Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive Action to safeguard its maritime sovereignty around the nah tuna islands. Chinas communist party has come up with a new set of longterm targets without giving any indication of who might succeed president xi jinping. Senior Party Officials wrapped up a key fourday meeting on thursday. They released a communique outlying the basic Economic Policy for five years starting next year. It says china will aim to become less dependent on exports by expanding domestic demand and mang changes to supply chains i. Also mentions long range objectives through 2035. These include raising per capita Gross Domestic Product to the level of a moderately developed country. China will also aim to become a Global Leader in innovation. Analysts say those longterm goals could form the basis for xi to stay in power for an extended period. The country is in the midst of a number of challenges including a trade war with the United States and economic fallout from the pandemic. Turning to seoul where Civic Group Members are calling on Japanese Companies to comply with south Korean Supreme Court rulings ordering them to compensate people who say they were forced to work during world war ii. Around 20 supporters of the plaintiffs held a rally on friday outside the Japanese Embassy in seoul. Two years ago the Court Ordered nippon steel to pay four south koreans around 80,000 each, issuing a similar order to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries the following month. The plaintiffs are taking steps to sell assets seized from the two firms. The firms have refused to enter into compensation talks. Japan says any right to claims was settled completely and nally in 1965 when japan and south korea normalized ties. Tokyo has been urging sole to rectify what it calls a situation in which International Law is being violated. North carolina has called the Fatal Shooting of a south korean Government Official by its military a preventive measure against the coronavirus and says claim for the incident rests entirely on seoul. The norths leader, kim jongun apologized f the shooting which took place in septber. But some conservative politicians in the south have criticized pyongyang for not responding to a request by seoul for a joint investigation into the incident. The Korean Central News Agency issued a statement on friday calling this criticism impolite. It noted that the official had entered Northern Waters illegally and that the shooting was the result of inadequate control by the south at a time of heightened tensions due to the coronavirus. Seoul says northern troops shot the official dead and burned his body at sea. Pyongyang denies some of the details. Fridays statement was the first time in about a month for the north state media to address the incident. Turning to france where a second nationwide lockdown went into force on friday in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The outbreak continues to rage through the country with daily infections recently topping 50,000. Translator transmission of the virus is accelerating, so we also have to accelerate our response. Prime minister jean castex said on thursday that people must remain at home except for going to work, shopping for food, healthrelated reasons, and other essential errands. He said people will be allowed to go outdoors to exercise for up to one hour a day within one kilometer of their home. He added violators will be fined 135 euros, or about 160. Restaurants and shops that sell goods other than daily necessities will not allow customers to enter, but takeout and Delivery Services are permitted. The nationwide lockdown will be in effect through december 1st. The United Nations says the next review conference on the treaty of the nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons will take place in august 20. It was initiallyupposedo be he in ail b heen poponed tce due to the pandem. Theurpose o thereaty iso event the spread ofuclear apons, fostereacel use o nuclearnergy aurther the al ofisarmame. Total o 191 stasave in the trey incdinghe u. S. , china, russia, france and the uk which are recognized as Nuclear Weapons states. It was indefinitely extended in 1995. But a review conference is held evy five years. The rescheduled conference will take place between august 2nd and 27th. The anniversaries of the Nuclear Bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki will occurring this time, hoping to motivate participants toward a successful meeting. Now we have an update on fugitive auto tycoon carlos ghosn. The u. S. State department has approved japans request to extradite two men accused of allegedly helping the former nissan chairn flee to lebanon. a boston Court Document shows the state Department Gave the green light on tuesday for the handover of former green beret Michael Taylor and his son peter. Both are residents of the u. S. State of massachusetts. The two were due to be placed on a flight to japan on thursday, but a district judge granted their lawyers filing of an emergency petition to delay the transfer it remains unclear when they will be brought to japan. Japan filethe request based on a bilateral extradition treaty after the men were arrested by u. S. Investigators in may. A u. S. Federal judge in massachusetts approved their extradition in september. The taylors are suspected of helping struggle ghosn out of japan hidden inside a musical equipment box while he was out on bail in a financial fraud case. Now the next part in our series on how the u. S. Election is seen from abroad. Today were looking at afghanistan. The Trump Administration signed a peace deal with the taliban in february, but the militants violence against the Afghan Government has only expanded, leaving more sicivilians dead a injured. We take a look at the situation in an area under taliban world. Nhk reports. Reporter the tyrants presence is strong here many this northern