>> hill low hello there u welcome to "newsline." chinese and vietnamese have traded accusations for months over territorial disputes in the south china sea. crews have faced off against each other out on the water. and vietnamese have staged repeated protests against what they see as chinese aggressiveness. now, their leaders say they're committed to negotiating the disputes. the visit showed veet napese

leaders are interestd in improving ties. some ran their ships from against the country. last month, chinese removed the oil rig one month ahead of schedule, helping to ease tensions. leaders in the philippines have their own complaints. they say they've confirmed that chinese authorities have started building military installations in another dispulted part of the south china sea. both countries and others claim the spratlys islands. nhk obtained the photos. the pictures show what's happening in iraqi area called johnson reef. the chinese have pushed more earth into the water, x up and downing the area of reclaimed land. workers have put up a large

building, surrounded by want appears to be a seawall. philippine officials also took photos in february. they say the chinese have made a lot of progress. photos of another area show the chinese have done more work there and officials say a large ship that appear toss be a tanker is anchored in deep water. >> reporter: these vietnamese wear t-shirts with their national flag. they are workers in the capital of hanoi. they gather every week to voice their anger at china.

vietnam was ruled by china for more than 1,000 years. anti-china sentiment has more students turning to their history books. 164 students at this high school applied to take history this year. five times more than the number of places available. university entrance exams took place in july. the test included a question that appeared to reflect anti-china sentiment. it asks what significance does it have for national security for vietnamese fishermen to operate in waters around the pair sell islands. >> translator: this sort of

question closely reflects current circumstance. it was an appropriate question to gauge students' awareness of the issue. >> reporter: the anti-beijing mood is starting to affect every day lives. the shelves of this convenient store are lined with products from japan and south korea. the shop is boycotting goods made in china. >> translator: i support that. as a vietnamese citizen, i respect the policy of refusing to handle chinese products. >> translator: initially, some customers were surprised at our

approach. once they knew why we were doing this, they were very vocal in their support. >> reporter: china is vietnam's largest trading partner. so it will be hard to cut ties completely. textiles are one of vietnam's main industries. this man is a vice president of a garment manufacturer. the company depends heavily on china for raw materials. one of its products is made using 40% chinese materials. an industrial association is asking them to switch to a non-china supplier. he would like to but he's worried it would make his product less competitive. >> translator: it takes a long time to change suppliers. if we run short of raw materials, 10,000 workers could

lose their jobs. >> reporter: vietnam must work out how to cope if public sentiment with china keeps worsening. without a dramatic improvement in bilateral ties over the dispute, there could be more storms ahead. afghanistan's disputed >> diplomatic sources say kerry warned a visit could disturb their efforts to reign in missile and nuclear programs. they say kerry referred to

negotiations between japanese and north korean officials over the abduction of japanese citizens. japanese officials say north key yan agents kidnapped at least 17 japanese nationals in the 1970s and '80s. he said there's been no change in japan's position of pursuing a comprehensive position to missile issues. >> officials at the japanese electronics maker say the company has began developing these unmanned, aerial vehicles.

sony is using these drones to inspect infrastructures such as ageing tunnels and bridges. they can be used to check how ag cull which you remember crops are growing. an liszs say that the economic effect will be more than $76 billion in the u.s. alone by 2025. the new project may help sony we lid its finances as its tv business has been in the red for the past 10 years. in the i.t. inn dust ri, there has been a global move to use drones. amazon.com announced in desz last year a plan to deliver goods using drones. facebook, in march, announced its plan to use drones to beam internet signals to various parts of the world as a way of expanding connectivity.

the firm also began the development of solar powered sdroens that can fly for longer. the interest rates on major european dwovt bonds have fallen to record lows. analysts say investors bought these bonds on x.ations that the european central bank will soon introduce new stimulus measures. the-year-old on the german 10-year bond fell at 1.2 below 0.9 pnt for the first time ever. italian and spanish government bonds also marked record lows. u.s. stocks stayed near record high levels from the previous day's trading. the latest from washington.

