by btv bangladesh. bangladeshi prime minister is calling for the eradication of polio in the country. she inaugurated saturday's 19th national immunization day early by giving drops of a polio vaccine to children at her official residence in dhaka on thursday. the prime minister has directed health authorities to vaccinate all children below the age of 5. in a special drive on saturday, children will receive anti-polio doses at about 160,

he said it would be a top priority for japan this year. he also expressed his intention to carefully handle china's proposal for talks with the north. north korea weekend maehara's remark as a positive step in a commentary posted on the state-run news agency website kcna. it says it is ready to talk with countries that are friendly. it went on to say that if japan moves to improve ties with the north, it would contribute to peace on the korean peninsula and in northeast asia, but it stopped short of referring to the abduction issue. the commentary is apparently north korea's first positive reaction to a remark by a japanese minister since the democratic party took power in september 2009. bilateral talks between the two countries have been stopped since august 2008. >>> japan and south korea will begin negotiations to strengthen defense ties between the two countries. japanese defense minister toshimi kitazawa met with his counterpart kim kwan jin in seoul on monday. they said they will discuss establishing an acquisition and cross-servici

in japan winter weather in store for much of northern areas. things really expected to intensify as we head into the evening hours. you can expect significant snowfall of up to 50 centimeters in the next 24 hours. that's going to be accompanied by fierce winds and thunderstorms as well. so watch out for blizzard-like conditions as well as high waves at sea. the pacific edge, as you can see, stays dry and settled all the way toward the south. perhaps some light showers bubbling up in the south. now take a look at a bigger picture. high pressure system firmly in control for china. keeping things dry and settled. pretty windy across the north. got the cold air really keeping into this region. chilly indeed. some light precipitation found toward the south for china, and some of that could be snow and sleet as well. showers across taiwan, and then more rain as we head toward the southern philippines, contending with some really heavy downpours. and of course this is the area that has been dealing with lots of flooding and landslide problems. 30 degr

that means japan may have to have another, yet another new prime minister. that would mean we have to have six prime minister in just four years. >> thank you for your analysis. >>> a u.n. human rights envoy has criticized north korea for denying human rights of its citizens. he urged the north to improve its record on issues including abduction of foreign nationals. the after meeting with seiji maehara and families of japanese nationals who were abducted by north korea, he held a news conference on friday in tokyo. on the abduction issue he expressed regret as only five abduct he's have rushed home and no progress has been made since. he emphasized the abduction issue is an international concern and also referred to abduction victims from south korea and lebanon. >> i stress that the question of abduction is not only a bilateral issue between japan and dprk but one that concerns the international community at large and one that has strong links to the human rights situation in the dprk. >> prime minister kan has reject ed a court settlement with people seek

japan and china and europe, this is important. for example, eu gdp accounts for 30% of global gdp and eu's amount of import is actually much bigger than the united states, and the biggest in the world which is very important market for asia, to make sure that europe will get out of this debt crisis and start to promote economic growth. >> it appears as though credit anxiety won't end anytime soon. the eu is the world's largest economic zone. its health will continue to be monitored closely throughout 2011. >> thanks very much. that was our business reporter ai uichida. >>> now, sumo, there was no surprises as to who the man at the top was after five days, yokozuna hakuho. the men who kept pace with the yokozuna were a couple of surprising veterans, wakanosato and tochinonada. this single rikishi has been able to put up a fight against the mighty yokozuna. aran who is 0-5 against hakuho is looking for the biggest victory of his career. hakuho has spent no more than five seconds to beat his host during the first five days. here, he

