dvds the crew. the rules. i don't i welcome to hq world is lamenting a tony in tokyo here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. i am. ukraine's interim president says the country's armed forces compilation cds from russian activists. japanese whalers to begin research funds despite last month's moving again part of the program by the international court of justice. and politicians. so

hurry and get on with business people from countries are teaming up to explore opportunities in what some consider southeast asia's last business year ukrainian interim president aleksandr church an upset as the country's armed forces have launched what he calls anti operations against pro russian militants. mass the troops have begun efforts to remove the militants the government he told the us in the donetsk region market that is the stuff he says the operations will be conducted responsibly church enough says the goal is to defend ukrainian citizens and stop attempts to tear the country apart. russian protesters still like to buy local government buildings in donetsk scandal times. their talent for greater local autonomy and militants continued to occupy buildings used by police and security authorities in sligo scanned other parts of eastern ukraine. they defied a

deadline set by the interim government of ninety p m monday local time for their surrender. there are no signs of ukrainian troops are clashes and sloppy ask for a russian residents are questioning people at checkpoints local media have not reported military operations against protesters in other cities in eastern ukraine japanese whalers have as the government for permission to begin their research contest in the northwest pacific as planned. the international court of justice last month role that of programming in the aunt arctic ocean does not qualify as scientific research the fishes of the whaling company that it filed a petition with the agriculture forestry and fisheries minister us to mess up the ante. the firm's president michael took until says the three crew members quit after the government suspended operations in the end target. he says he fears more employees will resign his third shutout of the northwest pacific as well the minister says

the research whaling itself is not benign. he says who think it over carefully government is now considering whether to begin research whaling next tuesday as scheduled in the northwest pacific that areas not covered by the ruling. japan took a pledge to curb greenhouse gases with the kyoto protocol in nineteen eighty seven. he was struggling to reach those targets but now it has surpassed them in the environment minister says the country is ready to do more. google translate into a ninety two d is for the energy saving measures so that the pentagon's a model of international efforts to curb global warming the us nobody addition a sister pam lowered its greenhouse gas emissions from nineteen ninety benchmark levels try never to be eight point four percent of the five fiscal years through two thousand and twelve s more than the six percent the country pledged under the kyoto protocol the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by forests

is included in the reductions to kyoto protocol mandates cuts in emissions of heat trapping gases the only covers industrialized countries. a un climate change panel released its latest report on sunday. it urges countries to act faster to ensure global temperatures stay within two degrees celsius over pre industrial figures the intergovernmental panel on climate change says that to stay within that target through two thousand and fifty countries must reduce global emissions by forty to seventy per cent from two thousand and ten levels hahas as japan's only options are to dramatically increase the ratio of energy from renewable sources to make efforts to cut down on overall consumption. nhk conducted a survey to find out what people in japan think of the proposed trans pacific partnership free trade deal. the poll also asked them about restarting some nuclear reactors in the country whether one

thousand people that part over the phone last weekend thirty one percent said they support japan's participation in the ttp fourteen percent said they don't approve forty five percent were undecided nhk as people's opinions on nuclear plants all of the country's forty each commercial reactors are offline. authorities will allow facilities that meet new safety standards to resume operations. twenty percent of respondents said they support restarting them forty five percent were opposed. the people who oversee the crippled condition and i each a nuclear plant are under pressure after a series of troubles in the most recent incident workers of radioactive water into the wrong building. water injected to call the melted nuclear fuel becomes highly contaminated cruise then send it to storage buildings before its process took electric power company officials have blamed for palms for miss directing about two hundred tonnes of water they said on monday

the pumps should have been out of use the money isn't a good cause the ngo representatives say workers to be interviewed if necessary. it disclosed little about the late latest problem including wine investigation was only started a day after the incident. a similar case happened in february when more than one hundred tonnes of contaminated water leaked from a tank after a bomb was left open. official spoke with about one hundred employees but have yet to find out exactly what happened. local authorities have criticized the utility for a series of problems and their failure to pinpoint the causes. i know. north koreans are celebrating the birthday of the country's founder kim il sung. people in the country consider april fifteen the most important day of the year. here are holding many special events over the next several days

