U. S. And japanese navies. Leading off is a review of the war in pacific prior to june 1942 then new information about the japanese at the battle. This is live coverage on cspan3. We are pleased and very very proud to be hosting it. I would like to thank our partners that helped put this together. The Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation and world war i and world war ii come mem ri commemoration. We couldnt have done it without you. [ cheers and applause ] now, before we get going i do have housekeeping items to pass along. First of all, turn off or silence your cell phones. Keep your programs. We have something of a limited supply of those and please wear your fwbadges throughout the da. Keep in mind we are on cspan so during the q and a use the microphone deployed here on the square. At this time i would like to bring forward my counter part john pentanjelo who will make some remarks, john. [ applause ] thanks, chris. Good morning and welcome. The Hampton Roads naval hue see yum
President Loretta Mester. Minutes away from the open in china and hong kong a meandering day when it comes to the asian markets. Comingrecord closes through from wall street as they played catch up after the president s day holiday. Singapore, taiwan, and asia coming online. Sophie, how are we looking . Sophie lets look at the risk radar. About have gold up high 0. 1 in the dollar waning somewhat. Some strength back in the nikkei 225. Toshiba was up 7. 5 . Maintainingots be tuesdays climb. The asx 200 turning positive after opening weaker this taiwan, theyver in 0. 5 highernline at today. Tsmc may be throwing its hat into the ring for a toshiba chip set sail. We are hearing that from the singapore straits times. Earnings very much in focus. That is what is giving investors hesitation. About 70 of companies in the msci asiapacific index have recorded result in half of them have beat expectations. Haidi be very much a very mixed bag. You are seeing uncertainty as to where this rally goes
Evacuate over fears of a tsunami. Officials say waves almost one and a half meters high hit the coast and forced rivers to flow backwards. This video was filmed by a woman in miyagi prefecture. Fukushima also felt the tremors. The region was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami, and Nuclear Accident five years ago. Translator i felt strong shaking. But it was weaker than the earthquake in 2011. I thought something terrible might happen. So i tried to escape to Higher Ground right away. Local Community Centers were designated as shelters. In Fukushima Prefecture alone, thousands of residents piled in. There are no reports of major damage. But Emergency Response Officials Say at least a dozen people suffered injuries. Most were minor. The agency says over 80 aftershocks were registered in the 24hour period after the earthquake struck. Officials say people should remain on the alert as there will be a heightened risk of further quakes and tsunami for about one week. Now the earthquake als
Evacuate over fears of a tsunami. Officials say waves almost one and a half meters high hit the coast and forced rivers to flow backwards. This video was filmed by a woman in miyagi prefecture. Fukushima also felt the tremors. The region was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami, and Nuclear Accident five years ago. Translator i felt strong shaking. But it was weaker than the earthquake in 2011. I thought something terrible might happen. So i tried to escape to Higher Ground right away. Local Community Centers were designated as shelters. In Fukushima Prefecture alone, thousands of residents piled in. There are no reports of major damage. But Emergency Response Officials Say at least a dozen people suffered injuries. Most were minor. The agency says over 80 aftershocks were registered in the 24hour period after the earthquake struck. Officials say people should remain on the alert as there will be a heightened risk of further quakes and tsunami for about one week. Now the earthquake als
Islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Prevented tokyo and moscow from signing a peace treaty, a step that was never taken at the end of the war. Translator the four islands are an inherent part of japans territory. Through a diplomatic channel they launched a protest with russia. Their military expansion with the Mission Deployment is incompatible with our stance and is deplorable. The Missile System present a diplomatic headache weeks before putin is due to visit japan. The decades long issue is a thorny one but said that through the meeting with putin he ames to create a win win situation including in economic terms. Speaking of the economy, we now turn to business headlines. Tokyo stocks have been climbing along with the dollar. From the Business Team with more on that and other stories. The nikkei average extended its winning streak to a seventh day. Investor sentiment has been upbeat on expectations and president elect trumps will support growth. A weaker yen has fue