The country as they do that for more than twelve hours an official with the south Korean UnificationMinistry Said the North Koreans want their counterparts to postpone the annual military drills with us for sids the North Koreans want to go ahead first with dreams of families separated by the korean war. Now those are scheduled to start in a weekend and five days later the trails this gadget to bt and during that period the south korean delegates and smoothly unions will be the first step toward improving times but they certainly unions and the drills are unrelated and they turned down the request to postpone the exercises still negotiators from both sides have agreed to continue with their discussions the North Koreans appear to be upgrading their missile capabilities. Diplomatic sources say theyve tested a rocket engine for a new long range Ballistic Missile the sources say the test took place on december twenty fence at a missile base that on sunday in the northwest b c the engine could be used to propel a missile called the cave and zero eight bc the North Koreans have reached the height of the launch pad that point sunday from thirty seven to fifty two meters. The sea than ace can now launch missiles capable of reaching the us east coast the japanese Prime Minister has ensured South Koreans that japan holds an apology he made for its colonial aggression to me she would and i issued a statement in nineteen ninety five on the Fiftieth Anniversary at the end of world war two. He expressed deep remorse and heartfelt apology for japans colonial rule in asia. What am i is the former leader of japans social Democratic Party which is not part of the league camp. He is on a private visit to south korea invited by opposition lawmakers in seoul we ended up going to the time to finish my statement as National Consensus but they therefore i can assure you the designer shoes on ebay as Prime Minister. No united by a College Living with them what am i called on South Koreans who were to improve relations with japan that have soured over historical and other issues. He came to japan and south korea must maintain friendly ties to the immediate opening for the development of the whole asian region. Whoa peace south korean president and banana pudding considered meeting with my grandma but decided not to. The nice governance has filed a lawsuit against the captain of the chinese fishing boats that collided with Japan Coast Guard vessels forty years ago. In this city officials are demanding the captain. A penrith park cause for the patrol boats the incident into japanese waters near the islands to hand control of the islands china and taiwan claim them i was arrested for obstructing official duties that was later released and sent back to china. In two thousand eleven because i demanded the state to pay about one hundred and forty thousand dollars less than ten eleven in the police is of the past three years the captain hasnt paid the repair cost. The lawsuit was founded according ok now a prefecture by filing the suit. The statute of limitations would be suspended. The right to claim damages would expire otherwise. Coastguard officials also released a video of the collision initially meet on the internet by one of its employees about two months after the incident the japanese government maintains a sink that the islands are an inherent part of japans territory in terms of history and international law. It says theres no issue of sovereignty to the result of the islands. A Chinese ForeignMinistry Spokesperson criticized the law suit the additional fat chance she had seen. You should you dont paint and intelligent ball. Officials in beijing claims any legal procedure in japan regarding the incidence is invalid. Representatives of the Syrian Government and the opposition has sat down again to discuss and to their simple line in geneva but theyre not finding much that they can agree on a daily gets and presentation on acid and the opposition for saturday weeks again but the last with out a deal opposition leaders want the transition of power government delegates that they need to deal with islamic extremists first there is a lament to gain power among Opposition Forces the opposition representative says the us and or watch them on the key to peace the important thing is that the co sponsors the two main sponsors the you know im a hands on the russians to really push for war in order to achieve progress. This is happening un every mediator lack of rest in the report he discussed the deadlock on wednesday with the Russian Deputy foreign minister again that it gets you off scheduled to meet later on thursday with u s undersecretary of state wendy sherman. Us officials have made in minutes with the opposition leaders the russians are longtime allies of the Syrian Governments. Its an out the latest in Business News people at the u s Treasury Department. Im drinking the sign of relief they were worried that they were going to run out of money to pay back that i achieve that genesis now from the ms is as good morning id tell us more about this morning cafe and we can be sure that its not just treasury officials who are bottom of the turn of events or how the us defaulted on it would have global mikey implications for U S Lawmakers avoided the potential default on national tests. The democrat led senate on wednesday approved a bill that lets the government borrow money through mid march next year the Senate Endorsement comes two weeks the fluoride deadline when the