here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on thursday. thanks for tuning into "newsline." james tengan in tokyo. here are some of the stories we're following this hour. chinese leaders are marking their nation's role in helping to end world war ii 70 years agos soldiers marched through the streets of beijing. organizers of the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics are planning a more open competition

to find a new set of logos. offials say it carries some risks. and as japanese cats and dogs assume greater importance in the lives of their owners, businesses catering to pet fitness are envisioning a healthy future. people in china are celebrating after their leaders pulled off a lavish military parade through the heart of beijing. it was a show of strength and power in the air and on the ground to commemorate the 70th anniversary of world war ii and what they call their victory over japan. nhk world has more. >> reporter: 12,000 soldiers marched past teen mann square. they are marching what they call the victory of chinese people

over japanese aggression and the war. it's the first time china's leaders have held a military parade on this day. a surprise for president xi jinping. in an opening speech he announced his nation would cut the number of troops by 300,000. >> translator: we will never see predominance in the world. adopt and a expansionist policy. we will never impose the tragic experience of our country on the people of other nations. >> reporter: security was tight with armed police throughout the capital. authorities even traffic for weeks. main road leading to the square

was closed late last night until noon today. but it's open now. people in beijing have welcomed the parade. >> translator: i felt energy coming out from my inside. >> translator: i'm happy with what our president announced today. i think that china is not supposed to press other countries by the size of our military. i want my country to play a central role in promoting globally peace. >> the government has designated a three-day national holiday around the parade. on the diplomatic front, the event has drawn mibed responses. leaders from countries, but no senior officials from the united states, britain or many southeast asian countries.

japanese prime minister abe stayed away, too. someeaders were reluctant to attend because the parade was held in the square, crackdown. the great hope of the people. people in china will remember how significantly day in their history has past and that rare blue sky in beijing. nhk world, beijing. >> thanks very much. o'hara from the tokyo foundation expert on chinese diplomacy and strategy gives us his take on the parade and what president xi is trying to accomplish. >> show us china always

considers the operation. early warning and control aircraft. these aircraft in the asian region, so china the maneuvers of u.s. military aircraft in china sea, east china sea. the aircraft has the long range and also the missiles. it has the 2,500 kilometers range. on the other hand, china wanted

to debtor military operation, u.s. military operation so china showed variety of missiles which can bring the nuclear warhead, the df-31 can cover all the mainland. china wanted to say china is winner of world war ii, so china has legitimacy to create international society or change international laws. china wanted to discuss only with united states, two major powers, will defy international rules, international orders, this is china's hope and china's will. china always insist uss china new type of relations. china wanted to show china has

equal capability with the united states from this parade. 2.3 million, the number of military personnel is too much, even though china mainland is huge. but president xi has already ordered the army to mobilize the troops. if they were to reform the army troops, they have to reduce number of people. but on the other hand, china can show international society that china is the supporter of peace because china tried to reduce tension by disarmament by itself. >> that was the tokyo foundation's bon ji o'hara. closely watching events in china but refrained from further

comment. >> translator: japan hopes china will take a future oriented approach on issues facing the international community rather than focusing excessively on unfortunate events of the past. >> suga also referred to japan's upcoming summit meeting with china and south korea. xi jin jinping and geun-hye agreed to hold the meeting in korea sometime late october, early november. >> translator: japan will work closely with arrange the date and venue of the summit. >> suga said the first one-on-one meeting between prime minister abe and president park could be held on the sidelines of the tri-lateral summit. people in the u.s. have been looking, they came together to mark a ceremony to mark the end

of world war ii in the pacific. about 200 veterans and their families took part in the event in washington. it was held at the war memorial 70 years to the day after japan signed documents of surrender. the participants included former u.s. senator bob dole who fought in europe during the war. >> thanks for remembering vj day and what it mean as far as freedom and liberty for you and your children and your friends. it means a lot. >> president barack obama honored the more than 100,000 u.s. service members who died in the pacific. he said in a statement that the relationship between the u.s. and japan after the war is a model of the power of

reconciliation. he said he's confident the two countries will continue to deepen their ties in the decades to come. the organizers of the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics say they are planning a more open competition to find a new set of logos. they scrapped the original ones over allegations of plagiarism and copy right violations. nhk has more. >> reporter: posters of the controversial logos, they are being taken down everywhere in tokyo, including airports and government buildings. the. >> translator: the current cig was caused by the committee's closed door selection policy. i want new emblems to be created with a more open process. >> reporter: the organizing

committee plans to do just that. they want to choose new emblems as soon as possible. the previous competition was restricted to designers who had already won multiple awards. art director san okay who designed the logos denies plagiarism. they picked his out of 104 entries. they later found out there was a similar logo. the committee asked sano to revise the original emblems. sano is set to have come up with the final emblems after making changes twice. this process was not open to the public. we ask foreign visitors in tokyo to do up with their own ideas for a new logo. >> tokyo tower. >> shrine, mount fuji.

