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00:00Welcome to Newsroom Tokyo. I'm Yamasawa Rina.
00:15And I'm Yoshikawa Ryuichi.
00:17Here are the headlines.
00:19Japan-China tensions rise at sea after an incident in waters of Okinawa's main island.
00:26The Assad regime in Syria collapsed exactly one year ago.
00:31But divisions cloud the country's future.
00:34And it's Nobel Prize time.
00:37Two Japanese laureates are in Sweden ahead of the ceremony this week.
00:43First, the Chinese Navy.
00:45A spokesperson accuses Japan's air self-defense force of approaching and attempting to disrupt a training exercise.
00:54But senior government officials here in Tokyo insist that is not the case.
01:00And they say China has acted dangerously.
01:05China's claim comes after Japan's defense ministry said a Chinese fighter jet aimed its radar at an ASDF plane.
01:14It took off from the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
01:17The incident took place on Saturday in international waters southeast of Okinawa's main island.
01:24Japanese officials also say at least one Chinese fighter from the carrier targeted its radar onto some Japanese F-15s.
01:33They say that incident took place just hours later.
01:36Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru described China's actions as dangerous and regrettable.
01:45The government has lodged a strong protest with China and urged the country to prevent a recurrence.
01:55Japan will deal with the issue calmly and firmly.
02:02And Kihara denied Beijing's claim that the ASDF disrupted a Chinese drill.
02:10I have received a report that the Air Self-Defense Force planes kept a safe distance while performing their duties.
02:17China's claim is wrong.
02:20Security and foreign affairs research officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party discussed the situation on Monday.
02:31Former Defense Minister Onodera Itsunori serves as Security Research Commission chair.
02:37He says China's use of radar against Japanese jets undoubtedly raised the danger level.
02:44It should be regarded as an act of provocation.
02:49I hope the Self-Defense Forces will deal with the matter in an appropriate manner by keeping in mind that such acts are likely to continue.
02:59Other participants say the incident should be added to a timeline of other Chinese provocations.
03:06And they say the information should be released internationally in multiple languages.
03:11For more, I spoke with Japanese defense expert, Yamaguchi Shinji.
03:18He says China's recent military moves are nothing new and likely designed to pressure Japan.
03:25China has a history of doing dangerous actions like intimidation against the other country's military forces when political relations deteriorate.
03:42Yamaguchi also referred to recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister, Takaichi Sanae.
03:49She told the Diet that a military emergency over Taiwan could be regarded as a situation that would threaten Japan's survival.
03:58Japan, China's political relations have become deteriorated, especially after Prime Minister Takaichi's mention about the survival-threatening situation.
04:11So it is quite logical for Chinese perspective that they are employing economic pressures.
04:19At the same time, Yamaguchi says China probably has a line it will not want to cross.
04:33China's main goal for this action is the intimidation against Japan.
04:40So China does not intend to escalate further.
04:46However, the fact remains that this action is extremely dangerous.
04:51And also political situation has been, will be unstable for the future.
04:59Similar situation like the targeting radar or dangerous approaching very closely.
05:07That's really, we can expect, we should expect the similar things can happen.
05:17So how should Japan react?
05:19He suggests patience and calm could be key.
05:23We should say and talk to other countries that how China's actions is really dangerous.
05:33And also talk to China that this is really, really dangerous one, which could trigger unintended conflict.
05:40China's political system is highly centralized.
05:43So Xi Jinping's will is very, very important.
05:46Yamaguchi says a summit between Takaichi and Xi would be very difficult right now.
05:53But he also says a previous period of high tensions eased after former Japanese leader Abe Shinzo met Xi in 2014.
06:02Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard reports spotting more than 100 Chinese vessels near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
06:13Officials say flares were fired toward a Philippine aircraft patrolling the area.
06:19Filipino authorities said Saturday that a surveillance flight over Subi Reef, where Beijing has built an artificial island, identified 29 Chinese ships anchored nearby.
06:34The vessels appeared to be carrying maritime militia personnel known to coordinate activities with the Chinese military.
06:41Officials say flares were fired from the reef toward a plane of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, which had Philippine Coast Guard personnel on board.
06:54Flares emit a bright light and intense heat and are sometimes used as a countermeasure.
07:01The officials also reported more than 70 additional Chinese militia vessels near Whitson Reef.
07:07It is a disputed area claimed by Manila, Beijing and others.
07:13The Philippine Coast Guard says it will continue to monitor the situation.
07:20Syrians are marking one year since the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad came to an end.
07:27The Assad family's authoritarian rule lasted for more than half a century.
07:34Interim President Ahmad al-Shala is attempting to put the country on a new course.
07:41He recently became the first Syrian leader to deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly in about 60 years.
07:49He has also met U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin this year.
