Released and deported an al jazeera journalist held for more than a year in prison. And, more and more female doctors in japan are sharing the responsibility of patient care so they have more time to spend with their families. Japans lawmakers are debating the countrys middle east policy in the wake of the hostage crisis involving two japanese nationals. Prime minister shinzo abe says japan will expand its humanitarian aid program for refugees, but he says the country will not provide Logistic Support for u. S. Led air strikes aimed at Islamic State or isil. Translator extremism is expanding and isil is gaining control over wide areas with its brutal acts. We must stop this. The Prime Minister said the struggle is not against islam. He said the religion is at the forefront of the fighting against Islamic State militants. He stressed the humanitarian aims of japanese aid. Translator we are providing aid to help 10 million refugees survive. But japan will never take part in air strikes against the militants. And we have no plans to provide Logistic Support. Islamic state posted videos online that appear to show kenji goto and Haruna Yukawa were killed. They initially demanded 200 million in ransom. They later asked for release of a prisoner for her role in 2005 attacks in amman. Translator it is the governments responsibility to protect the lives and safety of the people. As the head of the government i feel great sorrow and grief over the loss of two japanese peoples lives. The Prime Minister thanked Jordans King Abdullah and the countrys government for their support during the hostage crisis. Members of the u. N. Security council have condemned gotos killing as a heinous and cowardly crime. They said in a statement that the apparent murder demonstrated the brutality of Islamic State. The statement urged all Member States to cooperate with japan to make sure the perpetrators are held accountable. And it said the barbaric acts committed by Islamic State had strengthened members resolve to fight the group. Officials in countries neighboring syria have expressed their anger over the killing. Theyre calling for further Global Cooperation to defeat Islamic State. Turkeys Foreign Ministry strongly condemns what it called a barbaric act of terrorism. In the statement it says turkey will remain committed to antiterrorism operations in tandem with the International Community. Japanese leaders had asked the nation for help to secure the release of goto. Iraqi Government Spokesperson expressed his condolences to the family of the victim and also the government of japan. Iraqi troops have been fighting against the militant group in a northern part of the country. Hadifi says the International Community should cooperate more in the fight against the militants. Egypts foremost Sunni Islamic leader has denounced what he says is a cruel act. Translator violent acts like this should never be tolerated no matter what. Islamic state is a misnomer because its conduct is in conflict with islamic teaching. He called the militants a Terrorism Group and he accused them of defaming the religion. The capture and killing of the hostages came as japans leaders worked to take a more proactive role overseas. The government of Prime Minister abe has pledged to actively contribute to peace and stability in the middle east. Tanaka is an expert on middle east politics. He says japan must remain committed to humanitarian aid. If you look at the entire situation and the developments i would say that yes there was a message attached to the entire development. And we should analyze that in a very logical and calm way, and we should not jump to conclusions that eventually would lead to another terror incident. There may be sounds and voices that would criticize the course of action that the japanese government and maybe also against the jordanian government, as well but i believe that the government both governments, were in very close cooperation. Also cooperated in the exchange of their information and views and tactics. And i believe that every avenue that could have been possible was already explored during the past few month, ever since the government came to know that the two japanese were taken hostages by the socalled Islamic State. Tanaka says leaders in tokyo must remain focused on providing humanitarian aid in the middle east. Im not going to speak on behalf of the japanese government. But one thing that i can say is that the aid and assistance that our Prime Minister pledged during his visit to the middle east in the most recent weeks would remain as it is. And that would be sort of the main pillar of our Foreign Policy visavis the middle east and also isis situation. If you look back the history of say like in the case of pakistan and afghanistan, there are a lot of people that were displaced and became refugees. And eventually the lack of assistance led to the rise of extremism in those areas. And today we still see the rise of the taliban and other extremist groups that that present a threat to the not only to pakistan or afghanistan, but far beyond to even to the far east or toward the east asia east asian states. So again, here i would like to reiterate that the case of iraq and syria, which is now under threat of isis if we remain irv different in supplying the basic humanitarian needs to the almost 10 million idps and refugees from these two states those people may end up becoming either