This moment. Almost all sectors are trading lower at the tokyo stock exchange, the nikkei down just about 4 , holding above 15,000, but still, sharp losses. Last time the index went below the 15,000 mark was before bank of japan launched his second round of monetary easing back in october 2014. Now, investors arent getting any sense of relief after what the u. S. Reserve said. Janet yellen testified before congress, repeatedly stressed caution overseas economy and volatile markets. We have been quite surprised by movements in oil prices. Yellen said she is closely monitoring what is happening overseas and what is happening on the markets. She recognizes that they could be risks for the u. S. Economy, which in turn could impact monetary policy. She hinted, she and her colleagues may delay increases in the key lending rate but that its too early to make any decisions yet. She said theyll discuss it at the next policy meeting in mid march. Investors on wall street went on a selling spree too. In new york, it was down 1. 6 . Many investors sold as yellen said financial conditions had become less supportive of u. S. Growth. Oil prices hit another low. Went below 27 a barrel at one stage. Its lowest level since 2003. It rebounded on speculation that opec may cooperate to limit output. Lets see what is happening with currency. The dollar dipped between 111 yen. It has recovered a bit now. Now trading at 112. 2833. It is staying at a 15 month low, despite the bank of japan loeg Interest Rates into negative territory. The euro as you can see under. The Asia Pacific Region it were seeing losses for the markets that are open at the moment, Australian Shares down 0. 7 , south korea, lower than a second session after returning from holiday yesterday. So we will keep track of markets for you throughout the morning. Ill leave you now with another che check on markets. Officials in beijing are commending Hong Kong Police for their handling of a street clash. Authorities set off the unrest when they tried to remove illegal streets set up for Lunar New Year celebrations. Ven tors and activists set fire to garbage. They fired teargas causing injuries to both sides. They indicted 60 people. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson called it a riot. A radical separatist group and take calling what the police did is put it under control. The latest clashes are the worst since 2014, when police cleared pro democracy demonstrators from the streets. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is cessation in syria to start within a week. National representatives in germany to restart suspended peace talks. We have agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin target in one weeks time. Kerry said the agreement would involve all parties to the conflict, except the terrorist islamics. The real test is clearly whether or not all the parties honor those commitments and implement them in reality. The Syrian Government backed by russian air strikes have recently pushed up to take over the city. Thousands of refugees toward the border to turkey. It will allow more human tan year aide to be delivered. All sides agree, peace talks should resume as soon as possible. The un negotiations were put on hold a last week after continuing fighting in syria. Lasting peace can only be achieved through a political transition in the country. And International Team led by u. S. Scientists has confirmed gravitational weight for the first time. Travel in the fabric of space and time have been proposed by Albert Einstein theory of relativity about 100 years ago. We did it scientists from the collaboration made the announcement on thursday in washington. The Research Group says it observed Gravitational Waves in september last year, using twin laser detectors about 3,000 kilometers apart. The waves were produced during the final fraction of a second when two black holes merged. Japanese project to observe gaff factnal waves a Gravitational Waves, he says the observation is an historic achievement and hopes to contribute to the new field of gravitational wave as stron me. Put to an end Industrial Complex with south korea, one of the few signs of cooperation between the neighbors. It come ace day after the south declared it was suspending operations. Pyongyang, across the border by thursday night. I couldnt bring my products with me. What will i do for a living from now on. Im troubled by this. Officials from the north announced they would designate the caisson complex as a military zone and freeze the assets there. South korea has since cut off the power and water supply to the area. The move came amid rising tensions after the recent rocket launch. North korea continues to trumpet last sundays lunch. They are aired the video of the rocket, and claims it was carrying a satellite. Others believe it was a longrange ballistic missile. They found parts of the rockets engine roughly 100 claims off their coastline. Theyre being analyzed by military a record 5 million Chinese Tourists vis iited japan. More than twice the previous number. Celebrating the Lunar New Year flocking japan. Looking for something new. They love to splurg during that i holiday, not just turning to goods, but services unique to japan. I will try it before i come back to my country. Curl hair, like this. Japanese hair is something, i think it is more beautiful than chinese one. This hair salon in tokyo started seeing more foreign visitors at the end of the last year. Now it serves about ten per month. They figured the lunar holiday might bring in more chinese visitors, so the staff put together a booklet