what will. use. the us the idol. welcome to nhk world news line and you know tommy and tokyo shares a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am the politician who helped secure the twenty twenty olympics for you. he is resigning after giving it a scam. see pictures of us federal reserve and decided to start holding back on their program of monetary stimulus. and on. we'll show

you how farmers northeastern and the integrity of their fields to be three years after the accident. cheaper the high profile japanese politician who got caught up in the scandal says he's resigning. tokyo governor gnocchi in austin has been under fire for accepting an inappropriate loan from a medical corporation nhk world still to come up to has the details. we learnt this was coming. they'll now be in the same track it down not the focus in twenty ten and the specter of that nation yup i know i have decided to resign because i don't want the issue of the loan to disrupt the tokyo government any further. anderson served as vice governor for friday as the fourteen minute picked it up popped up here. tokyo

the insane spent only one who during the stampede mountains to the group that bought the un and the paralympic games at kentucky the japan team has won the twenty twenty tokyo olympics will write a new chapter in our country's long history to make an innocent found himself under fire prosecutors raided the offices of the group that operates hospitals across the pan. you are looking for and against another scandal over and the compounding. but to find out. in the same about five hundred companies from us. the money was not a competition to his election campaign. or i'll cry. he said it was the person along with it and he said he'd already the tenth minute. he

changed his story several times. again even in france some politicians who supported him during the connection said he should resign. what about the area with gdp over the open to it by chance my neck with a person who would lend the money. so i borrow yours but i shouldn't have. i think i was an amateur politician and didn't have enough professional knowledge to the duke study about snow some residents say they hope for the database has the same local contests. we don't. i cooked it makes a gun and will be someone who can listen to us to the police and the people in this. cool stuff there should be able to provide leadership for a successful olympics and present japan's qualities to the world the local

government official said the same cost as the circuits that work including preparations for the olympics. people are expected to vote in the mix and to replace him. i may end the year yet. the bulk of my top picks you up the japanese government panel estimates that a powerful earthquake striking directly below tokyo could kill twenty three thousand people and cause economic damage equal to the country's national budget the officials updated their calculations on such a quake for the first time in eighty years the estimate is based on a scenario of a magnitude seven point three quake striking southern tokyo on a windy winters evening the earthquake is likely to cause devastating jolts to central tokyo and the parts of three neighboring prefecture is calm and lrt back inside come up the shaking and resulting fires could destroy six hundred ten thousand buildings leaving twenty three thousand people dead

and one hundred twenty three thousand injured infrastructure will be seriously affected and transport. paralyzed center tokyo will be clogged with traffic for weeks railway services could be out of operation for week two a month. the paddles as economic damages estimated at over nine hundred billion dollars. that's as much as japan's national budget still photo at the scene for you. we may use extremely important governmental functions in the event's the camera directly strikes the capital. a report says the number of deaths could be reduced to a tenth is more buildings were made resistant to earthquakes and fires the report cites the need to check the quake resistance of facilities to be used for the twenty twenty. tokyo summer olympics and paralympics. the report also recommends a ways to protect foreign terrorists. it says authorities should put up signs to guide them to safety and the issue earthquake alerts in several languages

policymakers at the us federal reserve have announced they will scale back their monetary stimulus program starting next month the chairman and ranking explain the details of the board's decision after their two day meeting the policy makers will cut the purchase of bonds and mortgage backed securities from eighty five billion dollars to seventy five billion dollars a month. they say the us economy is expanding at a moderate pace and that the job market is improving. the unemployment rate in november did to the five year low of seven percent. recent economic indicators have increased our confidence that the job market gains will continue the incoming data probably support the committee's outlook for employment and inflation we will actually reduce the pace of securities purchases in further measured steps at future meetings policymakers say they'll keep short term interest rates near zero. even after

the unemployment rate falls below six and a half percent especially if inflation remains low. the deep rift between thailand's pro and anti government forces shows no signs of healing opponents of the prime minister taking to the streets again this weekend in a bid to remove her from our trip to big al's in a bangkok us more. anti government protesters are trying to oust prime minister has not shed a lot by sunday she is the sister of former prime minister taxation a lot of lives in self imposed the streets in central bangkok. the protesters are supported by the establishment of the country's middle class which has been swell they want to get a second general election postponed. it was a

man ahead of the devastation candidates set to begin on monday. i guess it lacks the credentials to run the governed. coyote who was the election. to receive political reform. singer support the opposition democrat party suffered a crushing defeat in elections two thousand and eleven the prevailing view is that the party one day the parties got to see the new system widely supported in all areas. these villages in northern and northeastern thailand had left behind by the country's booming economy. they overwhelmingly support boutiques. protest leaders to teach its bonds the number of protesters on sunday protesters are preparing to teach history this weekend. i called their demands anti democratic. i liked it so too

