and your parents were born in japan. did you suffer discrimination growing up in japan? masayoshi: yes, i had some experience. but i feel now it was good. that made me, you know, stronger. to work harder. so, i had to prove that i am not different from any other guys. not inferior. so i had to work harder to prove the value. david: your family adopted a japanese name at one point. masayoshi: actually in japan, there was some period, the japanese government forced every korean to change to a japanese name. so, it was not their intention. we had to. david: you have to change? masayoshi: we have to change. that made me even more harder, because i was treated that i was hiding something. it was even tougher. david: you did not grow up in tokyo. you grew up in a relatively small town in japan. is that right? masayoshi: yes. in the southern part. david: the southern part of japan. it was said you are interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's. why were you interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's? did you like mcdonald's food, or what was it? masayoshi: he wrote the book

well there no where in japan and the u.s. cooperate on energy that you can talk about infrastructure of course without talking about energy and energy you really has as you mention is that is the big thing here so japan they're not really in need of gas as much as people would think you know there are there are nuclear industry is there are there are the reactors are popping back up after fukushima not necessarily the brightest they also renewable energy is big on their plate for japan itself but japan is a great way of getting light we're getting natural gas and shale over from the states to the rest of asia which is becoming hungrier and hungrier so by two thousand and thirty that we're looking at about an eighty billion dollar investment to be necessary into asia and from the sale of gas and such products to the rest of asia so what japan wants to do is get in on the deal get the u.s. to be able to sell and export this energy source but japan wants to build the infrastructure so the pipelines the refineries excedrin so thi

kobe steel japan's third largest steelmaker admits that it faked data on. planes and bullet trains general motors boeing and toyota are among the firms checking their products also this week bubble trouble why the international monetary fund the winner of the nobel prize in economics a signaling danger ahead for the global economy. and the trevi fountain sponsored by luxury fashion brand fendi why without private investment many of italy's most important monuments risk decay. with planes trains automobiles and fake components japan's kobe steel says that it was faking data about the strength of products delivered to more than two hundred companies for the past decade it's a scandal it's unsettling the transportation industry worldwide general motors boeing toyota honda they all have to check their supply chains the manufacturer of japan's bullet trains says that it's already found parts supplied by kobe that failed to meet industry standards the one hundred twelve year old metals manufacturer said that further cases could come to light florence louis report

japan so he would like to play a big a lot. it was what is visionary in asia you know to do that again and stability which. in a sense contrary. last because of the korean peninsula and allies of china and particularly the happening in the u.s. politics. alessio the law now what is you your view about what happened did typhoon land people people away or did north korea drive them to the polls. well these early delights are. childless presenting itself is an ideal call for drug use drug and long to call the snap election but also to provide a platform so these message to just kind of course stronger as those of these opponents are so that saying. the security lens is the progressive to tell you ration well new c c. context. ideal conditions are so broadly. to do jack to sell and. would probably be the ideal person to do the current situation which i says he's seen from there as they ideal person to do with a concentration. yes in the sense that he at least from the white house is probably president trumps one of his closest fore

not japan's pacifist constitution was drafted by the u.s. after world war two but what exactly does it mean the relevant court kill was here is known as article nine it calls for complete renunciation of war literally that means japan shouldn't have any armed forces but it does successive governments have interpreted the constitution to allow a self-defense military has pushed for an even broader interpretation he passed a law two years ago that authorizes overseas military missions for quote collective self defense alongside japan's allies he's also pushed to change the constitution to further legitimize the military but that can only happen after a referendum and the people aren't necessarily on board recent polls show they are split on changing the charter richard. it's going to be a complicated match i mean with the aging population we're not going to suddenly see old woman on the front line in afghanistan in the next couple of weeks for example what sort of conversation would the u.s. like to see happening before we see any changes. as

components of the us japan alliance atlantic contribution to. japanese national defense and security so within this context i think that the initiatives that have been taking plays over the last few years and the happen at celebrated were that this security legislations as they were asking did arsenic to fifteen they are about the power of japanese governments to have a more relevant use of their capabilities at their disposal in order to meet the security challenges that surround to japan not just in very difficult crisis time which was the set up during the cold war but the dream of the ministry of defense corps as the great so synonymous that is peacetime relatively complex security it's a matter of us as it would be a situation of the missile crisis and north korea are all as it's been in recent times although the greater military assertiveness conducted by china in the sea of japan in the east china sea so we're talking about an hour in the states rather then the n.t. changing your military posture qatar you want to say something. so don't

