but it's only one of two such facilities in tokyo. until last december japan sent more than a million tons of plastic waste a year to china. but china decided to put an end to importing t these toxic inexpensive imports. hashem original okay if i can sway struggling to find places that can handle this waste. right now japan's recycling facilities are at full capacity so we have no choice but to incinerates plastic as an emergency measure and- but it's clear we wouldn't be able to keep doing that forever the scandal more but doesn't show kicks to the que looking i can listen dhe. japan's government wants to reduce plastic. waste by 25% by twenty thirty. to achieve that it needs the private sector's help. it is one big companies like starbucks with sending this waste workrkshop at the invitation of an environmental group these emploloyees are discussing how the phone could reduce its p plastic consumptio. corporations take a very big role in towns of f the reduductn of p plastic off course at the sameme time always their excuse is about

and for more i'm joined now by mike attend journalist in tokyo where he's also the president gets the news agency good time you with us nothing is going scape in japan seems to have caught everyone by surprise what are authorities there saying. well so far the authorities have been pretty quiet about it they haven't they haven't released a new statement of course it is the day of new year's eve here in japan so a lot of government government services are actually on holiday today but no the government itself has been pretty mum to this to this point to the only people who've spoken are going to own lawyers who you know who express their surprise and that he that he had gone well they must have also been surprised by what's go and say it in a statement just recently saying he accused japan of having a rigged justice system what's he mean by that. well the one people who wouldn't be surprised by it are actually his defense lawyers because they have been making the same argument actually trying to fight within the system and in fact his lead lawyer did say that he understands that why do

and that was michael pin with you she gets the news agency in tokyo speaking with us earlier today. electric cars electrify africa wagon has expanded its car sharing program in rwanda's capital kigali with 50 new electric cars another german company engineering giant siemens has set up the charging stations that will power the eco offs take a look. gollies excellent roads are just one sign of the economic boom the country has been enjoying over the past few years with growth rates over 7 percent germany's folks sees a growing market for car sharing especially electric cars most of the fuel that is sold in africa is of up to quality so modern engines council live on it so electric mobility would actually you know go beyond that you don't really need to know over the electricity comes from runs fine on any kind of electricity at the same time you know one thing we have in africa is lots of sun lots of renewable energy that one can implement a so it i think it makes sense in 2018 v.w. opened a plant in kigali adding to the german carmakers 3 factories in other southern african countrie

the few cars that traversed tokyo streets had to be fitted with charcoal engines. imported coffee was also unavailable. it had been replaced by another brew, about which the new york times correspondent said it was better not to ask too many questions. there was a second factor that led grew to send those telegrams to secretary of state kordell hall, in november 1941. that was the japanese mindset. grew knew that a crippled economy would lead to a sense of desperation among the japanese. and a sense of desperation would lead to war. it was all part of that samurai do-or-die spirit that still prevailed in japan. grew knew that for japanese leaders, annihilation through a suicidal war with the united states was better than the humiliation of succumbing to american pressure. there's a story which illustrates that japanese mindset. in the fall of 1941, grew received word from the american embassy in china about a japanese soldier who had been captured by chinese troops in the fighting there. the japanese soldier came from a well to do family. and he wanted his family b

s a successful businessman and is a symbol of the country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. from like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know i and many people with money go in his main lawyer says he heard about his client's flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk that gold would run away. with a home and we were going to completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to make contact with him or go through a little more sort of like i'm. going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him full from boardroom to detention center. here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. the automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of $85000000.00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. go on has repeatedly denied all ac

thanks to both the interest in her to reach new heights if she ends up going to the tokyo olympics then aged 13 she'd be the youngest german olympic competitor ever. both if i qualify i'd like to be able to enjoy it and not feel like i have to make it to the top 10 or something. else in 4 years when i'm 17 i might qualify again and then maybe i could start thinking about bringing back a metal. plate so i'm going. to decide should caution cation phase begins in february then once again the early stuff osseous will be spending more time on the road than in school fortunately the tokyo olympics will be held during the summer vacation. let's hope that lily's dream of qualifying for the olympics will come to. a different kind of dream came true from my colleague kendrick welling he wanted to discover the underwater world in more detail and he didn't even have to get wet to do so he encountered fish that some divers wait years to catch a glimpse of and he could even touch some where in europe's biggest aquarium it has 1600 species including a very elusive creature. the monterey and the magica