and political reforms officials in the democrat party has sold into the silence was able to take part in too much. boycott the poll for the political turmoil is certain. he's going to convince country the world. he has legitimacy by the election the acquisition includes certain that the combined votes from farmers have policies that support that japan's maritime self defense force and in the years that due to start doing exercises this weekend two japanese warships docked and report on thursday ahead of the truth and trails. it is their first joint exercises in the ocean and is seen as part of japan's effort to keep china's aggressive maritime moves in check. japanese warships one point three one vessels in the jails which start on site we're going to open up because it would go up. i believe these rules will be beneficial to maintaining

the security of regional steel acts. she starts to practice firing exercises targeting warships ongoing inspections and stop attacking the submarine looking back at their first joint drills and some cotton eight in japan last year shrimp farmers across asia have been struggling in recent years as they watch an incurable disease east lame brains to their stocks. in thailand the world's largest exporter of the staples include many small scale farmers are struggling to stay afloat. the world why i'm not going reports the province is one of power it's really funny hops. they move from here. i wanted to do. that's good enough. but

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off. i will not steam car so i was about six hundred thousand dollars. his form has to do stays clean. since this way. but i don't know why he's fit and function weekend at any time. all the cool alignment he said to him talking to the doctor to see. meanwhile it's a means to want to call it twice. guy the situation has been denied that they can sell for up to the top of that little fact and one hundred and ten yen. stupid old swaddled and five the apostle thomas hopes for an athlete will. austin likes his team's approach to how awful it. it's also listen up soon farmers and exporters. that's the impact of long last be felt for some

time. lloyd's he felt trapped in the aegean island is recovering and the crises should be over soon. we'll probably take two years old the house. it's from the pre crisis level while spoiled funds were available to recall were trying to pull out my wallet if link week of my smaller all my things happen to boosting stocks were also sentenced and to mark that before i can fully grown. the deceased had all learned not only found on some funky train protection in taiwan. schools and in all sixteen promised to strike and nine. for some time. why will i know the scale move on happily. that wraps up our fulton county to sign up former us basketball star dennis rodman is once again visiting north korea. his

trip to pyongyang comes days after the execution of top government official council tech analysts say the country's leaders one to use the visit to show that kim jones regime remains stable. robin arrived in pyongyang on thursday he said he is looking forward to meeting the north korean leader again. morrison was the goal was to be of little more time but the senate this is my friend. throughout the season. robin says that during his five day visit he will prepare for a friendly basketball game between his team and it's one from north korea. the matches scheduled in early january to mark in scripting this is robin's third visit this year. korean authorities have given a group of foreign officials are rare look inside an industrial complex they run jointly with south korea more than twenty government

officials and experts scoresby kiss song industrial complex. they're from around ten countries including canada and turkey they were attending an internet conference in seoul the team says the gov beebe impressed the bottom of the scene. in the lawsuit says. analysts say there is korean authorities allowed the group two visits to show its willingness to continue economic cooperation with the south. they also say they may be trying to encourage overseas investment in the wake of the execution of town some tech who pursued economic reform. on the same day north and south korean officials met in case some they agreed to meet again to discuss providing internet access in the area as a way of attracting foreign investment. us media say president barack obama wants to appoint an ambassador could strengthen economic ties with china. they say he plans to nominate democratic senator max broke its. focus

has drawn on his knowledge of the greatest chairman of one of the senate's most powerful bodies the finance committee he beats confirmation from lawmakers. if he gets that he'll replacing gary locke the first chinese american to have the john locke said last month the plan to step down and returned to the us to be with his family. japanese scientists a nasal sprays containing a certain hormone can help men with autism interact better. associate professor he didn't eat pm on sunday and his team at the university of tokyo gave the hormone oxytocin to forty artistic man in their twenties to their forties oxytocin is known to be released in large quantities of women during childbirth and while breastfeeding the team members asked the man to identify people's feelings based on their facial expressions and voices the band perform about six percent better than on testing patients who were not given the hormone. there is

currently no basic treatment for autism researchers say the latest findings may help in the development of an effective medicine. today in the second part of our series on the contamination we look at the challenges facing farmers in for pushing up the two thousand and eleven nuclear accident devastated the prefix its main industry agriculture. as leaders halted shipments of produce from a krishna pre picture right after the nuclear accident now they've begun lifting the restrictions as many crops have passed stringent safety checks. but the agriculture industry and most of the evacuation zones remains frozen as far as weight for authorities to d contaminate their land the barman ministry is leading that effort into cushy about the process involves several methods depending on the level of

contamination. in the area where the radiation levels relatively high bb in the strip it out so completely as it contains the highest level of radioactive particles. this work can reduce the contamination but when it comes to revitalizing and culture some producers say much more should be done. it erodes the semi local and visited a farmer who is struggling to get back on its feet. she must eat at the beer each is a part of the applications on. people can and to some districts like this during debate time but the un on to him. when they'll come though comes from a long line of comics it was phoning each decade and has spent his entire life climbing. no pride himself on how little he used pesticides and chemical five two night stays. he was committed it to