robert: the japan society of northern california has built social connections with japan in business, culture, and academia, reinforcing the japanese contributions to the bay area's history and its future. joining us are the co-chairs for the group's gala event, nobuko saito cleary, the president of cross-cultural communications and a board member, and now a producer for an upcoming documentary. and also here is larry greenwood, the president of the japan society of northern california, and he's also an advisor for bower group asia and the center for strategic and international studies. welcome to the show. nobuko saito cleary: thank you so much for inviting us. robert: well, give us an idea, first of all, for people who don't know, japan society. i talked a little bit about what it does. what is it as a group? nobuko: well, japan society was founded in 1905, as a matter of fact, the second oldest organization in america next to boston. and we celebrate a lot of events, but the parent mainly, that is japan, is introducing japanese culture and the relationship between united states and

components of the us japan alliance atlantic contribution to. japanese national defense and security so within this context i think that the initiatives that have been taking plays all the last few years and that i haven't celebrated were the security legislations as they were passed in two thousand and fifteen they are about empowering japanese governments to have a more relevant use of their capital but it is at their disposal in order to meet the security challenges that surround to japan not just in very difficult crisis time which was the set up during the cold war but the dream of the ministry of defense corps as the graves synoptics that is peacetime relatively complex security scenarios as it would be a situation of the missile crisis and north korea all as it's been in recent times although the greater military assertiveness conducted by china in the sea of japan in the east china sea so we're talking about an hour in the states rather then fundamentally changing a military posture qatar you want to say something. so don't forget you kn

why did you move back to japan? not that it is not a great place to move back to, but you are in the silicon valley area. why not stay there? masayoshi: i created a company and my employees asked me to stay. but i said no, i promised to my mother when i decided to come study in the states. she was crying in the airport and i said no, don't cry, mom. after i graduate from school, i will come back, i promise. she said no, you don't come back. this is forever. farewell. no, i promise you, don't worry, i promise you. so i kept my word. david: recently, you did the biggest investment you have ever made in a company called a.r.m. masayoshi: they have 99% market share for any smartphone you have in your pocket. i think the company is going to be more valuable than google. ♪ ♪ david: all right, so you moved back to japan and started a company called softbank. what was softbank's purpose? what kind of business were you in? masayoshi: so that was the beginning of the time of the personal computer got started. there was ha

and japan. now we are going to see a newly strengthened xi jinping in china who is coming out of the 19th party congress for stronger than his immediate predecessors. so i would suggest that the elements are in place for a collective and collaborative strategy that will really set some limits on north korea and bring kim jong-un ultimately to the point where he has got to make a tough decision between shifting to a negotiating track or putting his regime at real risk. ramy: we will leave it there, but we could continue this for a much younger time that we have. the former secretary of state, daniel russell. let's go ahead and take a look at this business news. business flash headlines, australia's regulator anz bank is settling over electors interest rate rating. the investment commission is processing anz, west bank, and more. they looked at the bill swap rate. they were scheduled to meet in melbourne federal court, but that has been adjourned for 48 hours. cisco systems is close to a deal to a

chaos to erupt in japan what happens then is that people start selling their stocks in japan and they also causes global turmoil which means what i have to sell my euro positions i have to sell my day. all are based positions and i have to buy back again you're going to have the collapse and then talk about currency volatility could scream higher and just wreck that nation to be just totally wipe out that nation that's what i'm worried about those are the things that you won't hear in other places but the kaiser report is that something that's very very very important to understand is something that could guarantee to happen next year no but it's very likely to occur and you have to be looking for and aware of it and hedge against ok because we're talking about contagion and we've seen examples of what happens in two thousand and eight the subprime market became contagious and we had the global financial crisis because the academics told us that real estate across the neighborhood and go down simultaneously and that different regions all those go down in different rates of depreciatio