north korea's state run media say leader jim jones visited cones to sound callous uncaring and the body of his grandfather lies in state their senior military officers accompanied him he laid flowers in front of statues of his grandfather in his late father former leader kim jong woo me back in jong il. the to understand how this came as the founder of north korea. the celebrations are part of efforts by north korea to justify his hereditary leadership civilians and soldiers are for flowers and down in front of huge bronze statues of the former leaders government officials have put a sign boards marking the occasion all over opinion . some people in south korea marking the birthday of the kiddos on rather differently. members of the six surveyed a group burned portraits of the three

leaders and salt. one member of the group says south koreans condemn north korea for firing ballistic missiles and threatening to carry out a fourth nuclear test top envoys from china and the us are trying to figure out a plan for dealing with north korea. they met to discuss how to respond to recent provocations by leaders in pyongyang would i wana glyn davies held three hours of talks in new york who chairs the six party talks on the north's nuclear program the docs have been stalled since two thousand and eight authorities in north korea launched a series of rockets and other weapons last month including two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. members of the un security council condemned the launch its officials in the north responded by saying they may conduct new forms of nuclear tests. the envoys are believed to have confirmed the chinese and us officials were urged the north to exercise restraint. they are scheduled to meet two more times this week. the former

us intelligence chief has welcomed the possibility of japan exercising its right to collective self defense dennis blair spoke to nhk world in tokyo. blair served as director of national intelligence. he was also the head of the us pacific command. he commented on prime minister shinzo of its push to re interpret the japanese constitution passed japanese governments have maintained the constitution does not allow the right to collective self defense the restrictions on japanese military. actions related to japan's past and past agreements i think need to be gradually adjusted to adjust to new realities. blair pointed out threat of north korean missile attacks as a key issues in east asia. he discussed the possibility of the use of radar and communications systems to intercept north korean weapons lunches. a military

point of view. it is very difficult and makes no sense to try to do. just write the heat of battle to stay well. japan you can shoot that nestle the united states europe issues outlined claire also spoken about japan's newly connected state secrecy laws. he said before the legislation the most limited information is shared with japan and stronger protection could deepen bilateral relations. japanese government sources have revealed that the prime minister met with the former chinese presidents on the proximate reissues on band who did painting. it took place last week. who is believed to be close to chinese president xi jane king whose late father who yell bond work to develop ties between china and japan in the nineteen eighties he visited bath who visited japan for about a week he left on sunday. the sources say a bit of a last tuesday

it's not the two men exchanged views on improving ties between the country's leading the team who in chief cabinet secretary yoshida said on the same day had already been made . need to complete the knot i told him that japan china ties are one of the most important bilateral relationships the two countries say no to return to the principles of strategically attendant and mutually beneficial relations and despite specific disagreement. he cannot come into the lives they lead its books. send us said who told him that he will convey the japanese government's view to chinese officials but said the decline to comment on whether they had met with whom he said chinese officials one of whose meeting in japan take place in a home environment japanese and south korean politicians are at odds over their different views of history but in the business

sphere. they appear more open to cooperation group of businesspeople from the two countries recently toward myanmar looking for opportunities in what some people call southeast asia's last frontier. nhk world shown a yellow reports his experience with measurements your words and or a record made him one knew of the region's most exciting economy. for you. this is from different countries. i'm scrambling to get that piece of action. he says it's from japan says clear both corporations and he had to go into teaching. he beat his people from the two countries recently predicted gambler to call it your teeth presenting artists that have

sprung into action to finance the state run korea exchange i hear it. to corroborate it might be possible to develop an oil reserve facility together. joining hands with south korean banks should bring us a lot of business opportunities. a japanese high winds. is a south korean and that is rick speaking at his peak. bring to a new market. yet obama twice as many south korean company stopped making their mark as japanese months south korea are wise award for guys is taking this theory myanmar last piece to the er. olivia thousand korean companies have strong interest in jail were in that city or country and that development is joined on

