his name is kusa he's 26 years old and lives about 2 hours outside of tokyo. who is the only child in his family and lives with his parents. often only homely innocently tokenistic killed thanks but you look at them when i. do what i said about the question that i set up so you feel in your bullshit look at this sort of thought that they're watching us and that they must join us in the joining and i got. like most japanese who sign was brought up in the spiritual traditions of shinto and buddhism. shinto is the indigenous religion of japan and throughout history it has provided the backbone of japanese culture. the shinto faith reveres nature there are no sacred icons or books and no group worship instead followers draw their dates he's from nature worshipping the rocks trees wind and sun. after the 2nd world war shinto suffered a setback when the emperor was forced to renounce his divinity as the living god. but while a sense of religion may have decreased after the war many japanese still profess their belief in both shinto and good as. the japanese are an i

seven of the squad were in antwerp looking for qualification for tokyo 2020. they have to win the tournament and they went into this match against germany knowing a win would secure a semifinal spot. they got off to the perfect start, jill hunter's pull into the centre circle was picked up and then it was finished. germany came back into the game after half—time and with just seconds remaining in the third quarter, they equalised. where you disappointed with the draw, which is a positive because in the first half, i think we did enough where we could have got more chances and take the win. overall, good, pleasing we got a stepup from yesterday and we want to do that against belarus as we get further into the tournament. 1-1 the final score another country idiot guaranteed a place in the semifinals because ireland came back into the equation with a thumping win over belarus. with belarus to come in their second game, england will be their second game, england will be the first to secure a semifinal place but if ireland can upset the odds and beat germany, the

but you must absolutely opportunity for tokyo. but you must a bsolutely love opportunity for tokyo. but you must absolutely love it here. oh, yes. preparations for the paralympics. you've been watching newsday. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of giant panda bei bei celebrating his 4th birthday at washington, dc‘s national zoo. you can see him enjoying his cake which was made of diluted apple and grapejuice, fruits and sweet potatoes. happy birthday bei bei! that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. just when we thought it was all over it looks like some receptor return. temperatures rising across the country over the next few days, really hotting up in the south—east of england where we will find the peak of the temperatures. last time we had 30 degrees was back in the heatwave at the end of last month. the heatwave this time and at the moment, around this area of high pressure, still got some moist atla ntic pressure, still got some moist atlantic winds and that weather front bringing rain into the far north of scotland. that moi

a lawyer and translator from tokyo are also here. he hopes will soon have his children but he's worried. and demanding more to smith and if the mother isn't there with the children it just won't work on some site and or say the children are there without the parent who abducted them from date on time she has to be there for this to go forward and on and on it's not and there's always the risk that she'll have gone underground with the children somewhere in japan. the next day we order a taxi it's another half hour to our destination. 7 in the morning the plan is that the children will be handed over just down the street the authorities don't want reporters there. we arranged to hold a skype call with biarne after the direction foresman it's bad news his wife and children aren't there. would not only her father was there i didn't even see her sister another woman i've never seen before was there used by couldn't even set foot on the property i spent almost 2 hours at the fans watching them debate the situation. do you know where your

a lawyer and translator from tokyo are also here. he hopes will soon have his children but he's worried. and demanding more to smiting if the mother isn't there with the children and this won't work on some site and or say the children are there without the parent who abducted them and filmed it on time she has to be there for this to go forward on and on this night and there's always the risk that she'll have gone underground with the children somewhere in japan. the next day we order a taxi it's another half hour to our destination. it's 7 in the morning the plan is that the children will be handed over just down the street the authorities don't want reporters there. we arranged to hold a skype call with biarne after the direction foresman it's bad news his wife and children aren't there. would not only her father was there i didn't even see her sister another woman i've never seen before was there used by couldn't even set foot on the property i spent almost 2 hours at the fans watching them debate the situation. do you know where

