Japan and the u. S. Are allies and united by universal values. I hope we can strengthen the u. S. japan alliance. We will cooperate to tackle problems now facing the international community. I look forward to working with him. And on the streets of tokyo, major japanese newspapers handed out special editions. Translator i think people in the u. S. Hoped things would change. Now im half worried and half hopeful that we can build a Good Relationship with the u. S. Translator i was expecting a female president , but the result was that clinton didnt win. Im very worried how the results will influence japans economy. The feelings of uncertainty are in part because trump would become the first president who doesnt have a political or military background. But in his victory speech, trump tried to dispel any doubt about his foreign policy. I want to tell the World Community that while we will always put americas interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone. With everyone. All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility. Partnership, not conflict. Trump also had a message to his nation calling on people to unite. Now its time for america to bind the wounds of division. We have to get together. To all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. Its time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. And this is so important to me. Hillary clinton has spoken to her supporters for the First Time Since the outcome of the election became clear. Last night i congratulated donald trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all americans. This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for, and im sorry that we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country. But i feel i feel pride and gratitude for this Wonderful Campaign that we built together. This vast, diverse, creative, unruly, energized campaign. You represent the best of america and being your candidate has been one of the greatest honors of my life. President Barack Obama Says hes instructed his aides to prepare for a smooth transfer of the presidency. I had a chance to talk to president elect trump last night, about 3 30 in the morning, i think it was, to congratulate him on winning the election. And i had a chance to invite him to come to the white house tomorrow to talk about making sure that theres a Successful Transition between our presidencies. The Election Results sparked reactions in other parts of asia. President obama has championed the pivot to asia policy partly to increase the u. S. Influence in the region where china has become more assertive. Its uncertain whether trump is committed to the policy. Asian leaders seem to be keeping a close eye on developments. Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte offered warm congratulations to trump in a statement saying he looked forward to working with him to enhance relations. He responded sharply to u. S. Criticism of his bloody war on drugs and announced ma quwhat h called a separation from the u. S. During his visit to china in october. Thai interim Prime Minister said his countrys relations with the u. S. Will remain unchanged. Translator we have been an ally with the United States for over 180 years. No matter what becomes president , i think thailand will have to move forward while balancing out its foreign policy. Malaysian Prime Minister said trump won the white house, more focused on their interest and welfare and less embroil eed in foreign interventions. Translator im sure he will find the right way for the u. S. To work with other countries. I know him personally. Its not someone im unfamiliar with. U. S. malaysia ties have been strained as the u. S. Justice Department Filed lawsuits in the wake of a massive financial scandal involving najib. People in the atomic bombed cities of hiroshima and nagasaki are closely watching trumps Nuclear Policy. The president elect once said he wont rule out using Tactical Nuclear weapons against Islamic State militants. He also suggested japan could acquire nuclear arms to counter threats from north korea. A representative of an atomic bombing Survivors Association says the issue of Nuclear Weapons must be viewed from a global perspective. Translator i hope the u. S. President will approach the matter from a humanitarian stance. The head of a Research Center at Nagasaki University seeking a Nuclear Arms Ban is wary about trump saying his Nuclear Policy is hard to figure out. Translator well send messages from the atomic bomb cities to trump so he can fully understand the terror of puck lar weapons. He said trump should visit hiroshima and nagasaki as soon as possible. The impact is being felt in morocco, too, thats where delegates have gathered for the Climate Change conference, copp 22. Trump threatened to withdraw from the landmark agreement. Copp 22 delegates are discussing detailed rules for implementing the agreement they reached last year in paris. One of the issues on the table, how much Financial Assistance advanced countries should offer developing nations. Delegates from the developed countries held an informal meeting on the sidelines. The u. S. Chief negotiator suggested its not clear what will happen after next january when trump takes office. Ugandas delegate said his country wont be able to meet its Climate Change targets without