glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday, september 9th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. a severe tropical storm has made landfall in japan. many people are seeing high winds and intense rains. meteorologist robert speta joins us now. what's the latest? what's going on? >> our storm system is making landfall. but what has been bringing is really these gusty winds. but the rainfall, that's the biggest story coming out of the storm system. take a look at some of the rain totals over the past 72 hours out here. upwards of 362 millimeters along the pacific coastline of japan and the wind is really kicking up as well.

we had winds reported upwards of 111 kilometers per hour. this is the radar just prior to landfall. i want to show this to you because this really indicates we have our center of circulation coming on shore here, but then just to the right of that circulation, this is where all the moisture hits the mountains, then it piles up. in the yellows and the reds, that's where we've seen rain reports of 50 to 60 kilometers an hour. let's go to video we have coming out of this area. because this just shows you what it's like on the ground. still seeing numerous roads closed. this one likely was. and that car ended up getting off towards the side tipping over. one of the things, you don't want to drive through flooded areas. also we saw a landslide in the same area about ten meters wide. it damaged several homes. good news, no injuries were reported with this. other areas of japan, especially in the tokai area and the kampo

area has seen flooding. there have been evacuations, people in kanagawa have been advised to evacuate. not an order just yet. but the threat of flooding and landslides in some of the areas. rain now our storm system starting to weaken. down to 83 kilometer per hour winds gusting, still 126. enough to toss light objects around. the rain will be the big issue. as this pushes over japan, we still have the feeder bands coming in behind it. the kanto area could see an additional 300 millimeters of total rainfall on top of what we have been seeing out here. also we're still going to see these gusty winds sustained ste -- extending to the west. still maybe some showers but hopefully it starts to taper off by the weekend. thanks very much, robert. looking forward to the weekend.

robert will be back later on in the program with more in world weather. moving on to other stories. campaigning has begun in myanmar for the nation's first general election since the end of military rule. november's poll is widely seen as a key test for the four-year-old democracy. the poll is likely to pit the usdp against the national league for democracy led by aung san suu kyi. it is backed by the military. aung san suu kyi says the election will be a crucial turning point for the country. >> for the first time in decades, our people have a real chance of bringing about real change. this is a chance that we cannot afford to let slip. >> her party won a landslide victory in the election of 1990, but the military government refused to recognize the result. aung san suu kyi was under house arrest during the 2010 election

which her party boycotted. she was released six days after balloting ended. thai police say a foreign suspect arrested last week has confessed to his links to the deadly august 17th bomb attack in bangkok. the man accompanied police on tuesday as they searched an apartment for further evidence in the bombings that killed 20 people. the man was arrested near the cambodian border on tuesday last week. police said he has admitted to making and supplying bombs to another man. police say the suspect told them the man caught on surveillance video at the blast site is the person he gave a backpack to. shortly after handing it over, the bomb went off. and they say that suspect still hasn't been caught. two people have been arrested in connection with the attack. police suspect ten more -- ten more -- rather, more than ten others were involved. thousands of migrants and

refugees are streaming into hungary from serbia on a daily basis. and they're keeping police busy. they're mainly from the middle east and are seeking asylum in germany and other european countries. their numbers total 1,000 to 3,000 a day. the southern village bordering serbia saw more people arriving on tuesday. police officers were trying to bus them to a registration center for paperwork, but the migrants had to wait a long time to get a ride. >> we're sitting here all night. and it was very cold. and everybody's sick here. and i don't know. and the children were crying. >> some were complaining to the police while others were trying to leave only to be stopped by the authorities. more than 150,000 migrants and refugees have crossed into hungary from serbia since

january. now, many families are also arriving in budapest looking for a better life. more from nhk world. >> reporter: this man is a husband and father. he fled syria with his immediate family and other relatives two months ago. they traveled 2,700 kilometers to budapest in hungary. they're hoping to go to germany. >> translator: these are my daughters. my 4-year-old daughter walked 15 kilometers by herself. they are always asking me how much further they have to walk. >> reporter: his family used to live in eastern syria. but now islamic state militants control the city.

they decided to leave the country because each day people are getting drawn into the battle and dying. >> translator: syria has air strikes every day. we could die at any moment. >> reporter: he raised money by selling his house and set out for europe. while he was telling his story, a group of young people in budapest started throwing firecrackers at migrants and refugees at the international train station. migrants responded by hurling plastic bottles at the group. things became tense. he told the migrants to stop it. he feels in his bones that migrants are not welcome, but he wants to give his daughters a peaceful life.

