casting a shadow. the debt crisis in greece and rest of the eurozone dominates discussions at the g-20 meeting. welcome to nhk world "newsline." top leaders are winding up the sum ilt in summit in loss cabos, mexico.

they spent most of the first day of the two-day meeting talking about how to respond to europe's debt crisis. one of the key issues is how to limit the spread of the crisis. what do the european leaders say about this on first day? >> reporter: yes, well, they are well aware that they are in the spotlight coming under heavy pressure from other countries. they are trying hard to show they are doing all they can to contain the crisis. eu president and barrosso held a summit and promised to draw up a timetable by the end of this month for overcoming credit issues. the two leaders said the eu will produce short to mid-term measures. and target for easing pressures. they include unified banking supervision for europe. ed leaders are trying to get a better grip on the financial assets in each country. the eu is also trying to create a close fiscal union. >> this isn't what it will make

possible to achieve lasting confidence and truly sustainable growth. these steps will show the word that the euro and european project are irreversible. >> what's the united states -- >> reporter: they are getting increasingly frustrated because the crisis is dragging on. it has started hurting the u.s. economy. the u.s. thinks that richer eurozone countries should give more support for its struggling members. >> reporter: chancellor merkel urged stronger leadership to overcome the crisis. the united states plans to ask china and other emerging economies to implement stimulus measures and to try to expand the domestic demand.

>> they'll do a joint declaration, do we know what it's going to say? >> reporter: the eurozone members are likely to pledge to take all necessary policy measures. g-20 leaders are expected to show their full support for eu efforts to tackle the crisis. the language will be stronger than the messages they have sent before. at the same time, the leaders plan to put more emphasis on achieving economic growth. they will apparently argue that fiscal reconstruction won't be achieved by tough debt cutting measures alone. >> all right, thank you, reiko reporting from los cabos, mexico. the imf is beefing up its war chest to help contain europe's debt crisis. they have announced that it will revenue contributions that will boost the size of its new crisis fund to $456 billion. the imf said an additional 12

countries made pledges on the sidelines of the g-20 summit. among them is china, promised to provide $43 billion and india and mexico and russia would each contribute $10 billion, while turkey pledged $5 billion. japan has already announced a $60 billion contribution. managing director christine la guard salutes them and their commitment and says the new contributions would almost double the imf's lending capacity. at the g-20 summit emerging economies are joining hands to build a fire wall against the impact of the debt crisis. they are brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. the so-called bricks countries are considering a currency swap agreement in case a financial crisis strikes them. the plan has been unveiled by the managing director of the people's bank of china's international department.

he said top leaders agreed during the meeting to consider currency swap accord among them. such an agreement is designed to help a country that's running out of foreign currencies used for intervention. they are also considering establishing a bank to support developing countries in asia and other regions. thousands of japanese are bracing themselves as typhoon guchol has again made landfall in eastern japan on tuesday evening. it's dumping torrential rain across many coastal areas. it is the first typhoon in eight years to directly hit honshu

honshu, government officials ordered evacuate of 1500 people in northeastern japan, coastal areas are on alert for high waves. also in miyagi prefecture, they issued evacuation advisories for possible floods affecting 10,000 people. also in miyagi prefecture, they issued evacuation advisories for possible floods affecting 5,000 people. the storm has disrupted transportation networks across japan. airlines have canceled more than 450 domestic flights. 42 international flights have also been grounded. the weather team has been following the path of the typhoon. what's the latest? >> it has downgraded to severe tropical storm. slowly tracking its way towards the northeastern direction towards the quake-hit region, yes. at the speed of 70 kilometers per hour, what a very speedy storm, so it will be moving

off-shore pretty soon, by wednesday afternoon hours. but still, packing up gusts of 162 kilometers per hour, these damaging winds are already injuring numerous people, downing power lines and damaging trees and houses. these also packing up the winds and waves, high waves, in the coastal area, about 10 meters high in these regions. even the western seaboard up to five meters of high waves could be possible and drenching rain fall is going to be continuing with this gochol. looks like it'll be downgrade need a tropical storm and move towards the region where people are still in shelters. the quake-hit region where it is very prone to flooding. but 250 millimeters of rain fall could still be possible in and around the region. take a look up to that, up to

