An inside look at what happened when the news broke. Reporter George Lombardi is a real estatate investor whose friendship with the u. S. President goes back more than three decades. Lombardi was near the dinner table of donald trump and japans Prime Minister when news broke that north korea had tested a missile. Lombardi says the cheerful mood suddenly changed. And at one point in the middle of the dinner, we saw a lot of aides, both americans and japanese, going to the table and coming back, and sometime actually almost running. Some of our friends that were with us Say Something is going on. Some of the aides brought some papers, and you saw President Trump and Prime Minister abe actually reading the paper, and they had a little flashlight, you know, so that they could see. And right after that when the dinner was finished, they went into another room where they made a official communique. And when they came back, they werent smiling as much. Reporter the leaders then appeared for a hastily arranged joint news conference. Translator north koreas most recent Missile Launch is absolutely intolerable. North korea must fully comply with the relevant u. N. Security council resolutions. I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100 . Reporter the south Korean Military says the north fired the missile from the northwest part of the country. Japanese Officials Say the missile fell into the sea of japan about 350 kilometers off the coast of north korea. South koreas military issued a blunt response. Translator if a kim jongun regime does not give up its delusion of Nuclear Missile provocations, north korea will destroy itself in the near future. Reporter japans top Government Spokesperson said the timing of the launch was no accident. Translator the launch is a clear provocation to japan and the region, as it took place right after the japan u. S. Summit meeting. The government has lodged a strong protest with north korea through diplomatic channels in beijing. Reporter in january, kim jongun announced his country was almost ready to test an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Trumps response at the time, a tweet saying, it wont happen. Meanwhile, theres no word on what the u. S. Response will be to the latest missile test. Its still weighing its options. Adam walsh, nhk world, tokyo. North korea claims its sunday ballistic Missile Launch with a success. The staterun Korean Central News Agency reported on monday that leader kim jongun was on hand for the launch. It also said the missile was called the polar star two. Pyongyang claims its capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. While north koreas Missile Launch stole the show, abe and trump did demonstrate that they are on the same wave length. They first met friday in washington. Trump welcomed abe to the white house with a hug and posing for the cameras, they shook hands for 20 seconds. Strong hand. Trump tweeted about their meeting. He posted this picture from the president ial helicopter, marine one. The leaders and their wives also traveled on air force one to florida. Abe stayed at trumps private palm beach resort dubbed the winter white house. They took to the greens, but reporters were barred from taking pictures of the golfers. Trump posted this photo of the two leaders on the course. And he wrapped up the meetings with this message. So far, it appears that trump and abe have started off on the right foot. For a deeper look into their meetings, we spoke with political analyst kume yokuoi. She said trump and abe met at an opportune time. I think the Prime Minister, abe, is so lucky. He grabbed the timing, because with when he got invitation to create growth pull together by President Trump, it was just three days before he visit america, because after President Trump published travel ban, he got a lot of criticized by european countries. So only japan, only Prime Minister abe can be his side a man seven countries. Yokoe says sensitive matters have been delegated to other cabinet members. Prime minister abe talk with President Trump in terms on security and also framework of u. S. japan relationship and also in terms of trade, vice Prime Minister aso and Vice President pence talk on new economic dialogue. That is great for japan because pence knows real situation of trade between japan and the u. S. Because company and factory of japanese automobile. But President Trump doesnt want to listen what he doesnt want to listen. Just the framework Prime Minister abe will talk with President Trump, but real negotiation to make policy i think expat pence or secretary of defense will be dialogue with japan. Moving to south korea, the countrys special prosecutor has summoned the de facto chief of Samsung Group for questioning once again. Its related to the investigation into the political scandal thats rocked the country and led to the suspension of the president. Lee jaeyong went in monday amid calls by protesters for his arrest. Translator i will once again tell the truth to the special prosecutor. The special Prosecutors Team had tried to arrest lee after a marathon round of questioning last month, but their request for a warrant was