nikki fox, bbc news, tokyo. the care quality commission has forced the closure of a children's mental health unit at west lane hospital in middlesbrough where two 17—year—old women died this summer. an inspection report published this week rated the unit as inadequate, with patients at high risk of avoidable harm. the boss of the lorry company eddie stobart has been forced to step down and trading in the firm's shares has been suspended as it looks into accounting discrepancies. the business has also warned its results for the first six months of this year will be significantly lower than originally forecast. the company, known for its green and red lorries, revealed a £2 million error in its 2018 results last month. scientists and conservationists in kenya say they have successfully harvested ten eggs from the only two surviving northern white rhinos in an effort to save the species from extinction. the eggs from the female rhinos will be fertilised using frozen sperm collected from the last male of the sp

nikki fox, bbc news, tokyo. england face a huge challenge to regain the ashes after being bowled out forjust 67 in theirfirst innings in the third test at headingley. with three days left to play, australia already lead by more than 280 runs. andy swiss reports. so much hope, so much optimism. after a good first day, england fans had arrived with a spring in their step, only to watch their ashes chances seemingly vanish before their eyes. edged and gone. jason roy's wicket sparking, even by england's standards, are quite jaw—dropping collapse. a quite jaw—dropping collapse. joe root, gone for a duck and every time you thought it couldn't get any worse, somehow it did. edged and gone. ben stokes' horrible swish, perhaps the low point. dire, desperate, you could pretty much pick your adjective. and when top scorer, joe denly, went for a mighty 12, what followed was grimly inevitable. as australia ripped through the rest, a case of blink and you missed it. england blown away for 67, their lowest test score agai

he returns to tokyo. the next day what he's been doing for years. he's become an activist on behalf of other victims of child abduction so he informs the german embassy and the european union delegation and discusses how to proceed. most every documented case in japan later that evening he meets with other fathers. and so is another father from germany who prefers to remain off camera. they all agree what needs to be done since by the off mic some kind we have to raise awareness of the situation. every so often people say let's do something let's write a letter to the japanese authorities that's very important we have to keep at it keep raising the issue. but his children are still missing the japanese police aren't making much of an effort to find them. after not will return to japan a country that has signed a treaty that it's not enforcing. as a father he has no other choice. why. the 425-3242 train want. to keep up. join us for a short history the full time takes. to find out there's more to it than just blue dogs. next on g.w. . to. an addictio

nikki fox, bbc news, tokyo. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers olivia utley who's deputy editor of the news website the article, and the guardian columnist dawn foster. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes hello there. we're looking ahead to a very warm weekend for many of us. still a few questions with monday's forecast, bank holiday for many, but saturday and sunday in the warmest spots, still expecting temperatures to reach 30 so warmer than it has been for a number of weeks. i pressure a cross been for a number of weeks. i pressure across europe. winds coming in from generally the south—east for much of the country but saturday, this weather front to the west of the uk bringing slightly thicker cloud. not dry everywhere. a bit of rain at times into the scottish highlands and islands and a bit moving into northern ireland, particularly western counties. away from that front, dry. early cloud and mist burning off.

nikki fox has been to tokyo to see how accessible the city is. in a year's time, this city will be hosting the paralympic games so not only will we see 4,000—odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. josh! josh has lived here for 12 years. he's now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan so who better to give me a tour? hajimemashite, josh. i've lost you now. it's really busy, isn't it? it can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, it's still pretty easy to get around. i've always wanted to try this crossing. this is the famous crossing, isn't it? yes, this is the shibuya scramble. josh, we're going to die. come on, josh. i wondered if i would survive the crossing. i don't think i'm ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. i'm going to follow you. so there's steps there. if would be good if you had a ramp. but there is no ramp at all, there is just a step to get in. is there anything you think i will have a problem with? yes, a couple

a year from now — the 2020 paralympics will be under way in tokyo. with 4,000 paralympians set to compete, organisers are hoping the games change attitudes towards disability in japan. duane kale is the vice president of the international paralympic committee, he told me how the preparations are going. from the two days we have had here and many, many aspects, tokyo 2020 will certainly be ready. we raise the aspect of brand accommodation and accessibility to rooms, that president parsons has mentioned and it isa president parsons has mentioned and it is a challenge for the japanese community to change. the struck and the nature. we require for the ipc about 85 fully accessible rooms and we got a little over half of that at the moment. but i think what was important and what is a wonderful thing of the legacy of the paralympics at the government here have already change the laws that require renovations and new builds to have more accessible rooms so the legacy started and we're still one year go. as you say, our reporter nikki fox who is wheelchair b

