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ANCHOR: And now onto an unusual tip to fight off a business crisis. A Japanese tavern owner is bringing up a new generation of customer pleasing waiters: macaque monkeys. Are you ready for some monkey business? STORY: This "sake house" in northern Tokyo employs two popular and unusual waiters. They are named Yat-chan and Fuku-chan (pronounced Yat-tchan and Fookoo-chan), and are a pair of Japanese macaque monkeys. Four-year-old Fuku-chan has already two years of experience under his furry belt. His main duty is delivering hot towels to customers before they order their drinks. This is how 12 year-old Yat-chan learned the tricks of the trade. [Kaoru Otsuka, Tavern Owner]: "Yat-chan first le...

For higher resolution watch http://www.ntdtv.com / to watch more on youtube : http://youtube.com/user/NTDTV choose playlist and then "Divine Performing Arts" You've heard of the Chinese New Year, now experience it. Live singing, dance, and traditional Chinese culture is on stage at Radio City Music Hall and around the world at NTDTV's 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular. Buy Tickets today! You won't regret it....

CHAN: A sledgehammer battle took place at the South Korean Parliament today, literally. Parliament members opposing a a closed door meeting broke into a conference with sledgehammers and crowbars. One person suffered a head injury while others scuffled. Doors were knocked off their hinges while a desk used as a barricade was reduced to splinters. STORY: Members of South Korea's Grand National Party had barricaded themselves in the foreign affairs committee office, propping furniture against the door to keep Democratic Party members out. They wanted to finally approve legislation to a free trade deal with the United States. But Democratic Party members opposing the deal broke their way ...

For higher resolution watch http://www.ntdtv.com / to watch more on youtube : http://youtube.com/user/NTDTV choose playlist and then "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" On the Unscrupulous Nature of the Chinese Communist Party What is most terrifying is that the CCP is going all out to try to destroy the moral foundation of the entire nation, attempting to turn every Chinese national to various degrees into a scoundrel in order to create an environment favorable for the CCP to "advance with time." It is especially important for us to understand clearly why the CCP acts like scoundrels and to discern its criminal nature....

Beijing has unveiled an economic stimulus program totaling $586 billion. It aims to bolster domestic demand and help avert global recession, but will it work? Also, U.S.-China policy, is Obama's change for real?...

For higher resolution watch http://www.ntdtv.com / to watch more on youtube : http://youtube.com/user/NTDTV choose playlist and then "Divine Performing Arts" From Shen Yun (Divine Beauty) Performance (October 2006) The erhu, also called nanhu, and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin" or "Chinese two-string fiddle," is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. It is the most popular instrument in the huqin family of Chinese bowed string instruments, together with the zhonghu, gaohu , banhu, jinghu, sihu, and numerous others. If you like this, please don't miss the "Divine Performing Arts Chinese N...

CHAN: And now for an update on China's poisonous milk scandal. The poisons in some milk might not be just from pure melamine, but actually from melamine scrap that has other chemicals in it. Melamine is a nitrogen-rich chemical. It is normally used for processing products like plastic, glue, textiles, flame-retarding agents and rubber antioxidants. It does not have any nutritional value, but it can be added to milk or animal feed to make it look like it has more protein when tested. By itself, however, melamine is not toxic in low doses, so it's still not clear how the tainted milk has caused kidney stones and kidney failure in thousands of babies. But melamine scrap—which is a lef...

STORY: Masaki Ogawara is a 35-year-old printing company salesman with a lot on his mind. Now a visibly happier man thanks to his dish-smashing therapy at the anti-stress project "The Venting Place". Begun only one month ago, it's really just a couple of concrete slabs on the back of a truck where passers-by like Ogawara dish out about two dollars to smash a cup or saucer. Ogawara says he's ready to return to work. [Masaki Ogawara, Salesman]: "Life is pretty complicated and there are a lot of things to worry about right now so this was refreshing. I now feel like I can start afresh again tomorrow," IT consultant Shigeo Sasaki also said the current recession was getting him down. ...

The United Nations Committee against Torture has told China to improve its monitoring of abuses in prisons and hospitals after a series of meetings in Geneva. Our correspondent spoke to the Conscience Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that monitors Chinas human rights abuses. Lets take a look. China is under heavy scrutiny for its use of torture on Falun Gong practitioners in its state-run prisons and hospitals. According to a report by the United Nations Committee against Torture released on Friday says "China should immediately conduct or commission an independent investigation of the claims that some Falun Gong practitioners have been subjected to torture and used for organ tra...

Taiwanese enjoying the spectacle at the foot of the tallest building in the world, and its not just Taiwanese, Jean Franceshi came all the way from France. [Jean-Lavrent Franceschi, Student] Well I have seen the fireworks on French television when I was in France, so this year I ma in Taiwan and it is a very good and exciting opportunity to see in real time, the fireworks in Taipei 101 Since the building was completed in 2004 Taipei 101 has displayed new years fireworks every year and attracted attention from around the world. [Jean-Lavrent Franceschi, Student] There are 7 hours of difference between Taiwan and France so the first pictures we can see on television come from Asia, so Toky...