for joining usu from tokyo, our "daybreak" senior editor. you can get around about the stories you need to get going on our bloomberg network. still ahead, we will get you those numbers out of japan. we are talking about the jobless rate, cpi, retail, and industrial production figures. afterl get them to you the break. paul: first, we will discuss the aonomic outlook for 2020 with moody's economists joining us live. this is bloomberg. ♪ is "daybreak asia." i'm shery ahn a new york. 2020'sur next guest says tolook will be similar 2019's. what is your 2020 growth outlook for asia? >> we are not seeing anyone really standing out at this point. what we are particularly looking at is how the trade war plays out. at the moment, it's looking like the u.s. and china are making really good ground toward inking the phase i agreement and further strides going forward. as long as those stay on track, that's really good news for the rest of the region because asia was really hurt in 2019 by this trade dispute. paul: what the trade dispute taketh away a

that means athletes will have to be flown to tokyo for the closing ceremony. there has been a lot of discussion regarding start times across the game which led to some reviews. the move to sapporo and knowing that it was done to protect the welfare and the athletes and knowing that sapporo is significantly cooler generally at the time of year than tokyo, that allowed us a little bit more flexibility, so in terms of the actual start times that were confirmed with tokyo and world athletics, the marathons are both at 7pm. this was the original planned start time before they were brought forward to six ams. it allowed us to go back to that originally planned time of seven am. and all the sports news is available on our website, but we are totally out of time, so from me and all of the team, goodbye. some of us have got quite murky conditions to come over the next few hours. the fog patch is to the south—east of this weather front but if we zoom out of the uk and look at what is upstream of us we can see the next area of low pressure showing its hand and this wil

pictures from tokyo. we showed you what happened one hour ago in hong kong, a more low—key celebration because the annual firework display did not happen because of security concerns. there was instead a light show. but now the scenes in bangkok and i think you will probably agree that they are pretty good. plenty more capital is to visit, of course, in the coming hours, and we will show you some of the preparations going on in this country as midnight approaches a little bit later on this evening as well. to the menus down —— to the menus now... thousands of people in south—eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. in the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. in new south wales, two more people have been killed and dozens of properties destroyed alo

has been 20 of snow in tokyo tonight. —— plenty of snow. in moscow they have had to quietly lay artificial snow around red square and other landmarks because it has been the mildest winter in russia since about the 18805. winter in russia since about the 1880s. they have not had snow at all and people were failing to get worried, the authorities were worried, the authorities were worried what it might mean for the moscow citizens. we will see the effects in moscow in about a couple of hours. about ten o'clock this evening. we will have all the fireworks and bbc news. let's go back to look at the north korea and japan approaches. a contrast. near neighbours was not that friendly relations. japan is nervous where north korea may fire a missile onto its territory. the floor show for north korea and we have singers from the army singing in unison with a spectacular display behind. i love the snowman in affairs. —— a fez. everybody is waving like sex. i don't know if we get to see kim jong—un. the new king. —— waving light sticks. a ne

eagerly since skateboarding will be an olympic sport for the 1st time at the 2020 summer games in tokyo so this coming ever closer to her goal of taking part. by european standards she's one of the best and by international standards she's right where she needs to be to qualify for tokyo. so it's definitely reachable for her you know the dozens fizzy do it was tough. public interest in her to reach new heights if she ends up going to the tokyo olympics then aged 13 she'd be the youngest german olympic competitor ever. if i qualify i'd like to be able to enjoy it and not feel like i have to make it to the top 10 or something. else in 4 years when i'm 17. my qualify again and then maybe i could start thinking about bringing back a metal plate. full of plates oh and then we die you'd think. the decisive qualification phase begins in february then once again early stuff osseous we'll be spending more time on the road than in school fortunately the tokyo olympics will be held during the summer vacation. let's hope that dream of qualifying for the olympics will come true a different kind of d

us as a state border in fact a very talented one had a chance to take part in the summer olympics in tokyo it's looking good and the most amazing part is she's only 12 years old that's made the german with kid. i can't offhand mean skateboarding is on the one hand something i want to do professionally and later on earn money with. on the other hand it's just my hobby and i have fun doing it. again. least of facias is germany's best skateboarder live at the tender age of 12 she's a 2 time german champion now she's heading for the olympics and won't let anything knock her off balance. months sometimes i go to the skate park and the boys look at me funny because i'm a girl. but i don't let that bother me at all let me. hear. the young berliner trains up to 4 times a week. the 1st time you were just a tick faster. you're going hot is a german national skateboard coach and louise mentor he pushes her to test her limits. us but that was a trick that takes a little bit more daring she didn't always make it but now she's practicing the trick on the next level and that's exactly what you have to do