i have the europeans this year and then after tokyo everything will be going for birmingham. i was going to ask what this year is all about, you have the europeans but how do you build towards the paralympics in tokyo now? this year the whole year is based on qualification so by the end of the year for the competitions played, i've got to be ranked in the top ten in the world in right now i'm number three cell it is going well for qualification. and then i'm basically looking to do as well as i can in the europeans and hopefully come away with european championships gold. to do the treble. many thanks indeed. good luck. shauna coxsey has become the first british woman to win a medal at the climbing world championships, it came in the bouldering event, her speciality, where climbers try to complete four technically difficult routes within a time limit. climbing makes its debut at the olympics in tokyo next year, she can qualify for the games in the combined event next week. the winner today was slovenia's janja garnbret who retained her world title. there are two other discipl

tokyo's famous shibuya crossing. it's as crowded as the city itself, which will, next year, see thousands of athletes plus disabled spectators and media all arrive for the 2020 paralympic games. in the build—up, many of the 4,500 paralympians will come here to train and to acclimatise. but during that time there's no fully accessible athletes' village. they will have to stay in the city. you want to stay together asa team... canadian—born and now japanese citizen josh grisdale, who runs the website accessible japan, says that's a problem. there are really not enough rooms for people with disabilities. right now there are only about 0.4% of hotel rooms in japan are accessible. this is one of the busiest hotels in tokyo. it has more than 1,400 rooms — butjust 13 are accessible. as it stands legally, a hotel this size is only required to have one accessible room. i will show you the bathroom the law is changing to 1% for all new hotels, but the rooms themselves might not suit everyone. only this space... why is th

a year from now — the 2020 paralympics will be under way in tokyo. with 4,000 paralympians set to compete, organisers are hoping the games change attitudes towards disability in japan. we're joined from tokyo now by duane kale who is the vice president of the international paralympic committee. welcome to the programme. your colleague who is the president of the ipc, says that the lack of accessible rooms is a big problem. this is one of the main challenges, his sides, a year to go until the 0lympics, his sides, a year to go until the olympics, is japan going to be ready? from the two days we've had here many, many aspects, 2020 will be ready. you may see aspect around accommodation and accessibility to rooms, that the president has mentioned and it is a challenge for the japanese community to change the structure and nature of their running. we require for the ipc about 85 fully accessible rooms and we have a little over half of that at the moment. but i think it's really important and what is a wonderful thing of the legacy of the paralympics is th

but tokyo, greater tokyo, there are people everywhere. so they have to take the pictures while they can. let's look at some of the rul.ss, pretty simple in that o. almost like an instagram shot. cool shoes. there is ellie again. doesn't that feel like you're flicking through a magazine. sit on this trash can. >> it's artistic. >> she's gote going. ken, he sort of rolls with the fact that it's such a busy city. and snap that picture as this person was going by in front. this last one, famous location in tokyo all the neon and light. so much. it's like a 360 degree set every direction you point the camera. it will look amazing. i like this. nice. like the blur in the background. ken back to the black and white, which is an interesting choice considering all the colors. >> it works. >> he's like chill, man, take a seat. jessica goes for that instagram style. >> they're all great shots. >>> a woman who spent years battling acne. >> what's wrong with your face? you could have phrased it better. >> that's when she decided to face the problem. >

company shares havejumped this morning in tokyo trade. south korean exports fell injuly for the eighth month in a row. the south korean won slipped against the us dollar on news of the ii% south korean won slipped against the us dollar on news of the 11% drop for last month. meanwhile, face—to—face talks between the us and china have ended with little progress. both sides have agreed to resume negotiations in september, extending the uneasy truce between the world's two biggest economies stop now the us is turning its attention to another trade dispute, this time between japan and south korea. later today us secretary of state mike pompeo is set to sit down with foreign ministers to cool simmering tensions between the two countries stop business leader monica miller has been watching this dispute stop in seoul recently proposed a joint fund with japan to compensate south korean workers working forjapanese companies during the second world war but tokyo rejected the idea out of hand, saying this issue was resolved in a 1955 settlement.

