Mosquitos. We start with talks with north korea in decades. Japans top diplomat for Asian Affairs led the 12member team. The group arrived in pyongyang on monday. Early the next day, the head of north koreas special investigation committee, so tae ha, created the greeted the visitors. I know there are differences of opinion in your country about this visit. I think the trip is a positive step forward. Showing the japanese governments will to follow up on our previous agreement. A briefing took place on what the norths four investigative panels said they had learned so far. Each panel is looking into a particular part of the problem. What became of abducted japanese, missing japanese, those left behind during world war ii, and japanese spouses of north koreans, and the remains of japanese who died in the north near the end of the war. So and some of the officials involved are attached to the ministry of state security. It is thought to be a kind of secret Police Organization whose repre
Mosquitos. We start with talks with north korea in decades. Japans top diplomat for Asian Affairs led the 12member team. The group arrived in pyongyang on monday. Early the next day, the head of north koreas special investigation committee, so tae ha, created the greeted the visitors. I know there are differences of opinion in your country about this visit. I think the trip is a positive step forward. Showing the japanese governments will to follow up on our previous agreement. A briefing took place on what the norths four investigative panels said they had learned so far. Each panel is looking into a particular part of the problem. What became of abducted japanese, missing japanese, those left behind during world war ii, and japanese spouses of north koreans, and the remains of japanese who died in the north near the end of the war. So and some of the officials involved are attached to the ministry of state security. It is thought to be a kind of secret Police Organization whose repre
Spirit of halloween takes hold. Bank of japan policymakers announced theyre going to crank up their monetary Stimulus Program in a bid to hit their inflation target of 2 . Its the first time boj officials have expanded their stimulus since they launched in the april of last year. They say theyre worried they wont be able to reverse japans deflationary mindset unless they take action. The policymakers voted in favor of the move 54 at a board meeting. They say theyll ramp up their purchase of japanese government bonds. They want to expand the Monetary Base at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen, roughly 730 billion. Thats an increase of 10 to 20 trillion yen on the previous level they targeted. They also plan to triple the purchase of exchangetraded funds in japanese Real Estate Investment trusts. The policymakers also released their latest outlook for the economy and commodity prices. They lowered their growth forecast for this fiscal year by 0. 5 . They said a decline in personal s
Conflict. Lesotho elects voting early after allegations of an attempted coup three women president s in latin america, each one the subject of a Corruption Scandal. Here they are taking away the body of Boris Nemtsov, a thorn in the side of the kremlin, a vocal critic of the president Vladimir Putin. He spoke out about russias involvement in the war of ukraine, and the annexation of crimea. The 55yearold served as a deputy Prime Minister under russias first president boris yeltsin. He was shot dead in central moscow hours ahead of a massive opposition rally. We go to Rory Challands live in moscow. I dont know if you are near the scene youll tell us that but a thorough Investigation Promised by Vladimir Putin, yet he was a critic of Vladimir Putin. Are there those that believe it could be a fair investigation . Well it depend who you ask. Certainly the people that have come down here to where Boris Nemtsov was shot they would believe that an investigation is going to be essentially a wh
Good to have you with us. A key opponent of russian president Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in moscow. The president condemned the murder of Opposition Leader boris, who was killed near the kremlin, he was due to attend an opposition rally on sunday. Reporter opposition pol stirn boris was shot several times by an unidentified gunmen he had gone out for a walk near the kremlin hen he was shot and killed in a driveby shooting. Translation a vehicle pulled up a couple of shots were fired. Four shots penetrated the back. Eyewitnesss are questioned. The woman with him is questioned in one of the citys police departments. Reporter his supporters mourn the loss of a leader who they hoped could bring about political change in russia. For me the death is a change. It was thrown down to all of us. It was a bright opposition activist. He shook up pt system. He was an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, an experienced politician. He served as deputy Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin and had