The king ascended the throne in 1946 at age 18. He earned the adoration of the thai public. Translator all i can say is that this is the greatest loss for all thai people. Translator there are already so many problems in this country. I dont know how things will be from now on. But i hope for the best. The king was regarded as a pillar of stability and sometimes served as a mediator in thailands turbulent policies. The Prime Minister said he met with the crown prince following the announcement of the kings passing. The crown prince is the kings only son. He said the krouchbed prince showed his sbechx that he take the throne but he to mourn his father. Parliament held an emergency session late in the day, lawmakers observed nine minutes of silence. He asked people to continue their Economic Activities as usual. Our thai announcer on nhk world japan explains what the kings death means to people in her country. I was quite shocked about the news that the king passed away this evening. Because thai people love him very much including me. All the thai people were deeply saddened about the news. It was a great shock for the country. He did tremendous efforts for the thai people for the wellbeing of his subjects. He worked very hard throughout many decades of his reign. Thats why hes beloved king among the thai people. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe has expressed his sincere condolences over the kings death and remembered him for his wisdom. He was revered by the thai people during his reign of 7 years. He said its an historic achievement for the kichk who served as a pillar of support for his people. The Prime Minister met with the king when he visited thai land in 2013. The king said he was concerned about the damage about the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeast japan in 2011. Abe said the people of japan will remember the kings achievement of helping the two countries. Deepen their friendship. Governments and leaders around the world also extended condolences over the passing of the kichk. Representatives attending the up general asemably in new york have offered a moment of silence. Secretary general ban kimoon said that the king was internationally accepted. I hope that thailand will continue to honor the kings legacy of commitment, universal values and respect for human rights. In a statement, u. S. Barack obama called the king a close friend on the united states. Obama said he had the honor of calling on the king during his visit to thailand in 2012. He added that he recalls the kings grace and warmth as well as his deep affection and compassion for the thai people. Russian president Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to thai land. He said he will be known as a person who supported cooperation between thailand and russia. A spokesperson for chinas foreign minuistry said that the indonesian president released a statement from his palace in jakarta, he said the world has lost a leader who was close to the people, a carrier of peace, union and prosperity for the people of thailand. Leaders of companies doing business in thailand are keeping a close eye on whats happening. What kind of business did Japanese Business people have . Still japanese foirms have yet to form a clear picture of what lies in store for their businesses. Officials at the Japan External Trade Organization say more than 4,500 Japanese Companies are doing business in thailand, the figure is up about 17 from four years ago. Th thailand is extremely important for japans auto industry. Several car makers have 16 factories there that manufacture Passenger Vehicles and trucks many of them for exports in japan and southeast asia. Japanese Electronics Maker hitachi officials at these various Companies Say they dont know if theyll be forced to Halt Operations due to employees not showing up for work out of mourning. Wholesale prices in japan are on a prolonged downturn trend. The bank of japan has just released the indicator fell for the 18th straight month. Boj Officials Say their Producer Price index was down 3. 2 from a year earlier. Now lets see what is happening with markets. Yesterdays weaker than expected china trade data weighed on overall share prices. The Dow Jones Industrial average closed down a quarter percent. Were going to see what its looking like here in tokyo following all this. Rumi is at the tokyo stock exchange, lets check in with him. Tell us what youre seeing over there. Indeed markets were spooked really by chinas trade data that sparked a bit of a dropoff or a sharp selloff in the buying or selling of yen. Lets have a look at how the markets are continuing this friday october 14, that were seeing both indexes in the positive for the time being. Broader topics by the name margin. Just a reminder that the nikkei ended down 0. 