rob mcbride is standing by for us with reaction from seoul but 1st let's speak to sandy selami in tokyo to tell us more about why japan has decided to do this and why now. ok. this is when expected the decision by the japanese government today the government ministers they had a meeting with the prime minister and they have officially. decided that south korea should be removed from the white please at least that has more than 20 countries which is not exempted from figure nations on other decisions through exports much of years that could be used for if you want but process for civilian and military purposes that decision was that widely expected as i say but today. the japanese government is benteke levy trying to show that this procedure is not in any way intended to. be at its initial against south korea's decision on the labor ward labor issues or the conflict woman issues which are historical issues between the 2 countries. that trade minister mr say quote the day after the decision before just half an hour he had a press conference on the cement that this is because japan has dis

are you confident tokyo will be ready? this is my fourth games, it will be my fourth games and there's always some points that need to have a bit of work and accessibility is something that i'm sure japan will get right. we've got so much issues with accessibility in this country with accessibility in this country with some of our public transport andl with some of our public transport and i think for them, it will be a case of as the year goes, from now, i'm sure they will get it right and it will be the best games that they can put on. sometimes that's true. when we look at paralympic sports abroad shines a light on where we are failing in this country. emma, first—time tae kwon do has been up, such a established sport. it's been in the olympics for such a long time, i hopefully will be devised to represent para tae kwon do in its debut, really looking forward to it. confident about selection? feeling really confident at the moment, good position, got another year to keep pushing myself, feeling confident. richard, fro

all of gladly join hands of tokyo wants to resolve the dispute through dialogue that escalated last week when south korea was removed from tokyo's favorite trading nations list how not a country that developed 1st should not hinder the ability of a country that is currently developing to continue growing we hope that japan will play a leading role together in facilitating peace and prosperity in east asia but contemplate the past the brought misfortune to its neighboring countries now japan's new emperor has expressed his deep remorse over his country's wartime posturing the annual ceremony marking. the 74th anniversary of japan's surrender ended in world war 2 and for another he thought japan's 1st emperor born after the war he said he hoped that the tragedy will never be repeated but conservative prime minister shinzo didn't apologize for japan's role in the war during the ceremony. still ahead on the monitor next staying in the race argentina's president fights to salvage his campaign out tremendous setback in primary election loss. amanda gallacher in iowa where a trade war with chin

tokyo's famous shibuya crossing. it's as crowded as the city itself, which will, next year, see thousands of athletes plus disabled spectators and media all arrive for the 2020 paralympic games. in the build—up, many of the 4,500 paralympians will come here to train and to acclimatise. but during that time there's no fully accessible athletes' village. they will have to stay in the city. you want to stay together as a team... canadian—born and now japanese citizen josh grisdale, who runs the website accessible japan, says that's a problem. there are really not enough rooms for people with disabilities. right now there are only about 0.4% of hotel rooms in japan are accessible. this is one of the busiest hotels in tokyo. it has more than 1,400 rooms — butjust 13 are accessible. as it stands legally, a hotel this size is only required to have one accessible room. the law is changing to 1% for all new hotels, but the rooms themselves might not suit everyone. only this space... why is there a bath and not a shower?

