. >>> japan's defense ministry says it will keep up strong surveillance in the east china sea. wednesday will mark one year since the country purchased the senkaku islands from a private owner. china and taiwan also claimed them. on sunday, the ministry reported spotting two chinese bombers flying between okinawa's main island and miyako island. they said they did not violate japanese air space. >> translator: we scrambled fighters to monitor the chinese aircraft, which were flying on an unusual course. >> china's defense ministry said the aircraft were taking part in an annual training program, and that the exercise was not aimed at any specific country or target. the chinese military is also active at sea. two navy vessels passed through the same area early monday morning. they were sailing north toward the east china sea. the frigettes did not enter japanese waters. japanese authorities say the ships were probably returning from a drill in the pacific. they base this assessment on sighting of the same vessels heading south in the area two weeks ago. >>> a suspected unmanned

been going to i haven't been to them because just last year and let me just tell you that the ministry of defense is located in a very have a report be allayed area and there are a lot of civilians and round that area where the ministry is located so are yours not that it would be easy even for a match you look at personal i'm not advocating it targeting the defense ministry which is pointless i mean may remember when the u.s. targeted the belgrade defense ministry and they are totally destroyed it was not any civilian casualties nearby but my point is that doing nothing means many civilians get killed it means that assad basically continues to use chemical weapons with impunity and we're going to see not just you know fourteen hundred kill but fourteen thousand or one hundred forty thousand so you know where does that stop so you know doing nothing does put human lives at stake the kind of limited military strikes that is being proposed i mean yes there may be some civilian susan whose lives. pretty human rights groups would certainly monitor very closely to see that everything is done this poss

its eastern coast this was detected by russia's early warning system and then reported by the defense ministry at first no one else could officially confirm this including israel and the united states but then we've heard from the israeli defense ministry which said that that was a test of a new anti missile defense system which they conducted along with the u.s. washington did confirm that they provided technical assistance tell if said that a military plane fired a rocket which was then intercepted by another missile now this raises a lot of questions around the timing off the drill since the full region. around syria is now filled with tensions with concerns of a possible military intervention led by the u.s. since most nato members did say that they're not planning to take part in any military action against president assad's regime but france and the u.s. do seem ready to do so and only a president barack obama did say that washington may start a military operation even without the approval of the u. when he does want to see the approval of the congress but we've just heard from the u.s.

me live now are you can you give us an idea what do we know so far well according to russia's defense ministry at around ten sixteen am moscow time its monitoring systems detected the launch of two ballistic missiles in the mediterranean sea the headed from the western to the eastern port of the sea this is all the information we have at this moment we don't know where the missiles were. or where where the landed but this is happening amid very high tensions in the whole regions around syria the syrian embassy in moscow so far said that they don't have any information about this incident over all right are to. thank you very much for that. and u.s. troops may soon be heading home but there's still no plan on what to do a jail dubbed the guantanamo bay's sister prison the facility saw its heyday in the early stages of the war on terror gaining a reputation of torture and abuse it currently holds sixty seven prisoners foreigners men men the u.s. says are too dangerous to let go but not guilty enough to punish parties who are in a report on what the future holds for. some call the bagram prison a

the chief cabinet secretary told reporters the defense ministry made the disclosure as it was a highly unusualcident. >> translator:llontinue to closely monitor the waters and airspace around the islands in the easthina sea to protect japanese territory. >>> the u.s. special envoy on north korea called for a concrete steps toward its denuke nuclearization kicking off a east asian tour glen davis landed in seoul to meet with officials. all members of the stalled six-party talks with north korea. >> our view is that, of course, we can't get back to six party until we see a much greater degree of willingness on the part of north koreao take the steps that it has already promised to take. >> chinese officials are planning aympoum on the issue for next week. >>> hundreds of muslim gunmen are clashing with police on the islands in the southern philippines and at least six people have been killed and others have been taken hostage. the rebels opposed ongoing peace talks between another muslim insurgent group and the government. the group demands complete independence from the philippines, whi

