the agricultural ministry says the fiscal year through march fell one percentage point to 39%. the rate is based on the population calorie intake of food produced in japan. this is the second straight year it has decreased. the agricultural ministry says bad weather triggered a drop in domestic production of wheat and potatoes leading to more imports. japan set a goal of increasing the country's food self-sufficiency to 50% by the year 2020. that would help them deal with the possibility of the rising global food prices that could limit imports. the government is using a new implement supplement program to encourage farmers to increase their production of wheat, soybeans and other foods. >>> north korea denied a south korean allegation that it fired artillery shells into waters near the disputed maritime border in the yellow sea. south korea's defense ministry said on wednesday three rounds of artillery fire were held near yeonpyeong island after 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. and two more after 7:00 p.m. shells landed in the sea near the demarcation line in the south korean marines retur

the map drawn by the agricultural ministry shows levels of radioactive cesium around the plant were above the regulated standard. the map shown onmond is based on an analysis of soil samles taken at 580 locations including fukushima. following the nuclear accident in march, the ministry set a safety limit for planting rice at 5,000 becquerels per pill gram of oil. based on the guideline, planting of new crops was banned within 20 kilometers of the facility. the map shows rate yo eive cesium exceeding the limit f in nine locations where vegetables and fruits are grown, including 8,571 becquerels in a field and 6, 882 in ee maki city. both locations are in fukushima prefecture. >> translator: radioactive cesium tends to be quickly absorbed by soil, so the contamination level of produce grown there will gradually become lower from next year. >>> the agriculture rat ministry plans to increase monitoring around the highly contaminated farmland. >>> a month has already passed since japan's women's soccer team won the world cup, but the enthusiasm hasn't lightened a bit. it's bringing a major ch

the agriculture ministry developed a plan in response to calls for more support by beef cattle farmers. under the plan the government will buy 3500 head of cattle which are suspected to have been fed rice straw containing cesium in excess of the safety limit. the cattle will be cinerated. farmers who are unable to ship their cattle due to restrictions will receive about $630 per head of cattle. the government will also provide financial support to prefectures that are buying up beef cattle which have become too old to ship due to the ban. august 6th marks the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. the prime minister will deliver a speech at the annual hiroshima peace memorial ceremony on saturday. kan will call on the country to lead international talks on nonproliferation and work towards a world without nuclear arms and expected to acknowledge that the fukushima daiichi accidents caused anxiety around the world. in addition, kan will announce his intention to implement string ent safety measures for nuclear plants and says it is a lesson for human kind and it's japan's

. >> the agriculture ministry announced a meeting of rice farmers on wednesday that rice in areas with high levels of radioactive cesium in the soil will be tested both before and after harvest. if the amount of cesium exceeds the government-set safety limit of 500 bequerels, seasons will be banned. farmers will be obligated to dispose of the rice. the owner of the nuclear plant will be forced to pay compensation to the farmers. the government said 14 prefectures ranging from north eastern to central japan will be subject to the checks. checks will be carried out where 1,000 bequerels of cesium are detected in soil and more than 0.1 are detected in the air. a japanese anti-nuclear organization opened the annual international conference in hiroshima with an agenda that includes scrapping nuclear power. the move follows the accident at the fukushima plant. the japan counsel against atomic and hydrogen bombs started the four-day meeting ahead of the 66th anniversary of the bombing. they criticized japan's government for following the u.s. line on promoting nuclear power. >> translator: th

dollars this year co-producer trance says that's mostly because of current high prices the agriculture ministry also predicts the amount of grain available for export could exceed two thousand and eight levels and russia had its biggest ever harvest produces a putting stocks on the market which have been held over june to last year's export ban the ban was imposed to maintain domestic supply following a severe drought. crude is losing ground after climbing to the highest level in almost two weeks concerns about global economic recovery are weighing on the price however the weaker dollar is giving some support brant is that over one hundred ten dollars per barrel price we just over. asian stocks are low holding mild gains on wall street in tokyo exporters are leading losses on a strong the yen is down around four percent to she were declining around to. the all ts started trading on a negative note down one point six percent lead down by energy shares mostly to my sixth of what you're seeing right now is wednesday's closing figure would gain to around two per cent the growth of mining the suppor

dollars this year our producer trans says that's mostly because of current high prices the agriculture ministry also predicts the amount of grain available for export could exceed two thousand and eight levels when russia had its biggest ever harvest producers are putting stocks on the market which have been held over g two last year's export ban the ban was imposed to maintain domestic supply following a severe drought. that's where to the markets we start traditionally with commodities crude is losing ground after climbing to the highest level in almost two weeks concern about global economic recovery away on the price and the weak a dollar is not really providing much support lenders down eighty six seven said one hundred nine dollars seventy four cents per barrel light sweet is at eighty six twenty seven. in europe the markets are dropping deeper and deeper with no positive news to latch on to cement firms are down after switzerland's wholesome reported disappointing results it's five percent lower this hour mining stocks are down with anglo american losing two point nine percent h b b h p

tranced says that's mostly because of current high prices the agriculture ministry also predicts the amount of grain available for export could exceed two thousand and eight when russia had its biggest ever best producers are putting stocks on the market which have been held over due to last year's export ban the ban was imposed to maintain domestic supply following a severe drought. sigler have been markets now it starts with moderate crude is losing ground up to climbing to the highest level in almost two weeks concerns about the global economic recovery are weighing on the price therefore brant and light sweet are down more than one dollar this hour and a week at the all is actually not providing much support. asian stocks are lower following cues from wall street in tokyo exporters on leading the losses on a strong being yet mazda was down around four percent to achieve a decline three percent the hang seng is down one point three percent of the close . in europe the markets are tracking losses in asia and the sell off we see shortly after the opening the dax is now down to said

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agriculture ministry michihiko kano has garnered support of over 30 law makers. bringing up the rear is the former land ministry sumi sumio mabuchi who is trying to bring his numbers up from just 20 members in support. the candidates' teams are working hard to enlist the backing of over 100 lawmakers who have yet to decide or announce who they support. they're also attempting to gain favor with other candidates for a possible runoff, as it's widely expected, no one will win a majority in the first round of voting. kaieda's campaign office believes he is ahead, but is concerned about the moves of other candidates who may join forces in a runoff election. >>> the ground self-defense force has carried out a massive live fire drill involving tanks and helicopters. the annual event held at a training range is open to the public, and attracted about 24,000 people on sunday. about 2,400 ground self-defense force troops, 80 tanks and armored vehicles, as well as 30 combat helicopters and aircraft took part in this year's event. the drill was based on the sutititititititit