Financial Support from the u. S. Thats because of challenges of issues on technology, also how our technologies are very obsolete. Very, very obsolete. Nongovernmental organizations held a joint News Conference to express concern about trumps apparent intention to withdraw from the paris accord. Climate change has become a geopolitical issue of the top order and no country can be perceived as not doing its fair share on climate without serious consequences for its standing in the world. Activists outside the copp 22 venue said young people should step up and fight Climate Change because donald trump wont. Lets take a look at the latest in business news. Markets have staged a sharp turnaround. For more details we go to ai uchida from our business desk. The key index in tokyo recovered almost all the losses we saw on wednesday. That was of course when investors feared that a Trump Administration would lead to uncertainty in the global economy, but take a look at whats happening this morning. The nikkei 225 trading higher. Way higher. Up 6. 1 . 17,249. That is what we call a jump. All sectors are seeing gains. Investors are focusing on possible u. S. Economic stimulus and deregulation with trump in office. But some analysts are saying trumps policy statements from now on could sway markets. Lets take a look at whats happening with currencies. On the screen there, dollar yen regaining its preelection day level at 105. 7074 against the yen. And its a similar story with the euro. The single currency initially bounced against the dollar as a Trump Victory came into focus. The euro has now fallen back to twoweek lows. Currently at 1. 09. At the lower end of that. Now the yield on the ten year japanese Government Bond has jumped to a sevenweek high. Tracking u. S. Treasury yields. That is on hopes of more spending on infrastructure under the republican president. Turning to markets open in the asiapacific region, we are seeing a jump elsewhere, too. Seouls kospi up 1. 8 . Australia trading higher by 3 . China markets will open in just under half an hour. Well, a senior u. S. Republican official has dismissed the likelihood of Congress Voting on the Transpacific Partnership before Donald Trump Takes Office in january. U. S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was referring to trumps opposition to the free trade deal. I think president elect made it pretty clear he was not in favor of the current agreement. Certainly not going to be brought up this year. Mcconnell said any decision on the tpp or other future trade agreements would be up to trump. The Republican Party regained control of both chambers of congress in tuesdays elections. U. S. Approval is key for the 12country tpp to take effect. Now, trumps opposition to the tpp isnt stopping the japanese government from moving ahead with the deal. Members of the Ruling Coalition are planning to have it swiftly approved by the diet. Foreign minister Fumio Kishida said the tpp is economically and strategically important and that japan remains committed to have it go into effect soon. Translator the leaders of the 12 member countries have agreed, they will try to have the pact take effect at an early date. The United States has expressed its intention to do all it can during the current administration. Its quite natural that japan will cooperate. The governing coalition plans to hold a vote on bills needed to approve the tpp at the lower house session on thursday and send them to the upper house. In other business news, japans machinery orders fell in september for the second consecutive month. The orders are considered a leading indicator of future capital spending. Government officials changed their assessment on machinery orders from picking up to standing still. Officials at the Cabinet Office say that the orders were worth 8 billion. Thats down 3. 3 in yen terms from august. The figures exclude the ship building and power sectors which tend to see large fluctuations. Economists at the Cabinet Office predict orders for Capital Investment will remain sluggish during the three months through december and say the outlook for the quarter will be down 5. 9 from the previous period. Japanese consumers, that is, they are shying away from massproduced clothes, instead, there is growing demand for i m items made in small lots. Often by littleknown labels. Nhk worlds Yuko Fukushima reports on some of the Companies Taking advantage of that. Reporter a fashion trade show. Japans largest gathering of industry players and a window on the changes taking place. This year 100 Young Fashion designers are here for their product. Boutique labels have found a way to compete with major fashion houses. Hes one of the new comers. Hes hoping his designs will catch the eyes of boutiques and department stores. Translator this suit is made of stretchy materials using jersey which is really soft and comfortable to wear. For the first order, we can start with 30 to 50 cents. Reporter size matters in fashion. Small designers face a major hurdle getting their clothes made. Sewing factories view small labels as a financial risk. Many refuse orders for small lot production. Now a venture firm is offering a solution. Small designers bring them their product idea and the company will find someone who can produce it in small lots. And thats how he found a garment