is japan's ally. i want a person with more balanced views to be the next president. >> trump has announced the members of his diplomat take policy team. they include senator jeff sessions, who recently declared his support for trump. an expert in antiterrorism and former military officer. officials say they're bewildered by trump's rhetoric. as for trump's foreign affairs team, some call their skills into question. trump's comments have made in south korea too. he said the u.s. needs to renegotiate with south seoul. a major daily criticized his remarks and dangerous and foolish. some diplomats have shrugged them off as rhetoric. but others are worried. >> translator: the u.s. and congress recognize the alliance parter. >> south korean officials have already let trump know their misgivings known. a key element of trump's appeal is that he is seen as caring about the middle class and working class americans, who are the major supporters of his bid for the presidency. since day one, money needs to be spe

japan is important. it allowed us to fully deploy in the region and provide credibility for the united states. thanks to the agreement in 1972, the uss navasota was able to do minesweeping. do the math. keep one chip forward, deployed, you need to have three ships in your inventory. to accommodate the transit and maintenance cycles. currently, we have 20 ships in the home port authority in japan. two additional air carriers, eight additional amphibious ships, ate mine countermeasure ships and a dozen destroyers to meet the mission. these forward deployed ships need downtime for upkeep will stop when i was in navasota, i remember the quality of the work done at the shipyard. i recall we were talking about some radio equipment and this shipyard worker told me, i could get this done for you isn't really important and it i said yes. and he said, well i have a wedding tomorrow i could put off. i was impressed by the dedication and quality of work. it should be the midway. the aircraft carrier midway, we stati

is japan's ally. i want a person with more balanced views to be the next president. >> trump has announced the members of his diplomat take policy team. they include senator jeff sessions, who rectly declared his support for trump. an expert in antiterrorism and former military officer. officials say they're bewildered by trump's rhetoric. as for trump's foreign affairs team, some call their skills into question. trump's comments have made in south korea too. he said the u.s. needs to renegotiate with south seoul. a major daily criticized his remarks and dangerous and foolish. some diplomats have shrugged them off as rhetoric. but others are worried. >> translator: the u.s. and congress recognize the alliance parter. >> south korean officials have already let trump know their misgivings known. a key element of trump's appeal is that he is seen as caring about the middle class and working class americans, who are the major supporters of his bid for the presidency. since day one, money needs to be spent

this system will likely make its way towards japan. and as it does so, this will drag very cold air from the north so temperatures will drop significantly. as you can see tokyo's high will be 13 degrees on wednesday. that's 7 degrees difference between tuesday as well as wednesday. and cooling down to 8 degrees on your thursday. so winter will come back once again and across bangkok, 35 expected on wednesday. and singapore 33 degrees with a chance of a thunderstorm. you may be able to see a solar eclipse on wednesday morning. here's your extended forecast. >>> at the top of the hour is "newsroom tokyo" so stay with us here on nhk world.çççbq genie: you are watching "france 24," live around the world. i am genie godula. these are the headlines. and turkey moved closer to a breakthrough on the migrant crisis. key points include the return of all new migrants crossing from and the resettling of syrian refugees on a one-to-one basis. two years to the day after flight mh370 went missing without a trace, the

designated as one of japan's natural -- >> the airline also creating videos, introducing each of japan's 47 prefectures. they can be viewed in flight and on television in 80 countries. >> translator: we want people around the world to learn about the jobs of japan. >> even with hefty discounts and improved information, visitors might still find some areas a bit tough to get to. but they can be assured of a warm welcome. once they arrive. >> that's the latest in business news for this hour. i'll leave you now with a check on markets. >>> vote counting has begun in some u.s. states on super tuesday. the day is a milestone in the race for the republican and democratic nominations for the country's president. the democratic party is holding primaries and caulks -- caucuses. abc news projects former secretary of state will win georgia and virginia primaries. >> if you will stand with me, i actually believe america's best years are still ahead of us. >> abc news also projects that senator bernie sanders will win the vermont primary. attention is on whether clinton can widen her lead over sande

