let's get on with it. let's kick ass. [applause] hello, it's tuesday evening in japan, and welcome to "newsline," here are the stories we're following this hour. a key package of national security bills could soon come to a final vote in japan's diet, but ruling and opposition lawmakers are firmly divided. we'll look at how a levy, which collapsed on the river

north of tokyo caused serious flooding. and malcom sworn in as austral australia's new prime minister beating abbott in the ruling liberal party. supporters and critics of bills to transform policy are standing their ground. opposition lawmakers want legislation to be tossed out, but members of the ruling coalition are pushing to enact it before theweekends. >> translator: we reached the final stage, the bills are ready for vote to become law. the government and ruling parties must stay uted and focused. we think the only way to go is to scrap the bell. we strongly hope the government will change its position. >> the bill's would expand the role of the self-defense and activate the right to collective

self-defense. ruling opposition parties hashed out their differences. the opposition democratic party said voting on the bills should be postponed so debate could continue in the next session. he said a large percentage of the public does not fully comprehend the legislation, but the ruling liberal democratic party said he thinks the bills will pass a final vote in the upper house this week. the bills provoked strong reaction among the public. nhk world reports. >> reporter: on monday, light lit up the night in central tokyo. [ chanting ] people opposing the bill gathered in front of the diet building calling for the bill to be scrapped. the organizers allowed 45,000

people to take part. tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the building with a wide range of people from young students to older demonstrators. they are chanting no more and uphold the constitution. some of the protesters say they'll take to the streets every day until their voices are heard. >> translator: the number of people who have gathered here demonstrated how each one of us have a strong feelings about the bills. i want lawmakers to respect that feeling. we want the billing to be scrapped. >> this bill, violates japan's constitution. we never admitted, and so many people against this bill so never neglele people's opinions.

>> reporter: supporters of the bill have also been demonstrating. some gathered in tokyo on saturday. the organizers allowed 200 people took part. >> translator: i feel a sensef danger see what's happening in the east china sea and the activities of china and south korea. >> reporter: 45% of the respondents don't want the bill enacted during the current session while 19% say they do. nhk world. >> thank you. officials north of tokyo say the search for missing people after last week's floods have taken a positive turn. all 15 residents who could not be found were found unharmed in

another city. a wide area in the city was hit when they breached a levy last thursday. officials confirm two men died there, and police officers conducted door to door searches for the other missing people, and they say all of them are safe. many pts remain covered with water and mud. the rain also devastated the neighboring prefectures and at least five other people died there. at least 3,000 residents are still living in evacuation shelters. as people count the cost, experts are looking into why the area was hit so badly. nhk world reports. >> reporter: one man living close by saw the water suddenly start flowing over the embankme embankment. he made a quick escape. >> translator: water began rushing over the river bank into

my backyard so i shovelled what i could hold in my car and drove away. >> reporter: the first floor of his house was stripped nearly bare. >> translator: it s far worse than i thought it would be, i thought above floor level or so, but not this far. >> reporter: this 70-year-old is a local community leader and engulfed by a muddy stream while watching near the levee. >> translator: i thought i would die. i was lucky i found a fallen tree and climbed to it. >> reporter: this disaster was caused by a record breaking rain north of tokyo.

heavy rain clouds lingered over the basin for hours, and some areas near the river recorded 600 millimeters of rain, twice the average of all of september. the heavy rain turned the river into a current. on 6:00 a.m. thursday, water began flowing over the river bank. seven hours later, the levee broke, and water poured into the residential area along the river. a man watching the embankment breaking a section about 5 meters wide was swept away. >> translator: it broke in a moment without making much noise. >> reporter: this graph shows the increase in the water level in the river, and the level rose to over 8 meters. the flood waters swamped a car. the man who took these photos

say he tried to move it, b couldn't. there are eight communities in this direct, and they issued evacuation orders in only two of them until the levee broke. >> translator: i regret the city failed to take accurate measures to cope with the flood. >> reporter: about 20 researchers conducted on-site survey to find out why the levee broke. they photographed the river bank and surrounding areas. this is what happened, they say. rising waters diminishing the weight of the levee bit by bit, it weakened and finally broke allowing water to gush into the residential area. >> translator: the fast flow of water causes the erosion.

