presence and pressure. chinese naval and maritime authorities hold a joint exercise in waters near a disputed group of islands. chinese sailors are looking out over the waters. off the east china sea they will practice defending their territorial sovereignty near islands at the center of a dispute. japan nationalized the senkaku island last month. china and taiwan claimed them. china's news agency says crews from the navy, the fishery administration and marine surveillance agency will take part. they'll coordinate on 11 ships and eight planes.

the exercise is aimed at safeguarding china's maritime interests. it said the navy and the other agencies have carried out similar drills before. chinese patrol boats and surveillance ships navigated through the area in the weeks after japan nationalized the islands. chinese officials have criticized japan and the united states for planning a joint exercise next month on an uninhabited island nearby. personnel will try to recapture the remote island from enemy forces. japanese officials are looking for support from britain. the prime minister told his british counterpart william hague that the senkaku islands are an inherent part of japanese territory. >> translator: the two countries agreed that the issue should be tackled peacefully in accordance with international law. >> gemba said the japanese government will deal with the matter calmly and take into account peace and stability in east asia. another japanese institution is feeling the backlash from the dispute between japan and china.

the chinese director of a movie in this year's tokyo international film festival has decided to withdraw his entry from the competition. the news agency says the film director is pulling his movie from the festival. he's an associate professor at the beijing film academy. his film depicts a woman struggling with her family's expectations during the boom years of the 1990s. they quote the production crew as saying the japanese government has not shown a sincere attitude over the territorial dispute, and it has seriously hurt the feelings of the chinese people. iranian troops are showing the u.s. defense department is drawing up new issues. the move follows at rest of two u.s. navy sailors in southern japan. suspected of raping a woman. a pentagon statement expressed

deep regret for the grief and trauma the assault victim may have endured. the statement says the department will soon announce measures to demonstrate good relations with the communities that host its forces. european leaders have seen banks crumble one after another. they have seen a single supervisor ein countries that t the euro. the leader of the european union agreed to phase in a banking union next year. to achieve that they want to complete a legislative framework by the end of this year. a supervisor would oversee commercial bank as cros across o zone. >> the main priority was progress on the banking union. we also saw to clarify new concepts and to test the degree

of support for various ideas in view of reaching conclusions in december. the leaders hope an integrated system will break a cycling of poor bank management and national budget problems. they also got an update on effort by greek leaders to fix their budget. implementing wage cuts in return for euros in aid. the leaders did not reach a decision to go ahead with their latest round of help. now the people at google, help users search for information on nearly anything. they lost control of their own information when a printing company accidentally released their third quarter earnings early. what investors read in the report caused google stock to plummet. google usually releases its financial reports after stock markets close. but the latest figures were revealed during the day. the company sells the printing firm, filed a preliminary report by mistake. nasdaq suspended trading of

google shares for 2 1/2 hours. they closed down 8% from the previous day. the company saw strong growth in revenue for july to september. the online advertisement business had steady income. net income, plummeted 20%, 2.2 billion. the cost of restructuring, had the bottom line. and people at microsoft will launch their biggest software products in years next week. they have got all the more reason to hope their window, windows 8, operating system will succeed. microsoft's net income in the latest quarter dropped to $4.47 billion. down 20% from a year earlier. the firm sales fell below investors expectations. spokesperson said consumers have held back on buying pcs ahead of the release of windows 8 a week from now. consumers are shifting from pcs to tablet and smartphones. engineers at microsoft designed

the operating system to take advantage of devices s using a touch screen. she has spent part of h in . but she is well aware of the risks. >> reporter: the first democratically elected female president in africa. awarded the nobel peace prize last year for promoting peace in women's rights. she expressed concerns over the impact of global economic uncertainty on africa. >> the slowdown as the result of the global crisis has delayed much of the foreign direct investment. have been mobilized. the case of liberia. it means that the delay in -- in

operational bills, investment, it will be -- employment, a delay in, in infrastructure. development. >> sirleaf says continuation of foreign investment is a key to industrializing african nations. but she stresses that the africans themselves have to take the initiative. >> political stability, sound economic policy, more in doing for human resource capital, it means building the skills of our people. we have to move from being exporters of commodities to add value to the commodities. because that's how we create jobs, that's how we industrialize, that's how we become more competitive. with the rest of the, rest of

the world. >> africa is torn by widening economic gaps. while some resource rich countries have made progress, others still suffer from poverty. >> the only thing to dupe is raise the productivity of africa, not only in agriculture, but productivity in general areas of economic endeavor. but our policies have to also ensure that -- that this big disparity in income is reduced by trying to raise the level of income of the poor. >> sirleaf says the global economy cannot ignore africa, if it wants to continue expanding in the future. >> africa is the last frontier. to be able to expand global growth, you have got to be able to develop africa, to raise the per capita income, raise and expand the economic pie.

