. welcome to to nhk "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. israelis announced another temporary truce in the gaza strip even as they fend off criticism. rescue crews in southwestern china are being slowed by after shocks of bad weather as they search for survivors following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake.

and an atomic bomb in hiroshima goes back to ground zero as he tells thea story of what people lost. israeli leaders have declared another ceasefire. they made the announcement under the cloud of more international criticism. nhk world reports. >> reporter: israeli commanders say they launched their offensive to destroy tunnels used by hamas fighters. hamas uses the underground network to carry out attacks on israeli towns. commanders say they are close to achieving their goal so many of their troops are pulling out. but israelis haven't stopped the threat from a bomb. on sunday about 3,000

palestinians had taken refuge there and ten of them were killed. u.n. secretary general called the attack a moral outrage and criminal act. >> we vigorously condemn this attack because we notified the israeli army 33 times that there were people at the shelter. >> reporter: the spokesman for the u.s. state department said israel must do more to avoid civilian casualties. israeli officers say they are looking into it. >> we are investigating the situation. we will get to the bottom of this. once we do we will make our conclusions public. >> reporter: hamas leaders say they won't stop fighting until israel lifts its economic blockade. militants launched more than 90 rockets on sunday alone. some blame them for putting lives of palestinians at risk. more than 8,100 people have been killed since the offensive began

last month. u.n. officials say almost half a million palestinians have been forced into emergency shelters. many have little to eat. many cannot find clean water. >> translator: if the war continues we won't be able to contain diseases anymore. it will be a disaster. >> reporter: some say it already is. a magnitude 6.5 quake hit southwestern china on sunday. nearly 400 people were killed and more than 1,800 were injured. nhk world has more from beijing. >> reporter: it's been 24 hours since the quake strike. around 430 p.m. on sunday local time police and rescuers have been working throughout the night. >> translator: i felt the

earthquake and went outside, then my house collapsed. >> translator: something fell on my sister's head and knocked her unconscious. i called my relatives over right away. >> reporter: concrete buildings collapsed. houses and cars were broke by landslides nearby. chinese premie chinese -- it is a mountain region. rescue workers are contained by roads blocked by landslides. a major earthquake hit in may

2008 leaving about 87,000 people dead or missing. a magnitude 5.1 earthquake in july 2006 near the one that hit sunday. more than 20 people were killed. another quake in september 2012 took more than 80 lives. after shocks continue to rock. weather officials predict heavy rain in the area. rescue efforts could be hampered by bad weather. nhk world, beijing. investors across the world have been concerned about what is happening in gaza.

some major markets ended the day lower. tokyo stocks continue to drop. the nikkei ended down. people who track the markets say solid business results from some major japanese companies were not enough to offset ongoing concerns. australian stocks lost 0.28%. analysts say some shares were bought on the back of gold prices. investors kept the recent chinese stock rally going. they were encouraged by data pointing to the data's steady economic recovery. hong kong closed up 0.28% and the upbeat mood lifted shanghai stocks to the highest level this year. the index rose 1.74%. two of the largest japanese

truck makers suffered sales in the april to june period. the southeast asian country is a major overseas market for the companies. executives at isuzu say sales were down 4% from a year earlier in yen terms. operating profit dropped 16%. officials at hino motors reported sales dropped nearly 11%. operating profit tumbled 27%. other japanese car makers are also doing business in thailand. consumers across japan are tightening belts. researchers say growth for april to june has slumped. they blame the increase in the consumption tax. gross domestic product from january to march grew at an

annual wa annual rate. they say when the sales tax was raised in april business owners spent less on factories and equipment. many say consumers will start spending again in the next quarter. prime minister abe said he will use the numbers to decide whether to raise the tax. officials at the bank of japan have taken a close look at the money supply. they examine the circulation and deposits held. they say in july it dropped for the first time in six months. bank officials say it exceeded $2.3 trillion. the government usually redeems bonds and pays out pensions in june. the drop reflects the fact that there was less cash in circulation last month. they say since july 2013 the monetary base has gone up more

than 40%. the people at the central bank have tried to get more money flowing through the economy and hope to increase by the end of the year. trade negotiators from japan and the united states are rolling up sleeves to try to seal a deal on the trans pacific partnership and trying to reach an agreement on the free trade pact. >> translator: i want to clear all the remaining hurdles this time around so we can conclude the talks early. >> the japanese chief negotiator left for another round of talks. high on the agenda are allowing beef and pork imports and dairy goods and are to discuss a framework. japanese government officials want negotiators to make a break through this time around so the deal is wrapped up by the end of the year.

