Deregulation of the power markets have come in to effect. Judge and years in the making. A japanese space probe orbiting venus has cents back new images that could shed light on its findings. The Nuclear Security summit in washington has kicked off with a working dinner hosted by u. S. President obama. World leaders exchanged views on how to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons. This is the fourth and final Nuclear Summit hosted by obama. Hes asking the participants to confirm their commitment to fighting nuclear terrorism. Leaders from more than 50 countries are attending the twoday event. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe is among them. Abe stressed the need to prevent the theft of nuclear materials, attacks on Nuclear Facilities and cyber attacks. He called for participants to share information and coordinate efforts. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry hosted a meeting of foreign ministers. To make the world a safer place. For some people, thats sort of a slogan. For everybody in this room, its our daily work. The deadly attacks in brussels last week have heightened the importance of the summit. The leaders are expected to discuss measures to respond to the Islamic State group. South Koreas Defense Ministry says the north has launched a shortrange surfacetoair missile toward the sea of japan. The missile was fired from sondok at around 1 00 south korean time on friday. They said it fell in the sea of japan. A News Agency Says the missile flew about 100 kilometers. Defense Ministry Officials are analyzing information. On top of a nuclear test and a rocket launch in recent months, pyongyang has fired a series of projectiles. Last month it has launched shortrange Ballistic Missiles believed to be scuds, mediumranged missiles believed to be nodong. Flaurk state media reported earlier pyongyang might use force if its sovereignty is athleteened. Leaders of china and south korea discussed north korea in washington. Xi jinping reportedly urged park geunhye to refrain from taking actions that could escalate tensions on the korean peninsula. Officials of chinas foreign Ministry Says xi called for impremenation of u. N. Security Council Action on north korea as well as dialogue. Xi urged all parties concerned to refrain from damaging security interests and the strategic balance in the region. Analysts say xis remarks are aimed at keeping both seoul and pyongyang in check. South korea is conducting its largestever joint military drills with the u. S. The two countries are also discussing the deployment of a stateoftheart u. S. Missile Defense System in south korea. Park stressed the importance of cooperation between her country and china to stop pyongyangs provocations. She said the recent missile tests show the importance of working together to maintain peace and stability in the region. One of japans most followed economic surveys have some disappointing numbers. Gene otani has the details. Thanks, james. A bank of japan survey shows Business Sentiment among Major Companies has worsened. The tankan Quarterly Survey covers 10,000 firms. The index represent the difference in representatives who say business is good and those who see it as bad. The Business Sentiment was plus six, down six points from the december survey. Results show manufacturers are increasingly concerned about the slow down in emerging economies and the higher yen. Index for nonmanufacturers fell three points to plus 22. Spending by Foreign Tourists was losing some steam and personal consumption remained sluggish. For three months ahead large manufacturers expect the index to fall a further three points. Large nonmanufacturers expect a threepoint decline. Manufacturing pmis rebounded. Government surveyed purchasing Managers Index for manufacturing stood at 50. 2, up 1. 2 points. Recovery stood out at large firms where output and new orders improved. Gains were seen in a private survey. The Caixin Manufacturing pmi rose 1. 7 points. It focus on small and medium size companies. Analysts say chinas Economic Outlook remains uncertain and cite limited outlook on Government Spending and concerns over the employment situation. The boj week sentiment figures drove the nikkei down. For days we go to our business reporter. Reporter confidence waned in the first quarter. The nikkei closed at 16,164 and the topix was down 3. 4 to a one month low. The Tankan Survey showed it to be at a higher level. This could hurt earnings for japanese exporters. So they saw toyota which sofelly 3 and nissan fell by 4 . My sue beneficiariy and nitto denko and citizen fell as well. Panasonic fell 12 after a report said they will miss their target. They will be looking for clues of the timing of the federal reserves rate hike. Many investors were cautious after a rating of Standard Poor that downgraded the companys sovereign debt. Shanghai reversed earlier losses to close slightly higher following strong pmi numbers. Sidney slipped and fell below the 5,000 mark for the first time in a month. Shares fell throughout the region. Kospi fell to its lowest. S p cut its outlook for hong kong. That dampened the hang seng index. The depreciation of the chinese yuan is affecting markets. The currency has been on a downward trend. Businesses in china are feeling the effects. Some are profiting while others are scrambling to deal with new rounds of losses. Reporter over 70 countries participating in a trade show. Many are looking for new business partners. This company exports Childrens Clothing overseas. Its managers are happy to see the yuan fall which they say will make them morecompetitive. Translator we might get back some clients who left us for cheaper Southeast Asian firms. Were ready to increase production. Reporter a firm that makes and exports goods sees a better road ahead. Company officials are showing off their calculators and digital clocks at the trade show. Translator the Exchange Rate with the japanese yen was good so were selling stuff we counsel before. Reporter some businesses are suffering due to a weaker yuan. Theres rising costs of goods and buying products overseas. Travel agencies that specialize in vacation packages to japanan has seen a downturn inn its business. Many customers who originally wanted to go to japan are opting for less expensive destinations including one in southeast asia. To maintain its price the