welcome to nhk world "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. u.s. safety regulators have ordered takata a and five auto makers to expand the recall in detect r fektive products. the journalist told the south korean court he didn't defame the country's president. and cheers broke out in

japan after unesco naped the technique for making washi paper intangible can cultural heritage. u.s. federal safety regulators are ordering the japanese auto makers supplier to expand the recall. they say the air bags are defect hiv and the device supposed to save lives is is causing injuries and deaths. nhk world reports. >> reporter: officials with the national highway safety traffic administration say they want all a takata air bags off the road. honda, mazda, ford, chrysler and bmw. manufactures start add recalling cars with faulty air bags in 2008. auto makers have already recalled about 8 million cars with takata air bags, mainly in the southern part of the u.s. takata executives said high

temperatures and humidity could cause the air bags to rupture and spray metal fragments. they say two people in the u.s. and one person in malaysia have died because of the defect. the u.s. safety regulator ordered takata and five auto makers to issue the recall across the country by next tuesday. they say they're being reports of more accidents, and they say takata failed to show enough information to confirm the air bags were safe. takata issued a statement saying they've received the order. they say they'll consider how to respond. on thursday, toyota motors announced they would recall over 60,000 vehicles with the air bags in japan. observers a say the recall could spread to more and more auto makers around the globe.

nhk world. a japanese journalist has appeared in a south korean court. authorities indicted him on charges of defaming the president. he's denied the allegations. he had his first hearing in the country's capital. he's the former seoul chief of the japanese daily. he claims he had no intention of defaming pack. he questioned the president's whereabouts in the day of the deadly ferry sinking in april. he quoted an article from a south korean source about park and a relationship. right wing activists surrounded the car, threw egg at the vehicle and demanded he be taken

into custody. unesco has decided to add japan's techniques of crafting washi paper to cultural heritage assets. the move is giving encouragement to communities that safeguard this craft. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the people who live in washi paper making areas celebrated the decision. >> translator: we'd like to make paper that the world will admire and we can be proud of. >> reporter: three types of paper were chosen to be registered from different areas that have been making washi more than 1,000 years. washi is made of fibers. the fibers are boiled, put in

water and then evenly spread on the bamboo screen that forms each sheet of paper. these highest grade paper is shiny and glossy. washi is tough and durable. it has variety of uses including making of sliding doors and also lamp shades. last year traditional japanese cuisine was added to the unesco list. total of 281 heritage items from around the world are already registered. unesco committee members create a pact for skills used in making japanese paper has been handed down over generations and created local cultures. washi producing areas are facing a shortage of people to carry on the technique.

one such area is inside this prefecture. hundreds of households were at one time involved in making the paper. the number of crafts men today has plunged to ten. most of them are in their 70s. against this backdrop, experienced washi masters have start add offering their skills to younger people. 28-year-old man started to learn six years ago after quitting his job as a salary employee. he made this sheet of washi. there are some sick parts. experienced craftsman say it takes 15 years to master necessary skills. >> translator: if we younger

people continue to make this paper, traditional techniques will be passed down to future generations. i'd like to devote myself this craft by first training myself to be able to make a good piece of washi. >> reporter: washi's inclusion on the list has given encouragement to those that make the paper. they're making renewed efforts to preserve and pass on the traditional craft. nhk world. the operator of a nuclear power plant in south western japan is preparing to restart two reactors. the plant will not likely be back on line before february due to a document revision. in september, the reactors became the first to require government set up after the 2011 fukushima accident. the host city mayor, governor and local assemblies have a approved the restart plan.

the electric power plant must obtain two types of documents from the nuclear regulation authority. one is a constructioning plan explaining the facility ace design in detail. another is a set of details for operation and emergency responses. officials of the company told the regulator thursday they'll revise documents and submit them by the end of the year. they want to restart the number one reactor first. that would take until at least february after gaining the regulator's approval of the construction plan and inspections of thank you sanew measures. all measures are currently off line. producers want to make less. we have the latest from ron. >> that's right gene. delegates of docompanies that supply oil to the world are seeing it plummet. they're talking about how much to produce to turn things

afternoon. the delegates from the petroleum exporting countries republican meeting and debating what to reduce the target from 30 million barrels a day. venezuela and libya are in favor. people from saudi arabia and other countries oppose the idea. they say the decline is only short term. oil producers are struggling with falling demand and increase in shale production this the u.s. wti figures down 30%. 245 they've dropped to 70 a barrel lowest in years. this will be the first time they've lowered since december 2008 when the global financial crisis caused demand to fall. new jobs data out of one of the biggest economies. the unemployment rate fell to a record low. the news boosted stocks in frank

