Palestinian Islamist Group hamas ended. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe spoke at the United NationsGeneral Assembly in new york. He promised his country will contribute to fighting the ebola virus and countering threats from the Islamic State militant group. Nhk worlds mike ibara has more from new york. Reporter Prime Minister abe spoke thursday morning at the General Assembly hall. His main message was that japan is ready to make a stronger commitment to the worlds fight against global threats. Mr. President , humankind faces serious unprecedented crisis. The government of japan is putting forth its best possible effort in the fight against the ebola virus disease. International communities should come together and address this crisis that affects directly peace and security of africa. Japan regards the activities of isil, which extends across National Borders and has declared unilaterally the establishment of a socalled state to be a serious threat to international order. What is important now is preventing extremists from taking root while also responding swiftly to the regions humanitarian crisis. To assist in this regard, japan will implement 15 million to Emergency Assistance right away. Another important issue for abe is reforming the Security Council. He stressed the United Nations needs to adapt to changes taking place in the 21st century. It is my wish, with the 70th anniversary as a turning point, countries sharing the same aims all Work Together to finally resolve a longstanding issue to reform the u. N. In a way that reflects the realities of the 21st century. In that context japan seeks to become a permanent member of the Security Council and take an appropriate role that the status requires. Abe also explained he is taking steps to empower women in japan and said japan will also work to prevent Sexual Violence against women in conflict zones around the world. Around the globe, we still find abhorrent circumstances in which women are unable to have success to such basic service of medical care and education. Because they were born female. Thereby depriving them of opportunities to be selfreliant. We intend to make the 21st century a world with no Human Rights Violations against women. Japan will stand at the fore and lead the International Community in eliminating Sexual Violence. During conflict. Japan is bidding for a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council next year. Prime minister abe made the case that japan is prepared to play an Important Role in the u. N. Prime minister abe also spoke with reporters in new york. Hes stressed that dialogue is needed to improve strained relations with china and south korea. Translator theyre japans neighbors, so there are various issues that come up. In order to resolve these issues we should promote dialogue free of any preconditions. Abe says he hopes to hold summit talks with china when he visits beijing in november for the apec meeting. He says both countries need to make constant efforts to improve bilateral relations. Japans Prime Minister also expressed his desire to have summit talks with south korea and make the most of various international meetings. Our senior political commentator Masao Nakajima joined us earlier with his analysis of abes news conference. What are some of the main points abe spoke about . Well, Prime Minister abe emphasized that japans determination to proactively contribute to the world peace. He said japan will take the lead in solving problems the world is facing such as the Ebola Outbreak and climate change. He said this will be done through making use of the countrys technology and experience. He also mentioned japans support for the fight against Islamic State militants by the United States and other nations. Abe said japan will offer iraq, syria, and other affected regions humanitarian assistance. But he said the country will not offer any military support. All right. Well, abe mentioned japans relations with china and south korea. We talked about that a little bit earlier. What did he have to say in regards to that . As you know, japan and china not getting along well over differences of opinion over the senkaku islands. Japan maintains theyre an inherent part of japanese territory in terms of history and international law. Japan controls them but china and taiwan claim the islands. Prime minister abe said the japanchina relationship is important and Holding Dialogue is necessary, especially when there are problems between them. He said japan would like to have summit talks with china without any conditions. Japansouth korea relationship is not going well either because of mainly historical issues. As we heard, abe said hes hoping to have summit talks with south korea on the sidelines of apec meeting. Masayo, japans relations with russia is another focal issue. What did the Prime Minister say about that . Well, japan is in a very difficult position in terms of relations with russia right now. The country has to work with g7 member countries to put pressure on russia because of ukraine. But at the same time, japan needs to deepen relations with the country in order to solve the issue of the russian islands. We