who knew so much nature could be found, you know, in tokyo? i know, right? this is okutama! tokyo! this is still part of tokyo? yes. you would never guess. i want you to taste one plant. just one leaf. it helps your digestion. you can eat this? yes. it's awful. it's awful! awful. how awful? so bitter! it's really, really bitter. 0h, bitter, yeah. good medicine tastes bitter. these leaves are dried for medicine for stomach. it's really, really bitter. forest bathing tours like this are becoming hugely popular with stressed—out japanese office workers. the forest therapy society has certified 62 forest therapy sites across japan. it's beautiful. yeah, beautiful. masuzawa—san‘s tour includes meditation and deep breathing exercises. so, ok, let's practice breathing methods. inhale from nose and exhale mouth. calming music plays. so, this isjust like hiking, isn't it? no! it's not hiking. it's completely different. so, uh, forest bathing is to feel nature. if you walk first, you can feel anything from nature. so, observing everything in the forests, plants and listening to the sou

all roads lead to tokyo in 2020. can great britain scale the heights of success great britain scale the heights of success again? there is no doubt they will have a chance in climbing. it's one of five new sports introduced the next olympics and is aimed at bringing the games to a younger audience. aimed at bringing the games to a youngeraudience. britain's aimed at bringing the games to a younger audience. britain's best is shauna coxsey and she can't wait to test herself in tokyo. i never thought i would become part of the games and might professional career. i think it should be their own i am very happy about it. you only ever competing against yourself, it's you and the wall, you are not against someone and the wall, you are not against someone else. if you don't give a performance that is not worthy of the gold medal, that is all you can train for. it's fair to say the sport is not for the faint of heart and during the olympics climbing will be made up of three disciplines. lead climbing, using the wall, boulde

translation: china is hot now, but compared between tokyo and china, tokyo is hotter. a little further north, in the city of kumagaya, it is considerably hotter. the thermometer here hit 41.1 degrees on monday — the highest ever recorded anywhere in japan. the heat is notjust uncomfortable, it is now extremely dangerous. at tokyo's emergency dispatch centre, the calls are coming thick and fast. the ambulance crews are struggling to keep up as across japan more than 30,000 people have now been hospitalised with heatstroke or heat exhaustion. the elderly are most at risk — more than if half of the deaths reported so far are in people over 65. in the ancient capital kyoto, the summer festivals are under way. here it has been 38 degrees or more for a solid week, another record. all of this is being caused by a huge high—pressure dome that is sitting over the top ofjapan and korea. for the last two weeks, it has refused to budge. the bad news is it could be here for another two. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, the heatwave is still affecting us in

mills would need a gold medal at tokyo to achieve that

who knew so much nature could be found near tokyo? this is still part of to kyo ? found near tokyo? this is still part of tokyo? yes. you would never guess. i want you to taste one plans. —— plant. it helps your digestion. you can eat this? yes. it's awful, awful! how awful? so bitter, it is really, really bitter. bitter, yeah. with medicine tastes better. —— good medicine tastes better. —— good medicine tastes better. it is really, really deter. —— bitter. first bathing tours like this are becoming popular with stressed out office workers. the popular forest society has satisfied 62 forest sites across japan. —— certified. the tour includes meditation and deep reading exercises. 0k, meditation and deep reading exercises. ok, let's practice. inhale from those, and exhale from now. so, this is just like inhale from those, and exhale from now. so, this isjust like hiking, isn't it? no, it is not hiking. it isn't it? no, it is not hiking. it is completely different. forest bathing is to feel nature. if you walk first, you can feel anything from nature. observing eve

mills would need a gold medal at tokyo to achieve that piece of history. the early signs are encouraging alongside her new partner ellie mcintyre. we had much mocked up at the two events last summer mocked up at the two events last summerand we nailed mocked up at the two events last summer and we nailed the first one having done a couple of days of training and then we came second so i think that was a pretty good start early on. it may be another two yea rs early on. it may be another two years to go until the next olympics but the preparation really starts to mmp but the preparation really starts to ramp up to another level now and the world championships in denmark will give them a real sense of where they stand on the global scale and also is likely to be contenders for those medals in tokyo. the world championships is prestigious and eve ryo ne championships is prestigious and everyone wants to save their world champion. there's so much that we can do as a team and we can go into tokyo really been a dominant team, we need to start winning as much as

