In Japan, weak Q4 economic data poses an early test for PM Takaichi as cost-of-living pressures weigh on confidence. Also on East Asia Tonight, Tokyo files protest with Beijing over top diplomat, Wang Yi's comment that Japan is returning to militarism. Meanwhile power transmission trial begins at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. In other headlines, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveils new homes for familes of soldiers killed in support of Russia, in its war against Ukraine. 00: