The Japanese can do it, and the London Judo Society has a number of members learning to do it: Kendo, a ritual form of fencing in which the armour and accoutrements are as much part of the ritual as the actual sport itself. We were very honoured to witness a demonstration. By the way, although bamboos are used, the Kendo expert would use a sword.

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SHOTLIST:

Key scene. MS opponents bow to each other. MCU opponents put on armour. MS ditto. CU fighter puts on his face mask. CU another ditto. MS opponents put on rest of armour. MS same stand up. MCU two fighters. MS two fighters demonstrating strokes. MCU one bows. MS demonstration. MCU same. CU mask. MCU demonstration - man. CU hands holding stave. MS fight. CU man's hands holding stave. MS fight. MCU fighter.

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FRANCE KENDO

Highlights of World Championships in Paris. Ogawa (Japan) wins.

1. Kendo sign

2. GV, arena

3. VS, two semifinals

4. VS, final

5. Trophy being awarded to Ogawa

In the final Ogawa is the one with the white ribbon, Koda the fighter with the red one. In the semifinals Ogawa of Japan beat Kim of South Korea, and Koda of Japan defeated the South Korean, Park.

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SHOTLIST:

Bristol Docks - CU of sign "City Road". Dockland Settlement building. Various shots of the fornt door and sign in window. Docks - various shots of ships in dock, quaysides, cargo being unloaded, men at work, Guinness being unloaded. Interior of hall - kendo being performed. Mixed ages in class. Demonstration of moves by Kendo master. Master places scarf on head then Kendo helmet. Class exercise. Demonstration by two Kendo experts in traditional Kendo costume. Various shots of students performing Kendo moves.

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SHOTLIST:

CU Face covered in mask. Various shots of equipment being put on. Master demonstrating moves. Several Kendo fights taking place.

}8619abcde This week Roving Report looks at:

9.5.86

RR RR8619A: VARIOUS NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS - PROTECTING THE PEOPLE

(Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds)

The Soviet Union has been criticised for the time it took to

warn neighbouring countries about the Chernobyl radiation

leak. But how well prepared are other nations for nuclear

power plant radiation?

Shows: Windscale (1957): Three Mile Island (1979): Chernobyl

(1986): power station control room replica: simulator being

built: computer graphics: land rover: radiation probe:

firemen in protective clothing: de-contamination unit:

hospital ward and equipment: aerials of sizewell: map of

South-East England: Pripyat: Chernobyl with list of world

nuclear reactors.

RR8619B TOKYO TODAY: AN EXCESS OF SUCCESS

(Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds)

Tokyo today is a city of unique eastern images mixed with the

modern. Its inhabitants, among the world's most productive

workers are now being asked to slow down and enjoy the fruits

of their labours. A measure which is supposed to lessen the

country's controversial trade surplus with the West.

Shows: traditional male dancer: boy learning kendo: punks:

traditional female dancer: sumai wrestler: Tokyo skyscrapers:

aerials Tokyo: crowded Tokyo subway: small factory: mens

club: capsule hotel: games parlour: beatles club: shopping

district: boys in baseball uniform: boys learning kendo:

Imperial Palace: temple scenes: traditional temple ceremony.

RR8619C USA: LYNDON LAROUCHE - POLITICAL MAVERICK

(Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds)

Lyndon Larouche is a man who believes that there are world

conspiracies involving drug traffickers, the Soviet K.G.B.,

British Royalty and Henry Kissinger. He also wants to be

President of the United States. Dismissed in the past as an

eccentric, he now seems to be gaining support at the polls.

Shows: Larouche speaking: Queen Elizabeth: Henry Kissinger:

Larouche speaking: Chicago skyline: Larouche candidates

entering news conference: candidate Janice Hart speaking:

Adlai Stevenson: Democratic headquarters in Washington: Terry

Michael speaking: Larouche supporters collecting money at

airport: Larouche house and bodyguard: Larouche speaking:

Soviet military manoeuvres: Larouche out of car: stills of

Larouche: Leesburg: political scientist speaking: Larouche

speaking.

RR8619D SOUTH AFRICA: BLACKS RENEW CONSUMER BOYCOTT

(Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds)

In South Africa, Blacks in the Eastern Cape area have renewed

a boycott of White shops and businesses in order to back

their political demands.

Shows: crowd at funeral in New Brighton township: community

leader Mkhulesi Jack speech calling for boycott: gv township:

Port Elizabeth street scenes and shops: blacks queuing for

bus: Bkack corner store in township: Whites commenting on

boycott: coffins carried at funeral: crowd runs towards

camera.

RR8619E BUDDHIST MONK CASTS HOROSCOPES BY COMPUTER

(Duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds)

*** RUSHES KEPT = LN 118584 KCS X 3.

A Buddhist monk has programmed a computer to help him satisfy

Thailand's thirst for astrological predictions.

Shows: monks and professional fortune tellers on streets of

Bangkok: file of Prime Minister Tinsulanond and King Bhumibol

at ancient "Ploughing Ceremony": Abbot Sripariyatkul feeding

fish in canal: Abbot using computer to tell fortunes of young

clients: various scenes of Bangkok.

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SHOTLIST:

Japanese boys training with sticks. They run to each other. Mass shot of the clashes with same.

SHOTLIST

Music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music

AP Entertainment

Paris, 4 March 2009

1. Wide exterior tilt down to show's entrance

2. Wide interior guests arriving through front door

3. Cutaway guests waiting for video presentation

4. Shot of smoke filling in room

5. Close up smoke

6. Beginning of video presentation

7. Pan from video screen to audience watching show

8. Shot of projection screen with show's intro

9. Cutaway guest

10. Shot of projection screen showing model wearing cut leather top and floor-length pleated skirt

11. Pan from video screen to audience

12. More of video presentation

13. Medium cutaway women watching screen

14. Various shots of collection on screen

15. Cutaway audience

16. Various shots of collection on screen

17. Cutaway journalist writing

18. Various shots of collection on screen including the balloon-like coats and the nails covered dress/ coat

19. Cutaway

20. Various shots of collection on screen

21. Cutaway wide of audience

22. Various shots of collection on screen with closing shoot reading "Gareth Pugh A/W 09"

23. Set up shot of Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director for the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director, the Daily Telegraph:

"Well, it wasn't a show; it was the most amazing film. I think it's very inventive, very novel and a very, very good way for a designer to show a specific vision, and also it saves a lot of money and in these economically harder times."