seain cook see cannot wait to test herself in tokyo. audience. seain cook see cannot wait to test herself in tokyolj audience. seain cook see cannot wait to test herself in tokyo. i never thought i would become part of the games in my professional career, i'm very happy. for me you only ever compete against yourself. it is you on the wall. if you give a performance worthy of that gold medal then that is all you can train for in my opinion. it is fair to say that climbing is not for the faint of heart and during the olympics it will be made about three disciplines, using the wall, boulders and speed climbing, using a rope to get to the top as quick as you can. fortunately these amateurs are more adept than others and sport england survey has shown sport climbing is the fourth fastest growing in terms of participation. but why? it will challenge you mentally and physically. you will find something that just mentally and physically. you will find something thatjust baffles you and then you come back with determination. and it is going to b

in tokyo the japanese government is increasingly worried about the country's future recent years the birth rate has fallen sharply and so have a number of marriages but now oco has nevertheless decided to tie the knot on the phone with a package that you've chosen you can design a custom bouquet you can select the flowers you want. twenty nine year old now girl is thrilled at the idea of living a fairy tale she's opted for a western style ceremony for her dream wedding. i have lots planning until tomorrow is the big dang i know that the country is. going. to make sure everything's perfect not ok so is assisted by a professional wedding planner yukiko. you are so cute that looks amazing on you. also this is. then passed out yes it's like something from napoleon's time. for her this may look like preparation for an ordinary wedding that's not quite the case there's no partner or fiance before i completely forgot to look for a boyfriend. now oco is going to get married on her own in japan this is called a solo wedding and it's becoming increasingly popular yukiko as agencies started off

each year the city of color sakena tokyo celebrates kind of. the fertility fast of all. was since the seventeenth century the residents have counted on the first sunday of april to parade giant palaces and the streets. costumes candy in the shape of phalluses all fall but anything cares when on the local calls da skin them for a bountiful and fulfilling sex life. it's an unconventional celebration but perhaps it will have the desired a fact. enter the conflict zone. it's two years since the brakes referendum in britain and my guess this week you're in love is the key morgan a former education minister and the remaining focus of the team why does she continue to prop up a prime minister who has failed so spectacularly to unite the party and come cheap . conflicts of. thirty minutes. moving the fun beethoven. his work goddess fortuna. the maestro and famous. beethoven first bon twenty. eight who do you think is going to be bullshit if. all the matches all the scores. two thousand eight hundred soccer world cup on d w news. every journey begins with the first step and every

twenty twenty account wait for the scrape junee hash tag two years to go hashtag tokyo twenty twenty and twenty twenty will venture into uncharted territory by featuring four new elim big sports skateboarding sport climbing surfing and take a look at this tweet sir exciting two years from today karate will be in the olympics hash tag tokyo twenty twenty. and finally how's this for an achievement polish unjaded about a pill as skeet is way into the record books becoming the first men to ski down from the summit of k two the eight thousand six hundred eleven meter mountain also known as mt godwin austin is the world's second highest after everest from the summit the thirty year old ascended along the shoulder passing below huge serax and snow fields full of crevasses bargain also became the thirteenth pole to reach the top of the k two. as always you can get in touch with us using the hashtag a.j. news good you can get hold of me directly at peter underscore statement most of all coming up in the eight hundred g.m.t. alpha males back to dairy peter thank you very much for that and that

china, tokyo is hotter. a little further night —— a little further north, it is considerably hotter. the thermometer hit 41.1 on monday, the highest ever recorded anywhere in japan. the heat is notjust uncomfortable, it is now extremely dangerous. at tokyo's emergency dispatch centre, the calls are coming thick and fast. the ambulance crews a re coming thick and fast. the ambulance crews are struggling to keep up as across japan, more than 30,000 people have now been hospitalised with heatstroke or heat exhaustion. the elderly are most at risk. more than half of the deaths reported so far have been people over 65. in the ancient capital, kyoto, the summer festivals are under way. here it has been 38 degrees or more for a solid week, another record. all of this is being caused by a huge high—pressure dome which is sitting over the top of japan dome which is sitting over the top ofjapan and dome which is sitting over the top of japan and korea. dome which is sitting over the top ofjapan and korea. but do

