hello, and welcome to "newsline." the death toll is rising from the floods in japan. five people are confirmed dead and five are missing.

three women in their 70s died in hiroshima. one was swept away by floodwaters while the other two were caught in landslides on wednesday. a mudslide destroyed a house on thursday night in gifu. two men and one woman died. in another city, cars are reported to be stuck drifting in floodwaters. three people are unaccounted for. in a shimane prefecture a landslide appeared before dawn on monday. a mother and her two children were trapped. police and firefighters rescued a girl who had suffered a broken leg. the mother and her son were found unconscious but later died. toyota motor plans to build its second assembly plant in brazil to strengthen the business and emerging economies.

the japanese auto giant said on friday that it will spend about $600 million for the construction of the new plant. the factory will be capable of assembling 70,000 vehicles a year, mainly low-priced compact cars for emerging countries. toyota said the construction work will start in september and that the assembly lines will be up and running by the second half of 2012. brazil's economy has been growing fast, even after the world was hit by the financial crisis. toyota is trying to catch up with other automakers in making inroads into emerging markets. the company has started building assembly plants in china and india as well. the court upholds a terrorist sentence. the supreme court rejected the

appeal against a high court ruling that found her guilty of hostage, attempted murder and others. the french ambassador was among others taken by three red army extremists acting under her orders. the high court ruled that she played various key roles in the terrorist attack. she long evaded arrest but was finally detained ten years ago. organ donation is sometimes called the gift of life, but some countries around the world are giving more than others. japan lags far behind other nations when it comes to organ donation. since the law took effect 13 years ago, there have been only 86 organ transplants from brain-dead people. the government hopes to change that statistic by changing the

law. as of saturday organs from brain-dead people can be used unless those individuals have filled out a donor card refusing to participate. if they don't have a card, their families can provide consent. under the old law the organs of brain-dead people could not be used unless they gave consent in a donor card and the families provided their approval. the new law scraps the age restriction. organ transplants from brain-dead children older than three months will be permitted. the law is designed to increase the number of organs available for people that need them. an nhk survey suggests it might not be such a quick fix. nhk sent a questionnaire to 347 medical institutions and a

critical centers in japan. all of these facilities are registered to provide organs from brain-dead donors. 245 of them responded. the survey asked if they will provide organ transplants from brain-dead don ors once the law goes into effect on saturday. only 84 said they would do it for children. facilities that said they cannot provide organ transplants for children were asked to give reasons. 71% said they do not have the systems in place to declare children brain-dead. 38% said they do not have adequate emergency care systems for children. 17% said the burden would be too

great. >> translator: we must think about introducing human and material support such as having transplant coordinators in hospitals or having them come talk to families about donating children's organs for transplants. french prime minister now visiting japan says his country will call for stronger regulation of international finance. during his speech in tokyo on friday, he referred to aspects of the recent financial turmoil in europe including the greek debt crisis. he stressed a need for international cooperation to

tackle such crises saying it is difficult to achieve economic stability and prosperity by relying exclusively on cooperation within the european union. there is a brain wave of a patient in grave condition. even the best doctors find it difficult to figure out if the peaks and valleys is because of activity or the environment. >> i've seen a brain dead child who lived more than two months. children's brains are astonishing. >> this doctor says a child is monitored. doctors are required to confirm the flat brain waves twice 24

hours apart, four times stronger than adults. until now, many children with the disease went abroad to receive a transplant. because of international criticism, they are trying to make organ transplants more accessible. how do you tell parents that they don't need an organ whenned it body is still warm? it's up to the parents to accept their child's death and the new role. she lost her 9-month-old boy five years ago. the boy's heart kept beating for three weeks after all brain

activity stopped. the mother eventually agreed to do nate the boy's organs. >> if you are told your son is brain dead, please offer his organs soon. most parents would not be able to cope with that. the child would look like it is sleeping. if we parents declare our child's death on our own, if we put an end to life support, we would feel that we have killed our loved ones. she doesn't regret her choice. his life has been passed on to the recipients. >> our view of life and death or religious beliefs in japan goes

a long way back. in that sense, we might have to change our mind sets to make organ transplants from brain dead people a part of our principle medical treatments. >> doctors are never allowed to make mistakes when they are announcing brain death. from now on, they also need to so that organ transplants will gain greater acceptance in the country. >> many have yet to express their willingness through cards or papers to donate the organs. medical systems will need to be in effect after the law starts on saturday. japan's space agency

estimates that launching another asteroid probe will cost about $180 million, about 20% more than its predecessor. the japan aerospace exploration agency plans to launch of the next probe in 2014 to carry out research on the origins of life. they say the unmanned probe would reach an asteroid four years after launching, take rock samples possibly containing organic matter, and return to earth in 2020. the agency says higher costs are necessary to enhance the spacecraft's reliability. funding for the project was drastically reduced by the government following screenings last year. the agency says they have delayed the project. it wants to advance to the development phase this year to launch of probe on schedule. the u.s. congress has given

final approval to the financial regulatory reform, one of the obama key policy goals. the legislation will put in place the most dramatic system since the 1930s. the senate voted 60-39 on thursday. it was passed by the house of representatives of last month. this is to avoid a recurrence of the financial crisis. it includes an oversight of the banks and authorities. they also create a new federal agency to protect thefinancial . the bill also imposes limits on financial institutions and dealing with high-risk products. >> good afternoon. the united states congress has now passed a wall street reform bill that will bring greater economic security to families

and businesses across the country. we can't afford another financial crisis just as we're digging out from the last one. >> obama is expected to sign the bill into law next week. the bill, however, has incorporated some of the financial industry's demands. banks are still limited in investments in hedge funds despite calls for a total ban. it also allows banks to handle lower risk derivatives. french prime minister now visiting japan says his country will call for longer regulation of international finance. during his speech in tokyo on friday, he referred to aspects of the recent financial turmoil in europe including the greek debt crisis. he stressed a need for international cooperation to tackle such crises saying it is difficult to achieve economic stability and prosperity by relying exclusively on

cooperation within the european union. he said that the fronts as the chair of the g-8 and g-20 meetings next year will promote discussions for regulation. he added has country supports imposing taxes on high-risk financial activities among other measures. iran's deputy foreign minister has played down u.s. and other international sanctions saying they'll have little or no effect on iran's economy. the deputy foreign minister spoke at a news conference in tokyo on friday.