southern half of japan will stay dry. there'ss a low pressure system over the south island of japan. the system will likely head towards the east as we go into the weekend, affecting the izu islands on your saturday. now temperatures are going to be as follows for the next four days, tokyo's high could be 11 degrees, 13 degrees on sunday. and warming up significantly next week. 16 degrees for the high and by tuesday about 20 degrees. according to the japan meteorologicical agency it wille very warm next week. and for kochi, rainy weather. across china, the flood season started earlier than normal. and more rain falalling acrcro taiwanan and china. it startrted 11 days earlier th normal. but it should taper off as we go into tomorrow and things will be calming down. so that's good news. sunny weather should come out in hong kong. we'll have 18 degrees on your saturday. taipei, cloudy conditions for your saturday with a high of 16 degrees and very warm for this time of year. beijing, 18 degrees for the high, with sunny skie

those are pretty good signs for japan. the statement from the boj today, though, did acknowledge a lot of weakness and things like exports, production, which are the main drivers of japanese economic growth. kuroda has virtually on a daily basis been dragged back into parliament from the 29th of january, when he announced the negative rights. another line here is that kuroda, more easing in terms of quality and rates. he's aware there are various options. the market has pummeled its response to japan moving to the negative rates, even though it is a tiered system. it has not been taken will buy the markets, in banking or in the currency market. it's not a policy which is warmed by the markets, is it? >> sure. i'll point out, though, that the entire yield curve has come down in japan. the borrowing costs are getting cheaper for companies and for consumers as well. mortgage rates are coming down. will thisuestion is have any kind of impact on the real economy. interest rates across the country were already so low. that is th

but japan has been a latecomer to the game. despite its technological prowe prowess, the average number is about one-third of that in the u.s. and singapore. as for ease of starting a business, well, the world bank ranks japan 81st. nhk world reports on the current challenges facing japan and the latest effort to turn it around. >> tokyo played host to competition for companies last week. 23 teams took part from five asian nations including japan and china. japanese and u.s. business groups. >> we can become like an apple of this industry. >> translator: when people think of startups, israel and silicon valley come to mind. but japan has hard-working entrepreneurs too. we want to give them opportunities. >> each team tried to out do the others with new business ideas that address various issues. one of the japanese teams was head up with support from ho university. cancer tracing. >> so 4 billion u.s. dollars. >> high accurate system for cancer. analyze images in just five seconds. they say this will spread out testing, while m

and japan's forces sent on u.n. peace keeping missions, will be able to use their weapons if they come under attack. japanese prime minister shinzo abe. >> translator: we thought hard about measures needed for self-defense fro texts the people's lives, which is our responsibility. we decided to allow limited use of the right to collective self-defense. >> the change has met opposition from groups who believe the laws are unconstitutional. a group called students emergency action for liberal democracy, held their rally in front of the national d.i.e.t. on monday. they're demanding the law be repealed. >> government officials have been saying that they'll try hard to help people understand the new national security laws, but they never do. >> meanwhile, an upper house election will take place in japan this summer. the controversy surrounding the law is expected to continue on as an issue. nhk world, tokyo. >>> u.s. officials support the legislation. they say they hope japan will expand the role of the self-defense for

japan. understand this deal with bilateral. there were not six parties. the united states met with the north koreans. afterwards, every single time we met with north koreans in geneva, afterwards we met with a small delegation from the republic of korea and a small thatation from japan within in residence in geneva. i debriefed them on what happened during the day. i would say very often those sessions of debriefing were very difficult with the representatives from the republic of korea who were suspicious that we americans were selling them out. that was amber, theme for the president of south korea at the time, which made things difficult for us. the only person who really enjoyed the way the south koreans were torturing those of us doing the negotiations, the north koreans who would not hesitate to pull my strength when we got in -- my string when we got into a meeting about how my allies were common -- commenting on all of this. i understood it because we were negotiating over something

new claims of sex claims angers china against japan. japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people. they're being remembered at ceremonies across the country. in tokyo a minute's silence was held starting the moment the disaster hit. it also caused the worst nuclear accident when it took on the out the nuclear plant at fukushima. >> translation: japan would like to continue informing people around the world about the lesson we learned from the disaster. we would like to bolster international cooperation by sharing our researches and technology >>> what happened on this day five years ago. the magnitude 9 earthquake struck at 6.42 in the afternoon after the coast of japan. it lasted six minutes and set-off a tsunami that crested as high as 40 metres. almost 18,500 died two and a half thousand of them haven't been found. 166,000 tons of radio active debris was produced. 700,000 tons of radio water, 3400 tons of newly contaminated water is added every single day as a consequence of