25. Cutaway Medium of Alexander being interviewed

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Alexander, Fashion Director, The Daily Telegraph:

"I love the big wide, wide trousers, cause they are very similar to what the Japanese Kendo fighters wear, and also there's a kind of bristling coats, that you were talking about. It is actually like tiny nails and it is studded all over. So you do get a porcupine or sea urchin effect. I just think it's great. I think Gareth Pugh is really, very forward thinking, he is very different. And he is just completely following his own instincts."

27. Wide cocktail room

28. Medium guests by the bar

29. Wide pan of interior

30. Set up shot of Gareth Pugh, designer, being interviewed

31. SOUNDBITE (English) Gareth Pugh, designer on the inspiration for the collection:

"I saw from the top deck these six women, who, these gypsy ladies, who had obviously done very well for themselves. And I think from exactly the same shop, they bought these complete identical floor-length black leather masks. So they are walking down the street a little bit like "Reservoir Dogs". So they looked a little bit like mafia, so it was this whole gypsy mafia thing, so you know you have the layering and kind of the, the sort of femininity but quite hardness to these ladies."

32. Close up Gareth Pugh's boots, tilt up

33. SOUNDBITE (English) Gareth Pugh, designer on the inspiration for the collection:

"It's a lot more freeing for me because obviously with a catwalk show, you can't have all of those effects; you can't inflate the clothes. You know, you loose a lot about, because this collection especially was a lot about volumes so. If it was just a catwalk, then it's just a model walking up and down and you kind of miss it:' where is it?' It was kind of calling in for something a little different."

34. Wide cocktail room

STORYLINE

PUGH SWAPS THE CATWALK FOR GIANT VIDEO SCREEN

British designer Gareth Pugh presented his fall/winter 2009-2010 collection not on a catwalk but on a video screen Wednesday (04 MAR09) in Paris.

The 27 years-old Pugh said it was out of perfectionism, not budget restrictions that he chose to bypass the traditional runway.

"It's a lot more freeing for me because obviously with a catwalk show, you can't have all of those effects; you can't inflate the clothes. You loose a lot." Pugh said.

Guests were seated on wooden benches in front of a giant black cloth. Smoke filled the ground before the video started.

The Daily Telegraph's Fashion Director Hillary Alexander praised the designer for being "very forward thinking" and "completely following his own instincts." "It was the most amazing film", she said

Pugh's floor-length pleated pant-skirt was a favourite of Alexander: "I love the big wide, wide trousers, because they are very similar to what the Japanese Kendo fighters wear."

Pugh's collection conveyed a feeling of combativeness and roughness using black leather and nubby metal spikes over garments.

This harshness was somewhat counter-balanced with balloon-like jackets which are one of the designer's trademarks.

A darling of fashion editors ever since his first show in London for fall 2006, Pugh said he was inspired by a group of gypsy women he saw in London: "They looked a little bit like mafia, so it was this whole gypsy mafia thing, so you know you have the layering and kind of the, the sort of femininity but quite hardness to these ladies."

Natural Sound

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is under intense pressure to resign, following his party's blistering defeat in the country's parliamentary elections.

Hashimoto has accepted responsibility for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's humiliating performance, but he says he won't make any announcement about his future until he meets his executive on Monday.

APTV takes a look at Hashimoto's life and political career ahead of his anticipated political demise.

Ryutaro Hashimoto started his political career at a tender age, here seen campaigning for a place in Japan's parliament, known as the Diet, when he was just 26.

Elected to the Lower House in 1963, soon after the death of his politician father, Hashimoto was then the youngest lawmaker.

Born in 1937 in the Okayama prefecture, Hashimoto professed an early interest in politics, later graduating with a law degree from Keio University.

Hashimoto followed in the footsteps of his father, Ryugo, who was also a lawmaker for the Liberal Democratic Party, or L-D-P, and served as Minister of Health and Welfare until his death.

Hashimoto, who cut his teeth on welfare policy during his early years, eventually held the same ministerial position as his father.

Rising quickly through the L-D-P party ranks, Hashimoto was elected party president in 1995.

The party swept into power a year later.

At age 58, Hashimoto had suddenly become one of the youngest -- and most popular -- Japanese leaders ever.

With a background as a Trade and Industry Minister, Hashimoto took on trade issues with western trading powers like the U-S.

Hashimoto also took the opportunity to display his proficiency in the Japanese martial art of Kendo.

Hashimoto enjoyed a period of heady popularity, that led to the installation of this photo booth at the Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo headquarters.

At the touch of a button anyone could have their photo taken with the Prime Minister.

Hashimoto was particularly popular with Japan's youth, and was seen to bring a breath of new life to the political arena.

He also made waves with his 1998 letter to the British public, asking them to accept his apology for Japan's actions during World War II.

The letter was published in the popular tabloid The Sun after a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Tokyo.

Hashimoto was also known for taking tough stands on trade relations and security issues with the U-S, but maintained a cordial relationship with U-S President Bill Clinton.

The diminutive Japanese premier also formed close ties with his towering Russian counterpart.

Yeltsin recently said he counts Hashimoto as one of his best friends, a relationship that has helped ease past tensions over the southern Kurile islands, which both countries claim.

But where he smoothed over foreign policy issues, Hashimoto stumbled when the Asian currency and markets crisis swept through Asia.

The U-S government in June stepped in to rescue the Japanese Yen after it plunged to its lowest point in eight years.

The move gave Asian markets a major boost, and appeared to stop the crisis from enveloping China and Russia.

But it left Hashimoto open to criticism that he couldn't alone steer the country through the murky waters of the financial crisis.

At the 11th hour, his government launched a move to take over failed banks.

A stimulus package was prepared to help the country's economy recover -- but Hashimoto delayed it from being implemented until after the polls.