Treasury Department would exhaust day to day emergency measures to finance the federal government. Some republican senators broke ranks and voted with the democrats earlier on tuesday the legislation had passed the republican controlled house of representatives the two sides have repeatedly been at odds over whether to place the borrowing limits. This time two republican lawmakers initially sought a compromise from the democrats who were calling for an unconditional increase in the debt ceiling other republicans caved in to democratic demands apparently to avoid losing the confidence of voters ahead of the midterm Congressional Elections in november. Passing the bill to raise the u s debt limit was likely within market expectations. Us stock prices ended mixed on wednesday the Dow Jones Industrial average closing at fifteen thousand nine hundred sixty three down two tenths of a percent while the nasdaq ended higher at four thousand two hundred and one up a quarter of a percent the second hunt and fish as i starting this thursday morning and for that we got over me malikis whos standing by at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Some are mean the morning. Ive been in different ending to the us my kids. How is it took every acting. They can point your ideas and even factored in the day has been off of trading up higher for the last three trading sessions but though we may see little bit of hesitation coming into the markets and also a janet yellows that testimony before the u s senate. I have which was scheduled for thursday has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions. Coming into washington nasa would keep track of five that hizbollah summit of the opening doubles for today thursday for every thirteen and eleven and they can start here. Its hand something i use the word hesitation. As you can see that both the nikkei and the puppets in the making if not then they can however has almost made up of losses that we saw last week but were still a little bit far off from retaining the fifty thousand level which he saw the look at the end of january. As the nasdaq rose so high you do touch on that of the regular bit of a focus on chip related shares here especially after the largest supplier of the Semiconductor Manufacturing equipment Applied Materials of the us i came out with its own earnings and profits surge for the last quarter sunday to focus on Tokyo Electron over here. Shares of which are heavily late to buy materials. Of course after applying the tools it needs to take over. The japanese ship the producing of equipment maker in september of last year so that some focus there on the Semiconductor Sector shares as well. I mean you mentioned on some key data in the us later today on hard currencies trading ahead of that. The anxiety that she did of course these retail sales for january thats going to be the big one for this week. So far. Lets have a look at the saloon cars to pass right now. With the dollar yen right on into port forty six to forty eight sq at woolies see that to learn a bit of a range ahead of retail sales euro yen hundred and thirty nine point nine c to twenty eighteen to twenty four. Its a touch stronger after european stocks performed pretty well on wednesday night when gold and crude oil prices gaining as well. Commodity related shares will also be a focus to not keep track of most of the key sectors that investors like you to check on trading in not also summon a heavenly call on the link to asian indexes. Especially on apples or a related products and the industry is both shipping saw keep track of time. Austrias stp a the shanghai composite hong kongs hang seng index. At which actually all gained on wednesday but nonetheless what we would get here for the making the puppets in the first few minutes of trading is a slightly negative open will see how it develops during the day that you are targeting things often happen email i got from the Tokyo Stock ExchangeJapanese Electronics maker sharp has started full production of Household Appliances and a new plant in indonesia. The fur coats to expand sales in the front screen my kid to turn around its business. Me the moon president karzai. She spoke at a ceremony marking the occasion. He said the factory is a step toward reviving the company. He said the market in indonesia has enormous potential for expanding the supply of goods to the entire creation. Sharp has invested about one hundred Million Dollars in a plant in suburban chicago to make washing machines and refrigerators. The factory is one of the firms largest is expected to produce more than forty Million Units annually by next year. And the silliness in business alinghi with a check on the markets the eye. Be japans new kibaki leader says more time is needed to complete safety screen to least on some of the countries the actors. All commercial reactors in japan a currently offline nine uk power stations have applied for safety checks by the Nuclear Regulation authority. The chants at the right distance for most nights. At an nra meeting officials reported on the screenings of the first six power plants. One of the shows that the authority is nearing the end of screenings for basic designs and new Safety Devices another said the checks are in the final stage. But after that meeting and i have been ashamed to tell us that the authority it needs more time. He says. What did we need to check the designs of Safety Devices and then officials will start work on improving them. The whole screen