kathleen: when do you think japan will hit 2% inflation? does japan need to percent inflation? -- need 2% inflation? 2022, 2023. rate is zero for the past 20 years. on average, it is slightly below 2%. it takes time. it is very gradual. it will take five years. kathleen: if governor kuroda gets reappointed, he has five years. speaking of next term, i am just curious, you are an advisor to the bank of japan, you worked at j.p. morgan. donald trump will announce his pick on thursday powell. does this matter to the rest of the world? what are the implications? from outside the country, how is it being viewed? >> this is very important. kathleen: does it matter if it is jay powell? chair, whathe next the fed can do is limited. kathleen: if the fed keeps raising rates, that is good for the boj. >> yes, exactly. kathleen: thank you so much for joining us. we appreciated so very much. chief economist at sony financial holdings, a former advisor to the bank of japan. we are pretty close to the decision. we will see if they lower their inflation outlook. we will listen to every word fro

because you know enough about this japan's opposition didn't have the time or perhaps the inclination to unify the left liberals candidate former chief cabinet secretary yukio edano came in a distant second. prime minister was able to convince voters he was better on security and turnout may have been affected by heavy rains not a good sign for new beginnings well earlier we spoke to our tokyo correspondent michael pena and asked him to explain what kind of japan shinzo obvious trying to create. you know i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has guided him and part of that is his family history because his ow

since in the post-war japan's history or a circle there in turkey or syria thank you. well rex tillerson is our ivan saudi arabia as part of a new push to end the gulf diplomatic crisis but the u.s. secretary of state isn't making optimistic noises saying he doesn't anticipate a breakthrough it's now four months in saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain all suspended ties with cata logical hand reports. he's back u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has landed in saudi arabia he was here in july then signing a memorandum of understanding with carter would be enough to end the blockade it didn't despite his shuttle diplomacy so now he's coming back trying a new tactic for the four blockading countries saudi arabia u.a.e. egypt and bahrain assigning blame and then in an interview saying qatar is willing to negotiate and the saudi led coalition is simply refusing to talk because he tried before he tried to try to be nice with everyone but him no where. produced no results so i think that's probably. the time has come. analysts say there is a renewed hope they might be

what does that tell us about japan?te governance in because we've had, of course, them, nissan, takata, toshiba, olympus, just to name a few, where there has been a failure has gone right to the top. are we getting all of this information because of abenomics inspite of abe -- in spite of abenomics? scrutiny onhat the corporate leadership definitely has been tightened. because of a combination. the regulatory oversight. also, investor oversight and also the japanese media is now empowered. don't be afraid of the big bosses in japan. go after the scandals. so it's actually good news in of the overall transparency, you know, that we're getting in japan. >> so we're seeing here that sense. working, in a the push for corporate governance reform? exactly right. you've got effectively, remember, japan, this sort of insider capitalism with the big groups controlling the flow of information, controlling the way power gets allocated here. changes in the corporate governance code , with the corporate code, basically you're moving

japan, japan -- haidi: and japan? >> presidents shinzo abe getting congratulations here it snap elections paid off. that was to be expected, but what does this mean for monetary policy, governor kuroda? i guess that is what we are talking about next. what about constitutional reform, casinos even? he will probably be around when the olympics are held. about that and more. we are also whelping aghast in singapore. how is he betting lng? he is betting big. finally, china home prices. angie: it is the big three cities which have shown a bit of a stuttering. thing.ctually a current >> what else elsewhere? they cashelopers as out their five-year plan. all that and more in the next hour. ♪ angie: it is almost 11:00 in hong kong. i am angie lau. david: we are in the middle of the first asian trading session of the week, a fairly good when we should note. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ agie: voters hand shinzo abe landslide victory come on track to become japan's longest-serving political leader. 225 rising forei

it is bad from an faction japan and perception of quality in japan. the link underlying these is that we need -- this is all part of the corporate governance code supposed to be explicit with whistleblower protection. they are helping the company when they come forward. in all these cases the revelations were not brought immediately. these could have been caught much earlier in the process. case, the subaru's knowledge of these faulty inspectors seems to be happening for decades possibly. what can be done then? there should be more whistleblower protection, quicker action. i you seeing any of that change at all, even right now? >> unfortunately we have not yet seen that. weask every company meet how many whistleblower complaints they have had. 0-1 a year.y that sounds way too low a number. people are encouraged to help by coming forward, and we have not yet seen that. >> do think the current snowblower law does more harm than good? >> i think it is good. whistleblower law does more harm than good? >> i think it is good. it has then reported in the new