The disastrous election results have left Japan's prime minister virtually no option other than to resign.

Tokyo, Japan; Geneva, Switzerland; California, U.S., London, U.K.; Krasnoyarsk, Russia

TBS - Tokyo - File

1. Black and white film of Ryutaro Hashimoto as a young man when first running for office

2. Hashimoto as member of the Diet

3. Hashimoto later on in his political career

4. Still of Hashimoto as a baby

5. Still of Hashimoto as young boy

6. Black and white film of Hashimoto's father, Ryugo Hashimoto

APTV - Tokyo - Jan 1996

7. Hashimoto at press conference

8. Various of Hashimoto on stage with members of his Liberal Democratic Party

APTV - Geneva - Jun 1995

9. Hashimoto and U-S trade Representative Mickey Kantor at Geneva Trade talks - Kantor offering Hashimoto a kendo sword - Hashimoto shows Kantor how to use sword

APTV- Tokyo - Jan 1998

10. Hashimoto at photo booth

11. Girl in photo booth

12. Girls face on screen with Hashimoto

13. Photos coming out of booth

APTV - London - Jan 1998

14. Headline on the British newspaper - The Sun

NTV - Tokyo - Jan 1998

15. Hashimoto meeting Tony Blair British Prime Minister

16 Close up of hand shake

APTV - California - Feb 1996

17. Hashimoto in U-S with President Bill Clinton

18. Mid shot of Hashimoto and Clinton

APTV - Krasnoyarsk - Nov 1997

19. Pan from fish to Hashimoto and Boris Yeltsin, Russian President

20. Yeltsin holding hands with Hashimoto and walking

21. Close up of Hashimoto

22. Pans to close up of Yeltsin

POOL - London - Apr 1998

23. Hashimoto walking onto stage

24. Wide shot of ASEM conference

25. Mid shot of Hashimoto speaking

APTV - Tokyo - Jun 1998

26. Various of Tokyo Stock Exchange

SHOTLIST

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Arirang TV

Seoul, Recent

1. Various concert starting

2. Actor walking on high wire

3. Lee Joon-ki singing

4. Lee Joon-ki poses for photo opportunity

5. Tilt up Lee Joon-ki

6. Photographers

7. Pan right press conference

8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Joon-ki:

"I wanted to give something in return to my fans, then I got the opportunity. So we tried to gather as many people as possible and it turned out huge like this. This has become so large-scale that it's actually a little burdensome. I really wanted it to be a time to know my fans."

9. Lee Joon-ki performing Korean sword play

10. Various Lee Joon-ki dancing

11. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Joon-ki:

"I tried to get lots of things prepared. I have three songs for my fans. I learned some hot new dances. And I prepared special performances, like the Kendo sword."

12. Lee Joon-ki talking on the stage

13. Various Lee Joon-ki singing

14. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Joon-ki:

"I have a multi-sided face. Sometimes I look at myself and think I'm pretty good looking. But sometimes I think I'm odd looking. I look like I'd be really fragile. But my voice is very deep and I am not bad at tough action scenes. I think I have variety. At least, that's what my fans think."

15. Various Lee Joon-ki singing

LEE JOON-KI ENTERTAINS HIS FANS

More than 12,000 fans from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia flocked to the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul to meet their hero, Korean screen star Lee Joon-ki (also known as Lee Jun-Gi).

The fans enjoyed a spectacular concert in which Lee sang, danced and performed martial arts.

Lee's role in the 'The King and The Clown', South Korea's most successful film ever, has made the actor a pin-up throughout east Asia.

As a "thank you" Lee planned a 'fan meeting' but the event grew into a huge concert, held last month.

"I wanted to give something in return to my fans, then I got the opportunity. So we tried to gather as many people as possible and it turned out huge like this." Lee said at the press conference.

"This has become so large scale that it's actually a little burdensome. I really wanted it to be a time to know my fans." Lee added.

Fans were entertained with three songs from the star, who also performed a dance and some Korean sword play.

The Korean media has reported that Lee is going to release his first album this summer, along with a new film, 'Fly Daddy Fly,' to be released later this summer.

More than 12 million have seen 'The King and The Clown,' which rung up over $72 million in takings. Lee played one of two clowns living in the Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirises the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution, but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

The box office success brought him fame and popularity beyond South Korea.

The star told the press: "I have a multi-sided face. Sometimes I look at myself and think I'm pretty good looking. But sometimes I think I'm odd looking. I look like I'd be really fragile. But my voice is very deep and I am not bad at tough action scenes. I think I have variety. At least, that's what my fans think."

Also performing at the 'fan meeting' were the popular musical acts Lim Jeong-hee, Lee Sang and Vibe.

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SNTV Features

An old martial art which uses long sticks to disable an opponent is being revived in France.

The sport of combat canes, originally used as a means of self-defence against Parisian criminals, is once again growing in popularity in the French capital.

SUGGESTED VOICEOVER:

Paris, "City of Light".

A landscape for artists, lovers and ..... combat cane enthusiasts.

Exponents of the sport have been turning heads in the French capital recently.

The Paris-based Combat Cane Sporting Association (A.S.C.A.) is doing everything possible to bring the martial art to the attention of the general public.

Frederic Morin is President of the A.S.C.A.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"The aesthetic element is really important. It's a very spectacular sport because it's not meant for self-defence, but rather for competition or pleasure. We emphasise the aesthetic nature of the movements to make them visually appealing, so that people feel they're doing something beautiful, maybe not effective, but certainly beautiful."

SUPER CAPTION: Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President

The sport was originally taught as a means of self-defence.

In the 19th century there were several combat cane academies where people learnt how to protect themselves against the city's criminal element.

The academies are long gone now, and today it's estimated there are less that 2,000 combat cane enthusiasts, or "cannistes" as the combatants are called.

Morin and the A.S.C.A. are hoping to significantly boost those numbers.

Morin himself was introduced to the sport when, as a student, he wanted to start fencing but was discouraged by the cost of a sword.

The teacher suggested he tried combat canes instead, where the sticks are available very cheaply.

The canes are 96 centimetres in length.

