i'm james tengan. north korea says it will close one of the last channels with the u.s. the leader in protest against kim jong-un human rights abuses. issued a statement saying it will cut a khchannel at the u.ns

office in new york. it will shut down all channels if the u.s. refuses to lift sanctions. warned over planned missile defense system. >> translator: there will be physical response measures from us as soon as that is deployed in south korea. >> north korea's state run media said the statement was issued by the country's military. days after u.s.s. and south kor announced deployments of high altitude defense or thaad system. denounced the north's statements. >> if north korea ignores our warning and keeps claiming and behaves imprudently, it will face a stern and strong

punishment from our military. >> he said pyongyang should recognize which side is threatening peace in the region. a day after the upper house election, and japanese prime minister shinzo abe is stressing voters gave him a strong mandate to push forward his economic policies. known as abenomics. his governing coalition achieved his benchmark of securing a majority of the contested seats in the chamber. >> translator: we have an even stronger political base. we can push forward. we must push forward our economic and diplomatic policies even more aggressively. i believe that's the way to respond to the mandate the public gave us in this upper house election. >> abe says he will instruct one of his ministers to start putting together new economic measures to deal with the country's current situation.

>> translator: i decided to delay the consumption tax hike because i think japan needs to kick into high gear to get out of deflation as fast as possible. britain voted to exit the eu, and emerging economies are showing signs of stagnation. therefore, japan must boost domestic demand. i'm committed to pushing forward cocomprehensive and bold econom measures to do that. i want the measures to mark a powerful new start from here on. the key word is investment in the future. >> on another topic, abe says he

hopes lawmakers will discuss constitutional amendments in the diet. >> translator: we have already released a draft amendment, but the ldp doesn't have a two-thirds majority on its own in either chamber. so we don't think our draft will be approved as is. how we will build that two-thirds consensus around our draft will really come down to our political skills. earlier spoke with one of our election correspondents about abe's news conference. >> and joining me in the studio now is kazuaki hirama, who has been covering the upper house election for us. kazuaki, what stood out for you in this news conference? >> well, i heard a couple of important points. among them are economic policies and his views on the constitutional amendment.

and first of all, he said his new economic measure -- he used the key word investment for the future. and specifically he said he will create new scholarships for young people and will also improve infrastructure to attract more foreign tourists. he also said that he will accelerate the construction of the shinkansen bullet train n system across the nation. other investments he mentioned will be for disaster prevention and social welfare. in the conference, abe was asked about his stance on the constitutional amendment, and he said it should be debated in the diet committees thoroughly and that it needs to be deepened. >> well, we have been seeing he talked about other issues as well. we mentioned the constitutional amendment. you just talked about that. we should say of course the ldp, komeito and lawmakers who favor

amending the constitution obtained a total of two-thirds of the upper house and that is needed in both houses to put a proposal to a national referendum. you do expect more debate on that in both houses of the diet? >> exactly. in a news conference, he also said changing the constitution has been a long-standing goal for the ruling ldp, and he said the debate should be deepened. >> right. >> and then it should be thoroughly discussed in the diet committees. i think the stance of the ldp coalition partner komeito will play a key role because the party's leader maintains his cautious approach. after the election, he told nhk that revisining the war-renounng constitution is not t -- is unnecessary for the time being. so i think komeito is going to be a key for the debate in t th future. >> right. what else did you feel that we

should touch upon? >> well, he talked about the fight against terrorism, and then he said the cooperation with foreign countries will be crucial in creating peace and stability in the region. media in both china and south korea focused on the possibility that japan's election results could lead to constitutional amendments. there is worry in the neighboring countries that japan will revise article 9 of its constitution, the section that renounces war. nhk world'ss explains. >> reporter: chinese state run media with the reports of upper house in japan. >> translator: their attention focused on whether political parties in

favor of altering the constitution would make you have two-thirds of the chamber. china's xinhua news agency said japan has paved the way for an amendment. it says prime minister's abe's political goal of revising the constitution is coming closer and closer to fruition. in south korea, there were also concerns. another south korea news agency reported talks about constitutional amendments in japan could increase tensions in the region. the focus is now on prime minister abe's next move. nhk world, tokyo. deadly clashes in south sudan between government and opposition forces are fueling concerns that the country is slipping back into civil war. the u.n. is calling for an

immediatate end to the fighting. gunfights have erupted in the capital juba between troops loyal to preresidentalvava kiir and supporters of vice president riek machar. 33 civilia are amongng the 272 people killed.d. south sudan came an independent country in 2011. two years of civil war ended when an interim government involving government troops and opposition groups was launchehe this april. the u.n. security council has condemned violence and called for more peacekeepers to be sent to the country. a japanese national in the country told nhk about t the situation there.e. he's workiking for japan nation in south sudan. >> translalator: i haven't hear gunshots.. tensions are high but nothing is