defense ministry officials say the plane did not appear to have a cockpit. if confirmed, this would be the first appearance on record of a drone in the area. a chinese defense ministry official said the flight was part of a regular military training and the official said the exercise did not break international law. >>> the u.s. special envoy on north korea has called for concrete steps towards its denuclearization and dicked off an east asian tour to put pressure on pyongyang. glen daveys landed in seoul to meet with south korean officials. he'll later visit china and japan. all members of stalled six-party talks with north korea. >> our view is that, of course, we can't get back to six party until we see a much greater degree of willingness on the part of north korea to take the steps it's promised to take. >> chiz that officials planning a symposium on the north korean issue for next week. >>> hundreds of muslim gunmen are clashing with police on island in the southern philippines, at least six people have been killed and others have been taken hostage. t

the israeli defense ministry released a statement, saying the test of the arrow missile defense system. they worked together to develop the technology. it's designed to intercept balance stick missiles from syria, iran and other countries hostile to israel. many israelis fear if forces strike syria, forces will retaliate by attacking them. >>> russia's deputy defense minister criticized the americans, saying they should not be playing with arms and missiles in such a volatile region. >>> time now for the latest in business news. investors in tokyo, london and new york also start september on a positive note. ai joins us from our business desk. pretty good start to the month, ai. >> exactly, catherine. we saw a pretty upbeat manufacturing data from china and europe early this week, and the united states after a long weekend also released better than expected key manufacturing data. and on that u.s. stock prices rose on tuesday. the dow jones inched up 0.16% to end the day at 14,833. for more on japanese markets, we go to eileen lee at the tokyo stock exchange. eileen, tokyo rallied mond

. >>> japanese defense ministry officials say domestically produced patrol aircraft may be allowed to fly again as early as next month. the maritime self-defense force has grounded the p-1 planes because of engine problems. the first two patrol planes were deployed at an msdf base in march. but another plane ran into trouble during a predeployment test flight in may. all four engines temporarily stopped when it was over the pacific ocean. defense ministry officials say a sudden slow-down in speed lowers fuel intake and leads to unsteady combustion. they say engineers will modify the software controlling the engines to maintain a steady fuel supply. they hope to resume flights in october after conducting tests on the ground. >>> in italy, cabinet ministers from the center right party led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi have resigned amid deepening rifts between the coalition parties. a spokesperson for deputy prime minister angelino alfano said saturday all the five cabinet ministers from berlusconi's people of freedom party are resigning. parliamentary debate begins soon on

but then would heard from the israeli defense ministry which announced that this was a test of the new eighty missile defense system they say was conducted with the assistance of washington although this still hasn't been confirmed by the united states israel says that a military plane fired a rocket which was then intercepted or shot down by an interceptor missile now this late raises lots of questions over the timing of such tests and how appropriate they are at the moment in that area in the mediterranean very close to syria with the whole country and the region around it currently being flooded with tension and concern over a possible military intervention into the situation there by the west although most nato members said that they are not planning to take part in any military action against president assad's regime france and the u.s. seem to be ready to do so in fact earlier president obama said that washington may start a military operation without the approval of the u.n. a vote he did say he wanted to consult with congress with less than twenty four hours ago we've heard fro

but now we've heard from the israeli defense ministry which explains that in fact it seems that the incident was part of a joint drill between israel and the u.s. and what happened according to the israeli side is that a military plane shot off a missile which was then intercepted by another rocket it's part of a joint drill to work out a new anti missile defense system now this is raising a lot of questions around how good is the timing of holding such drills in the region which is really filled with all these. tensions connected with the situation around syria with the possible start of a military intervention there most nato members have been saying that they're not going to take part in any military operation against president assad's regime except for france and the u.s. . we've heard from president barack obama earlier said that washington may start a military operation without the approval of the u.n. but he did want to consult with congress first but less than twenty four hours ago we heard from u.s. secretary of state john kerry who said that the approval of the congress is not real

with more details hello there you go or so what do we know so far well according to russia's defense ministry around four hours ago its early warning systems detected the launch of two ballistic missiles in the mediterranean which headed from the west into the eastern coast of the sea the ministry didn't provide any additional details however. russia's news agency has quoted an unnamed source. who said that the missiles were dumped into the sea nato says it's checking the information while another russian news agency is quoting its source in london to confirm that the incident did take place however he said that london was not behind it american media is quoting an unnamed source in washington who claimed that the pentagon had nothing to do with it so we don't know who launched the missiles and whether they were armed or not but this is happening amid a really high tensions in the whole region caused by the start of a possible military intervention into the situation there most nato members so far have been saying that they're not going to take part in any military action against president as