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, here with the latest is our economics correspondent andrew walker. this is quite extraordinary. absolutely. it's hard to... i can't think of any precedent for a major international business figure, and let's be clear, i don't think there isa let's be clear, i don't think there is a bigger name in the global motor industry, one of the biggest industries on the planet, there is no precedent for someone being arrested in this way, and then fleeing the country... one couldn't say exactly like a common criminal, firstly because he protests his innocence, but also it must have taken considerable innocence, but also it must have ta ken considerable resources innocence, but also it must have taken considerable resources to organise this kind of flight from the country, from under the noses of the country, from under the noses of the japanese authorities. without a passport because they'd been taken away. taken away but it's possible to have more than one passport for a particular countr

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. new year celebrations have been taking place across the world. australia and new zealand fireworks launched us into the new decade. this now from tolu adeoye on the celebrations so far.... auckland was the first major city to welcome 2020 with a bang. the sky tower at the centre of celebrations. in sydney, the traditional display went ahead, despite some calls for it to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis. there was singing, dancing and fireworks in pyongyang, as north korea saw in the new decade. whilst a traditional buddhist ceremony was the focus injapan. the fireworks show was scaled back in hong kong because of the recent unrest. protesters formed human chains in the city. so, not the usual big display in the middle of victoria harbour on this occasion. but still, there was quite some show. and this in bangkok... 2020 making quite the entrance. tolu adeoye, bbc news. london's new year fireworks is organised by mayor of london's office. i'm joined now by the mayor, sadiq k

they were all placed in the american embassy in tokyo for about six months. while japan and the united states worked out a diplomatic exchange agreement so that american diplomats in japan could return to the united states and japanese diplomats in the united states could return to japan. during the six months that he was held as a prisoner of war, joseph grew wrote a 60 page report detailed his criticism ofamerican policy in the months before pearl harbor . he planned to give that report to president roosevelt and secretary of state cordell hull when he returned to theunited states . but it never happened. when groom returned to the united states in august 1942, he showed the report to secretary of state cordell hull . hull glanced at the report and hull immediately saw report criticized decisions he had made in the months before pearl harbor . he immediately demanded that grew destroy that report. as a subordinate official in the state department, grew felt he had no choice but to agree to hold demands. and so he destroyed that report. i should add that the

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and earlier we asked michael pen president of the shin gets you news agency in tokyo exactly what go mince when he accused japan of having a rig justice system well actually a lot of people agree with that outside of the japanese justice system it's been criticised by international organisations and many others so for example in goans case you know when he was accused from that the very 1st moment he learned about it he had arrived in the country on a plane and prosecutors immediately took him into custody and they subjected him to about 4 months of. interrogation where he wasn't able to speak to the media he wasn't able to talk give his own side when the interrogators interrogate him there's no lawyer present you know there's many profound. questionable elements to the japanese justice system where essentially once you're caught up in it you're almost certain to be found guilty especially if you are indicted as he was and and once you're indicted the statistics speak for themselves you have a 99 percent chance of being found guilty and that's what gold was facing and that's what he'

as a successful businessman and is a symbol of the country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. can do goodwill can be just the kind of thing people with power and money can get away with. people who don't already know i've seen a few media reports but there are some things that go on did that i don't understand or might be my think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know. people with money. going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention center. here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. the automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of $85000000.00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the japanese justice system was quote rigged and that he escaped injustice japan does not have an extradition tre

well that's the story that all the journalists in tokyo are pursuing right now and the answers have not become clear he was as far as we knew under house arrest including cameras monitoring his movements inside the house so how did he suddenly show up in lebanon this is something nobody expected and nobody has been able to explain yet this is this is the big question how did he get out and who helped him get out because it's impossible to believe that he did this all as one individual obviously he either paid people or people from outside came into to help him escape he says he's escaped justice and political persecution in japan what's likely to be the reaction to that. well probably if the past is any guide the japanese government will just dismiss those allegations and and try to ignore them to as much as they can it is a view that many observers will sympathize with because there are deep flaws in the japanese legal system and the way that go in was being handled was very much a kind of a railroad job but on the other hand there is also a large stream of thought that even if the jap

