relations with japan have been frosty. but that may be about to change. >>> and leaders at the latest round of transpacific partnership talks walk away without a deal but agree to further discussions. >>> japanese government officials have shown the surest sign yet that they intend to make nuclear power a key part of japan's future. they've drafted a policy that describes it as an important energy source. nhk world has more. >> translator: we will figure out how much nuclear power we need, and we will secure that amount. >> reporter: the draft document adopted by a group of cabinet ministers, endorses a major change in japan's energy policy. the nuclear accident in fukushima three years ago triggered a nationwide debate over nuclear power. the ruling party at that time promises to phase out nuclear energy within 30 years. shinzo abe's return to power in the december 2012 election changed the situation. the prime minister called elimination from nuclear power irresponsible. the draft energy policy adopted on tuesday says th

joining us on a journey to japan from wild for two years in the scenic wonders a journey to extreme japan. mr maher destination is japan's largest national park licences in the center of hokkaido japan's northernmost main island. central part of my senses and is composed of forty peaks. your liking it's an either or a covered peaks of two thousand meters the vast complex of mountains called the roof of hokkaido. i do. years in stopping seventy kilometers or so. temperatures as low as minus thirty victories and six. does it succeeds. winter he looked in deep snow frozen sea. i did. i know ch ch in snow. all year long except for two and half months from july to mid september. for this fleeting summer the snow melts making it possible to hike the mountains. the gateway to die since the zone is the sole kilgore to six hundred meters. he means wildly or goers. so when fuel was renowned for its otherworldly the students greeted by a low hanging clouds. i know it's early to get the two drugs he's speaking glimpse of who wrote it. chino waterfalls are located in the heart of the gorge. you know t

we're not trying to take disrespect japan or sea of japan. we still going to keep the sea of japan in the textbooks. we just adding east sea. >> reporter: to counter the move, officials with the japanese embassy in washington have spent thousands of dollars, and hired five lobbying experts from a major law firm in december. the lobbyists say they have met all 140 lawmakers. they argued that sea of japan is the only internationally recognized name, and that the bill should not pass. >> -- general assembly as the only state to take this action is breaking the united states policy on the name of the body of the sea of japan. >> reporter: japanese ambassador to the u.s. kenichiro sasae has a face-to-face meeting with governor terry mcauliffe in effort to persuade him not to sign the bill. he also wrote a letter to him. asking that cooperation and the strong economic ties between japan and virginia may be hampered. he said in the letter. he also noted there are around 250 japanese companies that have investment ties with the state. meanwhile, the

in many parts of japan, the level exceeded that. officials in ten prefectures issued advisories for their residents to not go outside unless necessary and to refrain from vigorous outdoor exercise. japan's national institute for environmental studies says seasonal winds from china carried pm 2.5. it accumulated in japan over several days because of the calm weather. he also says sulfur oxide gas from chinese power plants and factories also added to the poor air quality the gas reacted with sunlight creating even more pm 2.5. air pollution is a serious problem in china. the average count of the particle in beijing for the past several days was almost 18 times higher than the world health organization guidelines. hundreds of people living in beijing took to the streets urging authorities to take measures to fix the problem. >> translator: where is the blue sky? it's been a long time since i have seen it. >> reporter: environmental officials say the pollutant levels are likely to rise in the coming months. experts say more cooperation

european firms are eyeing japan's clean energy market. they're showcasing their latest technologies in tokyo, with the increased interest in green energy after the accident at fukushima at the fukushima nuclear power plant. the delegation of the european union to japan organized the event. 38 firms took part. a french company displayed a product used to float solar panels on water. executives from japanese manufacturers and trading houses were among the visitors. the exhibitor of floating solar panels sees japan as the most attractive market in the world. >> european company have a little bit of advance, but that could be easily shared with japanese partner to make a very strong market from japan. but also, to push other asian country, as an example, to invest in this kind of technology. >> the japan external trade organization says more foreign firms are entering the country's renewable energy market. japan has been diversifying its energy sources following the nuclear disaster in 2011. >>> all right. that is going to do it for biz tonig

