i'm cholaphansa narula here in bangkok. >> thanks. >>> in an collusive interview with nhk in tokyo on tuesday, south sudan's information and broadcasting minister, mario benjamin offered ideas about the japanese reconstruction effort in his country. south sudan achieved independence in july after more than 20 years of civil war. the minister commented on japan's ground self-defense force and engineering units, they will participate in the u.n. peace-keeping operations. >> an enormous destruction has been done in south sudan. and so we have to begin to build everything from the beginning. i think they are going to contribute very effective support in building and assisting in the infrastructure. in the republic of south sudan. >> the minister then alluded to the security situation in the region. >> there is no danger to the u.n. peace-keeping forces, including the japanese engineering company. because there is adequate presence of u.n. peace-keeping forces in those areas. >> he stressed that south sudan has undeveloped oil and mineral resources and called for investment from japan. >>>

that's it for today's bulletin, i'm cholaphansa narula here in bangkok. >> thanks. >>> murray johnson is up next with assusumo. >>> it is sumo time and almost crunch time for the yusho winner. day 12 began with leader sirajuddin haqqani hakuho undefeated. action, please. whack co-ewe is the dark horse but deserves his moment in the fun. miyabiayma is on a winning stream. it's a barrage of thrusts from both men, but miyabiyama prevails. both have three losses. kisenosato has three losses and can only afford one more. gagamaru will use his big body to show his power. gagamaru surprises with a grip and goes inside on the sekiwake. hard-charging sumo. it's gagamaru in charge, but his own momentum crumbles going backwards, down he goes. kisenosato dodged a bullet there. hakuho had just one challenger on the leaderboard going into the last bout and that was against his only rival left, kotoshogiku. hakuho has a 26-3 edge over kotoshogiku. but, kotoshogiku has won the last two times they've met. kotoshogiku gets his preferred shallow left-hand grip, so the yokozuna swats the hand away. and t

i'm cholaphansa narula. thanks for watching. >> thanks. >>> sumo is up next. >>> at the kyushu grand tournament, yokozuna hakuho had a comfortable three-win lead over the five runner-ups after 12 days of action. friday was his first chance to clinch the championship. one more win would give hakuho his fifth consecutive title in kyushu. kotooshu is hoping to snap his 11-bout losing streak against hakuho. hakuho goes in hard! the yokozuna keeps up the pressure, but kotooshu doesn't give in. hakuho gets a double inside grip and is now in command. he skillfully ducks underneath kotooshu's arm pit and takes him down, becoming the kyushu champion. >> congratulations to hakuho for capturing his 21st top division championship. now, let's shift our attention to kisenosato. the sekiwake must rise to the occasion in the final three days to rise to the next rank. to earn the promotion to ozeki, kisenosato has to win two of his three remaining bouts in fukuoka. today he faces a tough opponent in baruto, as the estonian c

next we go to cholaphansa narula in bank dock. >>> the waters in bangkok continue to advance furthero the thai capital. but people are trying their hardest to keep on worng in increasinglyifficult circumstances. slly but steadily, the waters advance on central bangkok. on tuesday,hkbsvedhe lel water i thisre had novernight. the flood has now reached about five kilometers from the city's center. some residents with a head for business are finding ways to make money. ferrying passengers across the water is one way. and this boat taxi is operated by a man who normally run as motorcycle taxi. he's earning more than he did before. >> translator: it's different from my motorcycle taxi. now i earn more than $65 a day >> reporter: rubber boots are also selling ll ait normay wear ts sortf otwear, but they're getting more popular as people are forced to wade into the stagnant floodwaters. translator: i think the floodwater will only get deeper, and it's very dirty. so i definitely need rubber boots. >> reporter: along one of bangkok's canals, residents are struggling to lead something like a n