daisuke azuma, nhk world, tokyo. >> each will give a presentation during the foouault. as they continue the strength. daisuke azuma, nhk world, tokyo. >> we have updates to tell you about on the fallout from the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. a group of them is demanding $260,000 in damages. the utility says it will pay compensation but the tour guides are not satisfied and say the number of clients did not return to normal, even after june. tepco receives about 700 compensation claims every day. it gave the media a look inside the tokyo office where it is processing the paper work. 500,000 people work there. the company is under pressure to speed up the process because the number of claims it gets every day is likely to grow. >> japan's transport ministry is drawing up guidelines. satellite communications. information can be shared this way. >> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post march 11. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fall out. nuclear watch brings you insight and information on the impact. and the road ah

daisuke azuma, nhk world, tokyo. >>> maya shoji is up next with weather. >> hi. welcome back. let's talk about weather now. starting off with asia, we have a tropical depression, you can barely see it, but it is going to become a tropical storm and it is heading towards palau island by thursday afternoon. it will be moving across the island and toward southern philippines. it is directly not affecting southern philippines as of today. however we will definitely continue to monitor this system as it looks like it is going to be keeping it in its intensity as it approaches the islands. let's talk about japan, where this low pressure system is moving across the hokkaido area. northern japan will be seeing sea effect snow, in the sea of japan side and looks like it may continue in towards the end of the week. lots of snow will pile up in hokkaido, as well as waves could be picking up to about three to four meters high. we're talking about snowfall approaching about -- an additional 30 centimeters in some parts of hokkaido. the rest of japan looking very clear and dry. we may even