the baling fresh produce that consumers in other areas. and he says. call it the soil is where it all began. thanks to mimi. normally you can not be able to calm the blessings of the hat is like losing your life to god whom we call on us. snow. the phone radiation is committed to make high in attack. so detached decided to strip the cops going the kano say is that poses the selected this lie everything. this five seemed to me dear old hope so as to retain into its finest and the alliance party. i like this that he dared to speak on condition that thought made clean up the field. but with the topsoil. growing crops as much harder. connor wanted to be get out a way to remove radioactive materials to keep the nutrients. he

turned to a group of experts to the defense in the southern me so studies soil physics at the uni basic tool kit. he's been that you need to tolerate the walk to cc and the spruce is a good cry. he is and will be began experimenting on farmland in each half. the focus on one of the unique properties of clay. it's a bit achy definately see see him. over time. he seemed chronicle was indeed crown attach themselves to claim the soil when workers trend over the top soil in the water feel ready. the kb about it seeks to the bottom. but the crate in the ccm road claim the money why did you really knew much of the radioactive materials. in

a moon. right now. i think the study of soil is the only fuel that can help find a solution to the problem of ccm contamination. but it does make it work. not suitable for heavy machinery cano and a team of volunteers his time caleb too repeat daily journey and the cops oil and drain the water they can strip off eighty percent of the ccm of the smallest of the new tree this man from also cuts the body and all radioactive waste. did you wonder is cool it and will be trying here it will require year on its base and theops on stripping them. i could everyone dealing with the ge contamination issue needs to be on the ground looking at what's going on and working

together. that's how you solve this. eighteen s final i see one of them because i mean in the fields. resorts are good cars. radiation readings of calling with international safety standards. something simple i'm anticipating an uphill battle. i was going to happen in the world trying our best thinking we can make a difference. connell and his team say they will continue to expand and was wasted. she must be yours. they're sharing their findings swiss local and nationally days. i hope to make it work more efficient and get the bombers back into their fields. sunny but cool. in each a word the shiva. our special

edition of nuclear watch will continue this week on friday it will look at the consequences of not be contaminating forests and squish him. rain and snow in some parts of tokyo our meteorologist roberts pena has the forect robert indeed in knots as tokyo but on much and has been seen of the fall weather today it really has been occurring on widespread rainfall across pacific coastline. then we have another low pressure areas developing overseas penny to seed spitting up here and that's going t bring in god and not just rain but some pretty significant snowfall parts of western japan from the higher elevations. you can see about forty centimeters of snow on the next twenty four hours heavy snowfall warning to currently in place in parts of q's you western han to him as a slow pushes east is going to bring all that fall energy with it and was going to be happening of a lot of cold air aloft of this warm air flowing in from the zapata had a bit. in that causes that instability in

the atmosphere is to be looking at some of severe thunderstorms. not only along this heat and cool slightly we are expecting wins well will work under twenty kilometers per hour in the dusty up that i bought over towards tokyo some thunderstorms through the friday afternoon the evening hours is a very well possible so i know it's been raining all day on thursday it's not over yet friday still going to be a rather sour it will be changing by the weekend all these lo's push east and then that wintery patterson to start setting up yet again the northeast monsoon that nancy effect snow on the sea of japan coast line dry off your toys he is creating a start to dry up and then much of eastern china stained well relatively dry and called out here. that's the big topic out towards the west it is called surge in place have pictures of him dropping down hong kong to find sixteen taipei at sixteen parts of northern va january and get here. shanghai's seven insulin syrup you wanna go somewhere warm. had cell that's the third of

the advice i give you right now it was that thing down here to don a little bit too high. in fury of australia this time of year is typically warm but there's a weather pattern has set up and been in place for several days now and that's been wrongly that one or down towards the southeast so parts of victoria over course new south wales southern australia. you better keep advisories. even mel bourne train services in many metropolitan services had been canceled due to the extreme heat that are currently ongoing. at least thursday. these other reported forty three in there i'm now born the thirty nine that good news. it does look like or can start to see a gradual cool off. through the weekend update to the mid twenties which is typical for this time of year for mid twenties is not typical for this time of year the eastern seaboard of the us and that is while going for the weekend could be happening out here in very well we happening in washington d c up and down the eastern seaboard. what's causing this is that we have

this big dip in the jet stream that spring in some snowfall across the rockies even into nevada. you can see thirty to thirty five centimeters of snow also some rainfall in southern portions of california. that is going to be developing a new storm system still seeing the snow off your towards the north but the big thing is that once this new storm starts to develop its canadian gathering all that warm out how to that activity pushing towards the northeast getting a lot you into this thing this is a reason to be or whether we wanna watch after the weekend but i've added a few easily. the mini summer that is one of the happening here in new york and washing the seal it up to twenty three by sunday. thus the cure was whether his accent forecast. aye aye aye

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