well it's one of the toughest olympic events and next year in tokyo this swimming marathon may get even tougher athletes expressed concern over the quality and temperature of the water following a test event on sunday organizers have vowed to monitor the situation closely. and water swimming is as physical as it is gruelling swim and for position in close proximity having a decent strategy is key in tokyo though they worry it something else might be lurking in the water. bill it was a little saying he and the clarity is not very good. and i want the water quality to be improved. in october 2017 tests uncovered levels of eco bacteria 20 times higher than safe standards to say those levels have since been brought down another problem is tokyo sweltering summer heat this test event started at 7 in the morning but the air temperature was already over 30 degrees a concern for swimming's governing body. bases information will you all decide that when they have it or stop it can't be 5 it will be 5 it could be c. scott disick study the all. that part of the. organizers say swim a safety is the

fancy some a ninja training before dinner in tokyo as ninja cafe hits the market. opened in july it offers the full ninja experience complete with sword play blow darts and flying daggers. of course we want people to think this is the most fun event in all of tokyo and all of japan has got that up there so all of our staff are giving it their best to make this a really exciting experience syndicate it was muslim wasn't it. for you this young apprentice gets ready to learn the way of the shadow warrior. i was really enjoying. keep the health of. the darts i think because i was a mouthpiece so it's kind of easier for me especially since i'm a tribal player right then you all waiting and after all that hard work out it's time to pack away some power food. spicy noodles. and flying dagger rice. and for dessert there's fire to jitsu putting a menu sure to delight your intern into if not the kitchen staff better watch out. that's the show check out our other stories on the dot com for its flash or on facebook or twitter see you next time and goodbye. what secrets lie beh

he lived in japan and tokyo while attending sophia university. he holds masters in economics from george mason university and is fluent in japan. >> will thank you bruce, it's always been in such an order but sometimes i wonder if it note he knows better than to get into issues of south korea and japan issues. as on to say that i endorse and agree with what mark had to say in the way i would characterize it is is by our japanese and allies. i feel like i am a bit of a disadvantage today because i am supposed to describe the south korean view on a panel that is focused on is on the economy. and i am more in the political and security dimensions. of our us asia relations. i apologize if i can't stay completely in my lane. what i wanted to do is to the response and south korea's removal from japan's white list. i think that the structure of my presentation is going to be kind of like watching a video of someone peeling an onion backwards. what's at stake in south korea in relationships well south korea and japan are significant partners of each othe

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materials the major south korean companies like sam's a need to make a semiconductor chips and to displace tokyo's decision to limit supply comes amid an escalating dispute between the 2 countries about compensation for south koreans forced into labor pan during the 2nd world war. or for more let's bring in our correspondent in south korea. fabienne this is a dispute that just seems to be escalating i mean with souled sole announcing today that it will cancel its intelligence sharing pact with tokyo where does all this lead. to this comes a little bit as a surprise 1st just yesterday the foreign ministers of china japan and so we are what we can be doing to try to resolve the conflict but obviously it's nor will the cancellation of the military sharing. doesn't have any immediate effect because it will still run months older. and then it will not get renewed but it is the essential for the trilateral alliance between japan south korea and the u.s. so the turnout griot now this alliance shows open rifts and to me that's also proof that the straight this is even expanding out towards security issues

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materials the major south korean companies like sam's a need to make a semiconductor chips and to displace tokyo's decision to limit supply comes amid an escalating dispute between the 2 countries about compensation for south koreans forced into labor i just pan during the 2nd world. of i want to bring in our correspondent in south korea. fabienne this is a dispute that just seems to be escalating i mean with souled sole announcing today that it will cancel its intelligence sharing pact with tokyo where does all this lead. to this comes a little bit as a surprise because just yesterday the foreign ministers of china japan and so we're we're meeting in beijing to try to resolve the conflict but obviously to norway all cancellation of the military sharing. doesn't have any immediate effect because it will still run i'm told. and then it will not get renewed but it is of essential for the trilateral alliance between japan south korea and the u.s. to turn out korea now this alliance shows open rifts and also proves that the strait this is even expanding towards security just us which is why it's that

