takeda was vice chair of the tokyo organizing games. takahashi haruyuki became a member of the committee's board during that time. prosecutors have already arrested and indicted takahashi is bribery charges. they say he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from clothing retailer aoki holdings in exchange for helping it become a sponsor of the games. prosecutors suspect takahashi also took money from the publishing firm kadokawa. the sources say prosecutors asked takeda how takahashi became a board member and how much authority he had on the organizing committee. takeda told nhk through his lawyer that he cannot comment on the matter. >>> japan's government has been ordered to pay damages over the death of a man from cameroon at an immigration center. it happened in 2014 while he was being detained. the mito district court ordered the government to pay about $11,000 to the man's mother. the 43-year-old died while being held for ignoring an order to leave japan. it happened at the higashi-nihon immigration center ibaraki prefecture n

as governor of tokyo i would say it would be tomorrow. >> tokyo has a lot of goals, different types of goals, another is to reach net zero by 2050 and becoming the center of green finance. we are still behind places like in europe. what are your thoughts on the problems of greenwashing, and what do we need to do in order to increase japan's presence in the esg green world but in a meaningful way? >> the company should of keeping a good environment and sustainable supply chain with good views of finance is very important. right after i was elected as governor of tokyo, i decided to start issuing agreed-upon's -- g reen bonds. it was so welcomed by the market and we sell the green bonds consistently. >> [laughter] >> we are more than ranking in government. [laughter] the system was we could not exceed the government ratings but we are double or triple the rating. and that is very important. as i told you the 2000 u.s. dollar asset is sweeping. why don't we move our assets to work on making a sustainable society? green bonds by the tokyo government and the esg bond with the issuance licen

i'm so happy. >> the target opened in tokyo in march. it has 500 machines. such spaces have been spreading quickly. often taking over real estate once occupied by clothing stores or restaurants. this operator has nine ar kadz before the pandemic. now it has more than 60. >> the novelty items are designed to appeal to grownups with a pension for collecting. >> i got a miniature train driver's console. ready to depart. it makes me feel as if i'm traveling. >> translator: you think capsule toys are a form of leisure that people can enjoy every day, in their neighborhood, affordable price ands quickly. >> some firms are impressed by the marketing potential of the small naovelty items. >> translator: this capsule toy contains our plastic bag. >> people posting on social media love the novelty of the real size plas tuck bag emerging out of a tiny dispenser. >> some people first discovered our actual products through the capsule toys. we're surprised at the effects. >> reporter: the town in northern japan is using the items in a bid to revive the pandemic hit econo

he let the committee organizing the tokyo games. the prosecutors have arrested and indicted a former executive of the organizing committee. they say he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from clothing retailers. they do suspect he also took money from publishing companies. both companies ended up sponsoring the games. investigators reportedly asked, what kind of authority he had, and about the sponsorship decision-making process? his lawyer declined to comment, saying it could affect the investigation. >>> in other news, russia handed over the bodies of three people that were aboard a tour boat that sank off of japan. three people were on the boat when it went overboard. 15 have been confirmed dead. 11 remain unaccounted for. russian authorities recovered two bodies from the coast in may. this is one of four russian held islands that japan claims. the third body was found in june on the shore of a southern island. the dna tests conducted in russia indicate the bodies belong to three people from the tour boat. i japa

it's going to be cooler later next week in the tokyo area. however, it's going to be hot during the weekend, especially you could experience the hottest october on record saturday. tokyo, on sunday, it will be 30 degrees. same goes for tuesday. and it's going to be much cooler later this next week. tropical is passing to the south of japan and will continue to do so. the main island of japan will be seeing drier conditions into next week in many places. now ian made land fall in central hears. southwestern areas of florida i should say it was the fifth strongest hurricane to strike mainland united states since records began. now the system has moved out and it's now located over the water. but it gained its strength. now it expected to make another land fall in south carolina on friday afternoon local time. so we have a hurricane warning in place along the entire coast of south carolina. and then after that, it's going to move up towards the north affecting north carolina as well as virginia into the weekend. very strong winds are expected to

