Territorial waters. New connections. A growing number of Japanese Companies are tapping into a talented pool of homemakers to get the job done. And counting down to rio, the organizers of this summers olympics have unveiled the medals that will be up for grabs. The embattled governor of tokyo is set to leave his post next week. He submitted his Resignation Letter wednesday morning. The news comes after weeks of allegations that Yoichi Masuzoe misused political funds for private purposes. Masuzoe is expected to speak to the metropolitan assembly to explain his decision. Most of the assemblys factions including the ruling parties had been planning to submit a no confidence motion against him. Earlier in the week he was in the hot seat when he faced questioning from the legislators about the scandal. They wanted details about the allegations, but in many cases masuzoe refused to elaborate. Metropolitan Officials Say masuzoe will get a retirement package of over 200,000. Yoichi masuzoe became tokyos governor two years ago. He came to office in the wake of a financial scandal pledging to restore public trust. Now he will leave embroiled in a scandal of his own. Tomoko kamata has the details. Reporter former tokyo governor naoki inose announced his resignation at the end of 2013. Stepping down after he admitted receiving 500,000 from a medical Group Without registering the money. Then in came Yoichi Masuzoe. He was recommended by the ruling parties of the tokyo assembly. The liberal Democratic Party and komeito. He was a noted scholar in traditional politics. In the political arena he had experience. He served as Health Minister for years. The main issue in the election was how to Win Back Public confidence after inoses resignation. Translator the Peoples Trust in the tokyo government has been severely undermined by the scandal of the previous governor. I will do my best to restore public trust. Reporter masuzoes tasks included preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and paralympic games. The wind was taken out of his sails when a weekly magazine broke a story on him last month. He was accused of spending public funds for private purposes. One of the costs in question was for staying at the resort hotel near tokyo. Two years in a row masuzoe stayed at the hotel with his family during the new year holidays. He was also accused of buying dozens of artworks with political funds. Members of the metropolitan assembly grilled the governor on the allegations and demanded he vacate his post. Masuzoe apologized, acknowledging some of his spending was inappropriate, but there were many questions he refused to answer. Translator i want you to give me some time. I dont intend to stay on as governor forever. Reporter masuzoe was scheduled to attend the closing ceremony of the rio games for a flag handover. Instead, hell be watching someone else do it. Nhk world, tokyo. Citizens in tokyo are concerned about the scandal and its after math. Nhk worlds uji osawa spoke to some of them. Reporter hundreds of reporters gathered in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly chambers. Many citizens also came to sit in on the proceedings. Translator the world is watching. Were relieved that he has resigned. Translator the scandal stalled assembly proceedings. Its a big setback for citizens. Translator its not acceptable that two governors in a row have stepped down because of money scandals. They should be investigated more thoroughly. Reporter theyre upset not only because of misuse of the funds but because some think its hurting the citys image. Reporter tokyo will host the summer olympics and paralympics in 2020 and officials want to display the citys best to the world. Translator its too bad, because the governor needs to deal with preparation for the olympics. Reporter the masuzoe scandal is not something the city wants or needs as its just the latest in a series of problems the city has dealt with. There was controversy over the initial design for the main olympic venue after claims it cost too much. Then the logo for the games was scrapped, amid accusations of plagiarism. And french prosecutors say they are investigating japans bid. They allege its connected to payments to a company linked with the family of a former Olympic Committee member. Despite the issues, this traveller from russia thinks it wont affect how people view tokyo. There is aa g gd slogan of te tokyo 2020, unity and diversity. Soso we should just be united, l the good people all around t t world, and e everything is goin to be fine. We shouldnt pay much attention to such incidents. Reporter for People Living here, the hope is to move past the trouble. Translator i hope the next governor is a responsible person who can think not of him or herself but about the citizens and the country. Japans Defense Ministry says its concerned about chinese activities in and around japanese waters. The Ministry Says a Chinese Navy Vessel entered territorial waters in the countrys southwest early wednesday morning. Ministry Officials Say a merritime selfdefense force patrol plane spotted the chinese reconnaissance vessel. The vessel entered waters near two small islands off the south coast of