it's a twist out of shape japan's constitution. for its part the government will be reaffirming while it believes it has to take these measures in the daily cabinet's briefing. we heard that this reflects a changing world that japan lives in. it has to have more control over defense forces and reminding japan just about north korea and missile tests. >> rob, just behind the headline can you tell us how in reality these new rules will reflect the way japan's forces operate or are allowed to operate? >> that is the next big question. when can forces be used, and when can't they be used for shinzo abe, he has been using, for example, the scenario of japan's oil imports, it's oil supplies. japan relies totally on oil being imported, and if those are threatened in the persian gulf, then forces could therefore be used because that threatens japan's economic security. there are other questions about rules of engagement when forces can be used, when they can't be used. all of this comes in the background of the conflict of a generation and

now it's being sung in cairo, deep connections to japan. 17-year-old, who is living in part of japan, since the disaster truck, his parents were teaching >> translator: i remember, we didn't think it was such a huge earthquake at first. >> translator: yes, we all thought it was an ordinary quake. >> reporter: helping to recover. tsuna tsunami, so they could return to the area. >> translator: i was so worried, wondering what might have happened to the owners of those photographs. >> reporter: family returned to egypt, but need to continue the volunteer work. she joined with her peers. encourages messages to people in the region. and they recorded flowers will bloom. ♪ >> translator: i hope everyone in the affected region to feel that people around the world still care about them. >> they have found a way to continue supporting people in the affected regions, and making sure resilience lives on. nhk world, cairo. >>> it is time for a check of the weather. people in tokyo are enjoying warm spring like temperatures. metes meteorologist in japan, cherry blossoms will bloom. robert speta

>> japan is an adjusting market for us. it has been doing the same thing for long, but it is finally getting to a stage where it wants to change, and it wants to do things differently. we have a few clients here already, and they have been asking us to do more with them, be closer to them, and start talking to them about how you use risk tools to read the market and make sure you invest where you should be. right, and where should you be if you're going to be anywhere then? a lot of it depends on your investment horizon. we have earnings season coming u.s., japan,the and that will tell us whether all this quantitative easing last year, is it working or not working? are we headed back down? we saw some bad earnings news that'schinese banks, and a problem since they are 40% of the index, and that is about to get more volatile. they want to know in japan what is the earnings impact of all this quantitative easing. you had somebody talk about sharp reversing their earnings from profit today. and thats the case ripples through o

but within japan as well. rob mcbride reports from tokyo. >> it is an issue that has provoked demonstrations on the streets. and fierce debates in the japanese parliament. opponents that say changes that will allow japanese soldiers to fight overseas undermine article 9 of japan's unique constitution that commits the country to pacifism. >> there is no way to reach the conclusion rationally that the same article that has banned japan exercise its right o exert of.pacifism or another conclusion. >> allowing japanese soldiers a more robust role in peace keeping situations or overseas operation he with troops from its ally the united states. opponent fear that could draw japan into foreign wars but prime minister shinzo abe says giving the military a more assertive role is long overdue, especially after the nuclear and missile tests in north korea since the start of this year. >> it is like a change we are facing in security of the area, emerging awareness of the japanese people for utility and effectiveness of t

we are supporting japan. most people didn't know we're taking care of japan's military needs. excuse me, we're supporting germany. we're supporting south korea. i ordered thousands of television sets because i am in the real estate business, you know, in my other life, okay. >> it's been a u.s. policy for decades to prevent japan from getting weapons. south korea as well. >> can i be honest are you? maybe it's going to be time to change. pakistan has it, china has it. so many other countries -- >> some proliferation is okay? >> no, no, not some. i hate proliferation. i hate nuclear more than any. my professor was an uncle m.i.t. -- >> that's contradictory. >> how many countries have it? excuse me. one of the dumbest deals i've ever seen signed ever, ever, ever by anybody. iran is going to have it within ten years. iran is going to have it. i thought it was a very good interview. at some point we have to say japan is better off if they protect themselves against this maniac in south korea, if -- >> saudi arabia, nuclear weapons? >> absolutely. >> you'd be fine with them having

