And i can say that, you know, when we lost 22 million names and Everything Else that was hacked recently, they didnt make a big deal out of that. That was something that was extraordinary. That was probably china. Trump addressed sensational reports that russia has compromising personal and Financial Information on him, claims he was briefed on last week by intelligence agencies. But he dismissed it all as fake news. He was also asked questions about allegations that his Election Team kol lewded with russia. On that intelligence report, the second part of the conclusion was that Vladimir Putin supported it because it helped you win. Will you undo what president obama did and punish the russians . If Vladimir Putin likes trump, i dont consider that a bad thing. Its an asset. Not a liability. Because we have a horrible relationship with russia. Russia can help us fight isis, which by the way is number one tricky. I mean, if you look, this administration created isis by leaving at the wrong time. The void was created, isis was formed. If putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks . Thats called an asset, not a liability. Now, i dont know that im going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope i do, but theres a good chance i wont. And if i dont, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me . Does anybody in this room really believe that . Trump. Trump refused to take questions and took aim at cnn. The news network was among the organizations to run reports on the allegations against him. Since youre attacking us, can you give us a question . Mr. President elect go ahead. Go ahead. Since youre attacking our News Organization not you. Not you. Your organization is terrible. Can you give us a question to ask a question, sir. Quiet, quiet. Mr. President elect can you give us a question dont be rude. Can you give us a sghe. No, im not going to give you a question. Can you state categorically you are fake news. The presser was asking trump about conflicts of interest and his cabinet picks but hes standing by his choices. Im going to bring the greatest people in the government because were way behind. We dont make good deals anymore. I say it all the time at speeches. We dont make good deals anymore. We make bad deals. Our trade is a disaster. We have hundreds of billions of dollars with china on trade and trade imbalance, with japan, with mexico, with just about everybody. On policy, trump vowed again to replace his predecessors health care program, obamacare, with something he says is better and less expensive. He promised more jobs and he reiterated his plan to build a wall along the border with mexico. Donald trump will be inaugurated on january 20th. Now, investors arent sure what the new administration will mean for markets as they listen to the president elects News Conference, stocks on wall street were choppy. Investors started to sell. Lets get the latest from ai uchida. Fill us on what is happening here. Many investors were disappointed that trump did not clarify details about specific policies and that some even became cautious as china and mexico were grouped together as the source of the u. S. Trade deficit. What were seeing this morning here in tokyo is the classic riskoff move as investors sell stocks and buy the yen. The nikkei is trading lower. Its down 1. 21 , 19,130. Most sectors are lower, especially pharmaceuticals are seeing losses as trump spoke about the need for the government to stem drug costs. Lets check out currencies. The dollar briefly plummeted from the upper 116 yen level to the lower 114 yen level after trumps News Conference and that is as his remarks lacked policy specifics. Right now, its at the very lower end of 115. The dollar is weaker against other major currencies, like the euro and british pound. The euro is also lower against the yen. Moving on to markets opened this hour in the asiapacific, were seeing modest gains elsewhere, both australia and seouls kospi is trading higher by a quarter of a percent. Chinas markets will open in less than half an hour. Now, speaking to the next u. S. Vice president , mike pence, the head of Toyota Motors said his company has created many jobs in the country. Trump has blamed toyota for american job losses by making vehicles in mexico. Akio toyoda reportedly told pence the japanese automaker plans to invest 10 billion in the u. S. Over the next five years. The automaker apparently fallou criticism of its plan to build a new factory in mexico. Still, trump reiterated at the News Conference, he will impose high tariffs on products manufactured overseas. And japanese officials have just released the latest current account data, the balance state in the black for the 29th consecutive month in november. The surplus stood at more than 12 billion. The current account balance is the broadest trade and investment with the rest of the world. The trade surplus came in at 2. 7 billion. The value of exports fell but the figure for imports offset that decline. The primary income account that measures earnings from overseas investment stayed in the black with a surplus of 10. 5 billion. Officials at Chinas Central Bank say they have launched investigations into major bitcoin. The officials at the peoples bank of china announced the probes on wednesday. They are looking into three major firms operating bitcoin exchanges. Some analysts say automakers uncertainties are causing people to move their funds out of the country. Bitcoin serves as a legal loophole. Many are selling it overseas so they can receive local money in exchange. And thats the latest in business news. Heres a check on markets. Other stories were following at this hour, heavy snow, strong winds and high waves could disrupt travel and could bring bigger dangers. Nhk worlds meteorologist roger speta has all of those details. Across central and northern japan along the sea of the japan coastline, were seeing a winter pattern absolutely dominating out here. You can see on the satellite picture, that is from the cold air moving out of northeastern china through far eastern russia, just pouring across the sea of japan, picking up all of that moisture and dumps it here along the mountains. In fact, some areas tote stall snow depth tops 200 centimeters and also towards owe kid doe, weve been seeing the snow pile up. And here in akita, its blizzardlike winds have been reported, gusting up to 107 Kilometers Per Hour. This was accompanied by 70 centimeters of snowfall in the past 24 hours alone. Not to mention just all this cold air. Actually, where this