all correspondence in tokyo. —— our correspondent. now let's brief you on some other business stories. many shoppers in the us and elsewhere are struggling to access amazon's website as one of its biggest annual sales gets underway. many users report the site either crashes or is showing an error message. amazon says it is working to resolve the issues. shares in the electric car company tesla have fallen after its chief executive directed abuse on twitter at one of the british cave divers who helped to rescue 12 thai children last week. shares fell 2.75% after elon musk referred to the british diver as a pedophile. the diver is considering legal action. the uk government has narrowly avoided defeat on its customs bill after agreeing to brexiteers' demands to change its wording. the bill survived byjust three votes following a backlash from pro—eu politicians who accuse the prime minister of caving into demands by eurosceptic mps. that's it for the business briefing this hour. but before we go, here are the markets. yesterday, a pub

. >>> how tokyo iin r to get >>> how tokyo iin r to get ready and the at ikea, we believe >>> how tokyo iin r to get ready and the your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? you never told your dad and me about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag. ♪ ♪ at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? you never told your dad and me about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag. ♪ ♪ >>> believe it or not we have hit an olympic milestone. the 2020 summer games are t ars from today. the host city is tokyo. in the countdown to the opening ceremony is on. the olympic committee celebrated with an veevent in historic lite tokyo. jay gy takess there for an inside look. >> reporter: two years out and olympic excitement is building in tokyo. >> olympic gam is the greatest sports celebration of the world and for thean humind. >> reporter: one of the venues has already continued and work continues on the rest including the new olympic stadium

this museum in central tokyo is a record of the everyday lives of wartime civilians. everything from preparing ever scarcer food to sheltering from american bombs. and it's that perspective on the face of japanese civilians that's at the heart of a recent surprise blockbuster. on its release in 2016, in this corner of the world seemed to catch some weight of public mood and became a big hit. it talks about a woman called suzu starting her married life near hiroshima. as the war comes closer to the islands, it brings food shortages... and worse. but at first, suzu responds with youthful creativity. how do young people watch your film, how do young people react to seeing the war period portrayed on screen? finally, suzu loses her drawing hand, and her neice who's holding it, to an american bomb. but do young people think about movies as a way to understand the war? i went to meet up with three students, akame, yuri, and haruka. in this corner of the world stays focused on the suffering inflicted onjapanese people rather than by them, but it does give glimpses of the har

he joins us now from tokyo. take us back to the morning of that attack and what happened? the group had been preparing for a an armageddon that they were going to bring up on the world. on the day when they took sarin gas developed by the nazis, which they were able to recreate because they have bright people working for them, they put it in wastebasket and bags all over subway stations in tokyo and released it all at once, making thousands of people sick thomas topping the trains, they killed 13 people. and they also get a test run the year before in an obscure town in the outback of japan where they killed seven people. said the number of people that have been killed by this group i poisonous gas is probably closer to 20. it must have had a massive impact on the japanese people and also the families of. how have they reacted to the news today? the families are, for the most part, except for shoko asahara's own children, who unfortunately enough have a father who was essentially a serial killer, i think are expressing relief that it is over, that it expressing relief that

ramy: great stuff from kevin buckland in tokyo. thank you. coming up, we are looking ahead to the latest pmi data from china. us withulia bong joins her prediction -- julia wong joins us with her predictions. this is bloomberg. ♪ ramy: this is "daybreak: asia." manufacturings pmi fell faster than expected in july amidst trade tensions. let us go to tom mackenzie joining us from beijing with the details. a little earlier than expected, nonmanufacturing pmi. pretty disappointing so far. tom: that is right. the manufacturing pmi is what we are focused on. we expect it at 9:00. nonmanufacturing pmi coming in weaker than expected. forecast had been at 54.9 but we of 54 versus the june number 55. as we discussed earlier in the show, there were early indicators that there would be a slowdown in the second half. you had the worldwide sales index and that fell for july. you had china's major trade partners -- a survey from them suggesting weakness. coal pricess and dropping. suggest, it is in this context, that the deleveraging campaign earlier in t