japan. It left japanese waters after an hour and a half. It was sailing in the vicinity of two indian naval ships. The vessels are participating in a joint drill with japans msdf and the u. S. Navy. Last week japans government lodged a protest after a Chinese Naval vessel sailed close to its waters around the senkaku islands. Japan controls the islands, the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Translator the Foreign Ministry has conveyed concerns to the Chinese Embassy in tokyo regarding chinas military activities as a whole. Its not the first time a Chinese Naval vessel was spotted in japans territorial waters. In 2004 a chinese nuclearpowered submarine entered japanese waters off an island in the countrys far south. Japans government says its working to strengthen National Defenses amid nororth koreas increasing attempts to develop its missile program. Defense Ministry Officials told nhk theyre planning to upgrade the pac 3 surface to air interceptor system over the next five years. The enhancement will increase the range of the interceptors and improve their ability to hit multiple incoming targets. North korea has staged several missile launches this year. Japans defense shield includes the pac3 system as well as sm3 interceptor missiles on the destroyers. Officials at a troubled japanese auto maker have more explaining to do. Gene otani brings us the details and other business stories. The scandal at Mitsubishi Motors is widening. Executives initially admitted manipulating fuel economy data for nine models. Now we are learning an inhouse probe has added more than ten others to the list, vehicles that have been discontinued over the past decade. The investigation also uncovered the involvement of a section in charge of certification application. The section allegedly manipulated already falsified data from the Testing Division to make some models appear to have even better mileage. Shares in tokyo managed to finish in the positive breaking a fourday losing streak. Giang ngnguyen reports from the tokyo stock exchange. Investors moved to pick up bargains after the nikkei hit a two month low on tuesday. The upward momentum stalled on concerns about a possible brexit. The nikkei closed at 15,919. The broader topix rose by the same margin. Major car makers did better on a relatively weaker yen. Mitsubishi motors rose more than 2 despite the news of an additional case of fuel economy manipulation. And honda and toyota were up more than 1 each. Toshiba wasas the top performer soaring o over 7 7 after a maj brokerage upgraded the companys target share price. Meanwhile Energy Stocks came under pressure on declines in crude prices. Oil r retailer jx and Japan Petroleum exororation endeded i the e negativeve. The e focus turns to how market react on thursday t to the u. S. Federal reserve and the japan policy meetings. Moving on to other markets in the asiapacific region. The shanghai gained 1. 6 to 2,887. Investors shrugged off mscis announcement that it would not add chinese stocks to its emerging markets index. Meanwhile as the vote on brexit approaches, currency traders avoided taking risk which triggered yuan selling the dollar at more than five years against the chinese currency. In sydney, it extended losses to a fifth day falling to 5,147 and sank to a twomonth low as banks and Resource Companies dragged down the benchmark. Hong kong gaining by. 4 , snapping a fourday losing streak. Investors were relieved to see gains in shanghai as the worried mscis decision would weigh on mainland shares. Singapore was up by. 2 . Foreign visitors numbers to japan have climbed faster than ever this year. They top 10 million by early june, thats about a month quicker than last year which ended with an annual record. Tourism agency chief warns the stronger yen and Global Economic uncertainty make it tough to predict a total but he says staff are working toward a new annual target of 40 million visitors by 2020. Tourism Officials Say the number of visitors in may hit an alltime high for the month. Those from Mainland China were up more than 30 from a year ago. An expo for Video Game Technology has kicked off in los angeles. Stealing the spotlight at the electronic entertainment expo or e3, is Virtual Reality. About 250 game makers are showcasing their products. U. S. Venture firm oculus, a facebook affiliate, brought along its Virtual Reality goggles launched in march. The booth set up by Sony Interactive entertainment also showed off gaming goggles. Its new game will launch in october. Game makers are accelerating development in Virtual Reality technology in a bid to quickly get it on the market. Here is a look at some of the other business stories were following. A Major Japanese Bank is getting involved in the farming business. Officials at smbc say theyll work with local farms to launch an agricultural corporation. The venture is expected to start in july and conduct rice planting and harvesting on demand. The entity will lease and buy farm land. A revolutionary plant based material could soon help athletes run faster. Strong and lightweight sell ulows nano fiber is derived from wood and rice straw. Samples made from the substances are on show in an