>> actually, not that much direction from u.s. and european markets. a little bit mixed there, as you were just showing. markets really struggling for momentum. both indexes trading in the negative. the nikkei ended higher on wednesday. it's been up for 11 out of the last 13 trading days. as well as yeemds on u.s. and european bonds, we're looking at the 10-year u.s. treasury note right there.

also, geopolitical events still linkering in the background. a little bit of caution we're seeing here. >> and, ramin, all of that looks like it's affecting currency markets, too. where are we now? >> yeah, exactly, the dollar yen a big foe cuss. let's have a look at that. the euro dollar, i beg your pardon. 1.p 3190-3192. analysts say traders sold and bought in new york trading hours to take profits from the recent advance. now, great deal of focus on the european central bank meeting coming up on september 4th. in other words, an interest rate cut. the dollar yen pair has again dipped below 104. 103.83-86. late i recall today, august

unemployment rate from germany will be a big focus and probably will be a guide to the currency and stock markts, as well. now, keep track of all the sectors here in japan and also how some of the asian indexs strad. trade. most of them ended higher yesterday. but upward momentum has not been strong, as we've seen? the u.s., europe as well as japan this morning. so we'll see how that develops and then have a full round up of the morning trade in a few hours. back to you, yi? >> sounds goods. we'll talk to you then, ramin. prosecutors in france have placed the head of international monetary fund under formal investigation. she abused her power during her time as french finance minister. prosecutors have decided to investigate her in negligence. she served as finance minister in the government. prosecutors are looking into her ties with one of the supporters, an entrepreneur. they believe she used her influence to end a court battle

between him and a state-owned bank. they suspect she arranged a deal in which the man received compensation of 400 million euros, about $530 million. she denies the allegations and says she will file a motion to have the case dismissed. she says she will not step down from her post at the imf. >> that's the latest this hour on business. i'll leave you with a check on some other market figures.

afghanistan's disputed presidential election is facing more problems. one of the two candidates has announced they are boycotting an audit of the runoff vote in june. supporters of started to pull out of the audit. they say the criteria for invalidating ballots was not established. the preliminary results put abdullah in second. they are pushing ahead with the rewound. roughly 8 million people voted in the runoff. observers say a delay in nominating a new president could aggravate ethnic disputed and lead to a resurgence of the taliban. most forces are scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this year. prosecutors in france have observers say a delay in nominating a new president could aggravate ethnic disputed and lead to a resurgence of the taliban. most forces are scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this year. prosecutors in france have placed the head of the

flooding trigger by moon soon rains in bangladesh has disputed -- has disrupted the lives of more than 74,000 people. the number of residents forced from their homes has not been officially announced. it could be in the area of thousands. students had to return home when their school building was inundated. more than 300 schools have closed in effected districts. residents are building makeshift homes on dry land. flooding has inflicted damage to forms. farmland is under water. the flood forecasting center says the situation could get worse given that the wet season runs until september. people in india and nepal have been experiencing heavy rain. nearly 1, 500 villages have been affected. at least 28 people have been killed. search teams in hiroshima push push

people pinning their hopes on a controversial scientific experiment may be disappointed. a leading japanese research team says it has been unable to find evidence that so-talled stap cells exist. the team published papers in january. they claimed they found a way to reprogram mature animal cells into embryonic-like stem cells. they said they could then be turned into any type of tissue. they called the phenomenon stap. they said the stap cells could be produced but many scientists around the world reported they were unable to replicate the process. on wednesdays officials released a report on verification experiments they have been conducting since april. the team includes a co-auther of the papers.

the papers said the cells were taken from a newly born mouse. the cells were soaked into a solution for 25 minutes to provide stimulus. on day three, the genes that didn't die off began to activate. pluripotency is the ability of a cell to transform itself into or kinds of tissue. on day five the cells began to form clusters. and on day seven, they became embryonic cells. the team members repeated the experiments 22 times. but they say they could not find the early stage phenomenon in which genes related to pluripotency began to activate. >> >> translator: we haven't produced any stap cells yet in the method we used so far. >> they will continue to conduct the experiments until march.

they will conduct verification experiments separately through the end of november. the researchers say they also want to gather data on what the rezermers are posting on social media like twitter. they plan to share the results with regional governments and business people in related industries.