in conjunction with bbc radio 3, historian rana mitter has visited tokyo to find out. japan's never ending war contains some distressing scenes from the start. japan today is prosperous, lively, and enjoying the upside of 70 years of peace. but in the 1930s and early 40s, japanese forces swept across first china and then the pacific, until finally they were driven slowly back towards the japanese mainland and destruction. hiroshima was completely hidden by an impenetrable cloud of smoke and dust. in east asia, the second world war is still so raw it dominate headlines. so, how the countries of the region tell themselves their war stories really matters. but as memories of the war die away, what aspects of the conflict remain in focus and what's left out of the frame? i'm rana mitter, an historian of east asia. i have come to tokyo to find out how japan tells itself the story of the war through its movies. movies that recreate an era of devastation that still shapes this country's relationship with the region and the world. this museum in central tokyo is a record of th

happy i'm trying to tokyo's famous robot restaurant. no one ever arrive to to me. people criticize us or they question us and they want to know why we're not more book for nickel of russia and the real question is how come we're not tooting russia's horn more because they are been genius during this crisis but that would be i think a little bit you know over the top to simply point out all the good things that they're constantly doing so we just try to take a more balanced middle of the road approach that's you know the fact is that they're making all these other economies look stupid by comparison. seemed wrong. when old rules just don't hold. any new world that is yet to shape out these days comes to consecrate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. four men are sitting in a car when the fifth gets shot in the head. all four different versions of what happened one of them is on the death row there's no way he could have done it there's no possible way because the list did not shoot around a

who knew so much nature could be found, you know, in tokyo? i know, right? this is okutama! tokyo! this is still part of tokyo? yes. you would never guess. forest bathing tours like this are becoming hugely popular with stressed—out japanese office workers. the forest therapy society has certified 62 forest therapy sites across japan. it's beautiful. yeah, beautiful. masuzawa—san's tour includes meditation and deep breathing exercises. so, ok, let's practice breathing methods. inhale from nose and exhale mouth. calming music plays. so, this isjust like hiking, isn't it? no! it's not hiking. it's completely different. so, uh, forest bathing is to feel nature. if you walk first, you can't feel anything from nature. so, observing everything in the forests, plants and listening to the sounds of the brook and birds and the smelling. so go slow and take it all in? yeah. the forest bathing movement is gathering momentum around the world as a hot new wellness trend. clinical studies show it can reduce blood pressure, stress levels, as well as diabetes. shinrinyoku is effective in preve

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold. she's twenty seven and a popular model among japan's youth she lives with a diamond. he . should almost to a local. this is like it will go. be a little to them would be to them. for the. good it is good it is for. another. time only. because it is good to study took over the mosque you do. need the studio conduit but when you find. the last just kind of a falling mood. don't always shiny could all study. it or sort of willful study all day you will bill is slang like this and also the local flu come to well known else isn't the do this all of them live is a. sure way. just so sick and they can get that. quiet that you were replying well. and also who were addicted. or loved it and just say. this is the step. no can you assure you it was high dose. the sun just a good show you still look good with just how many of the day needs some doing well . some lose some. of the stigma there are some genetic something when you get this economy who gives it to. good use in minsk you sure there's

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold but. she's twenty seven and the popular model among japan's youth she lives with a dull message. to the masjid almost to a local. i'm all in. this it's like it will go. any tumult of them would be to them cause them only to. get it the criticism is going in another. time only thing. because if they get to study took over the most skilled who. new video called into what would you like. pop the last two farewell concert i. don't always show any could i'll study. it or sort of. study all day you will bill is scientists and also the locals who come to the well known well it's isn't this all of them live is a. short wait just so if you can they can get that quiet that you were by well. they'll say rude or addictive. or like that and just say. this is the step no can you assure you it was high dose. the sun just say show you will kill it just how do you know that i need some to do well this isn't some loop some super told police to get there yes times you know something when you get this economy

