new information has emerged related to this week's deadly terror attack in istanbul. turkish media is quoted as saying the three were russian, uzbek and kyrgyz nationals. one of the three entered the country from a syrian city under islamic state control. the assault left 44 people dead and more than 200 wounded. turkey's interior minister says authorities have detained 13 people including four foreigners as part of their investigation. >> translator: the evidence, documents and findings we have obtained corroborate the prediction that this attack was carried out by the islamic state militant group. the findings point to them, but

this will be declared officially once the investigation is completed. >> turkish media report that the man from southern russia had been operating in istanbul since late may. he reportedly traveled from raqqah, the northern syrian city that the islamic state group calls its capital. people are shocked and concerned by the attack not only in the country but in places like japan. more than 4,000 people from turkey live here, and nhk world spoke to some of them. >> reporter: this man came to turkey five years ago. he teaches turkish at a center. people are studying the language and culture here. he says he is sad another terror attack struck his homeland and that many were killed and

injured. he says true muslims would never even think of committing a terror attack and islamic state militants shouldn't be called muslims. the attack hit close to home for this woman. she doesn't want to be identified because of safety concerns. some of her relatives work near the istanbul airport. they're safe, but she says it's still shocking that the attack happened in the holy month of ramadan. >> i called some of my friends, they're also so afraid for turkish people, muslim people, ramadan month is so important because this month's meaning is peace. >> reporter: this japanese student is very interested in turkish literature. she hopes people in the country overcome this difficult situation. >> istanbul is -- i think it's a city of diversity and also it has the ambience of freedom little by little. i think we can stand up and we

have to move on. >> reporter: despite the shadow these attacks have cast, turkish people in tokyo say they're staying strong and will keep praying for peace. kurando tago, nhk world, tokyo. former mon done mayor boris johnson has ruled out trying to replace david cameron as leader of britain's conservative party. cameron announced his resignation from prime minister when his remain side lost the brexit vote. johnson who pushed to leave the eu was considered a front-runner for the position. >> having consulted colleagues and the view of circumstances in parliament, i have concluded that person cannot be me. >> johnson faced growing criticism within his party for switching to the leave camp. he was initially believed to have a pro eu stance.

critics saw the switch as a chance for him to become new prime minister. new party leader and prime minister is expected to be in place by early september. that person will have the task of negotiating the uk's exit from the eu. japanese prime minister shinzo abe said he spoke with two of his eu counterparts after britain's exit from the eu. he spoke to david cameron and angela merkel in two separate phone conversations. he told them he hopes britain and the eu will cooperate to eliminate market concerns. he cited the consensus reached at may's g7 summit in japan. the leaders agreed to take all necessary measures at appropriate times to avoid a new crisis. >> translator: i hope the british and german leaders will exercise strong leadership. >> abe says he asked cameron to ensure japanese businesses in the uk are not adversely

affected. he also says cameron pledged to take every possible measure to protect japanese firms. prosecutors in okinawa has indicted a u.s. base worker and former marine for murder and other charges. he's responsible for the death of a 20-year-old japanese woman in april. the written indictment says 32-year-old kenneth franklin shinzato attacked the woman while she was out for a walk. he reportedly hit the woman with a club while attempting to rape her. shinzato then stabbed and killed her. prosecutors haven't commented on whether the defendant has admitted to the charges. law enforcement officials say shinzato hinted at committing the murder shortly after he was arrested. shinzato has reportedly said nothing about the alleged crime since. the woman's body was found abandoned in a wooded area. police have yet to find the knife used in the crime.