company is currently shouldering the cost of the tours. Translator its affecting our profits especially in our tour packages to japan. I think our profit has gone down 8 to 10 . Reporter f foreign c currens pushing up some retail prices. This woman has been selling imported items such as japanese cosmetics and supplements online for three years. Shes trying hard to keep a lid on her prices but she says shes being forced to raise her high end cosmetics by 10 . Translator customers are not ordering as much as they used to. I think they will buy them once the yuan goes back up. Reporter she shops for foreign cosmetics. She likes if variety. Translator i think more about what i buy and i look for Cost Effective products. Translator im thing about growing my business but its difficult if the yuan stays weak. I may change suppliers from japan to other countries like australia and thailand. Reporter Chinese Companies are keeping a close eye on the yuans movement, which is creating a new set of busiss winners and losers. Consumers in japan long have been buying electricity from major Power Companies. That changes friday. The move ends more than six decades of a monopoly held by the major utilities. Over 260 companies and organizations have registered to enter the market. They include city gas providers, telecommunications and railway firms. They areromising lower rates. Regional Power Companies arere t standing still and plan to introduce incentives including point systems to keep their existing customers and try to tap into markets outside of their service regions. Heres a look at some of the other business stories were following. Ceremonies have been held for new hires in companies around japan on the first day of the new fiscal year. Aeon have hired about 1 130 additional people. The president urged new workers to keep up with changes so they can offer valuable suggestions in coming years. Trading firm is expected to post its firstever net loss in fiscal 2015 due to following prices of oil and mineral resources. The president told new employees the crisis provides a chance for bold changes. Sales of new vehicles in japan have dropped. Industry groups say 4. 93 Million Units were sold in the fiscal year that ended in march. Its down 6. 7 . First time that the sales have failed to reach its mark. Thats it for business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. Officials with Amnesty International say Migrant Workers for the 2022 world cup have been abused. Its based on interviews with more than 200 laborers including those refurbishing one of the stadiums. 0 many workers are deceived about the type of work they will be doing. Thats very common. Or even more common the salary that they will earn. Weve seen some workers going many months witithout being pai. Having worked extremely long hours in very, sometimes very harsh conditions. The group says the qatari government and fifa failed to take measures to fix the situation. Qatari officials have questioned the rereport. They say its research is limited and not representative of the entire workforce. Fifa Officials Say many challenges remain but confident that qatari authorities have taken steps to improve the situation. Another setback for organizers of the Rio De Janeiro olympics. The head of brazils Security Force has stepped down amid reports he criticized the countrys leaders. He has quit his post just months before the games are scheduled to start. He oversaw the National Force of public security, hes the second senior official involved in planning the olympics to resign in recent days. The sports minister has also stepped down. The games are scheduled to start in august. He is reported to have launched a scathing attack of senior government officials. He accused them of being obsessed with power and uninterested in the countrys affairs. He said its impossible for him to perform his job properly. The move is the latest blow for the embattled administration of the president. American scientists have made a key breakthrough in the study of the mosquitoborne zika virus. Theyve managed to identify a structure. Raising hopes for new ways combatat the virus. Researchers from Purdue University and the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases released the findings in the latest issue of the u. S. Journal of science. They used an electromicroscope. They noticed 180 protrusions on the outer shelf the zika virus that give it unique characteristics. Its believed that the protrusions attach to human cells. And their structure can explain now the virus infects people. They hope that the findings will lead to the development of vaccines and treatment and identify the link to microcephaly, a development that causes small heads in babies. Its the little space probe that could. After near Mission Failure and years sailing through space, the probe is finally delivering the goods. It has sent back images of venus, and theres more to come. Nhk reports. Translator thanks to the careful work of the project is functioning without any problems. Reporter he is giving an update on the probe. The probe was launched since six years ago on a mission to explore the climate of venus, but its main engine broke down. And it spent the next five years circliling the sun. But engineers didnt give up. They made a second attempt to reach venus last december. And with the use of the probes sectors, it managed to successfully enter orbit around the planet. It became japans first spacecraft to circle a planet other than earth. Only a few months on the job, and the probe is already sending back its observations. These images of venus were taken by the probe. The black area in the Southern Hemisphere is believed to be a hill about 4,000 meters high, stretching several thousand kilometers. This is an infrared image of a cloud. The darker part stretching from the northern and Southern Hemispheres is said to be a gigantic cloud of nitric acid. Translator these clouds stretch more than 20 kilometers. The main mission is to determine how they are formed and sustained. It will also try to find out what role they play. Reporter venus is often referred to as earths sister planet. Their sizes and age are almost the same. Experts believe researching venus could help with understanding Global Warming on earth. Venus atmosphere is Carbon Dioxide and it contributes to a surface temperature that can reach 470 