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold but. she's twenty seven and the popular model among japan's youth she lives with a dog. the mustard almost at a local. i'm all in. this it's like it will go with me to a lot of them would be to them caught up with them only to the us and get it the criticism is going in another. time only thing. because if they get to study took over already most who. you. know collins will think when she finally did the last cons of her own mood don't always show me could i'll study. it or sort of. study all day you will bill is slang like this and also to the locals who come to the well known well it's isn't this all of them live is a. sure way to go just so sick and they can get that. quiet that you were by well. they'll say or do or addicted. or let's just say it just say. this is the step step it's you know can you assure you it was high dose. the sun just say show you look good with us how do you look with any signs really well this isn't some little something told police to get there there's times y

it's time this forces that his peter thank you so much the olympic games return to tokyo in exactly two years from today it will be the first time since nine hundred sixty four the games are held in the japanese capital and the first time since nineteen ninety eight japan hosts and olympics of the nagano hosted the winter games that year the preparations have not been without their challenges the reshuffle of taste events could be on the cards with construction delays and to keep venues and the city of tokyo has been experiencing an intense heat wave forcing organizers to think about weather conditions come twenty twenty. let's go live to tell you can now for more on this i'm joined by correspondents solemn and funny but still up with the heat how could that affect some of the events. in japan is what they're saying you know i'm president that. we can mention and now many reports have been done to use this. for example here in this location where you fix some kind of. work but it's their devices to reduce relief but not as locations like in the study and other places they are really you

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold. she's twenty seven and a popular one japan's youth she lives with a diet and. he . said almost to a local. mall it. this is like it will go. be a little to them would be to them cause them only for the little. critters it is clear another. time mommy. because it did get to study took over the mosque you do. thank you need those studio going through what when you finally did part the almost just kind of no pun. built boy surely couldn't study. it or sort of. study that all day you will bill is psychologist and also to be able to go flu come to well known all of the and then there's all of them live is a. show about aids and not just so if you did a kid going to get that. point that you were buying up. also voted for this. war let's just say it just say. this is the step. when you get here you're right. just say show us you still look stupid to understand that any subject. is some little some actually stick you get some generic something when you get this economy it. doesn't take you sh

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold but. she's twenty seven and the popular model among japan's youth she lives with a doll. to mush it almost to a local. i'm all in. this is like it will go. any tumult of them would be to them cause them only for the. good of the criticisms is gone in another. me. time only thing. because if they get to study took over the most skilled who. you know going through what would you like. the english to say well come to her own. little boy shawnee could all study. it or sort of will folks study all day you will is sign like this and also the locals who come to well known else isn't this all of the live is a. sure way to go just say educate and they can get that. quiet that you were by well. they'll say the world that they're. more like that and just say. this is the step. when you get she knew it was hijacked see the signs you say show us you stand look you do with us how do you know that any sons are doing well this isn't some little something this little told police that you know there was som

we returned to tokyo and wanted to me to go called her. she's twenty seven and a popular model among japan's youth she lives with a diet and. he . said almost zero local on the. it. was all business like it will go focal with me from a lot of them would be to them close up with them only for the. good of the good of . another. time only thank you. cause it gives the study took over already. you know conduit well when i did the last two farewell concert i. don't always show any could i'll study. it or sort of will folks go and study all day you will bill is psychologist and also the locals who come to the well known well it's isn't this a little live is a. sure way to go just so it's ok and a kid can get that quiet that you were by well. they'll say voters who are addicted to. oil like that and just say oh. this is the step it's you know can you assure you it was high to see the sun just say show us you still keep it with us how do you know that any signs really well this isn't some little something told police that you know there was times

we return to tokyo and wanted to be to go cold but. she's twenty seven and the popular model among japan's youth she lives with a doll masoud. demotion almost zero local on the phone. i'm all in. this is like it will go what does any tumult of them would be to them cause them only for the. good of the criticism is going in another . time only that. condit they get to study took over the most skilled who. do you know going through what when she finally did the almost a farewell concert now if. you don't always show me could all study. it or suitable folks chioma study all day you will is sign like this and also the locals who come to the well known else isn't the old alive is a. sure way to go just so it's a good day kid going to get that choir that you were by well. they'll say voters who are addicted to. oil like that and just say. this is the step it's you know can you assure you it was hijacked. just say show us you stand looks good with a southern iraq that they need some really well this isn't some loop someone told police to get