an extremist, or a terrorist or they may say, lead a very miserable life after all. So in order to prevent that sort of a disaster happening, we need to act, and one way that we the japanese government or we and also meaning the japanese could do here is not by the military means, is that we could provide them with the basic requirements. Boko haram insurgents have attacked a major city in nigerias northeast. Several civilians died as the islamist militants clashed with soldiers. Boko haram fighters launched an assault on maiduguri on sunday. It was their Second Attack in a week and one of a series mainly in the countrys northeast. Children often fall victim to the radical insurgents. Last month boko haram conducted a suicide bombing in a busy market that killed 19 people. Authorities suspect that the bomber was a girl around 10 years old. Many children are among the roughly 1 Million People who have fled their homes. Wages of refugees across the border to this camp in niger. Among them were boys recruited by boko haram. They were given guns but when they refused they were badly beaten. Translator the militants went from house to house. They killed everybody. Some girls were kidnapped and forced to marry militant fighters. Translator they threatened me with guns. I was so scared. Boko haram leaders have declared their support for the selfproclaimed Islamic State militants. Theyre aiming to establish their own state, or califate. Leaders held a summit meeting in addis ababa on saturday. They agreed to set up a 7500 member Multinational Force to fight boko haram. The new unit will consist of soldiers from five west african countries including nigerianmynigeria and neighboring chad and cameroon. An australian tv reporter who had spent more than a year imprisoned in egypt is now free. The egyptian staterun news agency said president Abdel Fattah Al sisi decided to release the al jazeera journalist. We begin with breaking news out of egypt. One of our journalists, peter greste, has been freed from prison have 400 days behind bars, and he is in good health. Greste and two others of the networks journalists were sentenced to between 7 to 10 years. Authorities had charged them with supporting terrorist organization. Al jazeera had been critical of a de facto coup staged two years ago by egypts military. Grestes imprisonment triggered an International Outcry including a critical statement from the united nations. Authorities have not said anything about the two journalists who remain behind bars. The Egyptian Government reported greste deported greste after his release. Members of his family say theyre ecstatic hes coming home. I think hes genuinely passionate, and hes a committed journalist who believes in the principles of what you guys do, and the importance of you know Good Journalism to a free, functioning democracy. Members also say they will not rest until grestes colleagues are released. Diplomats from tokyo and moscow will meet to lay the groundwork for russian president Vladimir Putins visit to japan. Deputy Foreign Ministers from both countries will hold talks next week in moscow. Theyre also expected to discuss Japanese Foreign minister Fumio Kishidas visit to russia, and the ukraine crisis. Prime minister shinzo abe and putin agreed last year to arrange their russian president s trip. They also agreed to resume negotiations for peace treaty to help resolve territory issue for the northern territories. Russia controls the islands, japan claims them. The japanese government maintains the island are an inherent part of japans territory, says the islands are illegally occupied after world war ii. Japans Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man who killed seven people in a busy tokyo shopping district seven years ago. 32yearold Tomohiro Kato was charged with ramming a truck into a crowd in akihabara in june 2008 and indiscriminately stabbing passersby. Seven people were killed and ten wounded. The top court rejected katos appeal on monday upholding the death sentence handed down by district and high courts. Justice Ryuko Sakurai said the defendant carefully planned and carried out atrocities. She added the impact of the incident on society is tremendous and victims families want a harsh penalty. Sony is investing more in its smartphone components. Specifically one that can pick up images and ron madison is here with more on this story. Ron . Thats right, gene. Officials at sony say the Company Plans to boost output of image sensors. They hope that will help the struggling Electronics Giant turn around its overall business. The Officials Say sony will spend about 890 million to buy new equipment at three factories in japan. The plant makes image sensors used in smartphones and digital cameras. Sony plans to boost monthly output from 60,000 to 80,000 by june 2016. To meet growing demand in emerging markets. Well japans new car sales in january fell nearly onefifth from a year ago. Thats the biggest decline since the consumption tax hike in april 2014. Auto Officials Say that about 400,000 new vehicles were sold in japan last month. Thats down 19 from the same month last year. Now the figures are seen as a disappointment. Thats after december car sales bounced back marking the first yearonyear growth in six months. Officials say the impact of the rush to buy cars before the consumption tax hike is lingering. Many vehicles which weathered the tax hike