4 on tuesday after chinas exports in september fell from a year earlier. Analysts say that chinas trade signifies a Global Demand and investors also worried a little bit about emerging economies which rely heavily on trade with china. After the markets closed on thursday, fast retailing, the casual clothing chain releases earnings reports for the year through august. It said the companys net profit fell more than 66 , and the president said he slash the sales target to be achieved by 2020 from 50 billion to 30 billion zlrz. That was due to increased competition from overseas global rivals. So a lot of competition and focus on that sector of the market as well. Rumi, speaking of a stronger yen, we really did see that stronger yen weaker dollar following chinas trade data. The sharp dropoff was quite evidence, it was trade around the mid 104 yen levels, and now its 103. 80893. Many investors piled into what they considered the safety of the yen in times of uncertainty. Now the thai bond was weakening, but after news of the death of the king, it bounced back against the dollar. Yesterdays thailands benchmark stock index bounced back, many analysts say the country is unlikely to face Major Economic disruption. Lets look at the other indexes that are open right now before i leave. The pkospi is trading. How they resume later today. Back to you. Absolutely. Now moving on, a new japanese sightseeing train is making it easier for tourists to get off the beat on path. It could also give local industry a much needed boost. Reporter all aboard the Blue Symphony express. It runs between osaka and a rural tourist town. It takes about an hour and a half. The line opened last month to much fanfare, tickets for the first day sold out in just six minutes. Translator we got two tickets, we wanted to ride the first one. Translator there are sweets to enjoy and its a novel way to travel. It sounds like fun to me. A oneway fare costs around 17. Tickets can be purchased online at stations or thirough travel agents. A lounge car serves food and drinks. Passengers can sip on sake, or sample sweets made from persimmons, a local specialty. The operator launched a new train in the bid to drum up business. The railway has seen its passenger numbers decline by about 30 since the early 1990s when they peaked. We have the Blue Symphony will help bring in more tourists. People are also eager to welcome more visitors. Theyre offering special discounts to passengpresent ther journey. Its valid at 34 restaurants and shops in the town. Local inns are stepping up as well. Translator most people come for day trips, we want people to stay for the night and enjoy strolling through town. Reporter even a famous bud it is temple is getting in on the act. The unesco world as many as 60,000 people will ride the Blue Symphony in the first year, that will be music to the railway and the tourism industry. That is the latest in Business News for this hour, ill leave you with a check on thmarkets. A newspaper affiliated with chinese come nis party has faced problems. The statement followed the large democrat demonstration by former soldiers protesting living difficulties and lack of jobs. 6 the englh version of the global times carried a statement from the Defense Ministry on thursday. The statement added that the living difficulties of vet trachbs will be reformed. The chinese version of the paper ran a commentary that said expressing dissatisfaction through demonstrations is undesirable. About 1,000 people demonstrated in beijing from tuesday through wednesday morning. Initially the government did not respond to the protest, nor did the state run media. Analysts say bay jichk is trying to prevent the spread of similar democrat demonstrations and show people overseas that it is dealing with issues facing veterans. The appointment came on thursday after the Security Council recommended him as the ninth u. N. Secretary general. I have witnessed firsthand the suffering of the most Vulnerable People on earth. This makes me feel the acute responsibility to make Human Dignity the core of my incumbent secretary general ban kimoon says while addressing the insecurity and uncertainties of todays world. He will begin his fiveyear term on january 1. American singer songwriter bob dylan has won this years nobel prize in literature. Hes being honored for breathing new life into the American Music scene. It is the first time the honor went to a musician. The nobel prize in literature for 2016 is awarded to bob dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the Great American song tradition. Dylan was born in the u. S. State of minnesota in 1941. He made his record debut in 1962. His songs including blowing in the wind and like a Rolling Stone made him a voice of a generation. The Civil Rights Movement and protests against the vietnam war in the 1960s and 70s. Dylan has won a number of awards during his 50year career, including grammys, an academy award, and a pulitzer prize. Nobel judges say dylans influence on contemporary music has been profound. President obama tweeted congratulations to one of my favorite poets bob dylan on winning the nobel. We got some reaction from people on the streets of tokyo. Bob dylan . Okay. Nobel prize in literature. Are you serious . Really . What do you think . I think its great. Bob dylan . Peace award . Literature . Very good. He deserves it. Very profound singer. Someone that literally in the songs puts good words and good spirit. So a lot of admiration. A series of powerful earth quakes rattled southwest japan in april, every since the people have been working hard to rebuild the region. Tourists have been staying away from its popular sightseeing