, right along the sea of japan coastline. up to 16 to 20 centimeters is going to be possible across this wide area. areas here looking to pick "up" to 60 centimeters of snow. much more snow expected. definitely could cause some traffic problems. so do stay on the watch for that. tokyo, meanwhile-l see sunny spells, high rising to 9 degrees. ks getting quite cold, in seoul minus 6 for you. also getting chilly in shanghai with 4 degrees only for your high today. now, for australia the eastern side has been receiving a lot of rainfall. queensland reporting widespread flooding since last month. still looking at showers impacting the coastline again in the next 24 hours, anywhere from queensland all the way into parts of new south wales, rockhampton especially has been seeing some very high water levels with more additional rainfall we could see conditions worsen for you here. as for north america, things are going to stay largely settled and calm. just a little bit of snow right now spreading into british columbia, as well as was

in japan at least, that has all changed. manga artists copied his face from the company website and turned him into a star. >> when i go to japan now, people recognize me on the subway and have their photos taken with me. i do not mind. it is fun. i am honored. it is amusing. after all, i am just a wine maker. >> it seems amoreau underestated the power of advertising by manga in japan. the clientele in this shop often ask for the name they have read about in the comic books. >> "the drops of god" is very popular manga in japan. we're proud to stock the wind. >> jean-pierre amoreau and his chÂteau le puy do not over their fame solely tcomics. janese tv also helped to pluck them from obscurity. ♪ >> chÂteau le puy ♪ >> after the movie was broadcast, the price of a bottle of 2003 vintage in japan shot up to over 1000 euros. he could have become rich. instead, he withdrew the vintage from international sales. >> we only have about a thousand bottles of the vintage left. i am keeping them for my children and grandchildren w

china was on a downward trajectory, this in the thinking of japan and most westerners as well, japan was on an upward trajectory, and furthermore, the jalapeno -- japanese were trying to accomplish this by self-consciously mimicking the ways of the west. so if the west had then -- the united states in particular -- turned it back on japan and said we will treat you no were betten we treat the chinese, this would have alienated the japanese. now, you have to be a little bit careful in the figuring out how to interpret this because, yeah, the japanese diplomats, japanese leaders said this will be an intolerable affront. who exactly were they speaking for? .. roosevelt did not want to antagonize the japanese. as roosevelt discovered, roosevelt was one of the strong advocates of annexation of the philippines. in 1898-1899 it seemed like a really good idea. what he did not appreciate was the american people were -- i might even say are -- essentially anti imperialists at heart. americans never, not from 1899 until 1946, never sufficiently garrisoned the philippines against potential attac

japan is a country we need to pay attention to. not that we're going to do a thing about exactly but at least nothing more than very briefly in 1998 and 1899, the u.s. state department issued the open-door notes. a statement of america's hope that the imperial power does not carve up china to the exclusion of the united states. and then roosevelt's decision to try to mediate an end to the russo-japanese war before the japanese got too strong. that was the basic idea there. but that was as far as the eye states would go. as roseville discovered americans wouldn't pay to tears in their own economy in the philippines. which is why the united states eventually decided to give it up. >> thank you so much. you described more of you in the american economy. and during the lastno tw have we american economy. it seems to me there's a few things going on here which indicate a paradigm shift. one, americans don't have skin in the game. emotionally. and there's a lot of outsourcing of what would have in the past few of the american economy. co

japan or the way japan precedes that. >> next. >> embassy of sweden. building on the question, what do you see because it is striking not africa were mentioned by securing access to different resources, oils and so on, two questions. one is do you think china will trust that the continuous free trade system where they will build two treatments on the open market? the second, to what extent do you think china will start economic power as political means if they can also come to filling our t-bills and so on? >> so one answer to that is my magazine, the "atlantic monthly" had a great article about six months ago by howard french on this very point on china and africa. howard had been in china for a one-time and traveled across africa. also, i had a long story of the current issue about the china u.s. collaborations on environmental matters and where that's likely to succeed or fail. the chinese perspective on this say essentially we're re-creating the history of european colonialism without the weapons, without the gun belts. we're trying to have prefere

of the concept of selling japan advanced u.s. jet fighters you know so-called fifth generation stealth jet fighters like the f. thirty five joint strike fighter but you know immediately after gates his visit to japan there was discussion about japan relaxing its constitutional ban against what's called collective self-defense to enter into an arrangement with the united states to provide what are called standard missile three interceptor missiles to eastern europe i mean. near russia's western borders as a matter of fact in countries like poland and romania and then we saw of course last week the meeting of the defense ministers of japan and south korea in seoul where for the first time ever japan and south korea negotiated two military agreements and this was done largely on the prompting of the united states of course so i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s. engineering some equivalent of what's been called in over the last decade and asian nato to contain china one quick one i just wanted