>> the sun. >> well, you know they have the five olympic rings. i suppose you could use the five rings but use cherry blossoms. that's really terrible. this is actually harder than i thought. >> the organizing committee said holding an open competition does hold risks if members of the public could see the logos considered they could register similar logos and claim them as their own. the committee will decide soon on the process of picking the new empetit le mans. it will seek to strive a balance between transparency and right to protection. nhk world. >> thanks for the updates. people representing fisheries from around the world have met in japan to talk about an issue threatening their industry. they are discussing how to

protect declining stock of two popular fish. gene otani joins us with more on that and a wrap up of today's business headlines. gene. >> thanks, james. delegates from pacific rim countries have agreed to consider emergency catch limits for bluefin tuna. experts estimate suspensive fishing has reduced the population of the fish to a third of what it was 20 years ago. the delegates spent four days together. they backed a japanese proposal to draw up new rules by next year. the rules would impose strict emergency catch limits in a total ban when there could be a major drop in stocks of young tuna. members of a committee already set a target for stocks. they want to nearly double the amount of adult tuna to 43,000 tons by 2024. they kpoes catch limits for this year for young fish weighing less than 30 kilograms. japanese government officials asking for help to protect

another fish that has a long history in their cuisine. they are concerned heavy catches of saury in the north pacific are threatening numbers. they say it's time to introduce restrictions. >> it's essential we use fishery resources in a sustainable manner while also protecting the marine ecosystem. >> sato was addressing china, taiwan, canada. officials from the u.s. took part as observers. taiwanese and chinese fishers have increased saury, japan has doubled take in the last five years. last year japanese brought in 225,000 tons, down by a third from their hall seven years ago. that's when it reached the highest point in three years. many say the decline is stocks is threatening their livelihood.

others are concerned about the spike in prices. a check on the mark. a late rally pulled u.s. markets out of negative territory and that helped stocks in tokyo rebound on thursday. for details we go to our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. >> reporter: the rebound gave early boost and that carried investors through the day. the shanghai market is closed for a long holiday weekend. while fears remain over china's economic slowdown there's a bit of relief from the recent volatility. the nikkei average gained half a percent, to end at 18,182. the broader topix is up 0.6%. leading the gains was mobile carrier ntt docomo. it jumped more than 4% thank to a rating upgrade on its stock based on stronger earnings forecast. shares of electric motormaker nidec up 1.7% on news the

company acquired manufacturers in the u.s. and italy. now investors are awaiting u.s. payroll data to be released tomorrow. any sign of economic recovery could get clues on possible interest rate hike with policy meeting coming up in the middle of the month. that's it for me from the tokyo stock exchange. >> thanks. checking other market in the asia pacific region. sydney retreat freddie yesterday's gains. s&p 500 asx 200 slid to it's lowest in a week. others fell 0.1 from e previous month. many analysts had expected a rise. taiwan taiex added 0.75%. stocks in high-tech firms did well following rally on the nasdaq. market in china are closed for a holiday. indonesia recovered from a one-week low ending the day up by .7%.

here is a look at some of the other business stories we're following. federal reserve policymakers say u.s. economy has continued expanding across most regions and sectors. their latest beige book report shows manufacturing activity was mostly positive through august. auto sales increased in most districts. wages rose in some professions. but the policymakers warn slowdown is hurting demand for high tech and ear product. they will meet to discuss movement and china's situation before deciding whether to raise rates. u.s. justice department said japanese nec tokin will plead guilty to conspire to fix prices. they say they rigged prices for computers and home appliances between 2002 and 2013. they say the company will pay a fine of more than $13 million and has agreed to cooperate in

the investigation. more than 20 million cats and dogs in japan are kept as pets, and they are taking on the same importance as children in the lives of many owners in the first installment of two-part series of trends in japanese pet care. we're looking at the pets people are taking to keep their cherished companions in top form. nhk world reports. >> reporter: at this gym, some of the customers look a bit unusual. there's a dog on a balance ball, a dog swimming with all its strength and another learning to jump over a hurdle. this fitness center for dogs opened last month. hiromi comes here once a week.

her dog lives indoors. she wants to make sure he's getting enough exercise. an expert in animal fitness consults with the owner and draws up a customized program for each dog. she wanted him to get used to water, so he's working out in the pool. >> the dog can exercise more efficiently in water. it will boost his metabolism. >> in just one month, shiro made progress. >> translator: right now my dog doesn't have serious illnesses or injuries but i think coming to the gym will help prevent them. >> reporter: training sessions start about $30 for 30ments. operators plan more around japan.

