It also allows biden and vicepresident elect Kamala Harris access to National Security briefings. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said gsa administrator emily murphy and her team should do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols. He said he had instructed officials in his administration to do the same. The gsa announcement came shortly after officials in michigan certified biden as winner of the battleground state in the november 3rd election. Biden has been moving quickly to form his cabinet. Hes now unveiled nominees for several key posts, including Antony Blinken for secretary of state. Blinken was National Security adviser during Barack Obamas first term as president. He served as deputy secretary of state during obamas second term. Biden says former secretary of state john kerry will be a special president ial envoy for climate. Linda thomasgreenfield will be ambassador to the united nations, and alejandro mayorkas, Homeland Security secretary. Avril haines, former Deputy Director of the cia, will be nominated as director of national intelligence, the first woman to hold the post. U. S. Media is also reporting biden is expected to appoint former Federal Reserve chair janet yellen to serve as treasury secretary. That would make her the first female to hold that position. Israeli media have reported benne Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met with the krouns prince of saudi arabia. Media outlaws quoted an official saying netanyahu and an Intelligence Agency met crown prince msnohammed bin salman on sunday one Israeli Cabinet ministry made comments suggesting the meeting took place. Saudi arabias foreign minister denied the reports in a tweet, saying the only officials present were american and saudi. Israel has been working to improve ties with arab nations. It struck deals this year with the United Arab Emirates to in israe and sdi arabi have long bn at odd or the iss of palestinian. Notstablishipmatic ts l th iael uilhe lestinns achie statehood peoplen south rea have commemorated ten years since the north Korean Military bombarded the island and set off a crisis. Memorial events were held across south korea on monday. At the national cemetery, government officials and families prayed for victims. On november 23, 2010, north korea shelled the island of yeonpyeong, killing two south korean civilians and two marines. South koreas defense minister said hes determined to build a Strong Defense system to protect the peace and prosperity of the peninsula. Heaid the suffering of the past should not be allowed to happen again. He did not directly criticize e north. He said the two koreas have left confrontation and conflict behind and are on a path to peace. The administration of president moon jaein has been trying to improve relations with pyongyang but opposition parties state south koreas security situation has not improved and moons stance towards pyongyang is weak. The coronavirus pandemic continues to grow more serious in many countries. That includes japan where over 500 new cases were reported on monday. The situation has prompted government authorities to rethink an initiative to encourage domestic tourism. Itll stop subsidying stipulates to two major cities for the time being. The governor of hokkaido prefecture says a spike in cases forced him to consider excluding its largest city for the goto travel campaign. The governor of osaka prefecture will ask officials in tokyo to do the same for the city of osaka. Both prefectures reported over 200 new cases on monday. Experts say cases are also on the rise in parts of tokyo and aichi prefecture. The government is considering other measures for regions reporting more cases. They include suspending a related campaign to encourage dining out and asking restaurants and bars to reduce their hours or close altogether. More than 130,000 cases have been confirmed across japan. Over 2,000 people have died. British pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca says its Coronavirus Vaccine under development was found to be up to 90 effective in an interim analysis. The Company Released the data on Clinical Trials done in the uk and brazil by an independent board. It been deveping the vcine with the university of oxford. Astrazeneca said over 23,000 participants are being assessed, and there were a total of 131 covid19 cases in the study. In the cnical trials, they adjusted the vaccination dosage and analyzed multiple groups. The company said one regimen showed a vaccine efficacy of 90 , while another showed it was 62 effective. The combined analysis resulted in an average efficacy of 70 . The firm said no hospitalizations or severe cases of the disease were reported. The company said it will immediately prepare to submit the data to countries that have a framework in place for a conditional or early approval. Astrazeneca is aiming to have a manufacturing capacity of up to 3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021. Its made an agreement with the japanese government to provide it with doses. Almost one year has passed since a wellknown japanese doctor and aid worker was killed in afghanistan. Nakamura tetsu has spent years providing humanitarian assistance to help rebuild the warravaged country. A memorial has been held at his birthplace. Nakamura dedicated himself to reconstruction in afghanistan as a representative of the japanese ngo. He was shot and killed in jalalabad last december. Nakamuras memorial was ld on monday at his alma materkyushu university in japans southwestern city of fukuoka. His family and supporters were among about 450 mourners. Translator my life has changed since i went to pick up my father. The year has passed in the blink of an eye. s the filys hope that the project will continue. A video message from afghan president