japan prime minister wins in landslide election. manus: a comeback. separatists will today formulate their response to spain after the prime minister announced plans to ice the rebel government. anna: a domestic challenge. theresa may's efforts to get brexit through parliament as the labour party threatens to unite with tory rebels. manus: rex tillerson says saudi arabia busts -- rebuffed his and that anyone doing business with iran does so at their own risks. we are alive. ♪ -- we are live. ♪ a very warm welcome, everybody. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe," our flagship show. i anna edwards. manus: i am manus cranny. we are waiting for some news to come from phillips but the market is interested in this. japan. shinzo abe. and's -- medical devices and diagnostic year, we will be doing soon. the market is a little lighter than anticipated. for japan's prime minister's sales growth between four .6 to seven. what is the terms of exposure that? $ 401s -- in billion in terms of third-quarter sales. -- for a one billion euros in terms of third-quar

in japan, he is not a japan watcher. he is absolutely part of the fabric of commentary and analysis across all of political and economic japan. he joins us from our studios in tokyo. wonderful to have you with us. tell me, who is mr. abe? what kind of politician is he? is he someone we can compare to an american politician? robert: i think mr. abe is a politician who makes a habit of getting along with people, working out compromises, getting people in a room together, something the way, ideal american politicians worked 20 or 30 years ago. he's been extremely effective in getting along with the u.s. he was good friends with president obama. he's good friends with trump. this is an asset to japan since the u.s.-japan relationship is so important. i think the prime minister deserves a great deal of credit for that. tom: i believe i give you credit for giving me the classic book coming out of world war ii. that's when they last addressed the constitution. do you look for profound constitutional changes now that ill move ja

your father moved to japan, and her parents grew up in japan. did you suffer discrimination growing up in japan? masayoshi: yes, i had some experience. but i feel now, it is good. that made me stronger, to work to work harder. i had to prove i am different from the other guys. harder to prove the value. david: your family adopted a japanese point at one point. masayoshi: in japan there was the japanese government forced every korean to change to a japanese name. it was not their intention that we had to. david: we had -- you had to change. masayoshi: we had to change. it was harder because i felt i was hiding something. it was even tougher. david: you did not grow up in tokyo. you grew up in a relatively small town in japan. masayoshi: in the southern part. david: it was said you are interested in meeting the head of mcdonald's. interested -- was at the mcdonald's food? worked the book, and it became the best ever. i was so impressed and said, this is great. the guy who wrote about it must be great. david: how old were you when you wanted to mee

korea treaty declared korea a protectorate of japan in one thousand ten japan formally annexed korea into its empire taking a major step in the direction of conquering china can you describe what japanese rule was like new voting to move to two to germany's colonialism is really unprecedented in comparison with other countries you know period as a mostly just means it's taking over economic power but japan tried to eliminate korean culture and there they didn't allow korean people to use the korean language they only taught the japanese language they really destroyed the korean people's way of thinking. all horrors unleashed in the lead up to world war two when koreans would serve as cannon fodder for the japanese imperial army koreans were sent to the front lines of the war and tens of thousands of young korean women were forced into sexual slavery known as comfort women to japanese soldiers it's a chapter of world war two often overlooked in the united states in one thousand thirty nine korea's colonial governor euro minami demanded koreans literally arrange their identities and ad

itself but japan is a great way of getting. getting natural gas and shale over from the states to the rest of asia which is becoming hungrier and hungrier so by two thousand and thirty that we're looking at about an eighty billion dollar investment to be necessary into asia and from the sale of gas and such products to the rest of asia so what japan wants to do is get in on the deal get the u.s. to be able to sell and export this energy source but japan wants to build the infrastructure so the pipelines the refineries excedrin so this would be a great way for them to deal together so that you can hear japan or you can think or at least expect japan to be talking about this a lot also there's the fast trains they're talking about a couple of projects that are going on in the states right now that might be something that is mentioned by the japanese foreign minister as well these are all positive notes and it's a good way to get about away from subjects that are a little bit more negative other subjects that we must address trade