wealthy people in india are becoming more inclined to invest savings as the economy expands and executives at a japanese insurance company want to tap into that demand. they are working with a subsidiary. they got the go ahead from indian authorities and can start selling their products as early as this month. the indian economy growing at an annual rate of about 4%. let's take a look at our global economic calendar. three major central banks will be holding policy meetings this week. in june rbi policymakers left the key rate unchanged at 8%. a series of steps they have taken has brought consumer prices down this year. then the bank of japan will be

convening a meeting on thursday. last month japanese central bankers and board members decided to maintain a stimulus program while sticking to a 2% inflation target. ecb has taken deposit rate to a negative territory setting it at minus 0.7% to spur growth. on friday japan's current account data for june will come up. this broad gauge of trade and investment showed a surplus in may. on saturday we find out what is happening on china's inflation point. the cpi ticking up 2.3% from a year earlier. people across japan hold events every august to remember world war ii and all that was lost. the war ended 69 years ago.

shortly before it did u.s. war planes dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and then nagasaki. the weapon had never been used in an attack before and never been used since. ceremonies remembering hiroshima and nagasaki will look at how people in these cities are keeping memories and campaigns for a nuclear free world alive. one survivor in hiroshima has been making documentary films about what was lost in the bombings and how lives were forever changed. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: a man who lost his family in the atomic bombing. the man is one of more than 300 people he has interviewed over the past 17 years, all lived near ground zero.

>> translator: what was the hardest thing you experienced after the atomic bombing? >> translator: i was passed around to live with various relatives. and i travelled to school carrying their babies on my back. >> reporter: in his five documentary films he has used computer graphics to re-create detailed images of hiroshima before the blast. the scenes are based on survivor's accounts. he started making his towns after turning 60. he had the urge to tell future generations about what the bomb took away. >> translator: i re-created the old city scape as a memorial, a monument, a commemoration to those who lost their lives.

>> reporter: he was born and brought up in a house next to what is now call the atomic bomb dome. he was 8 when the bomb was dropped. his parents and his 1-year-old brother were killed. he and his grandmother had earlier been evacuated from the city and survived. two days after the bombing he returned to the spot where his house had stood. he saw human body parts completely burned and scattered among smoldering debris. >> translator: i was beyond sadness. i was afraid. i mean, there was nothing, nothing left of my once warm and friendly neighborhood. >> reporter: he finds it very painful to recall the bombing. in the digital re-creation of

his own home his parents and little brother are nowhere to be seen. but in the new film he is working on he has decided to include sketches of the people he personally saw and heard shortly after the bombing. >> translator: a baby was still sucking milk from the breast of his dead mother. the mother's neck was broken. the important thing is to tell what happened to the people there. if we don't do that people around the world won't understand the reality, the true impact of the atomic bombing. >> reporter: he also wants to show just how the bomb shattered the lives of the survivors. he visits a childhood friend who is like a little brother to him.

he is two years younger. just like tanabe, nakamori lost his parents and younger brother to the atomic bomb. nakamori changed jobs frequently after finishing junior high school. ever since his grandmother passed away he has lived the life of solitude. >> translator: isn't there anything you enjoy these days? >> translator: no. it doesn't seem so. >> reporter: tanabe struggled over whether to detail the life of someone so close to him but tries to explain his plight. >> translator: after being orphaned as a child nakamori became an adult orphan.