>> translator: my daughters still don't understand the situation because they are just children. we are here to try to ensure they have a happy life. >> reporter: the migrants have given up everything to escape from the war. they have come for just one thing -- a new life without the daily risk of death. reporting for nhk world. judges on japan's top court have handed down a historic judgment in favor of atomic bomb survivors living abroad. they've ruled for the first time that victims of the attacks in hiroshima and nagasaki should get full medical support regardless of where they live. nhk world's ayumi chikaraishi has this report. >> reporter: people who survived the bombings have struggled all their lives with injuries and illnesses. under the law, they can apply to the government to cover the full

costs of their medical care. but if they move overseas, the rules change. they can claim only about $2,500 annually. in 2011, a south korean survivor and the families of two of the deceased victims filed a lawsuit for compensation. judges on two lower courts ruled in their favor. the supreme court's presiding justice key yoko o dkiyoko okabe upheld the decision. she said it's extremely hard for the plaintiffs to travel to japan for treatment. and she said denying some survivors access to free medical care goes against the purpose of the law. some 4,200 survivors reside in more than 30 countries, most of them in south korea. supporters say they're old and cannot afford the medical bills. the surviving plaintiff couldn't make it to japan for treatment tore court's ruling. a supporter read out a statement

on his behalf. >> translator: the medical bills are huge and cause tremendous financial and mental suffering. >> translator: the japanese government must decide how to provide full coverage to the overseas survivors as promptly and easily as possible. >> reporter: officials in tokyo say they revised the compensation program to grant all survivors full medical coverage. ayumi chikaraishi, nhk world. the president of the upcoming u.n. general assembly session has visited hiroshima and pledged to work hard for nuclear disarmament. mogens lykeetoft visited the first city to be attacked with an atomic bomb at the invitation of the japan foreign ministry. he visited peace memorial park and paid tribute to the victims. of the bombing. he has been elected president to the 70th session of the u.n.

general assembly which starts later this month. he's a danish politician who has served in key posts and he also visited the peace memorial museum. lykeetoft had the opportunity to hear the account of survivor keiko ogura who is now 78. >> i was living here. >> she was 8 when the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. lykeetoft told reporters he was moved by his meeting with ogura. >> it makes me even more determined to do in my position this coming year, whatever i can to get new motion in the negotiations about disarmament of nuclear weapons. >> lykketoft said he gained a deeper impression of the effects of the atomic bombing from his visit. the share prices have recently been showing volatility, u.s. stocks gained more than 2% on tuesday.

ramin mellegard joins us with the business desk with all the details. what's behind that upward move? >> a lot of focus on how the u.s. markets were going to react to a lot of information. monday, of course, was labor day holiday in the u.s. and investors on wall street had a bit of time to digest the u.s. jobs data and other movements in the global economy. they were cheered by the rally in the chinese markets as well. the dow jones industry average gained at one stage more than 400 points and the tech-heavy nasdaq also rose 2.7%. there's a sense of relief after investors found out that the g-20 is cautious about immediate rate hikes in the u.s. and for more on the markets, let's go to our business reporter mayu yoshida who has been following all the moves for us. what can you tell us? >> good morning. as you said, u.s. stocks kicked off the holiday-shortened week higher and that came on the heels of rallies in europe and asia, but with the exception of japan.

however, japan is definitely catching up with its asian peers. this wednesday morning it's surging after slumping more than 2% yesterday. the nikkei is up 3.5%, so is the broader topix. the nikkei fell to the lowest level since the beginning of february closing at 17400 level. so it's pretty amazing to see the nikkei bounce back to 18,000 level again. the spotlight will be on apple for wednesday. apple is expected to unveil a new iphone and perhaps a new tfb, and this news could affect some individual shares in asia especially if we have a lot of apple suppliers especially here in japan and also in taiwan. >> a lot of componentmakers, obviously. looking forward to that. now, switching to currencies, the yen had been pushed off on global uncertainty where some of the key players trading now? >> the dollar's basically not that strong yet. although we did see the

greenback rise against the yen yesterday following the rally in shank hi shanghai stocks on tuesday. let's see where they are when the markets open in about an hour. market players are willing to be aggressive buyers as we have the key policy meeting next week. switching the subject, japan's ipo scene is heating up and entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world are visiting tokyo for a two-day conference in tokyo, and i had an opportunity to speak with a silicon valley investor who thinks japan is one of the hottest markets to invest in. tokyo's bustling shibuya district is a place where new trends begin. it's where one of the largest conferences on business start-ups is taking place. more than 500 entrepreneurs from all over asia are gathered at this building here in tokyo. why? well, to get some start-up

assist and, maybe if they're lucky, find some investors, and that includes top notch investors from silicon valley. hi, nice to meet you. i spoke with dave mcclure, a venture capitalist from the valley, who announced on tuesday a $30 million fund for japanese start-ups. i asked him why he thinks there's so much potential here. >> there's not as much competition for resources here. so we'd really like to provide more capital for the very earliest stages when people are getting their businesses off the ground. we think there's tremendous opportunity here in japan, and in fact it's almost like we're a little late to that party. it's almost like there's a lot of potential here that's been overlooked. we want to get started in investing in that. the main challenge in the past has been lack of access to capital. in the last two years you're seeing more firms in japan so there's more capital available.

