i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching, and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. eight japanese companies have teamed up. their ultimate goal is to domestically produce two nano meter chips five years from now. a task foundry makers have yet to achieve anywhere in the world. >> translator: we are 10, 20 years behind when it comes to developing advanced semiconductors. this is our last chance to use our country's manufacturing advantage to make a contribution to the world. >> the consortium includes toyota motor, sony group, and telecom giant ntt. it plans to set up a company called rapidas to developed a advanced chips. these are essential components for technologies such as self-driving vehicles, super computers, and so-called smart cities. chipmakers around the world are striving to create designs for better performance. taiwan-based tsmc aims to commercialize 2 nano meter chips by 2025. japan used to control half the world's semiconductor supply at its peak in 198

we start with tokyo. female leaders from africa will come to japan's capital for the first asia-pacific and africa women's economic exchange summit. the meeting kicks off on monday and continues until thursday. participants include uganda's first female prime minister and the first ladies of other nations. they will discuss ways to secure stable supplies of clean water and food. food insecurity in the region has been aggravated by devastating droughts, a plague of locusts that devoured crops, and the war in ukraine. also on wednesday, the japanese finance ministry will report its cost of foreign exchange intervention in the latest month. the country used a record $45 billion to tame the yen's fall last month. this is in addition to about $20 billion in september. the government has stepped into the currency market several times without officially announcing the moves. market analysts will be paying attention to the latest figure to determine whether intervention took place during the past month. china wil

i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. myanmar's military says it will release an imprisoned japanese journalist. kubota toru was facing a ten-year sentence for incitement and violating a telecommunications law. a military court found him guilty last month. he had been detained by security authorities in yangon for filming tourists against the junta. the junta has arrested more than 16,000 people since seizing power as part of a violent crackdown on dissent. state-run media now say thousands of prisoners are set to go free on myanmar national day. japan's chief cabinet secretary said on thursday afternoon, kubota is set to come back to japan as early as friday and is in good health. >> translator: the japanese government, including the ambassador to myanmar, has repeatedly and strongly demanded that mr. kubota be released as soon as possible. myanmar explained his release is from a strong request of the japanese government. >> kubota is one of four foreigners receiving amnesty. that includes sean turnell, who was accused o

in tokyo, we have 22 degrees. sapporo could see the first snowfall of the season, overnight sunday into monday and temperatures would drop significantly after the rain or snow. next week, the highs will be in the teens every day here in tokyo. the daytime highs this week will remain in the 20s. sapporo could see single digit highs next week. you might want to prepare thicker coats for next week. meanwhile, we're seeing a hurricane named nicole. nicole made landfall in the bahamas, the first hurricane to do so in three years, and it's now hitting florida. we have video from florida taken on wednesday. in florida, schools, theme parks and airports have been closed with about 2,000 flights being cancelled or suspended. the main concern is gusty winds that could cause power outages. since records began, only two other hurricanes have struck florida in november. in fact, nicole has just made landfall in florida. it's the first november hurricane to strike florida in about 40 years. the system will likely move over flor

"target tokyo", you've probably seen that. it was 2016 pulitzer prize finalist and the war below and the attack here, he's got a wife and two children from south carolina, glad to have them in mississippi today because mississippi has a great tradition of aviation as well. kevin, i guess we'll get started with you. number one if you were a fiction writer and you created a character, lucky luckadoo and if you described lucky in your book, i won't believe it, but he's one of the most unbelievable men and what's great about it, he still is, still with us and still driving around dallas right now 100 years old. but tell everybody a little about lucky. because lucky is the truly the hero of your book and you see the war through his eyes and it's a powerful story. if you made it up in fiction, editor would have cut it out. a tall, lanky 100-year-old man july of last year drove me around dallas for a weekend and i never felt like i was in danger and that says a lot. and the thing about lucky,'s got a unique story in that he was, you

i was interested in coming back to revisit that story and the firebombing in tokyo and from the time we attacked and 42 we don't really come back until 1944, the huge gap was spared, the bombardment that takes place all over europe and germany so i was interested in coming back to look at that again in the air war leads toan europe, so much f when carter's lame began, they bring with them experiences and lessons learned from what lucky goes through in europe so the americans started this strategy of daylight perception bombing, the idea of a modern nation economy, all of these industries, you come in and use precision bombing and knockout oil refineries you can collapse otherod industries and it tumbls down like a "house of cards" and theory but when war breaks out we realize it is the work. it is far more resourceful and creative they can disperse industries and bring in rock goods and occupy countries so we find guys like lucky flying there over and over. what we thought a fast and painless past history is brutal. the british give up and say we're done and we're going to start lear