. >>> the excitement is building in tokyo. today marks two years until the 2020 summer olympics. t the centerpiece olympic stadium right there.se .l and softball wilel b tokyo coming up, we'll show you how they are marking things out in the little tokyo neighborhood of los angeles. >>> and we're working with you with aonsumer alert. check your pantries because a popular snack could make your children sick. pepperidge farm is recalling four kind of goldfish. the supplier warms them that the wder used in the seasoning may be contaminated with salmonella. there are nts repf anyone becoming sick. >>> ditching the bathing suit and ball gowns, only the beginning. >> miss america is vowing to include womenf all shapes andsi s calling the pageant 2.0, a pageant focused less on looks and more on scholarship. >> when we g into this position we needed an organization sustainable financially and also sustainable oth relevance. >> the new versi miss america is designed by the organization's new board. that includes several former pageant winners. they were installed after an e-mail scand forc

we returned to tokyo and wanted to me to go called her. she's twenty seven and a popular model among japan's youth she lives with a diet and. he . said almost several local. it. was all business like it will go. need a lot of them would be to them cause them only for the. good of the critters is another. mommy thing. because it then it gets to study took over the mosque you do. you. know conduit when i did the last just come to know if. you don't always show me could i'll study. it or sort of will folks chioma study that all day you will bill is slang like this and also the locals who come to the well known well it's isn't the old alive is a. sure way. just so sick and a kid can get that. quiet that you were by work. than say the truth or addicted. or like that and just say no. this is the step step no can you assure you it was high dose. just say good show you look good with us how do you know that i need some zulu well this is a salute some. told police to get there there's times you know something when you get this economy it's good. bu

let's take you live now to tokyo japan where the u.s. . i'm. sure you know. somebody like. into the process between the u.s. and north korea the responsibility of security pompei or assumed after the summit in single pole is very significant and minister khan and i stand handing hand with the secretary pump a zero to support him all the way till the end i would also like to pay tribute to the earnest effort by mr khan to serve as the bridge between us and the north career effort has paved the way for the subsequent summit in singapore today we were able to reaffirm our neighboring commitment to continue strengthening of our try that are all cooperation tours the common goal of those careers complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges we have also had an in-depth discussion on how we can cooperate to urge north korea to take concrete actions towards the full implementation of relevant in not a nations security council resolutions and we confirm that security assurance will be provided to north kor

for the words that would skew that old saw in tokyo and you know second so people when they had this new and data member studying gods which happened in nineteen ninety five and remember that the moment that you left in this japanese society was the fairest that is that that japan faced since the end of the second world war and it was one of them was. more than think you know even dead as a result of this. attack on more than one thousand people who are still suffering from injuries until now i think even the way that they had this kind of who's going to actions who was just. saudi in terms of the security situation how is japan dealing with the threat of attacks especially with the twenty twenty lympics coming up. exactly this is very important issue maybe if you could see on this side you can see some bullets god has been stationed there now because on my right side actually is the head coach of the vision of national police agency and that's going to you know it's very much i like the heightened in that so q after the execution of. the only that are in these final words because th

i returned back to 0kayama from tokyo last thursday. it wasn‘t heavy rain at all on that day. the river collapsed. i decided to evacuate to a designated shelter around a:00am, because the emergency alarm requesting us to evacuate went on my cellphone. if i hadn‘t known that emergency call was, like, an order from the city, i wouldn‘t have got out of my house. and ms kaneto, we‘re seeing currently video pictures which you took during the height of the flooding, which basically damaged your home, where you‘ve lived for over a0 years. did you expect the flooding to really get this bad? no, i didn‘t expect that. i watched out for the takahashi river, but i didn‘t expect the river to collapse because i have never heard of or experienced the flood of the river. and ichiro, you study at a tokyo university, and you you just returned with your mother on thursday. tell us about the state of your health and what you saw when you arrived at okayama? both of my parents, my parents and grandparents' house was heavily damaged. we can no longer live there. the water level reached