province. A truck driver shows receipts for payments he made to the taliban. He says they set up road tolls and demand drivers pay about 50 to pass. Translator if i dont pay the toll, they dont give me permission to use the road. Reporter this farmer says he was recruited by the taliban in september. He earns five times more than he used to. Struggling from the pandemic and other problems, he says he needed to support his family. Translator theor conavirus and drought made life difficult, so i had no choice but to join the taliban. Reporter this man says hes a member of a socalled red unit, Taliban Special forces. Translator this is red unit. Over here we have a machine gun. Reporter his Team Launches night raids on government and military checkpoints and bases. They number between ten and 15 fighters. He says there are up to 30 units in the province. This taliban video shows red unit fighters in training. They come from pakistan and other foreign countries. The man says they taught him from scratch how to fight and shoot. Translator we can quickly stroy targetsithout casualties. Reporter he says the taliban are buying stateoftheart weapons from overseas and setting up attacks on the governme government. We have more on how the result of the u. S. President ial election can influence peace. Reporter prs has indicated he will afghanistan in the coming months. Little progress has been made on the development of Afghan Security forces. But the reduction of u. S. Troops will continue no matter who wins election. The peace includes a complete withdraw of troops within a time frame of concluding the pack. The taliban promised that they will cut ties with al qaeda and terrorist groups. But some media report that the group still has some connections with al queda behind the scenes. So if the taliban break this promise, then the u. S. May renew its strategy. After the election, the u. S. President will decide whether the taliban have kept that promise or not, but i can sense that many people in kabul at least expect u. S. Troops to stay longer for the sake of security and safety. That was yamaka michitaka. People have been gathering to celebrate halloween in central Tokyos Shibuya ward for years, but things are different now. The pandemic has prompted the mayor to ask revellers to stay away. Restaurant and shop owners are waiting to see what will happen. Some are taking precautions just in case theres trouble. Nhks kobayashi tomorrow coreports. Reporter the number of reservatns aiot this restaurant is down more than 90 on saturday compared to last year. We were almost full last year, but this year we hardly have any reservations. Reporter at this ramen noodle shop, there has been travel on halloween in the past. Translator two years ago on halloween day, someone made a big hole here. Reporter the shops manager decided to bring in double the number of employees this year to deal with any problems. Translator i do not know if any people will gather on saturday or not. I will mobilize additional staff to prevent the same thing from happening and i will use disinfectants to protect of covid19. Im going to open up my shop even though im afraid of covid19 and the disease. Reporter sales have been down more than 70 since the pandemic started. The shop decided to go ahead with the event. Theyre taking precautions to prevent large crowds from forming. In 2019, more than 300 people came here for the oneday event. Participants packed the streets. This year the event has been extended from one day to six days and the hours are longer than they were last year. Translator we believe extending the event period will help customers avoid close contact settings to some extent. Reporter an expert has some advice on how to enjoy halloween during the pandemic. Translator for example, i think its okay to wear a mask as part oft a costume or people can zek rate their masks, but its also important not to speak loudly. People should talk as little as possible and they should not drink a lot of alcohol. Reporter the expert added its nessaecry for all of us to come up with ideas that will enable events to be held safely. Nhk world. Residents of the philippines are bracing for the arrival of the most intense typhoon theyve experienced this year. Our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us with the latest. La nina has been bringing unusually busy typhoon season across the western pacific. So far this month weve got a couple circulations. One is gone headed towards the philippines. This has just formed today. This is the seventh named storm of the month. Weve got seven storms already. Although normally usually four storms form in the month of october. Its been unusually busy this month. Four named storms made landfall or approached vietnam and two named storms along with a tropical depression moved over the philippines and one more storm is heading towards the philippines. Ko flnchtsi is the highest category on the typhoon scale, packing gusts of 270 miles per hour, like a gigantic tornado. The system is expected to bring in intensity and move over the manila region on sunday afternoon local time. After affecting the philippines, it will be heading towards the indochina peninsula. That includes vietnam which has been dealing with a series of tropical systems and also typhoons. So goni will move over the philippines on saturday. On sunday it will move to the north, expected to miss the philippines but head towards taiwan or southern china, a rare route for this time of year. 30 of japan experienced the coldest morning of the season. The frigid air will continue to dive to the south. Tokyo may see the coldest morning of the season, only 9 degrees i. Looks like sapp pro row might see snow fall on sunday. This is the halloween forecast for the u. S. Sunny weather for many place including dead man crossing and erie. We have waves up to 22 meters in ireland high waves attracted surfers in portugal. Some big waves were seen off the coast in portugal on thursday. While the beach is particularly known for large surf. The remnants of hurricane epsilon increased the waves. Thats it for me. Have a nice weekend. That wraps up this edition of nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. Thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. This is newsline biz. Im gene otani. A grim corporate earnings season in japan is being head lined by a crushing decline at one of the countrys major air carriers. Japan airlis is forecasting a Group Net Loss of at least 2. 