bloomberg live big year ahead is in tokyo. let's get over there and in -- enjoying erik schatzker for more. there are technomic shifts taking place here in japan. with me to talk about them is kathy mcsween, vice chairman i goldman sachs. how are you? >> good. erik: prime minister abe is due to announce as soon as today new packages of fiscal reform, stimulus, for the japanese economy. the headline figure appears to between ¥5 trillion, roughly $230 billion. what do you want to see in this package to believe it can be effective? >> i think it is frankly going to be a multi-year package, meaning it is not all going to be spent in fiscal 2020. it is going to be divided over a course of multiple years. i think in terms of the content, there are a number of priority areas given the slew of math -- of natural disasters that has hit japan not just this year but the year before. a lot of the spending will be quite explicitly directed at bolstering japan's infrastructure whether that is roads or flooding of rivers around the tokyo ar

the road to tokyo begins in new carlisle, indiana. every morning starts with a workout. he is eating right and getting back into playing shape. when he is not working on his game, he is a world class coach. >> good serve. >> reporter: hosting clinics and running a competitive table tennis club. his friends and fans have set up a gofundme page because training full-time is expensive. there are travel cost, tournament fees. even the coach needs a coach. >> my grip is different. 95% of the players play shake hadn't. with the finger out and the thumb on the top. >> reporter: the lefty has a n old school grip on the paddle that could give him the upper hand on the competition. >> my grip is unique because i'm using the forehand red side. and when i go over, i flip and still use the red side. >> reporter: it's known in table tennis is the seemiller grip, and yes, he invented it and perfected it decades ago. but no one uses it anymore. so he is banking on it to surprise his opponents. at the u.s. open, he played well, beating opponents more than 40 years younger than him, like

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. as mps return to parliament after the uk‘s prime minister says there‘ll be a new law to finish brexit trade talks by the end of next year.

"i want to give you a masa gift, the tokyo gift, a $1 trillion gift." and he o sned up his eyes ad "ok." now it's interesting." david: right. so i woke up him and said, "here is how we can give you "a $1 trillion gift. "you invest $100 billion to my fund. "because my track record is 44% irr, per year. "every year, compound 44%. "that's my past 18 years. "let's say 30%, in 10 years, you can multly it by 10x. so if you invest $100 billion, $1 trillion." so i said, "i'm gonna raise $100 billion fund. "i want you to invest 45. i'm investing ourself 25." so he said... after i made the speech and presentation, he said, "can you invest 45?" he said "no." i said, "well... "i did a nice try at least. uh...so how much you want to invest?" "if you're investing 25, the remaining 75. so i want to invest all." so i said, "no, no. you cannot invest 75. "you can invest 45. the remaining i have to save for the other investors to invest." [laughter] in 45 minutes, you iotually raised $75 bi wow. ok. that's pretty impressive. but what is it that you told people and what w

we know he was under house arrest in tokyo. we know he surrendered his three passports. we know is a strict condition of his bail he was not to leave the country. we know in this case, he has jumped veil, he has not met the conditions of his bail, and we know why he did it. as he said there, who said it is because he believed he was facing a rigged system. why lebanon? his wife is lebanese. he still has lebanese citizenship. he has a home there. the public has been sympathetic to him. he is closose to the community d politicians there and also, conveniently, lebanon does not have a tradition treaty with japan, meaning in the short term it would not be possible for him to be returned to japan to face justice, so all these would appear to present a good environment for him to escape his trial. phil: the short-term is interesting because in the short-term, we are talking about him and the japanese judicial system rather than him and the serious charges he faces. >> and that is exactly how he wants it. the japanese judicial system is very strict, as that piece pointed out. i

david: now, you did not grow up in tokyo. you grew up in a relatively small town, is that rit, in japan? masayoshi: yes. yeah, in the southern part. david: the southern part of japan? so, point, it is said that you were very interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's. masayoshi:donald's japa. david: why were you interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's? did you like mcdonald's' od, or what was it? masayoshi: well, he wrote the book, and that book became the bestseller. i was so impressed and said, "oh, my god, this is great! and the guy who wrote about it must be great." [laughter] david: so how old were you when you wanted to meet him? masayoshi: 16. david: 16. so you managed to get a meeting with him. masayoshalled his assistant, long-distance call. back then it was so expensive. - i made almost 100 call 60 calls, and said, this is my name, "i'm a student, and could you ask him and could you ask him?" and she said, "oh, i will try, but he's not gonna meet with a s." i said, "well, don't decide by yourself. let him dec

and he specifically said that the russian olympic team is preparing for the tokyo games regardless of what the december 9th decision will will mean. and when obviously people started asking questions why you know if you get a blanket ban and and russia would not even go there what's the what's the point in preparing for this games and he said listen unlike the previous situation no one has ever laid any accusation towards the russian olympic committee in the previous situation when russia got a ban from the 2 previous of the games. it was directly laid out at the feet of the russian olympic committee and they said you are guys to blame you about from attending the games officials are banned from attending the games so it's a full book for the russian olympic committee this started you said we we've been waiting for any kind of accusations towards us none has come so theoretically. on a more practical terms that has not accused the russian olympic committee but right now it actually says that it has because it is essentially banning the officials from again from competing and participa