07:57Syrians remain divided after over a decade of civil war.
08:02A human rights group says more than 110,000 people detained by the Assad regime are still missing.
08:11The country's relations with neighboring countries are strained.
08:15Israel has military forces stationed in a buffer zone along their border.
08:20And some areas of northern Syria are under the de facto control of Turkey.
08:29The newest Nobel laureates are set to receive their prizes in a week filled with ceremony and celebration.
08:36They include two Japanese scientists who have already arrived in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
08:43Sakaguchi Shimon is a distinguished honorary professor of the University of Osaka.
08:50And Kitagawa Susumu is an executive vice president and distinguished professor at Kyoto University.
08:58They took part in a long-held custom at the Nobel Museum on Saturday, adding their signatures to the cafe's chairs like other laureates.
09:08Sakaguchi shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with two Americans for discovering regulatory T-cells.
09:17He says Japan must find ways to keep children engaged in science.
09:24I told the government, well, it's important to support the basic sciences.
09:29And then so lots of interaction with people and the government and then especially young people.
09:39Kitagawa receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks.
09:46He shares the award with two other researchers from Australia and the United States.
09:51He says funds for basic research must be increased.
09:55This achievement to the transfer to the society, it takes 25 years.
10:02So in the three categories, in the fundamental case, it should be the long-term funding.
10:11For more, we are now joined by NHK World Science Correspondent, Hashiguchi Kazuto in Stockholm.
10:18So Kazuto, the city must be buzzing ahead of the Wednesday ceremony.
10:22What is the mood over there?
10:27Yes, Stockholm is in full Nobel Mall.
10:30Over there is a famous red brick city hall, which hosts the banquet.
10:35The food always generates a huge amount of interest here in Sweden.
10:40But the menu is being kept tightly under wraps.
10:44I asked the head chef a few days ago, and he gave me just one hint, mushroom.
10:50I would like more hint than that, though.
10:52But I'm sure it will all be delicious.
10:54So can you tell us more about what the Japanese laureates have been up to?
10:59Well, they both arrived in time for the weekend.
11:05Sakaguchi has already given his official Nobel lecture.
11:09He spoke on Sunday in front of more than 1,000 people about the potential uses for regulatory T cells, also known as T-rex.
11:20By expanding T-rex or strengthening their function, we can treat autoimmune disease, allergy, or immunopathological diseases such as IBD and organ transplantation.
11:37Sakaguchi also visited the Nobel Museum.
11:41He even donated copies of a manga featuring regulatory T cells.
11:47Kitagawa visited a school attended by Japanese elementary and junior high students on Saturday.
11:54He gave a short lecture and offered some advice.
11:58There may be things you don't like to study, but there will also be things you do like to study.
12:07So pursue those.
12:09It must have been a good opportunity for people to hear what Nobel laureates have to say.
12:17So, Kazuto, Kitagawa is also due to give a lecture, isn't he?
12:24Yes, actually, he's giving his Nobel lecture right now at Stockholm University.
12:29On Tuesday, he and Sakaguchi will attend the reception hosted by the Japanese embassy.
12:36And on Wednesday, they will be at our ceremony.
12:42They will receive their medals and diplomas from the king of Sweden.
12:47Well, thanks, Kazuto.
12:48That was NHK World Science correspondent, Hashiguchi Kazuto in Stockholm.
12:53Up next, Japan's economy.
13:06Two sets of data released on Monday paint a non-so-rosy picture.
13:12Yanakamri from our business team is here with the details.
13:15Right. So, Marie, some numbers are more important than others.
13:18Which data sets are we talking about here?
13:21Inflation-adjusted pay and GDP.
13:23So let's dive right in.
13:25Right.
13:26Real wages in Japan dropped for the 10th straight month in October.
13:30The rising cost of living continued to outpace pay increases.
13:36The labor ministry released preliminary data on Monday.
13:40They show inflation-adjusted pay in October dropped 0.7 percent
13:45compared to the same month last year.
13:47The ministry's monthly survey covers about 30,000 businesses nationwide
13:52with at least five employees.
13:54Workers took home an average of slightly more than 300,000 yen or about $1,900.
14:02That includes base pay, overtime and other income.
14:06The figure is up 2.6 percent year on year, marking the 46th straight month of gains.
14:13The minimum wage increased in many parts of Japan in October.
14:18Average hourly pay for part-time workers grew 3.3 percent year on year
14:23to about 1,400 yen or $9.
14:27That was up for the 52nd month in a row.
14:30Ministry officials say wages continue to rise at a fast pace,
14:36but still not fast enough to catch up with inflation.
14:41Next, to the bigger picture.
14:43Japan's economy shrank more than first thought in the July to September period.
