center of the storm. the former chairman of japan's paper faces a criminal investigation. she accused of borrowing tens of millions of dollars and then gambling it away. welcome to "newsline." >> now his grandson is accused of jeopardizing the company's future. the people running the japanese

paper maker have filed a criminal complaint. to the tune of about $113 million. tokyo prosecutors are going to launch an investigation for allegedly causing huge financial damage to the company. between last year and this year. prosecutors have began on a volunteer basis. he admitted he borrowed the money for personal use. sources close to the case say he spent most of the money in casi casinos. >> many are unhappy with the military rulers and unhappy with the pace of change.

they've returned to the streets just like they did earlier this year when they helped end the three-year reign of hosni mubarak. so far at least 20 people have died since the protests broke out on friday. 1,800 others have been hurt. the demonstrators are mostly young people. they're gathering in major urban centers including the egyptian capital and the country's second largest city, alexandria. this is a staging point for protests.

police officers are using rubber bullets and tear gas to disburse protesters. some are from neighboring cities. fighting has also broken out in districts surrounding the square. protesters are luring police forces into narrow allies and throwing stones from the tops of buildings. >> translator: we demand only that the military transfer power to citizens. we're protesting the deaths of demonstrators. >> egypt is scheduled to have a parliamentary election on november 28th. it's supposed to be an important step in its journey towards democracy. the ruling military council says voting will take place as scheduled. >> this will bring about the first change of power in spain in seven and a half years. saying the ongoing economic crisis gave a big boost. the people are voicing few expectations. >> translator: since the ongoing crisis is a worldwide issue.

>> spain's unemployment rate is more than 22% and the worst in the euro zone. the year of the government bonds are surging. now focused on whether the government can quickly implement austerity measures. and a crash was determined to be caused by poor management. the leader of a panel told the beijing times that railway workers caused a high speed train to ram into a stopped one. the collision killed 40 people. has caused other problems.

the government has yet announced the results of the probe. the end of the long process punished for those responsible for some of the worst crimes in the country's history. the supreme court ton turned down an appeal for a senior member of the aum cult. they helped manufacture deadly weapon, sarin nerve gas. aum members released the gas in tokyo's subway system in 1995. the defendant is 51-year-old endo, a veterinarian who rose to the top of the chemical division. he was charged with murder in connection with the tokyo sarin gas attack. endo followed an order from aum founder matsumoto who goes by the name chizuo matsumoto. he is charged with the death penalty and charged with releasing a gas in tokyo and

another city. nerve gas but didn't know what it was to be used for. ruling endo used his scientific knowledge for ill when he produced the sarin. many still suffer from health problems and families from those who died are still suffering mentally. a spokesperson says they will continue to compensate the victims. 16 years of legal proceedings did not help dig up many answers. we still don't know why the leaders tried to take over japan and we don't know why highly educated young people joined the religious group.

>> we don't know how the members produced the gas but we do have some clues. here is what i found out in my conversation with the man who was a consultant. >> dna. there are about 1500 base pairs of genes in your dna. if we try to replicate them using eco-lie, we can do that. >> is that possible? >> it is. >> you are working hard. >> you think so? >> we still don't know why scientists and elite doctors who were educate universities became obsessed. journalists exchanged letters with jailed aum members for years. this man was sentenced to death for his involvement in the murder of a lawyer and his

family. >> disciples were required to write a will. in other words, you had to be prepared to give up your life. you could not make trouble for the cult in anyway. >> this man played a role in the sarin gas attack. >> i only understood the sarin attack as an act of salvation. it's absurd to think that i didn't know that i was committing mass murder. the rules which were equivalent to god, were absolute. >> she lost her husband in the sarin gas attack. she has attended the aum trials over the years. >> translator: i really wanted to find out what the police were doing back then. >> delayed police investigations

gave aum members the opportunity to attack tokyo. the former supt general of tokyo's metropolitan police department led the aum probe. he said the cult's status as a religious organization hindered investigators from assuming it had planned terrorist attacktiveties. >> police act when something happens but prevention is quite difficult. >> i have never known who was telling the truth. >> nhk world senior reporter joins us with more on the story. what sort of closure did these trials bring? >> the founder has not experienced it himself.

