welcome to "newsline." police in japan say a man who set himself on fire aboard a speeding shinkansen bullet train has died. another female passenger was killed and 11 others were injured in the incident. authorities are now trying to identify the man and his motives. more from nhk world's kay tam ka. >> reporter: the bullet train bound for oh is a ka made a stop

west of tokyo due to a reported fire around 11:30 a.m. local time. both of the dead were found in the front car. witnesses said a man poured a flammable liquid from a plastic container onto himself and set fire with a lighter. about 800 passengers were on board. they were told to stay inside the car until the preliminary police investigation was over. with no electricity or air conditioning, it took more than two hours before the train began service. >> translator: soon after i heard that someone poured an oil-like liquid, i started moving back. everyone in the first car moved to the second or third car. i didn't see any fire. the smell was awful like some kind of gasoline. >> translator: i saw a child who

looked covered in smoke. he escaped from the second car. he said that someone poured oil over his head and set himself on fire. using a lighter. >> reporter: police found a copy of a driver's license on the dead man showing the identity of a 71-year-old. they're trying to identify him. one female witness has told police the man was wandering about the train saying illogical things just before he set himself on fire. shinkansen bullet trains started service in 1964. it is the fastest train system operating in japan. it's also known for its safety record. it hadn't caused any fatal accidents involving passengers until now. kei tamura, nhk world. >> thanks kei, for that update.

indonesian military officials says a plane as crashed in an urban residential area. at least 20 people has died. the plane crashed in the city of medan on tuesday. a spokesperson from hospital in medan told nhk they received at least 20 bodies. at least two buildings and a car were hit. they said the death toll is expected to rise. 12 crew members were on board the plane headed to remote islands. the plane crashed in a residential area five kilometers from an air base minutes after takeoff. greek leaders say they're going to have trouble repaying to the international monetary fund. it's more likely they won't make the debt payment. gene otani joins us from the business desk with the details. so what are the consequences if greece can't pay back?

>> if you don't pay back debt you're doomed to consider a country overdue for any payments. then they will talk about how to deal with the situation. but $1.7 billion is just a part of greece's debt. the total outstanding amount came to more than 300 billion euros or $350 billion at the end of march. $23 billion is owed to the international monetary fund. greece borrowed over $30 billion for the european central bank and about $206 billion from the european union. greek officials also have to redeem other various bonds and interests. another payment is due on tuesday. the government also needs to pay the wages and pensions of workers at the end of every month. checking the markets, tokyo stocks recovered slightly from a monday plunge caused by worries over the greece situation. the nikkei ended its three-day losing streak.

some market players went hunting for bargains. but analysts say investors remain cautious due to concerns about greece. the nikkei posted its first monthly loss this year in june. in china we saw another volatile day in shanghai. the composite rebounded sharply from a three-day loss climbing 5.5%. financial shares boosted the rally. the index soared more than 30% for the first half of the year. hong kong also recovered from a three-day loss following gains at shanghai. the hang seng index had a double digit rise in april. most other markets in the asia pacific region bounced back from yesterday's losses. sydney gained about 0.7%. indonesia gained about .6%. but the philippines edged lower.

we earlier spoke with a expert on the european economy about what would happen if greece fails to make its payments to the imf. >> translator: the decision by the greek government and eurozone countries was unexpected. the market fell in shock and the optimistic mood evaporated. the imf will deal with the country as being in arrears. at this stage, greek's failure to repay debt will not cause losses to private investors. so it would not be a total default. but if greece continues to find itself unable to receive any new bailout funds from the eurozone in the end that could possibly push the country into a complete default. >> we also asked about the effect on japan and the rest of the eurozone. >> translator: the effects on the japanese economy would be rather limited given the size of

the greek economy as well as the amount of greek debt held by private investors outside the country. but if greece falls into a complete default and if it ends up crashing out of the group, then that problem could affect other eurozone countries such as spain or italy. market participants may be hoping the european central bank will prevent such spillover effects. but it's not clear if the ecb could do that. greece and its european creditors need to mend relations as soon as they can to prevent the situation from worsening. suzuki motor is shuffling their top management. the president will step down and be replaced by his son. the board of directors has decided to appoint toshihiro suzuki as president and chief

operating officer. the new president is 56 and joined the company in 1994. he became vice president in 2011 to take charge of business planning and overseas operations. the automaker is in dispute in international arbitration court to end a tie with volkswagen. they aim to result the issue under its new president. delegates from 50 nations signed the articles of agreement of the asian infrastructure investment bank. the aiib is expected to launch operations by the end of this year. we spoke with masahiro kauai at the university of tokyo's graduate is school. he formerly served as a dean of the asian development bank institute. he points out that seven founding member countries did not sign the document indicating growing concern over the extent of china's authority within the

