announcer: coming up on "21st century," refugees reach for success in germany, protecting japan's indigenous people, and mines killing and maiming in afghanistan.

aalakeh bababbling] [hasassan giggling]

malakeh: : you are now famous because you go, i think, in the [indistinct] ahmad: yes. i'm-- malakeheh: oh. ahmad: i am proud of you. you are doing your good job. exactly.y. malakeh: thank you. thank you. thank you.

[tonkori playing] [women singing]

[tonkori playing]

[clapppping] [women singing] [womanan singing]

[man speaking ainu] [acoustic guitar playing] [man and children singing]

[children singing] [woman singing]

[playing mukukkuri]

[applause]

[applause]

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[car horn honks] [whirrining]

[childld babbles and laughs]

it's the top of the hour. welcome to nhk newsline. here are some of the stories we're following. condemning north korea. japan's prime minister wants world leaders to increase pressure on pyongyang following sunday's nuclear test. a display of force. withth the response of its own, south korea's military conducts a live fire exercise. and preserving history as the world worries about the north's growing nuclear power. we'll look at hour teachers are learning from ageing atomic bomb