prosecutors apparently decided the defendant's quick confession is credible supported by other evidence collected by investigators. it's time for the latest in business news. bank of japan officials have just released important data that tells us about the mood among businesses. ai uchida joins from us the business desk. good morning. what do the numbers say? >> good morning, catherine. the tankan comes out every quarter. boj officials reached out to 10,000 firms across japan and asked them what do they think about business conditions. the latest data shows confidence was unchanged for large manufacturers, but it did worsen for nonmanufactures. the index expresses the difference in the percentages of firms that say business is good from those who say it's bad. a positive reading means more companies are optimistic. now, the survey shows the headline index of sentiment by large manufacturers was at plus six. that's unchanged from the previous quarter. the index for major

nonmanufacturers was plus 19. that's down three points from before. now, japanese officials have released other key economic data, too, so let's start with the latest consumer price index. the officials say -- the officials at the internal affairs ministry, that is, say the may cpi was down 0.4% from the same month last year. that is the third straight month of decline. the index includes oil products but not fresh food. now, the reading was up 0.6% when all types of energy and food are excluded. that figure has risen for 32 straight months. and consumers continue to keep a grip on their wallets. household spending declined for the third month in a row, too. officials say households with two or more people in may cut back by 1.1% from a year ago. average spending per household was about 282,000 yen.

that's more than $2,700. and the officials say the unemployment rate in may stood at 3.2%. that figure was unchanged from the previous month. meanwhile, officials at the labor ministry say the ratio of job offers to people looking for work was 1.36. that means there were 136 openings for every 100 job seekers. the figure edged up 0.02 points from april. many people were expecting the tankan index to worsen, but it actually came in roughly in line with analysts' estimates but cpi and household spending were as affected as well. let's see how that is affecting markets here in tokyo. we'll go to ramin mellegard for that. good morning, ramin. tell us what you're seeing over there. >> good morning, ai. a lot of data there that you just went through.

and markets here taking it pretty positively. let's come to the opening levels here for the nikkei and the topix for july 1st, and you can see the nikkei and the broader topix up 0.84%. a pretty positive. of course, analysts looking at the outlook for the tankan business sentiment survey. now, let's not forget june was quite a volatile month. the nikkei fell 9.6% on the month and that's the biggest monthly fall since may 2012. and a week after brexit vote we have seen somewhat calmer markets as we now enter the third quarter. overnight the bank of england governor mark kearney said that the bank would probably need to pump more stimulus into britain's economy over the summer. he said the economic outlook has deteriorated after the brexit vote. now, following his comments, london's ftse surged more than 2% actually hitting its highest level since august 2015 and

paris cac 40 and the dax gaining on the screen. looking at the u.s. markets. positive sentiment spilled over to wall street. the dow jones and the nasdaq rose for a third straight day. both rising 1.3%. the negative sentiment has eased on hopes for central bank accomodation. of course, the latest that we've seen is from the bank op england. but many will be looking at the bank of japan and the federal reserve as well. >> tell us about how the pound, the british pound is trading following kearney's comments that you mentioned and also what's happening with some other pairs today? >> exactly. we have seen volatility in the pound sterling thaerks for sure. the pound against the dollar 1.3339. sterling fell 6% against the dollar. it neared its 31-year low touched on monday. the dollar and the euro are up against the yen. dollar/yen right now top of the screen, 103.08.

euro/yen 1.114. now, emerging economies have also seen a bit of a rebound as fears of an imminent rate hike by the federal reserve are receding somewhat after the brexit vote. that's helping to boost local currencies and stocks into indonesia, thailand and singapore. today we may see some trading as markets in the u.s. will be closed as many taking an early weekend for the independence day celebrations. that's all from me. back to you. >> all right, ramin, we'll touch base with you in a few hours' time. now, more and more people are making the switch to l.e.d.s, energy-efficient lights are an obvious way to save money, so product developers never sit still. they're looking for ways to shine the light into a whole new

space. >> reporter: a tokyo art gallery. you can hear music, but where are the speakers? the soothing sounds are coming from a vibrating l.e.d. lamp. a tiny light and sound show beaming from above. ♪ >> translator: this functions as a lamp and as a speaker. i decided to use it because it doesn't stand out and distract from the works of art. >> reporter: a major electronicsmaker is setting the mood. it started selling the dual lamp/speaker last month. a peek inside shows the speaker mounted in front of the l.e.d. that setup creates a problem. the speaker casts a shadow.