officials at the japan national tourism organization estimate more than 940,000 visitors came to japan last month. that's up over 40% from the same time a month -- from the same month, beg your pardon, a year ago. they say the rise is due to a surge in the number of travelers from mainland china and hong kong. visitors from south korea also rose for the first time in four months. japan relaxed its visa requi requirements and the country is welcoming more people from southeast asian nations. the number of travelers from overseas in 2013 topped 10 million for the first time. >>> that's all for the business news for this hour. i'll leave you with a look at the region's markets. >>> curators are finding more and more people in japan who appreciate contemporary art, but they have to put each piece in the correct place if they're to put the works in the right light. one of the best is bringing modern art to japan and sharing it with the world. >> reporter: yuko hasegawa is a curator at the museum of contemporary art, tokyo, one of the largest museums in japan. this exhibition was organized t

it's up to japan and the republic of korea. to what history behind them and move the relationship forward. so sporty and maybe in the afternoon shopping washington and seoul have different views on historical issues we didn't want to hear those comments we will make you do want to kill him the amended to end its financial you are. we had onto the road. you he's condoning reconfirmed that washington is taking seriously i love you. that depends historical perspective is regressive. us plans and the mac obama is scheduled to visit sold in april. explore its own policies. people are under more pressure. in the auditorium was a one vehicle color and how to improve ties. you had to go it isn't in a position to say no to him. but you can say yes either considering domestic politics than it did come will be in a tough dilemma. no need to let us know what he feels he can let it out and take steps to improve ties with japan before obama speaks the children of them a miniscule soul. japan's foreign minister says the lack of a summit betwe

even though japan has a huge video game market. in japan. when you think things could be again the famous game consoles come to an end to the major city again this was something that made up of your family. it is maybe why he supports and of course all hear hear. the situation is changing here. recently in tournaments and has many teams compete for an expensive high the popularity of these words is growing the vistas in the sportsman you can tell you what happened in history the reason of going head to head in a popular online game teams comprise five please each has a specific role and communication is vital the sports players have come from all over japan in hopes of winning ten thousand dollars. companies sponsored player so they can compete astros internationally. in many sports can squash tournament live on mine. let someone see the action of friends and personal. that means. when i began watching it became the fifth think it was fun. watching the sports it's as interesting as watching world cup soccer match. come on. and that normal. e

this is bad idea of ordering east asia around japan in the center, japan making this united block. once the war broke out in 1941 from an america most people call the pacific war. in japan it was referred to as the were parisian liberation. this is the second component of the ideology with a asian union but then oppose the western forces. and hopefully if you are in japan. as it turned out, this new order is every bit as impressive as any old order had been because in theory, asian miss them had hoped to liberate east asian nations from western journalism, but in practice would have and most of those nations under the guise of liberation and simply replaced any western presence had been there with rather brutal japanese rule. so when the tokyo trial came around, asian miss him played a role and allied argument against the war crimes suspect. the point being that if okawa had stayed on trial and not been removed to the mental hospital, he did not row can down the court were to seize my grandfather by seeking a come he would've received the possible punishment. the best comparison wo

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senior diplomats from japan and russia have met to discuss the four winds of hokkaido japan claims that entry which is being controlled by russia since the end amplified ten to find the essentials can see cameron has come to find common cause of an intense job. in eighteen solid cement oaks last august in moscow details of the discussion on downtown. see tmi is expected to have explained the company's policy of this two sides could sign a peace treaty after the items and attend to japan. it is believed to have repeated moscow's position at the items became its past week as a result of the wall hopefully little formal night. they do we had frank and ernest discussion is an update on the peace treaty issue. historically been an audio cubicle now that there is a new shoe. it includes the northern territory said it seemed an ideal whole time yes anyone seen the meeting is not enough to iron out the differences between the two sides because the negotiations and can t need help them any chance the last justice department says it intends to seek the death penalty. the man tasked with the bosto