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

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching, and do stay with us for more. ♪ ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz," i'm gene otani. mitsubishi ufj financial group is planning to buy two subsidiaries of a consumer finance group. one unit is based in the philippines, the other in indonesia. both provide at-based consumer loans. the subsidiaries are part of home credit group based in the netherlands. the acquisition is worth about 600 million euro or roughly $620 million. the japanese mega bank hopes to complete the buyout by june next year. customers of the home credit companies use their ceremonies -- smartphones to take out loans. the app handles applications to final payments. hoping the acquisition will help growing demand from middle crlas consumers. japanese financial firms are increasingly looking to southeast asia ultra low interest rates at home have led to lower profits at their domestic operations. >>> mazda motor has unveiled ambitious plans to accelerate its shift to electric vehicles. the japanese aut

and two, i read target tokyo before i wrote dan lucky i'm a big fan of james. our at the question, when you set up to do a story like blacks know when you look a campaign like that, how do you organize that? for me i'm such a granular find one guy i would love to hear i'm going to write about that campaign had he organize that so it becomes a a narrative? >> i look at a lot like a novelist. you have to have a single story line builds up to a climax. i found that when i wrote my book the war below was a whole submarine campaign is there is not a single climax and i struggled narratively to put that story together. so i learned that lesson you need to find a single mission a single battle a single campaign you can have your build up and drama. and characters are big part of it. history is about people. ordinary people in extraordinary situations. people at curtis lemay thist bootstrapping kid from ohio that figures out how to defeat a nation. that is what you are looking for. those kind of components are what bring history alive. now kevin, been talk about world

in japan, it was quite warm in tokyo, but chilly to the north. snow taking place. and it looks like the high pressure will be moving in and giving the relatively calm pattern. looking at temperatures in the upper teens of tokyo as we go into saturday and sunday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that wraps up this edition of "nhk newsline." thanks for joining us and please stay with us for more. ♪ ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm ramin mellegard. >>> the japanese government says a group of petroleum firms decided to retain a stake in an energy development ferm in russia's far east. moscow placed management of the natural gas project under a new entity in october. japanese oil and gas devepment appr for theecisio atn sharehders meetingnfriday foreig shareholders were told they had to submit notices to the russian government within a month if they want to restain stakes in the new firm. japan considers them as crucial to the energy security as the country lies on abo %f crude o on imports from the middle east. industry mi

as a guarantor, power for south korea would supper massively in the eyes of the world. flew in tokyo, the government urges the u. s. treasury to hurry a large rescue packages to be put together in which many participate. korea has already agreed to many of the i m. s. conditions everything seems ready for the deal. when finally the i m f director also flies to soul. everyone expects the korean rescue package to be ratified. but honda sou, surprisingly demands further concessions. he demands that the interest rate on loans be raised to 25 percent in order to attract foreign capital. the korean finance minister replies that many companies would go bankrupt as a result and the economy would collapse. and that is why no foreign financier would invest. but call to su, insists on pushing through his demand. now in london, money, savit, careers, stock market fail. 49 percent. hi this value. and that's not the worst. the exchange rate in chain corinne wong and your us dollars dropped 65.9 percent. however you co high the depreciation, the courtesy and the drop in the stock market index. you k

ah, split it being turned to korea ah, in tokyo's government district, staff at the finance ministry are putting in long hours discussing how to avert the looming recession. the ins strategy for thailand and indonesia are considered wrong . both countries need new and long term loans to reform their economies without bankrupting many of the countries, companies and banks. you don't increase the capacity to grow to repay debt by causing a depression, which is what the i m f did. there were very clear alternatives. and i laid out very clearly why the high interest rates, tight monetary policy and austerity, predictably, would make things worse. and then the japanese government develops a plan to set up an asian monetary fund. this is to be in doubt with $100000000000.00 us dollars. this large sum would on the one hand com, the international financial markets and at the same time, make large loans available to the effected countries. japan as soliciting the support and participation of the governments of singapore, china and korea in particular deals until in november, 1997, not interna

