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gutted. so men, women and children loaded possessions on to trucks and headed south. about 10,000 people have fled to gaza city. many have taken refuge in u.n.-run schools. >> translator: my children cry out in fear and spend nights without getting enough sleep. how is it possible for parents to make their children feel at ease? when we are full of anxiety ourselves? >> israeli leaders say they are trying to stop this, rocket attacks by hamas and its allies. israeli commanders have shot down most with the missile defense system known as the iron dome. some citizens have been hurt but none have died. it's a different story in gaza. the week old offensive killed

palestinians and left hundreds wounded. >> translator: israel went deeper on everything and the offensive should be stopped. >> reporter: the palestinians say israel is targeting leaders. >> these homes are command posts of the hamas and jihad-led army. this is where they have rockets hidden, map rooms. >> translator: prime minister netanyahu shrugged off calls of restraint. other foreign ministers say the fighting has to stop now. >> there is an urgent need to bring an end to the violence in gaza and restore the november

2012 cease fire agreement. >> reporter: with israeli tanks parked a ground invasion seems likely. netanyahu says the operation may take a long time and his army is prepared for all possibilities. to the latest in business. officials have been monitoring the impact in the increase of the consumption tax. respondents said sales of automobiles and electrical appliances are below where they were when the tax went up. managers are saying people are buying fewer luxury goods and

cosmetics. managers say consumers are choosing products based on quality and features rather than just price. so people are paying more for each purchase. seniors and tourists from abroad have been among big spenders. on to the markets. investors are waiting for the release of key economic data. the shanghai composite ended up for two trading sessions. here in tokyo the nikkei seeing gains fipshing at 15,296. some brought back recent decliners but trading was relatively light. in china climbed nearly 1% and

finished at 2,066. many auto shares were bought. singapore's benchmark finishing lower. that was mainly because of slower growth in the production of electronics and cars. japanese authorities want mobile phone carriers to ease the grip on the market and would like to do away with something called sim lock making it difficult for customers to switch subscribers. smart phones are tethered to a single carrier. users in japan have to buy a new phone. officials at the communications ministry asked a panel of experts to look at the issue and recommended they be scrapped

saying the locks are one reason smart phones are among the highest. the average consumer pays right around $200 a month. ministry officials are expected to finalize a change by the end of the year. japan's biggest business organization is urging member companies to appoint more women as managers. the federation plans to ask about 1,300 members to draw up action plans posting the steps that 47 of the members have already taken. those companies include toyota motor. the car maker is trying to triple the number of women in management positions by the year 2020. as part of the growth strategy the government is trying to have women account for about 30% of corporate managers by 2020. officials says increasing female managers helps sharpen

competitive edge of companies. people in japan are observing the annual custom of summer time heat by grilling eel. producers ranked second. workers at a facility have been busy packing eels raised on farms around the island. they ship them by plane. farmers say they are catching fewer young eels to raise than they used to. shipments to japan tumbled by nearly 40% from a year earlier. some japanese farmers are trying to unearth a fortune as far east and found a market for the sweet fruits. >> reporter: a delegation visits in early june.

it included a representative of a farming corporation. the group is ready to invest $98 million in an unusual project. >> translator: first and foremost we wanted to see for ourselves what kind of food they are eating. >> reporter: the corporation started growing in greenhouses eight years ago. its members use computers to control growing temperatures. technology such as double layers of insulating film allow farmers to grow the fruit in winter. the farmers produce about 80,000 mangoes a year. a single mango can cost as much as $100. the high price is -- the farmers

to a product exhibit last year. more so the fruits sold out and a business opportunity was born. the booming natural gas production has brought wells. the average monthly income is about $1,500. fresh fruit is scarce. the farmers realize the island's natural gas could dramatically reduce heating expenses and there was a market for the produce. >> translator: there is not much fresh fruit. we do need some equipment but the local gas will make our operation cheaper to run. it's a very attractive market. >> reporter: during the visit the farmers went to supermarkets

to check out the food supply. most of the fruit and vegetables were imported from china. brazilian mangoes were available but none were ripe. >> distribution and better taste will set our product apart. >> reporter: auctioners took farmers to the potential greenhouse site. >> translator: a pipe has been run to the southern part. there is already supply. >> reporter: the site is near a plant that supplies natural gas to the city. the farmers liked what they saw. >> translator: we analyzed the whole market and other factors and concluded that the site has

great potential. we want to move quickly in the future. >> reporter: the group hopes to begin producing mangoes in two to three years. it remained to be seen whether an exotic crop will bear economic fruit. that is going to wrap it up for business hour. let's check in on the markets.

every morning investors turn our attention to asia. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the companies at the forefront of change. >> up to the minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get the latest business news and insight every day here on "newsline." police in tokyo have told nhk that a temporary employee at one of japan's largest educational companies is behind a massive theft of personal data. they say the information of more than 7.5 million clients of benesse holdings was stolen.