. >> japan and the u.s. remain at odds over tariffs on five key farm products including rice and wheat. amari said the two countries need to compromise while maintaining their respective government positions. >>> okay. that's going to do it for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> delegates from more than 140 countries have gathered in mexico to discuss nuclear arms. they plan to talk about how the weapons affect people around the world. the second international conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons opened in the city of nayarit. survivors or relatives of victims of the hiroshima bombing spoke on the opening day. >> translator: everyone should listen to the survivors' pleas not to repeat the mistakes of the past. we ask people everywhere to take the first step to create a nuclear-free world. >> delegates from austria spoke of japan's complicated position on the issues. he said any country under a nuclear umbrella will have difficulty speaking about the weapons. but he said the

japan didn't really have a criminal regime. there were the same people who were in power and had been in power before the war. and there wasn't an equivalent to the holocaust and the sense of an ideological war to exterminate a particular people because they didn't have the right to exist. so for all these reasons i think relations with the outside world and there are other reasons to do with it, the fact that the history became very political issue in japan and very polarized, like the history of the third reich injury which is not a particularly polarizing issue. so i think the large number of reasons to do with some kind of essential aspect of the japanese character of that kind. i hope that answers of the question. >> harry, did you wish that something? >> i agree. >> okay. all right. >> i had a very soft question. >> could you introduce yourself? >> so sorry, matthew also anita had a very self question, you every starred what the real star with a hard one. i have read about eyeless in -- especially in the neighborhood of i

/japan exercises in other parts of japan and he noted that the aircraft helped with rescue activities in the philippines in the wake of typhoon haiyan. residents of okinawa have been campaigning to remove the ospreys from their prefecture. they say they're concerned about the aircraft's safety record. okinawa hosts a majority of the u.s. bases in japan. >>> chinese health authorities are warning people to stay away from live birds, as the weather takes a turn for the worse. they say bird flu thrives in low temperatures. the authorities say they expect the number of people contracting the h7n9 strain will peak in the coming weeks. at least 179 people have been infected this year in mainland china and hong kong. that's more than for the whole of last year. 35 people have died. but authorities say human-to-human transmission is extremely rare. they say most of those infected were handling live birds. >>> it's cold across much of eastern asia. and our meteorologist robert speta is here with more on that. robert? >>> yes, it surely is. we're seeing this big blast of arctic air come all the

he also said his denial of japan's war crimes and his efforts to revise the constitution that drag japan into an abyss of this crisis. we reproduce some of the sections of the awful now. stuart says as a base saying japanese prime minister shinzo hobby is no parallel in making headlines for the wrong reasons two he became japan's leader for second time of this more than once come under fire for his controversial comments. one of them was his remark that the definition of aggression has yet to be established in the international community or academia. his visit to the us including trying has proven his words and acts could not be taking anything but a military its way japan's war crimes are beyond dispute. during the tokyo war crimes trials groups of japanese military and political leaders were indicted on fifty five counts of crimes against peace conventional war crimes and crimes against humanity class a criminal charges were brought against japan's top leaders. we applauded employed as crimes against peace. stepping into his grandfather a former prime minister. the blue sticky keys key

i'm going to japan this year. i want to spend my next holiday abroad again. >> reporter: china said the number of trips to foreign countries and chinese territories has doubled in recent years. this year the number is expected to surpass 100 million. what's driving the surge is the increased income of many chinese. the u.s. world tourism organization says the total amount of money paid out by chinese on foreign vacations makes them the world's biggest holiday spenders. tourist businesses around the world are trying hard to attract the chinese. but, as more of them visit foreign destinations, they leave behind a negative impression of chinese. the country's media are drawing attention to this, by reporting about outrageous acts by chinese tourists. for example, those who stampeded into a department store, or exchanged blows on a plane. or trampled on a field of flowers. >> translator: chinese tourists tend to stick with their own customs, even abroad. so, they often don't get accepted by people there. this is a hea

now, if you're in northern japan or southern japan, on the other hand, you are going to be looking at some precipitation. right now we still have that sea effect snow out here across western parts of hokkaido through tohoku. and you could see an additional 20 to 30 centimeters on top of what's falling. parts of hokkaido you've seen 200 centimeters of snowfall thus far this february. actually. out here. so it is still coming down. accompanied by winds up to 100, gusting at 130 kilometers per hour. then down towards the south a separate low pressure system right now bringing some snowfall across parts of kyushu that's moving off. and i know we did talk about earlier this week the risk of snowfall into the tokyo areas. the thing is, see this high pressure ridge in place right now? that is acting like a wall and thankfully that is going to keep this next system which is now bringing problems in eastern china, actually, 5 to 10 centimeters expected out here, shanghai you've been looking at some snowfall. that's going to move east and stay south of that ridge of high pressure. a few flurrie