we had a tokyo inflation data in the picture. we saw it accelerating to its highest pace in 40 years. bloomberg economics said it could be weighing on the back drop into 2023. paul, you mentioned that the be ok interview. -- the bo interviewk. for the korean won this morning, more gains. this is down to expectations of what the fed will do and where the bok ends up. the bank of korea governor told us earlier the terminal rate may reach 3.5%. paul: you mentioned that the bank of korea governor is singling -- signaling the end could be near for the country's unprecedented streak of possibly see -- policy tightening. we had an exclusive earlier between the governor and kathleen hays as he discusses the global push to curb inflation. >> there are several factors. first, the decision of the fomc in december. also, how oil prices will change after the price ceiling. then, how chinese covid will evolve. domestically, we see progress of the unfortunate and unnecessary credit crunch in our short-term money market. considering all of these

triggered air raid alarms of south korea's east coast. -- in tokyo with the latest. bring us up to speed. where is tokyo right now in all this. what is the tensions in the regions right at the moment? >> john, i think tokyo in the rest of the region are still trying to figure out exactly what happened this morning. what kind of missiles were fired, the reality here is what we're seeing from north korea's unprecedented, earlier this morning south korea's military said pyongyang fired another three ballistic missiles. with a government sourcing one of them could've been an international, intercontinental ballistic missile that's believed to have failed. the u.s. and south korea condemned the latest launch, calling it a serious provocation, the most recent launch comes just one day after north korea fired a record 23 missiles in a single day, a combination of short-range ballistic missiles and surface to air missiles along with 100 artillery shells. that fell into the waters around the korean peninsula. today, marks the 30th time this year that north korea has launched

tokyo near 20 as we go through the weekend. keeping an eye on the system that is trying to get itself together. that's something we will look forward in time. going to see rain ramping up as we go through the first parts of the southern areas of india. a quick trip to doha where we have the world cup picking up on sunday. looking at the forecast, highs in the upper 20s and staying dry for a couple of days. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> and that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard. xxxx ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm ramin mellegard. people in japan are feeling the pinch even more. the consumer price index rose last month by a margin not seen in four decades. the internal affairs ministry says the cpi excluding fresh food climbed 3.6% in october from a year earlier. the last time the index spiked by 3.6% was in february 1982. that was when the impact of this second oil shock was lingering in japan. now, soaring energy pric

what was going on in tokyo? {iii was going on in tokyo? of course people were watching. there weren't as many public viewing events as their work for the russia world cup four years ago, that is because of covid and a late kick—off times. this match started at 10pm here in tokyo to the footage of fans celebrating in the street is that that should be a scrambled crossing and all the fans leave the bars and converge on this one giant crossing in one of the city's biggest nightlife districts and it's always a sight to see especially when japan win. what are peeple _ especially when japan win. what are peeple saying _ especially when japan win. what are people saying about - especially when japan win. what are people saying about the politics with regard to the world cup because the german team putting their hands over their mouths for their photo on their mouths for their photo on the pitch, making a very poignant point, how is that being interpreted injapan? it's being interpreted very cautiously. japanese media are reporting about these protests this japan squad as havi

and will there be blow back against tokyo because of that destination in japan? is that an destiny celine project included in was an empty or so for japan to diversify its energy sources. and japan is heavily dependent on oil import from the middle east and rochelle as an additional source. her option for japan, especially after that with shima, a crisis and so at the stake is quite high and for japan and to remain in russia or however, as he pointed out, or if the straight and continues, i think japan might be increasingly under pressure from it's based on allies or how to deal with russia, or how do you think tokyo will deal with that will be say, japan citizens 1st or will there be a particular sticking point? but for sure, the japanese citizens comes 1st and there it's a it o gill. it on it's, it's allies that you know, the lifeline of people into and so the bands on in energy input more than 90 percent of energy inputs are out in japan, relies on energy inputs are more than 90 percent. so, but, you know, having said that, again, russia is one of the option a

think futon, late november 1997 in tokyo's government district. the japanese government knows that large amounts of money are needed to quickly save korea from default and massive economic collapse. it urges the u. s. treasury department in particular to act quickly and decisively career was a tense, largest economy in the world, and that time as it is today, it had only 8 point. $9000000000.00 is reserves not to long on the reserves or last the government. only a few vase president clinton personally made a phone call to president kian some that the south korea is on the financial crisis . the u. s. president intervenes, making it clear that korea is of a different caliber than thailand or indonesia, economically and above all geopolitically. it's the bastion of the west against north korea and china. korea successfully competes on the world market important key industries such as electronics, car production, and shipyards. it's major companies like thailand had borrowed heavily abroad in dollars when the exchange rate for thailand's currency, th

