it's 10:00 p.m. in tokyo. welcome to "newsline." i'm michio kijima. transportation officials in shanghai say human error is to blame for an accident on the city's subway system. two trains collided on tuesday injuring 284 people. one train rear-ended another on shanghai's number 10 line. four hours after the accident, officials in charge of the subway network resumed service. but in an about face, they suspended service running

through the crash site and other sections of the system on wednesday morning to conduct checks. officials say they took measures to ensure safety. all trains started running again in the evening. transit authority posted an announcement online about accident. they said the subway signal system lost power and stopped working. an operator tried to manually run the train that caused the crash. that goes against protocol. the subway signal system is made by the same company implicated in the fatal high speed rail crash that happened in july in eastern china. in addition, a signal system failure on the same subway line in late july caused a train to suddenly start moving into the opposite direction. people are voicing their anger about this recent accident e another accident. another person says china's leaders made the decision

because they don't have to ride the subway. we have been gauging public reaction to the crash from shanghai. >> reporter: the accident occurred in a subway route that opened in april last year to coincide with the start of the shanghai expo. transport authorities say they were more than 500 passengers on the two trains. july's high speed rail crash in the eastern city of wenzo killed four people. the handling of the accident provoked widespread public anger. authorities in shanghai are now facing a similar wave of criticism. a satellite tv station in hong kong conducted an online survey talking to people across china on wednesday. it found that 60% of respondents said the accident was a result of professional negligence and that authorities have not learned any lessons from july's rail crash.

many respondents also voiced concerns over the rapid expansion of subway lines. they say that yet more safety problems might occur in the future. >> translator: the frequent accidents are evidence that the operators are not meeting their responsibility for safe operations. >> reporter: the subway accident comes to us two months after the high speed rail crash. chinese transport authorities faced the challenge of finding out exactly why the accident happened in order to ease the concerns and mistrust people have with the nation's transit systems. nhk world, shanghai. north korean leader kim jong-il's youngest son seems to be consolidating his position as his father's successor one year after he was appointed to a key post. kim jong-un was named vice chairman of the central military commission of the ruling korean workers party on september 28th last year. he has accompanied his father on tours around the country and they attended a military parade

together on north korea's fodation day on septembe9t kim jong-un joined his father in a meeting with the visiting laotian president choummaly sayasone last friday. north korea's state-run media are releasing photos and videos that foc othyog m. but kim jong-un has yet to make any domestic tour on his own or visit other countries. none of his remarks have been published and his recorded voice has not been heard by the public. the north korean leadership is expected to publicize this achievement he'd of next year's 100 anniversary of his grandfather's birth and the country's founder kim il-sung. former ambassador peter hughes who served in pyongyang for three years spoke to reporters

in seoul on wednesday before returning to britain. >> in terms of atmosphere, we felt no concern amongst the people. i can only say that there is not as far as we can tell universal support for this process. >> hughes noted a younger generation loyal to kim jong-un is on the rise within the korean people's army and the korean workers party.rmy c of staff ri yong ho will likely be appointed as kim jong-un's guardian. north korea called for a continued dialogue as efforts intensify towards resuming the six-party takes on the country's nuclear program. deputy foreign minister pak kil yon addressed the u.n. general assembly on tuesday. he said the united states is the main party responsible for and

capable of removing the root cause of tensions on the korean peninsula. he said the u.s. should move towards fu-fed diague thorth korea based and a long-term perspective. the u.s., japan and south korea have said the six-party talks cannot restart until the north takes concrete steps toward denuclearization. they want the halting of uranium enrichment program and accepting insections. and a major issue between japan and the united states. the u.s. pacific command chief says merging the function of densely populated futenma air station with another prefecture, kadena air base, is not being considered at present. >> the opposition, frankly, by the local mayors and local communities with regard to any additions to kadena, it is not

on the table in terms of recommendation from paycom at the moment. >> u.s. deputy defense secretary ashton carter had said earlier this month that merging futenma's function into kadena remains on the table as a way forward for the stalled plan to reduce the u.s. mililililililit burden on okinawa. his latest remarks suggest that the u.s. military is not studying the option seriously. the merger was proposed by a group of influential u.s. senators, including the chairman of the armed services committee, carl levin. one of the latest and lightest passenger jets in the world touched down in japan on wednesday. all nippon air ways will start operating the 787 dreamliner next month. boeing made the plane. it is relatively small compared to the company's famous jumbo jet, the boeing 747. still, the dreamliner is expected to have a big impact on the aviation industry. nhk world explains.