japan's ambassador to the u.n. office in geneva called on pyongyang to halt its violations and to resolve the abductions issue. >>> u.s. military chiefs are close to deploying one of their most potent weapons overseas. they say the first combat-ready f-35 stealth fighter jets outside the u.s. will soon be based in japan. u.s. navy assistant secretary shawn stackley updated congress. >> the first squadron in less that a year from now in japan in january 2017. >> the f-35 has been under development by the u.s. and eight other countries since 2001. the u.s. is bringing it to japan as part of a push to deploy cutting-edge hardware in the asia-pacific region. japan's air self-defense force plans to make the f-35 its mainstay combat jet. >>> japanese companies are taking a bigger interest in african economies that have relatively high economic growth. nhk world's takefumi terui takes a look at one plan to develop business. >> reporter: this career fair n atacted more than 300 students thursday. all of their educational f

japan is important. it allowed us to fully deploy in the region and provide credibility for the united states. thanks to the agreement in 1972, the uss navasota was able to do minesweeping. do the math. chip forward, deployed, you need to have three ships in your inventory. to accommodate the transit and maintenance cycles. currently, we have 20 ships in the home port authority in japan. two additional air carriers, eight additional amphibious ships, ate mine countermeasure ships and a dozen destroyers to meet the mission. these forward deployed ships need downtime for upkeep will stop when i was in navasota, i remember the quality of the work done at the shipyard. we were talking about some radio equipment and this shipyard worker told me, i could get this done for you isn't saidy important and it i yes. and he said, well i have a wedding tomorrow i could put off. i was impressed by the dedication and quality of work. it should be the midway. we aircraft carrier midway, stationed an aircraft in japan in

/japan do? what can we learn from other nuclear deals, in particular with reference to the ongoing escalation of the north korean nuclear crisis? between allies, i think that we have shown key things. closer countries need communications and security consent from both sides. the need to share a common vision. shape the major stakeholders in the region? and the early 2000's, the chinese concern in north korea is not the north korean nuclear capabilities themselves, but more about the north korean case japanese and south korean's to go nuclear. that regional security concern -- between allies we have to share the same objectives in the region. also, for that, we need to reaffirm a commitment to both sides. not only the u.s. commitment, but what does japan need to do u.s. strategy objectives? on the side of diplomacy, a quarter nation is 2 key things. coordinate the hayes grier for the united security council in which japan is a prominent member. for, working together export controls. in order to m

this 17-year-old was living in japan when disaster struck. her parents were teaching arabic at a university and she was in elementary school. the house was far away from the epicenter but they still felt the jolt. >> translator: i remember, we didn't think it was such a huge earthquake at first. >> translator: yes. we all thought it was just an ordinary quake. >> reporter: there have been photographs recovered so they could be returned to the people in the area. >> translator: i was so worried wondering what might have happened to the owners of those photographs. >> reporter: her family returned three years ago but she still felt a need to continue volunteer work. they wrote encouraging messages to people in the region and recorded "flowers will bloom." ♪ >> translator: i hope everyone in the affected region feel that people around the world still care about them. ♪ >> reporter: she has found a way to continue supporting people in the affected region and making sure the message of hope and resilience lives on. nhk world, cairo. ♪ [ appl

it came down in the sea of japan. the north fired a missile afterwards from the same place and said it reached an altitude of about 17,000 meters and disappeared from radar. south korean defense officials think the north could launch missileses of new types. they have a range of 4,000 kilometers so it could reach the kn 08 has a range so it could reach the u.s. west coast. north korea condemned large scale joint military exercises between the united states. the media reported tuesday that kim jung un ordered operations had test firings of several kinds of ballistic missiles. japan's prime minister told minsters to coordinate with the united states and south korea. abe told minsters to do everything necessary to gather and analyze information and said the government should secure the safety of aircraft and ships and offer information swiftly and appropriately. they addressed the issue. >> this is clearly a violation of the un security council's resolution. i condemn north korea for the escalation of the acts. >> the mi

it means that japan does not accept legal responsibility. we demand the agreement be nullified. >> reporter: it's estimated as many as 200,000 women may have been forced to work in the wartime brothels. this movie is fuelling the anger. >> translator: i want god to make japan pay for their atrocities. i feel the suffering of the victims. >> reporter: i hope many more people watch this movie, so they will understand. >> reporter: clearly a painful experience, but the box office figures show how around 3 million koreans have felt the need to go through it. >>> in india the organizers of a major cultural festival have been fined for causing environmental damage. a huge stage built on the banks of the river has caused irreparable damage to the flood planes. they also acknowledge it's too late to cancel the event. the organizer says he is done nothing wrong and is prepared to go to jail rather than pay the fine. faiz jamil has more. >> reporter: this is the site of the massive three-day world cultural festival. spread across a thousand acres and

