♪ thank you for joining us on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. japan's defense ministry says north korea has launched what appears to be a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. japanese officials believe it fell into the sea off the northern prefecture of hokkaido on thursday. the prime minister condemned the launch before the g7 summit in

brussels. >> translator: since the begin of this year, north korea has very frequently launched ballistic missiles including a new type of icbm. the series of actions by north korea threats the peace and security of japan, the region and the international community, and can never be tolerated. the latest ballistic missile launch is also a violation of relevant security council resolutions. we strongly protest and strongly condemn it. regarding future actions, including possible sanctions, we will work closely with countries including the united states and south korea. i want to confirm our cooperation in dealing with north korea's ballistic missile program with other

>> japan has launched a protest with pyongyang through diplomatic channels. japanese officials say the missile flew for about 71 minutes before falling into the sea of japan. about 150 kilometers west of hokkaido. that's within japan's exclusive economic zone outside its territorial waters. the officials estimate the missile flew about 1,100 kilometers and reached a height of more than 6,000 kilometers. north korea's highest launch ever. they say the country may have launched a new type of icbm on what's known as a lofted trajectory. that's on a steep angle that sends the missile higher. this is north korea's 11th missile launch this year. for more insight into the latest launch, we turn to james kim in seoul, a research fellow in the asean institute of policy studies and an expert on korean peninsula issues. >> i think this latest test has

significance for both internal and external audiences. internally, north korea has already stated its desire to continue to develop its nuclear capability. so that there should be no surprise that it is continuing with these tests regardless of what happens outside. next month also marks a very significant moment for north korea in the sense that it is celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birthday. there's satellite imagery intelligence that seems to suggest that pyongyang may be preparing far large military parade or some sort of an event next month tied to this. so for all of these reasons, i think that there's a reason for internal domestic audiences as to why the leadership in pyongyang has decided to move ahead with these tests.

externally, we've had a presidential election recently in south korea with a conservative president elect mr. yoon suk-yeol who has taken a more hard line position on north korea related issues. he's emphasized the importance of the rok-u.s. alliance, and raising readiness and deterrence posture and strengthening deterrence capability on the korean peninsula and has even signalled a willingness to engage in trilateral cooperation with the united states and japan as well, so these are all suggestions that seem to -- these are all indications that seem to suggest that south korea will take a more hard line approach. on top of a international crisis in ukraine where, you know, the international community has turned their focus and attention away from the korean peninsula into europe and eurasia, so i think north korea still wants to

sort of, you know, shout out and make its mark and tell the world that it's still here and it's a problem that washington and the rest of the world needs to contend with. >> it's been one month since the russian military invasion of ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy issued a multilingual video message urging the world to stop the warn his country. >> zelenskyy then switched from ukrainian to english. he said russia is trying to defeat t freedom of everyon in europe. >> the warf russia is not only

the war against ukraine. its meaning is much wider. russia started the war against freedom. zelenskyy urged people t schos and universities and s, stand up for peace. he asked them to ptest in theirquares andtreets. he also made an appeal to the language. rsia in theussian zelenskyy mentioned what he called three important summits. he is referring to t nato, eu and g7 summits tbe hd in brussels onhursday to address e situatio in ukraine. he expressed hopeor what he calls meaningful steps. a senior u.s. defense official says fierce resistance has

pushed back some russian forces headed for the ukrainian capital. the official says russian troops that were 20 to 30 kilometers from central kyiv are now about 55 kilometers away. he says the russian forces closest to the capital are setting up defensive positions but aren't trying to advance. the defense official says there are no imminent signs russia is planning to use biological or chemical weapons. earlier this week u.s. president joe biden warned moscow was considering their use. and as we have been reporting, leaders from nato and the group of seven nations are now in brussels to discuss the situation. meanwhile, the u.s. secretary of state is accusing russia of committing war crimes in ukraine. antony blinken says there are credible reports russian forces have deliberately targeted civilians and destroyed critical infrastructure. the international criminal court at the hague has launched an investigation into the allegations at the request of many countries. the u.n. security council has blocked a russian drafted

resolution that calls for humanitarian aid for ukraine without mentioning the military invasion. russia made the proposal on wednesday. it called for a negotiated cease fire and the protection of ukrainian citizens. the move was aimed at countering another humanitarian resolution france and mexico submitted to the u.n.'s general assembly. the united states, britain, and eleven other members abstained. russia and china voted in favor of the resolution. to be adopted it needed support from nine of the 15 council members. >> if russia cared about the humanitarian situation, it would stop bombing children and end their siege tactics. but they haven't. >> russian ambassador vassily nebenzia said the members who abstained were politicizing the humanitarian issue. explaining china's yes vote, ambassador said his country was answering a call for the international community to

attach high importance to the humanitarian situation in ukraine. now, people who have stayed inside ukraine have many other things to worry about including their own survival. nhk world's spoke to a member of parliament about what life has been like over the past month and what more the international community can do to help. >> we all feel this exhaustion, i think everybody is feeling tid. i think i haven't slept more than three hours at a time since the first day o war, and you cannot really tnk about anything else but the war. you are like so focused on this one issue. week it is.now what day of the you only know what days of war it is. >> inna sovsun was elected to parliament in 2019. she was an official in the education ministry. since the war began, she has

