from our studios here. this is "newsline". i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to this hour's "newsline". here are some of the stories we're following this hour. authorities have obtained the captain. south korea officials are try to go contain a virus that's left

two people dead. and prime minister says that japan's new green house is on par with the international standards. authorities in china have obtained the captain and chef that sank on board. it went down on monday night. state ran say that 12 people are rescued and five bodies have been recovered. reports say that many passengers are trapped in the vessel, and search teams have heard sounds from inside. it was heading to the southwestern city of chongging. the news say that is the captain and chief engineer says that it got caught in a storm and sank. most of the passengers are chinese tourist and most are over 50. they say that they have order

rescue crews to make an effort. more than 30 boats have been dispatched. he told them to speed up the rescue work for the sur vie source. they're isolating hundreds of people that have had contact with patients with the middle east respiratory system or murs. they convened in a meeting to deal with it. officials have confirmed 25 cases in two weeks. they say that two people have died. >> the initial response and management of the health was not sufficient. people's confidence to present an epidemic is at risk. >> officials say that they will isolate more than 750 people.

>> and the hospital wards where the infections were confirmed. doctors diagnosed in first virus you last year in the country. the virus can cause fever, breathing problems and pneumonia. there's no known cure or vaccine. japanese government officials are trying to i am for a reduction in green house by 2030. a government task force on the climate change made the decision on tuesday. prime minister say that is the countries target is ambitious and on par with the standards. >>. >> translator: the reduction target gives shape to reguidice

japan's nuclear pow er while introducing significant energy savings and sources of energy. >> they said that japan is going to lead the global debate at the year end. carbon dioxide and corporate activities are expected the make up the bulk or the planned 26 percent. the remainder is to be achieved through cuts and other green house gases and counting. the government plans to present the target to un in july. prime minister gave a pep talk to push japan's -- gene is

here. >> well they have called to boost the investment. japan is at a crucial point to ensure that the recovery is felt across the country. the call was at a meeting at the japan business confederation. he said that the corporate tax and regulatory forms are going to spur private investors. >> translator: what's necessary for "the cycle" is investments that will produce activity. >> after 20 years it's time to shed deflation mind set and start to make bold investments. real wages rose up this year. it's to the weak tax hike last

year. the officials released the results of the survey work ers salary. about 33,000 businesses with five or more took part in the business research. wages in real terms that factor in the priceent up 0.1 percent in the previous year. they say that prices have stabilize one year after the tax increase. checking the markets and some investors took their money off the table and a 12 day winning streak and the longest in years. it ended the dow at 20 percent and some took profits from resent gains. the dollar wreef briefly touched 105 yen for the first time and

u.s. currency has gained ground following the data in the u.s. in china they posted another gain up 1.7 percent and analysts say that market players bought a range of shares in hopes that they will put the measures in place. they head more than one percent and some believe the growing concerns that the murs virus will spread. in asia pa civ sick hong kong dragged down and they posted the one day loss. the philippines had two gains. japanese business lead ers plan to meet with trade visitor, and they intend to call for help and accelerate the talks for

free trade pact. the japan business will lead executives on a six day trip from june 28th. the chairman and others will meet with u.s. trade representatives michael and he spoke on the issue ahead of the meeting. >> translator: the tpp deal is important not just for japan and the u.s. but the asia pacific union. it's key to world peace. japan's business community hopes to push by the end of the year. >> he also said that it's important for the corporate lead ers to promote with china and south korea. officials are getting ready to discuss restrictions on the japanese seafood.

it's by the agreement and japan wants the restrictions after the 2011 nuclear accident. south korea has band imports from the eight japanese prefixtures. fisheries minister said that the south korean government approves approves. >> translator: the japanese will step up to lift restrictions as soon as possible. >> they say that the rules require the talks to start within 30 days of the request. the south east country is set to open it's own boards for the first time this year.

officials briefed about ten visitors from the stock trading. japan ex change group will be the supply management know ho. >> translator: everyone hopes that the stock exchange will be established. i will share what i learned on this visit with my country. >> the group will include lectures and training sessions to learn thousand run a stock exchange exchange. car makers selling vehicles in japan are trying to get to know the customers better. they're testing new marketing strategies and remolding show rooms and they're talking up a

storm. >> in japan rod administer brock when it unveiled a new the officials in charge of development development explain the models reaction. >> this gives drivers a good view. >> they were encouraged to up load on the internet and hopefully recreating a buzz about the car before the release. >> translator: talking to customers one on one, deepens communication. we hope that steady efforts will help to boarden the customer base. >> over 5.5 million cars were snold japan last year but the margret is struggling. sales are down by 28 by the 1990

peek. makers have to off er new incentives to buy. >> this is a mercedez benz show room. this has a cafe and rest haven't and drawing visitors that come in for coffee and not cars. the car maker is try to go broaden the appeal over the customer base. >> translator: i am still a student but seeing a mercedez has lifted my motivation to own one. >> a test drive is available for those interested. >> translator: selling is not the main purpose here. we just want visitors to meet

the mercedez's cars and hope that they buy one in the future. >> other car makers are attempt attempting to talk tap a new group of clients. auto maker bmw started to sell a car last year. it turned to an unlikely outlet. the vehicle has a priesz tag of about $40,000 and must after completed some paper work the car is delivered. it allows you to profile people that look at the car. it is used to hone the sale's strategy. the auto maker began to receive orders after the car went on line. it's beginning to feel the