rejected. Samsung is suspected of paying money to entities linked to the president s jailed confidante. Its alleged that those payments were in exchange for president ial approval of a merger. Media report investigators are now probing lees involvement in a decision by the fair trade commission. It had wanted to lower the amount of shares Samsung Group is able to cross share among its companies, but it backed off its initial demand. Prosecutors allege that was because of influence from the president ial office. Police officers and psychiatrists across japan are now working together to nip crime in the bud. Theyve gathered to assess an effort to encourage habitual stalkers to seek professional help. Officers and experts met at the National Police agency on monday. In recent years, Police Across japan have received more than 20,000 reports of stalking annually. Since april of last year, theyve been urging repeat offenders to consult psychiatrist. Translator its been pointed ouout that its effective and ao necessary to conduct treatment or counseling aimed at getting rid of obsessions. But Officials Say about 60 of stalkers reject advice to see a doctor. Police aim to step up efforts to prevent stalkers from posing a risk. The latest data on japans Gross Domestic Product show another quarter of expansion. Gene otani has details on that and other headlines. Japans economy continued to expand in the octobertodecember period, growing for the fourth straight quarter. Higher exports helped. The Cabinet Office says the preliminary gdp figure was up by 0. 2 from the previous quarter. That works out to annualized growth of 1 . Exports were up 2. 6 due to increased shipments of cars and smartphone components to the u. S. Andnd china. Corporate Capital Investment was also up by 0. 9 . Not all figures were positive. Public investment was down by 1. 8 . Consumer spending was also in the negative, off by 0. 01 . Its the first time in a year for the figure to go into the red. Shoppers kept a tighter hold on their wallets, despite continued improvement in their income. Personal consumption accounts for more than half of total gdp. Housing investment had earlier been strong on the back of lower interest rates. The figure during the quarter was higher but only by 0. 2 . For 2016 as a whole, japans gdp registered positive growth of 1 in real terms and nominal gdp was 537 trillion yen or 4. 7 trillion. That brings the government a step closer to reaching its target of 600 trillion yen by around 2020. Japans economic revitalization minister has reacted to thehe numbers with an upbeat view. Translator i expect the economy will continue too post moderate growth, and i believe the government stimulus package worth 28 trillion yen, or neary 250 billion, will start showing its effects when the new fiscal year begins in april. Ishihara added, he will keep an eye on the effects from chinas economy, elections in europe and brexit. For more insight, my colleague, a uchida spoke with the dean of research at the Asian DevelopmentBank Institute in tokyo and an expert on the japanese economy. How do you evaluate the latest gdp figures . It showed the consumption is stable and investment has recovered a little bit, but consumption may still remain very stable, unless we can do something about aging population. Aging population relie on social securities, and so they tighten their consumption. As far as the investment are concerned, there are some recovery. However, rural area investment is still sluggish. I think the new finance site like a Hometown Investment trust fund, which can promote startups in rural region will be required. What kind of risks and challenges do you see for japans economy in 2017 . The President Trump and Prime Minister abes discussion in this time was mainly focusing on security issues, so thats why the market reacted very stable. However, once they Start Talking about trade issues and economic issues, the news has the Current Exchange marketet. So im concerned that productivity in the Exchange Market may exacerbate that and cap the flows. Then the stock price of japan and u. S. Will be unstable. So, that is the first risk. Second one is oil price. Japan relies on oil and natural gas a lot, and japan have been benefited by Lower Oil Prices in the past two years, but if the price of oil recovers a little bit, then that will have some risks for japan. And last risk is about aging population demographic. And japan and retired people are increasing. That has a very big impact on government budget deficit, so i hope that japanese elderly people will keep on working much longer after their retirement, but the wage rate should be based on productivity. That will be a very important thing for medium and long term. Okay. How much is Monetary Policy supporting growth . Okay, in the short run, Monetary Policy supports because Monetary Policy, pririnting mon and purchasing government bonds, then that will contribute social securities to elderly people. But japanese biggest problem is infrastructure, denim graphy and they cannot do anything about it. If the population becomes older, the impact of Monetary Policy becomes less and less because young people