Apart from the cane, the equipment includes a padded jacket, trousers and gloves that are specially designed for the sport.

The protective headgear is a modified fencing helmet.

Visually, the sport of combat canes has a certain similarity to kendo and fencing.

However, many "cannistes" say their sport is more fluid and uninhibited than others.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"I fenced for four years. In fencing everything happens along a straight line and you're limited by the wire you drag behind you. With the cane you have much more space to move around. There's a circle nine metres in diameter. Within that you move as much as you want, in all directions. You have more freedom to do what you want and I really like that."

SUPER CAPTION: Xavier Lejeune, combat cane enthusiast

Xavier Lejeune and others are honing their skills at classes run by Morin.

SOUNDBITE: (French)

"I'd like it to become a really popular sport, especially amongst young people and children, because it's just a fantastic pastime and teaches you so much. I'd like more adults to take part as well because you can really get into this sport so quickly. You can practice with someone as soon as you grab a stick. In a word, I'd like the sport to become more popular than it is now."

SUPER CAPTION: Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President

If Morin and his fellow "cannistes" succeed in their promotional battle, combat canes won't be France's secret sport for very much longer.

SHOTLIST: Paris, France - Recent

1. 00:00 Various scenic shots of Paris

2. 00:10 Two people facing each other before combat cane bout on the banks of the Seine

3. 00:12 Various of people in combat cane fight on banks of the Seine

4. 00:23 People watching combat cane fight

5. 00:26 Various of combat cane fight

6. 00:30 SOUNDBITE: (French) Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association (A.S.C.A.) President (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

7. 00:49 Close-up of combat cane fight

8. 00:51 Combat cane fight, tilt-up to sky

9. 00:57 Tilt-down to cafe

10. 00:59 Close-up of Morin

11. 01:02 Various of Morin talking with other combat cane enthusiasts ("cannistes") in cafe

12. 01:17 Person walking towards camera wearing combat cane protective gear

13. 01:23 Pan from protective glove to headgear

14. 01:27 Various of combat cane fighters in protective gear

15. 01:34 Combat cane fighters start a bout

16. 01:41 Various of combat cane fight

17. 02:03 SOUNDBITE: (French) Xavier Lejeune, combat cane enthusiast (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

18. 02:26 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the head

19. 02:32 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the chest

20. 02:36 Fighter demonstrates scoring blow to the leg

21. 02:41 Shot looking out at another combat cane fighter through protective mask

22. 02:44 Various of combat cane fighting

23. 03:02 Various street scenes of Paris

24. 03:09 Wide shot of people jogging inside gymnasium

25. 03:14 Combat cane fighter puts on protective headgear

26. 03:17 Two combat cane fighters practising

27. 03:22 Various of Morin coaching combat cane fighters

28. 03:32 SOUNDBITE: (French) Frederic Morin, Combat Cane Sporting Association President (some overlay of combat cane fighting over soundbite)

29. 03:57 Sequence showing three combat cane fighters disappearing one-by-one from shot

Keyword-bizarre - wacky

SHOTLIST:

16 mins approx

APTN, 12th May 2002, Los Angeles, CA:

1. Shots Imperial Storm Troopers, Darth Vader

2. Vars Billy Zane

3. SOUNDBITE Billy Zane

4. CA Press

5. B-roll Samuel L. Jackson

6. B-roll Ewan McGregor

7. Vars Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor with press

8. SOUNDBITE Samuel L. Jackson (english) including:

"It was like the most exciting thing I had seen, in a very long time. I was a huge fan of adventure films and science fiction films. And this seemed to be the combination of both. It was that pirate movie that I'd been watching all my life, because these guys had light sabers, and were going to exotic places on these exotic spaceships, and seeing these very strange creatures that were part of the science fiction fantasy. It was something that made you wish you could be in something like that and try to wonder as a young actor, how or when, or is it possible to ever be in something like that."...AND...

"Yeah well we had a lot of fight training. We did some work we choreographed some really big light-saber battles. I worked a lot with Nick, the stunt coordinator on uh; kendo and fencing, and he promised to do that a lot more on the next one. It was kind of rough some days, but good, good clean fun."

9. MS Ewan McGregor

10. SOUNDBITE Ewan McGregor (english) including:

"Yoda's like the boss, he's the head man isn't he? He's the top man and it seems, what's nice for me in this, in episode II, now that I'm in charge of Anakin, I've promised Qi Gong that I'll train him up, he'll be a Jedi. I promised him that. I promised that to Anakin when he was a kid. So now I'm in the middle, I'm the master, which is more fun to play right? And then I've got my master above me, which is Yoda. And Sam is above me as well in the pecking order. So, it's nice. You've got scenes with him where you're kind of not the boss, and then you're the boss of Anakin, and that's nice."...AND...

"I did more training for the first episode, Phantom Menace. I think because we kind of had to learn from scratch, the whole light-fighting saber technique, and such. However, when we started "Attack of the Clones" we already had that, or at least I did. Hayden had to do all that stuff. So I just had to do the moves. It was less work for me. However I think in the next one, Episode III, there'll be, it's got to end up in this huge fight with me and Anakin. So, I would imagine we'll be doing a lot more training for that, because we want it to be it's supposed to be the biggest."

11. Exteriors Grauman's Chinese theater.

USED FOR STORIES # : 337930

TAPE FORMAT: Beta SP PAL

The creation of the first autonomous Basque police force in Spain

1. interior lecture theatre, new Basque police officers seated in auditorium, pan to instructor at desk, SOUND UP: (Spanish) addressing police officers

2. cu Basque flag, pan to ls instructor

3. cu policeman listening, pull back to ms police officers

4. cu red beret on desk, tilt up to officers in class room, studying a book

5. ms lecturer, SOUND UP: (Spanish) at blackboard

6. cu police officer

7. pan across classroom

8. various shots police officers instructed in mouth to mouth rescucitation, training on dummy

9. wide pan across sports hall, police in judo Gis, practicing martial arts

10. exterior, various shots, police learning Kendo with sticks

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag/SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN101453 - Available in HD

T/I: 10:34:48

STORY: TRADE

LOCATION: GENEVA

DATE: 26 JUNE 1995

DURATION: 2.00

Negotiations go on into night

US trade representative Mickey Kantor was preparing for late-night

negotiations with his Japanese counterpart in Geneva on Monday

(26/6) in a bid to resolve the growing auto trade dispute.

Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto declined to comment when

he arrived Monday evening for the talks. Hashimoto was sent to

Switzerland by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and other Cabinet

ministers with a renewed public resolve to stand firm in the face

of the US sanctions threat. He and Kantor are trying to resolve

the dispute before a Wednesday night deadline set by Washington

for imposing punitive trade sanctions on Japanese luxury cars. The

two trade chiefs were set to begin their talks at 8.30pm Geneva

time (1830gmt), and sources close to the talks have predicted they

will have to work right up to the deadline if they are to strike a

deal. Hashimoto said it would be "difficult" to reach an accord

before the June 28 date for threatened US sanctions against

Japanese cars, measures involving nearly $6 billion. Kantor said

on his arrival late Monday that nothing less than a complete deal

would satisfy the United States.

SHOWS:

(GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6) US Trade Representative,

Mickey Kantor and Japan's Trade Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto out of

US Trade Mission. Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a

gift. Kantor SOT: "Kendo signifies courage, honesty, integrity and

patience. You represent all of this, so I want you to have it (the

kendo stick)." Hashimoto, after receiving the kendo stick, SOT: "I

hope wecan carry on our conversations politely." CU kendo stick.

Hashimoto holding stick to Kantor's neck. Kantor SOT, laughing

Hashimoto replying to statement (in Japanese) SOT: "The American

deadline has nothing to do with us. We are not going to negotiate

under the American law. We'd like to pursue talks within the

context of international rules and WTO rules. That;s why I am

saying this is going to be a very difficult negotiation." Kantor

SOT (as he and Hashimoto turn away to go inside) "The28th, the

28th..." Two men go inside.

T/I: 11:15:49

US trade representative Mickey Kantor was preparing for

late-night negotiations in Geneva Monday (26/6) with his Japanese

counterpart in a bid to resolve a trade dispute over autos and

auto parts.

SHOWS:

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6

00:00 US Trade Representative, Mickey Kantor and Japan's Trade

Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto out of US Trade Mission

00:05 Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a gift

Kantor SOT: "Kendo signifies courage, honesty, integrity

and patience. You represent all of this, so I want you to

have it (the kendo stick)."

00:37 Hashimoto, after receiving the kendo stick, SOT: "I hope we

can carry on our conversations politely."

00.56 CU kendo stick

01.05 Hashimoto holding stick to Kantor's neck

01:11 Kantor SOT, laughing

01:14 Hashimoto replying to statement (in Japanese) SOT: "The

American deadline has nothing to do with us. We are not

going to negotiate under the American law. We'd like to

pursue talks within the context of international rules and

WTO rules. That;s why I am saying this is going to be a

very difficult negotiation."

01:56 Kantor SOT (as he and Hashimoto turn away to go inside) "The

28th, the 28th..." and two men go inside

02:01 ENDS

Jap/Eng/Nat

The two top negotiators in the US-Japan auto feud squared off Monday in a final push to avoid punitive tariffs that would price luxury Japanese cars out of the American market.

US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor made no predictions on the outcome of the Geneva talks.

But Japan's Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said it would be "difficult" to reach an accord before the Wednesday deadline for threatened US sanctions against Japanese cars worth nearly six (b) billion dollars.

US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said on his arrival in Geneva Sunday that nothing less than a complete resolution to the auto dispute before Wednesday's midnight deadline could stop the sanctions on Japanese luxury cars.

But his opposite number, Ryutaro Hashimoto, was sent to Geneva by Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and other cabinet ministers who publicly declared Japan's intention to stand firm against the US sanctions threat.

Both sides are playing a high-stakes game.

Both governments have domestic political problems and risk losing face if they make

compromises.

And both said they were holding firm.

At the Noga Hilton hotel, the two negotiators made it clear to reporters that their meeting, though amicable, would be hard.

Kantor presented his counterpart with a particularly relevant gift - a traditional Japanese Kendo sword.

SOUNDBITE:

"Now I bought this especially for you, now in Kendo and I want everyone to know the minister is a great practitioner, in Kendo the standards are courage and honesty sand integrity and patience and you represent all of this and I want you to have this."

SUPER CAPTION: US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"Let me make a comment before I receive the gift, without doubt talks with Mr. Kantor requires patience. I very much hope we can carry on our conversations politely."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

Hashimoto's response hinted at the bargaining in store .

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"Well it is going to cost me a lot."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

But the Japanese minister made it clear before leaving for more talks that the Japanese stance remained the same - they would not allow the Americans to force them into concessions they might regret.

SOUNDBITE: (In Japanese)

"I am sorry to say that the American deadline has nothing to do with us, we are not going to negotiate under the American law, we would like to pursue talks within the context of international rules and WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules and we would like to be convincing to the world public as well, that is why |I am telling you this is going to be a very difficult negotiation."

SUPER CAPTION: Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

The United States insists that Japan open its auto market to foreign cars and car parts or be hit with tariffs that would virtually price almost six (b) billion US dollars worth of Japanese luxury cars beyond US consumers' pocketbooks.

Tokyo says the sanctions are illegal because they are unilateral and violate international trade rules.

Japan especially objects to "numerical targets" and says it cannot force Japanese companies to buy American.

Sources close to the talks have predicted negotiators will have to work right up to the deadline if they are to strike a deal.

Geneva, 26 June 1995

1. Arrivals sign

2. Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto arriving in crowd of press

3. Hashimoto and Kantor emerging from talks

4. Kantor presenting Hashimoto with Kendo sword

5. Soundbite Hashimoto and Kantor

6. Soundbite Hashimoto

7. Cut away of press

It's an unexpected sight - fighters in full body armour and chain mail swinging olden-style weapons at each other in a Tokyo dojo.

But Japan is one of three Asian countries where the sport of Medieval Martial arts has a presence, thanks to the efforts of an American man.