call it the northern territories. Japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory and russia illegally occupied them after world war ii. Abe said he will look at the possibility of russian president Vladimir Putins visit in japan. He also mentioned the possibility of holding summit talks with putin on the sidelines of apec meeting in beijing. The United States has expanded its offensive against militants with the Islamic State group. Its been launching air strikes on targets in syria with their allies. But the attacks have reportedly killed civilians. U. S. And Coalition Forces have pounded the militants command centers and other strongholds. On wednesday they hit 12 Oil Refineries controlled by Islamic State including those in hasakah, mayadi, and abu kamal. U. S. Military Officials Say the militants have earned more than 2 million per day Smuggling Oil to fund their operation. We will work to cut out their financing and to stop the flow of fighters into and out of the region. A syrian Antigovernment Group says an air campaign killed at least 14 Islamic State fighters but an opposition activist, in Eastern Syria says an air strike on a village killed nine civilians. He said the residents there are angry. A pentagon spokesperson says arab nations played a major role in the air strikes on Oil Refineries held by the Islamic State militant group. Press secretary john kirby said 10 of the 16 fighter jets that conducted the attacks were from u. S. Allies saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. There are other refineries that they have, and of course as i said, im not announcing future operations here, but were going to continue to look at future strategiclevel targets against isil in syria. And on the civilian casualty issue, certainly we take that seriously and well continue to look at that and review that as we work through the Damage Assessment process. Kirby denied that Syrian Government forces have invaded the facilities attacked by u. S. Military. He did not confirm media reports that the air strikes also killed the leader of the Al Qaeda AffiliatedExtremist Group khorasan. A u. S. Navy commander says many from the Asia Pacific Region have likely joined the Islamic StateExtremist Group. Our estimations today is theres probably been about 1,000 potential aspiring fighters that have moved from this region, based on kind of our overall assessment. That number could get larger as we go forward. Admiral Samuel Locklear acknowledged that the American Military is closely coordinating with allies and other nations to stop the trend. The recent fighting in gaza between israeli troops and the Palestinian Group hamas left much of the regions areas bordering israel devastated. The conflict ended a month ago but talks between officials for the two sides on bringing in Construction Materials have made little headway. Israeli officials are opposed to allowing Construction Materials into gaza. Theyre worried that they could be diverted to military use. Translator theres no reconstruction going on. A ration of canned tuna cant rebuild my home. What we need is cement. More than 2,100 palestinians died in the 50 days of fighting. Many of them were civilians. 17 israelis, mainly soldiers, were killed. U. N. Officials say about 58,000 people who lost their homes continue to live in shelters. A major effort is under way to remove unexploded shells. Countries around the world have pledged Financial Support to help rebuild gaza, including 20 million from japan. Leaders in japan have made it their mission to overcome deflation. And for more than a year now theyve seen prices rise. Ai uchida joins us now from our business desk. So ai, you have this mornings data. I certainly do, catherine. The Consumer Price index as you know traffics everything from everyday items like a bar of soap to bigger items like houses. The latest core numbers are for august, and it shows prices have been rising for 15 months in a row. Government Officials Say prices rose by 3. 1 compared with the same month last year. The index doesnt factor in the cost of fresh food, which tends to jump around and skew the numbers. The Officials Say goods such as airconditioners and clothing got more expensive. Policy makers at the bank of japan say the increase in the consumption tax is partly responsible for the figures. Without the tax rise the Consumer Price index is thought to have gone up by 1. 1 . Now, the cpi numbers were only slightly below market forecast. Still, the nikkei is trading in negative territory this morning, currently down just shy of a 1 loss. Analysts say a selloff on wall street and a weaker dollar against the yen are the main reasons investors are selling tokyo stocks and exporters are leading the declines. The dollar ran into some selling against the yen after those cpi numbers came out and the pair is now trading in a narrow range at 108. 85 to 87. And traders are continuing to sell the euro, and thats after European CentralBank President mario draggi suggested hes ready to pump more money into the euro zone economy. The single currency is at the 1. 