>> mcclure says fiber-commerce is strong in japan thanks to widespread use of smartphones and familiarity with online transactions. if you're going to bring your fund back to japan, what are your plans for investing in japan and also asian countries? >> we still think there's a huge opportunity for writing that first check as companies get their products to market. so probably a lot of investments in maybe, say, 100,000 u.s.-sized check. we think we can probably do 10 to to of those investments every year. and we're looking forward to finding a bunch of great japanese entrepreneurs, some which will be doing business here in japan and some global business. >> mcclure was also saying that he wants more new businesses especially in online education and health care, and he also said that he hopes his company will give japanese entrepreneurs and start-ups the higher profile in silicon valley. that's it for me.

back to you. >> very interesting indeed. thanks, mayu. live from the tokyo stock exchange. just government officials are trying to make arrangements for another ministerial meeting later this month for the transpacific partnership. they're now in contact with counterparts in japan and several other nations taking part in the free trade deals. ministers from 12 nations held a meeting this summer in hawaii, but they left the table without a broad agreement. they remain at odds over several issues. these include the period of patent protection for drugs developed through biotechnology and tariffs imposed on dairy products. whether they can get together later this month depending on future progress at working level meetings. japan and the u.s. have decided to hold working level talks in washington starting on wednesday. the agenda covers tariffs on automobiles and auto parts. now, plug-in hybrid vehicles

have a couple of advantages over standard hybrids. they can cover longer distances on electricity alone and their batteries can be charged by plug them into the wall. german automakers are rolling out new models in japan as they shift their marketing efforts into high gear. bmw has introduced the plug-in version of the sport utility vehicle. a four-hour charge allows it to go more than 30 kilometers without using a drop of gasoline. volkswagen has started its mainstay golf. company officials say it comes with a large battery. a three-hour charge gives the charge 350 hours on electric power alone. they argue it doesn't burn any gasoline for short trips. the new models are likely to fuel competition for japan's energy conscious motorists. toyota, honda and mitsubishi have been selling plug-in hybrids in their home market. that's it for business news at this hour.

but i'll leave you with a check on the markets. about 20,000 japanese lived as immigrants in the southern philippines in world war ii. many got caught up in ground battles between japan and the united states and lost their lives. nhk world followed one person who visited the city of delval to pay respects to her father.

>> reporter: 70 years after the end of the war. as many as 15,000 japanese have parents who died in battles here. >> translator: we can never forget what happened here. it feels like a nightmare from just last night. >> reporter: she came from okinawa to attend the ceremony. it was her first visit to the place where her father's life ended. >> translator: they must have had terrible regrets. they lost everything. including their lives. my father was among them. >> reporter: he had been a farmer in okinawa. in 1937 he set off in hopes of better supporting his wife and children back home.

it was a place of production for jute. during the war, more japanese immigrants lived here than any other place in southeastize ya. she was born seven months after her father left, so she never met him. as she got older, her feelings for him didn't. in davao, she visits the japanese museum and stops in front of the jute display. >> translator: my father moved here to grow jute before i was born. i wanted to see the place where he lived and died.

>> translator: the american military 17 years later his daughter set out to find his final resting place. all she had to guide her was a notice listing his place of death. so she went there along with descendants of other japanese who died. japanese military units had been stationed in the area. >> translator: a prison camp was here. most of the soldiers died.

>> reporter: she felt her father must be resting in the burial sites for soldiers. >> translator: daddy, it's me. i'm here. if your soul is here, return with me to okinawa. let's go home together. >> translator: it was the closest she had ever been to her father. >> translator: she was only 35 when he died. i'm more than twice that age now. so he may be wondering who i am. but he can probably tell because he's my parent.

>> reporter: decades divide the parent and child. but for miwako love has never died. reporting for nhk world from davao. it's time o get another check of the weather. meteorologist robert speta joins us with more on the form affecting japan. >> what we have going on out here is storm is still transversing much of honshu. we're talking about western portions of japan including kyushu. i want to mention this as well. look at that big cloud cover really stretching all the way off of hokkaido. that's where we're seeing problems around the tokai, kampo regions. we have that dry air being

wrapped around our storm system and the korean peninsula. and we're seeing sunny skies and temperatures in the 30s. pretty decent weather out here. same thing for the southern japanese islands and high pressure dominating there in eastern portions of china. back towards the north, a front is moving through northeastern china. bringing showers to beijing and down towards the south a monsoonal low starting to develop in the south china sea. we see an enhancement of the monsoon and especially with these showers crossing the indo china peninsula there in bangkok. some of those could become quite heavy. let's see what's going on here in europe as well. really we're seeing some pretty decent weather across most of the continent, from the british isles extending down through france, the low country in germany. high pressure is dominating. this is one of those clear cases i like to say big bubble, no trouble. big bubble of high pressure, decent weather across this entire area. although let's look farther here to the south. this is where the severe stuff

is. we had a low that brought weather into spain and caused flooding. this is moving into southern ita italy. this is worrisome because it is picking up energy and it will be traveling here towards the east. could bring some large hail, even the threat of tornadoes and heavy rainfall in these areas where we have thousands of moi grants outside. this could be a big impact event. something to watch out for as we go ahead. quickly in the americas, big front moving through here. this is bringing severe weather, even a report of a tornado in michigan. this continues to track towards the east, though. it is surging in that warm air ahead of it, but behind it cooling off. it will feel a little more seasonable. boston, 33p droing down to 23 there by your friday.

and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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