designers fix that by tweaking the cover. they found just the right thickness and angle to bend the light. the final result -- hardly any shadow. users can choose from 192 colors and dim to 32 levels. >> translator: when it comes to audio-visual development, we're working on products that do not draw attention and that fit in well with the surrounding space. >> reporter: conjuring sound from light is just one of the possibilities. this small venture company is working on l.e.d. lamps that communicate. >> this l.e.d. light is not just illuminating the room. it's doing another job that we can't see. it's transferring wireless information down to this

computer and then back up to the light again. just connect a usb adapter to a computer and you've got wire also internet fast enough to watch a video. it's called visible light communication. here's the proof. block the light and communication stops. the signal range is very tight. within 120 degrees of the signal light. >> it's going to move. it stopped. >> reporter: that means less chance of data theft. >> translator: at present many use this light for security and factories use it to prevent precision measurements from malfunctioning due to radio waves. >> reporter: here's another application. in a product showroom, a customer approaches a display

shelf. holds a smartphone or tablet under the lamp to learn more information about the items. setting aup smart lamp is a normal operation using a normal l.e.d. >> by developing new services and apps with lighting and communication technologies combined, we want to sell value that is nonexist ept. >> reporter: a new technology is taking shape promising to light up our lives in a very different way. john la due, nhk world, toke yok -- tokyo. that's the latest on business. i'll leave you with a check on the markets.

a hong kong bookseller says a power struggle behind the chinese leadership is behind his detention in china along with his colleagues. former bookstore manager lam wing-kee spoke with nhk. his detention on the mainland began in october, and he returned to hong kong in june. four others related to the bookstore also disappeared last year. the shop sold titles critical of the chinese communist party. lam said during his interrogation authorities showed him several books his store had been selling. he said they pressed him to

identify the authors and information sources of titles criticizing inside stories about the administration of president xi jinping. >> translator: the authorities don't intend to force our bookstore to close but aim to contain the sources of information. if they knew the sources, they would crack down on them. >> protests in hong kong have been growing ever since the detention of the booksellers came to light. freedom of expression is guaranteed in hong kong under the one country, two systems policy. friday marks the 19th anniversary of hong kong's return to china from britain. local authorities will hold a ceremony to celebrate the reversion, but pro democracy civil activists are planning a massive demonstration. in less than two weeks an international court will deliver a verdict on a territorial dispute between the philippines and china. china has been building runways, control towers and radar

facilities on artificial islands in the south china sea. that's upset the philippines, vietnam and other claimants to the disputed islands. they suspect beijing is building military outposts. china's claim of jurisdiction over most of the south china sea has led the philippines to take the case to court. they argue that the claim is baseless and invalid, according to international law. china says only the parties involved should resolve the issue through talks. the country has boycotted the court proceedings and says it will reject any ruling. despite that tough outward stance, nhk has learned that beijing is considering a response in the event of an unfavorable ruling. diplomatic sources say that more than 20 government officials and experts met in beijing in late march. the sources say a senior official of the state oceanic administration suggested that an unfavorable ruling was increasingly likely and called on others to cast away an optimistic illusion and make

preparations. oceanic administration officials and experts have proposed steps to establish chinese control of the area before a ruling comes out. one proposal was to build an artificial island in the scarborough shoal. another was to take over the second thomas shoal in the spratly islands. the philippines effectively controls the shoal. another suggestion was to establish a chinese air defense identification zone in the south china sea. the sources say a senior foreign ministry official expressed concern that other parties including vietnam and indonesia may follow the philippines' example and file for arbitration. an expert on maritime security says there's concern among leaders in beijing. >> translator: if the ruling is unfavorable for china, it is likely to cause fierce repercussions in public opinion. to mitigate such public

sentiment, the chinese government may demonstrate that it will strengthen control over the region. >> the chinese government has been stepping up diplomatic efforts since april. foreign minister held a meeting with his counterparts and china's foreign ministry is calling on the philippines to solve the dispute through negotiations and call a halt to the court proceedings. the head of the self-defense force is worried that the chinese military is stepping up activity around the sea of japan. more and more aircraft are flying towards japanese air pace. air self-defense force jets were scrambled more than 90 times between april and june. that's over 80 more than the same period last year. >> translator: there's been an escalation of activity by the chinese military both at sea and in the air.