there is an old saying that japan is tokyo, and tokyo is japan. guyany ways, having abe's installed in tokyo is good news for the ldp, not only from the nuclear standpoint, not only from an economic standpoint, but also with the olympics coming up in 2020. there is a lot of planning to be done. this election in some ways is a bit comforted it. the turnout was terrible. snowstormsbiggest over the weekend in 45 years here in tokyo. i am still shoveling. i asked my neighbors yesterday that i bumped into when i was going to the grocery store and people i was shoveling for, are you going to vote today? know when i met said yes. the roads were still a bit dicey. i think a lot of folks stayed home. it is a bit competitive in terms of the turnout. you have to look at this is a good day for shinzo abe. about that, but certainly whether or not there is a popular mandate there is another question. snowed in. tell us about yoichi masuzoe and his policies. >> his policies are very much status quo. there is nothing about what he is offering that is a difference

i know that doesn't sound like a lie especially compared to the rest of japan. but this is going to disrupt traffic on the rail lines likely are going to be at a snail's pace and especially the bullet trains out here. i cannot operate in this heavy snow fall analogous said western japan fifty centimeters expected out there to portions of western onto in the downtown tokyo eerie ask fifteen but you're also going to look as pretty gusty wind but that's only to the cia duh hundred and twenty six kilometers per hour bring you the cool so here is this is gonna be accompanied by cold temperatures and wind snow blindness. and this was gonna feel like you're in the afternoon hours absolute better i'd highly recommend to stay inside and avoid all these problems out here and that are to be had with this heavy snow fall as far as the weekend the weather outlook and know it looks like it was less snow off your pores and what that's because that's twenty four forecasts but the goal in the sunday that's all been a shift north. sunday is still expecting snow showers in sapporo

this is the big topic definitely into much of japan today. it is the snowfall, not on sea of japan coastline but in to the conto plain. this is just north of tokyo. what you see here is about 9 centimeters of snowfall. really, this whole system, this whole band of snow started in northern canto, worked its way south across to the tokyo metro now down towards kanagawa and chiba. the good news it's not lasting very long. so if you're expecting the snow to linger going in to your wednesday, especially for the morning commute, it's not going to be there. it's going to move off towards the northeast. the sea of japan coastline, though, you're not sharing on the same space. this one's going to move east. the sea effect snow continuing to linger up to 60 centimeters. expected there for you going through the next 24 hours. let's stay on this topic of severe winter weather, though. another storm system developing in the central plains. this is following right in behind that one. you see it moving off towards the east just off the right side of your sc

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on the spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of a high private sector that is going to mean do you love with it because people are going to be in debt it is going to be debt stress default successor and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse hands already gone through that. two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have that you know it's i come from something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable economy comes from wage and income g

just like a rival service in japan called line. what's app now has 450 million users around the world. the deal indicates that facebook is hoping to strengthen its mobile communication services. ceo mark zuckerberg wrote on his facebook page that what's app is on its way to connecting 1 bill yawn people. he called the service simple, fast and reliable. that's all for business news for this hour. i'll leave you with a look at the region's markets. >>> a u.s. naval intelligence chief says chinese commanders may be preparing a strategy for taking the senkaku islands in the east china sea. captain james fanell heads the pacific fleet intelligence and information operations. he mentioned an amphibious exercise the people's liberation army conducted in southern china last year and offered his analysis. >> the pla has been given a new task to be able to conduct a short, sharp war to destroy japanese forces in the east china sea followed by what can only be expected to be a seizure of the sen kay cues. >> chinese forces have been training

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on their spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of the high private sector that is going to mean do you love because people are going to be in debt it is going to be debt stress the default successor and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse. hands already gone through that period for the last two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have that you know it's like come to something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable economy comes f

japan is a member but yun did not mention this. relation haves been strained due to territorial and historical issues. >>> a top u.s. diplomat says china's unilateral establishment of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea is raising tensions with its neighbors. assistant sk tear of state daniel russel spoke on wednesday before a subcommittee on asia and the pacific. he described china's move as a serious step in the wrong direction. >> we neither recognize nor accept china's declared adas. >> russel says the islands are under the administration of japan. he says unilateral -- china's declared air zone covers the senkaku islands. they're claimed by japan but claimed by china and taiwan. it says there's no issue of sovereignty to be involved. analyst's review russel's remarks as a warning to china which claims most of the south china sea and say china could set up a defense zone there as well despite on going territorial disputes with several southeast asian nations. >>> the speed of military expansion in asia is