we return to tokyo and wanted somebody to go cold. she's twenty seven and the popular model among japan's youth she lives with a doll masoud. dimanche it almost to a local on the phone. i'm all in. all this and it's like it will go what does still told me a lot of them would be to them cause them only for the. good of the criticisms is gone in another. time only thing. because if they get to study took over the most skilled who. need that studio conduit what would you like. the look to farewell concert following the don't always show you could all study. it or sort of. study all day you will bill is psychologist and also the local flu come to well known all this isn't the do this all of them live is a. sure way to go just so sick and a kid will get that quiet that you were by well. they'll say or do or addicted to cut out or let's just say just say no. this is the step. no can you this you know it was high dose of. the sun just say show us you still look good with us how do you look at that i need some doing well this isn't some littl

bring in michael pena he's the president of the xing get sue news agency he joins us live now from tokyo on skype michael how unprecedented is this flooding in southwestern part well the part that some press of the it is the intensity of the rainfall i believe that it's been recorded like something more than half a meter of rain water falling and one hour so what's happening is that there's just massive amount of rain and water hitting the land before it can adjust and so that's that's the unprecedented part there's also unfortunately the possibility that this may end up being unprecedented in the number of people who die although that hasn't reached that point yet yeah and so far fifteen people have died with dozens missing but many people have abandoned their homes and moved to higher ground what more can you tell us about that. yes well actually the most recent figures from the japanese press are twenty three dead and forty seven missing and yes it's no doubt that you know those who live near rivers and any kind of body of water have been evacuating to you know schools and other facil

as mr pompeo left for tokyo yesterday he said that the nuclear talks were productive. he landed in tokyo, we saw some tweets from his staff enjoying a japanese sushi dinner. we all thought ok, thatis sushi dinner. we all thought ok, that is it, then we heard from the north korean state newsagency, calling the us attitude regrettable and, depending on how you want to translate the korean word, but some media have described it as gangster like and others said they were robbed of a good spirit that was achieved at the singapore summit last month. there is quite a bit of confusion there. mr pompeo, after meeting with his counterparts in japan, the japanese foreign minister, he continues to say that the talks were productive. it appears that what happened was that the us and demanded complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation, which south korean officials have reportedly been advising america not to because that would make kim jong—un feel rather vulnerable to a regime change. but it appears the us are still pushed for that during the summit and it really u pse

julie: rich edson in tokyo, thank you. president trump roughly 48 hours away from the very big announcement on the supreme court. sources telling fox news four candidates are still in the running down from the original list of 25. the president pledging to pick someone with, quote, impeccable credentials and unbiassed judgment, telling supporters they will not be disappointed. >> as you know, there's now a vacancy on the supreme court. [cheers] >> and if you turn in monday at 9:00 i think you are going to be extremely happy with the selection; right? [cheers and applause] >> and they are all great. julie: garrett tenney has more from washington tonight. hi, garrett. >> hey, julie. there is a lot for conservatives to like with these final few candidates. president trump says he's narrowed his list down to two or three finalists. as we reported sources familiar with the vetting process tell us the top three candidates are currently brett kavanaugh, amy barrett and raymond kethledge. a little about each of them. kavanaugh has

du joining us from our tokyo bureau. in a moment, ubs abandoned its bullish call on the yuan and now sees it weaker by the end of the year. the bank's chief china economist joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: this is daybreak asia. haidi: ebs has dropped its forecast for the yuan to appreciate this year, saying trade tensions will put pressure on the currency to unclean -- this andk about all more with -- i was looking through the bloomberg economic projections. looks like it appreciation of another 6.5%, which would take it to 7.3. where is the comfort level in terms of a reasonable steadyish weaker yuan? >> we put our forecast for the end of the year at 6.8%. we think that is a comfortable level for the pbc. it would represent a 2% depreciation of the yuan. central bank is still very much hoping for relative stability of the currency despite the pressure. 3% is probably what they are comfortable for. is that a fundamental reflection of the slowdown we have seen in china, and does it also suggest the markets

