huge you tanaka doesn't make any money brokering one yen homes he usually sells luxury apartments in tokyo he does this as a service trying to prevent villages in the countryside from being abandoned he gets about 30 inquiries a week. because. having a country house used to be a status symbol in japan. during the property boom lots of weekend homes were built but now many are just standing empty though they continue to cost their owners hundreds of euro's a month. he tells us some owners can't afford to tear their houses down and just leave them to rot. there are more and more such cases it's becoming a serious problem there are fires in accidents and roofs get blown off by the wind . the one yen homes can't solve rural japan's glut of empty houses but you do tanaka is glad to do his part. now in global ideas we take a look at a creature which perhaps more than any other is a symbol of some of the butterfly butterflies play a crucial role in the pollination of many plants in costa rica the winged beauties are being bred on butterfly farms and flown to destinations around the world. s

the one year in homes can't solve rural japan's glut of empty houses but you do tanaka is glad to do his part. now in global ideas we take a look at a creature which perhaps more than any other is a symbol of some of the butterfly butterflies play a crucial role in the pollination of many plants in costa rica the wind beauties are being bred on butterfly farms and flown to destinations around the world. about or flies are a symbol of life and change they're constantly transforming from an egg to a larva to a caterpillar a christless and then the butterfly the butterfly stage is the shortest in life 2 it can take time to fulfill your dreams but it's worth it then to enjoy the fulfillment of those dreams. after suffering serious back problems jenny has was no longer able to continue her office job it was then that she discovered her love of butterflies which opened up a new job opportunity now she works 10 hours a day braving the insects she spends a lot of that time searching the leaves of plants for butterfly eggs and caterpillars. it allows me to live in harmony with nature and help

tanaka help them buy a house in the country its location is so remote our sat nav gets confused about 8 and a half 1000000 houses are standing empty in rural regions of japan the population is trying to. spend the week in tokyo the parents have office jobs there but country house with a tranquil refuge for the weekends. you and i decided to factor was the price. we are wealthy so i thought buying a house for one year and then renovating it slowly would be a dream come true i don't know what he did. with 3 children and a dog it's not always peaceful still it's different from the city and friends like to visit kilometers it's wonderful looking out at the landscape i'm jealous i don't it's a wonderful escape from every day life is not the way. for the sellers the house had become a burden even standing empty it cost them $300.00 euros a month. the mutts of course are installing a small kitchen in a lower story. anyone can use a hammer here and it isn't all that hard. it doesn't have to be perfect. in some areas the local authorities offer subsidies for renovations here and he got the mut

we oldest person in the world has reached a new milestone taina tanaka has celebrated her 178th 17th birthday she get that right eating cakes with friends and family in her nursing home in japan now 10 africa was confirmed as the oldest living person last year she was born in 1903 the year that the wright brothers flew the 1st ever power play. and i'm going to have the top story that we're following for you the remains of iranian general customers out of money and have reached the iranian a city of the 2nd stop on a nationwide if you will to what was said to end on tuesday so the money was killed by u.s. drone strike in fact dad on friday. and the toll from australia's bushfires has risen to 224 lives lost and some 2000 homes destroyed criticism of the government's handling of the crisis is growing as hundreds of fires remain out of control in the states of victoria and new south wales. you're watching news from but in a quarter a location meets a man who says he saw death squads to treat politicians in minsk 20 years ago now on behalf of the whole team. thanks for your company i'll

kane tanaka of southern japan turned 117 over the weekend .rough a party yesterday at the nursing home where she lives. there was singing and eating cake and she was clapping her hands. yesterday the guinness world book of records confirmed that kane tanaka is the oldest person alive . >>> a very special little girl gets a special surprise over the weekend. she is too sick to go to the mountains to see snow so some police officers who are friends of the family brought snow to her. five-year-old quinn was born with half of a heart and is had two surgeries already. he cannot travel to the mountains but police officers worked out a way to bring five tons of snow to her family's home in arizona. >>> an early assault victim dies nearly a year after being assaulted. however family remembers her and the charges the suspects are facing in the case. >>> and the killing of a top iranian military commander. the impact it is have any in the region and the iranian nuclear deal. >>> plus taking on fire crews. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2

. >>> kona tanaka of japan turns 117 today. guinness world records verified her standing. they say she was born prematurely in 1903. that's the same year the wright brothers achieved first flight. she's still six years shy of the record for oldest person ever. >> >>> coming up at 6:30, a small earthquake at the south bay late last night. what we know this morning. >>> if you plan on coming out to the beach today, beware. it's calm behind us now at half moon bay. the national weather service extending a high surf advisory talking about 11 to 14-foot waves. what else to expect if you come out to the beach. >>> chilling new video showing a woman running up to a home crying for help and a man grabbing her and pulling her into a car. the possible kidnapping police are investigating now. >>> as we head to break, we're taking a live look outside at the bay bridge. traffic i uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15%ain? or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks

last year it was confirmed kane tanaka is the oldest person alive. >>> a winner for the word of the decade, the american dialect society chose the word they as the word of the decade. the society says the gender neutral singular pronoun reflects the cultural changes in gender fluidity. others include lacklivesmatter, climate, and etoo. >>> krispy kreme is trying to entice people who don't want to eat a whole donut. minidonuts free 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. every day this month. they come in original glaze, chocolate ice glaze, chocolate with wbry ice with sprinkles. >> one of the three of us don't like donuts, and his name is riming with sch-mike. >> i'm not frying those. >> you probably end up eating more. >> thank you! >> announcer: live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." ♪ now, here's wendy! ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> wendy: say hello to my