degrees celsius. Translator id like to understand the mechanism that circulates such a thick atmosphere of dozens of kilometers. This will deepen our understanding of the atmosphere here on earth. Reporter the mission is far from over. It is not even functioning at its full capacity yet. That is expected to happen in a couple weeks. Meanwhile, scientists are waiting to see what the probe sends back next. Nhk world. Theres a new exercise for the elderly in japan. It doesnt just help seniors stay physically fit as our next report shows it helps them flex their mental muscles. Reporter it looks like a sedate Senior Citizen version of hop scotch. This new exercise is known as square stepping. The rules are simple. A special map printed with a grid of squares is laid out on the floor. The participants memorize the sequence of steps shown by the teacher. Then they have to repeat it themselves. Tens of thousands of people around japan now take part in this kind of exercise. Square stepping was developed about 20 years ago an associate professor at university to help reduce the risk of falling among elderly people. But now it seems it may help prevents dementia too. In a reason study around 250 elderly people do the exercise once a week for three months. At the end of the period improvements were found in five categories of cognitive function. Translator attention and memory have improved significantly. I think its possible that this exercise could help prevents dementia if practiced for an extended period. Reporter the exercise begins with a basic sequence such as advancing one step at a time. As the participants master each level more complex moves are added including backward steps, four finger moments in time with the feet. In all there are over 200 patterns. By raising the Difficulty Level gradually participants are challenged and remain interested. Participants are also encouraged to communicate among each other. Another factor thought to help prevent dementia. Translator i take part every week. If i mess up the others laugh and show me the correct steps. Translator i recognize others do this exercise. Reporter this exercise doesnt require much space or expensive equipment. Around the world Senior Citizens are taking some big steps towards greater health. Nice and simple and something you can do in your living. Youre watching newsline live from tokyo where its overcast and about 18 degrees celsius or 64 degrees fahrenheit. If only the weather in the southern u. S. Could be as benign. Jonathan oh has the details. Hello. We are looking at t the possibility of more tornados. Yes, we had tornados not only on thursday but on wednesday. And that same vigorous system continues to push to the east. You can see the clouds associated with the front, but i want youou to notice how these clouds are sprouting up. They are not just moving from west to east. Theyre developing along this line. Thats the cold front that you can see on the satellite perspective. As it continues to develop and push to the east, all that moisture sururging in, were lookining at the possibility of more rocky weather. Let me show you video coming out of oklahahoma where in tulsa, a tornadado ripped through t the wednesday where several homes and businesses were damaged. And at least sevev people werer injured. Many roofs were torn off houses and trees were toppled. And this is just devastating to see some of these buildings being torn apart. Then we go down toward texas where on thursday dry, windy weather spread wildfires. Some of these flames reached as high as 20 meters. The specific cause of the fire is under investigation and thankfully no injures have been reported. Here are the stats from thursday. Four reports coming from the deep south. 99 wind damage reports and 55 hail damage reports. Its one busy day once again. I showed you on the satellite what it looks like when you have a clear, defined cold front moving into an unstable warm air mass. Theres the blue line. Along this particular area were looking at very heavy rainfall, the possibility of large hail, strong thunderstorms, strong wind gusts, and, again, tornados cannot be ruled out. Especially of those located in national outlook, south carolina, into the panhandle of florida looking at a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. That risk extends to new york and places like louisiana. As you go through the day friday you want to make sure youre aware of the weather situation. Much calmer weather to the west where sunny skies are starting to take over as High Pressure begins to dominate the weather. As we look at the forecast for europe we do have e what was a w pressure system over the Iberian Peninsula shifting to the east. We are seeing showers to the south where another low continues to bring rain into the eastern portions of the continent. So its going to be a bit wet. We are watching also for a system coming out of the atlantic, for the e british isl. Be prepared for a wet portion of the day and it extends to the east. Looking at showers in stockholm. The low towards the east will bring showers into moscow and kiev. As we wrap up into japan, we have a low pressure system moving through the country, and we had a 24hour rain report of 134 millimeters in the western portion of the country. This low continues to develop and move to the nonorth and eas. Looking at cloud cover for places like tokykyo. But rain starting to slow down as we go into the weekend. But by the time we get to sunday, another system comes in. Thats going to bring the chance for rainfall from nagoya to osaka and you want to look at very wet weather. If you want to get a chance to look at Cherry Blossoms, do it on saturday before the rain starts to take over. Heres the updated Cherry Blossom forecast. Going through april. It will move pretty quickly along the towards in japan. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Heres your extended outlook. Coming up at the top of the hour is the friday edition of newsroom tokyo for an in depth look at the days news and special reports to watch. 8uxu you are watching live from paris, news for the next hour. Headlights on france 24. Enemies unite in the against a common threat, china and the United States will join forces to stop north korea from flexing its muscles. Pyongyang has testfired yet another missile. 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