being remembered in san francisco's japan town. first, the 1150th anniversary of san francisco's j-town and why this celebration is especially important. also, the fifth anniversary of the japan earthquake. how the community sboresponded,d what it continues to do. >>> and exhibit operation baby lift which explores the dramatic air lift of more than 2,000 vietnamese children as saigon fell in april 1975. and raising awareness, conducting research, and reducing coronary artery disease in south asians. and artistic performances with one of my all time favorite groups san jose tiko which combines cultural understanding and artistic expression. they are cool to watch. they have a big concert coming up in the south bay. more when they perform live later in our show. there's a lot to celebrate with the 110th an verniversary of ja town. whether overcoming adversity or helping the community including overseas in japan. joining us now is japanese cultural community center of northern california the director of development and communications

a load of tutonium is on its way from japan to the u.s.. the shipment is for counterterrorism measures. >>> explosions have rocked in belgium airport. 13 people are dead. video posted on social media shows people fleeing from airport buildings. >> translator: i can't tell you the number. there are a lot. a lot of people are injured. it's a catastrophe. >> airport authorities have announced that all flights have been canceled. they're calling on people to stay away from the area. about an hour after blasts an explosion hit a metro stationary eu institutions. the operator said the blast occurred at a train that was stopped at the station. 13 people are dead and 35 others are injured. reuters news agency reports the government has raised security alert to the maximum level across the country. authorities have closed all public transport systems in brussels. the blast occurred four days after the arrest in brussels of a suspect in november's paris attacks. story here on "newsline." >>> myanmar's president-elect has named the people he wants in

the case goes back to 2007 in central japan. a 91-year-old man with dementia was hit and killed by a train after he wandered onto tracks at a station. officials with central japan railway company say they suffered losses due to a two-hour service disruption. they demanded his family pay about $60,000 in compensation. supreme court justices overruled lower court rulings on tuesday and they ruled that in this case it was impossible for the man's family to supervise him. civil code provisions require the family of an incompetent person to take responsibility for damages. but the family is exempt from responsibility if it has fulfilled its supervisory provisions. -- obligations. the man said in the trial that they wrote his name and contact information on his clothing and shoes. they say they also installed a sensor in his house that sets off an alarm when he leaves through his front door. but the man is thought to have left the house undetected through another door while his wife was taking a nap. the transport ministry says at lea

side of japan. now along the ridge of high pressure area, wins are quite strong. so we are looking at windy conditions across taiwan, china and the okinawa region, and rain will likely continue across the southern areas of china as well. temperatures remain quite chilly into thursday as well as friday in several places, like tokyo, seoul, and shanghai. but into the weekend, things will be warming up. so 11 degrees expected in tokyo on our sunday. now across the americas, on tuesday, a tornado was reported near dallas. several people were wounded as well as several houses were damaged. in fact, hail the size of a grapefruit was reported in the state. and more severe weather is expected across eastern texas well as louisiana on your wednesday. watch out for more tornados, thunderstorms and large hail as well, and heavy rain is expected for the lower mississippi river basin into the next three days or so. probably 280 millimeters of rain could fall. that's much more than the monthly rainfall for march.

you are watching al jazeera live from headquarters in doha and in the next half hour five years on japan remembers the earthquake that brought a wave of death and destruction. full report from syria's border to the country's health crisis is spreading into turkey. and the demand for african art is going through the roof as many artists from that continent say they are still struggling. ♪ a new u.n. report has cataloged what it describes as a multitude of horrendous violation in 2013 and targeting civilians for killing, rape and pilaging and fighters bore the greatest responsibility for crimes last year and report quotes credible sources and say groups on the government side are allowed to rape women in lieu of wages and opposition fighters and criminal gangs have targeted women and girls. there is evidence that children have born the brunt of violent and maimed and recruited for fighting and killed. a unity government promised under a peace accord signed last year is yet to be established and warring factions led on one side by the president and on the other by his rival the former vic