eco themed trade fair in tokyo. Japanese researchers and a manufacturer have agreed to use it to produce sports shoes. They aim to develop new footwear in time for tokyos 2020 olympics and paralympics. Its not uncommon in japan for women to give up their careers once they get married and have children, but with creative thinking, businesses are finding ways for some to reenter the work force from home. We take a look at how theyre doing that. Reporter this woman is a homemaker in suburban tokyo and works for a secondhand car dealers. Her job is to take photos of vehicles. Translator i shoot the car from all angles and take a picture of the drivers seat. If the car has scratches or other notable features, i record them. Reporter including travel time, todays job took an hour. The pay is about 15 per car compared to roughly 9 per hour at many parttime jobs. Translator i chose this job because i like taking photos. I want to use my spare time for things i enjoy. Reporter her clienent is a used car dealer in osaka, western japan. The company buys cars from their owners and sells them to autoparts dealers. The ceo says the company does all of its business online. The ceo thought showing the vehicles condition through photos would help to increase sales. It sells cars from all over the country. He decided to commission homemakers to take the montaph. More than 900 people have apapplied in the three months since he began seeking photogographers. Translator i came up with this job for homemakers. My goal is to have over 1,000 photographers. Reporter an i. T. Firm in tokyo launched a business to connect companies and home makers with skills. It launched a website that gets about 2. 5 million visits a month. Staff members select some home makers to become contributors based on factors such as the popularity of their articles. Then they introduce them to household products companies. The homemakers use the products and post their comments. They receive about 50 to 100 for reviews on each product. This woman is one of the contributors. She used to work for an apparel company. She was asked to provide feedback on an adhesive for fabric. She received over 50 for her work. She used the product to make a cushion cover for her son. She says the job reminded her of working in the clothing business, where she enjoyed making full use off her fashion sense. Translator i like it because i can earn money in my spare time. By doing something i am good at. Having more opportunities like this would make my life even more fulfilling. Translator its a winwin situation for both businesses like ours and for homemakers. We want to draw out their potential even more. Reporter businesses in need of workers and homemakers with extra time and skills, a new Business Model that brings them together, is taking root. Thats a look at business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. Hillary clinton has concluded the u. S. Democratic president ial race with a win in the last primary in the direct of columbia. Afterward she met with her rival Bernie Sanders to seek party unity. Clinton had alreready secured t number of delegates needed for the democratic nomination. She reportedly urged sanders to help her bring the party together. In the final days of the contest, the vermont senator refused to bow out early, even as the numbers stacked up against him. Advisors in his camp described the meeting with clinton as positive, but for now sanders is withholding his endorsement. His advisors released a statement to congratulate clinton on her campaign. It also commends her on her commitment to stopping Presumptive Republican nominee donald trump. The statement says clinton and sanders will develop policies supporting working families and the middle class. Sanders is scheduled to deliver a video address to supporters on thursday. President barack obama is talking tough on terrorism in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. He reiterated his resolve to destroy the Islamic State militant group and toughen gun control laws. Obama spoke after a National Security Council Meeting to discuss steps against the group. He was also briefed on the nightclub attack in orlando, florida. We currently do not have any information to indicate that a Foreign Terrorist Group directed the attack in orlando. It is increasingly clear, however, that the killer took in extremist information and propaganda over the internet. Obama said lone actors or small cells of terrorists are very hard to detect and prevent, but he said his government will do everything in its power to stop those kinds of attacks. We have to make it harder for people who want to kill americans to get their hands on weapons. He said that otherwise, despite all the efforts made by the authorities, similar events will keep on happening. In the wake of the shootings, the u. N. s top human rights official is urging u. S. Authorities to step up gun regulations. It describes the incidents as preventible Violent Attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control. U. N. High commissioner for human rights hussain released a statement tuesday calling on u. S. Leaders to live up to their obligations to protect citizens. The