but we've spoken to some saying how the convicted who knows about the real situation surrounding the attacks. she asked to remain anonymous. she said our members were on high alert in the mid-1990s, because the police were going up to them. she says that was the factor behind the tokyo attack. what they say about the motive for this person? >> translator: several executives said prior to the subway attack there was an upheaval inside the cult because the police had stepped up their crackdown on the group. i heard that instructions for are the attacks were passed down through the chain of command, but no one knew how matsumoto was involved. >> what else do we know about the cult's crimes? >> we don't know exactly how their members produced sarin gas, but we do have some clues. here's what i found out in my

conversation with the man who was consulted. has do you know about how they produced sarin gas? >> translator: an executive told me they learned how to make sarin gas from scientific documents. this person was saying it was not so difficult. the executive said they were producing not only sarin gas but also stimulants. they sold those drugs to gangsters. another executive told me they exchanged the drugs for russian guns. >> police obtained the information shouting our members were involved in a drug trade but couldn't find evidence to back it up. >> what happened to them? are they still around? >> it's broken into two groups. the biggest one, senior aum members head it up. they have about 1,500 members altogether in facilities nationwide.

they recruit new members without revealing aum's past. it's really about 100 people that join every year. they tell us young people who don't know much about aum's deadly crimes have been the main target. japan's public security intelligence agency is monitoring this and in order to prevent crime of this nature from happening again. japanese authorities must do everything they can to find out what motivated the members when they committed the crimes. the sarin gas attacks shattered many lives. some people are bedridden still suffering from shock. they deserve answers. >> they sure do. thanks our reporter, reporting for us tonight.

>> we have two segments offering two unique perspectives. nuclear watch brings you insight and information and the road ahead examines japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss nuclear watch and the road ahead on "newsline." in cambodia, after years of preparation, the trial of former khmer rouge leader has begun in earnest on monday. accused of orchestrating atrocities in the 1970s that contributed to the deaths of some 1.7 million people. survivors of victims families are hoping the trial will shed light on the dark chapter of the country's history after more than three decades. the u.n. tribunal opened monday. proceedings began with the

prosecution laying out the charge against the three defendants. they are the second in command, former deputy prime minister and the former head of state. the three men are accused of crimes against humanity and genocide. nearly one-fifth of the population was slaughtered or died during forced labor in just three years under the command's regime. >> ten members of my family were killed. i still feel sad, but i hope that the trial will uncover the truth. >> cambodians are hoping the trial will go smoothly as the defendants are all in their 80s. a fourth defendant was ruled unfit for trial, because she was recently diagnosed with dementia. in afghanistan, a decision

by the country's traditional grand assembly to support a plan for u.s. troops to remain in the country has stirred mixed reaction. the taliban condemned the agreement until all foreign forces have left. we have the report. >> reporter: the assembly of more than 2,012 dignitaries concluded a four-day session on saturday. members agreed to allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan until 2024. ten years beyond the planned transfer of authority, but set conditions such as night waves. the taliban responded sunday way statement that criticized the assembly of the representative saying the agreement was reached by delegates who support the foreign military presence. the taliban repeated its position that all international

forces must leave afghanistan. in this eastern city, about 1,000 people, including many students took to the streets to protest the decision, but others are concerned that afghan forces are not ready to protect the country by themselves. some. some say the taliban can take over on the back of u.s. sentiment. for nhk world. >> next we have a report from mayanmar's capital, a city that remains shrouded in mystery. in 2005, the military government suddenly announced it was moving the capital to a city 300 kilometers north. since then the media has had little access to the country's center of power. but that is changing now as the

government tries to persuade the world that it is moving towards democracy. >> reporter: an expressway connects this city and the capital city. we have entered the city. buildings rise in the middle of lush greens. there are brand new residential areas. >> it is a first assembly in a half century because the nation has long been under military

rule. some members of the parliament have traditional attire. they are ethnic minorities. uniforms dominate the house. out of 440 seats, 25% are allocated to active members of the military. the rest are occupied by people from the 2010 election. nearly 80% of them belong to the ruling party. they are lead by senior membes.s it has been offered to the media. how do the members of the parliament feel about it? >> translator: it's a good sign.