>> japan is interesting. which likensrticle it to a mississippi bubble, fueled by monetary expansion value. i don't take a directional bet on the market itself, but we do have positions in volatility. what you see in japan is that kuroda does all the heavy lifting. abe just -- he breaks it. what's the difference between japan and greece? -- your metrics start to become ugly. rishaad: thank you very much indeed for joining us. true partner capital. >> these of the stories making headlines around the world. a breakaway faction of the talib and says it carried out the bombing of an easter sunday party in pakistan, 65 killed. the group says it was aimed specifically at the christian community. pakistan has announced three days of mourning, and schools and businesses will remain closed. 300 wounded and police say the number of dead is likely to rise. malaysia's former prime minister has stepped up his campaign against the current leader. he says the financial scandal means theg him country cannot wait to bring yea

meanwhile, as we look at the rest of the forecast for asia and japan, it's warm for japan. we're going to see more temperatures favorable for early to mid april as we go into saturday. you may notice moisture trying to develop over the korean peninsula. that is eventually going to spread to the east and bring more rain for japan as we go into sunday. but for saturday, partly cloudy skies. rain off in shanghai as we go throughout the day. now, as we look at the forecast for north america, you notice this aa of clouds rolling through the southeastern portion of the united states. that's associated with a cold front not only bringing rain for the deep south but snow further to the north. this system is expected to continue to move to the north and east, and that's going to bring the possibility of wintry precipitation for new york city and areas further up north to toronto for friday. meanwhile, back to the west, another area of low pressure associated with what we call a pineapple express setup is continuing. so this flow coming away from hawaii and bringing all that rain awa

it means japan does not accept legal responsibilities. we demand the agreement be nullified >> reporter: it is estimated as many as 20,000 korean women may have been forced to work in japan's wartime brothels. many koreans are still angry at what they see as japan's refusal to accept responsibility for the suffering. this movie is fuelling that anger. >> translation: i want god to make japan pay for their atrocities. i feel the suffering of the victims. >> translation: i hope many more people watch this movie so they will understand. >> reporter: clearly a painful experience, but the box office figures show who how around 3 million koreans have felt the need to go through it >>> the lever pool manager says his team put in a perfect performance in the first leg of their tie with their opponents. it was the first ever meeting of the fierce english rivals in european competition. liverpool's coming from this player. the second leg of the 16th leg tie is coming up next thursday. more news on sport at aljazeera.com. lots more on our top story

japan says another blow to the stalling revival plan. property in china is reasonable despite official stimulus spending, tier one surging higher. some advice, don't speculate. let us know what you think. follow me @rishaadtv, include #trendingbusiness. some gains here hot on the heels of what we saw on wall street and in parts of europe. happy friday -- a happy friday for the markets after central bank action and economic data around the region. where seeing this dovish fed effect playing out, without japan, of course. strength coming out of markets heavily dominated by mining stocks. a surging commodity prices benefiting from the u.s. to dollar dropping. up, driven by iron ore miners. asia, online, southeast dominated by commodity stocks. the straight times up by half a percent, malaysia up by 3/10 of 1%. extending losses. affect, a day of resurgent yen strength yesterday , another 3/10 of 1% today. that 110 handle briefly against the u.s. dollar, the strongest for the japanese currency since 2014. trading still at that 111 handle. dol

i had a policy decisions from bank of japan. joining us is hans goetti,, chief strategist for asia and middle east at bank of international, at luxembourg. thank you for joining us. -- noing is, does boj change expected for negative interest rate policy at the moment. your contention is that when they went that direction it was an act of desperation, perhaps. hans: they can call it like this, the idea was to weaken the currency, like what everybody else wants to do, japan wanted to do also. they got a different effect. the young went up instead of down. this is becoming increasing evidence that negative interest rates are actually stoking fears of deflation which is again, the exact opposite of what central banks want. they have to reading the somethingand think different will be tried in coming months, which is something like -- for the people or helicopter money, some kind of combination between fiscal and monetary policy worldwide. rishaad: they're probably just end up under people's mattresses, when it, helicopter money? han

in 2014, they launched ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. it was believed the missiles were short range scud. it appeared to be scuds. japanese leaders condemning the launch. >> translator: it's a clear violation of u.n. security resolutions. it is extremely regrettable, since they just adopted a new resolution following the recent missile launch. >> prime minister shinzo abe in coordination with the united states and south korea. he also called for ensuring aircraft and ship safety. so far, no reports of damage. he urged quick communication of information to the public. foreign ministry officials have launched a protest to the north through the japanese embassy in beijing. >>> in other stories we're following this hour, the united nations has resumed plans on ending the civil war in syria. negotiations involve representatives of the syrian government and opposition groups. the last round of discussions broke down more than a month ago. >> the focus would be on substance on the agendas in other words, on new government's constitution and ele