and for tokyo, it could approach the tokyo area on saturday night. however, the peak of the stormy conditions will be tonight. this is a minimal tropical storm bringing a lot of heavy rainfall because it has a lot of moisture in it. an additional 250 millimeters rain is likely in the region which is not great. flooding and the region may see additional 150 millimeters. be careful of the flooding. now it's going to be rainy at least into saturday afternoon in the tokyo area. but after that, it's going to be drier. and sunny skies will prevail into the next week and they could see rainy weather continues saturday because of a tropical -- a tropical system. that's it for me. stay safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline". there is much more to come on nhk world japan. so please stay with us. >> welcome to a special edition of "in den am." we're here for memorial day. a time to mourn those who died in world war they captures a quarter of the vai population. museums like this one. it tells the story of okinawa student

his other work, target tokyo. you probably have seen that if you haven't, and you've missed a great book because it was a 2016 pulitzer prize finalist. he also wrote the war below and the attack on liberty, which won the rear admiral samuel eliot morrison award. scott loses his wife, his two children. he's from south carolina. and i'm very glad to have both of them here in mississippi today, because mississippi has a great tradition of aviation as well. gentlemen, thank you so much. and kevin, i guess we'll just go ahead and get started with you. i number one, if you were a fiction writer and you created a character named lucky lucky. i do. i would think it was completely over-the-top. but then if you described lucky in your book, i wouldn't believe it. but he is one of the most unbelievable men in the world. and what's so great about it, he still is because he's he's still with us and he's still driving around dallas right now at 100 years old. but tell everybody a little bit about lucky because lucky is truly th

and i, spring in rama drive is in tokyo, so how things picking up there. now, rob it is a day of commemoration, but also a day of protest as we are just observing now this state funeral finally, getting on the way we've just seen since obvious remains being carried by his wife, a kia arriving at the venue and then being led into this hole by the current prime minister from your sheet as this event gets under way there are set to be well over 4000 people attending this state funeral, but it is highly controversial. in fact, the public broadcast h k here has just produced an opinion poll sewing apparently 57 percent of people are against staging this state fuel only 32 percent are in favor that have been some protests, a prior to today's event. there are protest taking place as we speak. there will be another protest later on today, tuesday, outside the japanese parliament, just about the cost of this, but also about the controversial figure options of a himself. whether he should be honored in this way. i've also sent to the fascination there have been vari

>>> hello, welcome to return to in tokyo. we begin in ukraine. a team of nuclear experts is making its way to one of the largest nuclear plants in europe and dodging the front lines. fighting near the nuclear plant is raising fears of a possible nuclear disaster. >> we have a very important mission to accomplish. we will start immediately. we will have an assessment of the security and safety situation at the plant. >> the leader of the team will spend a few days checking on the condition of the facility and its workers. he hopes to establish a continued presence at the plant. both sides of the conflict agreed to the inspection and the route taken. ukrainian governor said russian forces shelled it. the news agency said the group was delayed for hours before the leader pushed ukrainian military officials to let them proceed. ukraine's state nuclear power company says a fresh round of shelling near the plant forced it to shut down on one of two power operating units. russian defense ministry claims ukrainian forces, and a foiled attempt to capture

>> tokyo is under a flood advisory for today, we are getting heavy rain off and on tokyo this morning. it made the morning commute far more difficult. people that were overseas for the holiday, or traveling within japan it slowed things down. flights were called off in many parts of the country. it was a bit of a scramble to get back to tokyo and other parts of japan. because of the way that flights or trains were cut off. >> east asia editor, joining us from tokyo let's get the vonnie quinn with the first word headlines. >> hurricane fiona strengthening as it moves back into atlantic waters after hitting the dominican republic. they say catastrophic and life-threatening flooding continues in puerto rico. it knocked out their entire power grid, the damage done to the island could top $2 billion. a magnitude 7.5 earthquake affecting -- killing one person and propping evacuations. they said that -- prompting evacuations. it was felt just after 1 p.m. in the capital where an annual drill was being held to commemorate big quakes in the same day of 19 75 and 2018. the u.s. will release bar

