>> she also suggested that tokyo will need to provide for problems such as gambling addiction. the previous chief had resigned to take responsibility for the party's defeat in april's general election. party members chose the new president a convention. she called for unity to regain government support. she had been past chief secretary for political and public affairs. under e's leadership, the party will prepare for next year's

election. others with close ties to the election will have -- but there's a deep division within the party between members who are close to pak and those who remain distant from her. it's time now to take a look at the latest stories in business news, executives at leading japanese banking groups say they want to extend a helping hand to a new crop of startup firms working on high-tech approaches to financial services. >> fintech employs the latest technology for convenience for customers. some analysts think that fintech firms will eventually become a

threat to conventional banks so major banking groups are bringing the start ups into their businesses. the financial group is helping five companies that support innovative ideas. free office space and giving advice on turning ideas into business. mitsubishi officials say the startups have already come up with ideas involving artificial intelligence and virtual currencies. >> translator: creating innovate tiff business is crucial for the survival of financial institutions, many venture firms are coming up with new ideas and the race for improving new services is heating up. >> two other megabanking groups are also holding events in a bid to discover promising it companies. government officials have

released data of capital spending by japanese companies. machinery orders for june rose for the first time in three months. officials at the cabinet office say there was an 8.3% rise from may. the number excludes shipbuilding and power sectors which tend to see large fluctuations, manufacturers increased their orders 17.7%. the number for nonmanufacturers was up 2.1% higher. economists at the cabinet office maintain their assessment staying that orders are at a stand still. food makers in one of japan's snowy regions are tapping into an age old technique that not only keeps ingredients fresh but also making them more tasty. it's using a traditional storage methods and it's giving their business a welcome boost. >> reporter: a heotel in the north central prefecture serves

meals featuring aged ingredients. the steak for the main dish and the potatoes in the rich sweet soup are aged using a special method. >> translator: very delicious. >> reporter: all kinds of foods are aged in cellars in the mountains. this part of japan gets heavy snowfall each year. food placed in the facilities doesn't melt even in the summer. local people call them snow rooms. there are about 40 of them in the prefecture. people have long stored summer vegetables inside the cellars, but they have been found to be useful for another purpose. >> these days the snow rooms are used not just for keeping things cool but to age foods to improve their quality. >> reporter: the secret is

maintaining the humidity rate of more than 90%. and temperatures that stay around freezing. temperatures in refrigerators fluctuate and cause food cells to go bad over time. in contrast, temperatures in snow rooms are stable. researchers think this is why food becomes more tasty with aging. 26 small and mid sized companies have teamed up to launch a snow room brand. they're filling about 60 types of products. the award winning brand was hatched almost by accident. the owner of a cafe put a bag of coffee beans into a snow room, without giving it much thought. the result was a surprising change in the taste of the coffee. >> translator: the aroma is round and smooth. there's a bitter flavor.

but it's only an after taste. >> reporter: an analysis at a university laboratory found that beans kept in a snow room contained fewer aldehydes, chemical components that give up a unique smell. >> aroam mattic components play a very important role in flavors. >> reporter: on this day, a tasting event was held for trial products. one of the entries was a take made from potatoes, whose sugar levels have doubled after being aged in a snow room. >> you don't have to be worried about price as long as the cake is tasty, i would pay $15 for this. how about selling three pieces for $45. >> the cake was added to the

brand lineup. >> we must offer products that will appeal to our customers. we can give our products the local taste by keeping them in snow cellars. >> reporter: sales of the snow room products surged in just a year, making use of local know how is helping create new products and new business opportunities deep in japan's snow country. >> and that's all for business news. people across japan spent tuesday looking back 71 years to the day an atomic bomb devastated nagasaki. one chapter of the city's history involves a large community of christians. here's a report from a special

ceremony at a cathedral that was rebuilt after the attack. >> i'm standing right in front of the epicenter of the nagasaki atomic blast. this place is a very popular place for catholics, because in the 15th century, missionaries from overseas came over to nagasaki to spread the teachings. but later on christianity was banned and for 250 years christians in nagasaki were persecuted. but even during that time, this church has stood as a symbol of japanese faith in christianity. let me talk about the direction of the hypo center in relation to this cathedral. it's in this direction about 500 meters from here. and the bomb exploded up in the air. and then the blast and heat waves came over to this area, and this cathedral was totally destroyed and caught fire right

after the bombing. and there are some statues i want to show you right here. those statues remain as they were 71 years ago. so they were partly destroyed, and some parts of the bodies are missing. and around this cathedral, there are many, many things that show scars of the atomic bombing. take a look. this is the statue of virgin mary that was enshrined in the original cathedral's altar. a priest found the head of the wooden statue among church debris after the war. its glass eyes have been melted out. today it's referred to as the bombed virgin mary and is displayed in the church as a symbol of peace. when the church was hit by the explosion, one of the bell towers was blown 35 meters away. it still sits on the very spot where it fell on that day. people visiting the cathedral spent some time looking at the relic.