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japan's leaders see the sea of japan is the only internationally established name and they see the us government supports the japanese view eye the us ambassador to japan says the two countries forward together to support this tells the alliance of women in africa and other developing nations killing kennedy spoke at a symposium on assistance for africa kennedy said. those of the us and japan both the us and japan can ship it nearly forty percent and international funding to developing countries in humanitarian and other aids prime minister on a designated a national debate here in japan on the importance of women's economic participation. that partnership has been strengthened through our joint commitment to work more closely together. and global economic development and to focus our efforts and economic empowerment for women in africa. japanese government officials agreed in december with us vice president joe biden that they will cooperate to help and a women's participation in society. senior officials from both governments expected to hold their first talks in washington next wee

this mini into western japan center japan at the apt in northern japan by this evening. so if you cannot you may want to wear a mask. now the course the america that quiet cool conditions with many parts of the us and canada and back is causing senate winter storm conditions for the northwest we talking about blowing snow for the northern rockies. not me while colder areas can read in the north and back is coming in from the south including ten temperatures and wet the caldera meets thunderstorms developing over the deep south. as you can see temperatures a quiet one in the sun but chilly in the north only five in oklahoma city. i should be about eleven degrees during this time of year as justice talbot twenty confused and quiet wind conditions but that would be going down in the next twenty four hours the staircase then dropping to only thirteen degrees in human stay and stay that way during their stay and the rest of the us and canada this minus twenty one and to stay in with an a list of twenty two pillows syrup and are spaced at least two and a lot. the flywheel very

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on the spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of a high private sector that is going to mean do love with you because people are going to be indebted they're going to be debt stress defaults excessive and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse. americans already gone through that period for the last two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have it you know it's like come from something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable economy co

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now mike is in japan and other parts of asia. we knew that this week why it today because you as my kids to coast overnight. investors are also might need to stay on the sidelines ahead of the outcome of the japan policy meeting city for the pass few months the boj has kept its monetary policy and change and mold. they say the central bank will decide to continue doing so at this month's meeting. but maybe my kidneys are looking to love the idea of the shares have to say about the outlook for the japanese economy. i needa what's the possibility of the png introducing further easing measures this year in what are you hearing from analysts. this is the mike as i include expecting to be looking to ease monetary policy this year especially after monday's gdp data would depend on the much weaker than expected. dollar yen will appear on the chair as the nz dollar yen is not the one hundred and two point one two two one four the dollar yen under the fountain the one hundred and one in right after the gdp data was the east as unlikely as

japan's top negotiator has urged other participating nations to ease regulations in a broad range of areas. rather than focusing on scrapping tariffs on farm products. on the third day of the tpp meeting the ministers discussed divisive issues such as abolishing tariffs and protecting intellectual property rights. some of them called for abolishing tariffs on all items. japanese minister in charge of tpp affairs akira amari said the participants should consider ways to ease restrictions on the financial and public work sectors. he added this will promote free trade and investment. amari and u.s. trade representative michael froman have agreed to hold a one-on-one meeting on monday. they're trying to narrow gaps over tariffs on farm products. >>> home prices continue to rise in many major cities in china. the uptrend has touched off speculation that frustration may grow among people who can't afford new homes. china's national bureau of statistics released the results of its monthly survey of new housing prices for 70 major cities. they showed that prices went up in 62 of these cities

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on the spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of a high private sector that is going to mean the leveraging because people are going to be in debt it is going to be debt stress default successor and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse. americans already gone through that period for the last two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have it you know it's i come from something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable economy comes from

the shrine honors japan's war dead. those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. >>> chinese officials have asked if president xi jinping could visit a memorial in berlin dedicated to victims of the holocaust. the german leaders have refused the request. experts believe xi was trying to get the attention of world leaders on jan be's wartime past during a trip to germany next month. the memorial to the murdered jews of europe honors the up to 6 million jewish victims of nazi atrocities. chinese officials have made a point of contrasting the germans atonement for their wartime history with that of the japanese. but, germany rejected china's memorial request, apparently to avoid political exploitation of the issue. the chinese say the abe administration denies any history of aggression and they say the japanese are trying to overturn the international order established after the war. >>> chinese authorities say they formally arrested a prominent uighur scholar last week and are questioning h