show a double digit decline. Now the officials do admit a recovery is not as fast as they expected. And say the outlook is uncertain. Managers at small and midsize Japanese Companies are scrambling now to hire new graduates. Those firms face tough competition from Big Companies whose recruiting efforts are becoming more aggressive. Officials at the Tokyo Labor Bureau on wednesday will host an annual job fair. Its mainly aimed at College Seniors who are graduating in march, and who dont have jobs lined up. The Officials Say 340 smaller firms applied to take part in the event. But they have room for only half that number. The Officials Say 120 smaller businesses wanted to participate in a job fair aimed at high school seniors. Only 20 or so firms usually take part. Labor bureau Officials Say they want students to take a closer look at smaller companies. The Officials Say many of those firms want to hire and train younger workers. Well weak manufacturing numbers from china are casting a bit of a shadow today over Investor Sentiment in europe. Market players are concerned about uncertainty in the worlds second biggest economy. Right now were seeing major bench marks there. Theyre all turned upward right now. Seeing some slight gains, though, at this hour for paris, its up just a fraction. London is continuing to show gains up 0. 1 . Frankfurt, also in the positive up 0. 4 . Now weaker Economic Data in china weighed on markets there. The shanghai composite closed at a twoweek low down 2. 5 3,128. Analysts say dozens of ipos in china last week also dampened Investor Sentiment. Meanwhile here in tokyo the bench mark index closed at 17,558. That works out to a oneweek low. It does follow as well the u. S. Governments release of data last week that showed growth fell sharply in the fourth quarter. In sydney the main index there closing at a fivemonth high 5,625. Investors hope that Australias Central Bank will cut its key Interest Rate when its policy board meets tomorrow. Lets turn to currency markets now. The dollar is moving in a narrow range against the yen. Were seeing it at 117. 63. Market players waiting now for u. S. Manufacturing data for january. Those numbers due out later on today. Meanwhile the yuan is at one point dropped to its lowest level in about eight months against the dollar. Thats pretty much due to speculation that chinese authorities will accept a decline in the value of the currency. All right that is going to do it for biz tonight. Lets get a check of the markets. Female doctors in japan face an uphill battle balancing work and raising their families. Nay have the sole responsibility for their patients so even taking Maternity Leave is difficult. But, theyre pushing to have that system changed. Nhk world reports. Reporter akari is a doctor and mother to a 6yearold, and a 4yearold. With her eldest daughter was born, she was able to take only two weeks of Maternity Leave. As well as caring for her children she works at the university hospital. She has about five night shifts a month and is the primary care physician for four or five patients. She says shes glad to be able to carry on working but her responsibilities cant be shared with other doctors so the burden is very heavy. Translator when i work on the ward i have to put in an appearance, even on weekends. So i cant take a full day off. My children have had to put up with this, too. I think theres a real problem in a situation where you have to choose between doing absolutely everything, or quitting your job. Reporter the association invited female doctors to participate in the public discussion on ways to balance their responsibilities. Translator i think it gets really difficult to keep working as a primary care physician, because we have to devote even nonworking hours to our patients care. Translator female doctors are suggesting changes be made to the system. They say several doctors should share the responsibilities of caring for a patient. Translator if theres a system in place that enables other doctors to cover for a female doctor when she takes Maternity Leave, women will be able to return to the workforce quickly. Reporter in response to the situation, they lighten the load on doctors. This hospital has established a teamwork system in which several doctors attend to one patient. Under the new system five doctors will share each patients information, and divide the responsibility of caring for them. There will be benefits for the patient, too. Translator when my baby had a primary care doctor it could be hard getting an appointment, as we needed to see the same doctor. The new system is helpful, and i think such changes are necessary. Reporter the doctors hold facetoface meetings about the condition of the patient during the afternoons when its more convenient for female doctors with children. Yew kiko is a doctor at this hospital. Shes expecting a baby next june and is planning to take Maternity Leave. Translator this hospital is flexible concerning the situation of each employee. Its easy to work here because everybody is on duty according to their availability. Reporter the working condition female doctors are triggering broader changes in the hospital work place. Nhk world. Floods are causing Serious Problems in italy, and southern europe. Our meteorologist jonathan oh is here with the details. Jonathan . Hello, gene yes. We are keeping an eye out on the series of low pressure systems