but he�*s reportedly been living in tokyo for almost six months. let�*s cross over live to our asia business hub andjoin mariko 0i. mariko, tell us more. what has he been up to? a huge surrise, what has he been up to? a huge surprise, since _ what has he been up to? a huge surprise, since disappearing - surprise, since disappearing from public life two years ago there have been so many rumours about his whereabouts. he vanished for three months at the end of 2020, and then in may of this year and arrest of another man named ma caused shares in micro beautiful sharply, but he has kept a low profile until now, being seen in the netherlands and spain and according to the financial times he�*s been living injapan with his family, spending time in tokyo and in ski resorts and in tokyo and in ski resorts and in the countryside. i would love to be able to say that i spotted him or that i have got proof, but i have not been able to verify this. he brought his personal chef and security with him so he can keep his public activities generally.— him so

heading into the lunch break in tokyo. tokyo.- [announcer] imagine plen having fuller, thicker, more voluminous hair instantly. all it takes is just one session at hairclub. introducing xtrands. xtrands adds hundreds or even thousands of hair strands to your existing hair at the root. they're personalized to match your own natural hair color and texture, so they'll blend right in for a natural, effortless look. call in the next five minutes and when you buy 500 strands, you get 500 strands free. call right now. (upbeat music) david: there we go. the inflation picture in tokyo, which i guess in some ways is really a leading indicator of nationwide trends in japan as we head into the lunch break there. core prices are basically at the highest level even if you strip out things like fresh fruit, which i guess is a lot of things because that gets us into things like sushi. that said, 31 year high as far as that is concerned. speaking of the japanese yen, we have seen quite a noticeable retracement in dollar-yen. i think we are

we're about 60 in tokyo, that's dropped 4 degrees, been friday and saturday, and the rain legacy in the south. china is not very obvious. probably tie one's going to be west. i would think in the next day or so. i would that ne monsoon across the bay a bang go. it tends to get wet in towel now to caroline's for lunch and like a lot of rain couple of days ago with that rain is easing. now most of india, pakistan back listen to paula drive and i went, but there is a wintry looking weather coming in as a, as the stands really out of eastern europe that's dropped. how much is hugely cause i've got to stay with snow in the north here and eventually in pakistan to with sponsored by cats on a ways. why do people tell stories and take risks to share their experiences? from every corner below, binding us together and inspiring us to expand our realities? why? because they most ah, award winning voices telling groundbreaking stories. with these on al jazeera lou, the hello you, what you know, just 0. i'm emily angling. he's a reminder about top stories. if alan, from pakistani prime minister run

here in tokyo, the flagship store of a major manufacturer. they are 500 types. most of them would normally be sold to restaurants. >> translator: restaurants were closed and sales were down 70% to 80%. the situation was dire. we have been going through a process of trial and err to figure out how to bring sales back. >> the company trying to revuf sales by vishifting the target from restaurants to individuals. this retailer has an app that uses ai to create a game like experience that helps customers find a product to their liking from the many options. after trying 12 different rules, users sipped five or more and ordered from more than 60 used to describe personality. examples include big-hearted, someone who gets easily excited and wild. the app says can give you among 16 possibilities. this includes peace-loving drinker with wide-ranging taste and individualistic drinker with connoisseur taste. you can then see what kind ofs of sake others of the same type are drinking. >> translator: i always tend to drink the same type. so i want to try something else that

warmer breeze means a higher 21 degrees in tokyo on thursday. that's it for me. i'll catch you later. >> al jazeera world peers into the murky world of state-sponsored spyware, and the discovery -- discovery by al jazeera journalists that technology had hacked their smartphones. is this the new frontier of espionage? >> think about the sophistication, this is as good as it gets. >> the spy in your phone, on al jazeera. ♪ >> hello again, a reminder of our top stories this hour. at least six people have been killed in russian airstrikes in ukraine. russia targeted critical infrastructure in much of the country without power or water. neighboring moldova also lost power for several hours. an explosion a bus station in west russo has killed at least one person and injured several others. a second explosion two kilometers away killed three people. police say it was a coordinated attack. rescue teams are struggling to overcome poor weather conditions after an earthquake struck indonesia on monday. officials say at least 271 died in the magnitude 5.6 quake. the europe