started an examination of geological faults at the biggest nuclear plant in japan. executives at tokyo electric power company are hoping to restart nuclear reactors at the kashima kazakh ki plant. the regulators are checking whether they can approve a survey plan submitted last month by tepco. nhk world explains. >> reporter: the nuclear regulation authorities team began the two-day survey on monday at the plant in niigata prefecture. they looked at geological formations at several spots around the plant. kashiwazaki is one of the world's largest nuclear plants in terms of total output. tepco officials want to restart two of the seven reactors from july. they applied to the government last september for a safety screening. but the reactor buildings and other parts of the facility sit on top of 23 known geological faults. so regulators asked the company to conduct a survey to check whether the faults are active or not. new regulations ban the installment of nuclear reactors and other key facilities above active faults. tepco officials say they have so far detected no

on the sovereignty of japan. all the way back into south china sea and into a world of south china sea. i still receive the things around to all the chinese need be including the disputed delhi or stand up for guidance. so when you use situation where a weakness for the state and stationed in japan and china are finding themselves facing each other. i'm finding it less and less willing to compromise it is not a great place. woe to the one hundred that's how worried are you i shouldn't focus and not the subject is right to his nose at the shoe sizes and meets me in the polls and its mission to diplomats. she ended up in china relations both of these sites you can go through to dispute the two disputes that document does not become indicted as a dispute doesn't wanna talk that i know about and that's a problem in itself can because these are still in shock as identity as the tunes on his government is saying that was a jolly st aquinas and poland. if you don't eat out pumpkins there is no issue but there isn't a re

japanese call it the sea of japan. korean american groups are said to be pressuring legislators to adopt their term. last week lawmakers in virginia approved to bill requiring textbooks to include both names. officials at japan's say it's the only internationally established name. >>> delegates from north and south korea have wound up 12 hours of talks in the village of panmunjom and reached no consensus. people who watch the two countries might say real progress has already been made. we look at some of the possible factors affecting the north's recent behavior. >> reporter: it has been years since north and south korea held high level talks. the meeting in panmunjom was the first since south korean president park geun hye took office. a focus of discussion was the annual military drill scheduled between south korea and the u.s. before the talks north korea had offered to allow reunions of families separated by the korean war. it looked like this offer could become a sort of bargaining chip. the north asked the south

japan industrial partners. tron operations of the vio brand pc on its tv business the firm intends to spin off the operations to a separate entity to achieve further streamlining amazing new condo. gay movement on sundays so stay alive in all it will focus our resources on growing segments own eyes the games begin on and work surfaces and mold while products. they got in the meantime it will execute drastic measures to restructure our tv off and pc segments that are struggling with it. executives also announced that they will cut about five thousand jobs by the end of fiscal two thousand and fourteen will be fifteen hundred workers in japan and thirty five hundred overseas. demonstrators have staged a protest of a government office near bangkok but they're not hardcore flows of prime ministry election a lot. in fact they've been a key part of her political base at least until now. tried to dig us and tells us about a new development in the time political situation fires have supported the black administration.

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on the spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of a high private sector that is going to mean do love with you because people are going to be indebted they're going to be debt stress default successor and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse. americans already gone through that period for the last two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have the you know it's going to come from something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable econom

it would require them to include the name ec as well as sea of japan. members of a korean american group have been lobbying for the change lower house can the people if you can take care of them was based on a monday. the bill will now go to court before the full house. the state senate has a ladybug and that the appeal on the same easter a spokesperson for government to carry my colleagues holding tank that if appeal reaches his desk is likely to sign. the japanese government is hers and fishing and to respect that ms mason chief cabinet secretary gus if you disregard as creepy to me and for size to bounce bounce on peace you will be the new way of saving the company's legacy of japan is the only internationally established name the japanese government has announced the international community to understand and support named sea of japan. we'll continue to stress our position and respond appropriately us officials in supporting their japanese counterparts at the state department reaffirmed the government's long standing policy of using the name sea of

