In tragedy. On on even keel. Chinas economy grew by 6. 7 . Equaling its growth in the previous period. And double listing debut. Japanese messaging app line in tokyo and new york. A new dimension from medicine to manufacturing. People in china are using 3d prunting technology to shape their businesses in some innovative ways. Japanese Prime Minister and chinese premier have discussed a sensitive issue. They met in mongolia. Their talk comes days a an International Tribunal in the hague ruled that beijings claims to most of the South China Sea have no legal basis. Abe expressed concern over beijings rejection of the tribunals decision. He said it is important to solve disputes under rule of law. And he stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation. Translator there are still difficult issues between japan and china. But i want to Work Together to deal with the challenges facing both of us. Particularly i want to cooperate with china to prevent a Global Economic crisis in the wake of britains decision to leave the european union. Prime minister abe also held talks with Eu Council President and german chancellor angela merkel. He called for cooperation over the issue. Premier li and Chinese Foreign minister are insisting that the asia europe meeting should not discuss the South China Sea issue. They have been been building art official islands in the area. People in the southern french city of nice are reeling in the aftermath of a deadly attack. A transport truck plowed through crowds of people who had gathered for bastille day celebrations. At least 84 are dead and dozens are injured. President Francois Hollande says he will extend the countrys state of emergency for three months. Translator there is no denying the terrorist nature of this attack. We must do everything to fight against expanding terrorism. The attack happened on the iconic promenade des anglais. The street is lined with hotels, bars, and restaurants. Crowds gather there each july 14th to mark the anniversary of the french revolution. Witnesses are shocked that thursdays celebrations turned deadly. They say the truck swervrved to hit people for roughly two kilometers before stopping. The driver was shot dead by police. Nhk spoke with a man who works at a hotel near the site of the attack. It was a nightmare but now the police is everywhere. Cars cannot even pass by the hotel. They control everything. I can see them from the front desk. I think that according to what i have right in front of me, the situation is under control. And i saw some videos because some friend of mine send me some videos through my telephone. And was just terror. Its really shocking. Some reports say officials found some id belonging to a french tunisian man inside the truck along with a load of weapons. World leaders have denounced the attack at the asia europe meeting and elsewhere. One minute silence. [ silence ] europe and asia stand united with the french people and the government. We condemn this tragedy and keep our fight against extreme violence and hatred. Translator japan stands firm in its pledge to continue working with the International Community in fighting and rooting out despicable terrorism. U. S. President barack obama also condemned the attack and offered assistance to france. France has been rocked by a string of recent terror attacks. [ gunshots ] in january last year attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and kosher market left 17 people dead. Then in september last year came an assault on multiple locations in and around paris including a concert hall and a soccer stadium. 130 people were kikilled. A state of emergency has been in place nationwide since the attacks. Last month a man killed a Police Officer and his partner in a town near the capital. He was under surveillance for his extremist views. President hollande said it was an attack on terrorism. Chinese leaders have been trying a range of measures to arrest the slump in their economy. Now theyre seeing results that show their efforts may be paying off. Gene otani joins us with more on that and other business headlines. Chinese Government Officials have released gdp figures for the second quarter. They show growth is holding steady. Officials at the bureau of statistics say the economy expanded by 6. 7 year on year. Thats the same figure for the previous period. Leaders in beijing have set an annual growth target for 2016 of 6. 5 to 7 . Translator the chinese economy is Going Forward calmly. We have momentum and growth laying the foundation for achieving this years target. But factors home and abroad are complex. We still have downward pressure on your economy. Analysts say private Sector Industries such as steel are bringing in less money. The reform is one of several being pushed by president xi jingping. Leaders have been trying to boost growth b by ramping up infrastructure spending. Earlier i spoke with nhk world executive commentate eor akihiro mikoda. First he gave us his take on the gdp figures. Chinas growth rate has been below 7 for a year. A big factor behind the slowdown is xi jingpings structural reform. They made investments to shore up the economy. But thats left many in the coal and steel and concrete industries with production capacity. Its not efficient to keep these companies. That will slslow economic growt. So t the government is trying t do s some restructuring. But fewer companies mean fewer jobs. And that will slow growth. The data released today points to a slowdown. That the reforms are going through. All right. The reforms are going through, but what are some of the challelenges you thinknk china facing right now . I have one concern about the numbers raised today. Corporate investment was only up 2. 