the move has not been popular in japan. that the make clear boj is standing behind the policy and not moving away from it. yvonne: we know that the governor does not like to do policy and back-to-back meetings. what should we be expecting? >> some timing for the next move , economist saying something likely in the coming months, maybe june, july. he will have to give a clear signal on whether the negative rate is working or what benchmarks he will look to assess its effectiveness, and what would be the trigger when they do decide to go deeper, so a clear message they are not pulling away from negative rates and will likely go deeper. yvonne: thank you so much. we count down to that boj meeting. china overseas -- 44 $.8 buy billion. we will can in you to watch that one. -- we will continue to watch that one. our next guest says ecb's actions should be supported and their overweight stance on eurozone equities versus emerging markets. joining me is the chief investment officer for south asia at ubs wealth management. we saw t

dry weather over japan and the eastern portions of china. back toward the west, we're looking at more wet weather. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. >>> don't forget to watch news room tokyo at the top of the hour for updates and special reports. more to come here on nhk world, so stay with us. @ññññÑñóóç >> welcome back to the "france " newsroom. it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital, for clock p.m. in islamabad. the manhunt is underway in pakistan for breakaway pal taliban militant for a suicide bombing village 70 people dead in pakistan. the anti-terror crackdown continues in europe. three further people are

japan's top diplomat will chair the meeting. we sat down with him to see how he intends to navigate some pressing issues. >> during the meeting, i wish to have intensive discussion on urgent issues of a growing international concern, such as terrorism and violent extremism, refugee crisis, and the ongoing situation in the middle east and ukraine. the g-7 ministers meeting will be held in hiroshima, where an atomic bomb was dropped. i wish to deliver a strong message of peace, seeking a world without nuclear weapons. with my g-7 counterparts from hiroshima. >> in november, paris was hit by a series of coordinated terrorist attacks. then last week, the belgian capital, brussels, site of the headquarters of the europe union, became a target, too. >> translator: i feel the most important issue to be discussed at the g-7 foreign ministers meeting will be measures to fight terrorism and violent extremism. this is a matter in which all the g-7 countries need to fully cooperate. first, each country must prepare its own measures, putting

anna: breaking news out of japan. for theike jakarta, maker of car parts in particular air back when they're putting their worst case of airbag recall at ¥2.7 trillion. this is breaking news is coming through from japan this morning. this is having an impact at the tail end of the japanese session on their shares. the loss,extending down by 7.2%. as we are speaking on the back of his developing news. manus: let's bring back to the conversation, stewart robertson. we just had that discussion there with justin, who is our em editor. i find it utterly fascinating that every time impeachment is mentioned, they go for a rally. there is a significant when you look at this. you thehows politics. politics is the new outlook him as it were, when it comes to emerging markets. this is a gripping story. stewart: it is. when you look at the em universe, it is not just about fundamentals or what the dollar is doing. you have to pay great attention, whatever the country. :, malaysia. the political backdrop matters enormously. what

back in japan here, there may be a big focus on japan's rail business. that's after the unveiling on friday of hitachi's new rolling stock in london. and hitachi also opened up an assembly point there, where they will assemble a lot of the rolling stock. a big focus for hitachi in its ventures overseas. that's all from me. back to you. >> ramin, sounds good. we'll talk to you in a few hours' time there. reporting for us live from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> japanese officials want to see more fuel cell vehicles on the roads. the industry ministry plans to promote the eco-friendly cars, so at least 800,000 are in use by the year 2030. the vehicles run on electricity generated by hydrogen that reacts with oxygen in the air. they don't emit carbon dioxide or other exhaust gases. toyota and honda have about 500 combined on the road. the ministry officials say the keys to get more people to switch are lower prices, and more hydrogen filling stations. the officials want the cars to retail for under $26,000. that is the cost of popular models now. fuel cell v