and all three from japan. the group is called entertainers without borders. >> translator: you see how children's faces change before and after the show. their eyes start to brighten. >> reporter: kakusho, a comedic storyteller, is the group's leader. 16 years ago he performed for the victims of a big earthquake in western japan. people who had lost homes and loved ones told him that laughter helped to ease their suffering. since then kakusho has performed overseas, aiming to bring joy to children suffering from poverty or disasters. early in december kakusho and his group arrived in sulemania, a town in northern iraq. the town has become home for 480 sunni refugees who have fled from baghdad. even though conditions have improved, refugees cannot live safely in the capital because of continued religious conflict. >> many people can go back to baghdad. >> reporter: three days after arriving the performers set up their stage. as the show progresses, excitement starts to fill the air. >> everyone's really excited

japan's supposedly cause i pass japan, which devotes only 1.5% of it military of its gdp to dissent has 123 warships of the highest quality. that's four times as many warships at a british royal navy. and this was before the british government and now the defense cut of about three weeks ago. you have -- lemieux put it this way. at the start of the cold war, when he looked at asian militaries, india, china, others what they were basically unsophisticated very large land armies, which were good for bringing in the crops, for building roads, for basically inculcating the sense of nationhood. you know, they were vehicles for developing a nationalistic mentality and they were focused inward on the nation at health. the indignation military was focused on controlling politics in indonesia, not in focusing outward towards other countries. but as the decades old among the nation developed economically and prospered economically, you have the emergence of honest to goodness civilian military postindustrial military complexes, complete with favorite capability, missiles, air forces, sophisticate

japan agreement of may 28, 2010, although, it must be con currently addressed by all of japan since the basis have remained on this soil for so many years. we must do everything possible to alleviate their burden and given these points, the issue must be actively tackled, and your proposed timetable. social security and revenue sources are something that needs to be discussed with both the ruling and opposition parties as soon as possible. i'd like to reach a general consensus as to which direction to take by around june. given the opposition majority in the house, if the budget bills do not pass, is dissolving the lower house and calling for a general election an option? >> translator: that possibility is simply nonexistent. >> translator: a litmus test for your commitment to a new open door command is the transpartnership. it is said the time to decide the pros and cons of entering the ppp negotiations would be around june when basic agriculture policy will have been finalized. when do you think will be the ideal window, and what initiatives will you be offering to secure the port for

a travel to china, japan, throughout southern europe reporting. these are places where people are so quick to tell you, we are not like you americans. we value our old people. well, what are the places in the world that have the fewest children? the prices that are self identified as being the most pro-family. why is this? because they put the most burdens on women in those cultures. as soon as the women have an out where they can pursue their own aspirations are education they take the time to do that. they run to that window. there is an interesting section of the book that was fascinating for me to report. the laws in japan that were enacted said that japanese women would not have the soldiers of gi's limited to four years because as soon as they were given access to birth control the ticket. the demand of being a japanese woman is so severe. without those children and the expectation japanese women have a better chance of achieving their aspirations. this is one of the miracles. we will turn the clock back on it, but it keeps families small ro

japan doesn't offer that. i don't see that as much. >> as you pointed out, china is going from a simple type of manufactured there is to one of high sophistication here and they should be getting it from the u.s. they are investing in u.s. companies, partially or solely owned by the government. and they're taking our technology and we are training their people to be our competitors. can you comment on where we going simply because we haven't got enough capital in this country to do the research and development that the private sector needs to grow. we have a terrible job shortage, and the technical privacy, can you comment on that? >> on the first part i would say we probably do have enough capital to engage in research, we just aren't using it in that direction. there's a lot of constraints on our ability to utilize the capital we have constructively but we also have constraints now we are using versus how we are not. you could make a good argument for if we set more money on research and development and on t