3 billion for the Business Year that ends next march. The coronavirus pandemic is impacting Companies Across the board. Jal reports sales during the april to september period fell 74 from a year earlier. The net loss is more than 1. 5 billion. The main cause is a large drop in passenger numbers on both international and domestic flights. Jal Officials Say they aim to cut costs by about 960 million this fiscal year by cutting staff and reducing the airlines fleet. They also plan to seek an additional credit line to secure a total of 2. 9 billion the carrier needs to stay afloat. Jal will post the first group loss since a business restructure in 2012 that brought it out of bankruptcy. The operator of japans disney theme parks has booked a net loss of 30 billion yen or about 288 million for the first half of this Business Year. Tokyo disneyland and disney sea were closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oriental land reports sales for the six months through september fell 76 in yen terms from a year earlier to about 566 million. The two disney parks closed in late february. They reopened in july with limited capacity. Translator it will be difficult to regain visitor numbers in the short term, so were working on a new price structure for tickets. Oriental land expects the number of visitors will drop bout 67 for the full year through march. It forecasts a net loss of about 490 million for the period. The company has decided to reduce winter bonuses for its 4,000 employees. Some performers are being asked to consider alternative jobs. The japanese government has come out with data that gives a picture of how the economy has been doing during the pandemic. Employment continued to struggle last month while the Manufacturing Sector showed some improvement. The internal Affairs Ministry says the jobless rate in september stood at 3 . The number of people out of work grew by 420,000 from a year ago, up for the eighth straight month. The ratio of job offers to applicants fell for the ninth straight month. It stood at 1. 03 meaning there are 103 openings for every 100 people looking for work. Thats the lowest ratio in nearly seven years. Demand for new hires was down more than 30 in entertainment, accommodation, Food Services and other sectors. On the other hand, manufacturing saw some positive signs. The index of japans Industrial Production rose 4 from august. Much of the growth came from the auto and machinery industries. Production is broadly expected to continue expanding in the coming months. The number of people who stayed at hotels and other accommodations in japan fell by almost half in september compared with a year earlier. It was the eighth straight monthly drop due to the pandemic. The Japan Tourism Agency says the number was just over 25 million last month, down 47. 6 . The figure in may plunged more than 80 . The decline has been shrinking gradually since the gos Goto Travel Campaign to promote Domestic Tourism began in late july. The agency expects the recovery will continue as tokyo was included in the campaign from october. The Program Offers discounts and coupons for travelers. The sales of travel packages covered by the campaign are scheduled to end in january. Translator the number of visitors using tourist facilities is on the increase. People in the travel industry are expressing hope the campaign will be extended. The tourism minister said he would carefully consider an extension for the campaign. Tokyo Department Store will become the second japanese retailer in recent months to withdraw in thailand. The chain announced on thursday it would close its Bangkok Branch at the end of january next year. Tourists from overseas have been its main clientele since it opened in 1985, but tokyo Officials Say their number has dwindled since the pandemic. Increased competition with nearby shopping facilities has also been hurting business. Thailand resumed allowing visitors from abroad this month, but in very limited numbers. The retailer has concluded a future recovery in sales is not expected. Another japanese Department Store closed in august due to growing competition. Construction work for japans highspeed maglev train line is facing another hurdle. Farmers have launched a legal battle to block the project. 107 people including tea farmers in the central prefecture of shizuoka filed a lawsuit with the District Court on friday. They say the construction of a tunnel could have a grave impact on their livelihood as it may reduce the flow of river water. They are demanding Central Japan Railway stop the work within the prefecture. The region is known for japans biggest tea producers. Translator we wont be able to continue the tea industry if this happens. Were against the idea of building tunnels in the mountains. The Railway Operator aims to open the maglev route in 2027. The plan hit an obstacle after the shizuoka prefecture government refused to approve the construction of an underground tunnel. Lets have a look at the markets. Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern french city of nice. Several others have been injured. French president Emmanuel Macron has visited the scene. He says the number of soldiers deployed as doubled to 7000. Is a firm message i want to share today and a message of unity. And friends, there is only one community, the national community. I want to tell all of our