0lympics. that could take us right up until the tokyo olympics. the final decision will be with them and it will then go to the individual governing bodies, fifa, the ioc, to implement sanctions, but there is possibly a long way to go and this could still get very messy. the president of wada, sir craig reedie, says the decision shows its "determination to act in the face of the russian doping crisis". some people have said the sanctions don't go far enough and are calling for a blanket ban. you can say this is not enough, but what i would say is this. every world championship for the last four years, not just any other games, but every world championship, there won't be a russian president there, no government officials, no team. neutral athletes only, no russian flag. that is a significant sign and message that says you, by your conduct, have forfeited your place at the top of world sport. if that's not enough we may have to go next time. but yes, we want to try and get a message across without punishing innocent athletes. arsenal have their fir

looking ahead to tokyo 2020, what is a realistic expectation? what are you hoping for? i am not really putting any expectations on myself. it is my first 0lympic putting any expectations on myself. it is my first olympic games so to go there and swim and god knows how will they? it is just about... taking it all in and experience, experiencing it. now, it is a question that many sportspeople grapple with, what to do when you're career ends? a boxer is now using his skills with the brush is to stay involved in the sport and heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is sport and heavyweight champion anthony joshua is amongst sport and heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is amongst his fans. we went to meet him before saturday's fight. it probably started with doing pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it hasjust grew pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it has just grew and pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it hasjust grew and grew and grew. my and grew. my name is pat killian, i am best known for painting boxers. welcome to my studio. it has happened if y

having sold and tokyo having -- seoul and tokyo having this spat makes life very hard for makes things difficult in china especially when we have all of these tariffs from the u.s. in place. rishaad: china is stepping into the breach. these are two american allies in a way. perhaps this is another sign that the u.s. is turning its back on foreign affairs in some regard. >> beijing definitely sees itself as playing an influential role in this region. i'm not sure that the u.s. has totally given up on that just yet. the u.s. still has a significant military presence in the world. largesttill one of the trading partners for all three of these regions. washington is still going to exert a big influence. calculation is getting back -- bigger by the day. us an idea of the view from south korea. this disagreement with japan is one which goes back decades right from the second world war and the use of so-called comfort women from korea by japanese soldiers. >> this is actually where the trade spat with korea and japan started. with them asking japanese governments to compensate for the forced

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, our correspondent, quentin sommerville, is in beirut now. quentin, what are the authorities there saying about all of this? they are saying very little. as you heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, heard in rupert's report, he arrived by privatejet, on heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, on sunday evening. carlos ghosn was born in brazil but is of lebanese heritage and is one of lebanon's favourite sons. he's extremely well regarded in this country, to such an extent that they even issued a postage stamp with his face on it. he owns one of the big vineyards in the country. he is a super well connected to the political elite here in lebanon. he has many high ranking friends who will doubtless offer him protection. so lebanon will hold on very tightly, despite the factjapan gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid of this country, lebanon will hold on very tightly to carlos ghosn. all the while, while he has been locked up injapan, there has bee

and rush banned from the olympics in tokyo this summerer and the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. that decision handed down by the agency.anti-doping alsoso, two major trials over so-called ill acquired goods. one of them involved the u uncle of syrian leader bashar al-assad . who b brought big bird to life has didied. more on the legacy of "sesame puppeteerer carol spinney after headlines. rroll spinney. is president of ukraine talking with the leaders of russia. this will be thehe first time tt volodymymyr zelensky wilill setn with the russian president face-to-face. critics though are worried t the ukrainian preresident w will sel out ththe disputed area of don basque in exchange for a settlement. bilateral meetings will get underway about two hours from now. what can you tell us? absolutely. there will be bilateral meetings between them out -- emmanuel macron, vladimir putin, and zelinski. four will be meetings with heads of state and then there will be a press conscience that is scheduled at 7:00. we are being told that the meetings will take as long as .hey need to take they