Jay Noyes, a Missouri native, has lived in Japan for the last 20 years.

Six years ago, he decided to take what was just a hobby, out of the public parks where he used to practise, and set up the Japan Armoured Battle League (JABL) dojo in central Tokyo.

Noyes has always had a passion for medieval martial arts since he was little and used to build his own wooden swords for fun.

While at university, he found a more structured environment in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), through which he was able to pursue his passion.

Medieval martial arts have a rich culture and history, Noyes says.

"In the past 20 years, there have been more and more translations of medieval textbooks for 15th century sword work and 16th century sword work and so as this development happened, I became more and more interested in trying to recreate authentic medieval martial arts."

The stereotype of medieval martial arts is of clunky slow movements but Noyes says there are sophisticated martial arts techniques from this period in time.

He has a particular interest in the 15th century German style two-handed sword fighting, and he compares it to the more well known kung-fu and kendo arts.

But he also teaches, and studies, light armoured and heavy armoured combat.

Popular culture, through movies, and Olympic sports like fencing have constrained the way people think about sword work, according to Jay.

These styles in fact have no connections with medieval martial arts and Noyes says that while he welcomes people from all fighting backgrounds at his dojo, he has gone to great pains to keep away influences from other martial arts in his teaching.

There is a tight community of teachers around the world who are always in touch and share information about how medieval martial arts techniques should be interpreted, to make sure that what they are teaching is as accurate as possible.

In his early years in Japan, Noyes used to practice on military bases, with SCA groups, and later in public parks off-bases to try and get more Japanese people involved.

The average JABL member is between 25 to 35 years of age and professional, the two most predominant groups being computer programmers and artists.

As the number of fighters at his dojo increased, Jay organised the first JABL tournament in Japan, called "Steel", hosting it in a popular night-club in the young Shibuya district of Tokyo.

Preparing for this event has not been easy.

Procuring armour and weapons for so many fighters to fight at once was the main challenge.

Local laws also needed to be taken into consideration.

For example, in Japan, swords are illegal and therefore he created sword-like steel weapons (which he refers to as sword simulators) that are actually hollow and have a little hole at the tip.

Other weapons such as axes and halberds, are legal in Japan, so in these cases, the real thing is used.

Armour is purchased from a variety of countries such as the US, Russia, and Ukraine.

Most helmets come from Canada while India is the best place to buy riveted chain armour.

A lot of these weapons or weapon simulators, were only delivered to Japan a few days before the actual event.

This presented a challenge for the members, many of whom worked through the night to prepare their armour for the tournament the next day.

There are three medieval groups in Japan that are part of JABL and one of them uses Japanese-style armour.

Traditionally Japanese armour is not strong enough for this kind of combat and there are problems finding suppliers in Japan who can make parts for people of a certain size.

"Black Tanaka", a fighter for the Japanese team, Kuroganeshu, was one of those, assembling his Japanese-style armour at the JABL offices with the help of other staff, the night before the Steel tournament.

"I did try to get armour from Japan but in the past it seems people were much shorter and I heard that the maximum size these armours are made are for people up to 165 centimetres in height but I'm 178 cm tall, so I just couldn't find the right size for me," Black Tanaka, who is a driver by profession, says.

Another fighter, Anthony Dolan, was also assembling his favourite weapon, a pole-axe, the night before the event.

For Noyes, the tournament was a great success and he was relieved that there had been only a couple of light injuries.

"Fighting Steel is not just about having the toy and getting into the game. It's getting in there knowing that the other guy has something that is capable of hurting you and that they are quite willing to hit you just as hard as they can to knock you down. And as long as it hits your armour, it's going to hurt but you're probably going to be okay, but nobody is completely covered."

Perfect armour is perfect immobility, he adds.

The tournament was divided into three categories: 'sword and shield', 'long sword' and 'polearm'.

There was also a prize for the winning team since all fighters took part in three rounds of melee fighting.

The winning group here was the "Dracones", Noyes' team.

Dracones fighter, Jun Tanaka (or "Red Tanaka" as he is also called), says he was elated by the experience, especially the chance to knock over the "biggest fighter", the 2-metre (6 foot 6 inch) tall "Ami" in the melee.

Noyes is setting his sights on the IMCF world championship in Spain where he will be taking a team from Japan with fighters from all three groups.

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AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 22 February 2014

1. Various of students in armour practising medieval martial arts at the Japan Armoured Battle League (JABL) dojo

2. Tilt up fighter in full body armour

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Noyes, JABL Founder:

"In the past 20 years there have been more and more translations of medieval textbooks for 15th century sword work and 16th century sword work and so as this development happened, I became more and more interested in trying to recreate authentic medieval martial arts."

4. Students practising medieval martial arts at the JABL dojo

5. Japanese team's trainer, coaching a student at the JABL dojo

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Noyes, JABL Founder:

"If you think of martial arts in terms of naturalistic and unnatural, okay natural and unnatural styles, with the idea that karate and kendo are natural styles - holding the centre line, moving into the centre line, with very natural, instinctive motions, that have been cleaned up and clarified to maximise the power. On the other hand you have aikido or kung-fu which relies on techniques that you wouldn't normally think of using as a, I mean it's not your natural reaction to do some of these motions - but they are logically derived techniques that create the effect that you want. German two-handed sword is much more like kung-fu or aikido than it is like kendo."

7. Pan of medieval style helmets with chain mail on display at the JABL dojo

8. Pan of body armour parts on display

9. Wide of JABL offices with fighters and staff at work assembling armour

10. Mid of a fighter and JABL staff assembling Japanese style armour

11. Close-up of Japanese body armour parts being threaded together

12. Close-up of a helmet made especially for the Japanese team

13. Close of light Japanese body armour part being compared with the thicker 2.5 milimetre, specially-ordered body armour that will be used in the JABL "Steel" tournament battle

14. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) 'Black Tanaka', JABL student from the Kuroganeshu (Japanese) team, driver by profession:

"I did try to get armour from Japan but in the past it seems people were much shorter and I heard that the maximum size these armours are made are for people up to 165 centimetres in height but I'm 178 cm tall, so I just couldn't find the right size for me."