statement questions how many more killings will take place before the u. S. Takes robust action. Zaid says that it is particularly reprehensible that a mass shooting is being usesedo promote homophobic and islamic phobic sentiment. Apparently no other official for human rights has ever askissued statement asking the u. S. To adopt gun control measures. The organizers of the royo olympics are brushing off concerns about the zika virus in brazil and emphasizing that the games will go on. Theyve unveieiled the medals tt will be upp for g grabs this susummer. The dedesigns feature the greek goddess of victory. The committee has produced more than 5,000 medals. To show their commitment to sustainability theyve used recycled matererials in the silr and bronze versions. The paralympic medals rattle when you shake them. I. O. C. President thomas bach says he thinks south americas first Olympic Games will be a success. Im confident everything will come together. In geneva members of the Health Organization Emergency Committee say the zika virus wont be a major threat and theyve decided not to impose restrictions on travel to brazil. The committee concluded that there is a very low risk of further traditional spread of zika virus as a result of the olympic and paralympics which is already low. The risk is already low, and theres very low risk of further traditional spread from the olympics. But hayman said the committee will keep in place an advisory issued in march saying pregnant women should avoid traveling to areas affected by the virus. You are watching nhk newsline. For weather. Tornadoes have battered parts of the u. S. Causing structural damage, hail and heavy rain have also taken their toll. Ski reporter thehe weather ha been wild across parts of the united states. On monday there were six tornado repoports and on tuesday there wewere 15 5 tornadado reports. On top of that, hail the size of a baseball was reported in south dakota and strong winds in the southeast and u. S. Midwest. More Severe Weather is expected for the areas like wisconsin as well as minnesota because the system is still existing. More threat for severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and more tornadoes. Because of the lowmoving system there is a threat for flash floods across the great lakes region. There is another threat for Severe Weather across the northern plains, the rockies and the saskatchewans. The Severe Weather was caused by the tempererature contrast. Warm air in the south and cool and chilly air behd itit. You can see mountain snow over British Columbia as well as washingtgton state. Across the south its been dry across new mexico. That is causing wildfires. We have video coming out of new mexico. Firefighters and emergency crews battled a large forest fire in new mexico tuesday. The flames were seen rising above the high tree tops in the national park. The blazed burned several hectares of land. Officials told residents not to be alarmed if they see smoke because of the farrange visibility of the fire. Dry weather and high temperatures are expected to continue for the next several days. In fact, from saturday into next week temperatures are expected to be in the upper 40s in some places over the desert southwest. So definitely not good news for the area. Across the northwest temperatures will be much chillier compared to where they should be this summer. Theyre 17 degrees in vancouver and ststaying in the teeeens as go into friday. Across china, Rainy Weather has been affffecting p parts off th south, and we have reports of overer 200 millimeters of rain liuzhou. More rain is expected loose china, and then the eastern half of the front will likely push tordrd the north. The pacific side of japan will likely see rainfall and thunderstorms on your wednesday or actually thursday and possibly into your friday. So tokyo is going to be a rainy day thursday, 25 degrees for the high, 30 degrees for the high on friday with Rainy Weather once again. Going into saturday, sunny weather, and its going to be summmmerlike hot, 31 degrees expected on your saturday. Across europe, multiple systems still causing Severe Weather across many portions of europe. So there is a chance for severe thunderstorms, large hail and even some damaging winds from the west towards the east. The worst conditions can be found across the pyrenees, the north of italy as well as the balkan peninsula. Watch out for that weather. Temperatures will be as follows. In the teens in paris with a chance for thunderstorms on wednesday. And 21 degrees in berlin. Across the east. 24 in warsaw and up to 25 expected in mass coscow with ra weather expected on your hump day. All right. Here is your extended forecast. Well have updates for you at the top of the hour on newsroom tokyo. Fo hello and welcome to this. I of news on france 24 am belle lupton. Lets get you uptodate with our headlines. Details emerge about monday night posterity i can france. A Police Officer and his partner worst stabbed to death in front of their threeyearold son by larossi abballa. We will give you the latest. A new development in the investigation into orlandos mass shooting
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