sheerjoy in tokyo afterjapan beat one of the pre—tournament favourites — germany — in the world cup in qatar. and americans prepare for thanksgiving for one of the biggest traditions in new york. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in ukraine — president zelensky has accused russia of crimes against humanity at a un security council meeting after strikes on key energy infrastructure. there were several explosions in the capital kyiv, after4 an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. the western city of lviv was reported to be without power — it's now been mostly restored. and in the zaporizhzhia region, a newborn baby was killed when a rocket hit a maternity unit. moscow has recently increased its attacks on ukrainian energy networks, but president zelensky said ukrainians would "get through it all and restore it all". our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from kyiv. this is hundreds of miles away from the front line, but here, this battle also costs lives. in a town just outside ky

early part of the 19th century who runs off to the big city of edo, the predecessor city to today's tokyo. this is a tale of migration, the lower of the city, aspirations and the constraints on women's lives and the indefinable inforce of personality. in this year and a half of tragedy and stasis the amber t immersion that this book offers in a different world is iconic. strangers in the shoguns city won the penn prize for biography and the 21 national book critics circle award for biography. it was also a finalist for the pulitzer and for britain's most prestigious nonfiction prize. amy and i will talk for about 20, 25 minutes or so and open for questions . so can we start by talking about what your first encounter with tsuneno was? >> i would like to say that i met tsuneno in some romantic place in the snow country, in some archive or some person's attic but the truth is i met her on the internet . i was in my office at northwestern where i was at the time of an assistant professor planning my first class. on the history of early modern japan between 1618 68 and that is my favorite subj

this was the scene in the streets of tokyo. jubilant fans took to the streets to celebrate after japan beat germany 2-1. let's recap how the match played out. >> another upset, another world cup favorite, four-time world cup champions, germany, beaten 2-1 by japan. they started with a goal, penalty, andme the two goals from japan. beautiful touch, but a large de of criticism for germany's defense on that. maryam: that was the action on the pitch. off the pitch, controversy continues. german players cover their mouths for their team photo before their opening fixture, and a rebuke of fifa's clampdown on wearing rainbow armbands to support gay rights. that is a photo of what they did. another rld cup champion, spain, thrashed costa rica by 7-0 in their opening match. the biggest goal difference in the tournament so far. the 2010 champions produced an impressive performance and were in complete control for most of the match. earlier, there was a goalless draw between croatia and morocco, the third goalless draw of the tournament.

is there one chinese ex-pat that binds tokyo place to stay? has called it home for the last few months? yvonne: we will see more of the list. in terms of markets come out we are waiting for the jay powell speech. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is almost 11:00 a.m. in singapore and shanghai. welcome, i am haslinda amin. rishaad: i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. wednesday's speech from fed chair jay powell, markets anxious for a pivot to the lead up to decembers interest rate decision. traders weighing the outlook with changes to china's covid curbs and india's third-quarter growth said to come below forecast. will it be a tip for the central bank's hawkishness? haslinda: adding 1.5%. traders awaiting the speech from jerome powell. several fed officials adjusting markets are underpricing rate rises. bny mellon suggesting we could see earnings slump 20%. even if we see a shallow recession in the u.s. against that risky backdrop, let's look at benchmarks. gains for new zealand, indonesia and south korea. the nikkei 225 down 0.6%. malaysia ftse's d

so that means a high of 21 degrees in tokyo on thursday. that's it for me. okay, till later. the with sponsored by cats are a ways with one people tell stories and take risk to shoot their experiences. why? because they most award winning voices telling groundbreaking stories with just do a ah, again, you're watching, i just hear a mind of off top stories this out. at least 6 people have been killed in russian air strikes in ukraine. russia targeting critical infrastructure, leaving much of the country without power or water, half of neighboring, moldova also lost power for several hours. an explosion at a bus station in west jerusalem has killed at least one person, an injured several, others. the 2nd explosion, 2 kilometers away in just 3 people, israeli police and say it was a coordinated attack rescue teams in indonesia continued their search operation for a full straight day. after 5.6 magnitude quake killed at least 271 people. official site or weather conditions. a slowing down their efforts. african leaders have declared a hold to hostilities in eastern democratic rep

or so it's spilling into areas of taiwan to and then of course we had that white and windy combo in tokyo, the bulk of that energy pushing out to the northwest pacific got a warmer breeze here as well, so that's going to pop up the temperature in tokyo to 21 degrees on thursday. that's it too soon. ah. in just a year the u. s. government sent thousands of asylum seekers back to hey, if you take to the sea, you will not come to the united states worshipping people back and i don't see the money carrying part in that full lines follows the lives of some of those deported. these people are just trying to have a better lives. no country for haitians on a jesse, what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through here at our 0. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. ah . russian missiles rain down.