this is the russian news agency quoting the defense ministry. the launch detected 10:16 a.m.w time, 6:16 gmt. we now know they're now saying apparently those missiles landed, ballistic objects landed in the -- in the water, without any impact. the israeli army says it is not familiar with this mediterranean missile launch. it is rather confusing. russi joining us from beirut is ayman mohyeldin. what do you make of the records of the ballistic launches in the sea? >> reporter: well, right now a lot of mixed reports coming in. you started off with the initial report made by the russian news agency that it detected two possible ballistic objects somewhere over the mediterranean. a short while after that, the russian embassy in damascus came out saying there were no ballistic objects in the vi vicinity of the mediterranean and that was substantiated by the israeli military which came out saying its radar and its defense system did not detect any type of ballistic objects in the mediterranean sea. a short while ago, though, however, the russian news agency once again put out a sta

defense ministry spokesperson said the defense acquisition program administration voted against selecting the model. the euro fighter and lockheed martin's f-35 stealth fighter were also in the bidding administration members agreed the f-15 se fighter would not deter nuclear threats from north korea. they hope to choose a next generation fighter jet within a year. generals and experts have been pressing the government not to pick the f-15 se. they're likely to choose the f-15 fighter jet because of its stealth operations. >>> chipmaker as cross oceans are joining hand as cross oceans to keep up with mobile gadgets. >> it's not a small deal either. we're talking about the world's number one and number three rivals in the semiconductor industry. a japanese firm is set to join with its rival to better compete on the stage. their counterparts at applied materials have agreed to merge in the second half of 2014 at the earliest. applied materials sits in the top spot. the two firms will hold 25% of the global market after the merger. officials from both sides say they'll establish a holding com

and we brought you news earlier and talked to moscow about the russian defense ministry telling al jazeerabjects which is how they described them the missiles probably were detected over the mediterranean today and we are hearing the israeli defense ministry is saying it carried out missile tests in the mediterranean and as the story develops and we have detail we will bring it to you but for now we go to egypt, a court ordered the closure of four television stations including al jazeera's egypt channel and the government accused al jazeera of bias in the coverage of the political crisis in the country and to days ago egypt expelled three foreign journalists and raided offices in cairo and seized equipment. the price of nokia has risen 40%. the buyout is worth more than $7 billion. the computer technology giant would get access to the patents for at least ten years. and technology journalist adrian is live from london. this is all part of microsoft's capture, is it, after all they missed the mobile revolution. >> they did. they like nokia did not react fast enough and both of them stuck wi

he says the defense ministry hopes to choose a fighter jet within a year. >> tire govnmen officials have been urging not to pick the s 15 and argued better were needed. south korea is likely to choose the s 35 fighter yet because it has advanced stelth functions. south koreans living knowsed de against them. the rallies have been prompted in part by a long standing territorial dispute. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: this district is home to one of japan's largest korean towns. it has about 200 south korean restaurants. this 61 year old runs of them. he says recently things have been more challenging than anytime since he moved to japan from south korea in the 1980s. >> translator: there are a number of people visiting the main street in this area, dropped significantly a year ago. >> reporter: that was around the time the outgoing south korean president visited disputed territory in the waters between the countries -- south korea controls the takeshima islands. japan lodged a protest saying takeshima is part of its territory. since his visit, more japanese have joined demonstratio

officials of the phillipines defense ministry reported their findings about the scarborough shoal at an assembly session. they said a navy aircraft took photos of the structure on the outcrop on saturday. officials say the photos show a concrete foundation and about 30 blocks along with a steel gate. three ships, including a chinese patrol vessel were patrolled nearby. the shoal is about 200 kilometers west of the philippines luzon islands. the shoal is within the country's exclusive economic zone. china has stepped up its claim over the wreath in recent years. it's been sending more surveillance vessels. >> translator: i got the report. we had this sent to the department of foreign affairs. it would allow me to complain. >> flipino officials came ownership. >> the 16-year-old was shot in >>> people across china are awaiting the verdict in the case of a rising star who fell from grace. they don't know when a decision may come. the people deciding his fate are weighing more than legal arguments. >> reporter: a popular leader has sent shock waves through the city. we came to find out w