>> reporter: the brand-new jetliner landed at tokyo's haneda airport on a sunny morning. it is three years behind schedule. but that didn't dampen the excitement. >> translator: i'm really moved to witness this historic moment. >> reporter: on the surface, the dreamliner looks like a regular midsized aircraft. it's much lighter, though. the fuselage and wings are made of carbon fiber. >> translator: it is a very fuel efficient airplane. the 787 burns 20% less fuel than conventional planes of its size. >> reporter: the dreamliner can carry up to 300 passengers. it is the fastest of its class that can travel nonstop between tokyo and the u.s. east coast.

all nippon air ways pilots will start flying the 787 next month. we are getting a look inside today. boeing says the carbon fiber air frame is strong, so the windows can be bigger. i'm sitting on an aisle seat, but i still have a great view. the size of the windows is about 1.3 times larger than those of a conventional aircraft. all the cabin lights are l.e.d. they consume less energy and it helps to create a more relaxed environment. the dreamliner's cockpit is dgs.pped with the latest safet e anart da le speed and altitude. pilots can fly without looking down at the instruments.

japanese manufacturers provided about 35% of the pilarts for th dreamliner. so why did boeing choose to develop this kind of aircraft? the company says the aviation industry would be turning to midsized planes over the next 20 years. onomie willlhe trd.h of emerging a new survey sges domesti flight market in china will grow by 7. 2% annually until 2030. in india, expansion will be 9.8% higher. inner city air travel is expected to boom. boeing says passenger demand for flights between smaller destinations will increase. travelers usually fly i large planes to major cities and

transfer to smaller jets to reach their final destination. boeing says midsized aircraft will reduce stopovers. when boeing is thinking small, its competitor airbus has been thinking big. very big. it developed the largest commercial plane, the a-380. people call this a flying hotel. the seats and aisles are most spacious in the sky. one airline even introduce d luxury cabins. airbus says the a-380 will handle growing traffic volumes between the world's megacities and large airport hubs. the plane can carry more than 500 passengers. it started flying in 2007. there are now 54 in operation. boeing's dreamliner has some

catching up to do. it will make its first commercial flight to hong kong on october 26th. then the battle between boeing and airbus is expected to heat up. which company will be able to fly higher and dominate the aviation industry? with another global financial crisis looming, the competition is expected to be fierce. susumu co-jima, nhk world, tokyo. the japanese auto industry is on a steady recovery track. domestic output of major carmakers in august rose for the first time since the march 11th disaster. eight companies announced their monthly output on wednesday. their total is about 670,000 units. that's up 1.7% from a year ago. to motors saw a jump of nearly 12%. daihatsu, a rise of about 9%.

suzuki, almost 6% increase. and mazda, a rise of 5.6%. many of the automakers say their output is returning to normal levels d t a recovery in parts sulyhat had bee haer bth mch disaster. the firms planned to hire more seasonal workers from october to boost their production. the head of the philippine central bank expressed concern about the potential impact on the merging economies from europe's debt problems. the governor who is visiting tokyo said on wednesday that his country's economy grew over 7% last year and remains upbeat. but he went on to say that if the credit uncertainties about europe continue, that they would be affected. the governor said in the 1997 asian currency crisis, increased exports to advanced nations helped affected economies recover. but he said if another crisis occurs now, emerging economies cannot expect too much from the

industrialized nations as their economic recovery is slow. here are the latest market figures. the death toll from the

japanese earthquake and tsunami is close to 16,000. and 4,000 people are still not accounted for. we have a report about a man who spent more than six months searching for the missing. >> reporter: hirofumi is the captain of a japan coast guard patrol boat in miyagi prefecture. he searches for missing people ever since the disaster. he's helped recover dozens of bodies. >> translator: the search teams are gradually being scaled down, so people with missing relatives must be losing hope. they want us to keep searching. >> reporter: a memorial service was held in kesennuma on september 11th. onadera was there.

he himself has two missing relatives, his mother and his eldest son, yuki. when the earthquake struck, musko and yuki were at home. >> translator: they fled up to that shrine. >> reporter: the two fled to higher ground. but the tsunami swept them away. he remembered his mother and son when he visited the spot where the family's house once stood. >> translator: a ping pong table in the shed reminds me of my son. >> reporter: onadera goes to the same place every time he has a day off. it's a beach nearby. he's been looking for things that belonged to his loved ones. in may, he came across a backpack that his son used in elementary school. onadera says he'll also keep

searching for the bodies, not as coast guard officer, but as a father and son. >> translator: i've spent six months searching, but there may still be places i haven't looked. i still love my mother and my son. i'd hold them in my arms, if i could see them again. >> reporter: over 300 people are missing in kesennuma alone. onodera is determined to continue his search until he recovers the last remains of precious souls still drifting in the ocean. gene otani earlier talked to nhk world's reporter hiroki yajima who is in our sendai