not bad on the temperature, so 21 celsius therefore, tokyo good deal cold was he pushed further north into the northeast of china and getting up to one degree there in hobbin wisdom. when she weather for good measure 11 celsius in beijing. wet weather there across some parts of china that re becomes more expansive as we go through thursday that could cause some localized flooding, some lively downpours coming in across taiwan. but of a wintry mix, they noticed just around the far east of russia to pay by their state lottie, find it dry, $17.00 south, to see the sunshine for tokyo, sunshine, and showers across southeast asia. some larvae ones coming back into central southern parts of the philippine good scattering showers across malaysia, indonesia, again, missing some flooding hair recently and some wet weather there for indo china, a little bit of wet weather still in place across southern parts of india over the next day or so to the north that is fine and sunny to with sponsored by cattle anyways. it's time for a memorable holiday with pegasus. it's time for turkey. set sail for n

see the sunshine for tokyo, sunshine, and showers across southeast asia, some lobby ones coming back into central southern parts of the philippine could scattering a showers across malaysia, indonesia, again, me seen some flooding hair recently and some wet weather there for indo china. liberally, wet weather, still in place across southern parts of india over the next day or so. to the north that is fine and sunny. ah. lou ah, watching out is there a time to recap on headlines now? at least 4 people have been killed in ukraine as russia launched. morris strikes, severe live has been left without power. the capital give war to services have been hit to an explosion at the bus station in west jerusalem has killed at least one person, an injured several, others. a 2nd explosion. 2 kilometers away into 3 people. israeli police say it was a joint coordinated attack or whether it's hampering rescue efforts in indonesia most great strong west java problems. on monday, officials say at least $271.00. people died in the magnitude 5.6 quite the u. k. supreme court has ruled against scotland,

the early part of the 19th century that runs off to the big city, the predecessors city to today's tokyo. this is the tale of migration, the lure of the city, aspirations of the constraints on women's lives and the force of personalities. and in this year and a half of tragedy, the emergence that the book authors and a different world is really iconic. it won the 2021 penned prize for biography and the 2021 national book critics circle award for biography. it was also a finalist for the pulitzer and for the most prestigious nonfiction prize. amy and i will talk for about 20, 25 minutes and then we will open up for questions. so, can we start by talking about what your first encounter was? >> i would like to say we met in a romantic place in the snow country and archive and the truth is i met her on the internet. i was in my office at northwestern where i was at the time and assistant professor planning my first class on the history of early japan between 161868 and that is my favorite subject. it's what i specialize in and i was very excited. i was looking around for documents about ever

and if we have a look at the 3 day for tokyo, let's set to arrive on sunday. the temperature dipping down certainly by monday now was move across to south asia. for northern areas of india and pakistan was seen temperatures slightly below the average for this time of year. but it's a lot dry up here. it's down south within the worst of the wet weather for places like tom will not do as well as carol that shall anchor as well. seems some fierce thunderstorms as the wetter weather pulls its way further west from the bay of bengal. some winds blowing along the east coast, but lots of sunshine to be found in the north to with sponsored by cats. are they always a ah ah, watching out here reminds of our top stores its out ukrainian celebrate, has their forces retained the southern city of hassan is the only regional capital that russian troops had captured. russia's retreat is being seen as a major setback on getting people escaping m. 23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. say they have been sexually assaulted and tortured companies. army has been striking

that skill is not reconfirmed by the example in the gunship and the pen which are to tokyo with lots in between. and how very great student here at princeton now professor of history at harvard can join us tonight. her interests overlap with linda's. she's the author also celebrated award prize-winning best-selling book. they are at liberty's xl's in american loyalists in the revolutionary world which one a national book critics award and another award. edge of empire, and joseph conrad and global world. mike copy of the gun, the ship, and the pen just arrived last week but it's abundantly clear throughout this book and between aspiration and achievement. so how is it that constitution are so deeply associated with emancipation and peace in human rights. how is that they have so often produce in tandem with imperialism, with war, with violence. wheat learned very quickly that is not so much a paradox as a problem. linda also reminds us that constitutions don't simply act they narrate and they tell a story about a nation and people. so, here now to pull some of the threads of the many