if we don't, then it means that -- it will have more people going after the same, you know, the same resources -- and then, with increasing population in the world today -- s if we don't expand, we will face problems. and sided with the u.s. in a dispute with china over steel. the panel upheld the ruling that china impoemensed unfair triari steel products. they said the u.s. sold the products in china at unfair prices. chinese and americans disagree over trade in several fields, include fig nan shaing financia automobiles, and green policies. "newsweek" will stop its print based publication and start web based distribution next year. the last print edition of

"newsweek" will be december 31st issue. the magazine started up in 1933 and held a great influence in forming u.s. public opinions along with rival "time" magazine. the old digital version of the magazine will be "newsweek" global, executives of the firm are to market the content worldwide, distributing it through tablet computers. "newsweek" struggled in recent years as u.s. public shifted to online news services. advertising revenue from print media also declined. in 2010, "the washington post" sold the weekly for $1 to the daily beast. what a difference two years make when a dchinese activist wn the nobel price. the chinese government was

incensed. his award delights the government. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the bookstore rushed in to sell extra copies, but within days, the shelves were bare again. now the store is trying to get more copies. >> troy: i heard his name. but i haven't read any of his books. he is now a nobel laur ye >> reporter: he depicts the life

of a chinese peasant during world war ii. the nobel was made in the film. >> what i strive to do is make nigh wo my work portray the life of chinese people, their unique culture and customs. and if i have done my work well, it transcends regional and ethnic boundaries. >> reporter: what is it about the work that captivates? this woman, a long time admirer says he moves readers. he is especially good at portraying the vitality of poor peasant farmers. red shogun touched her deeply. >> he takes up social issues from the standpoint of ordinary citizens. like the problem of poverty and

disparity. he depicts realities so well. >> reporter: the government has welcomed the award. most newspapers have heaped praise on him. china is putting so much energy, into developing culture. we are at a critical stage in imports and exports. mo's award will boost cultural exchanges. and will also play a major role in fostering china as a cultural power. that's something the government really wants. >> the reaction to mo's award is in stark contrast to the government's response two years ago when democracy activists, won the prize. he is now serving time for the version of power. officials lashed out, for

ordering it, they say it was interfering in china's domestic affairs. but -- mo gave a show of support shortly after receiving his award. >> i hope he is free again as soon as possible. >> reporter: he has not hesitated to write about the government's one child policy. so, does he stand for against the government? a japanese expert in chinese literature gave us this view. it its true he writes about reality in china. but it is up to readers to judge whether his novels side with the chinese government or not. winning the this award may

prompt them to reconsider their society. on the other hand as a nobel win here can be used as a press agent for government propaganda. i think the prize win carries a double meaning. so he is a difficult author to handle. >> reporter: he brings a prize to the country based on classical literature. at the same time, his success draws attention to china's short comings. iranian troops are showing off their military muscle. elite forces and their militias are taking part in three days of joint exercises. personnel from the islamic revolutionary guards and about 15,000 members of the militia held a drill and parade outside the capital tehran. they say the militia has more than 10 million members. a senior officer of the revolutionary guard said israel is threatening iran, but the

forces are always ready to defend the country. israeli leaders have hinted that their forces could strike nuclear sites in iran. south korea will represent the asia pacific region. the country pledging to step up efforts to achieve peace on the korean peninsula and beyond. >> the following five states have thus been elected members of the security council for two year term beginning, january 1, 2013. argentina, australia, luxembourg, republic of korea, and rwanda. the five new member countries will replace those whose terms expire end of this year. south korea beat cambodia by a wide margin in the second round of balloting. this will be south core carkore second term. the first came in 1996. south korea's u.n. ambassador,

spoke of the country's position on the divided korean peninsula. he said his government will think of ways to contribute to international peace and security. twitter has been celebrated as vehicle for promoting free speech. now there are people who run the social networking service find themselves defending censorship. they agreed to a request to block the account of a german neo-nazi group. twitter's general council says german police asked them last month to close the account and not to open any substitutes. managers decided to make it inaccessible inside germany. they introduced their censorship policy. their blocking tool allows them to respond to requests from local authorities and bar content within a country. this is the first time they have used it. the general council says twitter managers are committed to free speech. but says it is good to have tools to withhold narrowly and transpare

transparently. >> 9.4 million people in california have taken part in one of the largest annual earthquake drills in the country. >> right, now, drorngs cover and hold on. >> the state government and nonprofit groups, organized the event. they assumed a quake magnitude of 7.8. the drill began four years ago and is held every october. at a train station in central los angeles, commuters practiced evacuating. station officials helped passengers get off trains and walk along the tracks to the safety. >> any earthquake in the world that happens seems to, inspire people to take more interest in earthquakes. to get better prepared. and certainly, the earthquake in 2011, had, has, has done that. >> california has been hit by massive quakes in the past. experts say that if a 7.8 magnitude quake were to hit the state it could kill 2,000 people, injure 50,000 and cause $2.6 billion in damage.