japan, supposedly quasi pacifist japan which devotes 1% of its gdp to defense has 123 warships at the highest quality. this was before the british government announced the steep defense cuts of the last three weeks. let me put it this way. to start the cold war at the end of world war ii. when you look at asian military, we have very large land armies which were good for bringing in the crops for bringing roads for basically inculcating the sense of nationcould. there were vehicles for developing a nationalistic mentality. the indonesian military was focused on controlling politics in indonesia, not focusing alford -- you have a civilian militaryoutward -- you have a c military post industrial military complex. militarys that were focused outward toward each other. then there is the chinese military. china will have more submarines in the water. perhaps in ten or 15 years in the united states navy. china is not buying across the board. it is emphasizing to the development of submarines, missiles that could hit moving targets at sea and cyber capabilities to hit dp satellite space. ant

commissioner borden: for japan town, it looks like we're not getting the money for japan town? >> commissioner, you are talking about the chart on the front page? commissioner borden: correct. >> and japan town 50 grand was an add back and that is well on time and that will be stripped out of our budget. i show that as coming out both on the revenue and on the expenditure side. commissioner borden: i wasn't aware, did we work on japan town? i wasn't aware -- we hadn't heard about that in a while. i guess i wasn't aware of that. i had a question, and we talked about this planner technician, but i am not sure what that is, so maybe you could tell me how that's different -- >> the planner technician is something that was kind of conceived by the support staff, by the administrative staff of the department to reflect that many of them do work beyond the normal administrative functions and promote the opportunity for the administrative staff. so it's both between the position that is between administrative staff and a planner i. and it essentially some of what will happen -- it has

japan supposedly quazi passist army has 123 warships of the highest quality. that's four times as many warships as the british royal navy, and this was before the british government announced the steep defense cuts about three weeks ago. you have -- well, let me put it this way. at the end of world world war ii, when you looked at asia's military, they were basically unsophisticated, very large land armies to which were good for bringing in the crop, for building roads, for basically creating a sense of nationhood. you know, they were vehicles for developing a nationalistic mentality, and they were focused inward on the nation itself. the i understand knee shan military was focused on controlling politics in indonesia, not in focusing outwards towards other countries, but as the decades rolled along, and asia developed economicically and prospered economically, you had the emergence of honest to goodness civilian military post industrial military complexes complete with cyber capabilities, sophisticated navies, military focused on each other rather than outwar

it actually stirred while we were here with respect to japan. japan got a rate downgrade. >> is there an overarching theme here do you think, ken? what are people talking about? >> i suppose there is an overarching theme we're doing well instead of emerging market as are doing better. and emerging markets are numbers, the exuberance there is an exaggeration again whenever you see someone be a darling here, it makes you wonder. >> i mean i'd say the big theme that i don't hear that people don't seem to understand is this is a recovery, but it's not a great recovery. you know we're growing, but we're just back to where we started in the united states. >> now you both brought up the debt. the deficit obviously is a major concern. the nonpartisan congressional budget office saying the budget deficit in america will hit $1.5 trillion this year. neil, do you think america has the political will to address this? >> well, there is a little sign of it. it's a little better than it was 12 months ago. for example, the most responsible-minded politician in

the fund that guy in japan of course, they found prince bernhard in europe and a guy for the near east. these were notorious international arms agents which is kind of some ominous. >> guest: they don't like to call them bribes. occasionally they will call it a kickback because the lawyer said that is a better term than broad and but yes, bernard had unbelievable connections. i mean he was not only associated with the air force but he was every organization you could think of an hollen to come he was part of the airlines and had a soft side, part of the world wildlife fund, was at the charity ball so he sort of had this whole good citizen at the same time he was taking the commission and asking for more. >> host: we are talking about millions year, we are not talking 50,000 or 100,000 here and there. we are talking millions involved in the so-called commissions which of course were released bribes intended for various government officials that prince bernhard had actions with or the japanese gangster had connections with. >> guest: although bernhard decided to work with northrop said h

to try to bribe the primm minister in japan was not just looking to sell airplanes but was also looking to do well for himself. it is the same problem as the executive outrageous compensation of the mega banks. >> guest: they asked aren't you concerned, do you know where this money is going? he said well, not really, i give it to the agents' and i get the sale. that's all i care about. it must work. they pay the guy and get the sale. >> host: there's the other parties not mentioning, i get some, too. >> guest: so they really pioneered this in the 50's, but then in the 70's had a lot of run around it because they were on the verge of bankruptcy and they desperately needed to sell an airliner as they put a lot of money in and they were not getting a lot sales, and they were afraid they were going to sink the company so they went through the routine using the the same people. they didn't have that kind of you've got to pay the prime minister 1.7 million but then this other guy needs his 1.7 million, this minister needs to hundred thousand and the guy who did this was so proud he wrote a wh