-japan alliance. it looks like he is ready for a couple more rounds of golf with the president when he visits . month.ts next haidi: voters had to break the bad weather to vote. what is the latest on the thai phone? -- the typhoon? yvonne: heavy rain and wind gusts when we were heading to work today. the good news, it has weakened from the category two storm as it made its way from the south. we have some plans, toyota canceling shifts at its plants. airlines, japan airlines canceling hundreds of flights. ana also. overall, we can see more cancellations as the rain comes through. on the also weigh turnout. according to some tallies, we saw the second lowest turnout on the selection since world war ii. the worst was 2014. usually when given low turnout, the lbre favorable for t. haidi: yvonne coming to us from tokyo as we try to assess the outcome of the national election. shinzo abe has potentially secured a super majority. a professor. great to have you. we talk about this potentially being a victory

we can start with the japan times. it says his gamble on the snap election paid off but the paper warns that even as he emerges stronger, he faces a divided nation. the financial times also leads with — as the paper puts it — mr abe's ‘thumping' victory. and this picture of the smiling prime minister. the ft says he won a ‘sweeping mandate for reforms'. and finally — the straits times says japan voters have strengthened mr abe's hand, but it also points to the latest surveys which show that even now more japanese disapprove of mr abe rather than support him. that brings you up to date. the spanish government has rejected accusations from the regional authorities in catalonia that it's carried out a coup by moving to impose direct control in the wake of the disputed independence referendum. catalans opposed to independence have been protesting in barcelona, from where tom burridge reports. this scene, hard to imagine just a few weeks ago. maybe 200 people outside a military barracks in barcelona. support for s

constitution that piece clause in the constitution bans japan from having a military japan has so-called self-defense troops who are unable to fight something out there wants to change in his third term. in face of the tension over north korea i aim to discuss whether the presence of the self-defense forces troops who are working hard twenty four hours a day three hundred sixty five days a year is constitutional or not. once passed by parliament however constitutional changes would have to go into a referendum which could prove difficult as a leader is deeply unpopular and his victory is being seen as a reflection of a lack of alternatives rather than support for his push to change the constitution . joining me now from tokyo is journalist unlike append michael as we heard obvious is this election was about the military threat from north korea with this resoundingly victory water is likely more is going to be. the obvious particular diplomatic approach to north korea is pretty well set and essentially what he was saying is i want you to endorse what i've already been doing so he hasn't b

of course, japan, japan is probably committed to non-nuclear policies. and yet we have to say to chinese friends that if you let north korea be a kind of a sort of de facto nuclear, certainly that will sort of open the vote for the nonproliferation system be collapsed. and you are responsible for those matters. that's a choice. that kind of serious talks on all kind of the security matters, peace matters should be done within those sort of five countries and then consolidating our positions and to face with north korea. that's how that i think if there's any hope. of course it is very difficult to pursue this route. i may sound like too much of a sort of dreamy type of things but if anything could succeed, that's sort of a new attempt, new sense of emergency and new sense of crisis is very important. that's my personal thought. thank you very much. [ applause ]. >> thank you very much. so now i'd like to invite our panelists and speakers up here. we're going to have a short group discussion before we open it up to the audience. and the opening presentati

lows in 11ing the months after japan suspended car registration in japan. alan referendum, ists say it is another shameful page in spain's history. this is "bloomberg markets." we had these purchasing managers indices out of china. gauge, five-year highs -- the unofficial passion days,n manufacture slipping to 51.6. the prithe deficit that has from the official one. we have some of these large firms distorting things. large firms are feeling bullish. so.l firms less tailored toa move shore up the economy. pboc announcing it will reduce the amount of cash the banks must hold in reserve. the economy where it has been scarce. it's not the only pmi's we have had. the few places in asisa, --asia, the markets are trading. most closed for a public holiday. pmi in japan. haidi: we had the pmi data from the nikkei business morning. we had japanese stocks building on gains. boding well for corporate warnings in japan -- corporate earnings in japan. we we ending higher and sellingng for seleign for chinese stock g -- for ringgit stocks down. is sliding except for the

constitution a piece clause in the constitution bans japan from having a military japan has so-called self-defense troops who are unable to fight something out there wants to change in his third term. in face of the tension over north korea i aim to discuss whether the presence of the self-defense forces troops who are working hard twenty four hours a day three hundred sixty five days a year is constitutional or not. once passed by parliament however constitutional changes would have to go into a referendum which could prove difficult as a leader is deeply unpopular and his victory is being seen as a reflection of a lack of alternatives rather than support for his push to change the constitution . the spanish government says it is set to temporarily impose direct rule on catalonia to prevent it from declaring independence now if spain senate approves this move later this week the council on president charlotte as opposed to mont will have to leave office spain's central government says it may choose a single representative to replace them meanwhile the regional government in catalonia