>> translator: a lot of dogs don't get to move around very much. we see opportunity in meeting a growing need. >> reporter: a major mobile service provider is getting into the canine health business. this device allows owners to keep track of their pet's condition. the unit fits on the dog's collar. a built in sensor protects the animal's movements. the owner can use a smartphone to monitor the dog's status even from a distance. the device transmits behavioral data to a central server and then to the user's smartphone. the animal's daily activities are summarized in a graph. any variation from the normal pattern could mean there's something wrong with the dog. owners can enter the type of

quantity of the pet food and intake will be calculated automatically. should a dog's activity level drop, the owner will receive a veterinarian approved like this. the device cost about $135 plus service charges of about $60 a year. the developer sees a demand for this kind of finely tuned approach. >> translator: people are investing more and more in their pets year after year as if they were their children. this is becoming a very big market. >> businesses like these are hoping the desire of pet lovers to keep their animals trim and fit will result in healthy profit in the years to come.

nhk world. and in our next installment of pet trends, we'll report on initiatives designed to help elderly people guarantee continuing care for their animal companions. that's it for business news, james, i'm going to hand it back to you. >> gene otani from our business desk. the operator of fukushima nuclear plant began pumping up brown water from around crippled reactors. the move is aimed at water flowing into the facilities. 300 tons of groundwater flow in each day. on thursday workers began pumping water from 20 wells. they aim to pump up to 200 tons through the day and store it in tanks. they will later process the water to meet government standards so they can release it into the ocean. utility officials, local authorities and fishermen have yet to agree on when to release the treated water but it will likely be done later this month of the operator claims the drainage will cut the amount of

water that is contaminated by about half. wildfires are continuing to burn in parts of sibera. jonathan oh is here with the details. jonathan. >> healtho, the dry weather that continue to exist over sibera and southern portions of russia is contributing to these wildfires, whenever you have dry conditions and have it continuing, that's when have you these problems. let me show you some of these pictures right here coming out of the region. you can see here it's burning in many locations, 1,000 firefighters involved in this particular process and even volunteers on the ground level are getting involved to try to help fan these flames and slow them down because they really are causing some problems. now, it doesn't look like the dry weather is going to be in place until this weekend. but at least as the clouds roll in there will be a chance for rain and hopefully help the firefighter in the region. now, the opposite story is

taking place further south into southern portions of china where we have a low pressure system and will a stationary front keeping the area very wet. flooding concerns because of that. the front extends into japan. we had a cloudy day and a rainy day for a good portion of the country. this is going to continue to be a part of the story as we go throughout the next day or so. now, once the front starts to clear the area, we should see a little bit more sunshine by the weekend in tokyo and also western portions of japan may also see sunshine as early as friday. here is a look at the forecast as we go around east asia. wet weather in tokyo, 90 on friday, taipei will bring thunderstorms into the picture, beijing also will see wet weather on friday. as we look at the forecast for europe, we do have a low pressure system near the scandinavian peninsula and it doesn't know what to do with

itself. it continues to remain over the area but it is causing progression of cold front that continues to push towards the east. a trough is also in place right near the front what that trough is, it is a dipping area of the fasters core of the wind and higher levels of the atmosphere. that zooms towards the north and east, we see very unstable weather in places. understorms expected from central to southwestern portions of the continent. meanwhile high pressure toward the east bringing in very warm temperatures. some of these locations expected to see highs in the mid-30s. 30 degrees as far north as kiev and then flip side of that warm air in the colder territory you'll see a high of 18 degrees with a high of rain on thursday and rain extending from berlin and also into paris. as you wrap things up with a look at north america, we are seeing moisture coming into the desert southwest as the american monsoon continues to take place. we also have a cold front that's

pushing through where low pressure system was sitting near the pacific northwest. we may even see a possibility of some flurries in this area because of the cold air pocket that's rolling through. so be prepared for possibly seeing that drain the later evening periods and overnight period. during the daytime hours we're seeing temperatures in the teens with rain and thunderstorms. very warm temperatures extend further toward the east. look at the four-day forecast here. we're executiving highs in the upper 20s for locations in the east as we go into the weekend. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is the extended outlook.

we were not able to present you with the three-day forecast but we will be about an hour on newsroom tokyo, which comes to you live at the top of the hour.

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>> and around the world. these are the headlines. hundreds of migrants storm back into budapest's train station after two days locked outside. one train full of migrants left the station, but the people on board were reportedly taken off outside the city in a refugee plant. the president of watermelon resigns in the face of a corruption scandal that brings resigns in the face of a corruption scandal. a massive parade in beijing marks 70 years since japan's