the front and demo. this was clearly predict that this is the hardest training of priests since i was off. they want to do no harm to the entrance to the chairman to be at peace. they would be ready to pop it into gear i shall. it also. you didn't get to become law. even if people spent four days together. both sides the world to the critics that. oh well we'll keep on working together in japan and south korean can create create synergies. to do a bit quiet in the future we need to base its a win win situation. by combining each company's strengths to fix that. japan says. his

interest in the optical market. pack. which apparently is here haha. he did try to stick to it. they seem more reading tupelo create a piece of chicken torquay yet. hp won't get into pm. bank of japan governor airy poker road appears to be determined to achieve the central bank's two percent inflation target he has stressed yet again that the boj will take additional using ventures if necessary to attain the goal rhoda made the remarks to reporters after conferring with prime minister ahmed on tuesday. it was the first meeting in four months the move to sydney we will not hesitate to make policy adjustments its domestic and overseas economic conditions

make it difficult for us to attain the inflation target reporters asked or rather whether the bed. as for a further stimulus measures to supply more money into the economy. he replied that the prime minister had made no specific request. a senior japanese trade official is on his way to washington. he is taking part in a working level meeting to forge ahead with the trans pacific partnership free trade agreement. the deputy chief negotiator for the dpp he or she always left tokyo to meet his counterpart when the cover. yemen. some inactivity are many issues we have to discuss then i don't think we can easily wrapped up our talks. we want to narrow our gaps. the us will take a more flexible standards. negotiators from japan and the us met last week but failed to find common ground over the issue of tariff reductions on the five agricultural

products may include beef and pork. the two sides were also at odds over non tariff barriers on automobiles japanese trade minister acted out money expressed hope for progress in the upcoming negotiations. to obey them not. we've said that the japan u s summit meeting to be held in tokyo on it for twenty four is the deadline for concluding negotiations. he is up with it. nevertheless we're hoping that the two sides will be to reach some form of agreement the mighty also plans to hold talks with u s trade representative michael from him again later this week separately u s officials have begun making arrangements for ttp talks among chief negotiators of the participating nations in vietnam in mid may. japanese prime minister seems a lot i want to cut corporate taxes as part of his intent to stimulate the economy but his ruling liberal democratic party is urging the government to exercise

caution. ldp tax penalties and fishing know them and the government tax commission chairman. he noted that cause apple the commission began discussions on a tax cut plan last month. links to reach a conclusion by june. no doubt warned that a rate reduction would in evidently lead to a drop in state revenue he said that access should be lowered only when the government as another source of income to make up for the shortfall notice that the government should consider imposing a tax on companies that are now exempt or eligible for lower rates. japan's corporate tax is stamped in around thirty five percent and are much higher than those in other asian countries. here are the latest market figures the eye. it is. it is. south

the official said. multiple japanese airports are aiming to be more of muslim friendly by expanding their services to believers in islam they're part of efforts to welcome more foreign visitors by the year twenty twenty when tokyo hosts the summer olympics. nhk world from the title reports from osaka when people are praying and its newly expanded for your room that has just opened did of muslims pray five times a day. it's important for them to have a fire in

place. slade international airport in osaka use to help one and every small group or movement people before. but today was the venue and are open. now it has entered a rehab remove people can perform just washing ritual hands and feet the rooms are now separated for men and women. the direction of mecca called people up is clearly indicated to. with the new twenty two year old university student from malaysia was one of the first to pray. he studied in japan and was flowing deco for a family visit. she says she feels happy doubt the awareness of other religions and cultures is being read go nuts

the scandal festivities. and that's a good deal of time or was insulated from it tonight maybe that's a good idea maybe from nokia mini step airport officials have started to cater to the muslim customers and restaurants too. the offer of help from the stool port hope local ingredients. as a buddhist. we had such little understanding of the cultures of muslim people in the past it was very new for us to build a facility like this pork provided with some friendly services. we don't know if the customers will be satisfied with these very trying our best by offering a place like this. in twenty thirteen the number of foreign visitors reached a ten million mark for the first time. tourists from muslim majority countries like malaysia and indonesia jumped by over thirty percent compared to the year before but islamic customs are not