as with previous tests, tokyo issued an alert to some northern pre fetches. the goodish, they had come ha, i was surprised, but thinking not again soon or twice in uncomfortable and all we might have to think again about going out fishing, which will impact our business. instead, it's thought the message may have failed mid flight landing in the sea, separating the korean peninsula and japan and hold it all. good analysis has indicated a possibility that it would fly over the japanese archipelago. and we see the public notice semester, the development device, c, b m's capable of reaching the continental united states, brought the korean peninsula to the verge of war. in 2017 thursday's law seems to be sending a message to the us ahead of its midterm elections in turn. the us has condemned the test calling for un security council resolutions meant to prohibit north korea as weapons development to be more strictly enforced. on wednesday, north korea launched multiple salvoes of short range missiles in protest at joint ad drills being staged by south korean. and

also finding its way into central taiwan and vigorous system that brought a lot of rain and wind to tokyo, pushing out toward the northwest specific a warm breeze here. so that means a hive 21 degrees in tokyo on thursday that so for me, i'll catch you later to with sponsored by cats. are there ways al jazeera? well, here's into the murky world of state sponsored spyware. and the discovery by al jazeera journalists, that 0 pick technology, the fact that smartphones francisco, is this, the new frontier, espionage think about the sophistication of exports, the breaking performs. this is as good as it gets this high and your phone on al jazeera. ah, the me again, you're watching, i just a reminder of our top stories. at least 6 people have been killed in russian air strikes in your brain. russia targeted critical infrastructure, leaving much of the country without power or war. half of neighboring mal dover was also lost power several rounds, an explosion at a bus station in western luisel and has killed at least one person, an injured several others. second explosion, 2 kilometers white eng

or so it's spilling into areas of taiwan to and then of course we had that white and windy combo in tokyo, the bulk of that energy pushing out to the northwest pacific got a warmer breeze here as well, so let's going to pop up the temperature in tokyo to 21 degrees on thursday. that's it susan. ah, and just the u. u. s. government sent thousands of asylum seekers. buck to hate. if you take to the sea, you will not come to the united states. worship me back and i don't see the money. terry, in part in that full bloods follows the lives of some of those deported. these people are just trying to have a better lives. no country for haitians on a j 0 ah ah, one of the top stories which is 0, russian missile strikes have targeted critical ukrainian infrastructure as far west as new eve, plunging ukrainian cities into darkness as winter sets in. they've been major blackouts in large parts of the country and half of neighboring, moldova lost its power for several hours. a teenage boy has been killed in one of 2 explosions around bus stops in west jerusalem at the height of the morning. rush hour

and if we have a look at the 3 day for tokyo, let's set to arrive on sunday. the temperature dipping down. certainly by monday now was move across the south asia for northern areas of india and pakistan was seen temperatures slightly below the average for this time of year. but it's a lot dry up here. it's down south within the worst of the wet weather for places like tom will now do, as well as carol actual anchor as well seems some fierce thunderstorms as the wetter weather pulls its way further west from the bay of bengal. some winds blowing along the east coast, but lots of sunshine to be found in the north de, with sponsored by cats are they always, the climate has changed every year for millions of years, decades of talk. but little action is all about distract, create confusion to crate, smoke and mirrors. the shocking truth about how the climate debate has been systematically supported. the oil industry was a main bank roller or opposition to contact the campaign against the climate. do you think that's a bad thing more to to a debt which you should th

japanese woman in the early part of 20 century who runs off to the big city the predecessor city to tokyo. this is a tale of migration, the louvers of the city aspirations the constraints on women's lives and the indefinable force of personality and in this and a half of tragedy this book offers something really tectonic. "stranger in sogun's city" when the pen prize price for 2021 national book critics circle award and the finals for the pulitzer and most professional price. amyut and i will talk for 25 or5 minutes and then we'll open it up for questions. can we start by talking about what your first encounter with her was? >> well i would like to say i met her in some romantic place in an archive for some cryptic addict but the truth is i met her on the internet. i was in my office at northwestern where i was at the time an assistant professor in planning my first class on the history of early japan and that's my favorite subject is what i specialize in and i was very excited and i was looking around for documents about everyday life in villages that i could translate and to provide for