air is coming from is back towards siberia and theres been reports in parts of far eastern russia of the temperature around minus 40 to minus 50 this morning. That gives you an idea of how cold and dry this area is. Once it moves over the sea of japan, it picks up that moisture and continues to dump it here, especially where it funnels together here around the hoku region. You may see 90 centimeters of snowfall. The additional accumulation were expecting through friday, saturday and even into sunday, this pattern will stay in place with the northwesterly winds. The cold air is going to dominate all of japan heading through the weekend. So even if youre in tokyo, youre not going to see any snow. Dont worry about that. Temperatures will continue to plummet for a 6 as a high on saturday, low below the freezing point. Blizzard conditions across northern japan. Be careful, especially if youre traveling into the mountains. Avalanche risk is going to continue to be high. Thank you very much, meteorologist roger speta will join us with more updates. Russia is front and center for trumps cabinet pick. His nominee for secretary of state Rex Tillerson was in the spotlight as senators raise concerns over his business ties to russia. Tillerson said russia a danger to the United States and listed recent aggression. It has invaded the ukraine, including the taking of crimea, supported Syrian Forces that brutally violates the laws of war. Our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent russia. Tillerson also said the u. S. Would maintain sanctions against moscow. But he suggested he wants to cooperate with moscow in areas of common interest, like the fight against Islamic State militant group. The former exxonmobil ceo has been involved in oil business in russia and is reported to have Close Relationships with putin. Now, on another issue, other issues, tillerson called chinas asserted territorial claims in the South China Sea illegal and faulted the country for failing to rein in north korea. Senators asked him about a u. S. Response to a chinese attempt to take the japanese controlled Senkaku Islands by force. Tokyo claims it its an inherent part of japanese territory. China and taiwan claim them. Tillerson indicated the u. S. Will respond in line with the japan u. S. Security treaty. Outgoing secretary of state john kerry has urged south korea to repair its soured relationships with japan. John kerry spoke with yun for about 15 minutes and kerry told yun of the desirable for the Favorable Development of japan south korean ties among tokyo, seoul and washington. The sources say yun promised to make efforts to improve his countrys relations with japan. Japan recently recalled its ambassador to seoul in protests against a statue of a girl symbolizing those referred to as comfort women. The statue was set up in front of the japanese consulate general. Observers say the u. S. Doesnt want the current friction between tokyo and seoul to hamper triangular solidarity in dealing with north korean problems. U. S. President elect donald trump has said he will dismantle what would have been the Worlds Largest free trade agreement, the transpacific partnership. And now they have agreed to speed up talks on their own pact to strengthen Regional Economic ties. It becomes all the more important that japan, china and korea make strong commitments to further strengthen the trade. Delegates from the three countries met in beijing this week. The negotiators discussed trade and services and investment. The next round of meetings will be held in japan. The u. S. Government has added the younger sister of north Korean Leader kim jongun to its sanctions list. Kim yo jong is being sanctioned because of her part in human rights abuses and censorship. North koreas state Planning Commission was also added to the list. Any assets held in the United States belonging to these officials or organizations will be frozen and financial dealings with u. S. Citizens will be banned. The decision to expand sanctions was taken in response to a recent u. S. Government report. This study outlined the severe human rights abuses and rigid censorship policies of the north korean regime as well as attempts to conceal its oppressive behavior. The u. S. Government had previously added 16 north korean organizations and seven officials to its sanctions list in december. Officials at south Koreas Defense Ministry say north korea has increased its stockpile weapons grade plutonium but revised their assessment of the norths ability to threaten the u. S. Mainland with missiles. The ministrys 2016 white papers says pyongyang has about 50 kilograms of plutonium, 10 kilograms more than the Previous Report in 2014. Two years ago, the officials said the north had Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that could threaten the u. S. Mainland. That description is not included in the latest white paper. The south Korean Military joint chiefs of staff said the norths technology has reached a certain level but not an advanced one. The latest white paper says intelligence sharing agreement signed with japan last november will enable seoul and tokyo to deal effectively with the norths nuclear and missile threats. It says there will be more such exchanges between the two countries in the future. South koreas political scandal has upended the countrys politics and seen the president suspended from her duties. While park geunhye remains sidelined, the new acting president has his plate full. Nhk reports. Reporter immediately after becoming acting president , the military was ordered to strengthen surveillance and security against the north. Translator i will humbly listen and try my best to create stable policies for the future. Reporter the worry is that the political turmoil will be used by the norths kim jongun. He recently performed a test launch of a ballistic missile. Translator im very worried. The north may suddenly attack us while our country is in political chaos. Reporter south korea doesnt want to face the threat alone. A senior diplomat reaffirmed his commitment to work with other countries to do what the north korean threats, including japan. But on an issue dating back to world war ii is getting in the way of that partnership. Tokyo is upset over a new statue in front of its consulate. It was installed by a south korean civic group and symbolizes with people referred to as comfort women. Tokyo claims it violates an agreement with seoul to move past the matter. Translator i believe south korea needs to fulfill its own obligations, honoring