400 in addition to more than 400 millimeters have been accumulated in the past 24 hours, so we will keep a very close eye on this system for you. back to you, gene. >> we will have more weather later on. japan's science minister says the government will review last year's decision to withhold reliable data on the accident at fukushima daiichi. he is trying to figure out why maps provided by the united states were kept under wraps. they were based on aerial surveys taken immediately after the accident. they showed high levels of radiation in areas to the northwest of the facility. u.s. authorities sent the maps to japan on march 18th and 20th last year. but officials at the science ministry and japan's safety industry didn't make them public. they are defending how staff

handled the matter. he says their job is only to measure radiation levels on hand. but he is urging the government to rethink its decision to not share the map information and put it to use. he also says government officials will continue study whether making the maps public would have helped evacuation efforts. the tsunami that hit northeastern japan last year left more than 18 million tons of debris in its wake. disposing of the debris is showing to be a major and costly problem. they are hoping municipalities around the country will help with the clean-up. but few have stepped forward.

last august once of there was a fire. the government has been struggling to transfer its debris to temporary storage sites. only half of the debris has so far been taken. >> translator: temperatures will rise in summer and flies o colora could transmit infection. i don't think we can dream of a future as long as the debris remains. >> the government plans to dispose of the debris by march 2014. part of its disposal plan would see if places around the country accept some 2.5 million tons. so far other countries agreed but only making 43% of the

target amount. many local governments are reluctant to help out over concern of radio active contamination. rerecently members visited the site to see a disposal facility. they are hoping to reassure skeptical residents. >> that's a bag substance on the side where particles are broken up. so what is coming out is steam, not smoke. >> people in japan are critical of the slow disposal pace. they also say the government is not releasing information on the safety of the debris quickly enough. facing growing criticism, the government says the radio active safety limits are between 240 and 480 bic rels.

officials are considering whether to accept the debris. >> the safety standards are not trusted by people in japan. there will be a stricter standard than the national one. >> but the residents are not as acceptive of taking the debris as local assembly members. a local factory is one of the candidate sites that the governor says will receive debris. they are campaigning against accepting debris. he worked as a radiation technologist at hospital for 25 years before becoming a farmer. >> nature still exists here.

i feel that the potatoes we grow are tastier. >> joined by like-minded citizens, nagata continues studying radio active contaminants from the debris. we have to protect our children. we shouldn't let our town accept the debris without having further confirmation. the safety limits sharply deviate from waste disposal standards set in the past. they will allow contaminated materials to be moved around the nation and destroy jan's beautiful nature. >> one year after the disaster, fears of radio active contamination are keeping local governments around the country from agreeing to accept debris for disposal.

this has left the government in the position where it may not be able to live up to its pledge of completing the disaster clean-up by 2014. >> the governor japan's southern most prefecture is standing ace ground over the deployment of potential military aircraft. he reiterated his opposition to a plan by u.s. forces to operate the osprey in okinawa. he said he will continue to reject the idea until the aircraft safety is proven and public concerns are disspesed. foreign minister met in tokyo, handing over a request but demanding the governor consider deployment. they fail to identify causes behind a number of accidents involving the aircraft.

>> translator: i want central government officials to fully review the u.s. deployment plan for okinawa. they should even consider scrapping it. >> the u.s. marines plan to deploy the osprey at the futenma air station. people in the prefecture are strongly against it. thousands attended a rally sunday adopted a resolution saying they'll never accept the osprey. it is the latest generation transport aircraft and combines of benefit of a helicopter with tilting rot ors may help it make short takeoffs and landings. american military authorities first deploy the osprey in 2007 in the u.s. then later in afghanistan. they also started planning to introduce it in okinawa when critics in japan began pointing to the aircraft's safety record.

osprey crashed last april in morocco, two u.s. marines died and another incident occurred on june 13th during a training run in florida. u.s. officials maintain the aircraft is free of design flaws. their data suggests it has a lower rate of fatal crashes than the ch-46. a defense analyst at the british royal united services institute says that osprey isn't particularly accident prone but points out its relative complexity could increase risk factors early on in a deployment. japan and the united states agreed to press ahead with consultations aimed at japan's entry to trans pacific partnership free trade talks. japanese prime minister noda and

us president barack obama met briefly on tuesday. they reached an agreement after it was announced just before the summit began that mexico would join the tpp talks. noda had a brief conversation with european counselor president and they said they would continue to work together for setting up a free trade agreement between japan and the european union. microsoft unveiled its version of the popular format it take on apple's dominance in the field. microsoft introduced the surface tablet on monday in los angeles. the software giant he new product will come loaded with windows 8 operating system. its cover features a keyboard on the inside flap. the company plans to reduce its dependence on operating software. it is shifting from traditional computers to mobile devices. microsoft says it'll launch a new family of computer-related products in the near future. a full scale investigation is launched into toyota

vehicles. it is feared the cars may catch fire due to an electrical fault near a power bin dough switch. officials at highway traffic safety administration say they're targeting over 1.4 million cars. affected models are camry, camry hybrid, yaris, highlander hybrid and rav 4 built between 2006 and 2008. so far nine people have reportedly been injured from the fault. and 161 claims have been filed. some of those claims prompted a preliminary investigation that began in february. adm administration officials have now expanded it to a full-scale study. executives say they will cooperate fully with the probe. here are the latest market figures.