fast with these and suing the final score of five new japan reached the group as from group b. would jordan flinch the other qualifying spot. in golf an extended thirty six hole round on sunday so mark wilson celebrated a win in the first fulfilled b.j. tour title of the season and how why plays stretch to two rounds on the day off today opening stage was council due to bad weather and that seemed to see you tim clark was solid all five shots behind but after a determined showing had put serious pressure on wilson who himself had earlier stomped boston overnight leaders stuart tabby and she get maruyama wilson was more consistent on the final day a superb cheap on the eighteenth set a new all perfectly for the pot and the victory is there a third b.j. title for wilson griffey cool million dollars. and in the cage shell finally look at my t.v. i have joined up on guard at the top of the standings following a big win at trucked our legs of the guy with a double in the six two victory elsewhere as long solved with one of the worst feelings shootout defending champions a farce beat

we have a treaty obligation with japan. it is a very important ally and without question if japan got into a conflict, the the cirque conflict with china we would be at their side. the pacific commander and secretary of state have taken strong and principled positions and not recognizing the sovereignty of the island but at the same time insuring that the chinese understand that the united states is fully supportive of its treaty ally and the japanese understand that. we need to be very close to them and work very closely with them and even under the democratic party of japan and i know the foreign minister, they have strong leadership that understands the threats from china. >> i could say something about this. is part of a pattern we have seen in the last two years of china being very assertive about the area around their periphery. the net effect of this has damaged china's position. china is weaker today than it was a year ago. the u.s. is much stronger and the obama government has this engagement of strategy which feed

so they went through the whole routine again in japan. they even had a per-head, you know, you've got to pay the prime minister 1.7 million, but then this other guy needs 1.7 million, this level of minister needs 200,000. and, you know, the guy who did this for lockheed was so proud of it he wrote a book, "70 days over tokyo," which was, you know, basically about his bribery mission. [laughter] and to the end he never admitted it was wrong. he said, you know, it's like nixon. everybody else did what nixon did, and then suddenly they change the rules. you know, if i can get business for my company by spending a little money, why wouldn't i do that? i'm a businessman. there wasn't any kind of learning curve as to is there any moral issue here. it was just, you know, might we get caught? which is one thing gross brought up early on which was, well, you know, depending on how much and how we do it, is there going to be any action against us where, you know, some of this money will be recovered. so already early on he's trying to figure out, y

these days in japan, the usual suspects are not the young but the old. suddenly, they see something suspicious. and chase a customer who seems to have walked out without paying. it is a man in his late fifties, and hidden in his bag is a packet of fried chicken. in the back office of the shop, the suspect produces more goods and admits he stole them from a different supermarket on his way here. "i do not have enough money to live," he says. "i am struggling to get by. please let me go." but the store believes they have caught him before, and the police are notified. the manager tells me five or six shoplifters are being caught every day. his company does not want him to show his face. >> over the last four or five years, the number has risen, and the number of older people doing it has gone up especially. many are over the age of 65. but >> economic stagnation is being blamed and the breakdown of the japanese extended family. once, the old were revered and lived with their children and grandchildren. now, many are alone. people come to the temple to pray

i had the opportunity to go to japan and really embrace the culture and the people of japan. the tremendous challenges and experiences they had here is just something that i don't. i can't imagine any of us ever going through. the super independent and i said, sadly, some things haven't changed. in different parts of the world, different cultures. i'm really honored to learn more and with the prif leblgs would be great for all of us. thank you. no other comments, roll call, please. congratulations and thank you. >> item f, the board members report. seeing none. i do want to just again congratulate everyone swoern in this past weekend. we all can probably dot oath off the top of our head, the swaering in the new board member, welcome to the board. we hope you come back. we had a district attorney swoern in on sunday and new mayor swoern in this afternoon. we'll have a city assessor swoern in tomorrow. a lot of new officers and leaders coming in to san francisco. i just want to remind all of our leaders the efforts we have been making to continue to build a really strok pant ne