spots, but one taiwanese journalist is working to turn that around. Reporter this man is taking the road les traveled. Hes been reporting for taiwanese from cokumamoto. He explains that his mission is more than just journalism. Translator i think its important to let people know that the roads have been restored. I think its essential to keep them updated in order to bring tourists back to the region. He used to work at a correspondent as a chinese radio station. His grandmother is japanese. Translator japan and taiwan have been helping each other in terms of difficulties. Now i want to be part of the rebuilding effort too. The shrine is the regions cultural the centuries old gate was badly damaged. Translator we were all sad that the main gate collapsed completely. Reporter it will cost millions of dollars to fix the damage. He posted a group to raise money to help rebuild the shrine. He also included voices of the residents. Translator we are hoping we can recover quickly from the disaster. We are all moving forward. Reporter he makes regular appearances on taiwanese tv and he has used his proud home to report on the situation in kumamoto. So his work also includes local government officials. He is sharing the voices of people in kumamoto through online photos. They feature the Smiling Faces of residents who are struggling. And many in taiwan are already responding. Some say that they want to be r visit the place and meet the locals if possible. People in taiwan are eager to know about kumamoto. Theyre afraid that the visit to the region might hinder the reconstruction which is not exactly the case. People in bermuda in the north atlantic are trying to clean up. Hurricane nicole made a rare direct hit on the island delivering damaging winds and heavy rain. It is improving at this time, the storm system starting to track to the northeast. We still have Tropical Storm warnings in place, but really, this area did take the brunt of this storm system. Actually max winds were reported upwards of 196 kilometers per hour, this was a category 4, by the way, when it moved directly over the island, its very rare to have the eye of this storm actually encompass the entire island of bermuda pulling out to the northeast. About 65,000 people out here did lose power, there has been some damage, but overall, it does look like it fared about as best as you can in a category 4 hurricane. Now it has been downgraded, so its a category 2, moving away, still those tropical strength winds wrapping around behind it. The good news is its going to start to pick up its pace a little bit thursday and friday before it slows down a little bit through the weekend, becoming extra tropical out there in the north atlantic, but it will eventually become just a big wave maker. Take a look out here across the americas, we have several areas we want to watch as well. One actually triggering up some thunderstorms there across parts of texas and oklahoma, the tail end of a cold front pulling through there. Things staying dry but cool in the central u. S. And then back towards the u. S. , we have this river of moisture coming onshore from the pacific northwest. You can see it right here, that tight gradient, thats going to be setting up some precipitation in oregon and Northern Areas of california, about two to three millimeters out there. In seattle, showers in your forecast, back towards the east, things are a little bit driver, dench 27, los angeles 23, even some fire weather warnings in places out in the southwest. Then your lows, how about this, atlanta getting down to 15 and winnipeg at 0, right at the Freezing Point on this friday. Dry back towards the north, we do have a frontal area, some light drizzle coming out of that, more so back towards the north and keeping things on the dry side, even over on the Korean Peninsula as well as some dry weather advisories in place out there. Down towards the south, the tropics are rather active, we have a low here, a Tropical Storm here, and a tropical depression could become a Tropical Storm south of guam, out of the three of these, this is left over from areas moving onshore, and bringing rainfall across vietnam, but this is a problem, because this is expected to continue to intensify. Thats coming onshore here across eastern areas of luzan and it will be a big rain maker, its expected to skirt the coastline, coming onshore, i think the rain, definitely a big issue with this, and we could be seeing some flooding just because of itself slow pace over the next several days, something to watch out for. Ill give you now with your extended outlook. That is all for this edition of nhk newsline. Thank you for joining us. On this edition of native report, we attend an evening of Classical Music and meet violinist karen durfee, we learn how one community is bridging the culture gap through the use of the ojibwe language, and we go to the Minnesota State fair, where we attend a performance by the native pride dancers. We also learn something new about Indian Country and hear from our elders on this native report. Production of native report is made possible by grants from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the blandin foundation
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