labor productivity has fallen in japan. basically, they need to do a huge revamp of the labor market if they want to go somewhere. it will not -- fiscal alone will not help. rishaad: female participation is one thing. it is one of the goals. perhaps more integration and use of foreign workers -- immigration and use of foreign workers. but this is hard for japan. guest: it is very hard. they have to break the dual market. it is not just about women in participating, it is about literally changing this life employment. rishaad: salary men, etc. guest: yes. if not, you have all these second-tier labor markets, with very low wages and low productivity. that is not only women, but also degree holders in japan, who are in part-time jobs because they cannot find anything else better. i think that has to go. that is 70% of the labor force in japan. rishaad: let's just look at china now. the data is soft. , sixve this growth target and a half percent growth -- 6.5% growth at a minimum. guest: it is like a whole army for that. you ha

across most of japan, temperatures continuing to spike up here. into the high teens, low 20s, including the tokyo area, but things could be changing by the end of the weekend. for now, high pressure still dominating, keeping things rather warm. you have the sunny skies continuing to linger out here. you might see the pollen in the air, if you suffer from hayfever, that might bother you here throughout the day on your thursday into friday. but things are going to be clearing up, because as far as the pollen is concerned, but the precipitation, we have a low pressure down southeastern china, heavy rainfall for you. it shifts off towards the east into western locations of japan, even moving towards tokyo. saturday morning, maybe some snow in the higher elevations. this is definitely going to be on the wet side. before that moves out and moves toward the east. we get a cool down early next week. for the time being, though, as i mentioned, definitely spring like out there. tokyo with a high of 19, sunny skies for you, shanghai, rain showers passing thr

these type of rallies are being held across japan. messages are mixed with resistance by anti-discrimination groups. hate speech is rampant on internet. campaigns continue to be posted on video sharing sites. the report says attacks mainly targeted people with korean roots. this worker did not want to use her name. they is korean and has lived in japan for 30 years. she has protesters outside where she works. >> translator: they shouted. i don't want to see these rallies. >> reporter: something is being done. in december 2014 the supreme court ruled that hate speech is illegal. it ordered a group to pay compensation for repeated discriminatory speech near a school in kyoto. in the wake of the decision an ordinance to regulate hate speech was adopted at osaka municipal assembly. it will take effect in july. parties have worked to draft a bill foror the government to do more to raise public awareness. this man has worked for ten years. he thinks friction between japanese and nonjapanese can not be avoid but he has a praragmat view. >> t

. >> i want god to make japan pay. i feel the suffering of the victims. >> i hope many more people watch this movie, so they will understand. >> clearly a painful experience, but the box office figures show how around 3 million careens have felt the need to go through it. rob mcbride, al jazeera, seoul. >>> there is lots more on our website, aljazeera.com. >>> from critic to comrade, dr. ben carson saying he endorses donald trump. >>> dishonorable discharge, two top executives losing their job over a scandal in the wounded warrior project. >>> in texas, more rain on the way.

japan will make a strong commitment to creating a safer world. >> japan will call on other countries to work closely together to fight against terrorist attacks like those in brussels. >> also a three way meeting on the sidelines with the president and president obama. he's expected to confirm that he'll work closely with them against north korea. in light of pyongyang's nuclear launches and tests. >>> dutch investigators say the fbi warned them about the two brothers in the brussels attacks. days before the pair blew themselves up, they say they passed that information on to their belgian counter parts. the investigators say they were informed of their criminal back ground and his brother's suspected involvement in terrorism. the fbi warning came six days bafr the attacks. dutch police say they shared it with belgian police the next day. belgium denies having received such information. ba investigators lost track of him after he was sent back to the netherlands. the blunder has triggered criticism about intelligence sharing between belgium and the netherlands. meanwhile belgian offi

forces in japan. we saw japan as a country that was able to absorb and use andctively anti-air, antiwar capabilities as sophisticated as our own. we hoped that the japanese would coordinate with us and our south korean allies. --se roles all caps lamented all complemented the roles of others in nato and south america. this is a very compelling case. not everybody agreed with this. there were several criticisms that were aimed at the maritime strategy. i can show you some of the scar tissue. some came from within the navy itself, and some came from academics. so-called military reformers and several criticisms from the soviets. some thought that you just cannot do it. we couldn't do what we said we would try to do with naval forces. some thought it was dangerously xpiratory -- there were several academics, colleagues, friends of mine, john near signer -- friends of mine who said that by doing this, we were destabilizing. everything that we ever did was destabilizing, so there were several debates durin