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Japans english, we drop by an Afterschool Program near tokyo where kids eat snacks, play and speak only english. Results coming in from the u. S. Midterm elections point to new challenges for president Barack Obamas administration. The republicans will have the majority in the senate. That means they will take control of both chambers of congress. Tonight they said we can have real change in washington, real change. And thats just what i intend to deliver. The republicans entered the race with 45 senate seats. Abc news projects they will come out of the election with at least 52. That will give them the majority in the 100seat chamber. The republicans are to take control of both houses of congress for the first time in eight years. But not all of the races will be settled right away. In louisiana none of the eight candidates are poised to secure a majority. So the top two will compete in a runoff next month. In the house of representatives, all 435 seats are up for grabs. Abc projects
Police in hong kong have moved in on people staging a sitin to demand greater democracy. Officers arrested more than 500 demonstrators. The previous day tens of thousands of people marched through the territory. Crowds filled the streets on the 17th anniversary of hong kongs reversion to china. They called on authorities in beijing to respect hong kongs autonomy. The organizer said the rally drew 510,000 people, an unprecedented number. The police say by their count, nearly 100,000 people showed up. More than 1,000 demonstrators, many of them young people, continued their protest after the main march ended. They staged a sitin on roads in the financial district. Police began removing them in the morning. Officers said they were disrupting traffic and undermining public safety. Many hong kong residents take part in protests on july 1st every year. They say theyre worried over the chinese governments continued interference in hong kongs affairs. A car bomb has ripped through a crowded ma
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