listing chinese expressions and questions. Translator we know how to greet in chinese, but if we learn more words, im sure well be able to break the ice and have better communication. Customers tell me to make their faces look smaller. How do you say small face in chinese. They practice the new phrases during their breaks. These gestures go a long with with the visitors. Chinese tourists are impressed the services. Theyre surprised how we take a lot of care and go the extra mile to make sure customers are happy. We feel this is the best opportunity for us. Translator parts of japan are hoping lure Chinese Tourists with something a bit different. These people are from the city in eastern china. Theyre visiting a small city west of japan. They welcome them with dried Sweet Potatoes and other treats. Entertainment is organized by local volunteers. The visitors are attracted to everyday life in the japanese countryside. Translator its lots of fun spending time here. I live in a city cooped up inside most of the time. I love visiting farming villages. Having a relaxing time should be the main purpose of traveling. The city believes these rural trips could be a tourism niche. It invited ten travel agencies for their First Business meeting. This is a municipal worker. As a volunteer, he has spent sometime showing chinese visitors around and finding farmers, willing to host them. He has confidence in the value of regional culture as a tourism asset. The city proposed a tour that covers a variety of local attractions, from leading tourists spots to regional cuisine and lesser known fruit picking orchards. Translator its good that we can experience something new. Like picking mikan oranges and going fishing. Translator the most popular attractions are the traditional ones. Such as hot springs. A blow finsh dinner is also popular as it is rare in china. People from the town and broader region should marshall their strengths and promote what they have, collaboration is crucial for tourism to flourish. Regions across japan are vying to attract Chinese Tourists. Theyre offering all sorts of distinctively hands on experiences to entertain the visitors. In the oriental zodiac 2016 is the year of the monkey. Japan is home to many wild monkeys, theyre in the middle the mating season now, and sometimes relations between monkeys can get complicated. Learned for its wild monkeys, about 1,500 animals living in two troops come down to a park where theyre fed. Its a great place to get a closeup look at them. Winter is the mating season here. The male chases after the female and bites her. It might look violent, but actually, this is typical courtship behavior. This male leads a troop of 800 monkeys. He is 29 years old. In human years, he is over 90, making him one of the eldest in the group. He has a gentle disposition. Among the monkeys, the longer a male is in a troop, the greater his status. Seniority system, for the past few year, he has failed to attract any of the fee fe mail monkeys. His rival is the second ranking monkey. He is 14 years old now. In human terms, he would be in his 40s, and in the prime of manhood. At the most violent member of the troop, he is feared by the others. He bites every female that catches his eye. Even though he is rejected over and over, his domineering nature leads him to continue these assertive attacks. This winter, both of them are after the same female. 14yearold milsar. She is the most popular female in the group and has mated with many of the males in the past. Among them, females with experience raising young are in demand. He is doing his best to get close to milsar. He goes after her no matter where she goes. But she doesnt reciprocate. The tree behind her starts to shake. It is him, making a desperate attempt to get her to look in his direction. But she appears to have no interest in him. Finally, he tries to a more direct tactic. He approaches her, as though offering a kiss. This last ditch attempt to in more successful. Translator im 83 now so im old, just like that bus monkey. But i cant rival his persistence. Eventually, the number two mondaydy that she chooses as her partner. He may be the leader, but when it comes to mating, it looks like it will be a long, lonely winter for this elder of the troop. Millions of chinese Migrant Workers up root thier lives to find jobs, and many bring their children with them. Its difficult for the 14 million kids to attend regular schools as nhk world explains, thats leading some to destructive behavior. A warning, this story contains content some may find disturbing. This video from the web shows ganging up on a boy. Children of Migrant Workers, Officials Say more than half of them committed by minors today involve these kids. Migrant worker communities can be found in cities across china. Many Migrant Children cannot obtain regular schools, due to registration and other problems. So some go to somewhere authorities dont recognize. Theyre frequently seen fighting and translator many kids spend the first half of the school year here, and the latter half in another school. Frequent relocations make the children extremely unstable. And emotionally upset. Barred from other schools for being a i beat up anyone who makes fun of me. The boy lives with his brother and cousins. He lost his wife five years ago in an accident. The family moved afterwards. When the boys are not at school, they are left by themselves. One works as a parttime porter at the local market, earning less than 400 a month. Translator my job barely supports our family. I have no time to spend with my sons. Today the city has