maker. The agency hooked up with 150 sewing factories across country. Designers can place an order online. Staff at the Placement Companies then begin a search. Using their own databases factories, they can filter for materials, item type, gender and production volume. This factory took the order for kojis stretch suit. It has ten employees. The owner is happy to do business through the middleman. The small lot orders keep her machines running in slow periods, and the agency guarantees payment. Translator once we registered, they immediately passed orders to us. Were grateful to them for caring about us. Reporter staff from the agency travel the country to Research Production sites and keep their database updated. They want to know what the makers can and cannot do and what time of year theyre free to produce small lots. One thing the scouts look at is the age of the workers. It might be a clue to the factorys longevity. Translator whats your hiring policy for sewers . Translator we recruit all ages. The youngest worker is in her early 20s. The oldest is 62. Reporter this matchmaker is also looking for diversity in skills. Its helped to fill orders for everything from fashion show costumes to restaurant chain uniforms. Translator the level of skill at some japanese factories is quite high. Im looking at ways to connect these factories with foreign brands. Reporter japans apparel industry has undergone some painful adjustments in recent decades. Small lot production may offer a new stage of growth. Yuko fukushima, nhk world. That is the latest in business for this hour. It is back to catherine now. Thanks very much, ai. We go to china where a Court Sentenced 49 people for their roles in a fatal factory blast. Its given a suspended death sentence to the head of a Logistics Company that handles hazardous chemicals. Warehouse explosion last year in the port of tianjin left 173 dead or missing. Chinas state run Xinhua News Agency has details of the court ruling. The reports say the chairman was sentenced for the illegal storage of dangerous substances and other charges. A suspended death sentence is usually commuted to life in prison after two years. The court gave others jail sentencing raising up to life imprisonment. It also jailed 25 local government officials for bribe taking and other charges. The leaders of india and japan are expected to sign an agreement on Nuclear Energy. Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is heading to tokyo to meet with Prime Minister shinzo abe, but the nuclear deal has drawn criticism because india has developed Nuclear Weapons outside the nonproliferation treaty. Nhk world reports. Reporter the agreement that allows japan to export facilities and technologies related to Nuclear Power. Indias demand for energy is growing along with the economy. For japan, the deed would provide opportunities for Nuclear Plant manufacturers. Most of the countrys Nuclear Power plants have been offline since the meltdowns in fukushima in 2011. Critics contend japan should not do a deed with a country that has not signed a nonproliferation treaty. Japan, they say, should have stricter standards as the only country to have suffered nuclear bombings. India refuses to accept the treatys limit of Nuclear Weapons to only five countries. The japanese government, it states immediately if india were to conduct a punuclear tes. Skeptics are not impressed. They say the door remains open for india to conduct computer simulations using data from past tests. Even if india does not change its stance of not joining the npt, japanese government officials believe that the signing of a new Nuclear Energy agreement with japan would effectively bring india under the nonproliferation framework but as long as india sees Nuclear Weapons as a deterrent to pakistan and china, it is unlikely to put them away. The risk for japan is it may be seen as accepting position of Nuclear Weapons by a non member. That might undermine the value of the treaty. A researcher who studies the country says the factor well known. This nuclear deal is one thing that is holding up. It is i think a stumbling block. India is definitely aware of the japanese domestic side. Were aware of the fact that japan is the only country to have suffered from the impact from atomic weapons. Were also aware of the fact of the fukushima disaster. So we know there are opposition. There is criticism on the japanese side and this could be a steppingstone toward the next stage of japan india relations. Reporter china is on the minds of both countries. Japan is concerned about the chinese navys activities in the pacific ocean. India is wary of chinas attempts to strengthen inference on indian ocean. We are aware that china is also try ing to increase its presence in indias backyard. See the way china is involved in the construction of the water port. Reporter china has been building artificial islands and facilities for military purposes in the South China Sea. Both japan and india want to make sure shipping lanes remain open. Against this backdrop, the indian navy has been conducting exercises with the United States and japan. We are very concerned about the feelings of communications remaining free for us. India is willing to increase its interest and its influence in the South China Sea region which will see an increase in the reg