i'm welcome to the program japan's prime minister shinzo abyei has swept to a resoundingly victory of to taking a gamble with snap elections i was liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament now that allows him to make changes in the country's pacifist constitution on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when they made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival yuri koori the go

let's look at another side of japan, the potential opening up of a $25 billion gaming market in japan. still with us is macau's billionaire chairman. i know you have had your eye on -- melco'sany years billionaire chairman. i know you have had your eye on --an for many years area many years. what are you willing to do? >> we will spend whatever it takes and do whatever it takes. betty: $10 billion or more? company,global gaming anyone of us and spend $10 billion. that statement is irrelevant. it is really going to be what you can showcase and what you can deliver to the city. whetherco has proven, it is in macau or the philippines is that we have always been the best corporate citizen. he worked very well with the government. we understand what the government wants to do. if you look at macau, the government wanted diversification. no one has done more in terms of building award-winning attractions and entertainment facilities. lawrence, if you ask she , they sheldon hamilton would all say that as well. howdy you present yourself as having the edge? based on it is really the track rec

the election here in japan. shinzo abe looks on track for that decisive win, which will be a show of support for his attempt to revive the slumbering economy. on kathleen hays in new york. president trump interview janet yellen earlier for the fed job but it is down to the wire between drum towel and stanford economist john taylor to get that seat. halt production at the domestic plant over unauthorized quality control. ♪ kathleen: we are covering two big races, the race to be the next fed chair advancing the story. john taylor, considered more hawkish, j powell considered more middle of the road, you are in tokyo for a very important race. seems like there is an into size of this from trump when it comes to the fed chair, but not as indecisive in japan. the latest poll said 300 seats expected from the ruling coalition party and that would be 10 more than the super majority they already have out of the 465 seats up for grabs. the big gamble for shinzo abe looking like an easy win. you never know. you saw what

constitution or peace clause in the constitution bans japan from having a military japan has so-called self-defense troops who are unable to fight something out there wants to change in his third term. in face of the tension over north korea i aim to discuss whether the presence of the self-defense forces troops who are working hard twenty four hours a day three hundred sixty five days a year is constitutional or not. once passed by parliament however constitutional changes would have to go into a referendum which could prove difficult as a leader is deeply unpopular and his victory is being seen as a reflection of a lack of alternatives rather than support for his push to change the constitution . so while ago i spoke with journalist michael pena and tokyo i asked him about prime minister robert as main points during his first post-election press conference a few hours ago. well he is going to you know. talk about that he's going to offer stability and good leadership for the government going forward and essentially he's going to make his case that he that he now has the mandate to co

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after a decisive election victory japan's prime minister says he'll take a stronger stance against north korea. so again i'm peter watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up more on the moment that's inside. the philippines declares his battle with isolating fights is over. stalemate in the gulf high level meetings on the diplomatic rift with cats appear to go nowhere. that we simply can't go on the way but going on and loving alms and aptly named exhibition on u.s. gun violence becomes an art form for peace. welcome to the program top story japan's prime minister shinzo ave says he'll continue to deal decisively with new. career day after winning national elections his governing coalition scored a major victory at the polls the liberal democratic party and cami to a party maintained more than two thirds of the lower house mr abbott says he wants to hold the debates on north korea with the us president donald trump who's visiting the next month sarah clarke is live for us in tokyo this north korea what did he have to say. a look at yes i did that has taken

news live from berlin calling a snap election pays off big for japan's prime minister reports are coming in showing that the shins off his ruling coalition has won a super majority does he now have a mandate to change the country's pacifist constitution that is public to mainz a deeply divided over the issue also coming up. cattle on leaders debate their next steps after spain moves to dismiss the region's government will talk to people on both sides of the divide who want an end to political uncertainty. and some six hundred thousand muslim or hinge or have fled persecution in me and more now in bangladesh but they need food water medicine and shelter will the world given off of today's donor conference in geneva to help them. plus two underperforming teams go head to head in the bunda slagle cologne and braman where both looking for their first win of the season we'll bring you all the highlights. of. all. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show. japan's prime minister shinzo has swept to a resoundingly victory after taking a gamble with snap elections his coalition government