the levy as well as the ground beyond it will be significantly eroded. i think the levy was increasingly worn down until it totally gave way. i don't think it was especially weak. >> reporter: the professor says he wants to further studies to determine why onlyhis part of the river saw the embankment collapse. nhk world. a new prime minister took the reigns in australia, turnbull won the leadership rule in the surprise election of the ruling liberal party. he's a former communications minister, replacing the outgoing minister tony abbott and pledged to work with lawmakers to create a government that is liberal in the true sense. they described monday's election as a cue saying he'll face the

task of calming turmoil in the party and expected to form a cabinet as early as this week. abbott had drawn praiseor his policies own terrorism and immigration, but some described him as authoritarian and criticized for ordering members of the party to oppose legislation to allow same-sex marriages. the legislation had strong support within the party. leaders say they have taken a step towards rations up the miliry capabilities firingp a nuclear plant used to make atomic bomb fuel. the move comes the day after threatening to launch a ballistic missile. normal operations resumed including the uranium enrichment facility, and they pledged to make their deterrents more credible improving the quality and quantity of the their weapons.

under the terms of agreement with world powers in 2007, the north deactivate a reacto for extracting plutonium, but king jong scrapped the deal and then said he would upgrade and restart the facilities. a senior official suggests a long rangeissile cou be launched next month to mark the 70th anniversary of the nation's ruling party. the agcyuoted the aerospace chief. they're in the final phase of development of a new weather satellite to be put aboard a long range rocket that western leaders consider banned. military officials conducted several test launches. the last was in december of 2012. state run media reported in may a new facility for the control of satellites was being built. u.s. and japanese officials warned pyongyang against a launch. >> there are multiple u.n.

security council resolutions that require north korea to suspend all activities related to their ballistic missile program so any launch using ballistic missile technology is a clear violation of those resolutions. >> japan's top government spokesperson says pyongyang should stick to thdeal reached under the six party talks. >> translator: t japanese government will work closely with the united states and south koa to insist that north korea exercise restraints and abide by u.n. resolutions as well as the six party agreement. >> senior officials from the u.s., japan, and south korea will meet later this month. they are expected to discuss how to respond if north korea leaders go ahead with a launch. earlier this month, people reported seeing a fire ball streaking down from the sky above bangkok and the western area. astronomers say it looked like a

teorite. this car captured a bright object. people thought a plane crashed in thailand or neighbors myanmar. officials said it was probably a meteorite and it weighed 66 tons when it entered the atmosphere, one of the largest objects this year to plunge from space and down to earth. policymakers of japan's central bank wrapped up their meeting. we have the details on that and a run down of today's business headlines. gene? >> thanks. bank of japan officials kept monetary easing policy unchange after their two day policy meeting and stuck to their previous assessmentf the economy. the policymakers decided by an 8-1 vote to maintain the current large scale monetary easing measures to achieve the 2%

inflation target. the members said in a statement that japan's economy is recovering moderately, but added ththslow down in emerging economies is affecting exports in production. they say private consumption has been resilient and housing investment has been picking up. they also say business fixed investment has been on a moderate upward trend as corporate profits have continued to show significant improvement. boj governor spoke to reporters after the meeting. he commented on the effects of china's economic slow down. >> translator: china's econoc slow down will affect japan's economy through trade, investment, and finance. i believe china will maintain stable growth through measures to prop up the economy. i think japan's exports are also continue stable growth. >> asked about the impact at the u.s. federal reserve deciding to raise interest rates, he said it means the fed has strong

confidence in a u.s. economic recovery. he said a robust recovery in the u.s. would have positive effects in japan and the rest of the global economy. now looking at markets. tokyo's stock prices ended slightly higher, although they lost a bit of steam after the boj's announcement. our business reporter tells us how investors reacted in tokyo. >> reporter: the decision was announced around noon and effects apparent in the market shortly after, some clearly disappointed, those counting on further easing. stock prices rose earlier in the day, but immediately after the announcement, gains were trended back. the nikkei gained one-third of a percent closing at 18,026. it rose for the first time in four trading days. the broader topix were nearly flat. let's look at the movers and shakers. exporters did well, car makers were higher. electronics bounced back like

pan sonic, and on the other hand, companies that had been relatively resilient in last month's sell off suffered as investors moved to lock in profits like obayashi and taisei. japanese shares are bargained, but not so much to override uncertainty surrounding the fed's policy decision. until that's announced, investors hold off on making any big moves. the tokyo stock exchange. >> all right, aika, thanks. moving on to the asia pacific region, in china, the shanghai extended losses to a three week low prunging 3 .5% closing at 3,005 underselling pressure that authorities are stepping up measures to contl illegal margin financing. australia's s&p insex sagged 1.5%. they hit the lowest clo in three weeks.