, shanghai and hong kong stop to tokyo, shanghai and hong kong sto p s ha res to tokyo, shanghai and hong kong stop shares of apple suppliers in asia, mostly higher after the technology giants or its stock surge. more than 4% annual trading. but this latest balance hardly clawed back the sizeable losses of stock prices over recent months. about market sentiment remains fragile — but given that that conflict is still far from being resolved. the delay of this tariffs until mid—december is purely for political timing rather than a more substantive change in the us approach to the us china trading relationship. he also have uncertainty around political risk such as the uncertainty —— in hong kong which keep investors on edge. we will enjoy the green arrows for now. try to deceive preview another prisoner stories. —— let's brief you on other stories. us entertainment giants cbs and viacom have announced that they have finalised their merger plans. the new company will have more than 28 billion dollars in revenue and comprise brands including mtv, paramount pictures and publis

now it's one of the toughest olympic events and next year in tokyo the swimming marathon make it even tougher athletes expressed concerns over the quality and temperature of the water following a test event on sunday organizers have to monitor the situation closely. open water swimming is as physical as it is grueling swimmers jostle for position in close proximity having a decent strategy escape in tokyo though they're worried something else might be lurking in the water. till it was a little stinky and that clarity is not very good for the identity of the day and i want the water quality to be improved. in october 2017 tests uncovered levels of eco by bacteria 20 times higher than safe standards organizers say those levels have since been brought down another problem is tokyo sweltering summer heat this test event started at 7 in the morning but the air temperature was already over 30 degrees a concern for swimming's governing body. basically formation or you'll decide that when they have it or stop. get the 5 in the 5 to 6 get busy studying the bed all the what the. organizers say

escalating i mean with seoul announcing today that it will cancel its intelligence sharing pact with tokyo where does all this lead. actually this comes a little bit as a surprise because just yesterday the foreign ministers of china japan and south we're we're meeting in beijing to try to resolve the conflict but obviously to norway all the cancellation of the military sharing. doesn't have any immediate effect because it will still run until the 23rd of and then it will not get renewed but it is it's essential for the tri lateral alliance between japan south korea and the u.s. to turn out korea and now this alliance shows open rifts and to me that's also proof that the trade dispute is even expanding towards security issues which is quite severe and this dispute i can only imagine must also have an impact on sas korea's economy we heard that from the central bank today how damaging is it. well maybe not s. damaging yet as you might expect with a south korea was stripped off japan's white list of preferred trading hotness and this is more of a symbolic move. often asians in asia are not o

it's one of the toughest olympic events and next year in tokyo the swimming marathon make it even tougher athletes expressed concerns over the quality and temperature of the water following a test event on sunday organizers have vowed to monitor the situation closely. open water swimming is as physical as it is gruelling swimmers jostle for position in close proximity having a decent strategy escape in tokyo though they're worried something else might be lurking in the water. it was a little stinky and the clarity is not very good to be identified. and i want the water quality to be improved. in october 27th teen tests uncovered levels of eco dye bacteria 20 times higher than safe standards to say those levels have since been brought down another problem is tokyo sweltering summer heat this test event started at 7 in the morning but the air temperature was already over 30 degrees a concern for swimming's governing body. basins you voted but shit will you all decide that when they have it or stop. can be vital to the fight it could be seen to get beseeched of the. all. the. organizers say

we meet the chinese—born man running for office in tokyo's red light district. also on the programme: the incredible findings at mission jurassic. we'll take you to one of the biggest dinosaur graveyards in the world. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: israel bars two us congresswomen from entering the country, a move encouraged by president trump. hong kong prepares for more demonstrations this weekend. donald trump has urges china's president to meet protest leaders t

next, n ext, to kyo next, tokyo is due to remove south korea from its favoured waitlist, the group of countries that can trade with japan with minimum restrictions. if they do so, companies would need a government license to sell any products that could potentially be used for weapons and military applications. japan has placed restrictions on materials south korean companies need to produce computer chips. well, our sole correspondent laura becker has the details. this is the level of anger some in south korea feel towards japan. —— laura bicker. in disgust, this man is destroying his japanese made car, an act of defiance just days after tokyo slapped trade restrictions on seoul. he is not alone in his fury. the trades that has prompted thousands of koreans to boycott japanese goods. hundreds of items have been taken off supermarket shelves. translation: japan took action, and as korean citizens, we should act fast as well. so we haven't been using any japanese products. translation: we often use to go on vacation to japan, but now we don't. we have even recently cancelled our tr

