Home and. Im british manager welcome to news asia laughter had with us 75 years ago today japan officially signed it surrender in world war 2 even though it had announced an end to the fighting 2 weeks before it wasnt until the 2nd of september 1905 that the surrender was officially signed it came however at the cost of some 30000000 lives in asia from targeted masculine such as in china fighting and occupation by peter earnest Japanese Forces at its peak japan controlled territory from eastern china to most of Southeast Asia but with it came suffering in the local populations and death however there were also those who were forced to work for imperial Japanese Forces such as the protagonist of our next report. For 95 year old lee had gray memories fade slowly during world war 2 the south Korean National fought for the Japanese Army afterwards he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 20 years in prison and his home near tokyo the horrors of the time continue to haunt him. I was
Crossing is still claiming lives. The tragic exodus of the courty family and this beach near the turkish village of. The mother father and their 2 children were trying to reach the greek island of const in a rubber boat but the boat capsized. And his brother and their mother drowned only cordy survived. To be capsized after people stood up. I held my wife. And we had life jackets on trying to keep our children out of the water but it didnt work. Ill never forget when he said to me papa dont be afraid. The image of Little Islands dead body made headlines around the world the refugees desperation and their fate now symbolized by a tiny corpse 4 years later we set out to make contact with his father during our research we 1st came across a team accordingly. For more than 20 years. And in which my nephew currently. 1000000. And more and this from their son and they say enough is enough. We need to. Be said that her brother. In iraqs kurdish region we were unable to travel to iraq because o
Im british welcome to news asia laughter had with us 75 years ago today japan officially signed its surrender in world war 2 even though it had announced an end to the fighting 2 weeks before it wasnt until the 2nd of september 1905 that the surrender was officially signed it came however at the cost of some 30000000 lives in asia from targeted mass killings such as in china fighting and occupation by Japanese Forces at its peak japan controlled territory from eastern china to most of Southeast Asia but with it came suffering in the local populations and death however there were also those who were forced to work for imperial Japanese Forces such as the protagonist of our next report. For 95 year old lee had gray memories fade slowly during world war 2 the south Korean National fought for the Japanese Army afterwards he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 20 years in prison and his home near tokyo the horrors of the time continue to haunt him. I was going to go back to korea b
Damaging as the financial crashes. Italy is taking steps to contain the worst infection rate outside of china. All businesses and pharmacies are ordered to close. Shery lets get you a check of the markets in the u. S. We had the dow fall into a bear. Arket territory, falling 20 the s p 500 a hair away from the 19 lower than the previous high. We had every group on the s p 500 sinking more than 3 . The nasdaq down 4. 7 . U. S. Futures under pressure. We have seen no more details on the substantive stimulus that President Trump had promised. In the afternoon, he said at one point that the u. S. May not need the fiscal measures. That did not sit well with the markets. U. S. Futures gaining 2 10 of 1 . We will see how we do without how we do throughout the rest of the session. News and headlines dominate market sentiment. Sophie a lot of caution. A she futures pointing lower despite the global stimulus engine being revved up. In new zealand, a fiscal response is being considered. The rbnz
74 basis points. Everything is down. I would imagine 90 of stocks are down. All 11 major indices are down in the region today in very high volumes. At this point, there is nowhere to hide, at least in the equity markets. Yvonne President Donald Trump announcing a suspension of all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The most farreaching measure yet in the administrations effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus. To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. David our Senior International editor, jodi schneider, is here with us. Thats a big deal. It is. There was a little bit of talk about it before hand, but not necessarily expected to stop all of the european travel for 30 days starting friday. It is something he can do without congressional approval. It is a major move. Also the way the president cast it. Clearly by having the spe