he never new happiness or experienced the love of a family. there are lives like this in hiroshima and they were caused by the atomic bomb. this is a fact that must be told. >> reporter: tanabe thinks that his mother and little brother died here where their kitchen once stood. tanabe wants people around the world to understand what the atomic bombing has taken away from the lives of ordinary people. nhk world, hiroshima. >> tanabe will complete his new film ahead of the 70th anniversary of the bombing and e starting monday, august 4. government officials in the philippines have slapped a heavy

fine on a man who has always called the country home. the man recently obtained japanese nationality. authorities claim he lived in the country illegally his life. he is 70 years old. he was born to a japanese father and filipino mother. he still lives there. he was left behind when japanese authorities drafted his father to fight in world war ii. this march he was helped to gain nationality. they say first he has to pay a fine of more than $30,000. the officials who helped shin say about 130 people with similar back grounds have received japanese nationality. they fear shin will set a precedent if he pays the fine. they plan to call on the phillipine government to re-examine their decision.

scientists say microscopic plants that are vital to the lake's ecosystem is disappearing. residents and politicians are conscious about preserving it. scientists from japanese and taiwanese universities have been researching. they find some type ofi phyto plankton. the researchers say the absence is rapidly disrupting biwa's ecosystem. >> we suspect similar types of reduction may occur in other lakes in other countries. >> they study how the change is effecting other creatures.

residents of western japan are wading through flood waters and wondering when the rain will let up. local authorities have warned many people to get out of the area. officials with japan meteorological agency say over 1,100 millimeters of rain has fallen on kochi prefecture friday. residents of neighboring prefecture have seen more than 600 millimeters. rescue workers found an aid worker's body downstream. the rains have made the ground unstable. a landslide trapped 78 people, most of them students, in a community center. hundreds of houses across the region have been inundated. authorities have issued evacuation advisories for more than 4,500 people. forecasters say more rain is on the way.

several parts of europe are experiencing severe weather. weeks of heavy rain have triggered floods. a river overflowed in the town in northwestern bulgaria on sunday. the reuters news agency reports more than 50 houses collapsed and hundreds more remain under water. officials say they managed to rescue more than 500 people overnight but one man was found dead. in southwestern romania floods hit more than 250 villages forcing evacuation of more than 200,000 people. this part of europe experienced severe floods in may that left at least 35 people dead. in a separate incident flash floods swept through a village in northern italy during a summer festival. four people were killed and 20 others injured. and as we just mentioned

western japan may be dealing with another typhoon this week. our meteorologist is here with an explanation. this is a typhoon we have been tracking. i first wanted to give you an update of what is happening when it comes to the rainfall for the western half of japan where we had record-setting rainfall. some areas saw two to four times the amount of monthly rain in just a few days. look at this. nearly 1,200 millimeters of rainfall and kamakatsu 680 millimeters over the weekend. we look forward into the weekend and we have another system that will be bringing rainfall. here is a look a very strong typhoon. this system has had a history of

moving slowly. tries to speed up and slows down just a bit. this one is slowing down a bit but still drifting towards the north. and as we look into the latter part of the week that is when we are going to look out for influences into okinawa heading into the weekend. we do not need more rain. some areas will be dealing with 300 to 400 millimeters of rainfall in a 24-hour period. central eastern japan seeing dry and hot weather. 34 degrees expected for tuesday. seoul dealing with the remnants that drifted into a frontal system. in manila dealing with rain coming up for tuesday. let's take a look at the forecast in europe. the low pressure system responsible for causing lots of

problems has all but dissipated. we have a cold front bringing in wet weather. australia 3 centimeter diameter hail. looks like more rain for the central and western portions of europe. temperatures from 22 in paris to 24 in berlin and a chance for it into vienna. we have a ridge building bringing very hot temperatures. 35 degrees in kiev for monday. we look into the middle of the week way above average for helsinki and kiev and stockholm. definitely dangerous heat. make sure you are taking precautions. let's take a look at north america. we have a cold front pushing off the eastern seaboard. notice the bright clouds down towards the caribbean. this is tropical storm bertha. it was responsible for causing problems in puerto rico during

the weekend. the good news is because of the cold front on the eastern half of the united states that will push the system further out to sea. it will strengthen into a hurricane as we go into monday night and tuesday. it will drift further and further towards the north and not hitting land as we go through the next several days. rain for the eastern half of the u.s. at least eastern seaboard from d.c. into atlanta and looking out for possibility of flooding with the monsoonal low. look out for that. 27 for a high in los angeles. rain in the u.s. and eastern seaboard as we go through our monday. here is a look at your extended outlook.

that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. for all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us.

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