japan? are still in place in china and ja an? , are still in place in china and jaan? , . are still in place in china and jaan? , ., . japan? it s an inconvenience, and as i japan? it s an inconvenience, and as i say japan? it s an inconvenience, and as i say it s japan? it s an inconvenience, and as i say it s about - japan? it s an inconvenience, and as i say it s about 15-45 | and as i say it s about 15 a5 minutes on a routeing but remember, flying over russian airspace was extremely expensive, the most expensive airspace to fly over in the world. the russians were, quite frankly, abusing their privilege of that piece of land. by flying on a southerly routeing, the en route charges and navigation charges are slightly less so it s not of approved kwaio pro, we end up in a situation of a slightly longerjourney time, but in a situation of a slightly longer journey time, but the in a situation of a slightly longerjourney time, but the en route charges will be quite significantl
the russian olympic committee won the gold beating the us who won gold back to back in london and rio. but the real shock came earlier in the final. simone biles a four time olympic gold medallist pulled out of the final after her first vault, later saying she did it due to her mental health. she said, i was just shaking. i ve just never felt like this going into a competition before. at the end of the day, i have to do what is right for me. itjust sucks that it happened at the olympic games. we can go live now to our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. quoted to have you on the programme. we were talking about this a little while ago, the decision by simone biles to withdraw from the olympics but how has it been received in japan? i how has it been received in ja an? ~ how has it been received in jaan?
together back home in oakdale, minnesota. i m joined from tokyo by our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins. sunisa lee. what a victory. we saw the excitement among her family and friends back home. winning, while her teammate simone biles was cheering her on. what was the reaction in japan? on. what was the reaction in ja an? . , japan? there were cheers everywhere japan? there were cheers everywhere from - japan? there were cheers l everywhere from minnesota japan? there were cheers - everywhere from minnesota over to here in tokyo. simone biles was one of the loudest and most vocal supporters of sunisa lee in the gymnastics arena as she was bidding to win that gold medal in the absence, of course, of simone biles. it was interesting. sunisa lee said she had not ever really considered or expected that she would win gold and with the events that have unfolded she found herself in the situation
programme. ijust want great to get you on the programme. i just want to ask what can we expect from the elections this weekend? thank ou. as elections this weekend? thank you as you elections this weekend? thank you. as you suggest, - elections this weekend? thank you. as you suggest, the - elections this weekend? thank. you. as you suggest, the recent polling is indicating that the liberal democratic party is unlikely to lose. the question is how many seats it might loose from its current majority, the figures are all over the place at the moment. there s benefit putting push to get more young people to vote in elections been a big push. is there engagement among young people amongst politics in japan? young people amongst politics in ja an? , , young people amongst politics in jaan? , , ., in japan? yes, they have increasingly, in japan? yes, they have increasingly, usually - in japan? yes, they have increasingly, usually via | increasingly, usually via social media, to have s
least female succession of the imperial throne. least female succession of the imperialthrone. how least female succession of the imperial throne. how has this been seen and received in japan? been seen and received in jaan? ~ , been seen and received in ja an? . , , ., japan? well, there is some debate about japan? well, there is some debate about allowing - japan? well, there is some debate about allowing a - japan? well, there is some - debate about allowing a female and press down the line, but it hasn t really move much. you have to remember unlike the british royalfamily, the british royal family, the japanese british royalfamily, the japanese imperial household doesn t have a huge fan base. most people are fairly neutral about it, so it doesn t get a tremendous tabloid or anything like that. but there are people who are arguably following the royal family, who are arguably following the royalfamily, they imperial royal family, they imperial household, royalfamily, they imperia