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

15. Various of Black Tanaka fighting in Steel tournament, wearing the (purple) armour he assembled the night before

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 22 February 2014

16. Pan of some of the weapons used in medieval martial arts

17. Tilt up fighter Anthony Dolan holding his pole-axe that he's been working on

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Dolan, University Instructor and JABL student:

"I've been working on this pole-axe today. See, it's different from a regular axe, there's no edge on it, so it's just for this sport."

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

19. Pan from spectators to cage during Steel event

20. Mid of Anthony Dolan (wearing black and white armour) fighting inside cage

VIDEO COURTESY JABL

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

21. Mid high-angle shot of Dolan fighting "Ami" (wearing red and white armour)

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

22. Wide of two fighters during match

VIDEO COURTESY JABL

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

23. High-angle shot of martial arts match

24. Fighter getting knocked down and tumbling over during match

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

25. Various of fighter receiving assistance after being knocked down and being slightly injured

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 22 February 2014

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Noyes, JABL Founder:

"Fighting Steel is not just about having the toy and getting into the game. It's getting in there knowing that the other guy has something that is capable of hurting you and that they are quite willing to hit you just as hard as they can to knock you down. And as long as it hits your armour, it's going to hurt but you're probably going to be okay, but nobody is completely covered. Perfect armour is perfect immobility."

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

27. JABL officials checking fighter's armour

28. Noyes speaking with referee inside the cage

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 22 February 2014

29. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Noyes, JABL Founder:

"The only places that are non-target areas, where you're not allowed to hit, are the neck, the groin, the back of the knees, and the feet, are non-target areas. It's just very hard to make those safe."

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

30. Spectators at the Steel tournament

31. Low-angle shot of fight inside the cage

VIDEO COURTESY JABL

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

32. High-angle shot of melee fight involving several fighters

33. High-angle shot of fighters during melee fight, Ami knocking down a fighter

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

34. Various low-angle shots of melee fight

35. Low angle shot of melee fight showing Jun Tanaka ("Red Tanaka") tackling Ami and wrestling him to the ground with a move that secured his team's victory

VIDEO COURTESY JABL

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

36. High angle shot of end of the melee fight, Ami and Red Tanaka on the floor

AP TELEVISION

Tokyo - 23 February 2014

37. Red Tanaka holding up the prize he received on behalf of his team, the Dracones

38. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Jun Tanaka "Red Tanaka", JABL student, Social Game developer by profession:

"I'm ecstatic. It was a great tournament. I managed to knock down the largest fighter, Ami, so I feel I did my job."

39. Pan of fighters posing for photos

SHOTLIST:

++MUTE++

1. Vehicle with Britain's Prince of Wales, Charles and Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, arriving at Imperial Palace, Prince Charles and Camilla getting out of car, walking towards palace, greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

2. Mid of royal couples shaking hands, talking

3. Mid of media

4. Wide of Prince Charles and Camilla standing with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, posing for photographs, zoom in on Camilla and Emperor Akihito talking, pan to Prince Charles and Empress Michiko

5. Wide of royal couples talking

6. Camilla talking to Emperor Akihito

7. Pan from Prince Charles to Empress Michiko, pull out to royals entering palace

8. Wide of Prince of Wales being received by school children waving UK flags outside the Miraikan Museum

9. Tilt up from union jack flag to Charles talking to children

10. Interior of Asimo, Honda's humanoid robot running

11. Tilt up of robot

12. Prince Charles chatting to officials at museum

13. Wide of robot dancing for the Prince, push in to robot then pans to Prince watching

14. Wide of Prince speaking at the museum

15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Charles, Britain's Prince of Wales:

"The credit crunch is rightly a preoccupation of vast significance and importance, but ladies and gentlemen we take our eye off the climate crunch at our peril. While we hope and pray that the underlying strengths of the global economy will once again enable it to bounce back the effects of climate change will be far, far from temporary and will indeed be irreversible."

16. Wide of Prince walking away from podium

17. Mid of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, walking, waving to crowd

18. Wide crash zoom in to Charles and Camilla approaching cheering crowd

19. Charles and Camilla greeting well-wishers

20. Mid of Japanese students looking at royal couple

21. Wide interior zoom in to students performing a traditional kabuki theatre piece

22. Mid of Charles and Camilla watching

23. Wide pan right from royal couple and entourage to men fighting a kendo martial arts bout

24. Prince Charles holding kendo stick, zoom in to Charles examining stick

25. Camilla standing next to kabuki actress

STORYLINE:

Britain's Prince Charles said on Tuesday that the current financial crisis should not distract the world from the larger issue of global warming.

"The credit crunch is rightly a preoccupation of vast significance and importance. But we take our eye off the climate crunch at our peril," he said in a speech at a science museum in Tokyo.

The heir to the British throne is visiting the world's second-largest economy for the first time since 1970.

His arrival coincides with plunging global markets and recession fears.

The prince has made saving the environment the theme of his trip, and spoke on Tuesday after viewing exhibits related to global warming at Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.

He called on advanced nations to cut carbon emissions by 70 to 80 percent by the year 2050.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial palace.

Earlier on Tuesday Prince Charles received a warm welcome in front of the Tokyo museum, as dozens of schoolchildren waving British flags greeted his motorcade.

He sprinkled some local dialect in his speech, beginning with "Ladies and gentlemen, konnichi wa," using the Japanese phrase for "good afternoon".

He also emphasised the business ties between Britain and Japan, and praised the country for its role in the adoption by many countries of the Kyoto Protocol, while emphasising that further progress was necessary to stave off global warming.

The prince has increasingly used his publicity to highlight environmental problems.

He has made efforts to cut his overall annual carbon dioxide production, including converting his 38-year old Aston Martin to run on bioethanol from surplus wine, while his Jaguars, Audi and Range Rover now take biodiesel made from used cooking oil.

The prince is in the midst of a four-day jaunt through the country with his wife, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Britain and Japan.

Earlier the royal couple visited Tokyo's prestigious Keio University. There they were treated to a display of traditional kabuki theatre and a demonstration of kendo, a Japanese martial art using sticks.