>> well the defense ministry has been pretty defiant on this and definite too and saying this is noty way due to the syrian crisis. this is a regular rotation, a regular deployment of military vessels and navel vessels that are constantly on patrol in that particular part of the eastern mediterranean and we are expecting them to arrive on the 17th of september and basically the ministry, defense ministry is saying look we don't want to fight with anyone but at the same time of course it is a chance for the russian navy to fly the flag, to remind the americans this is not their part and don't forget russia has an eastern mediterranean port in syria, tartus which they had for the last 30 years. so the russian navy is very much part of a fixture in this particular area of the globe. >> all right, peter sharp from st. petersburg. it has been a week since the u.s. president told the world he would take action against syria and locking for congressional support and americans are largely opposed to a strike but sources are now reportedly working on an expanded list of targets, president oba

japan's defense ministry is studying the option of shooting down drones that infringe on japanese air space as relations with japanese remain tense. >> what action do they need to take to resolve this situation? >> first, they need to agree to disagree over the sovereignty issues. and on that basis, they have to find a win-win solution in the sense that the chinese side can stop sending the vessels without much losing face. many local governments want to invite the investment from japan. they want to send economic delegations to japan but they cannot do so until the atmosphere improves in china. both sides must somehow, find a way to come up with a win-win solution. >> the professor says a brief encounter between the leaders of japan and china as the g-20 summitt can signal a falling of frosty relations and he says he'll be keeping a close eye on how the leaders interact at the apex summitt scheduled to take place in bali next month. nhk world, tokyo. >>> here's a brief look at your market figures. >>> for one irishman in japan, the statistic of suicide became personal when a friend k

on tuesday, philippine defense ministry officials said they found evidence of building work on the shoal. philippine officials showed photos of what they say are concrete foundation and 30 concrete blocks. the defense secretary said he would escalate the issue. >> i got the report. we had this sent to the department of foreign affairs, it will now be the move of the foreign affairs secretary to launch a complaint. >> china has been increasing patrols and setting surveillance vessels to the shoal, which the philippines also claims as it's territory. as tensions with china rise the philippines strength in building relationship with the united states. they are negotiating joint use of facilities at subbic bay, one the largest u.s. navy base in asia. they are also discussing possible u.s. surveillance operations in the south china sea. as well as more potential joint use bases on philippine territory. nhk world reports. >> reporter: subic bay, 80 kilometers northwest of manila. this busy port is part of a specific economic zone. new shopping malls and hotels make it a popular tourist destina

he released a statement after discusstion syria with his foreign defensive ministry. he said france will explore every possible step at the u.n. security council to press syria to abandon its chemical weapons in a verifiable manner. but he also said his country will remain prepared for a possible military action to punish the syrian government for its use of chemical weapons. >>> and i'd like to apologize. i reported earlier that the 9/11 terror attacks in the united states happened on 9/11, 2011. that's correct. it's 9/11, 2001. apologize for the confusion. >>> the people at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have a another problem on their hands. officials with tokyo electric power company say the levels of radioactivity in a monitoring well near a storage tank have risen. more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water lead to laked month out of i storage tank. managers have asigned mormon tors to check far radioactive materials in groundwater near the tank and say the level rose on tuesday to 64,000 becquerels per leader, more than twice the reading of the previou

officials from the japanese defense ministry and four other government agencies have gathered in this facility. they're coordinating their response to a simulated cyber attack. >> translator: japan lags behind in dealing with issues of this kind. we need these drills to significantly boost our ability to respond to cyber attacks. >> reporter: precise figures are hard to come by. one government-affiliated body says the number of reported incidents jumped to 4,500 in june, more than double the figure in january. it says there have been more attacks since a relationship between japan and china came under strain. hackers have targeted japanese government employees with an increasing number of e-mails with viruses attached. these technicians are simulating how they would respond to an attempt to penetrate their networks. participants are divided into teams of up to four people. they have to measure the scale of the attack, assess the damage, then find out where it's coming from. >> translator: we want to improve japan's information security and minimize leaks to show the world the safety o

russian defense ministry says two billion stick missiles were launched in the central mediterranean this morning before a portion of it falling into the sea as current u.s. military buildup in the area of the syria. america's top diplomat inside of the u. was good a top secret even if lawmakers say no as washington's european allies release evidence they claim bashar al assad did a chemical weapons that time. there's still no plan on what to do with america's most infamous jail in not gonna stop a facility so don that former detainees say gone time is a holiday come. to be had among those troops or for what with the moving boys and.