>> the united nations adopted a resolution in june to impose fresh sanctions on iran over the nuclear program. the u.s. and european union have announced their own set of sanctions targeting iran's energy industry. he cautioned japan against following suit, noting japan has never before followed the example of the united states in imposing sanctions on iran. a tulg muhammad ten meter ship hull has been found six meters below street level. the ship and other debris were probably used as landfill to

extend lower manhattan into the hudson river. >> it was apparently somewhat common to sink ships in landfill as people were building land further out into the hudson river and the east river. but only a happenedfndful of th ships have been found. so it's really quite rare. >> based on the expert's conclusions, the new york authorities will consider preserving the ship as an historic artifact. it's day six in the sumo tournament. let's look at the action from day six. hakuho is at the center.

hakuba is finding it tough. they move forward and that's it. that's all that is needed as hakuba is out. 38 consecutive wins for hakuho. in earlier action on day six, most of the interest was with the two that were undefeated after five days. kotiyoshi was runner up last year. starting strong and seizes a double inside grip, remaining strong and with a grip, he shows his skill and strength to power out the veteran and that makes

it six great wins. kakadu is doing great at the rank of six. he takes the initiative and drives him back. it's on the attack but all of a sudden producing a timely under-arm throw. he stays undefeated. not the best we've seen, but he is still on the billboard. now let's check out the day's results in the top division.

after six days there are four men undefeated. day seven is a saturday. so we hope that there will be a

good crowd in attendance at the gymnasium. join me next time for a recap of all of the action. here is some of the news received from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin in sri lanka. a warship is taking part in a joint military exercise with the navy. it sailed into the eastern harbor this week. the vessel will join in a joint drill which aims to deepen military ties between the two navies. they will also provide medical assistance to civilians on shore. illegal workers have been flooding a new facility in thailand's border province. they are applying for special

permits. earlier this week, thailand opened a new center to verify the nationalities of foreign workers it's a move aimed at reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the country. more than 35,000 people have already had their obligations processed. after getting the papers, they are allowed to work for two years. the indian group has been the fifth currency in the world to get its own symbol. a special panel chose the symbol. the information and broadcasting minister unveiled the symbol in new delhi on friday. the new symbol is a combination of the roman letter without the stand. the symbol will come into use within six months in india.

it will take 18 months to come into use in the international market. hi there. i'm here with your world weather update. let's look at our typhoon. it continues to bear down on hynen is southern china and has waves across parts of thailand and into vietnam and laos and cambodia. as it makes its way further in a northwesterly direction, the winds are waves and very, very strong. look at the country figures right now. sustained winds are 125 figure right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12u figures right now. sustained winds are 12r figures

right now. sustained winds are 12r figures right now. rightig kilometers per hour. we're really worried about the rain as well. it's been a very, very active rainy season across so as this storm moves further closer, we worry abou well as flooding because some areas pick up over 200 more millimeters in a 24-hour span. we have heavy bouts of rain across the korean peninsula and into central, eastern, and southwestern china. we have some recent footage coming out of provinces. let me show you this right now. what you're looking at here is a controlled explosion of a dam. we have had water levels so high that they were threatening nearby villages, so authorities had to blow it up to relieve the water pressure here. elsewhere people are racing to build sandbag barriers in a bid to control floodwaters. it has been such a rainy, rainy last few weeks and months across china. since the beginning of july ion floods have killed over 100 people. 59 are still missing as of yet and tens of millions have been

displaced or affected. that's pretty much the story over the next couple of days as well. you can see heavy, heavy bouts of rain with the concentrated areas of blues and purples. we've also had as we mentioned earlier today significant flooding across parts of japan. luckily these should ease up. we don't see as much heavy rain as we had earlier this week. hp moves in and we have high temperatures over the weekend. here's what we expect in tokyo on saturday, 32 degrees, 35 in shanghai and 31 in hong kong. we have incredible heat across central and eastern europe, but there is relief in the way of this system right here actually. we have a very strong, windy system. that frontal line comes across norway into france, and as this

system passes central europe, you start to get relief from all the high heat. until then it will be pretty unbearable. let me show you where that heat is headed. jet stream allows it up north as far as places in finland and sweden. let me show you the temperatures we expect on saturday. berlin is 28, so it's cooler than all week. good news for you. 33 in vienna and clearly hot across eastern europe 36 in kiev and in the 30s for moscow. be careful outside, keep well hydrated and in the shade. here's your extended forecast. and that's it for this hour on "newsline."

the torrential rain since wednesday in japan, eight people are confirmed dead and five are

missing. three women in their 70s died in hiroshima. one was swept away by floodwaters while the other two were caught in landslides on wednesday. a mudslide destroyed a house on thursday night in gifu. two men and one woman died. in another city, cars are reported to be stuck and drifting in floodwaters. three people are unaccounted for. in a shimane prefecture a landslide appeared before dawn on monday. a mother and her two children were trapped. police and firefighters rescued a girl who had suffered a broken leg. the mother and her son were found unconscious but later died. and that's it for this hour

on "newsline." on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. jj