lower prices weighed down resource related shares. indonesia was down by almost a percent followi weaker than expected trade figures for august. hong kong led .05%, and indonesia is reeling from an economic slump triggered by the slow down in china. country's gdp became southeast asia's strongest domestic consumption and global demand for raw materials, and now leaders are trying to shift the structure of the economy to make it more resilient. nhk world has more. >> reporter: indonesia runs on people power. its 250 million consumers are the life blood of the economy. the trouble is a lot of the goods they by are imported with export revenue falling, the country is living beyond its

means, what economists call a current account deficit. indonesia's weak financial position left it vulnerable in a time of global turmoil. it's depreciated 30% in the past three years, pushing up prices dampering spending. >> translator: my income can't keep up with rising prices. >> translator: the economy is bad. prices are up. it is so expensive. >> reporter: the president says fundamental reforms are needed, and indonesia has to be made more resilient to outside shocks. >> translator: we are transforming the fundamentals for the sake of the economy, the paradigm has to be changed from production to function.

right now, indonesia earns export revenue selling raw minera. the government wants its country to make more value added goods and export those instead. the strategy to achieve that has been controversial. last year, the government imposed a ban on the export of raw mineral ores to force companies to process and redefine raw minerals in the country. this is nickel ore, the main resource for stainless steel. when refined it becomes a mix of nickel and iron. this would bring indonesia more than four times the revenue. to do that, indonesia needs more smelters. they own one of the mining companies under pressure to build them. managers say this plant will be ready to refine 20% more ore by

the end of the year, but the upgrade comes at a cost. >> this is good for the government, but to build the smelter is not easy and big money for investment, of course. >> reporter: small to mid size mine operators are affected the most. the export ban forced all 14 mining companies to stop operations. 5,000 people were laid off. some of those workers now earn a living as day laborers. >> translator: there's no stability in doing this. i don't want to continue this kind of job forever. >> reporter: indonesia's shift value production is aimed at creating a stronger economy, but

many of its people face a long and painful wait before they feel the benefits. nhk world. >> here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. japan's second largest meat processer and the smaller rivals will merge their management. they map to establish a holding company next april. the exports weigh heavily on both companies. the new firm takes the top share of the domestic ham and sausage market. japanese government officials are seeking ways to bring down cell phone bones. the minister urged her staff to set up a panel and draft plan to curve costs by the end of the year. local officials from japan and china discussed ways to decrease china's air pollution and expressed hope to japan, and officials shared willingness to

share experience and know-how in overcoming pollution. that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. newsline comes from our studios here in tokyo where the

forecast is cloudy, partly fair, and 22 degrees celsius or 69 degrees fahrenheit. we have this hour's world weather update starting with the flooding in italy, johnathan? >> yes. we hope to see a change coming soon because we have been talking about this weather situation this weekend when france was hit hard by the same area of low pressure and the front was pushing onshore. that brought a lot of rainfall and flooding problems that extended into northern italy as it went later on sunday and now extending into monday, and so this is starting to become more and more of an issue. this is what it looked like on the ground level by looking at the video, and this severe weather rolled through northern italy monday. one person died because the river broke its banks and swept a man away in his car. a large swath of road was washed away following 200 millimeters

of rainfall. some people needed to be rescued from their homes due to the rapidly rising flood waters. now, the waters are starting to calm down, but behind it, we have mud and a lot of damage behind this particular situation, so it's going to be a long cleanup time period for those in northern italy. so that low pressure system is very interesting. we're seeing a push of cold air, so cold front is pushing in from the south. this is quite unusual. we usually don't see this particular system happening, but we have enough cold air wrapping around this to extend into the scandinavian peninsula, and high pressure in the south is also impacting this situation. we have instability remaining over portions of italy, but really another low pressure system is rolling in to spain and france, and that's also going to bring a chance of rainfall throu the day tuesday. madrid, wet for you in lisbon, and thunderstorms in paris and rome, and rain in stoke home and warsay and calmer and warmer into the east. we are seeing warmer

temperatures, again, many areas seeing temperatures above 30 degrees throughout the week. this is going to be quite warm for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. now, looking at the forecast for north america, dry and sunny for the eastern portions of the united states and also into north america. we are seeing some heavier rain patterns. now, over the western portions of the united states, but unfortunately, too much rain in utah causing flash flooding in the process, and so it's taking a toll on some of the lives that are there because of the amount of rainfall that's falling. now, we are seeing the rain also extended into california. now, that is an area that really needs rainfall with the drought situation and the serious fires in the northern portions of the state, and so it looks like more rainfall will be in place, not enough to create a dent in the drought significantly, but enough to be able to help keep some of that vegetation a bit wet as the firefighters try to advance in terms of the fire line there. so rain extended along the western coast.

eastern side of the united states seeing warm temperatures above average, and we expect that to continue throughout the rest of the workweek with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. now, wrapping things up with a look at east asia, a stationary front moves into japan, bringing in the rain, and there's a tropical depression to continue to bring rainfall into south asia, so be prepared for heavier amounts of precipitation as we go into wednesday. i hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook.

and with that, we wrap up w

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