interesting then just finally in shoe bu year last night in tokyo, that's their party district. monday night they had a halloween celebration, guess what? there was a much bigger police presence there to make sure that nothing untoward happened. no tragedies would ever happen in tokyo, so the clearly lessons are being loads well, not bride. and so thanks for not rob. cilla has hair on our to sarah. you'll be live in the philippines than more than $100.00. people are dead and hundreds of thousands displays as a tropical storm maggie and trials in iran for hundreds of people arrested during antique government protest. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere, are you ready for the way sponsored my cattle aways, callo we have yet more right in the forecast of the philippines as you go through the next couple days more that in a moment at present, some wet weather, some bluster, weather, some when she weather into the far northeast of china, further south this so little where the front here that just runs back up to was now gay. remember now gay as the storm that passed

we're about 60, in tokyo, that's dropped 4 degrees between friday and saturday. and the rain legacy in the south of china is not very obvious. probably tie one's going to be where to start thinking the next day or so. i with that ne monsoon across the bay of bangor, tense. get what in towel. now do. carolyn sri lanka chan like a lot of rain couple days ago with that rain is easing now most of india pakistan bag. listen to paula drive and i went, but there is a wintry looking weather coming in. as often as the stands really out of eastern europe that's dropped. how much is hugely cross afghans. there was snow in the north here and eventually in northern pakistan to with sponsored by cattle and a ways ah, ah ah mm mm ah, watching or is it a reminder of our top story? is this our former pakistani prime minister in long con is in hospital after being shot at a rally. a gunman fired at a campaign truck carrying him on the eastern punjab province. con was leading a protest much to demand his snap elections. the bank of england has higher interest rates in the u. k. to

she has already refereed at the tokyo 0lympics she has already refereed at the tokyo olympics on the 2019 world cup in france and is now gearing up for the world cup. it's an amazing milestone. she is in _ it's an amazing milestone. she is in a — it's an amazing milestone. she is in a unique position where she — is in a unique position where she is— is in a unique position where she is one _ is in a unique position where she is one of a few people who will be able to go to a senior men's — will be able to go to a senior men's world cup into a senior women's _ men's world cup into a senior women's world cup, it hasn't been — women's world cup, it hasn't been done before. so that speaks _ been done before. so that speaks volumes for brother being — speaks volumes for brother being in— speaks volumes for brother being in africa, it speaks volumes— being in africa, it speaks volumes for the developing of refereeing in africa stop at the expense of taking charge of that again in cameroon will be invaluable.— invaluable. these people will never be happy _ invaluable. thes

spells of sunshine for tokyo. some afternoon showers. what weather continues in india, and makes its way further to the west. >> the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> one scientist intends to take us back to the ice age. he is reintroducing animals into the grasslands. starting with living creatures were planning to resurrect an extinct species. could this approach save our world? witness on al jazeera. anchor: you're watching al jazeera. israel says the united states investigating a journalist is a grave mistake. the and chinese presidents look to improve relationships. ukraine's president has visited the captured. flooding results he says they are moving forward. russia withdrew on friday. from the city, we report. reporter: they are celebrating the russian withdrawal. on monday, they were joined by volodymyr zelenskyy. >> this war. reporter: he received a hero's welcome. >> he showed ukraine has been victorious and a fearless leader. their total range across the river. reporter: the arrival brought admiration. >> i want the whol

on november 1st, rainbow colors covered tokyo's municipal building. as the new law came into force, dozens of people gather to celebrate. as the capital begins issuing partnership certificates to same sex couples who live and work in the megacity. i mean that it's really a touching moment thing. the talk, your government building lit in rainbow colors with all these people. it feels like it's i started a moment. but hurdles still remain in june, a caught in the also co prefecture, ruth, that a ban on same sex marriage is constitutional. in addition, same sex partnerships are still not recognized on a national level. katie and micky, say japan needs to take a big step towards embracing sexual diversity. you know, mccullen, argon bitter minis, styles of her family. the do not while with consist of a mother, a fighter into kits, we should be more flexible when thinking of a family the happy couple through a wedding party in october. now the new partnership program is adding even more positivity to their relationship. but they still hope their devotion to