been celebrating a festival and the boys havent returned the father searches around town, but comes up above all, im worried about my sons future. They dont listen to what add d adults tell them. They have no discipline. Im responsible for all of this, as their father. Experts say there are reasons to be concerned. These children often end up becoming destructive to others. Rather than contributing to society. Migrant workers play a key role in chinese industry, yet in many cases, they exist on the fringes of society, unless people bring these kids into the fold. China will pay a heavy price. Nhk world. Suicide bombers have struck a refugee camp in nigeria. Their attack hallmarks of islamic boca har rom. Inn sure genesee, two women went into the crowd and blew themselves up. They disguised themselves as refugees. They launched the attack as revenge for military offenses. The group has launched a string of attacks in nigeria and neighbors countries. It abducts women and forces them to carry out suicide bombings. A woman who would have been a third tacker, sure rendered to authorities. She is quoted as saying she didnt blow herself up because her family was in the camp. People in a town in eastern india had a terrifying wakeup and some had to run for their lives after a Wild Elephant strayed into an area and went on a rampage. It trampled property as it ran amuck for several hours. It felt panicked. Authorities brought it down with tranquilizers. They hoisted it on to a truck and returned it to the forest. Local immediate c media says no one was hurt. Its time for World Weather update. Some people in countries are possible rougher weather conditions this weekend. Meteorologist robert speta has the details. Robert. Yes, this storm system has been ongoing since earlier this week t was impacting the british aisles and we saw the low country over there. Spain, france. Now we have another storm right on its heels also blust terry conditions in spain, even a separate low, snowfall against poland, alps, in fact, some video in these regions. This is out of Northern Spain where you could see these very large waves crashing on shore wednesday. 80 to 100 kilometer winds. Streets, shops, had to close up. Meanwhile, ace mentioned into southern poll land, we got about 30 centimeters of snowfall, definitely making for slick conditions out there on the roadways, really slow go. 25,000 homes, also lost power in this region. It is quite beautiful but quite dangerous if youre not properly prepared. Still more snow in the forecast out there across much of the alps, 20 to 30 centimeters, drift off to the east, into the peninsula. Chance of thunderstorms in parts of france and also over towards spain. Not so much of hail or tornado lgss, Straight Line wind events. Something to keep in mind if youre across this area. London high of 7, foothills there in scotland, you might see some rain snow mix in the tore cast. Lets talk about whats going on on the other side of the word, where it is absolutely hot. How about in perth. Record breaking highs, in fact, earlier this week, we had four days straight with over 40 degrees celsius for the high. That is baking. First time in 80 years in february. In the middle of summer that has happened. As far as the forecast is concerned, things are cooling down relatively. High of 35 there on friday. Sunday, 33, sunny skies, stay cool if at all possible, hydrated. East, tropical forecast. We have not one, but two tropical cyclones out here. Really towards the east and west of new calzone yeah. Continuing to develop, but the good news, take a look at the tracks here, it does look like neither are going to be directly impacting any land areas, at least as far as the forecast concerned right now. Winston, category two could become a category three, though, as it pushes off down the south. Outer rain bands will be im packing the areas, definitely the high surf being kicked off across a few of these locations. But thats the good news, even this one out here towards the west, weaken off before bringing some surf there parts of the east coast of australia. Meanwhile, here into japan, really, this is the big topic. Look at the cloud cover coming in from the west. The the thing you notice, not oriented toward the north and east, that means a big transport of air from the south. Thats what were going to be seeing. Widespread rain fall across most of japan, even across the mountains here. S s skier, not happy about that. Tokyo, temperatures in the low 20s by sunday. All right, here is the extended outlook. Now, the calendar may say its mid winter, spring is in full swing. The plum trees shrine are blooming much earlier than usual. The garden boasts 800 plum trees of 80 varieties. The earliest bloomers showed a month ahead of schedule this year. The variety is already peeking and giving the garden a deep pink hugh. Translator some of the trees are in full bloom and others will blossom soon. We can enjoy them for a long time. The plum blos many viewing seen is expected to last until mid march. Thats all for new on newsli newsline. Im keiko kitagawa. Thank you for watching. nnuqnuux on this edition of native report, we attend a rally to change the mascot. We go into the studio and hear a performance by rapper chase manhattan. And we continue to celebrate our 10th season by remembering treaty rights advocate billy frank jr. We also learn something new about indian country, and hear from our elders on this native report. Voiceover production of native report is made possible by grants from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the blandin foundation