germans are on a mission to make their country nuclear free. they lead the world in solar power generation. but they also rely on wind as key source of clean energy. germany is investing hef leave in an offshore wind farms which can yield four times as much power as land based sources. now it is trying to figure out the next step. germany any first offshore wind farm went into operation three years ago. by 2020, the country aims to have 2,000 of these jigiant win fills in the north sea and baltic sea. the north seaport city is home to the latest wind power research. now that offshore wind has become viable. researchers and companies from

all over the world are coming here to find out more. >> the idea of the floating technology is to be independent of water demt. three times are suitable for installations for example in the chinese sea or around japan. >> bremerhofen has been a ship building city for two centuries. now it's a major hub for offshore wind technology. in 2002, with ship building in decline, the city decided to switch focus to wind power. investors have spent 500 million euros developing wind power around germany's north sea coast. the wind farms and related businesses have created jobs and are now the town's core industry. the technology is progressing but the challenge remains, how to store the electricity. once solution is hydrogen.

germany is focusing on hydrogen as an alternative to petroleum, using electricity water is split into hydrogen and oxygen. that gives a clean, renewable energy source with no carbon dioxide emissions. last year germany became the first country to commercialize a system for producing hydrogen using wind-generated electricity. once a week the hydrogen gas from this plant is trucked to the capital of berlin to be used as fuel for cars. currently there are only 15 filling stations in germany offering hydrogen fuel, but there are plans to build about 1,000. >> translator: we won't need it to import oil in the future and creating fuel from natural energy here will also encourage

new industries. >> german car makers are getting ready to mass-produce hydrogen-fueled vehicles expected to start in 2015. we're seeing beautiful, blue skies here in tokyo on friday. let's turn now to our meteorologist sayaka mori. >> clear skies across the nation. and continuously moving toward the east. now a severe tropical storm. should weaken to a remnant low tonight. the rough sea conditions will linger in the islands and coastal areas of the region throughout the day. waves could reach up to 6 meters today. for the rest of japan, nice clear skies again. but, snow showers are likely in parts of the mountainous region continuing into tomorrow. frigid air is coming in from the north. the cold air mass is also blackening parts of northeastern china and mongolia.

temperatures are on the chilly side in many locations. to the south, a big high pressure system is exerting its dominance over the korean peninsula and china bringing nice bright skies. the indo-china peninsula experiencing dry conditions. moving into the cameramerica's, windy. the storm has a history of producing five tornados in arkansas, and mississippi, as several were wounded and homes and structures were damaged. now conditions are easing across the mississippi valley, but instead, part of the mid-atlantic region, still with a slight risk of severe weather that is going to be continuing into tonight. heavy rain occurring in and around the low-pressure system. rain will spread into the north eastern states. and southern quebec in the next 24 hours. back behind it very windy. we have high wind warnings and watches posted. in the northern half of the plains. and, also, windy in the -- in

the british columbia and the pacific north west region and very wet as well. and we are expecting heavy snow showers across the canadian rockies and freezing rain is also possible into your friday morning. temperatures are looking like this. excessive heat is finally coming to an end in l.a. 25 degrees expected. that's 10 degrees cooler than it was on your wednesday. meanwhile, chilly air comes in from the north, dropping down temperatures. chicago reaching only 9 degrees on your friday. and 8 degrees in winnipeg. all right. finally, let's go over to europe. lots of clouds across the west. underneath the cloud. wet, windy. snow showers are also falling. in southern norway. the wettest and windiest conditions can be found in the south. and western portions of france. and much of spain. we have an alert for high waves posted. along the east coast of spain. now as you can see rain is not going anywhere.

because, the high pressure system over the continents is very strong. so these storms cannot move toward the east. that means unstable weather will continue in the west and the north into the weekend. meanwhile, sunny, warm conditions for the rest of europe. getting up to 21 in berlin. that its 8 degrees higher than where they should be this time of year. 27 degrees in rome. and 26 in athens. meanwhile, dropping down into 15 degrees in madrid because of rain. and 1 degrees expected in lisbon on friday. that's it for me now. and here is your expended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

chinese naval and patrol ships are set to begin a joint exercise in the east chinese sea. crew members will practice defending territorial sovereignty waters during a disputed group of island.

japan nationalized their senkaku island last month. china and taiwan claimed them. china's state-run news agency says crews from the navy, fishery administration and marine surveillance agency will take part. they'll coordinate on 11 ships and eight planes. the agency said the exercise is aimed at safe guarding china's maritime interests. it said the navy and agencies have carried out similar drills before. chinese patrol boats and civilian ships navigated through the areas in the weeks after japan purchased the island. chin owes officials have criticized japan and the united states planning a joint exercise next month on an uninhabited island nearby. personnel will take part in a scenario in which they will try to recapture aremote island from enemy forces. that's all for "newsline." i'm yuko aotani. thank you very much for joining us.