further. dax up 11%, 11th day of gains. in london, ftse is flat now. investors have been somewhat optimistic expecting more stimulus you are manies from the bank and keeping a close eye on the opec meeting. shanghai composite gained to reach its highest since 2011. nikkei closed second day low in a row. checking on the bond market. japan's jgb dropped to lowest in one year and eight months. some japanese institutions are buying additional bond bonds. the dollar is around 117.49 to the yen. earlier it was in the upper 117 range. the falling tokyo stock markets

put pressure on the pair. euro is moving in a narrow range against the dollar. roughly 1.2475. traders are having a quiet day. many are off celebrating thanksgiving in the u.s. japanese executives are teaming up with government officials to build communities of the future developing eco friendly energy efficient centers they call smart cities. people from electronic maker panasonic built a smart city on a former factory site near tokyo. it features the latest in environmental and information technology. residents have solar power generation systems in their homes and can use their tvs to check how much electricity they produce and consume. they also have a backup supply from solar panels set up around the community. they can even share electric vehicles. executives and local officials have launched smart city projects in more than 160 municipalities. government officials also see a big community to export

infrastructure for smart city. they took dignitaries around to see the technology. a group of ambassadors that were hong the group to visit. the development has ko condominiums. it helps to preserve energy. residents can have medical checkups, get advice on diet and exercise all free of charge. >> we are building city, many, many city in vietnam. we have to apply step by step the nice idea like eco city, smart city that japan has now. >> government officials are hoping to increase the amount of infrastructure orders from overseas to $260 billion by the year 2020. well the people who run

japan's top car make areas have released disappointing figure ares. they say domestic base has produced fewer cars than last year for four straight months now. they're blaming the slump on increase in in consumption tax. executives from the big eight say in october they manufactured 770,000 vehicles, down 7% from last year. people at toyota say production was down more than 6%. honda and nissan posting double digit declines. this time last year sales shot up as sellers raced to beat that consumption hike in april. that's going to do it for business tonight. let's get a recap of the markets.

two brothers from london have been jailed for attending a training camp for terrorists in syria. they're the first british citizens to be sentenced for this type of offense. a judge sentenced mohamed to four and a half years in prison. his younger brother received a sentence of three years in jail. police arrested the brothers last year under antiterrorism laws. the pair returned to britain by ferry. police found ammunition and mobile phones with video of syria. it shows a training camp and a rifle likely used in training. the brothers spent three weeks in syria before returning to britain. the men did not take part in any fighting. british authorities estimate

more than 500 britains have travelled to syria and iraq to fight along side islamic militants. the bill would give authorities more power to control and monitor britains that go abroad to fight and then return. government leaders worry people coming back from training camps could commit acts of the terror at home. police and national guard troops remain on alert in the u.s. state of missouri. violent protests broke out in the city of ferguson earlier this week. police were angry after a white police officer was cleared in the shooting death of a black teenager. residents in ferguson cleaned up on wednesday after a two day confrontation between police and protestors. people swept away broken glass and boarded windows and doors. crowds poured onto streets after the grand jury decision. some set police cars on fire. officers detained 44 people.

in the city of st. louis on wednesday, demonstrators stormed city hall. riot police pulled protestors away from the building. civil rights activists reverend al a sharpton met with parents of michael brown, the teenager killed. sharpton led a prayer service ahead of thanksgiving holiday. >> i hope america will understand whatever your opinion on the cases, whatever your views of procedures, that these are real human beings and the value of the lives of their sons and their husbands should not be minimized by anybody. >> the protests spread beyond ferguson. people demonstrated in more than 140 cities. police in new york arrested people marching on a busy expressway. officers in los angeles and boston arrested demonstrators for trespassing. it's expected there will be more

protests. it isn't clear how many will turn out ahead of the long holiday weekend. >> no justice. no peace. >> people in london voiced their langer. dozens of demonstrators gathered in front of the u.s. embassy and criticized the grand jury decision. people across taiwan are said to the head to the polls this weekend for elections. they've been voicing unhappiness for the ruling party's handling in china. they're seeing more and more young people are leading the pushback against mainland influence. nhk world reports. >> reporter: 25-year-old student is one of the candidates. she is contesting the municipal assembly in the south of taiwan. this is her first run for

office. it's also the maiden election for the small party she's representing. her politics were inspired by protests that broke out in march. students occupied parliament angry over trade agreement with mainland china. they accused the ruling party with being too cozy with beijing. >> translator: i realized one poll i say could change our lives down the road. the the china leaning policies of the government are excessive. many people are worried. >> reporter: she launched her campaign with the help of her friends and family. she's also having pro democracy

demonstrations in hong kong as a student led movement. she put a yellow ribbon on one of her campaign posters as a symbol for hong kong students. many taiwan feel a growing sense of crisis in their lives. their fears are in the explosive growth that happened on the other side of the taiwan straights. 30 years ago it was one and a half times the size of taiwan. today mainland economy is 20 times as big. companies have rushed to move production from cities to the mainland. that resulted in hollowing out of the manufacturing industry.