secretary of straight described the talks as productive maicon player is now in tokyo for meetings with the japanese prime minister as well as the foreign ministers as foreign minister from south korea these two day visit to pyongyang was supposed to pin down some of the details of when and how north korea would give up its nuclear weapons sarah clarke is in the south korean capital seoul for so sara what can we expect from these meetings in tokyo that. we're expecting a press conference in the next hour from the foreign ministers from south korea as well as japan of course his head held individual talks with these two countries the u.s. allies this morning as well as you mentioned he's met prime minister so we should seek clarification on what they discussed. will be updating them on the what went on the talks at the talks in pyongyang and as you mentioned i'll talk you through the turn of events it was quite extraordinary on departure yesterday we had mike compare leaving pyongyang and just on touchdown by the time he touched down in tokyo the other side north korea had released its s

the japanese olympic committee has revealed their mascots — in costume form — for the tokyo olympics in 2020. the characters were originally chosen in february. miratowa on the left and somete on the right. the mascots were chosen by japanese school children. miratowa will represent events for the olympics and somete will be the symbol for the paralympics. organisors say the olympic mascot "embodies both old tradition and new innovation" and the paralympic mascot is a "cool character" with cherry blossom ears and supernatural powers. coming up on the programme, the headlines, but first, the weather. well, looks like the temperatures are going to soar over the coming

kathleen hayes from tokyo. coming up now, trade tensions about too enter a new phase with the public comment period for further tariffs on chinese goods ending tuesday. keerp institution senior fellow johncock ran joins us late they are hour. haidi: up next, market strategy at a time of military tightening. evan lucas talks to us about the opportunities and risks as central banks turn hawkish. this is bloomberg. ♪ ramy: welcome back, i'm ramy inocencio in new york. haidi: and i'm haidi in sidney. the bank concluded its meeting on tuesday there were talks about massive monetary stimulus programs a lot of economists saying even talk of an adjustment is premature. we're joined by chief market strategist evan lucas from melbourne. great to have you, evan sit premature to start talking particularly as we get this kind of jolting effect of central banks plarkly here in asia, trying to balance, to react to some of these trade war tensions. trying to react in spots of inflation here and there the bank of japan mandat

tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world and they want to show their commitment to this by doing more and more details i guess that is the facts and this time they chose to define that won't if you like that there's a ban is that security city and god knows what this there is that twenty thirty years ago there will be always security and safe funny thank you for. these twenty four people including emergency workers have been killed off to file extolled in for warehouses exploded near mexico city the red cross says firefighters police and paramedics are among the dead it happened in the town of tal to pick which is known as mexico's final its capital at least thirty one others were injured. the spanish city of pump lona has launched an app to help prevent sexual assault at the annual running of the bulls festival it's a bit of pushback against calls to boycott the event which begins on friday users will be able to report crimes to police by pressing a button that sends the location on it police say they've been cracking down on sexual abuse over the past few years. all the news of

leader of a japanese doomsday cult has executed more than twenty years after releasing sarin gas on tokyo subway just. opposition forces in southern syria have agreed to hand in their weapons and a cease fire deal brokered by russia under the deal russian military police will give fighters safe passage out of daraa province to rebel held areas in the north the syrian government says it will take control of the border with jordan contradicting earlier reports from rebel sources that russian military police would take a frontier posts but it's mixed reports now from the border for the first time in three years the syrian regime is back in control of its frontage with this military convoy flying russian syrian flags rumble towards the border crossing minutes after opposition fighters agree to surrender terms they had little choice in the face of overwhelming russian firepower. the fighters will hand over heavy weapons and thousands of them and their families will be given safe passage to opposition held areas in the north of syria. syrian government forces swept through down a province backe

let's look at what is going on in tokyo. one of japan's most senior policymakers says the government will continue to resist american efforts to negotiate a bilateral called -- japan will not do anything that upon the national interest to pieces japan will continue to insist the u.s. return to the transpacific partnership is in the best interest of both countries. the new president of mexico is calling on president trump to talks andesh nafta aim for a final deal that includes all three countries. he says the three shifts -- the three sides should work on a range of issues. he added the prolonged uncertainty about a new nafta deal could harm investment in the medium and long-term. the uk's new brexit chief says the country must prepare for a new deal brexit. he told the bbc while he does not think a scenario will happen, a responsible government should plan for every outcome. he earlier told the sunday telegraph the u.k. will refuse to pay the $50 billion eu divorce bill if the block fails to agree on a deal. global news 24