our business reporter is standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. how rin how are investors taking the decisions from the fed and doj? >> well, both decisions came as no surprise. the fed hiking by 0.75% and the doj not changing the ultra loose policy stance. as the future hukz became more aggressive, the policy divergence became more apparent. the bank of japan has become the only central bank with negative interest rates. the doj along with the european central bank and the swiss national bank had been one of the few with rates below 0 in the last couple of years. however, the ecb pulled the rates into the positive in july. and the smb did the same at its policy meeting that took place right after the doj's on thursday. the boj is now alone with negative interest rates. let's now check on how the tokyo indices closed this thursday, september 22nd. the nikkei declined by .6% ending at 27,153. the broader topix lost .25%. investors sold shares as they worry that the fed's aggressive outlook an rate increases would dampen global growth. >> can you te

the tokyo tribunal began on may the 3rd 1946. by this time, churchill had already delivered his sinews of peace speech that heralded the cold war. and the tokyo tribunal became an arena, prevailed confrontation between the u. s. great britain and the u. s. s. l u s. representatives refused to review the topic of unit 731, and it's detachments despite soviet demands. the whereabouts of the unit 731 leaders are unknown to us. there are no grounds for charging the unit with wall crimes. cold war and there was a stream of documents and data by unit 731 that went to to military bases in the united states to fort dugway in utah and to fort dietrich and maryland, which to this day remains the headquarters for the usaa biological weapons command there will biologists, doctor's medical students, adolescents who had nothing to do with medicine employed at unit 731, about 3600 people in total, including maintenance stuff, but only 12 men faced trial and about asking for still to new others. they can kunal sake of i e d divided by the t did.

here in tokyo, more than 100 iranians that traveled from around japan to have their voices heard. >> translator: i want to tell everyone about amini's death. i am extremely angry. i think that the world must know. >> translator: i watched the news from iran every day. my friends who are living there you are suffering so much. every morning my heart aches for them. >> they tried to reach the front of the iranian embassy but were pushed back by the police. >>> on land we saw lot of reports of heavy rainfall and several tornadoes. people coming out of florida and the satellite imagery of ian. it came on shore wednesday afternoon making land fall in florida's southwest coast. the category 4 storm brought life threatening storm surge and catastrophic winds and rain into places like ft. myers, submerging entirety communities under water. more than 2.5 million residents were told to evacuate ahead of the storm. we saw nearly 200 kilometer per hour wind gusts in many places including punta gorda. this area was battered by hurricane charlie 18 years ago too. we saw more than 360 millimeters o

this is where a japanese man set himself on fire in tokyo. last week. he told police he tried to kill himself in protest against the plan's state. funeral form of prime minister sions. obey. abe's funeral has become a flash point for public anger, over political scandal, and opposition to obey success from the same posse. current prime minister through mucus sheeta. oh, i think ave was a terrible politician. and prime minister to shita said he would listen to the opinions of japanese people who are at home, but he is ignoring opinion. polls did show more than half of the public is against the state funeral. gail. sabrina, abe's assassination in july triggered a series of revelations about the current ruling liberal democratic parties, links to the unification church. a religious movement regarded by some of the cult whose members are often known as moonies. no quarter. oh, i was so shocked to find out how deeply the unification church has been involved in japanese politics. this is very dangerous. i think we should not allow this to be happening for mor

so abby has been held in tokyo mon us to fer seats in a large hall before a giant or creative r b. he was shot and killed on the 8th of july. as he made a campaign speech in the city of norah foreign leaders, including us, vice president, come le harris and indian prime minister in moore, the bar in attendance, current prime minister for me. ok. she said this in his tribute, dirty guy, called lucky guy, critical to all, who could have addicted even in the slightest, that such a day would come up as an abyss, son, you were some one who needed to be kept to life for a long time. so this the point all fig, i was convinced that you would do your best for the next 10, almost like you know, 20 years. yeah. as a compass that showed the future of japan and the world but not all feel that way. protest as opposed to the state funeral, marched on the streets of tokyo ahead of the ceremony. people objected to the rear corner for a number of reasons, including the hefty price tag of a little more than $11000000.00 and the family and his party. the only l d p is tied to a controversial church wh