urgent right now. >> officials say 44 japanese staying inside hotels and other buildings waiting for a chance to leave the country. yoshida said three transport plains will be helping them evacuate. the chief of police in dallas said that a gunman who killed five officers in the city was likely planning larger attacks. david brown told cnn on sunday that investigators found explosive materials when they searched micah johnson's home. brown said there was enough bomb-making material to have a devastating effect on the city. he said investigators are convinced that johnson had multiple attacks planned. but he saw an opportunity y on thursdayay to shoot t police officecers at a protest march. five officicers were killed in e attack which took place at a protest against the recent police killings of two black men. johnson told police he wanted to kill white officers before he

was killed in a standoff. the u.n. cultural agency is considering adding more than a dozen buildings designed by french architect le corbusier to the world heritage list they include the national museum of western art here in tokyo. unesco's committee began deliberations in istanbul on sunday. the panel plans to discuss 29 submissions for cultural and natural world heritage status. the list includes 17 le corbusier buildings in seven countries. an advisory panel selected the buildings for consideration in may this year. if listed, the museum in tokyo would become the 20th world heritage site in japan. the songwriter who penned the lyrics for the international hit song "sukiyaki" yesterday.

he was 83. the number reached the top of the billboard charts in 1963. he began his career as a television and radio scriptwriter. he was also a popular radio and tv host known for his witty and straightforward style of talking. [ speaking japanese ] he remained active as a radio personality after he revealed he was suffering from parkinson's disease and prostate cancer in 2010. turning now to business. tokyo stocks rallied following the victory of prime minister abe's governing coalition. gene otani joins us for that and other business headlines. >> nikkei gained more than 600

points. many investors welcomeded abe's comments that they would take bold measures to boost the economy. >> the already positive sentiment, better than expected u.s. jobs data. nikkei average climbed nearly 4% finishing at 15,000 08. it's the sharpest one-day rise in more than four months with gains in all sectors. let's take a look at some individual stocks as we saw standout performance today. nintendo scored more than 24% to its daily limit game. launched in the u.s. last week rose to number one on apple's totooun stores. major exporters in demand, toyota and honda rose more than 4%. on the downside kyushu electric down 7% after election of a new

governor in the region who campaigned for nuclear reactors. it was a very positive start to the week but there are some key events coming up. we have the bank of england's meeting thursday and china's gdp friday. i'm phoebe amaroso reporting from the stock exchange. overall market sentiment in the region was bolstered by strong u.s. jobs data. look at hong kong. hang seng 1.54%. rallying almost 2%, hit the highest since june last year. australia s&p index gaining more than 2%, 5337 for the closing number there. many market players relieved after prime minister finally declared victory in the federal election. over in china shanghai composite gaining a quarter of a percent at 2994. weak price data for june fueled hopes of economic stimulus by

the government. the chairman of the japanan business federation said results of the upper house election said voters want a stable political environment to continue with abenomi abenomics. >> translator: the top priority going forward is inflatition an economy. it's essential government expand personal consumption and investment and promote deregulation. japan association of corporate executives chairman kobayashi said the government should focus on fiscal health, labor reform and o oth areas to create newew industries. japan's mitsubishi aircraft on the way to clinch its first order for mrj passengnger jet. sources close say management agreed in principle to sell up to 20 units to swedish aircraft leasing firm ruktan.

the mitsubishi regional jet is under development as the first japanese made passenger aircraft in half a century. europe is an important market for small jets given the demand for short distance flights between various cities and countries. mitsubishi has already received orders for 427 mrj units from japanese, u.s., and asian carriers. the market for small passenger jets is increasingly competitive with leading makers including brazil and canada's bombardier. vying for its share. visual signage has become a common sight in japan. makers have come up with a flexible display for curved surfaces. they exhibited the technology that uses 24 electroluminous displays. they plan selling it in september. commercial complexes and office buildings where there's demand for something stylish.

>> translator: the display can be wrapped around pilillars and attached to a ceiling as well. we weren't to offer new ways to reach signage. >> panasonic sells a smartphone linked apppp in their private language. the research institute expects the digital sign market to grow to $2.6 billion by 2020. who are is a look at some of the other business stories we're following. machinerery orders in jap for m fell for a second month. officials at the cabinet office say it was a 1.4% drop from april. they downgraded their assessment from showing signs of picking up to saying that orders are at a standstill. the officials attribute the decrease to concerns about

rising yen. people in japan are keeping more of their money in banks. officials at the bank of japan say the average balance of money in savings and checking accounts reach nearly $5.7 trillion. year on year marking highest growth in 13 years. analysts say negative policy and stock prices prompting investors to pull out of equities and investment trust and are shifting their money to banks. let's take a look at our business calendar for the week e on tuesday we will know more about inflation in india as officials announce consumer price index for june. on wednesday china post trade figures for june, saw decline for exports and imports. policymakers review on thursday. last month central bank cut key rate t to a low of 1.25%. thursday, how react to current