been reaching out to the world through social media. she believes this is something she can do for her country. she was one of the lawmakers who attended an emergency session to assure the world we are here and we aren't afraid. aside from politics, she has another job, mother of a 9-year-old son. he has been sent away to a safer place. she met him the other day for the first time in about three weeks. >> except for status interrupted and, you know, the psychological trauma, he's so much better than other kids, but en for him, that is a big cnge and, you know, a big disruption in his regular life. >> reporter: sovsun's partner is also away fighting in the army. she has no idea when she'll see him again.

such separations have become normal in ukraine, and so has this. people are more aware than ever how precious life is. >> so i just want you to feel that we ar you know, humans justike you are. we have feelings, we have families, and we have our loved ones and our hearts are just breaking with all the pain that we are experiencing here now. >> reporter: like president zelenskyy, sovsun insists a no fly zone is necessary to protect people's lives. something western leaders have rejected. >> it's a big ask. we have heard man explanations of why that is not possible, why that i not acceptable because they don't want direct intervention with putin. i want them to remember th, that he keeps on bombarding our cities. he keeps on kling civilians in hundreds daily. >> sovsun says russia's invasion

threatens not only her country but the whole world as well. she asks everyone in the international commuty to do whatever they can to help stop the violence. kojima may, nhk world. moving to the united states where the nation's first female secretary of state has died of cancer. madeleine albright was 84. >> i madalbright do solemnly swear. >> albright was one of the most influential states women of her generation. after serves as u.s. ambassador to the united nations she became secretary of state in 1997. albright's internationalist outlook was no doubt shaped by her background. she was born in check slzechosl before world war ii. in 1948, when she was 11 years

old. as america's top diplomat, she played a key role in shaping foreign policy in places like bosnia. she pushed for nato's expansion into former soviet block. in the year 2000, she became the first u.s. secretary of state to visit north koreand his nuclear weapons program. she was described by fellow politicians as a trail blazer and a committed champion of democracy. >> on behalf of the council, i would like us all present to stand and observe a minute of silence in memory of madeline k. albrig. >> at the start of a u.n. security council meeting on wednesday, ambassadors paid tribute to albright with a moment of silence. lana nuseve the current council president and female ambassador of the united arab emirates at

the u.n. praised albright fpavig the way for women in diplomacy. next in weather, an intense storm is drifting parallel to western australia bringing the threat of flooding. our meteorologist jonathan oh has more on that there and elsewhere in our world weather report. hello, we are keeping an eye on a tropical system that is located northwest of australia. while the storm is expected to weaken as it moves down toward the south, we are still seeing the threat for some heavy rainfall, strong winds, and also the rough surface located along the coastal areas.

now, this is a 72-hour model forecast showing how the storm is going to be spinning around that general area and trying to make its way around. it will weaken but still bring that concern for rain and thunderstorms. a look at the forecast coming up on thursday, 36, thunderstorms, remember, it's fall right now, and we are still seeing very hot weather in portions of australia. thunderstorms into brisbane and sydney with highs into the 20s as we wrap up the workweekment meanwhile in japan, it's a lot warmer than what we saw the past couple of days, and we'll be seeing the warm weather continue as high pressure controls the pattern. we have wet weather back to the west into china, especially down to the southern areas. that's going to be the next weather maker for the region as we go through friday, we're looking at rain from shanghai into taipei. tokyo, look at this, 18, sunny skies, looking pretty nice. but then the rain comes in by the time we go to the weekend oz that system approaches. speaking of some stormier

weather, toward the southern areas of the united states, we have this powerful system moving through coastal areas of the country. here's video coming out of new orleans showing you that thunderstorm and tornado activity, as people clean up the rubble after the storm ripped through new orleans wednesday. reports say the tornado killed at least one person and destroyed many homes and power lines and authorities say many people were injured. the dark funnel cloud flattened buildings and overturned cars in the same storm system and brought heavy rain and strong winds across the southeastern united states. the cold front that's responsible for that now along the eastern side of the united states, looking at severe thunderstorms possible from virginia towards florida, be on the look out for there. thunderstorms into d.c. with a high of 19 on thursday. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ ♪

and that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard so stay right there.

this is "newsline biz," i'm ramin mellegard. toshiba shareholders have rejected management's proposal to split the struggling japanese conglomerate into two. the plan failed to win a majority of votes at a shareholder meeting on thursday. toshiba had wanted to spin off the semiconductor unit to help improve corporate value. it also pledged to sell three

subsidiaries to return 2 1/2 billion dollars to shareholders but activists investors who hold a major stakepposedhelan toshiba says the voting result is not legally binding. still the outcome is a setback, many shareholders side with the activist investors. they have been at odds with management over which direction the company should take. and the moscow stock market has resumed trading. operations had been suspended for nearly a month in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. trading got underway from 9:50 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m. local time. 33 stocks are changing hands. they include the country's largest lender, spare bank, government banked gas provider, gas prom, and investors are banned from short sellg. this involves investors borrowing shares andelling them on the market while planning to buy them back later at lower prices.