can benefit from Monetary Policy. Their wage rate will go up and so on. However, the elderly people is outside of those Monetary Policy. Okay. So, which prompts your call for structural reform. Yes. I see. Okay, i want to go back to what you mentioned about trump and abe. They did have a meeting over the weweekend and we saw that, you know, they didnt emphasize their differences regarding the economy. You mentioned a little bit earlier, too, but how do you see the relationship between the two affecting japan Going Forward . I think there are lots of coordinations we can do together between japan and United States. Many people are focusing on conflicts. However, it is not only manufacturing industries. Japan is supporting services industries, retails. So we should talk about not only manufacturing but also other sectors. At the same time, japan can contribute Energy Sector, and trump is going to implement Infrastructure Investment in United States. So, i think infrastructure japan also contribute our funds and insurance get into the United States. The dean of research at the Asian DevelopmentBank Institute. Checking the markets, tokyo stocks ended higher after the japan u. S. Summit. Our Business Report er giang nguyen has more from the tokyo stock exchange. The meeting between trump and abe gave investors optimism and the yen retreated. Lets see how the tokyo benchmark ended. The nikkei 225 extended gains for a second session to add 0. 4 , closing at 19,459. That was a twoweek high. The broader topix rose 0. 5 . Checking on currencies, the dollar yen pair touched a twoweek high in the morning. Traders were relieved trump put aside his tough talk on currency and trade policies. Exporters, especially carmakers, breathed a sigh of relief as the yen weakened. Mazda, honda and toyota ended higher. The Energy Sector was a top performer as Oil Prices Rose on the news that opec members are at 90 compliance on recently agreed supply cuts. Oil Developers Like inpex and Japan Petroleum and jx holdings surged. Traders are waiting for fed chair jaenet yellens testimony before congress waiting for clues on the timing of a rate hike. Other benchmarks in the asiapacific region also entered into positive. The shanghai composite advanced 0. 6 to finish at its highest in two months. The financial stocks were higher after the central bank resumed injecting money into the market. The asx 200 raising 0. 7 to 5,760. It rose for a fifth straight day. Rising oil and commodities boosted the index to a fourweek high. Seouls kospi managed to end in the pressure, under pressure over worries over the norths Missile Launch. Shares of samsung electronics, though, fell after prosecutors once again questioned the companys chief. The chief of Japanese Electronics maker pioneer is concerned about u. S. President trumps plan to review the north American Free trade agreement. Pioneer has just opened a new factory in mexico. President and ceo susumo kotani says the american president s policieses are increasing uncertainty. Translator we are not thinking of reviewing our investment plans right away, but moves by automakers and nafta negotiations could have an impact on our company, so were keeping a close watch on that. Pioneer began making car navigation and Audio Systems a the new plant earlier this month. It plans to sell the products to japanese automakers manufacturing in mexico. Japans Kirin Holdings is selling its beer making operation to the netherlands. They will sell all shares for about 680 million. Kirin holdings bought a major brewery in brazil in 2011, but the business suffered from intense price competition and stagnation in brazils economy. Kirin is now looking to strengthen sales in Southeast Asian countries, such as myanmar. Toshiba executives say theyre expecting to announce major losses for the apriltodecember period. The struggling Japanese Electronics maker is due to report the figures on tuesday. The announcement would mark toshibas second Straight Year of a net loss for the nine months. The company fell into the red during the same period in 2015 after its accounting scandal came into light. Toshiba is also expected to disclose the exact amount of losses from its Nuclear Power unit in the u. S. Its earlier estimate had shown that couldld be in the billionsf dollars. The executives are also planning to unveil a Business Plan that will likely feature a review of the groups overseas nuclear business. Toshibas planning to turn itself around by spinning off its flash Memory Division and sell off part of its stake. And you can catch our report again online together with a full transcript. Just look for nhk world and business wrap. Thats a look at business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. Music fans around the world are abuzz with the results of this years grammys, and japan is no exception. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida has shared an award for best classical solo vocal album. The 59th Grammy Awards were handed out in los angeles on sunday. Uchida and german opera soprano Dorothea Roschmann snagged the prize with their album of love songs by schumann and berg. Its schumanns second gramry. She won f