young people say they are paying the price. this find it harder to get good paying jobs. they are speaking out. a student activist led this antigovernment rally. he says young people are acutely aware of the gap opening between china and taiwan. >> translator: some young people are earning less than $700 a month. they can't buy a house or marry. taiwan is too dependent on china's economy making it hard to stand on our own feet. >> reporter: on the local campaign trail, she is echoing that message. she tells voters this election

is about future identity. >> translator: we may think the status quo has been maintained in our relationship with china, but the mainland is gigantic. taiwan could be swallowed up little by little. >> young people have become a new force in taiwan politics. they're hoping these elections will give them more of a say in their future and in stirring the relationship with china. nhk world. tokyo's water front district was the scene of a series of antiterrorism drills on thursday. the area is the planned location for an athlete's village for the 2020 tokyo olympics and parra olympics. in one scenario helicopterer

ands patrol boats pursue a suspicion vessel. officers in a small boat boarded the target vessel and detained mock terrorists. in another drill, a terrorist threw a simulated bottle of nerve gas. firefighters carried participants to safety. >> translator: we will make every effort to deepen cooperation with other organizations to prevent terrorist attacks. people in one of japan's snowiest cities are hoping for a case of deja vu. they're hoping to host the winter olympics for the second time. the mayor of sapporb say holding the events there in 2026 would help revitalize japan. the city put itself on the map when it host winter games in 1972. it has the same facilities.

people flock there because it's naturally beautiful and great place to enjoy the snow. olympics officials will announce the winning bid in 2019. our meteorologist jonathan oh is here with the latest. >> we are keeping a an eye on this particular region. we have clouds gathering. it's not very well organized. in the process of it, trying to get organized is bringing in all the moisture and starting to get wet down here. here's a look at stats for this tropical depression moving west 25 kilometers per hour winds at 54. yes, it's going to be breezy. the big story is rainfall. looking at up to 120 millimeters of rainfall over the period of three days. moving over the southern portions of philippines. it's going to interact with the recent front and bring more rainfall as far north as that nil la. back toward the north, high pressure in japan and peninsula

bringing sunny skies and eventually warm up towards the weekend. i think by sunday you see this area of rain take place this the side of china, will develop into low pressure system and bring rainfall to seoul friday with high of 11 degrees. tokyo staying dry with sunshine high of 17. looking at chance of rain for manila coming up friday. another area dealing with rainfall is western europe. see this spin of cloud cover. that's a low pressure system coming on shore of the peninsula driving moisture down toward north western africa. we're concerned about flooding with this system because the rain harpper cyst ent earlier this week and continuing on few days. when you have an extended period of rainfall, that becomes a problem. rain madrid and lisbon through

thursday. back toward the east, high pressure keeping the skies dry. warsaw you'll see high of 1. negative four in moscow and flurry activity through thursday. now an area seeking lots of snowfall is over the north eastern portions of the united states because of a low pressure system that's clearing the area. i want to show you video coming out of this region. heavy snow and cold wins cause traffic disruptions in north eastern u.s. during the busiest travel system of the year. the in southern maine, cars slide up icy roads. a lot of power outages reported. parts of western virginia, pennsylvania and maryland have had 15 assent meters in one day. on top of that a, 700 flights cancelled, 4400 delayed wednesday. the low is starting to track off. i think we're going to see clearing. areas like maine, you may deal

with additional snow morning hours of thanksgiving before we see clearing. high pressure moves in. it's going to be chilly. another system over to the a pacific northwest bringing snowfall. something we'll watch out for because as we go toward the latter apart of the weekend as this system pushes east, it may become another problem when it comes to travel as we go to the weekend. here's a look at the forecast. wet for vancouver and seattle. chilly in winnipeg seeing snow possibilities in chicago as we go through thursday. in terms of the forecast from turkey, ohio to pie, west virginia, looking at possibility of snowfall on thanksgiving. we start to warm a up by saturday. over in hams, california, a different scenario. very warm conditions, 21 on thanksgiving. we'll see rain as a system comes on shore and cools by saturday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook.

that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk

world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye.

>> we begin with our top story this hour after a grand jury decided not indict white police officer who shot and killed a young black man last august. the anger is still there but the violence isn't, at least for now. as protesters gathered late last night, we have this report. >> you guys are making me lose my voice. >>