bank. >> they are concerned about excessive presence of china in running the aiib or perhaps because of the lack of transparency in aiib operations or because of china's very aggressive behavior in the south china sea issue. maybe a combination of these. some countries may feel that they may not get enough infrastructure financing for their countries. combination of these issues may have led those countries not to sign the articles agreement. >> kawai emphasizes the need to

become an international institution. >> china needs to change and china needs to put the economic benefits for others first. so it's going to be a big challenge essentially china has to provide international public goods through aiib rather than trying to pursue its own selfish economic and political objectives. it's not going to be easy. it's going to be i think, difficult. but this is something china wants to embark on and hopefully china can be successful. being outsiders, japan and united states should make every

effort to make sure that the aiib would become a good international financial institution. one of the ways of doing so would be encourage -- would be to encourage aiib to work with other international financial institutions like the world bank, adb, and the european bank for reconstruction and development. by working with these other institutions aiib can absorb good ideas from these institutions. the aiib can learn from these institutions and that would positively contribute to aiib. a smartphone game has been gaining new players worldwide. they travel to key locations and interact with local sites. it's a concept that's gotten the attention of local communities and some companies in japan.

nhk world's shia tanaka explains. >> reporter: an event was held in the city of sendai this month. 4,000 players gathered. they're from all over japan as far as taiwan the u.s. and other parts of the wod. the players spread out across the city with their smartphones. the game called ingres was developed by a group. it uses the smartphone's gps function. players form two teams and try to take over each other's territory. landmarks and monuments throughout the city are identified as portals. players must get close to the portals in order to capture them. they can enlarge their territory

by capturing three portals. >> translator: the charm of this game is that it gets you out in the world. it introduces you to new places and new people. >> reporter: since the game encourages people to actually go to real places, some companies view it as a marketing opportunity. in collaboration with the game maker, a major convenience store chain made almost all of its japanese stores into portals last november. the company tracks how many players approaches portals. and a number of such interactions is up to five times higher than originally forecast. >> translator: i've heard that many players have started shopping at our stores. we're planning to offer products that will bring even more of

them in. >> reporter: the town of onagawa is also getting on board. it was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. many buildings were washed away. the population has dropped by 30% since then. people involved in areas of revitalization are hoping the game will attract new visitors. this drew hundreds of players. organizers have set portals where players can observe effects of the disaster as they explore the town. 16 meters above sea level, this stone monument documents how high the tsunami reached. it's also one of the portals. >> translator: i realized just

how far up a tsunami can go. it's scary to think that the area i walked around just now was all under water. >> reporter: the players also get a chance to see how the town is being rebuilt. this shop served them special fish cake stamped with the game symbol. >> reporter: this hot spring reopened just this year. it, too, has become a portal and players can stop by for a soak. >> translator: i'm sure the town will be very attractive once it's rebuilt. >> translator: i'm very happy that lots of people have seen the town as it is now. and have become interested in its future. >> reporter: the game encourages players to travel to new destinations and people in the places they visit are hoping

they, too, will be winners. jay tanaka, nhk world. that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. the u.n. is getting a celebrity boost in its fight against climate change. actor robert redford is urging member countries for framework

on greenhouse gas emissions. >> this is our only planet. our only life source. this may be our last chance. and only by acting now and standing together can we achieve the results we need in the time that we have left. >> redford has been an outspoken environmental advocate for more than 40 years. he made the remarks at a high-level conference on climate change at the u.n. headquarters in new york. u.n. secretary ban gee moon says it needs to speed up. they are hoping to hammer out an agreement on a new framework by the end of the year. japanese authorities have raised the volcanic alert level for a mountain in kanagawa prefecture. they say a small eruption seems

to have taken place on mt. hakone and warn it could erupt again. they raised the alert level to 3 on a scale of 5 and are calling on people not to approach the mountain. the alert level had been at 2. they've confirmed fresh layers of volcanic ash. they ordered people within a one kilometer radius to evacuate. aside from residences there are hotels and a hot spring resort. mt. hakone is a volcano. the highest peak has an elevation of about 1400 meters. officials say a large volume of steam has been spewing from hot spring facilities since last month. researchers have recorded numerous earthquakes in the area since late april. they say they observed more than 300 earthquakes on monday.