>> translator: i feel so sad because a place that is supposed to be peaceful was destroyed by something that's totally opposite from peace. >> the fact of being in the hypocenter of the bomb and look at that there, everything changed for a lot of people. so this is a very sensitive moment, i think. it's very important. >> reporter: well, we have moved inside the cathedral, and we're climbing up the stairs to get a sense of what's going on here in the hall. as we were preparing for this live coverage, we saw many foreign followers as well, people from asian countries as well as from europe and also from the united states. ♪ right now we hear songs of the followers here.

in the bombing, of the church's 12,000 parishioners, 8,500 were killed. all that was left standing were parts of its walls. this urakami cathedral that we see today was rebuilt in 1959. ♪ and special masses are held in churches across nagasaki today. parishioners are praying for nagasaki to be the last place where atomic weapons are used. and others are praying for an end to global conflicts. ♪ nagasaki.

as myanmar's government transitions to peace and democracy, there's a grassroots effort to grow a better future. and one of the the world's longest civil wars has stunted the economy. but in a place where a cease fire is already in effect, they're taking matters into their own hands. >> they started looking for a new crop to revitalize the community. his answer was this plant.

the fruit is used as a spice in china's cooking after it dried. it's also an ingredient in the influenza anti-viral drug tamiflu. >> the temperature and the sea level. it's good for this kind of plant. and it will help many. >> reporter: the investment for his siblings over the internet. a group of donors came to myanmar. so far more than 8,000 seedlings have been planted. they expect the plants will

begin to bear fruit in three to five years. >> i planted the seedlings individually. it felt good to help. it's real cooperation. >> reporter: never have communities become interested in these trials. on this day, residents from a rural country village visited. they hope the crop will allow them to become economically independent. >> translator: i'll do my best. >> translator: i believe that as the news comes out, so our plant, our project will become. we will have a new lease for the future. >> reporter: now citizens are offering them a chance to rebuild their lives.

>> a teacher from turkey is giving her students lessons on disaster preparedness, lessons she learned while on a trip to japan. >> these school children are getting a special lesson. >> it's an earth quake, what should we do? >> if you have a table, crouch under it. >> reporter: once a week, they practice how to respond to natural disasters. >> reporter: a tsunami, there's only one escape, what is it? >> run away. >> this teacher teaches disaster measures. in all, 260 turkish teachers took part.

three years ago, she joined a group visiting japan, which suffered a powerful earthquake in 1995. she was impressed by how the japanese schools taught preparedness. a domestic disaster motivated her. in 19 99, turkey was struck by a devastating tremor. the magnitude 7.4 quake killed 13,000 people and killed many people in zakaria province. but as time passes, people's sense of the crisis is fating. >> translator: i'm not sat all ready for a disaster now. >> translator: i don't feel any need to be prepared for earthquakes. >> reporter: after seeing the high level of readiness in japan, she felt the need to spread disaster education at home.

on this day, she visits another school, along with a group of teachers. the community lies close to an active fault, but she believes they are prepared for disasters. they use traditional shadow puppets to engage the children. >> what's that? >> it's my bag, in case of disaster. >> what do you keep in it? >> let's ask the kids. >> translator: we should think about the things we need in case there's an earthquake. >> we can fix buildings and roads, but we cannot replace human lives. if we teach the children how to be ready, i think their families will also become more aware. >> reporter: there's no

substitute for being ready. through efforts like these, the next time disaster strikes, turkey will be a little more prepared. it is time now for a check of the weather. people across japan are feeling the heat and humidity. it's dangerously hot out there, our meteorologist joins us with more in world weather. >> yes, actually on a tuesday, it was exceptionally hot and very dangerous. about 700 people across japan had to go to the hospital due to heat stroke. and as we look into wednesday, conditions are improving, it's going to be slightly cooler, but not cool enough to really make it so it is exceptionally cooler and much safer outside, in fact, temperatures are just going to continue to spike up here, but it's not as bad. in fact, let's take a look at the storms, the storm that actually moved off here towards the north, that was our tropical system, it's moving away, but behind it, we had all this dry

air filter in. and one thing that you often see across japan is sunny skies, but also our full wind effect. that's when you have that moisture air build up, and once it goes over, it dries out, it condenses, it warms up. that's why the hottest temperatures seen across the entire country are really seen just downslope of these mountains out here. and these are all-time record highs across much of this region, in fact some areas pushing near the 39-degree mark. yokohama, japan's second largest city, 37 degrees out there, and of course into tokyo as well, it was exceptionally warm. i show you some video out of the famous crossing right there. people out there in the heat. even in this area we saw temperatures go up to about 37, 38 degrees. people out there trying to stay cool. as i mentioned, about 700 people were taken to the hospital.

there was one death reported as well due to heat stroke. so definitely very dangerous if you are out and about, a way to stay cool. temperatures still staying warm, as i mentioned, we have high pressure continuing to dominate, those strong northwesterly winds are not so much there as we have seen on tuesday. but that high pressure combined with a tibetan high here in the western atmosphere is going to make for absolutely clear skies and exceptionally warm temperatures. take a look at the three-day forecast, we have temperatures up to about 36 degrees, tokyo at 33. kyoto 36. you want to know actually a little farther south, it's actually cooler, yes into the southern japanese islands, some precipitation there. you might see some rainfall. let's talk about cooler temperatures into europe. we have a long cold front

stretching across central areas of the continent, and we're going to see some -- temperatures continue to drop down, some areas of the scandinavian peninsula, your temperature below the 40-degree mark. stockholm for example, 16 for your high, berlin 18, london 19. we want to talk about some cooler temperatures in rio de janeiro, we have this front lingering through here, might bring some rainfall on wednesday, but once it goes a little bit further to the north, take a look at the forecast, temperatures on the cool side, 21 by thursday and even out towards friday. i leave you now with your extended outlook.

and that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." thank you for joining us. 6

>> this week "global 3000" heads to nepal where landslides pose a threat to the locals. they are placing their hope in a robust kind of grass. when will it finally rain again in? in south sudan a lack of water is making life very difficult for cattle breeders. we find out how they're coping. but first we go to the u.s. where mexican families divided by law are able to see each other again through a high-security fence. the border dividing the u.s.a. and mexico is over 3,100 kilometers long and one of the most heavily guarded in the world. there are border posts, patrols, and fences, and should