They are also due to visit a solar panel lab, meet ecology students and tour a sustainable forest site, before continuing on to Brunei and Indonesia.

Keyword royalty

SHOTLIST:

1. Mid of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, walking, waving to crowd

2. Wide crash zoom in to Charles and Camilla approaching cheering crowd

3. Charles and Camilla greeting well-wishers

4. Mid of Japanese students looking at royal couple

5. Wide interior zoom in to students performing a traditional kabuki theatre piece

6. Mid of Charles and Camilla watching

7. Wide pan right from royal couple and entourage to men fighting a kendo martial arts bout

8. Prince Charles holding kendo stick, zoom in to Charles examining stick

9. Camilla standing next to kabuki actress

STORYLINE:

Britain's Prince Charles visited Tokyo's prestigious Keio University with his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles on Tuesday on the second day of their visit to Japan.

It was Prince Charles' first visit to Japan in 18 years.

At the university the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall watched a display of traditional kabuki theatre and a demonstration of kendo, a Japanese martial art using sticks.

Later in the day the royal couple were scheduled to have dinner with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

The royal visit to Japan was timed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the two countries' signing a trade and friendship treaty.

During the visit the royal couple are also scheduled to visit the city of Nara to see the restoration work at the Shosoin treasure house in the Todai temple, as well as the Afan Woodland in Nagano Prefecture where British author and active environmentalist C.W. Nicol is undertaking forest regeneration work.

Prince Charles last visited Japan in 1990 with his late wife Princess Diana, when he represented Queen Elizabeth II at the crowning of Emperor Akihito.

His second wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, is on her first official visit to Japan.

They were due to meet Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Keyword royalty

Japanese/Nat

The resignation of Tomiichi Murayama paves the way for Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to take up the job of Japanese prime minister.

The leader of the traditionally dominant Liberal Democratic Party is best known for his intransigent stance against American demands in auto talks.

58-year-old Ryutaro Hashimoto

is one of Japan's more high-profile, colourful politicians.

He's not only vice-premier, but also holds the important job of Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry and leads the conservative Liberal Democratic party, which has ruled Japan for most of the past fifty years..

As trade minister, Hashimoto became well-known for his tough stance against American demands in talks last summer to increase access to Japan's auto market.

With him as point man in negotiations, Japan refused to bow to U-S demands for specific goals for purchases of foreign auto parts.

However, ever since he was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party in September, he has sought to play down his anti-U-S image, stressing his support for the U-S/Japan military alliance.

In an exclusive interview with APTV last September, Hashimoto rejected suggestions that Japan should withdraw from its reliance on the U-S.

He said the military alliance, with the millions of U-S dollars it brings into Japan, was important for both countries.

SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)

The U-S/Japan security treaty is important for Japan, of course. But I think it is playing an increasingly weighty role in terms of the United States' security position in the Asia Pacific region and the world.

SUPER CAPTION: Ryutaro Hashimoto, Trade Minister and L-D-P leader

Already at the time of this interview, Hashimoto was tipped as a successor to Murayama.

But he remained relaxed about the political turmoil that could be caused by a leadership change.

He said the most important thing for any politician was to focus on economic reform.

SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)

If zero growth in Japan is going to be dragging down the world economy, then we would have to ask, what's the meaning of being politicians? So, that's why we would like to quickly get to a position where it is okay even if there is a political vacuum, it is okay to have some political upheaval.

SUPER CAPTION: Ryutaro Hashimoto, Trade Minister and L-D-P leader

Hashimoto could hardly be more of a contrast to the leader he's set to replace.

Unlike Murayama, he has a go-getting, combative image - cartoons sometimes portray him as a samurai warrior.

Hashimoto has some traits typical of a bureaucrat of his age and rank.

He plays golf, sports a trademark dark-blue suit and combs his hair with ointment in a style press reports have sometimes described as "Elvis-like."

He's proficient at the Japanese martial art of kendo, or bamboo-sword fencing, and even gave U-S trade representative Mickey Kantor a lesson in the art of kendo at the trade talks in Geneva in June.

Even Hashimoto's first name contains the character for "dragon."

An extraordinary session of the Japanese parliament, which opens on 11 January, is expected to nominate Hashimoto as the new leader.

Tokyo, Japan and Geneva. All file as noted.

1. Hashimoto on stage to be inaugurated as new Liberal Democratic Party president - Tokyo, 26 September 1995

2. Hashimoto and former party president Yohei Kono welcoming losing candidate Juniricho Koizumi

3. Set up for interview- September 25th 1995

4. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Hashimoto

5. Cutaway of hands

6. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Hashimoto

7. Party members yelling Banzai to welcome Hashimoto- 26 Sept. 1995

8. Hashimoto and U-S trade representative Mickey Kantor at Geneva trade talks - Kantor offering Hashimoto a Kendo sword - 26 June 1995

9. Press cutaway

10. Hashimoto jokingly showing Kantor how to use sword

11. Cabinet -July 1995 NHK

12. Hashimoto on right , Yohei Kono -Foreign Minister on left- NHK

T/I: 10:09:26

US Trade Representative, Mickey Kantor, and Japanese Trade

Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, met on Tuesday (27/6) for another

round of talks in Geneva aimed at settling their trade dispute

over car products.

SHOWS:

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 26/6

Hashimoto and Kantor out of US Trade Mission

Kantor giving Hashimoto a kendo stick as a gift

Hashimoto SOT about significance of Shinai, kendo stick

Hashimoto explaining to Kantor how to use kendo stick

Kantor putting stick to Hashimoto's neck

Kantor making statement

Hashimoto replying to statement. The deadline has nothing to do,

we...us...our talks are not under the American law..."

WS reporters, Kantor and Hashimoto

Kantor SOT: "We have covered areas of major interest and have

exchanged our personal views on all of those areas tonight. We

found more work was needed and will continue to work at various

levels tomorrow."

Hashimoto SOT (in Japananese (via translator): "There is still a

distance to be covered between us, but we will do maximum effort

in order to be able to achieve a resolution to the problems."

Two men shaking hands

2:21