so today japan -- japan, okinawa 2009 you had prime minister yukio come to power. he did not want to be rid of all u.s. bases, but he said, you know, he campaigned with the pledge to relieve the burdens of okinawa ones. he wanted the air base to close, but he did not want any replacement facilities in okinawa. so you do see politicians, governments at times oppose u.s. bases. of course at the end of the day the united states, sometimes comparisons are made to the empire, but at the end of the day governments don't want us there. we can make -- bacon not renew agreements or they can terminate agreements. so it is possible to see governments oppose or not wanting the u.s. military in their country. >> host: professor, at times of political uncertainty is the u.s. more welcome? i'm thinking of south korea. >> guest: so in times of political uncertainty it is -- that is when you can see different democratic forces unleashing. so if we go back to south korean democratization and democratic consolidation, of course if your regime is highly autocratic, if you are extremel

it's up to japan and the republic of korea. to what history behind them and move the relationship forward on the south korean foreign minister has said the japanese anime to recognize what's happened in the past. you want as long as some japanese political leaders continue to make historically incorrect remarks. it will be difficult to build trust between japan and south korea. income non japanese needed to be flying to find history in order to gain trust from the neighboring countries i i the national atomic energy agency has advised the operator of the fish in the diet she knew korea plans to examine all options necessary to treat contaminated water. these include retaining control discharges of radioactive waste water into the pacific ocean last the iaea said that second inspection team to the class glasgow than that this also happens to scrap we had kids. on thursday the iaea released the final report is submitted to the japanese government. team leader plunk on those anti hero says japan has established a good foundation t

i didn't see the joins us now from ibiza says i the morning it might encounter as you know japan on japan's trade balance has been in the red for a few years now in fact just as long to record trade deficit with china for the second year in a row as exports to the country fell in two thousand thirteen due to a slowdown in the chinese economy. officials at the japan external trade organization or jeff crowe said that the nation's trade deficit with china increased by nearly eighteen percent last year to hit a new record of fifty two point two billion dollars. exports to china fell ten percent to one hundred twenty nine point nine billion dollars japanese firm ship your electronic products including semiconductor chips and digital cameras. imports dropped three point seven percent from the previous year to one hundred eighty two point one billion dollars officials say they forecast the trade deficit to remain at high levels as japan's economic recovery is leading it is leading to an increase in imports from china. what your stock prices were mixed tuesday on weak economic data on housing and

could become the next japan because basically what happens in japan is that you know you get higher inflation but then you don't have higher wages so higher inflation higher wages what's going to happen people are going to therefore cut back on the spending and the economy is going to lapse into another recession and in the case of the united states for example that recession because of a high private sector that is going to mean do you love with it because people are going to be in debt it is going to be debt stress default successor and so forth and create sort of a knock on effect that makes things even worse. americans already gone through that period for the last two decades and so you know it's going to get worse so like when you have ten percent more inflation you're going to use ten percent more of your money whether or not if you don't have it you know it's like come to something which is sort of the whole concept you're going to have inflation and then somehow that's going to lead to a better economy just doesn't work you know people at the end of the day a sustainable economy comes

said japan's private friendly companies use different model. abt my feelings and lazy and i'm having transportation entrance to the chair reading into december. at the same time. a towering of months and causing project to provide core anti hunting at reasonable prices. people are knitting come to manly could easily lead to cp. when the stakes by his spirit tap into pants. joanne is to create a common anti bias on county comb binding of consultation and to our base housing and commercial context. the new high school will read all of the area's wasted your time stint as cutthroat you is not about the thinking holiday to south korea tennis and at the residence. the company also hopes to set up by rote extending to call it remained in the kitchen. i'm going to have around an inch you aren't beans on throbbing that wraps up the place and i'm attending the talks i wore a nine call. finance ministers and central bank governors of the world's twenty major economies are getting ready to talk about currency. their meeting in sydney to discuss the impact

i want to get your views about japan. the bank of japan coming out with their latest decision, and they are not doing anything unexpected, but is it actually working question mark is at all smoke and your's? >> there were three. monetary policy is working fine. number three is structural reform. aboutmember talking structural reform? absolutely nothing has happened. a followthrough has not come. with the bank of japan, they think they are on track. lex what do you make of this? -- guys on the ground saying our guys are saying the bank of japan will refrain from a monetary base forecast does the last thing they want to do is be tied to something like that. very different from what they .aid four 2013 but they have got their inflation target. i think they are on track to hit that. we don't know how much the economy slows down. i think the bank of japan's view is that growth is going to be taken out of the second quarter into this current quarter. >> do you have a forecast? >> we think first quarter is going to get four perc