to try and bribe the prime minister of japan was not just looking to sell airplanes. he was also looking to do well for himself, exactly same problem as the average is executive compensation of the megabanks. >> guest: will they had daniel houghton, who is head of the company in the 70s, aren't you concerned? to ensure the money is going? is that not really. that's all i care about. ms word. that's the other parties not mentioning. i get some, too. >> guest: so they really pioneered this in the 60s, but in the 70s they had a whole other proud of it could they the verge of bankruptcy and they desperately needed to solve the time 11 airliner and put a lot of money in. they were getting a lot of sales and they were afraid they were going to sink the company. so they went through the whole routine again come using the same people. they even had a kind of per head, pay the prime minister 1.7 million, but then the other kinases 1.7 million. as a minister needs 200,000. and the guy who did this for lockheed was so proud he wrote a whole book, 70 days over tokyo, which was ab

and samples the delicious noodles of japan. first the headlines for this sunday morning the 9th of january, 2011. horror story in tucson has left six dead, 13 wounded, terrible sadness in its wake, and many unanswered questions. here is what we know this morning. police now say 22-year-old jared loughner, the alleged juneman, is mentally unstable. they think he targeted representative gabrielle giffords for attack. the handgun he used was purchased legally in november at a tucson gun store. president obama has dispatched f.b.i. director robert mueller to arizona to oversee the investigation. as for the latest on representative giffords' condition, the arizona democrat remains critical but hospital officials say the outlook for her survival is optimistic. by the way tucson police are searching for a second person in connection with yesterday's attack, but it is not clear if he played any role in the shootings. our ben tracy is in tucson this morning. he takes us back now to where it all began less than 24 hours ago. >> reporter:

the crime rate is rising in japan, one surprising age group. hello to you. as the echoes of saturday's shootings in arizona reverberate still along the edges of the american political debate, president obama led the nation in a moment of silence for the victims. barack's and michelle obama stood with their heads about outside the white house -- barack and michelle. it was also for the critically wounded congresswoman, gabrielle giffords. >> led by the president, americans were cited for a minute, a mark of respect for the victims of the attack -- americans were silent. flags were at half mast for the six who were killed. they include a nine-two old girl, a federal judge, and one of the congresswoman's aides. congresswoman giffords was shot in the head. the gunman fired indiscriminately before he was wrestled to the ground. the suspect, jared lee loughner, is described as a troubled young man, was on line -- online postings. doctors gave the latest assessment of her progress. >> at this base in the game, no change is good, and we have no change. the cat scans

. >> this football scott specialized in asia early on and arranged all the transfers from japan this season, after only placing one japanese player in the bundesliga in the 1990's. but japanese soccer has opened up, and that is paying off for the scout. >> more and more japanese teams are being coached by south american or european coaches, so soccer there has developed enormously. >> the german national players went to japan early on. after winning the 1990 world cup, they finished their playing careers and worked as coaches in japan. the scout still looks to them for advice. even with his next transfer deal in the making, he knows the generation of players is not about to replace the ever popular stars imported from south america. >> due to the relatively small size of the country, they cannot produce the amount of top players that brazil or south america can. that is clear just looking at the rankings. >> be that as it may, fans in tokyo are enjoying their players in the bundesliga. and one in particular. [cheering] >> as the second half of the season gets underway, we decided to

japan's current account surplus fell in november for the first time in three months. that came as imports surged due to higher prices of natural resources such as iron ore and liquefied natural gas. the finance ministry said in a preliminary report on wednesday november's trade surplus stood at just over $3 billion. that's down by nearly 47% from a year earlier in yen terms. imports of flat-panel televisions from china also soared. consumers rushed to take advantage of government subsidies for ecofriendly appliances before they were reduced in december. meanwhile, the income surplus came to just under $10 billion. that's up 13% compared with a year earlier. these figures result in a current account surplus of $11.2 billion, which means a 15.7% decrease year on year. the ministry says, wel while th effect of the government subsidies is temporary caution is needed over the strong yen's impact on trade balances. >>> the united arab emirates

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