market turmoil after voting to leave eu in june. gross domestic product figures for the last quarter. in this edition of "expert view" forecast from senior economist. expects country's growth rate in the secondnd quarter to level o. the gdp growth rate will stay at 6.6 to 6.7. personal consumption will remain steady b but it seems the weakening trade in exports is continuing to hamper growth. for the whole year i expect the growth rate between 6.5% to 7%, matching the government's growth target. i think officials will do everything in their power to achieve the minimum target of 6.5%. for that reason i expect the

japanese government to carry out structural reforms in the latter half of this year. a g-20 summit will be held near shanghai in september. what the world is hoping to see from china is not short-term stimulus measures but structural reforms. that's what's needed to reduce excess capacity in production and to dispose of bad loans. >> many investors are worried about the chinese yuan, at its lowest level against the dollar in five years but xiao says a weaker currency is not a cause for alarm, at least for now. >> translator: i think chinese authorities may be thinking about letting the yuan's value be decided by the markets as part of market reforms. considering the current state of the country's economy, especially exports, it's natural for the chinese currency to depreciate in the short term. as long as this depreciation is moderate, i think the impact on

the chinese economy will be limited. a weaker yuan will give exporters breathing room, but it could affect the purchasing power of chinese businesses and individuals. the lower yuan could make people more reluctant to buy things from other countries including japan. we had a technical error on some of the numbers we showed on the graphics. we apologize for that. that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. ♪

nhk "newsline" comes to you live from tokyo where it's 28 degrees celsius or 82 fahrenheit. the forecast calls for partly fair skies. sayaka mori is here starting with a winter storm in the western hemisphere. sayaka. >> one of the intense winter storms affecting south of australia. it has cauaused snowfall and freezing temperatures across the southwestern australia couple days ago. can you see dotted clouds over the ocean. these are indicating cooler air flowing over the warm water. makes it way to thee southeheas. blizzard like conditions could happen across the mountains in new south wales as well as vivictor o on tuesday and that could continue into your wednesday. coastal locations could be buffeted by damaging winds and high waves. temperatures are going to be

cooling down quite significantly as we go into wednesday in sydney. the high on tuesday could be around 21 degrees, but down to only 14 degrees on wednesday with a morning low of only 5 degrees, so plplease do bundle . across north ameririca, it h ha been quite wet and also stormy across the north. there's a significant weather maker affecting the u.s./canada border. the system causesed one tornadon montana as well as hail the size of 8 centimeters in diameter in north carolina -- actually that's north dakota and strong winds as well. the significant weather maker is now shifting to the east a little bit. so more significant weather is affected, likely to happen across the north and central plains of the u.s. on monday. watch out for large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes because of a slow moving, we may see flash floods across similar locations. across the west as you can see lines of closely packed. you can see winds are strong and quite dry.

you can see no r rainfall. wildfires are scorching the ground. i want to take you to colorado to show you the fire situation. a wilildfire on sunday d dtroye threee homes andnd c caused evacuauations of 2 2,000 peoplp colorado.. a couple hundred hectares were burned due to the blaze. two people were charged with arson because they failed to completely put out their campfire. more wildfires could grow because dry conditions will likely persist for the next several days. now temperatures are going to be quite on the high side across the central and eastern portions of the united states. 35 degrees are expected in oklahoma city as welell as housn on y your mondnday. across east asia, typhoon nepartak made its second landfall in the province on saturday. it killed at least four people in the province. the remnants are affecting parts of south korea because this system is actually enhnhancing e front system, , more rain is expected for south of south

korea and papan foththe next cocouple of f days. kukuji has had 550 mlimemeters rainfall. on top of that an additional 250 millimeters of rain could fall. the ground is saturated. definitely not good news. temperatures in tokyo could be 29 degrees on tuesday. it has been quite hot in seoul, down to 28 degrees on tuesday but it has been quite hot over the past three days. people found ways to stay cool. we have some video coming out of seoul. a water gun festival took place saturday and sunday in seoul. thousands of people ran around splashing water. three fire trucks sprayed the crowd, adding to the merriment. looks like fun. that's all for now. here is your extended forecast. ♪

the climbing season for mount fuji in full swing. the fafamous mountain is japan' highest peak and a unesco world heritage sitite. >> translator: i declare the opening of mt. fuji's summer season. >> about 200 people prayed for the safety of climbers in a ritual at a shrine at the foot of the mountain. >> translator: i do my best to climb the mountain without getting injured. >> officials at unesco added moununt fuji to the world herite in 2013. the mountain is popular with people from across japan and around the world who climb it to watch the sun rise from the summit. and with that majestic view,

we end this hour's nhk "newsline." thanks for watching but also stay with us. there's more to come here on nhk world. ú

>> welcome to live from paris. in the french capital, let's take what is making news this hour. the un security council is urging warring factions in south sudan to immediately end violence after fresh classes -- clashes in juba. portugal, the country celebrated its victory over france at the euro 2016 finals.