and the range of these activities has been expanding. >> kawano says they've observed activities in the senkaku islands in the east china sea. the japanese government maintains that the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory. the numbers scrambled against planes totaled 873 for the fiscal year that ended in march. 500 of those were carried out against chinese aircraft. a senior u.s. marine said his country will boost its military presence in the pacific. he said commanders will form a new unit. lieutenant general john whistler said there will be 2,000 marines in the unit that will operate with the navy's amphibious group. >> when those marines come from the continental united states, whether they come from hawaii,

whether they come from the unit deployment program marines in japan, all those details are being worked out. the idea is to create additional presence, particularly in southern asia. >> whistler said that in the future a unit currently based in okinawa will operate mainly in northeast asia and a new unit will focus on the western pacific region. he said it will likely happen in two or three years. the u.s. has stationed marines in northern australia since 2012 as part of its so-called pivot to the asia pacific region. it is designed to put pressure on china. it is time for a check of the weather. emergency crews in many areas of the western united states are fighting massive wildfires. meteorologist jonathan oh joins from us the latee. >> we are keeping an eye on the conditions that hammer the western portion of the united states.

we see clouds from time to time along the rocky mountains, but it's not enough to really suppress that really dry persistent pattern that has been creating these fires or helping to aid the fires as we move forward in time. let me show you video coming out of idaho. it will give you an idea how massive these are. this is boise battling a wildfire early thursday morning. the blaze started shortly after midnight north of table rock. more than 300 hectares have been impacted and four structures have been destroyed. residents in the area have been asked to leave but the evacuations are not mandatory at this time and there have been no immediate reports of injuries. we do have a couple of areas of moisture that may try to help with this particular situation. we have a low coming out of the north and west. that will bring some showers. but again, not a huge amount. most of the focal point will be colorado rather than montana and idaho. meanwhile, a low pressure system down through the south and west will continue to try to bring in

moisture but a lot more drier weather and so the -- what is developing into the desert southwest monsoon bringing in that moisture may try to help l conditions in southern california. we're watching out for a couple of systems on the eastern side of the united states. one is a stationary system with a-lp area over the carolinas, that's going to bring a chance for afternoon scattered thunderstorms. then towards the north. we do have a cold front moving in. we have warm air coming in from the south, cold air further to the north. and that particular setup will lead to the possibility of some strong thunderstorms. look at some of these highs here. 21 in chicago. 23 in winnipeg and also toronto. this is very warm weather for this time of year. we're seeing rain down to d.c. with thunderstorms possible as we go throughout the day friday. just be on the lookout for that. as we go through the july 4th weekend. we'll see scattered showers d.c. and houston.

los angeles seeing some hazier conditions and some rain into honolulu. meanwhile, we look at the forecast for europe, we're seeing some very warm air due to a high pressure system bringing temperatures up into the mid-30s into the balkens, look out for that. rain and thunderstorms with that air surging in and the trough that bring thunderstorms into warsaw and vienna and paris a chance for rain. high of 22 degrees. wrapping things up with a look at east asia. i want to draw your attention to this band of clouds. there's a low pressure in northern shanghai. this will bring a lot of rail. we're talking about the possibility of 200 millimeters of rain as we go just through the day on friday, that will dump a lot of moisture there. be on the lookout for the possibility of some localized flash flooding as we go forward in time. that low will eventually approach the mountains of japan as we go through the weekend. we'll see spotty showers, maybe

thunderstorms as we go throughout saturday and sunday. for friday, we're going to see some dry conditions. waurl conditions as well. 20 in sendai, 30 in tokyo and over to kagoshima and kyushu getting a little bit of a break from the rains we had this week. we should see dry conditions as we go through friday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your forecast.

that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

rita aspinwall: on this edition of "native report," we watch as glass artist jes durfee transforms simple glass rods into incredible works of art. ernie stevens: we attend a community-wide celebration of indigenous peoples' day. rita aspinwall: and we interview dr. bob powless, who helped found one of the first university indian studies programs in the united states. ernie stevens: we also learn about what we can do to lead healthier lives, and hear from our elders on this "native report." narrator: production of "native report" is made possible by grants from the shakopee mdewakanton sioux community, the blandin foundation, and the duluth superior area community foundation. [music playing]