in earlyjuly, tokyo hit businesses in both countries. in early july, tokyo restricted hit businesses in both countries. in earlyjuly, tokyo restricted exports of materials critical to south korea's semiconductor industry citing national security concerns. we are seeing evidence of the impact on the south korean economy and our business reported mariko oi has been following the story. mariko, we've had some new numbers out of south korea this morning. what do they tell us? that's right. the impact is quite severe. we saw the new numbers out of south korea for the first three weeks of august, experts were down sharply —— exports, over 13% —— 30% for chips. we saw a lot of consumers, meanwhile, in south korea boycotting japanese products as well and that has been hitting some of the country's biggest brands from japanese beers too, guess what? hello kitty. but the biggest impact is on the tourism industry, in both countries, actually, with airlines announcing cuts or a complete suspension of their face. this announcing cuts or a com

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we meet the chinese—born man running for office in tokyo's red light district. good morning. it is 8:00am here in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 3:00am in israel, where the authorities have banned two us congresswomen from entering the country. ilhan omar and rashida tlaib, who are both democrats, had been expected to begin a tour of the palestinian territories later this week. they have both been critical of israel's policies towards the palestinians. our north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. have two newly elected members of congress ever created the stir that ilhan omar and rashida tlaib have? they were the first two muslim women to be elected to the house. they're both on the left of the democratic party, neither is a fan of the israeli government, both are outspoken, and donald trump relishes going after them. omar has a history of launching vicious anti—semitic screeds. all chant: send her back! her colleague, representative rashida tlaib... booing ..agreed with omar‘s characterisation of 9/11 and said that members of

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and japan and i first met mark when he was the head of the political military unit in the embassy in tokyo, well, probably more years than either one of us would want to admit and since then he's had any number of jobs, any number of business cards i think i have in my collection, it's not to say he can't keep a job, expertise on so many areas has been recognized, he has served multiple postings in tokyo, seoul, hanoi and baghdad, director for indian affairs and more recently he was deputy chief of mission at embassy in seoul. he's twice worked in north korea, in 1997 as state department representative and in 2000 as the advanced team for secretary of state to pyongyang, recipient of number awards from trust department of state including the secretary of state's distinguished service award, the nation's highest -- highest diplomatic honor, he's a graduate of princeton university and also studied at university of tokyo, go panthers, intensative japanese program, the army war college and mark, when i was at the national war college, army beat us, and just if that wasn't enough to be envy eno

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nikki fox has been to tokyo to see how accessible the city is. in a year's time, this city will be hosting the paralympic games so not only will we see 4,000—odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. josh! josh has lived here for 12 years. he's now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan so who better to give me a tour? hajimemashite, josh. i've lost you now. it's really busy, isn't it? it can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, it's still pretty easy to get around. i've always wanted to try this crossing. this is the famous crossing, isn't it? yes, this is the shibuya scramble. josh, we're going to die. come on, josh. i wondered if i would survive the crossing. i don't think i'm ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. i'm going to follow you. so there's steps there. if would be good if you had a ramp. but there is no ramp at all, there is just a step to get in. is there anything you think i will have a problem with? yes, a couple

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next month i go to tokyo for the test events and that will be the best preparation for me with it being my first games i do not know what to expect. so i canjust experience it and hopefully get an understanding of what it is going to be like and then in october i will compete in the european championships. great to have another sport in the paralympics, another exciting sport. and for other sports like athletics to see a new sport like athletics to see a new sport like tae kwon do coming into the paralympic family is very important and it shows the legacy of sport and hopefully amy inspires the next generation of tae kwon do athletes to participate in the future games. both looking to add to what i'm sure will be a bumper haulfor both looking to add to what i'm sure will be a bumper haul for the british paralympic team injapan next year. the carabao cup kicks off tonight. here are the pick of the other ties this evening , where will the upsets come, aston villa are at crewe, brighton at bristol rovers, off the back of that win at old trafford, crystal palace host colchester. league 2 ne