ashraf ghani was shown at the memorial. Theyve renewed their work after a temporary ha. Next, ecosystems across the globe are coming under threat for invasive species. Researches in japans ancient capital of nara are working to protect indigenous species lig in a historic pond. As we see in our next report , this modernday project is getting help from local relics. Reporter the ancient buddhist temple is a unesco World Heritage site. Next to it lies a pond, one of the most popular spots for visitors to nara. The pond is home to many species of indigenous fish, includi. However, in recent years they have come under threat from a growing number of nonnative predators, such as pond slider turtles. This is a specialist in freshwater fish. Heres been looking at ways to protect the native species. He came up with the idea of using old roof tiles backed up on the pond, he thought they could act as artificial reefs that might protect the fish. The tiles originally came from the roof of the nearby temple. When they were replaced some 30 years ago, they were considered too precious to be thrown away. Translator i think its a wonderful idea for these old tiles which were once on the roof of a temple to be reused and take on a new life. Reporter a week later, it was time to check back on the tiles. The team sank fish baskets in the pond to see what they might reveal. They found twice as many native species in the baskets closest to the roof tile reefs compared to those further away. Using an underwater camera, they could see gobi hiding in the reef. The gap between the tiles is only about four ntimeters, so the turtles and larger fish cant enter. The tiles are beneficial in other ways too. Their rough surfaces allow algae and moss to grow. Because the tiles are made of clay, theres no concern about polluting the pond water. Translator the science providing a safe habitat for the fish, i hope this project will generate greater interest in one of the most iconic spots in nara. Kitagawa and his team will keep monitoring this project to observe the ancient tiles in their new role. Time for a check of the World Weather with our meteorologist yoko komagata. There is an intense storm over the bay of ben gal. We have a deep depression just east of india. This storm system is expected to be become a colognic storm shortly and even intensify as it moves closer to Southern India and sri lanka. As it does so, heavy rainfall mean storm surges will be the main concerns. Total rain, 300 millimeters in southeastern india and northern parts of sri lanka that could cause major coastal flooding. Rain will increase on tuesday going into wednesday and rainfall will also spread into colombo. Meanwhile dry conditions will occur first in the north. People in new delhi may deal with hazy conditions. In northeast asia, a couple of High Pressure systems will keep things dry across a large portion of china and the korean peninsula. Meanwhile in japan, we had windy conditions including in tokyo over the weekend. Winds will be down on tuesday but clouds will spread it into the air as a slower system approaches. Tokyo may see rainfall in the latter part of the day on tuesday and we will have much colder temperatures. The high will drop to 15 degrees in tokyo, which is about six degrees colder than yesterday. A big highpressure system is producing dry weather across the eastern u. S. , but conditions are going to change as we go into the week. A lowpressure system will develop over the plains, bringing unstable conditions. Thunderstorms are expected in the plains all the way up to midwest on tuesday evening and continue into wednesday. Behind the storm system, cold air will also produce heavy snowfall in the mountain areas. Then we will have some snowfall on tuesday and some rain could turn to sleet or snow in chicago. Theres a chance of severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma City and houston on tuesday. Unsable conditions will shift east and affect new york and atlanta as we go into wednesday. Thats it for now. Have a nice day. That concludes this edition of nhk newsline. Well have more headlines at the top of the hour, so please stay with us. Welcome to newsline in depth. As the covid19 pandemic has spread around the world, few industries have remained unaffected. The apparel industry is no exception. Lockdown measures saw shopping malls empty, stores closed, and sales dropping steeply. Many brands and retailers opted to close brick and mortar outlets, turning their focus instead to online retail. One exception has been japans biggest apparel brand, uniqlo. Its sparked the trend by opening major new stores in tokyo and expanding its goals. Uniqlos aim is to become what it calls a real Global Company, but what does that mean . Today we meet branding guru john c. Jay whos implementing that mission as the righthand man of uniqlo chairman, yanai tadashi. Hes renowned for his work for brands such as nike, microsoft and coca cola. In the five years since he joined fast retailing, the Parent Company of the uniqlo brand, hes been leading the companys efforts to achieve its global ambitions through his role in charge of the creative. Nhk worlds Yuko Fukushima interviewed him in person and online to find out more about his vision. This pandemic had, you know, impacted our lives so much and for you, how has it impacted your life . Well, ive been in portland. One of my homes. One of my offices. Im sitting in my studio now. This is the longest time that ive never traveled. Now, this has changed things for everyone around the world in terms of the apparel industry. Look at the luxury business. They are basically the question everyone has to ask themselves, no matter what segment of apparel that you work in, the question is, why do we exist . Do we offer something that is purposeful and meaningful