that continue to roll in to southern europe. What typically happens is we have the jet stream that usually serves as a train track to move these things along. We actually have one thats going to be dipping really far down. And then coming back up. Thats a trough set up when you have a jet stream moving toward the north. That pulls in all that warm air from the south, clashes with the cold air from the north and thats where were going to see those heavy rainfall. We talked about heavy rainfall for italy and for the Balkan Peninsula for the past few weeks. I want to take you over into italy where we are seeing some more problems alone the eastern side of the country. And you can see just right here in this video, because of the high water level, the adriatic sea because of the rain falling, 18 of venices Historic Center was flooded sunday. Waters washed over canal walls in saint marks square. People were forced to walk along those higher walkways and carry their bags so that they would not get wet. You can see here some of these areas are up to knee deep high when youre sitting down and people not only have to wear these wet boots but some of them were even using plastic bags to cover up their feet in the process in the shoes so they dont get completely soaked. Were going to see this pattern continue because we have this low pressure system once again in place. Thats going to pull all that moisture from the mediterranean sea, dumping it back around into italy and also the Balkan Peninsula. That wet weather pattern will continue on in to tuesday and wednesday. So Stormy Weather extending down from italy, in to the balkans, as we go through monday. That includes severe wind gusts, tornadoes, some thunderstorms, and large hail all part of that equation. Definitely you want to Pay Attention to weather scenario as you go throughout this week. Calmer weather toward the north. But we are talking about some snowfall taking place in the northeastern portions of the continent. Were looking at up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in some isolated areas as we go throughout the next couple of days. And especially in areas where youre already saturated with this rainfall. Its going to be even more problem going through tuesday and wednesday. Heres a look at the forecast monday. Rome thunderstorms, high of 8 degrees. 16 in athens with a chance for rain and that snowfall taking place into the northeastern portions of europe. Down toward the Iberian Peninsula we have cold front thats slipping in. Thats going to bring some more rain in to madrid and lisbon. Were talking about snowfall once again for the northeastern side of the United States as we switch gears into north america. A low pressure system is crossing over the great lakes, pulling down all this cold air wrapping itself around with the moisture from the atlantic sounds a little bit familiar. When that familiar pattern takes place we see a lot of snowfall. We are looking at the chance for the snow to extend into tuesday and wednesday for the northeastern portions of the United States. And into the southeastern portions of canada. So look out, its going to be a little bit nasty and the process can also be very chilly. Negative 15 in winnipeg negative 8 in chicago, negative 12 in chicago and down to 2 degrees in new york. Wet weather happening into vancouver and seattle. That wintry weather for the central and eastern portions of the u. S. Extending wednesday into chicago. Also taking place into detroit. New york youll be dealing with snow as you go through monday possibly into early tuesday morning. Snow also taking place for the northern portions of japan, as a low pressure system continues to usher in that seaeffect snow setup and thats extending all the way as far south as hokuriku. And the eastern side of hokkaido youre looking at some very windy conditions on top of the very heavy snowfall. Look out for the next 24 hours as these conditions continue. Chilly temperatures behind it with high of around 9 degrees in tokyo, 5 in seoul. Some disturbance with some moisture coming out of the ocean will be bringing some rain to southern portions of china as we go through tuesday. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Heres your extended outlook. The birth of a single white tiger cub is cause for celebration. But a zoo near tokyo recently welcomed quadruplets. The four baby tigers havent even opened their eyes yet. Officials at the zoo say theyre eager eaters and appear to be healthy. The new arrivals are a blueeyed variant of the bengal tiger. Experts say there may be only 200 left worldwide. The mother of the cubs also gave birth to four babies in 2013. The zookeeper says being on hand for the delivery was Good Practice for greeting the new litter. Translator the mother and the cubs all look fine. The babies are drinking plenty of milk and their tummies are really full. Im relieved. The cubs are scheduled to make their public debut in midapril. And thats newsline for this hour. Im gene otani in tokyo. uca th his french counterpart. It is part of a push for a new deal on creek debt. The new far left government in athens is looking to write off half the debt, arguing that europeans must Work Together to find a solution. The greek finance minister is now in london. He is popular at home and now he is on a Charm Offensive for the rest of europe. 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