nhk world reports. >> reporter: parents use the service to better their children's education but are learning something else. >> translator: it is worrying how the data may be used. >> translator: two of my children are signed up with benesse. the leak has left me shocked and upset. >> reporter: company officials say they first discovered the leak after customers complained of receiving direct mail from other firms. >> translator: we deeply apologize for the trouble caused by the leak of customers' personal data. >> reporter: benesse is the market leader in correspondence courses and caters to a wide age range from babies to high school

students. the company which had been compiling a huge personal information database says the leak can turn out to involve more than 20 million items. tokyo police suspect a temporary worker employed at an external contractor in charge of maintaining the database illegally copied the data. the data was then transferred to nameless traders. experts in the education business say the recent information leak highlights the increasing competition in the agency as japan's birth rate drops. >> translator: as an increasing number of children now come from a single parent household data on each of them has now become very valuable. >> reporter: the information leak has many parents on edge

fearing tharn children's information can be used in the future and are calling on measures to ensure students are safe inside and outside the classroom. nhk world, tokyo. one country coming to the aid of an ally. abe spoke on monday. it was the first time he spoke at the diet on the cabinet's recent approval. the alteration would allow japan to engage in collective self-defense. a question was asked about the cabinet decision inquiring whether the decision will allow japan to engage in collective self-defense as stipulated in

the united nation's charter. >> translator: the scope to the right of collective self-defense will not be the same as that of the u.n. charter because there is a limit to what japan could do. >> abe also suggested the constitution would need to be amended if japan wanted to allow for the use of force in circumstances not covered by the new interpretation. the article stipulates japanese people forever renounce war as the right of the nation and bars japan from utilizing threat and use of force as a means of settling international dispute. abe's plans for japan hit a stumbling block. a former lawmaker won a race for governorship in western japan beating a candidate. analysts say the results suggest

that the abe administration has failed to win broad support for interpretation of the constitution and nuclear energy policy. the former democrat won by a narrow margin on sunday in his election campaign the independent candidate called for nuclear power to be phased out. leaders in tokyo want to keep the nuclear option open. he won more than 250,000 votes. his rival ran with the backing of abe's liberal democratic party. grabbed about 240,000 votes. the election was the first high profile poll since abe's cabinet approved the new security policy. >> translator: it is very disappointing but the candidate we support lost in the election.

>> the government's top spokesperson said the result will not change the course of the administration. he added the government should explain its policy thoroughly to the public. >> translator: we will restart the nuclear plants once the safety is confirmed by the nuclear regulation authority. >> he also said the administration is seeking to minimize nuclear independence. north korea state run media recently carried a series of reports related to japan. analysts say may be seeking to increase ties with japan. the korean central news agency reported on saturday the japanese upper house lawmaker visiting the north gave a gift to leader kim jong-un.

earlier said kim laid on a banquet. the korean newspaper carried a report on july 6 about north korea's founding father and the country's cargo passenger ship and under kim's leadership the vessel regularly shuttled between north korea and japan. the report comes after leaders announced they launched a special committee to investigate the faith of those to the north. the government is maintaining its ban on it entering japanese ports. north korean negotiators are asking the japanese side to lift the ban and seeking permission for the ship to once again connect the two countries. prime minister abe says he is eager to improve ties with china. the japanese prime minister says

he wants to meade president xi when he meets for the cooperation forum in november. abe referred to strained relations at a lower house committee meeting. both sides need to recognize they are tied together. he stressed the importance of managing problems as they arise to keep the relationship strong. >> translator: it is very unfortunate that our two countries have been unable to hold a summit meeting. i want to improve relations and move towards a strong mutually benefici benefici beneficial strategic relationship. we are seeing a tropical system in the western pacific. let's bring in robert speta. we just had a powerful storm last week. how bad will this be?

>> this does not look like as strong as last week but hitting a coast line which is much more vulnerable to the tropical systems. it is extending out towards the capital. this is our tropical storm. it is still pushing off towards the west. we are starting to see intensification out of this and will likely be intensifying to a typhoon just prior to landfall by tuesday afternoon. winds 108 gusting up to 162 kilometers per hour. that is enough to cause damage and definitely light buildings you could be seeing some of those really taking significant damage out of this. i think the bigger threat as this pushes out over the philippines is the rainfall. even extending towards manila you could see 200 to 300 millimeters. this could result to landslides in the mountains. it is going to be a stand still

as we look ahead to tuesday evening and wednesday. if you are being warned you want to take proper precautions before things start to clear out. after it pushes over the philippines it is still going to be impacting areas out here. southern china you are lined up next thursday into friday and could bring typhoon strength winds for you. before that happens we are talking about the rainy season bringing heavy showers. one location there in southern china about 116 millimeters reported. next 24 hours as much as 150 millimeters very well could occur. wide spread showers here. back towards the east and korean peninsula 30 degrees for your high. don't expect rain showers but another form of severe weather, the haze. anybody with breathing issues you want to watch out for this. it is not just the pm 2.5.

temperatures are still hot and humid. 33 actually expected into tokyo on tuesday. let's look towards europe where while the jet stream continues to meander towards the north and dips towards the south. on the base of this we have been seeing a series of low pressure systems. video out of switzerland where you have been seeing flooding and a landslide covering up railroad tracks. also, a woman was killed and several houses and basements flooded. as we take a look ahead the threat of the storm systems still there. continuing to track towards the east following another low that brought two reports of tornadoes. so you don't need more severe weather. this is something we will continue to watch. now, moving towards the americas, continuing on the topic of severe weather. take a look at cloud cover.

that is a line of severe weather that set up several reports of tornadoes in the west. numerous reports of tornadoes towards the east. the main reason is we have cool air from the north interacting with the hot muggy air in houston. that is bringing the threat of severe thunderstorms. the cool air is also another big topic. some of you it may feel like late fall to early spring. just 9 on monday in winnipeg. here is the extended outlook.

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a california beach to watch a surfing competition where competitors stood on four legs. about 40 dogs from across the u.s. hopped on boards to unleash their skills in san diego. >> come on, come on. >> some participants couldn't find their balance but it was a breeze for experienced surfers. they even showed off by riding tandem. judges gave scores of points in the length of the ride and beauty of the postures. >> in america dogs are part of our family. it is a good activity for the whole family. >> the money raised from the event will be donated to organizations that support the humane treatment of animals. that's all for this hour of "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thanks for watching. a7guc

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