and valuable for the people, you know, in our society . Despite the pandemic, uniqlo unveiled a new store in tokyos harajuku district known internationally as a center of japanese Youth Culture and fashion. The store embodies john jays vision. He believes having a physical presence is still essential to tell consumers what the brand is all about. He also believes the future lies in integrating Digital Media with the actual sense of touch. On one wall 240 display panels show photos of fashion styles. You just click on the panels you like to check availability. John c. Jay was born to a family of chinese immigrants in ohio. He grew up in the backroom of his parents laundry business. His career as an art director started in the 1980s at the Iconic New York Department store, bloomingdales. In the mid 90s he became the talk of the industry by bringing street culture to nike, which changed the Brands Marketing strategy forever. John jay has been recognized as one of the worlds ten most influential art directors of the past 50 years. He first worked with uniqlo in 1998. The brand opened its first urban store in harajuku. John jay helped launch uniqlos fleece campaign. Im very proud to be a part of it. That was the beginning of the message of made for all, the real, we call it the fleece campaign. That was the product, of course. But the deeper message was democracy. The message in the campaign is everyone was equal. You look at the casting, no famous srs. Maybe a few upandcoming people, but everyone was treated equal, a professor, a student, a factory worker, a construction worker. Everyone was treated equal. The campaign had a huge impact turning casual wear into fashion. The fleece was a huge hit elevating the brand to a household name. John jay and uniqlos chairman had been building up a strong relationship since the campaign. Finally, nearly 15 years later, john jay joined the company in a newly established position, as president of global creative. John jays mission is to support yanai in turning uniqlo into a Global Company, though it has stores in 22 countries and regions across the world. Tokyo, new york, and portland. He has offices in all three cities working with teams in planning, design, marketing and Public Relations to develop strategies to visualize the brand message and connect with customers. Made for all is an idea underlying uniqlos key concept, life wear. John jay says its simple everyday apparel to meet all the needs of daily life for everyone in the world. In an age where everything is marketing, in an age where everything is visual, in an age where everything is eye candy on social media and so forth, we are creating a brand with no logo. No physical identity. Its radical because we start with respect of everyone. Reporter however, john jay feels the company is not ready to achieve its vision yet. Despite all of the great advances this companys had, its still a japanese company. Its not truly a Global Company yet. Our attempt to change the company is ongoing. In order to change the way you work, you have to change the way you think. Reporter he believes creative thinking is one of the keys to becoming a real Global Company. His first and the biggest project was to conceptualize its new Global Headquarters and arts center in tokyo. The centerpiece is the library. There are 25,000 books of all kinds from photo books, culture and history for the Staff Members to find inspiration. Many of them have been handpicked by yanai and jay. It may still be a long way before it becomes real global, but john jay says uniqlo actually has a big advantage as a japanese company. Think about sustainability, a word that is so popular right now in marketing, but in japan sustainability has always been a part of your culture. This is a culture that has high reverence for the environment, that worships nature like a religion. We dont even need to talk about that because its embedded in the dna here. Reporter although he travels all over the world, his relationship with tokyo runs deep. Whenever he stays in the city, he heads outside to discover whats happening in the Youth Culture. Thats how he maintains his creativity and gains inspiration. We need to listen to the younger generation. You know, the time of the baby boomers ruling the world, you know, thankfully, is being challenged through new ideas, through new technology, through new values. Reporter with the world changing so fast in terms of culture, technology, and economy, how does john jay think his industry can prepare . The Creative Industry has to take diversity seriously. That is an iortant, important issue for all crtive industries. I think were about to enter one of theost creative eras in our lifetime, clearly. And thats because new blood, new talent, and new technology, and consumer in the world is changing so dramatically it forces you as a creative person to adapt. Im joined now by Yuko Fukushima. Yuko, as we saw john jay stress the need for diversity, tell us in what way does this matter to him and the company . Yes, john jay says apparel Industry Needs to realize that the world is more and more open to differences among the people and respect that. Now, he says uniqlo needs to build a production and Sales Strategy based on this concept and he says that will be one key for the company to become a real Global Company. And investors as well as consumers are becoming more critical now of the apparel industrys environmental impact, and the way clothes are produced, for example. In the past, uniqlo did come under strict scrutiny due to the severe conditions that garment workers at some of its contracted factories were forced to work under. Yes, you know, these days investors are more and more sensitive to issues like environment, society, and corporate governance. And it applies to uniqlo, too, and it