on tuesday morning there were 180 or more. officials believe the last time mt. hakone erupted was in the 12st or 13th century. a futuristic looking stadium was one of the biggest selling points of tokyo's winning bid for the 2020 olympics. now it's become a focus of controversy. critics say the design is too ambitious and too costly. officials have been scrambling to scale back their plans. nhk world's tawaki iwabu has the latest. >> reporter: organizers met to discuss the stadium. sports minister unveiled a new plan. it would cost $2 billion to build. twice the initial estimate. >> translator: there's no time to make drastic changes. and building a stadium of this

scale was a major feature of our bid. >> reporter: construction industry officials say the original design would have actually cost $2.5 billion. one new cost cutting solution is to hold off on installing the retractable roof until after the games. another is to install 15,000 removable seats instead of seating that automatically moves back and forth toward the feel of play. but other aspect of the design are unchanged. that includes the pair of soaring arches that critics have scorned. they blame them for driving up the cost of the project. a price tag of $2 billion would make tokyo's olympic stadium the most expensive ever. the one built for the 2012

london game reportedly cost less than half of that figure. and the main stadium for the 2008 beijing olympics cost even less. people on the street aren't impressed by the new plan. >> translator: i think it's important for the stadium to be a bit more compact. >> translator: the high cost would be justifiable if they built a facility that could be used for other purposes after the olympics. >> reporter: the japanese government will seek help from the private sector to cover costs. and officials will ask the tokyo metropolitan government to chip in as well. the tokyo governor isn't happy with the news. >> translator: we need to explain to taxpayers why this spending is necessary. but the government hasn't told

us yet. >> reporter: members of the international olympic committee have been visiting other proposed venues for the 2020 games. they are scheduled to meet with officials from tokyo on wednesday and will be updated on the revised design. workers have already demolished the old national stadium that was used for the 1964 olympics. construction on the new one is slated to start in october. it'll be completed in may 2019. that's two months later than previously announced. another bump in the road for the olympic planners. takwaaki iwabu, nhk world. >> we'll have more updates on the controversy on "newsline." partly cloudy skies is the forecast in tokyo where the temperature reading is about 24 degrees celsius or 75

fahrenheit. sayaka mori joins us with world weather starting off with spain which is baking in high temperatures. >> yes, it's scorching hot over the iberian peninsula. it's more like mid-summer already. i want to show you some video coming out of spain. a heat wave in the iberian peninsula has triggered alerts with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees celsius in. the mercury here reached up to 44 degrees on sunday. people use fans to protect themselves. the searing heat will substantially increase the threat of forest fires as well. dangerous heat is building over the iberian peninsula. so into the center of the system, southerly winds are flowing in. that is resulting in extremely high temperatures over the westland areas of europe and heat will continue to stay in place. temperatures expected to be as

follows. 41 in cordoba on tuesday. then cooler compared to what we saw on sunday and monday. but still much higher than normal. about 10 degrees higher than normal in paris hitting 39 degrees on wednesday. the previous record was 38 degrees set in 2012. now, the heat will be building over the south of the british isle as well. that includes london where the wimbledon championships are taking place. the hottest day will be on wednesday. the high will be 32 degrees. 10 degrees higher than normal with gusty conditions expected. tough conditions for athletes as well as fans. now, across asia over the western pacific we have multiple systems to mention. one here is still providing some rainfall over the southern areas of the philippines. and then we have a low that is expected to become a tropical depression by tomorrow. and this has become a tropical depression. this one will likely intensify into a tropical storm and then head on as the week progresses.

kagoshima, you've had nearly 1300 millimeters of rainfall since the beginning of june. more rain is anticipated. that's record-breaking levels. an additional 100 or 200 millimeters likely for many areas of western japan. flooding mudslides, all of them continued risk. and rain will likely head to hakone where the eruption was reported. so rain expected in hakone by tomorrow. temperatures are going to be 24 degrees in tokyo with rainy weather on wednesday. quite hot in beijing, 33 degrees. and down towards the south, 38 degrees. the extremely high temperatures are once again heating the western areas of the united states and parts of western canada. you can see the clockwise circulation this indicates. there's a high pressure sitting here. this will continue to sit here for awhile so temperatures will remain quite high for the next several days. boise, you had the record high

temperatures on sunday. and temperatures will remain in the mid-30s as we go into the next several days. sacramento hitting 40 degrees on tuesday as well as wednesday. and inside the car, probably the temperatures could heat 50 degrees or even higher than that. so don't leave your pets or kids inside the vehicle. and to avoid heatstroke stay hydrated and wear light clothing. all right. that's it for now. here's the extended forecast.

and that wraps it up for this hour's "newsline." don't go away. there's more to come here on nhk world.

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