yet well known or understood in japan. tourism industry representatives from hotels to restaurants are still learning how to cater to the food and guests. this will tell and the haitian capital kyoto. restaurant staff received official roles for syndication best cheer the survey says she was the manner which does not contain any alcohol. they used to drink it with templates for most when customers. these airports are new in japan. tourism market is definitely expanding. who will make efforts to create more new items for them so that we will have more muslim customers. japanese prime minister abhisit said he aims to double the number of foreign tourists to twenty million by the year twenty twenty. pinto to hold the olympic games. the force to cater to guests of various

religions and customs building a new course in parts of japan sexes. rundle title. list your world. osaka residents of the centro of central chile debtors are cleaning up after a massive wildfire our meteorologist jonathan owen has more on that jonathan. he has a devastating fire that was fanned by high in wins over the port city of valparaiso in central chile. that ended that destroyed at least two thousand homes and killing at least twelve people here some pictures from the area this is just very very difficult scene to look out because of the fire that started on saturday it's spread over seven hundred hectares of forest and hills and residential areas. now there is a day there was a flop flooding in from neighboring towns of hundreds of volunteers are there to help with the recovery. but this was a very big fire in fact it was so big that here's a look at the nasa terra satellite imagery and you can

see right here. the funnier it was so big bills visible from space and the wiz are so strong that he carried the smoke plume always in the pacific ocean. and unfortunately when it comes to the dry weather there is no relief in sight no precipitation is expected for the next few days now we are looking up for the possibility of some fire type of weather looked out the fire danger weather for the desert southwest of the united states because of the gusty winds there in high pressure taking over the weather pattern staying over the area. meanwhile the northern rockies looking at the low low pressure system bringing the possibility of some story precipitation along the eastern seaboard this trough and cold front finally trying to part from the area the button looks like there's a possibility of some strong severe underscores the coast of the carolinas into this of the bush of georgia in the northern tip of florida. temperatures are going to be topping up and nineteen in dc on tuesday fourteen in atlanta back over

to the west to sunny skies in los angeles temperatures topping off at twenty degrees we take a look at the asian forecast in east asia mainly seen july weather pattern for the korean peninsula and japan. looks like some rain is developing for the eastern portions of china that scored a brace of precipitation for some odd and of course the central portions of china as well. when looking at temperatures anywhere from nineteen inch on hyde twenty six in taipei twenty one is told in the western portions of the penny to look out for some for air quality coming in from beijing tokyo temperatures topping up in the mid twenties under mostly sunny conditions. here's a look at your own clear skies and very pleasant weather thanks to this persistent re age that's controlling the weather for the western portions of europe a pact with the east. so unstable weather bringing in rain precipitation you that bit of snow along with the rain down into the balkan peninsula. so looks like that there's going to be more activity going to the rest of tuesday into

wednesday and now it is some rain over this particular area of various spots around the world were looking up to scott for something totally deaf and has a look at some video coming out of los angeles. this was a part of a blend of war. take a lunar eclipses as going to take place called the text reading because the skies are clear over l a. you see the color of the red of the blood noon that was what took place at the full at the peak of the eclipse. and so many people out later tonight to take a look at this perspective pictures or text ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay i know. this seems like this

our ageing of the tickets. ah in the shoes the city. nhk world tv. obviously the selection of bands from this week's lineup carried out with diapers. it's part of a local route was designated as unsuitable for the day due to radiation levels. but several former local officials have volunteered to look after the evacuated area. they call themselves the old guys. this is their story. next is the new program on sunday side by side which reports on

japanese assistance programs in developing nations. last november in the philippines was hit by huge typhoon japanese aid workers rushed to the scene and they've been actively engaged in helping the country's recovery efforts. ever since. last is a book project and also on sunday the guests this time if you don't seem to tell she is a well known author who became a monk at the age of fifty one. she has been preaching and writing for the past forty years and still remains influential robert campbell stopped to care about her long eventful life. please check our website to the bank and scheduling your time zone and state teams to nhk world tv

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