8 compared to this time last year. A Government Official said this was because private businesses face many disadvantage. Translator in some regions theyve set the hurdle too high. And thats hurting businesses. Reform has not reached far and wide enough. There are still quite a few invisible obstacles. State run firms dominate the main industries. Experts say this has prevented private industries from entering the markets. If chinese leaders really want stable growth, they have to do something about the dominance of staterun businesses. What about the reform part . What would china need to do . What kind of options would it have to keep reform momentum going, do you think . It would be a case of certain level of fiscal spending on top of monetary easing. Todays figures show a sharp rise in the government real estate investments. Construction of houses and public facilities boost demand for steel and concrete and create jobs in related industries. You might think that these measures run counter to ongoing Structural Reforms in getting rid of inefficient companies. But people could lose their jobs. And that will make i it difficu to push forward with reform. Its a difficult task for chinese leaders. They have to go ahead with reform while keeping the economy growing at a certain pace. The japanbased free messaging app provider line is celebrating Public Offerings on stock markets in the United States and japan. Its the biggest ipo this year. The initial offering was on the tokyo stock exchange. The ipo was 3300 yen. About 90 minutes after the market opened, it was 4900 yen per share. Thats a rise of more than 48 . In new york the companys stock ended its first day up nearly 27 . That meant a market value of about 8. 7 billion. Around 220 Million People use thee software. Most are in asian markets. But in the u. S. It faces strong competition from other messaging apps. I thought the bear was really cute. I dont know anything about, like, the company. But i was just taking pictures because the advertisement was cool. Company executives believe that the debut will boost their global name recognition. Theyre also trying to raise funds to expand their market share. And back in tokyo. Line ended its first trading day this way. 4,345 for the closing number. Up by 31. 66 . Soaring from its ipo price. Tokyo stocks ended higher for the fifth day in a row. Phoebe amoroso reports. Some positive corporate earnings in e the u. S. , and chinas gdp narrowly beat expectations. The nikkei average added nearly 0. 7 closing at 16,497. Its highest level in a month. Over the week it rose 9. 2 . The broader topix also rose on friday. The japanbased messaging app line made its tokyo debut following a strong opening in new york. Its shares in tokyo ended a at 4,345 yen. And nintendo gained again on the popularity of its game pokemon gogo. The game h has notched up a recd nunumber of users in the u. S. Since its release just over a week ago. So its been a great week for japanese stocks. And anxiety about brexit have seemed to calm a little. Monday is a Public Holiday in japan so well see movements next tuesday. It was also a good week for many of the others in the asia pacific region. In china, finishing at 3,054. Steady growth dictated decrease for stimulus. But the index ended the week up more than 2 . Chinas gdp results raised the hang seng. 21,659 for the closing number there hitting this years high. It posted its biggest weekly rise in more than a year. Seouls kospi index gaining by 0. 4 climbing to a fiveweek high. Sydney also gaining by 0. 3 . Rose for a seventh straight day. A new mobile phone game has become a hit in the u. S. A Record Number of people are playing pokemon go. Codeloloped by japanese game company nintendo. American Research Firm found the users reached aecord 21 miion aay in the u. S. Exceeding that of candycrush. Pokemon tras the plays cation using your phones camera and gps. The player tries to catch characters that are displayed against the backdrops of the camera. It was released last week. Its been the top ranked app since. The craze has led to safety concerns in the u. S. Police and traffic authorities are telling people not to play the game while driving. Heres a look at some of the business stories were following. European Commission Officials have filed an antitrustst complaint against googlgle over its advertising. From placing ads that compete with its own business. The firm has ten weeks to respond. If the violations are approved, google could face large fines. The tech giant provides about 80 of Online Advertising in europe. Officials at toshihiba will team up with their counterparts at u. S. Firm Western Digital to invest more than 12 billion in flash memory production. The companies have built a new facility in japan to produce chips for smartphones and corporate data centers. That does it for business news. Ill leave you with the markets. A court in okinawa prefecture southern japan has handed down a prison sentence to a u. S. Navy sailor found guilty of sexual assault. The Naha District Court sentenced Justin Castellanos to 30 months in jail without possibility of a suspension. Castellanos is 24 years old and was stationed at the u. S. Marine corps camp in okinawa. He was found guilty of assaulting a japanese woman in march at a hotel in the city of naha. The presiding judge said in light of what the victim experienced, the sailor deserves a prison term. Prprosecutors had demanded four years. Stellanonos lawyer said they will not appeal the ruling. The three dimensional Printer Market in china is taking off and seeing the potential for economic growth, many are putting high hopes in the technology. Nhk worlds Daisuke Azuma has the story from beijing. Reporter u using 3d printer people can create things in almost any form or shape. This Cutting Edge Technology is spreading in china. 3d printers have even reached the local restaurants. If i scan a photo of my face, this device takes the data and the printer makes a kind of pancake that looks like me. The printer quickly makes a drawing of my face using pancake batter. A short time later at the cost of 1. 