the third time likely won't be the charm for talks on iran's nuclear program. negotiators are into their second day of discussions of moscow. they are trying to get iranian officials to scale back their country's uranium enrichment program. the united states and western powers are demanding scientists stop enriching uranium to 20%. experts say once the material is at that concentration, it's much easier to enrich it further so it can be used to develop nuclear weapons. representatives from iran

reportedly say they won't discuss the matter until world powers recognize their country's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. rush why's deputy foreign ministers say the opposing positions are tough to reconcile. u.s. and eu leaders are set to impose another round of rankses targeting its crude oil. experts say the divisions between iran and israel are expected to deepen if the talks fail. israeli lead verse threatened a preemtive strike on iranian nuclear facilities. the latest story out of syria is putting more pressure on world leaders who are trying to stop the ongoing violence in the country. members of a syrian human rights group say more than 70 people were killed monday. victims include civilians as well as soldiers on both sides of this conflict. spokespersons for the human

rights groups say 51 civilians and antigovernment fighters died near the capitol damascus and in other areas. they say 28 government soldiers were also killed. fighters with the free syrian army say forces loyal to al-assad attacked a town in the south using shells to pound the area. u.n. cease-fire monitors called a halt to their mission in the country. they say it is now too dangerous and the conflict turned into a civil war. u.s. leaders have scolded russian authorities for their stance on syria. they've even suggested moscow is supplying the assad regime with weapons. so a meeting may not be a surprise between obama and putin didn't amount to much. the leaders met on the side lines of the g-20 summit but failed to narrow their differences on how to end the violence in syria. >> we discussed syria where we agreed that we needed to see a

cessation of the violence. that a political process has to be created. to prevent civil war. >> from my perspective, we have been able to find many commonalities pertaining to many of those issues. >> obama and putin released a joint statement. the document fell short of mentioning their early resignation of president assad, something the u.s. supports. it simply says the two countries share the goal of political transition to a democratic system implemented by the people of syria themselves. . the people of egypt are facing a new wave of turmoil. an islamic fund allist group says its candidate won the election over the weekend. but now the military is strengthening its authority. the muslim brotherhood declared victory based on its own ballot count. the military council said they would honor their promises and

transfer power to a civilian government by the end of the mop and also said they amended egypt's interim constitution and will draft a constitution even after the transfer of power. they say they have the authority to make laws until a new parliament is formed. >> we place a high priority on the good of the nation, above our own privileges. >> they say the generals are refusing to let gf power. they are calling on egyptians to protest against what they say is a coup. u.s. officials express concern over changes they call on military leaders to follow through on their promises. >> we are particularly concerned by decisions that appear to prolong the military's hold on power. >> nuland warned of the impacts

between the u.s. and egypt. officials decided to continue military aid. the aid began 30 years ago after egypt signed a peace treaty with israel. back with more on world weather. >> we have been tracking the severe tropical storm heading towards northern japan. as it does so, dumping, drenching amounts of rain fall. tonight is where central metropolitan tokyo is targeted with torrential rain. as it moves towards the tohoku region, it'll taper off to the west and southern half of japan. even though this is not the typical typhoon season, we have another system over the china sea. it has been lingering for a while, so the rain accumulation is quite staggering. in southeastern china, 140

millimeters reported in the past 24. an addition of 250 millimeters could be possible as this tracks just skillfully in between taiwan and southeastern china. the wind gusts are going to be swelling the water around the areas and picking up high waves as it tracks towards us, which is bad news. it looks like it'll be dissipating by the time it reaches southwestern islands of japan and in towards cushu. but take a look at this. you did see the track moving in towards kushu and that means, bright pink means heavy rain. we will keep a close eye on this for the next 48 hours as well. further flooding is of huge concern in and around the regions. taipei at 32 degrees. seoul also at 32. tokyo, with a very hot sticky

day tomorrow. now the great lakes region has warnings posted. similar areas where the storm activity are still not out of the question. some storms that hit the minnesota region yesterday has downed 70,000 power lines. out towards the cascades and northern rockies, you may even see some snow trying to accumulate in higher elevations but toward the other side of the jet stream here in the four corners of southern california still excessive heat warnings are posted. phoenix, take a look at that. 44 degrees. 35 in chicago. well above average. over to the european continent, we have a jet stream sinking towards central european continents. so here, wet, chilly and unstable conditions. but towards italy and balkin regions, take a look that. vienna up to 34 and on other side, london at 22. here is the extended forecast.

we'll be back with more updates under 30 minutes.

. i'm gene otani in tokyo.