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Officials are pushing ahead with a plan to scale back Nuclear Power and take more energy from green sources. Japans Prime Minister and his Coalition Government have moved a step closer to enacting a key package of security bills. Lawmakers in the lower house have approved legislation removing one more hurdle to the final passage. The bills would expand the role of the selfdefense forces and allow japan to exercise the right to collective selfdefense. The full lower house convened on thursday for the vote. Opposition lawmakers walked out in a show of protest. They said they couldnt vote on legi...

Coming to you live from bloombergs asian headquarters in hong kong. Checking in on markets in asia this morning to new zealand, we have the Second Quarter jobs numbers out with the Unemployment Rate coming in line with estimates at 5. 9 . Stocks currently rising 2 10 of 1 . 6536. Olding at we are counting down to the openings of australia, japan and south korea. Japan seeing downward trend. Down 2 10 of a percent. Futures now pointing to a slightly higher open. The dollar yen at 124. 35. We will stick with the markets with some relief for commodities and oil came back from a sixmonth low. That...

The devastation of the atomic bombing and the tragic loss of young lives. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry has spoken about an issue of mutual concern. They discussed chinas Land Reclamation work on reefs of the disputed spratly islands. The philippines, vietnam and other parties claim the islands. They met on the sidelines of foreign ministerial meetings. Wong says the issue of the South China Sea was on the agenda. Translator the United States told us to solve the problems about the South China Sea peacefully and through talks. In the ministerial meeting, kerry addressed the issue. We wan...

Forecast for the year. The company is spending more on employee raises here in the u. S. We will have more on this in just a few minutes. Matt wildfires are threatening a resort town in washington state. Several large fires burning near chelan, washington have already destroyed about 75 homes and businesses. 200 activeduty military troops have been called in to help. Cory i was up in Northern California weeks ago. It is unbelievable what is going on there. Matt a suspect in the deadly explosion in bangkok was seen on security footage. A man in a yellow shirt was seen taking off a backpack and ...

Thing with these totalitarian leaders . Those are the countries in the region that can be helpful as we move forward. President trump floats a meeting with north koreas kim jongun. This isnt just a case of looking the other way on duterte or putin. This is an american president showing specific appreciation for their brutality. Its trying to bring the dictator to the table and get rid of the nukes. Nobody is safe. Whos safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. Mayday rallies in some cities around the world turned combative. Get out of the street. This is a historic flood. More heavy rain and flooding...