14:48The government's revised report lowered growth by another half a percentage point,
14:53due largely to sluggish corporate investment.
14:56Figures from the Cabinet Office on Monday revealed that inflation-adjusted gross domestic product
15:03contracted 2.3 percent in annualized terms in the period.
15:07That's weaker than the preliminary reading of a 1.8 percent decline.
15:12On a quarter-on-quarter basis, real GDP shrank 0.6 percent.
15:18Corporate capital spending slumped 0.2 percent.
15:23The initial data predicted a 1 percent increase.
15:28Private residential investment plunged 8.2 percent,
15:32but it was revised up by 1.2 points from the initial estimate.
15:36The slide was mainly in reaction to a rush in housing starts before April,
15:41when tougher energy-saving standards took effect.
15:45Exports dropped 1.2 percent as U.S. tariffs took their toll on shipments of automobiles and other items.
15:53This number was unchanged from the preliminary report.
15:57Private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the economy, grew 0.2 percent.
16:03That was up 0.1 point from the earlier prediction, boosted by more spending on dining out and food delivery services.
16:12Over in China, trade data showed a conflicting picture.
16:17Overall exports jumped in November, but those to the United States fell further.
16:23That's mainly due to the Trump administration's tariffs.
16:27Chinese customs authorities on Monday said U.S.-bound shipments fell almost 29 percent in dollar terms last month from a year earlier.
16:37The decline is more than three percentage points larger than the October figure.
16:42China's imports from the world's biggest economy dropped 19 percent.
16:47The contractions came even as the two countries walked back tariffs in November, as agreed at summit talks in late October.
16:56Washington cut some extra levies on Chinese goods.
17:00Beijing suspended its additional tariffs on some American products, including soybeans.
17:06Meanwhile, the same report shows China's total trade grew.
17:10Exports rose 5.9 percent, driven by stronger shipments to Southeast Asia and Europe.
17:17Imports increased 1.9 percent.
17:21Now, a check on the markets.
17:23Let's start with Japanese government bonds, which have been seeing long-term rates climb.
17:28The yield on the benchmark 10-year JGB rose to 1.97 percent.
17:34That's the highest level in over 18 years.
17:38Attention is on whether the yield will touch 2 percent as investors price in a rate hike from the Bank of Japan next week.
17:45The Takaichi administration's plan to ramp up spending has been adding to the upward pressure.
17:51Moving on to stocks, Tokyo's Nikkei average gained two-tenths of a percent.
17:56Investors were in a cautious mood ahead of monetary policy decisions in Japan and the U.S.
18:02The rest of the Asia-Pacific was mixed.
18:05Investors in Australia were also in a wait-and-see mood ahead of a policy decision from its central bank on Tuesday.
18:12And that's the biz for this Monday.
18:15Thank you very much for that, Marie.
18:18Tensions have reignited in a border area between Southeast Asian neighbors.
18:23Rosalind Devavalia in her Bangkok studio has the details.
18:28Thailand says it's carried out airstrikes on military targets in Cambodia along their disputed border.
18:35Both sides accuse the other of sparking the latest violence.
18:40Thailand says one of its soldiers was killed Monday after Cambodian troops opened fire.
18:49It says the airstrikes were launched in response.
18:52Officials from both sides say tens of thousands of people have fled the border area.
18:57Thai Prime Minister Anutin-Chang Mirakun said his government will do the utmost to protect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
19:06Cambodia denies triggering the fresh violence.
19:09The information minister said the Thai attacks killed four civilians.
19:13Cambodia called them a grave violation of the peace pact signed in October.
19:18That deal followed deadly clashes along the border in July.
19:23The Thai government says it was suspending the peace agreement last month,
19:27blaming Cambodia for a landmine explosion that wounded Thai troops, a claim Cambodia rejected.
19:34Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim took to social media on Monday to call on both sides to exercise maximum restraint.
19:43Noting that Thailand and Cambodia are key members of ASEAN, he said the region cannot afford to see long-standing disputes slip into cycles of confrontation.
19:53In Australia, a firefighter was killed on Sunday as the country's bushfire season gets underway.
20:01In New South Wales, four homes were destroyed in the town of Buladila and 16 in the suburb of Kuliwong.
20:08In Tasmania, 19 homes were lost in the town of Dolphin Sands.
20:14The 59-year-old firefighter was killed after he was struck by a tree as he worked to contain a blaze in Buladila about 200 kilometers north of Sydney.
20:24An official with the state's National Park Service expressed sorrow.
20:29It's a huge sadness to us as an organization.
20:33I would really like to again express my condolences and deep sadness of my organization to his family for his loss.
20:42Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told local media that this summer's bushfire season will be difficult, with New South Wales facing especially tough conditions.
20:54Timor Leste, which gained independence from Indonesia's rule in 2002, is one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries.