27 level against the dollar and near 22month lows. Lets look at other asian markets this morning. South koreas kospi down by more than a fourth percent. In shanghai the key index is trading lower by a third percent. And in hong kong were seeing the hang seng in negative territory, down 3 4 . Well, people inside and outside china are becoming less confident about the economy. Theyre looking at a series of weak Economic Indicators like lower factory output and falling foreign direct investment. Now a key survey shows managers in the Manufacturing Industry are feeling pessimistic about hiring. The hsbc flash manufacturing purchasing managers employment subindex dropped more than a point in september, to the lowest level since february 2009. Leaders want to stabilize the job market. For insight into this situation jackson wong joins us from hong kong. Hes associate director at united simpson securities. Jackson, thanks for your time. Now, why are managers so down on employment . Well, i think chinas economy is trying to find its footing. So at this point a lot of businesses are still facing a lot of uncertainties. When you face a lot of uncertainties, hiring managers tend not to do a lot of hiring at this point. For example, when we looked at the property markets in china, we know they are slumping and the sales are very sluggish. But if they cannot solve more threats and facing inventory problems they are not going to roll out more projects at this point. No more new projects. So they will not do more hiring. I think this is the cause of the sluggish job data. And what about Going Forward . Expecting the numbers to get worse . Well, i think the number will stay low for short term. However, i do think this number would get some improvement in Fourth Quarter because back in the late Second Quarter or the start of the Third Quarter the people bank of china has already rolled out some stimulus to stimulate the economy. I think this well see in the Fourth Quarter. If that kicks in, i think the whole pmi number and the job data will improve in the Fourth Quarter. Japan, premierly and i ping wants the economy to grow at 7. 5 this year. Hes underscored the importance of a stable job market. How will the latest reading affect his plans . I think 7. 5 is not set in stone and i think the First Priority is to stabilize the job market as you already mentioned. I think if the number doesnt fall below 7. 2 or 7. 3 they are in no hurry to roll out big projects to stimulate the economy. However, if the job data is worsening quick they would immediately roll out projects to stimulate the economy. So what kind of measures are you expecting . Well, the people bank of china can always roll out their big guns such as require reserve ratio cuts or Interest Rate cuts. I think they tend not to abuse these policies. And what they have been doing is to roll out microstimulus and relax loans and mortgages to developers. I think they will keep doing this for developers and other small businesses. If they can solve their financial or inventory problems, it will heal the job market will pick up soon. Okay, jackson, thank you very much for your insight. Jackson wong there. He is associated director at united simpson securities in hong kong. Officials at tokyo gas are trying to get a better deal on the most widely used source of energy in japan. Theyre teaming up with their counterparts at the worlds biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, korea corporation. Officials said theyll hold talks to buy lng together. Tokyo gas imported 12 million tons of lmg last year. Theyre Gas Corporation about 40 million tons. Officials at both firms want to improve their negotiation position and expanned the scale of their puz to lower costs. Japanese improrters have been bringing in more and more lng since the accident at fukushima in 2011. But theyre not happy with the prices theyre paying. Officials at Tokyo Electric Power company and chugu Power Company are also in talks to buy lng together. Executives at another jnds power firm are looking up at the sky and seeing an opportunity. They want to invest in solar thermal technology. The executives at mitsubishi hit avpi Power Systems say theyll build a solar power plant in yokohama and they plan to start test runs in 2016. Soemar thermal Power Generation works by using sunlight to create steam. The steam then drives turbines to produce electricity. Heat can be stored and used to generate power at night or on cloudy days. Its considered more stable than power from conventional solar panlds and Wind Turbines but the plants are expensive to build and not very efficient. Engineers say theyll work on a way to harness sunlight and produce steam more effectively to lower costs. Executives at electronic giant hit avpi are looking for ways to increase their competitiveness, so theyre preparing to cut ties with a Corporate Culture thats ruled japan for decades. They say theyll start paying top employees based on their performance, not on their seniority. The executives said from next month theyll calculate wages for marriage solely on merit. Until now theyve considered a persons age and length of service when determining 70 of the salary, and theyve looked at performance to decide just 3 30 . The executives say the ne