>> do you feel happy just to be alive right now? when she was diagnose nosed with her disease, doctors told her she had six months to live. that was two years ago. >> our time is limited. i think it's best if we spend that limited time in a meaningful way. the cancer was already at an

advanced stage. the tumor weighed two kilograms. it was removed, but the cancer had already spread to her lungs. her doctor told her there was no hope of a cure. she fought off grief and dispair. she was determined to make use of the time that she had left. she started giving lectures and launched a blog. >> translator: we never know when our time will come? did you all smile at your parents as you left the house this morning? is there anyone you've had a fight with and aren't speaking to any longer? >> students write letters to her after her lectures. if my life ended today, i would be full of regrets.

i will treasure each moment of my life. >> i think most of us live our lives without giving it any particular thought. but our time is so limited. i think the important thing is not to live a long and meaningless life. but to use the time we have left in a meaningful way. >> she is searching for a cure. in july, surgeons removed cancer that had returned to her liver. the day before the operation, she received messages of encouragement.

may tomorrow's operation go without a hitch. wishing you the best, i hope the operation is successful. though i accept that i am going to die, i really love this world. and if i can live for even a second longer, i want to. and there are other people who want me to live, too. i grow stronger each time i overcome a challenge. >> yamasda continues to blog and lecture around the country. she is living the message she preaches. pursuing a life without regrets. i'd be so happy if my words or what i've been through helped or inspired anyone. i can't think of a happier way to by b than this.

i'm so glad i had this opportunity to feel truly alive. cancer has taught me so many things. >> she continues to make plans for the future. her next project is setting up an organization to support people living with cancer. it's time now to get a check on the weather. people in south sudan have lived through month after month of civil war. >> yes, katherine. the last thing people need out here is more problems. unfortunately, that is the case. what we have been seeing last several weeks is this heavy rainfall. look at the satellite. you have the northerly winds clashing with the southerly

winds. those often fire up thunderstorms. look at the past month. what we have been seeing is above-average rainfall. the area in the green and blue, that's indicating where the locations that have been seeing rain above average. it has been resulting in flooding. the forecast looks grim. we are seeing more showers. let's look on the ground at one of these refugee camps where you have 40,000 people who are displaced due to the ongoing civil war in the area. the floods forcing these residents to live in poor health and sanitation conditions. you can see a lot of the tents submerged. they live here because it's one of the only places they feel secure. the tents are inundated. on top of that, there's a food shortage because of the flooding. nutrition and famine is another problem. we are looking forward as we go through the next several weeks

out here. definitely not good news. i want to pull back and look at the weather across the rest of the world. what we have been seeing across europe, it's blustery conditions. rainfall across the low countries, along the western seaboard. you will see gusty winds. you can see the lines close together. that's high waves for you. back towards the east looking at reports of tornadoes into western russia due to this storm system. it has been making things unsettled out here. the cold front diving down towards the south, we have seen 6 kilometer per hour wind. things are continuing to stay on the cool side. showers in warsaw. stockholm, at 18. let's move over to the americas

where we are continuing to see the swirl on the satellite picture. that's going to be firing up rough weather for those of you across the central plains looking ahead into your thursday. then eventually into the weekend, i know it's labor day, you have outdoor plans here across the great lakes. well, be ready for that threat of some thunderstorms if you plan on going out and about. this is going to continue to develop and charge off there towards the northeast bringing strong cells with it and also traveling across this area is going to be a slow go. the other thing this has been doing, it's pulling in warm air from the south. we had this cool down in chicago over towards toronto. the temperature is going to rebound back into the high 20s, possibly the low 30s. things are going to warm up. it's going to be hot and muggy out there. let's wrap things up here into eastern asia. showers in the forecast. south of that, a weak tropical depression. i don't expect this to become a named storm system. it will bring rainfall towards northern vietnam. you can see a threat of flooding, even into the philippines bringing showers for you. ending here with japan, well, some light rain showers across the country here on your thursday. but temperatures are staying on the cool side. tokyo with only a high of 23.

here is your extended outlook. that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. push fush

divers jump in to the ocean. they are collecting the debris of life washed away by the tsunami in 2011. this must be fishing gear. during the three years since the disaster, volunteer divers have been collecting the debris piece by piece.