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and jones been from tokyo professor hall help us understand the protests against mister abe's funeral. i mean, is it mainly to do with the costs engines or links to the unification church, or is there an entrenched opposition to shins or i'll be that we are seeing here? well, it's all of the things you just described in a little bit of each. there has been domestic opposition to our bay since he 1st appeared on the political scene. there at the political left sees him as someone who is engaged in a corrupt actions or is engaged in historical revisionism that is harmful to japan's relations with its allies. and to the truth of teaching history in the country. but there's also people who just don't really understand why millions of dollars are being spent on a lavish funeral. when this isn't really the norm in japan, you talked about historical revisionism. and i think what you might be also referring to is the re interpretation of japan's pacifists constitution that allow japan's self defense forces to potentially fight overseas. for the 1st time since world war 2, and wondering if thi

let's speak now to robert mcbride, who's in tokyo? robert, tell us more about what's expected from the vice president visit. yeah, this is probably comma la harris is probably the most important representative from a g 7 country to take part to attend the state funeral. a part of course from fermi . casita himself, the japanese prime minister, who's been instrumental in making this controversial state funeral happen. harris and we can see that we'll be having a bilateral meeting. i think it emphasizes the importance of the us japan relationship, but also the significance of shins. i've a in forging close to ties across the pacific. he was seen as very much a conservative, a friend of america, boosting not only economic ties, but also diplomatic and military ties, as well as a counter if you will, to the growing influence. for example, of china in this part of the world. so apart from comma, la harris, we are seeing other dignitaries are all arriving in tokyo, monday for the preparation of this funeral. taking place tuesday, including

it is now performed in other much bigger cities, like tokyo, every year. while somejapanese culture and traditions have gone mainstream globally, many businesses and recent start—ups still focus on the domestic industry. its lucrative home market is a blessing and a curse, as companies don't need to expand overseas to become profitable. but if japan wants to move on from relying on its past glory and catch up with its rivals, they too need to step out of their comfort zone. hello. as we turn the weather page from summer to autumn, it looks like nature is taking its cue as well. big changes this weekend. there could be a bit of thundery rain around across much of the uk — not everyone will see it — and potentialfor some strong winds as well. the weather charts really scream autumn — area of low pressure which will develop. around that, bands of heavy and thundery rain and potentially little smaller areas of low pressure within it, which could bring bouts of even stronger winds. complete contrast to what we've got out there tonight, into the morning.

that's right at the start of a long day of commemoration here in tokyo, the highlight obviously will be this state funeral. it is very rarely given to a prime minister. in fact, you have to go back to 1967 to find the last occasion that it did occur. but this is the public part of the day. obviously during the stay funeral, we will see the big the trees gathered from around the world. but this is the japanese publics a chance to pay their respects. and if i can stand back and give you a look at where people are heading that going up the road towards the venue, whether you will take place to leave their floor or tribute that the lines around here are quite incredible. thousands of people have turned out nathan around different blocks, around this part of tokyo, all of them coming to pay their respects, deliver flowers, and they tend to be the majority of them. possibly all the japanese people, more conservative leading but you talk to the people here and they do tell you pretty much the same thing that they have a great respect and fun. this will be that session of a they say, and the

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exclusively to the bbc about how his fear of failure almost forced him out of the sport after last year's tokyo games. and, meet the parky blinders — who are using the power of boxing to help improve the lives of people with parkinson's. good afternoon. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better—off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng's package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny — moves the government says will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest — who pay the most tax — will benefit most from a cut. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it's an all—out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini—budget that's signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help, yes, to a degree,

