The emirates. Angie and im angie lau. We are watching asian stocks rise, along with Industrial Metals as we see the play across the markets here. When it comes to the u. S. Treasury space, some interesting things are happening from saudi arabia. Yousef i would elevate that, promote it from interesting to very interesting. Most countries in the emerging markets have curtailed back the scale of the selling and liquidating of the u. S. Treasury, with the exception of saudi arabia and china. The fire sale is still happening. This chart shows you the extent of what has been happening here, on the chinese side and the saudi arabia side. Both of those countries are trying to use some of those proceeds. Saudi arabia, a decline for the seventh straight month. 123. 7 billion at the end of january. Since then, a 25 decline as it tries to address the 11. 4 budget deficit projected by bloomberg. What is going to happen though, after this bond issue . It is going to change how they lock in those gai
Tomoko kamata reports. Reporter even before lawmakers and some Party Members filed thursday, it was clear renho was the favorite set to revitalize the party. She has been asking sense 2015 and during the runup to this vote, she enjoyed a wide margin. Translator we will build a strong party that can challenge the Current Administration that is enjoying popularity. Lets build our Party Together to one voters want to choose. We should accomplish this by not just criticism but through presenting constructive and creative policy for the country. Reporter renho doesnt fit the mold of other japanese lawmakers. She turns to politics after working as a model and a news anchor. And her half taiwanese background sparked fear debate over her citizenship status. But she has already taken on a high profile portfolio. When the former party of the d. P. , the Democratic Party of japan became the ruling party in 2009. She attracted a lot of attendance as she spearheaded the translator what is the reaso
Opening since trading restarted in the tokyo stock market after world war ii. And the attack on Charlie Hebdo a year ago shattered frances security. An expert warns cracking down on muslims wont fix the problems. A growing number of countries are considering ways to increase pressure on north korea after its claim of testing a Hydrogen Bomb. Among them are members of the u. S. Congress. Theyre expected to vote in the coming days on imposing heavier sanctions on pyongyang. House Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy and ed royce called the obamas administrations response weak and inadequate. They say the house will consider stronger legislation against threats to the u. S. The legislation would prohibit north korea from accessing hard currency. It would also allow authorities to seize the u. S. Assets of people involved in Nuclear Proliferation activities. Democrat House Minority leader nancy pelosi has expressed sport fexpress ed support for the legislation, she says it has the strong backing
A Japanese railway operator has developed a new inspection train, Big Eye, featuring headlights that resemble a pair of eyeballs, aiming to streamline its maintenance work with digitalized functions.