21:02Its budget mostly depends on a fund financed by oil and gas revenues that's expected to run out by the mid-2030s.
21:10In October, Timor Leste became the 11th member of ASEAN.
21:14It's hoping that opens doors to new ways to fuel growth.
21:19Marlon Christianto Liu is an executive at a domestic travel agency and a tourism association.
21:25Marlon, who studied business at an American university, hopes joining ASEAN will become an opportunity to boost the country's economy through tourism.
21:37Once we officially, as a part of ASEAN economic community, we have that liberalization.
21:45Once we see, we're exposed to ASEAN market, we can go beyond that.
21:55He's focusing particularly on Timor Leste's rich marine resources.
22:00One of them is whale watching.
22:03From October through November, several species of whales migrate in the waters around Timor Leste, and tourists can swim close by with them.
22:13It was amazing. We saw one blue whale, and we could go and almost touch her.
22:21But some tour organizers worry that whales may stop coming to the area if they get too stressed.
22:30For sure, we would love to have more people coming here, but we really hope also that we will have proper reglementation here in the future,
22:37that we will continue to work with other operators in the way we are doing now.
22:42Marlon also thinks another tourist draw is coffee, one of the country's main exports.
22:50Some facilities offer visitors experiences, including observing the process of drying coffee beans and coffee tasting.
22:58Marlon believes they will become an attractive destination for people who want to explore authentic coffee culture.
23:05But one challenge is access to rural areas, including coffee regions.
23:13Marlon says improving infrastructure like roads could attract more visitors.
23:19We just need to be more connected in terms of our networks, scalability and connectivity.
23:26The government is also taking the initiative to improve tourism services.
23:36Tourism Bureau officials visited a hotel, which was built about ten years ago, and checked out its condition.
23:43They also observed how staff were being trained and explained ASEAN's standards for promoting sustainable tourism.
23:51The hotel met most of the rules, but the officials requested that signs be posted asking guests to turn off lights when not using them.
24:04The private sector has a different view and may not always listen to our advice.
24:12So we'll keep trying to remind people in the sector how we can reach the standards we want.
24:19For Timor-Leste, ASEAN membership is seen as a chance to increase tourism nationwide.
24:31With the clock ticking on the country's current funding source, that can't come soon enough.
24:38And that wraps up our Bulletin. I'm Rosalinda Bovalia in Bangkok.
24:42It's a time for a look at world weather with our meteorologist, Jonathan Oh.
24:58Hello. As we wrapped up the week last week, we were talking about some rain, even snow in portions of Western Japan and some of the northeastern portions of the country dealing with that type of weather.
25:10But then things cleared up on Saturday. Take a look at this video. See what happened.
25:14As bright, colorful hot air balloons filled the sky in Western Japan Saturday.
25:19However, the attention was not about what was high up, but on the ground because pilots were dropping small little markers to try hitting the target below right there.
25:29Rain had fallen during the past few days, but sunny and calm weather returned Saturday in time for the big flights.
25:35Now, the competition will be held again in January.
25:38It was relatively calm along western side of Japan, but up into the north and east.
25:42Hello. You got the snow machine rolling here.
25:44So see a Japan side of the northeastern areas of Japan seeing the wintry weather.
25:49Snow continues to disappear as we go through the rest of this week.
25:52Tokyo, Osaka looking at temperatures creeping slowly up to the mid-teens by the time we go into the middle of the work week.
25:59Saga looking at dry weather until Thursday, where we'll see some showers coming into the picture.
26:04Speaking of some wintry weather, those of you in the upper Midwest, the Great Lakes, you're about to get smacked with some snow as we go through Monday.
26:11Low precipitation coming out of the Rockies and pushing toward the east, helping to really bring in some wintry weather.
26:16And as you go into Tuesday, some of those locations may be seeing a bit of a mixed precipitation.
26:21That can lead to some problems in the roadways for sure, with some of it being heavier rain as well.
26:26And chilly too, Chicago topping off at three degrees below zero on Monday.
26:31One in D.C. with some snow, rain to the Pacific Northwest with a high of 13.
26:35Bit of a messy setup across Europe as well.
26:37We have high pressure down to the south, a stretch of low pressure systems coming in from the north and west.
26:42And as those things roll on through, windy and wet weather will be the story as we go through Monday.
26:47I mean, London looking at some rain and windy weather with a high of 14 showers as far south as Paris and Vienna.
26:53Mid-teens, though, from Rome to Athens as we go through Monday.
26:56That looks at your forecast.
26:57Hope you have a good day wherever you are.
27:00See you again.
27:16and that's it for this edition of newsroom tokyo you can catch this program on our website i'm
27:40εε·ιδΈ and i'm yamasawa arena thank you very much for watching please join us again tomorrow
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