potential of the sale's method. these innovations are helping car makers learn more on what the driver ask want. it may even lead to the development of cars that better meet their needs. >> that's it for business news i will leave you with the markets. ♪ the u.s. president has weighed in on an issue. obama called the projects count er productive. he called for an end by any

party including china. >> it maybe that some of the claims are e legitimate, but they should not just try to establish that based on throwing elbows and pushing people out of the way. >> bam madeobama made the remarks to a groupover lead ers on monday. they have grown concerned over the south china sea. they're doing disputed territory and that's going to be resolved peacefully with the law. chinese lead ers are looking to boost the ties with the allies in the caribbean. they're spending big on the development projects and some island nations. the efforts have though the gone

unnoticed. >> reporter: over the years american economic asis instantaneous has bought a lot of goodwill in gentlemen man ka. lately the chinaese government has taken a play from the american playbook. the chinese government provided and it's the second largest city. it has also poured over $600 million to build the first major highway. chinese investments have increased tenfold by the last decade. it's a fund for the cash trap. >> we can not afford to borrow any additional money. this is why we're attractive. the investments from china are

far more significant than the u.s. >> earlier this year china invited representatives of the countries including caribbean nations to beijing. they discussed how china money could be used to strengthen the ties across the sectors. >>. >> translator: lateen america and caribbean nations have sources. it's one of the emerging regions with the greatest potential for development. >> this tieny island nation has been searching for a spark sings it shun down the sugar company industry. in 2005 the, the government soot down and that's the dominating

force on the country. since then it's searched and started to sell citizenship. condos with a price tag over $370,000 comes with an off er of citizenship. for many that's the travel for countries around the world. the woe the vininvestor they're buying land to build the islands on. the flow of chinese money into the region has set the alarm bells ringing into the united states. speaking in jamaica, he urged

caution over china's move. >> we're committed to you. if you don't know what the deal was that lead to china getting the contract, in those situations it may not be in fact serving the long term of the country. >> for it's part the u.s. is moving towards normizing and keeping with what appears to be the strategy and sure up the ties across latin america. with the deep pockets they're locked to outspend in order to gain the influence throughout the caribbean. nhk world. an upcoming art exhibition will take a look at the

hiroshima a long time ago. it was feature the artists that spent 30 years featuri the attacks. >> people wondering the streets with their clothes burned off their backs. this is what they saw soon after the bombing in august 1945. the couple titled the paints ghosts. another work depicts victims engulfed in flames. there's a permanent home in tokyo. they will go on this in washington this month. the part of the exhibition organized by the u.s. people. >> translator: people can see real life message in the paints. it will give americans the opportunity to predict the

warfare. >> they made the paintings between 1950 and 1983. they say that the reactions of viewers encouraged them to keep up through the decades. >> translator: children who see the paintings say that they're scared, but they keep on looking while clinging to their mother's legs. >> the couple has shown their work all around the world. they have told war stories, and they were shocked by some of what they heard. this is called death of the prisoner of war. it shows dozens of u.s. soldiers killed by angry jids after the bombing. the couple predicted korean victims.

they were festing ton bodies because the people left it unburied out of discrimination. >> translator: the debates tend to be the political pow er, but putting the politics aside there's a strong message to the heart of the people that see them. >> the exhibit organizers say that they want to use the show as an opportunity of the fresh discussion on the peace. >> thanks for that thought provoking report. they have given more details about the water. they say that there were concerns about the hose that caused the leek. work ers did not replace it because they were busy with other projects. authorities at the pow er

company found out friday and they say that a cracked hose caused more than 1,500 tons of water seek. it ten leak into the port that was by the plant. o officials say that the hoses are prone to cracking if bent too much so work ers are replacing them. they say that they will speed up the work and also put together a manual to make sure that the hoses receive proper checks. as we reported earlier rescue operations are under way in china in a dispret search of a sunken vessel. now, to the weather conditions there. well it was like that late on monday along the skprifr the worst condition was in prove vens where the accident took

place. a frontal system was there, and that's causing a heavy rain. we have reports of 118 millimeters of rain fell in just 24 hours and very very strong winds blue over the region. now the system that's shifting to the south so the worst conditions has been over. however, at the time weather is going to continue. there's the chance for rain and strong winds will occur. we also have dry air from the north. the air from st. souththe south is packing moisture. more wet weather is going to happen from central to southern portions of china. not just rainfall, but we have a tornado reported over the north on sunday. we have pictures so take a

look. a weather that looks like a violent tornado. the winds ripped across the highway and over turned a passenger coach buzz. there were reports of biddings shut down. looking at the storming conditions in northern parts of japan and the raining season has started to date. now, temperatures are going to be as follow and it's also hong kong and the high is 35 degrees on your hump day. now, we have two storms to talk about over the east and this is andrew and it's a hurricane moving away and this is a second tropical storm of the season and it's quickly developed and we will get close to mexico into the weekend. it's definitely caught some high

waves along the west coast over the next several days. the weather has improved that the people in texas are dealing with the flooding. we have pictures coming out of texas. so far 25 people have been killed and extensive damage can be seen. you have seen cows and flooded pastures. homes have been ripped off the foundations and many vehicles swept away. estimates are placing the damage and cost at $25 million for critical and utilities. now some had the wettest may. there's another system that's capable of producing tornados and strong gusts as well as large hail over the north and west portions of the united states.

temperatures are going to be heating up in the 30 degree mark and 32 degrees is the daytime high on tuesday. that's the forecast.

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