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. andrew walker. it certainly was unexpected and the reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a privatejet reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a private jet coming from turkey and got into the country using a french passport despite the fa ct using a french passport despite the fact his lawyer injapan body had all fact his lawyer injapan body had aler fact his lawyer injapan body had all mr ghosn passports. is a possibility if you international traveller —like ears you may have another one to travel. he has an lebanese identity card the lebanon government position as he is very welcome. the senses he has got very strong support within the establishment of lebanon. i remember when he was head of the car company one point he wanted to be interviewed for hard talk and the interviewed for hard talk and the interview didn't get done but he wa nted interview didn't get done but he wanted it done there. i think it will be very difficult for him to resume any major career in the international m

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. thousands of mixed—sex couples in england and wales are expected to enter into civil partnerships from today. it comes after a long battle against a law that had previously only permitted same—sex couples to become civil partners. daniela relph's report contains flash photography. cheering. finally, civil partners. something they had always wanted, but until today, had been legally impossible. rebecca steinfeld, charles keidan, and their two young daughters, mark the occasion at chelsea registry office in london. i love you. this wasn't a wedding. they didn't even call it a ceremony. it was the registration of a civil partnership. giving the family the legal and financial protection that a marriage provides. there are lots of reasons why people don't want to get married. they might have had a previous bad experience of marriage, their own parents marriage, they might have feminist objections like we do. and we feel thrilled and honoured that we have opened up the institution of ci

tokyo. next, drugmaker astrazeneca told us about their future plans in china. this is bloomberg. ♪ na. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is daybreak asia. m shery ahn in new york. paul: and i am paul allen in sydney. let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. a chinese restaurant chain has attracted 4 cornerstone investors including blackrock for its ipo in hong kong. the company of its more than 300 restaurants in 39 cities across china according to a prospectus filed with the stock exchange. shery: mitsubishi ufj says it will -- unemployment charge of $4 billion in the current quarter for its controlling stake in an indonesian bank. it has been looming over the company ever since the completion of its takeover in april. that triggered a sharp retreat in h-shares after they were removed from msci indices. paul: commerzbank is in advance to buy an activist fund stake in its online bank. it could announce an agreement to purchase petrus advisor's 7.5% stake in coming w

still to come: talking pictures, tutankhamen and tokyo. we look ahead to 2020's cultural highlights. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic! that's better! big ben strikes the hour this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the former head of renault— nissan, carlos ghosn, has fled japan, where he was awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. in a statement, mr ghosn confirmed that he was now in lebanon. blazes continue to rage across australia. weather conditions, already described as catastrophic, are exp

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. we can speak to a former nissan executive who knows carlos ghosn well. she's carla bailo, president and ceo of the center for automotive research whojoins me from michigan. great to have you with us. you know him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon?” him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon? i think the whole case surprises me, from the very beginning, from the arrest through the amount of entering men in jail through the amount of entering men injailand now the through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. through the amount of entering men injail and now the escape. and through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. and the whole thing is a surprise. and unexpected event that happened in the automotive industry this year and all the countries that had supported him throughout the entire time has been lebanon. the people had supported him the government has come out and supported him sale of all the places to return

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. taiwan's foreign minister tells the bbc the free world should stand with the island democracy — in the face of growing pressure from china. and anger in ukraine — protesters say new land reform proposals will benefit oligarchs and foreign investors. president trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6—page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on american democracy". on the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, he's claimed he's been denied his most fundamental rights — even though he's turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. in his letter to the house majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are "completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination" and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is "nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempt

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. here, the national living wage is set to rise by more than four times the rate of inflation. the increase takes hourly pay for people over the age of 25 to £8.72 from april. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. it's been promoted by the new government as the biggest cash increase ever for those on the lowest pay, an extra £930 a year, if they're full—time. for the employers that have to pay it, though, their income isn't going up anything like as fast. many low—paying industries like restaurants and hotels don't dare raise their prices to cover the extra costs for fear of losing customers. the chancellor set out a plan for raising the wage to 66% of average earnings, or about £10.50 by 202a. i think politicians need to understand that that kind of rise doesn't come for free and they'll need to be looking at the kind of supportive policies around that that will help businesses. in the past decade, boosting wages for the lowest paid has reduced income inequality, the

s a successful businessman and is a symbol of their country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. from like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know i and many people with money. goans main lawyer says he heard about his client's flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk that go on would run away. completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to make contact with him. to skate to lebanon as the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention center. here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. the automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of $85000000.00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the japanese justice system was quote re