process will not be finished by the end of march night. I guess as the authority will hear other ideas opinions from scientific and Technology Experts before reaching the final conclusion the city in northern japan says he is taking legal action to stop the planned construction of the nearby new year plans. In hokkaido will be the first local government claims it to seek an injunction against a nuclear facility. The speaker dollars says after attaining this to his familys approval youll find a seat at the Tokyo District Court next month. He said the city would demand the Central Government in the plants operator j power halt construction like the mayor said in an accident which occurred at the planned all my plants. It would be how they can on the city the sunnis being built across the Narrow Strait in neighboring awarded prefecture twenty three km from access. Regulations require local governments within a thirty kilometer radius of the new kia plans to have plans in place it is actually residence in the event of the major accidents. Until i get home i was suspended after the two thousand eleven accident at the fishermens ninety plants the reasons in october two thousand twelve. The town is preparing applications for safety checks required under the governments new safety guidelines. Padilla said the city is as essential government and j power on four occasions to halt the structure weekend definitely the democrats have called the magenta its all my town has the Nuclear Plant and says it will continue to support the construction plan frankie has that fall and in the World Press Freedom index Reporters Without Borders downgraded the country by six notches in its annual listing this follows the enactment of the controversial state secrecy law proposed by the administration of sheen sell at a paris based media rights watchdog released its two thousand fourteen World Press Freedom index covering one hundred e countries and territories to this ranking fell from fifty third to fifty ninth circle it says that since the scheme a new clear disaster in two thousand a lab and freelance and a foreign journalists have often been denied access to news conferences and information by the government and to go. The Plant Operator the great wines at two with the abbe governments newly enacted state secrecy law the job of freelance reporters will become even more difficult. Other countries to sign rankings include the United States which was downgraded from thirty second placed to forty six. Thats after i was snowed in the former National Security contractor. Leaked documents and other countries data gathering programs increases were all taken by european nations with the fiddle and placed first taiwan ranks fifty s and south korea and fifty seven china is one hundred and seventy fifth slightly ahead of north korea. Cheetahs are facing some uphill battles that go when to let the games in such a. I like the athletes theyve got some stiff competition. Mix and soul of germany won the Nordic Combined individual normal hill event he said athletes in that competition on the kings of Winter Sports because they have been found. And ski. I still love the band japan finished second to take this pill that is the first japanese athlete to win a medal in the events since the nineteen ninety four a lead they see layla house. He made his third consecutive appearance at the games. She is in the middle its almost as good as gold. Its in the world. This was the scene i was relieved when i cross the finish line. This is my third time looking to improve strained my three olympic competitions. I scrubbed of norway close the gap during this team mates but it was only in the fun fonts. To downhill ski has made a race as close as can be seen and ive said this about a half and dominated hes done and switzerland to power down the hill for more than two and a half kilometers. If its the same time one minutes forty one point five seven seconds they became the first athletes in the event. Tish and gold snowboarders were out sliding and jumping down in the halfpipe. The event and won the gold for the us. Blue cheer swiss beating down the hill to the kidneys to buy as i intended to buy a sweater when the gold in the mens doubles. That is andreas and Wolfgang Linger of austria got the skill that and not being brothers and a sandinista six. The bronze the couples trying to perfect their mid teens in pairs figure skating. Max and cough and a touchdown of the scourge of the burleson jobs of rush hour left with the goal. Another question can feel good three months and a kiss me and stumble on the ground the silver and robin is still colby and daddy on adsense ten cologne germany the bronze. These details were on the iced tea as defendant is sound and the netherlands money in the mens one thousand meters and then studied at isu davidson the us and one at the past two olympics he left this time without a medal. As lots more to come inside to have updates on the action to the games. The indonesians said what if this isnt from their teachings and their classmates day after day they say they feel like ms betts said now some educators are taking another look at how they discipline their pupils. You dont know if the school day. I want that teachers need to queue in the role playing exercise after school. Some played the part of teachers others children. Are you the weekend youre always doing things to people they dont like. I have been free. Thats how some teachers of korean students who missed the h