so far south korea isn't confirming the restart, but the defense ministry spokesman went as close as> the south korean and u.s. governments are keeping a close watch on north correia's nuclear issue the picture was taken by i a satellite, so there is no smoke without fire, you can think of it like that. >> reporter: the u.s. special representatives for north korean policy is in tokyo on the last start of his regional tour, he's made it clear that wash won't support resuming stalled six-party talks on north correia's nuclear program as long as they continue to assert its nuke as status, harry fosset, al jazerra, seoul. >> the federa federal aviation s there has been a draws i can increase in close calls. 4,000 times last year more than double from 2011. there were literally 1900 close calls that year. the data released today does not make clear whether there are more air safety incidents or just better reporting. but officials say, they are now focusing on improving air traffic control tactics and communication with pilots. if you think a flight that costs less than two-gallons of gas

fleet but is as it always is on stand by off that part of the eastern mediterranean, the russian defense ministryre at pains to point out it's not a result of the build up of the crisis, this is a regular deployment and regular rotation of vessels in the area. of course there is a sizable presence of the american six fleet in the area with five crews missile carries destroyers but russians point out this is not in reaction to that. but obviously i mean it's a chance for the russians to fly the flag and remind the americans that the eastern mediterranean is not just their pawn. >> reporter: peter sharp, d-20 summit in st. petersburg, thank you. and we go to live pictures of the summit right now. there we go. we see barack obama speaking to david cameron. this is the final day of meetings and of course the main agenda of the summit is economic, the economy and financial issues. but of course much of that has been overshadowed by the push for intervention in syria and we will get you more as the day develops. well republic senator john mccain is heckled about giving a speech about syria. and many in

dot com closer to a website british defense ministry hopes that using drones mushrooms and everything with curves losses among soldiers will therefore convince the public into supporting wars interesting premise more on line. barack obama must go on trial for crimes against humanity says bolivia's president at the un general assembly in new york blamed his u.s. counterpart for his aggressive foreign policy the spanish channel spoke to him shortly afterwards here's what he said. the caller that. i want to remind john that when obama was elected president his abilities aim was to end all wars but during a term of his presidency the number of words only increased libya for instance the us organized an outrageous military intervention that was followed by the killing of the country's president and after that libya's oil wells are forming under their control the finance rebels the fight against the rulers and don't support imperialism and capitalism on top of that they run a worldwide surveillance network we need to establish a court where world powers and international human rights organi

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ministry of defense draws up plans hoping to persuade people that any future war would not be so bad after all. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is john thomas good to have you with us now from the international chemical weapons watchdog are preparing to head to syria to oversee the eradication of its chemical stockpiles this comes after the unanimous u.n. security council resolution demanding the country eliminate its stock the details now from our new york correspondent. this breakthrough marks the first time the united nations security council has agreed on a binding document concerning syria the resolution unanimously adopted by the council requires the therof occasion and destruction syria's chemical weapons stockpiles however are while it. doesn't mention chapter seven towards the end of the document it does not indicate that immediate use of force would be allowed this is something that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov explained in detail while addressing the security council is a routine you put by the with. the resolution does not fall unde

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the afghan defense ministry said it happened in eastern afghanistan. an afghan soldier open fired on u.s. soldiers killing two on the spot. a third died later of his wounds. the attack occurred when americans and afghan soldiers returned fire. >>> we'll take to you germany where voters head to the polls in a national election tomorrow. polls for anglega merkel's party in the lead but the opposition is hoping to take down her coalition. as head europe's largest economy merkel calls the shot on many debt crisis and that gives her sway on many markets around the globe. >> eight years after becoming chancellor angela merkel is still one of the most popular politicians in germany. she is the most powerful leader in a government run mostly by men. she has outlasted her male counter parts in italy, fans, and u.k. her training is in physics, but her supporters see her as the supporter of the economy. five years after the financial crisis germany is going strong with unemployment at 5.3% unlike greece and spain whose depressed economies has pushed the euro past