nikki fox has been to tokyo to see how accessible the city is. in a year's time, this city will be hosting the paralympic games so not only will we see 4,000—odd athletes arriving with all kinds of disabilities, there will also be disabled media, spectators. josh! josh has lived here for 12 years. he's now a japanese citizen and runs the website accessible japan so who better to give me a tour? hajimemashite, josh. i've lost you now. it's really busy, isn't it? it can be, especially during rush hour but if you avoid those peak times, it's still pretty easy to get around. i've always wanted to try this crossing. this is the famous crossing, isn't it? yes, this is the shibuya scramble. josh, we're going to die. come on, josh. i wondered if i would survive the crossing. i don't think i'm ever seen a street this busy in my entire life. i'm going to follow you. so there's steps there. if would be good if you had a ramp. but there is no ramp at all, there is just a step to get in. is there anything you think i will have a problem with? yes, a couple

we'll have the story of why this british pair were disqualfied at the triathlon test event in tokyo. also coming up in the programme... is the rematch in doubt? andy ruinr says he doesn't want to fight anthony joshua in saudi arabia. hello and welcome along. this was the test that england were going to mount their ashes comeback, 1—0 down in the series. a wash—out yesterday on opening day of the second test at lords. would they have preferred more rain today? because, after australia put england into bat, they were bowled out for 258, losing wickets at a steady pace with rory burns and johnny bairstow doing their best to contain things, both with half centuries. australia are at the crease and at lord's for us is our correspondentjoe wilson. a bit ofa a bit of a slope for england this one today. and as you mentioned we are trying to make up with lost time for the wassail yesterday. play is continuing under floodlights. more on that in a moment. but it was a brave decision everything backed up this morning when tim payne won the toss frustrated and decided to bowl. it went against

he lived in japan in both -- and tokyo while attending the university. heels masters and bachelors degrees in economics from george mason university and is fluent in japanese. i'll turn to you, , scott, to gt us started. >> thank thank you, bruce. it's always a pleasure and honor when bruce called me to contribute but sometimes i wonder if it's because he knows better than to stick his neck out on issues like south korea-japan relations. i also just want to say that i fully endorse and agree with what marc knapper had to say. the way i would characterize it is essentially a call to statesmanship by our japanese and south korean allies. i feel like i'm a bit of, at a bit of a disadvantage today because i'm supposed to describe the south korean view on a panel that focuses on the economy, when i'm really focused on the political and security dimensions of u.s.-asia relations. and so i apologize if i can't stay completely and my lincoln what i want to do is to describe south korea's response to prime minister abe announcement of export restrictions and sout

and she looks set to be a home favourite when climbing makes its debut in tokyo. after he claimed old and the men's final at the world championship in japan. —— men's final at the world championship injapan. —— claimed gold. crystal ocean was beaten on the first day of yorks festival. but it was pretty close as you see now, trained by aidan 0'brien, took that toa trained by aidan 0'brien, took that to a photo finish come the second time that crystal ocean has been picked on the line after being beaten by the neck by ascot. coming up beaten by the neck by ascot. coming up in beaten by the neck by ascot. coming upina beaten by the neck by ascot. coming up in a moment as a look at the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow and a former trade minister and broadcaster. welcome to it. many of the front pages are over the same story on most of the front pages in the telegraphed are 30 days to fix the backstop. the visited jeremy in the guardian, to avoid a no—deal brexit

it's one of the toughest olympic events and next year in tokyo the swimming marathon. make it even tougher athletes expressed concerns over the quality and the temperature of the water following a test event on sunday organizers have vowed to monitor the situation closely. open water swimming is as physical as it is grueling swimmers josel for position in close proximity having a decent strategy is key in tokyo though there were something else might be lurking in the water. it was a little singley and the clarity is not very good. and i want the water quality to be improved. in october 2017 tests uncovered levels of bacteria 20 times higher than safe standards organizers say those levels have since been brought down another problem is tokyo sweltering summer heat this test event started at 7 in the morning but the air temperature was already over 30 degrees a concern for swimming's governing body. very easy for a bunch of what we would decide to when they have it or stop. can be 5 believe $5.00 to $6.00 good beseeched up to the. top that. organizers say swim a safety i