Said the former leader kim jong on sand on the podium flanked by other latest sitting next to cameras that can be like a gimmick and the general Political Department of the army he is said to be playing a larger role in the leadership following the execution of the leaders uncle chad sontag last week. John was the former vice chairman of the National Defense commission. Eulogy. We will raise high the workers parties but flattened and dedicate ourselves to which i commanded you dont own and no one now. All right with god. Weekend update him and his wife visited the palace and the sun the final resting place of his father and grandfather. Inbound before the statues of his predecessors. He knew he is the light of the executed attack. She was not seen at the event. Shes the younger sister of the former leader state media had not reported anything about her since september attack. Shes not have kept their political status despite her husbands execution. Some reports say she is ill. Earlier we spoke to map file will Bear Associated press the new video journalist in pyongyang he is covered north korea for the past decade. Today is not a holiday is not a tale that is normal working day that will be sold this morning is that while that major events the main central memorial meeting was good holmes tossing about Eleven Oclock in the morning yet the full box and won it was on the streets to old west is that today was like this that she came to a standstill this very very few cars on the streets and very few people about. From what i can understand they were mostly inside in their workplaces taking part in their own small memorial gathering some of them watching the event live on tv is well the actual setup and the kinds of speeches were fairly similar calls one of the main officials excuses last week was an all the butts. Apart from that the others around on the central stage with adhesive up and i think that the full box of events very similar. However the contents of the speeches although some of the hops. Intensifying the federation of the almighty to end the need to. Intensely express loyalty to the present either. To go in to teach olive pits the two flanking him on the side closest to him with a suddenly fixtures of the costs years. Camille nom de palma had them once i didnt shed dont pay the vice marshal of the head of the awbs Fiscal Bureau and other sites that that they owe familiar faces. Ted own hay was st is the puzzle envoy old city the team to win to paging earlier this year. Thats some people noticed is being debacle because it wasnt time to attack the stud who does good pitching in the cost so that people find him directly with familiar faces. In all kinds of mention any kind of mention of the possum like to use. We could consider now the countrys like a member of the royal family all kind of discussion is very rare in fights. Basically you with the state of who really is something which people are intensely aware all of coles that at the same time its not spoken about publicly however it is possible to say that when watching these events in general. People the general to pay close attention off familiar with the faces in the press nazis that and their relationships and in the privacy of that unfolds all of the private conversations on shoulder this is a topic that people are aware of. Its fair to say that such a shocking and came as a surprise. And whether it actually affects peoples lives i think in the daily struggle to keep warm and find something to eat an older that the average persons concerns. It doesnt have a direct effect the reports that people relate to him. All businesses are next to him might be affected. That could well be true but on levels which a probity must be removed from average everyday because his daily life. And this last weekend as well we did have that jaunts to sit down and told with a senior economic officials to move stressed that the countrys economic policies should remain the same that nothing would change its attempts to develop its economy. Even off to last weeks execution. I will buy a pc near the original is in contact negotiators from a brown and six world powers have agreed to resume times over Irans Nuclear program. The marines pulled out of the times last week and now their baby can sit down again. The foreign minister msn and she met in brussels the European UnionForeign Policy chief catherine ashton. Last week us lawmakers added more new meaning companies and individuals to this ancient black plants that i do she said thats angered the iranians. But he beat negotiation is in their discussions over how to implement a breakthrough deal reached in november. Under the deal the lenient agreed to curb their new connectivity and extend pretty easy to get some international sanctions. It has introduced new Safety Standards for Nuclear Field processing plants and other facilities handling relaxing materials. The countrys Nuclear Regulation authority the measure in response to the two thousand and eleven machine that Nuclear Accident commission cabins two hundred and forty eight facilities across japan. This english class at me process and feel Nuclear Power plants as mj to another set of regulations operators of field processing plants must come up with measures to prevent serious accidents such as Hydrogen Explosions and unintended Nuclear Chain reaction. It was also made stricter estimates for earthquakes and tsunami that could keep their facilities operators of Research Reactors and facilities are required to take steps to prevent actions that could lead to being elected materials being released into the act. The anti eu will be conducting facility safety checks based on the standards it is time now for the latest Business News now one reactors operating right now in japan officials need to import fuel to make out for the lack of that new