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college ushioda fellow of the university of tokyo, affiliated with tokyo university's graduate school of public policy. ambassador morgan was the british ambassador to the dprk from december 2015 to december 2018. he was british consul general in guangzhou from 2010 to 2014 and director of trade and investment at the british embassy in beijing from 2007 to 2010. prior to that, he was counselor for trade policy and director of inward investment at the british embassy in tokyo from 2002 to 2006, following a year during which he was on loan to the japanese ministry of international trade and industry from 2001 to 2002. he started working the british government service at the department of trade and industry in 1985. he was regional security expert and coordinator of the u.n. resolution 1874 panel of experts on dprk sanctions from 2019 to 2021. from 1985 he was,--from 1983 to 1983 he was a lecturer at gakushuin university in tokyo. he is a graduate of cambridge university. absolute pleasure. i turn it over to for opening remarks. amb. morgan: thank you very much, and thanks also to keep f

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. >>> now just hours ago japan held a state funeral for shinzo abe in tokyo. he died in july after being shot during a campaign speech. dozens of world leaders were on the guest list of some 4300 people including u.s. vice president kamala harris. they marched in the speech of tokyo for the use of $12 million to bank roll this memorial. cnn's will ripley has more from taipei. we want to go to tokyo where we're standing by watching all of these events. blake, this was supposed to be a solemn event. it definitely was inside but outside much more contentious. >> reporter: yeah, paula. a little chaotic would be a good way to describe the scene outside of the arena. shinzo abe, of course, a politician who had a unique set of skills to forge close relationships with other foreign leaders which is why 700 foreign dignitaries are here in japan to honor abe's legacy which is now over, has been extremely controversial. we've seen it play out throughout the day as protesters for and against the state funeral have made their presence felt. of course, inside japan's famous

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>> as the governor of tokyo, i would hope that would be tomorrow. david: the yen is the worst performing last five days or so. they said they are watching this closely. have a look at the asian dollar index. the worst going back to the asian financial crisis 25 years now. rishaad: there are two currencies of against the dollar. can you guess what they are? you since the relentless push against the greenback, and it brings us to the question of the day. relentless rise of the dollar itself. >> we have done some work around what has driven the dollar. basically hire u.s. rates, lower equities, higher energy prices. i think to ask the question around can the dollar peak any time soon, are any of these factors reversing? i do think by this time we get to year end, you could see a bit of an inflection. i think when the fed funds rate is about 3.5%, they might shift from inflation autopilot to data dependence, which i think would mark weakness in the dollar, but we are not there yet. yvonne: is the energy crisis driving moves in the dollar more? >> sure.

and so let of tokyo open up next. this is bloomberg. -- soul and tokyo open up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is daybreak asia and we are counting down to the major markets open. gas prices continue to spike. we are waiting for the u.s. session to resume after the labor day holiday. opec-plus output cut. >> an important day in australia. the reserve bank of australia to increase rates and hike by another 50 basis point. we'll probably impact the housing market but equities seem to be holding really well despite the turmoil. yvonne: and we have a deal with rem and be. -- remember the -- renminbi. here is how the tokyo open a set up. slightly higher. some stabilization. but things slowing down. dollar-yen still at 140 .42. some dollar strength this morning. one futures are putting much flat. brent crude was opening in the lower end of things. wti did touch $90 on the back of the opec-plus deal. we are watching korea and the supertype that hit south korea has exited but the damage is done. there are disruptions they are today. posco down 1%. the kospi a little high

but not all feel that way. protest as opposed to the state funeral march on the streets of tokyo ahead of the ceremony. people objected to the rare wonder for a number of reasons, including the hefty price tag of a little more than $11000000.00 and the obvious family and his party, the really is the piece, ties to a controversial church. all the unification. church of is a lead assassin told police he killed, i'll be because of those things. so let's get more context on this from jeffrey hall. he's a special lecturer in japanese studies, a condo university of international studies, and joins me now from talk. your professor hall help us understand the protests against mister abbey's funeral. i mean, is it mainly to do with the costs and sions are abby's links to the unification church, or is there an entrenched opposition to shins or alby that we are seeing here? well, it's all of the things you just described in a little bit of each. there has been domestic opposition to our bay since he 1st appeared on the political scene. there the political left sees him as someone who is engaged i