studio. >> we've just seen one man continuing to search for missing family members, and are there many people like him in other affected areas? >> yes, there are. the families of the missing often visit police stations and morgues. they want to learn as much as they can about the unidentified bodies, including physical characteristics and causes. each family has a different way of accepting the death of their loved ones. many say that they aren't able to come to terms with their loss until a body is found. but six months after the disaster, they are eventually coming to accept their loved ones' death as a reality, even without bodies or personal effects. >> have they actually started the legal process, like registering death certificates? >> yes, indeed. police say nearly 70% of the missing have been officially declared dead throughout the

devastated areas. in japan, it's believed that the souls of ancestors return home during the buddhist bong festival in mid-august. applications for death certificates for family members increased since then. onodera himself reported the death of his mother and son at the beginning of this month. but he said he has determined to continue looking for clues about them, as well as other missing people. he feels this helps him to accept his loss and sort out his feelings. that's all from sendai. that was our reporter, hiroki yajima, speaking with gene otani. time to check on some of the stories we have gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with the item sent by ddi india. at least seven people were kill and 25 injured when a building collapsed in a wle ty of old delhi on tuesday.

police say the building collapsed due to construction work on an adjacent house. a 5-year-old boy was pulled from the rubble on wednesday. rescuers fear several more people may be trapped. they're now working to clear the debris. a senior government official vitethsi aromised an veigiointo tauf e cint. bangladesh's hindu community is celebrating their faith's biggest festival. the week-long event started on tuesday. devotees chanted hymns and sang songs calling on the goddess known as the destroyer of evil. the faithful have erected about 28,000 open air pavilions around the country to worship. about 10% of the bangladeshi population is hindu. the overwhelming majority of people in the country are muslim. sri lanka's indigenous martial art is one of the oldest in the world. the country's national broadcaster slrc spotlights this

discipline and its unique training methods. it traces its history to king rawana, said to have ruled the island thousands of years ago. trainees are picked on their spiritual, physical and mental strength. as part of their training, they have to study astrology, meditation and chanting. according to legend, about 20,000 fighterseldeft an invading army from south india in the1tceur hi there. welcome back. time to talk about weather. let's talk about the typhoon nasa that has been bringing damaging torrential flooding situation to the northern philippines. we have a video from manila today. this is some video coming up from manila earlier today, showing some of the damage that

was sustained when typhoon nesat blew thrgh the philippine capital on tuesday. you see some of the destruction unleashed on coastal areas. some people are trying to rebuild their homes that have been destroyed by huge waves and sand. floodwaters killed at least 18 pe 35 are still missing. this is the situation that this typhoon nesat has brought to us. and looks like it is tracking towards hainan now. it is well offshore from the western seaboard of the philippines. but the high waves are picking up to about 4.5 meters high. storm surges and also rough sea conditions are going to still prevail. now, this is going to be trekking towards hainan making landfall thursday evening. as a typhoon, perhaps. and downgrading itself into tropical depression as it makes probably another landfall in northern vietnam. we'll definitely keep a very close eye on this system.

it is still very large, strong typhoon. and it will be bringing ample moisture toward southeastern coast of china. it is already going to be starting to bring lots of rain in the next 24 hours, especially in hainan as you can see, 250 millimeters or more. rain will be accumulated here. this is tropical storm nagai. a little short break for the philippines and, again, into the weekend. it looks like another storm will come. typhoon's intensity is expected as it might make landfall in northern philippines. again, a very slow motion and westerly motion this nalgae, so let's keep a close eye on this system as well. here in japan, looking very dry for you out here. but a couple of low pressure systems in northeastern china as well as the one over the korean ninsulwill be ming in towards jan. locally heavy rain might be ft on friday.

cooler weather in olin batur, 5 low is minus 8 degrees, so very chilly up there.gric adtialfnoer may fall in some areas. it wille lgeng there a little while lo igri, yb a flood possible from torrential fa th lds aea sured t pvisaial and maybe hail as well as thdetos,hi a sonrierg litnqut tn should say. and itill be very windy in

montana and north dakota. winds gust up flowing so on the northern portion, it is going to be very wet and cool. sunny and d here, high pressure dominates. fod here are your temperates, 27

once again, the top story at this hour. transportation officials in shanghai say human error is to blame for an accident on the city's subway system. two trains collided on tuesday injuring 284 people. one train rear-ended another on shanghai's number 10 line. four hours after the accident, officials in charge of the subway network resumed service. with an about face, they suspended service running through the crash site and other sectionsf the system on wednesday morning to conduct checks. officials say they took measures to ensure safety.

all trains started running again in the evening. transit authorities posted an announcement online about the accident. they said the subway signal system lost power and stopped working. an operator tried to manually run the train that caused the crash. that goesed against protocol. the subway's signal system is made by the same company implicat ithe fat high eera cshhahaen july in eastern china. in addition, the signal system line in late july caused a train to suddenly start moving in thepos. people are voicihe aer abt e ce aidt li. e rs aus the operator of resuming services before it clarifies a cause of tuesday's crash. another person says china's leader made a decision because they don't have to ride the subway. that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in

half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.