and the european union is moving to reduce its reliance on russian energy sources as prices soar. it has proposed requiring member states to top up their supplies of natural gas before every winter. the eu's executive arm, the european commission unveiled measured to tackle high energy prices that have climbed even further amid russia's invasion of ukraine. the proposals include a draft law revision that would oblige members to fill up their natural gas storage to at least 80% of capacity by this november. the level would be raised to 90% in the following years. now, the commission will also work to promote joint purchases so that member states acan havea stronger hand during negotiations. russia accounted for 45% of the eu's natural gas imports and 27% of its crude oil imports last year. eu leaders had hold a two-day summit in brussels from thursday

to discuss the proposals. now, businesses in russia are also feeling the effects of economic sanctions imposed over the ukraine invasion. this home decoration importer has eight shops in moscow and other cities. it gets curtains, wall paper and other items mostly from western europe. as the ruble has plunged in the wake of the sanctions,s company has had to raise prices to keep up with costs. it now charges 20 to 25% more than before the invasion. the firm's president says that further price hikes are inevitable unless things change. >> the forecast is quite difficult. you know, even one week ago it was absolute devastation. it now changes every day, and probably every hour, you know, and yes, it's not optimistic. >> delivery delays have also become a serious problem. it used to take just a couple of weeks for the company to receive

items it purchased. now there's more than a two-month wait. the firm believes sanctions by the eu and britain have complicated procedures for exporting to russia. exec tichs a executives are looking to switch to suppliers based in countries that are on better terms with russia, such as china, india and turkey. and french auto maker renault says it has suspended operations at its plant in moscow. it joins the long list of western firms to halt work in russia or leave the country over its invasion of ukraine. renault also says it's reconsidering a collaboration with russian auto maker ostovas, which belongs to the renault group. the company has taken action to comply with international sanctions. this came hours after ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed french lawmakers

online. he urged french firms, including renault to withdraw from russia. and executives of electronics maker sharp are betting big on a market that's expected to grow fast in the years ahead. now, they say they're planning to more than double the share of sales they make from smart home appliances. >> designers at sharp have already developed several of the art devices which are equipped with artificial intelligence and connected to the net. one example is the refrigerator that can listen to spoken instructions and keep a record of the food and drinks it stores. another is a washing machine that suggests different modes for the user based on factors such as the weather and level of pollen in the air. sharp executives say smart home dwoi dwo

devices now account for around 30% of their total appliance sales in japan. they're aiming to get that figure up to more than 70% by fisal 2024, and overseas markets are targeting more than 50%. >> our plan is to make use of our strengths as a leader in this field and that will include taking advantage of the large amount of data we've collected from existg models. >> sharp officials say a key component of their strategy will be to offer greater diversity in their product range. th 1960snd'7, apartmt boom of ey were popular sbol of a new listyle, b tod they're gettg old. now a collaboration between the public and private sectors hopes to inject some new life into a former apartment building. nhk world's hirosa kento reports. >> reporter: a beer brewery.

a ukulele workshop, a climbing wall, and a nursery school. all of this can be found in this renovated apartment building in fukuoka prefecture, southern japan. this is how this area looked in the 1970 s. it was developed as one of the largest comexes in this region. some 15,000 people used to live here. but as the residents and the buildings aged, more and more apartments became vacant. so the developer tied up with the city, and with companies and embarked on a project to revitalize the area. project leader and his team decided to renovate one building. they asked various local business owners to move in by emphasizing the low rents and cheap setting up costs.

>> translator: people in the complex are loosely connected and help each other in daily life, and i also wanted to do something to turn the local economy around. >> reporter: the brewery on the first floor uses remote for its craft beer, featuring photographs of local residents. >> translator: i want people to recognize the locals who are working hard. i hope that our labels become a topic of conversation. >> reporter: at the cafe, also located on the first floor, children come to buy snacks after school. the cafe hosts events such as a summer festival and a halloween party. >> translator: the children play an important role in our community. i want to continue doing this. >> reporter: the outside of the building now features a climbing

wall. junior high school students came up with the idea. the wall was installed after a crowd funding project raised over 20,000 u.s. dollars. >> translator: i think it will be great if we can use people's energy to make it fun and bring new life to a place that's been a little left behind. >> reporter: close to this renovated building, a new residential area is being developed. locals hope that it will serve as a help for the community well into the future. hiro sakanto, nhk world. okay. let's get a check on the markets. ♪

that's it for "newsline biz" from tokyo, i'm ramin mellegard. thank you very much for watching. tñ■aa■ çwçwçwçwçwçwçwçww

>> ukraine's government is urging aid for mariupol. the city has been under continuous bombardment leading people without food, water, or electricity. . fighting has intensified northwest of kyiv. a curfew remains in place until wednesday after russia destroyed a shopping center on monday killing eight people.