clean energy. This is contributing to the long history of trade deficits at that. I didnt see that joins us now from the business as good morning night so that you have the latest data is definitely no they cited officials started keeping records and seventy nine and theyve never seen so much reading. Japans imports have surpassed exports for the seventeen month in a row the weaker yen as we can kill more expensive to import officials at the finance ministry say the deficit in november came to about twelve point six billion dollars this marks the long string of negative trait since nineteen seventy nine exports surged more than eighteen percent from the year an earring and terms automakers saw Strong Demand for vehicles in the us europe and china. But you can spend about twenty one percent more on imports led by liquefied natural gas and crude oil the total cost of all imports has been rising for the last fifteen months. On Nuclear Reactors are currently offline. Utilities are relying on fuel burning thermal plants to make up for the loss. When us markets to plan ahead of the Federal Reserve policy meeting which wraps up later today investors are carefully watching if elements. Some are speculating the fed may start scaling back its monthly on purchases of about eighty five billion dollars the Dow Jones Industrial average ended marginally lower at fifteen thousand eight hundred seventy five from one house stocks here are reacting with that of an email a guard was at the Tokyo Stock Exchange the morning i mean what the plan seemed to be avoiding not active trading before the fomc meeting. What are we seeing at the open here. The anxiety that very good one too i doubt were seeing a bearing on the middle of opening here so far like you wouldnt see any major moves ahead of the fed meeting of its appeal to new levels for the nikkei and the topics for december eighteenth of posts that in the positive right now but i can tell you the first couple of minutes of trading. They were both in the negative so were seeing up about trading already. Now the neck actually manage to make some gains on tuesday but it has clearly lost its trend for now. In fact in the last four trading days to make his clothes either in the positive or even negative two days and the negative two days in the positive and so far this morning weve also been in about a positive and negative. So really know their market direction. For many exporters as well as other key sectors. And that domestically also many investors are also coming to the month and a window dressing or a book balancing periods to if you will where profits are taking or short positions are covered. For a bounce sheet purposes us we may see and it may be seeing a little bit of that thing in the markets as well. I am earning currency move it out chrissy movements that is on especially the dollar yen theyve been playing a key role for all stock moves are of currencies ferry this morning. The death of course play a big factor in how the nikkei had trees the dollar yen hair of course thats a very important item to put sixty seven is sixteen oh i know i know that she felt a little oven to one fifteen overnight in new york but we havent seen any clear direction for the currency last friday in the us in fact is that a high of over three point nine eight two. Now as its called and she was sixteen and seventy one not even those supportive data such as the home builder confidence rose in december accede to its highest level in four months. It was really sidestepped ahead of the fed meeting euro yen right now hundred and forty one points thirty eight to forty four is also trading lower compared to the level yesterday this time. But traders seem to be sidelined despite germanys c e w Business Sentiment survey which jumped to sixty two compared to fifty four point six showing improvements for two thousand and fourteen will see how that plays in the markets. But for now im marginally in the positive for the nikkei and the topics i would ever see also how china indexes that play into japanese thoughts later maybe give some direction from those indexes as well but for now live and on the medal ahead of that key Federal ReserveMeeting Announcement later on wednesday fight back she started mean things a lot for that update. Japan and mongolia are forming closer ties to technology the japanese want to help the mongolian ease the countrys air pollution officials from the two countries met in the mongolian capital of the glove box or on tuesday to begin discussions. Air pollution is a real problem in one box or where nearly half the countrys population resides. Cooley used for seating and the inclinations are the main causes the density of airborne pollutants such as pm two point five eight pm ten is more than ten times mongolia as domestic standard japan has experience in overcoming and pollution has become so used to help mongolia taco land contours environmental problems. I believe this cooperation will help for the strength of our relationship and help the mongolian economy to grow japan began helping mongolia measure levels of harmful substances three years ago japan held by japan plans to use that data to introduce stricter regulations the operation will include improving called burnings Heating Systems in the capital. People in iraq live with the ever present threat of violence more than seven thousand civilians have died this year in terror attacks and other blood shed at the same time iraqs oil sector is driving rapid growth. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs hussein osiris tawny is in tokyo to call for more japanese investment. Nhk world bank is awesome i asked him for the details. Separate studies his iraq have the plans for its crew the only industry its always the restart production to live was not seen for want of three tickets. But now its preparing to wrap it up front for the coming due. We expect to increase own production and twelve lumps form. The end of scarcity and this is a large increase more than five hundred thousand Barrels Per Day from the current elections separate studies and iraq led to people on production by pinky pinky. But he says the country can do it alone it just happens that will assist the development would ruin the Japanese Technology when the japanese investments. And that we we can also get to attend. A lot spot kicks. And he can provide them with all that has seen its so old the countys call to many features. We are also moving and inviting for the project is called police to come and invest in the chemical. That crystallize it is. And as intensive industries. And also he was in iraq. With all its potential for as cheap whole material cheap you skilled work that is the joke traffic location pocket size. Cheesy i have them and capturing these brooklyn for the night market for them at the supermarket also. Safety demands to the cause. Chinese studies his iraq plan to end how security along its border with syria the school. To kill people. Afghanistan is that tax. I explained to him thats no borders of syria open borders. And because there is. I was glad and sincere. Some of it was weapons of crossing the border incorrect. So on we are looking for a technical tears. Surveillance of the happenings at nine am and the current improvements are needed. Careless across the border into the country im always to see iraq as a last run here in the mainly east. Thats how we study and out they cannot do the dance we need to raise safety before he came and i is calling us to join the new age of Economic Prosperity dice k awesome. In its fuel coco. One business headlines for you next hour ill leave you with attack on markets i was. Be. It is. When Japanese Pharmaceutical Companies find themselves in intense competition with their rivals more Wine Consumer is the turning to cheaper june at eight rides medicines with the same ingredients as this developed by major pharmaceutical firms by twenty fifteen that my kid is expected to grow to only seven billion dollars the manufacturers of generic tyneside taking some approach is to make their products stand out tools and it looks like a standard sales pitch to a doctor. The drug itself is a little bit different take a close look at the spill any scene has been mean weaker and dosage all printed in tiny dancers the vocal its a good idea to have this information printed on the right to appeal. It reduces the chance of patients taking the wrong medicine. The end of the pharmacists making a mistake with the dosage. This medicine is produced by generic drug maker in tow and ict. It is home to many Pharmaceutical Company generic dancer persians the brand name drugs has patents have expired. But what the chemical composition and fifteen week are still a child to distinguish their products from their competitors one lady is doing this is by developing alternatives to standard tablets. One company is now marketing and dyed easter had often been found. This sheet is less than a twentieth of a millimeter thick and is sold as soon as the place in the know. And now weve reached the point where generic drug makers are asking themselves whether its good enough just to produce exactly the same drugs as the big drug companies. And i believe we have to add value to the product. By making them easier for people to take it a Company Survey of doctors and patients repealed one important feature that people look for in the distance making them easier to smile this is a new form of trunk kimi taking even with our clutter. There are pills money available with the theme trees that now they are being sold in until four am. Because the silk in the playford. This will make an appeal to children who often has a taste of their medicine. This manufacturer believes that the key factor in keeping them ahead of their rivals. All the make and taunts that appeal more to the end user. Multiple models and i dont believe that merely replicating and road begins to consume were any incentive to buy our product. After all only by adding something to that rule will we get people to choose our version. Pharmaceutical companies around the world i live in intense competition to stand out from their rivals feel a need to think more about what consumers want. If they are going to survive. Lawmakers have the lichen Angela Merkel to a third term as chancellor but it took months of negotiations. That is from apples Christian Democratic Union and the allies in the Christian Social Union when again i like that and that they fell short of that feeling to it so that it purports to form a coalition with their bibles. Finally on tuesday lawmakers agreed on by the less chance that she and her colleagues had promised to mean chairmans off Nuclear Power and nowhere quickly counted on to cross the red sea treaty of the framework of the seed banks. These court has handed down sentences to two former executives of a state owned shipping company one cheese and whey is the chairman of the now alliance. Me and some folks is as chief executive a cute and tiny an older floating dock from a shifty eyed when unreasonably high price. At times embezzling one point seven Million Dollars. Minnie is to be a director of the ministry of transport. Capital punishment is seldom in those dumb people who have held a senior government posts. She pulled the statue has mounted on is facing nine pounds the figure is created to commemorate the one hundred and twenty brisbane of chinas finding father on december twenty sixth. In the nam province produced a statue or nanas announced birthplace the cabbie says the figure is eighty centimeters tall and weighs fifty kilograms hours defeat to declining in attack. This adage attention that a kraftwerk