here in tokyo have been a few protest already staged ahead of the day of the funeral itself. there are 2 more protest taking place on this day. people initially were largely in favor of giving the honor of a state funeral. but gradually, opinion has turned against it partly because of the cost, but also because of the device if nature of shins or politics. if i stand back and we have a look at some of the panels here, a lot of them talk about no to constitutional change. no to war, should be, is regarded by many on the left of politics here, of having steer japan away from. it's the traditional role of pacifism, of, of trying to change and amend the constitution of sending, allowing japan to deploy troops abroad. and so in which all has echoes of the last centuries, militarism which is a very troubling for many people here. so we do have protest probably protest numbering in the 100, just a few kilometers from here though. literally thousands of people have turned out to give that floor real tributes along lines making around the blocks close to the venue of the stake. funera

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cnn's blake esk joins us from tokyo. it's been shocking to see such an act of political violence and now a state funeral has galvanized no many against the government. tell us more. >> paula, when it comes to the celebration for a man who was equally revered and criticized here in japan, i can tell you that for many different reasons including the cost, abe's connection to it controversial unification church, and the decision making process behind holding tomorrow's state funeral, that this remains a very divided nation. that being said about 4,300 people are expected to attend the event including roughly 700 foreign dignitaries, among them several heads of state and as you mentioned that includes u.s. vice president kamala harris who arrived in tokyo just within the last hour. now, while the government says tomorrow's state funeral is meant to honor japan's longest serving prime minister, simply hosting tomorrow's event has instead created controversy. across japan, the feeling of shock, sadness and disbelief continues

robert bryan reports from tokyo, just a warning. the props report contains flash photography. ah, the remains of shinto bay were carried into the venue by his widow, accompanied by the current prime minister to me. o casita, whose decision it was to go ahead with this controversial state funeral. more than $4000.00 guests, including many dignitaries and world leaders, they heard casita the tribute to his friend and mental prime minister ave ret. well, after all that you have done for our nation, and thank you, most sincerely, may you rest in eternal peace. ave served as prime minister twice coming to power a 2nd time. as japan was recovering from the 2011 earthquake concern army. and that was really the spirit that prime minister did bring to japanese politics after the fukushima disaster. yes, japan has got what he takes to be a global contender. he was credited with making japan more assertive internationally. but his critics accuse him of moving the country away from a traditional pass of pacifism. many people have been protesting against this event . they've been an goodby

campaigning was taking some live pictures coming in from there. others have taken to the streets of tokyo to protest the funeral is controversial in part due to the cost. the government says it's spending many $12000000.00 on the venue security, transportation, and accommodations. again. although it was also one of the most divisive leaders and japanese history of mcbride, this will follow the protest as the tokyo people initially were largely in favor of giving sions. bay, add the honor of a state funeral. but gradually, the opinion has turned against it. partly because of the cost, but also because of the divisive nature of shins. so obvious politics. if i stand back and we have a look at some of the banners here, a lot of them talk about no to constitutional change, no to war change. abi is regarded by many on the left of politics here of having steered japan away from it's the traditional role of pacifism of, of trying to change and amend the constitution of sending, allowing japan to deploy troops abroad and so on, which all has echoes of the last centuries, militarism which is a ver

it happened in the original 1964 olympics in tokyo. i think that's something we're going to see all the way from the level of the olympic games through college and down into youth sports. maybe the sports we once thought of as summer sports have to become wintertime sports. playing baseball and football in the winter. heck. that might be the only time it's safe for the athletes to be on the field as the temperatures continue to get hotter. >> you can watch more of chase's climate change stories on nbc lx. just head to lx.com. you can also lx on xfinity

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