the agreement is a matter of national credibility, even if the government changes. Reporter japan reacted by recording its ambassador halting negotiations on a currency due. South koreas government stressed it will work to improve ties. Theres also another country south korea needs for defense cooperation. Officials are worried about the alliance with the u. S. As donald trump is on the verge of assuming the presidency. He hinted during his Election Campaign he might withdraw American Forces from south korea and talked about seoul shouldering more of the cost of hosting them. Then theres another uncertain security issue and this time backlash is coming from inside south korea. People are upset about an american Missile Defense system called thaad that park geunhye had agreed to set up. Many people who live close to where its planned to be set up oppose it. This is one of them. He protests the system daily. He didnt have any interest in politics but this system changed his mind. Hes angry he found out about that from the media, not the government. Translator the Park Administration didnt even give us a basic explanation as to why thaad is needed in our country. Reporter the government has been trying to persuade locals the system would better defend the country against the north. It hasnt worked. Translator theres been growing distrust of the government. So now we dont believe anything they have to say. And opposition has spread around the country. Polls show a large percentage of South Koreans dont want it. Translator thaad is not only a problem here, its threatening peace and stability on the whole korean peninsula. Reporter why parks government seemed to be able to settle two major issues with japan and the u. S. , the scandal and the anger its released has deeply weakened the Current Administration and that will make it even more difficult to deal with the voices it had suppressed in a time of global change. Kim janyu, a tea hop is going global. The president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks ofn. A tea hop is going global. The president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks in. A tea hop is going global. The president says he sees his plan becoming the starbucks of green tea. Reporter this shop singapore serves up drinks made with green tea. Good. Very nice. Reporter its a japanese store with roots on the japanese island of kushu. The menu features desserts designed to please local palettes. Translator we try to provide a variety of items so our customers can enjoy green tea. Reporter the main shop was growing as it gained popularity. It found success with a chain of tea cafes in japan but sales plateaued. Then, six years ago, the president , decided to look further afield. Translator japans population is decreasing. So i thought it might be a good idea to expand overseas. Reporter his first cafe was in taiwan but its name began to catch on with its Singapore Store launched four years ago. Inquiries began flooding in from all over the world. This year, he opened shops in canada and australia and there are now 22 cafes in eight countries and regions. Overseas sales have topped those in japan. His domestic business is enjoying the ripple effects of global expansion. People who have sampled its cafes overseas come to the original store. Translator i want to expand from here to all over the world, just like starbucks, which began in seattle and is now around the globe. Reporter a japanese store turns to the market for survival and its sweet flavor of success. Hanaka mori, nhk. People in japan are most likely trying to stay warm and reaching for hot tea. Strong winds and high waves could cause trouble. Roger sp roger joins us with more. You can see the sea of japan coastline. We still have the sea effect snowfall, including up to 90 centimeters expected in 24 hours. This is on top of what has been coming down in the last several days. In fact, snow totals top well over 60 to 70 centimeters. Definitely going to continue to cause travel disruptions and its not just the snow but combined with winds gusting well over 100 Kilometers Per Hour and thats definitely going to be creating those whiteout conditions along with dangerous windchills. Do whatever you can to stay warm, especially if youre close to the coastline. Tokyo will be staying dry, though. I want to make mention of that. But chilly, even back towards northeastern china. Seoul has a high of only 1 and beijing at 5. Shanghai and taipei, scattered showers and moisture flowing in from the south there for you and as we look at the tropics, temperatures in the 30s. Weve been mentioning this cold weather. Down towards the south, it is a baking hot out here. Especially across parts of queensland through new south wales. High pressure has been dominating and northerly winds have been coming in making for scorching conditions. Ill show you video we have coming out of sydney because its not just the people dealing with this at the zoo they did have some of the wildlife there, the animals given ice to help cool them down. Temperatures actually reached up to about 38 degrees in sydney on sunday. Parts of the state, by the way, pushed over 40 degrees. So this is going to be an ongoing situation as we head through the next 24 to 48 hours. But things should start to cool down. Thats the good news. We actually have some southerly winds coming in and a front moving in from the west. Temperatures will be dropping, especially for sydney, going from about the 40degree mark down to 27 by thursday. It does stay warm into the 30s heading through friday and saturday. Canberra, 37. Brisbane, 27. Showers may work into the picture. Over to the americas, heavy snow in the forecast for the west. If youre traveling in the east, expect snow but a lot of freezing rain mixed in with this, too, and cooling temperatures, even for those of you in new york, a big drop heading into friday and saturday. All right. Heres the extended outlook. And that is all for this edition of nhk newsline. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Thank you so much for staying with us. Welcome to in good shape. Coming up just do it why working out really is the best fatkiller. Brittle bone disease. When bones are so fragile they keep fracturing. And periodontitis chronic gum disease can be a life threatening condition and heres your host, dr. Carsten lekutat. Dr. Lekutat hello and welcome to in good shape. Today, we are going to talk about heart disease, diabetes, premature birth, cancer, and rheumatism. That is why i am here at the dental clinic. To