50, my pancake is ready. Translator i feel like im eating myself. This is very strange. Reporter the Chinese Government is promoting the use of 3d printers as part of its plan to innovate and upgrade the manufacturing industry. The 3d printer shipments doubled last year. Also putting high hopes in the latest technology. This University Hospital in beijing made an artificial backbone using a 3d printer. Doctors then transplanted it into a patient who had a spinal tumor removed. The surgeon said at the moment the cost is still too high, but hes optimistic. Translator the use of the 3d Printing Technology will help improve medical care. The periods of treatment will get shorter and treatment itself will become more effective depending on the type of illness we can also hold down medical costs. Reporter jinping runs a manufacturer. Hes using a 3d printer to build houses. Translator at first no one understood what i was trying to do. I thought my company has to Push Research and D Development a and come up withh o own p pducts i i order tosurviv reporte in chin theost labor and Construction Materials have continued to rise. He wants to cut down on thehem d made t the strong demandd foror housing g consnsuction. At hisis company a 3d printer squeezes out concrete on top of a steel structure. Thisis requires only two people. They can build a two story house in 45 days. Thats less than half the time needed to build by regular construction methods. Translator i think theres big potential for benefits through our 3d Printing Technology. Reporter the government is also trying to promote the use of this technology in the field of education. This f firm is developing produs for use in schools a and other educational institutions. Although the 3d Printer Market is relatively new, its expected the market in china will overtake the u. S. To become the worlds biggest this year. And theres no telling how much farther it could continue to grow. Earlier daisuke spoke with colleague mitsuko nishikawa. Whatt else c can you tell us about the emerging 3d Printer Market . One thing is more consumers are buying them online rather than electronic stores. Selling a wide variety in a broad price range from 10 to 600. This is boosting the market. The 3d Printing Technology was initially used to create products on the development. But now as you just saw in my story, its been applied to a wide range of areas. For example, in medical and aviation industry. We can see 3d printers are becoming part of the daily lives of chinese people. So there seems to be a lot of benefits from it but what about drawbacks . One big issue is a lack of awareness about Property Rights in china. Theres been an increase in copyright infringements among other problems. On sosomeones Property Rights easy as well. Copied with a 3d printer. So i think to take advantage of this 3d printer opportunity, china needs to strike a balance between promoting the technology and keeping it from being misused. Nhk newsline comes to you live from tokyo where its wet and about 23 degrees celsius or 73 degrees fahrenheit. Sayaka mori joins us now with this hours World Weather outlook. Sayaka . Tomorrow should be dry but at least for the next several hours the risk for thunderstorms likely remain. Vicious weather is happening across central portions of japan. We have tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall for a short duration of time. For example, yokohama had 109 millimeters of rainfall in just three hours. Making the record for july. Ichihara had 92 millimeters in just one hour. We have footage coming out of ichihara. Very unstable weather has been happening in the area and that is continuing since yesterday. The heaviest rainfall in years has fallen in several places. Authorities had issued warnings for heavy rain and flash floods. Several cars have been stranded by flooding. Again, unstable weather will likely continue into the evening hours. Now, the reason for the bad weather is we have very cold air in the upper atmosphere that is covering many portions of central japan. Meanwhile, warm air is still existing over the low lying areas and cold and moist air is coming through the ocean. So these three air masses are causing bad conditions. Now, bad conditions will likely continue into the next several hours. Meanwhile, we are looking at dry condititions acrossss the k kyu area after days of drenching rainfall. Thatsood d news. Buttatarting saturday, a front stall system will likely move up towards the north. Starting saturday and that should continue into sunday which is definitely not good news. Now, as for tokyo, drier conditions expected on saturday and colder 26 degrees for the high. As we go into sunday, things will be warming up once again. 30 degrees expected on sunday as well as monday with cloudy conditions. Now lets go to europe then. Clouds are moving into the British Isles and theres another potent system located over the Baltic States and the cold front is extending into the north of italy. Theres a possibility for thunderstorms, gusty winds, and even tornadoes over italy and also the balkan peninsula. We have heavy rain warnings posted for western portions of italy. And winds are going to be strong across croatia. Watch out for strong winds. Theres another spot of Severe Weather in and around st. Petersburg. Now, temperatures still on the warmer side across Eastern Europe and the south as well. Temperatures are going to be 38 in athens. 32 in moscow. And 37 degrees in lisbon on your last day of the business week. Now, speaking of heat, record high temperatures were set in many portions of alaska on wednesday and thursday. We saw the highrising to 29 degrees in fairbanks. 30 degrees was recorded in many places of alaska. Now, warm airs coming in from the tropics. Thats why were seeing high tempmperatures across manyy portions of alaska. As we go intnto tomorrow, a col front willl likely be moving in so temperatures will cool down. But as we go into friday, its going to be quite warm. We are looking at thunderstorms for many locations. The humidity will be quite high too. Fairbanks could see a high of 27 degrees on your friday. All right. Thats it for me now. Heres the extended forecast. Log onto our website and click on contact us for your thoughts and comments. Newsroom tokyo comes to you live at the top of the hour so be sure to watch. You are watching france 24. We are bringing you nonstop coverage of the events in nice. A least 84 People Killed as truck mode through people gathered along a seafront in the frenchebrate national holiday. Perhaps the most shocking