>> translator: it is good. very good for democracy. >> reporter: back in the country's largest city and the former capital, yangon, changes are apparent in people's eviden everyday lives. pictures featured on the front pages of newspapers. the government views the progress of video showing websites for anti-governmental pages on the internet. but the restriction was suddenly lifted in september. >> i'm glad to see something we couldn't see before. >> the military regime ended and changes are coming in mayanmar.

nhk world. >> and that wraps up our bulletin for today in bangkock. >> thanks. ross is up next with sumo. 5. the excitement at the grand sumo tournament is picking up as the big names are paired up. let's see how the two leaders did on day nine. text book sumo in this march. the ozaki loses his belly to raise the center of gravity. cruises to a ninth consecutive victory. it's a crush out so he has yet

to lose as an ozeki. and looking for a fifth straight championship, getting his first look at promising newcomer who is in just his forth division. if he is nervous, he gives him all he can handle going chest to chest with hakuho, but the king of the ring continues his reign. he is still perfect. >> the other person of interest in this tourny is one aiming to move up. he has seven wins and needs at least four more to earn promotion but he is up against fuji who has a 20-13 record. the mighty mongolian works to get a deep grip with his right

arm. that snaps him in an upright position throughout this struggle. he tries several times to get out of the awkward position, but to no aveil. haramafuji ends with an under shoulder swing down. here is the race after nine days. hakuho still the heavy favorite while kotoshogiku is approaching 11 straight wins. there is now a gap of two wins. on day ten, hakuho will meet and kotoshogiku will face another hard match. tune in to see if the leader board is shaken up. >> thank you. we have weather up next.

hi there and welcome back. let's take a look at your weather conditions starting off with asia. a video coming out from hokkaido. we saw a lot of snow down there. we have a present 33 centimeters in the past 24 hours of snowfall in parts of hokkaido and here, about 15 centimeters has snow. on the sea of japan's side of hokkaido, an additional 40 centimeters of snowfall is expected by tomorrow night. it looks like the snow will continue to accumulate there. however, the worst of the blowing snow and blizzard conditions are over fortunately, and if you pull back, you can see we will see some precipitation just along the sea of japan coast and we will also see winds that will be strong in hokkaido especially picking up the waves up to about six meet, high. seeing the wintry weather continue and also rain here. locally heavy at times, but for much of the rest of japan looking very dry and sunny. we have a low pressure system that will be rapidly developing just over the yellow sea moving across the korean peninsula overnight tuesday and then that system will bring locally heavy rain towards japan, in towards our wednesday. much of mongolia and china looking calm, but temperatures

cool. locally heavy rain at times. much of the rest of japan looking dryer and sunny. we have a low pressure system that will be rapidly developing just over the yellow sea, which will be moving across the korean peninsula on tuesday. that system will wring locally heavy rain towards japan in towards our wednesday. much of mongolia and china looking very calm but the temperatures are going to be very cold. the monsoonal flow is still affecting eastern philippines and hainan in vietnam bringing unstable weather the next couple of days. and the high, beijing 10 degrees. tokyo, 14 degrees. manila and bangkok in the lower 30s. heading over to the america, let's first talk about a tropical storm kenneth.

now kenneth has potential of becoming a hurricane even later today. local time. it's not going to be bringing us any coastal warnings or coastal watches. knott in effect yet but we'll keep an eye on this system for you. in the bigger picture, a winter storm that's a very strong cold front that will push in towards the pacific northwest. snow accumulation of up to 40 centimeters may be seen in northern montana, idaho as well as the cascades, in higher elevations. in lower elevations, this system will bring hefty rain. that is going to accumulating and winds are going to be picking up about 55 kilometers in most of these areas. we've got nothing too significant but upper level low. the four corners. this is what we're going to be looking at. severe conditions here. texas and also arkansas, we're going to be looking at 100

millimeters or more of rain to come. we're very concerned with flash flooding and also severe weather just around those areas along that storm, and we will see damping winds, hail as well as some isolated tornadoes could even touch down in these areas. temperature wise, winnipeg we're looking at minus 7. es 7 degrees. very cold. oklahoma city, temperatures 6 degrees as of monday's high. and 18 degrees. new york, very chilly at 9. and here's our extended forecast.

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