that's one third of the reactors across the nation on nuclear plants in japan are offline. staff at libraries in tokyo and spent the past week wondering who vandalize books about the holocaust. no workers and one liberia are celebrating an unexpected gift. someone donated books about anne frank including the diary she kept during world war two the boxes containing one hundred forty books arrived at the tokyo metropolitan central library a cover letter was signed by someone calling himself to you in this city how to. a japanese diplomat with that name save thousands of during world war two by giving them travel visas the library then got the gift had escaped the vandalism staff plan to share the books with other took a lead groups that want them. i imagine the donation came from someone who felt bad about what happened we'll make good use of it then another members of the jewish community also replace some of the growing violence. they gave books to see the dummy war. neither is there suffered the most tantalizing. the embassy of israel and the community and i'm excited to h

japan's kyodo news reported that ah mei has repeatedly mentioned he intends to extend japan's right to use it some forces which will require amending the country's constitution so i continue the story is and will get to know the one here that to. it is for you and to. we would just wait for months until we get a compilation of the story that side just coming in. and you're watching cctv news amway coming to you from beijing the fan. so now we are sorted out the little problem man. and so we can tell you that cities in northern china including beijing tianjin and surrounding areas are experiencing moderate to heavy small bit and air pollution that is expected to last for a week the capitalization dull yellow on the forehead the air pollution which is the first since the municipal government issued an emergency response plan for severe air pollution lost all tied up with another cold front and sides to help disperse the small via a large parts of the country's north will continue to cease to be a potion for the next three days. the air quality is not expected to improve until the strain

in china and japan. in china, the credit at a record. japan, disappointing gdp figures. watch out to the -- watch out for that. the dollar overall has been falling. against major counterparts. a little weakness in the data. they think the fed may consider less tapering. we had some pretty strong data. u.k. housing data. the bloomberg top headlines. an ethiopian flight was hijacked landed in a geneva. to proceedwas forced to geneva. all passengers and the crew were safe. the spokesman said a press conference will be held later today. bank said newl credit rose to a record in january. the measure of credit rose more than 2.5 trillion won. the data added to better than forecasted suggesting that china may be able to limit the scale of a slowdown. japan's economy grew at a less than half of the pace that economist had forecasted for the gdp expanded 1%. wasmedian economic estimate 2.8%. japan has said to be considering a monetary base forecast for 2015 which left the bank of board qualified its commitment to easing. let's continue the conversation on japan's economy. christi

officials with japan's health ministry say novartis pharma used manipulated data in their advertising and violated the country's pharmaceutical affairs law. they filed a criminal complaint last month they say marketers promoted a blood pressure drunk dials and has a way to prevent strokes and angina professors at five universities conducted studies on the drug's effectiveness. a former company employee was involved in several clinical tests prosecutors searched the kyoto prefectural university of medicine. three institutions including the medical school have said their results may have been incorrect. but they haven't determined to read the data for fall novartis pharma or use the studies to promote sales of the drive that has topped eleven billion dollars company officials claim they were not aware of any manipulation or research papers. the foreign ministers of russia and estonia have signed a treaty to formalize their common border the agreement resolves disputes stretching back to the end of the cold war. it's the latest in a series of moves by a present for the murder putin to ea

it leaves us access japan's close off all market and the opening of japan's agriculture sector the party's message and don't carry was a display of unity from the us and japan has been a week of strong statements from washington it only carries trip to china next week. even more interesting. with the bases navy washington. well it's tail is as a former japanese ambassador to let my mind has sat down with the cctv the quarter he said some milk to say this made it to the us is mainly for damage control i love a show on the lips of the us expressed is to some policemen all too common in steamed off a visit to the us could be strong. i believe the prime minister himself in a foreign ministry. most have expected some extend of disappointments from the us before the visit. but he didn't know about backlash from the us would be so strong. so now they own a comment on everything we tend to ignore the bad effects. a loud high has accused japan and the us the eu responsibility and below mongering over reports that the setting at a new air defense identification zone over the south china sea that mea