has a sphere of influence that it wants to operate you know has laid expansive claims over the east china sea in the south china sea they claim these territories for a very long time but only recently have they really had the muscle to to act on these claims and for the united states has an interest of course in maintaining its a gemini over the sea lanes in the east china sea as well as as a partnership with countries like japan and korea malaysia cetera so i don't think we should say that there's any this is a case where one country is is misbehaving or one country is acting irrationally because it simply isn't true this is something that was inevitable and not something that is in the term pivot to asia i believe is simply branding it's simply a way to refer to something that was happening already and it's going to continue it isn't new ok john what do you think about that. i mean why do you need the military for a pivot why do military all the time well that was going to be one of the points i was going to make why just as i said when i started out if we have a sale at macy's down the str

the tug of war in the east china sea had the top reason. more than 53% of japanese cited the dispute compared with nearly 78% of chinese. wartime history is the second highest reason for this ill will. nearly half said they don't like being criticizing over the past. 24% of chinese feel japan's apology for the invasion of their country is not good enough. some consider armed conflict in the future a possibility. nearly 24% believe hostilities could break out compared to fea% o 53%. the results show relations entered a critical phase. he notes more than 70% of respondents on both sides consider the japan-china relationship important. >> it's now a crucial time for both governments to start talks to result the deadlock and start taking action as well. >> the researchers say the studies suggest animosity is at the gross levels since 2005. they say they want to seek ways to overcome them with dialogue. they are scheduled to hold a joint forum in beijing this coming october. nhk world, tokyo. . >>> beijing opera is a performing art whooz routes

where tensions are already high meanwhile china has launched a four day military exercise in the east china sea an area that's the subject of territorial disputes with japan countries in the region are seeking the support of the united states france china's claims over islands in the east and south china seas dr thorson burke from beijing university says the u.s. should try and work with china rather than countering it. the u.s. tries to kind of contain china at the moment that china has a duty because of its military rise to actually challenge the reigning champion in asia the u.s. and likewise u.s. of course cannot retreat to retire it has to face a challenge china's influence is growing even by western men are standouts scientists are exists second largest economy it is sure to surprise us i think there's no doubt that about this it's luck to figure out our last saw in the end and the u.s. has to work together with china instead of suppressing its rising influence on. you watching idea and warning after a short break. mission creep could you take three days for a charge of free. range free.

where tensions are already high meanwhile china has launched a forty military exercise in the east china sea an area that's the subject of territorial disputes with japan countries in the region are seeking the support of the united states to france china's claims over islands in the east and south china seas dr authorise them have had berg from beijing university says the u.s. should try and work with china rather than countering it. the u.s. tries to kind of contain china at the moment but china has a duty because of its military rise to actually challenge that reigning champion in the u.s. and likewise u.s. of course cannot retreat or retire it has to freeze that shot and china's influence is growing even by western meddler standouts china's our rigs the second largest economy it is sure to surpass us i think there's no doubt that about this it's look to figure out the last so india and the u.s. has to work to gather with china instead of suppressing its rising influence. and just around the corner here aren't to cut or not to cut as public spending is trimmed in the u.k. we host an exper

well china meanwhile has begun a four day military exercise in the east china sea an area subject to territorial disputes with japan countries in the region are seeking us for to resist china's push to claim islands in the east and south china seas international affairs expert dr authorise and pat burke thinks beijing would inevitably challenge america unless washington turns down the heat. the u.s. tries to kind of contain china at the moment that china has a duty because of its military rise to actually challenge the reigning champion in the u.s. and likewise u.s. of course cannot retreat or retire out it has a very substantial and china's influence is growing even by west meddler standouts china's already the second largest economy it is sure to surpass us i think there's no doubt that about this it's work to figure out the last saw india and the u.s. has to work to gather with china instead of suppressing its rising influence. while russian champion athletes hit the headlines but not for her sport. on the respect to our country it's not respectful to our citizen. the star pole vau

lee says japan is to blame for the strain in ties over the senkaku islands in the east china sea. pan controls the islands, but china and taiwan also claim them. prime minister abe has called for talks with chinese president xi jinping as soon as possible and without conditions. but lee says the chinese leader has no plans to meet. >> translator: at this time, there's no basis for the talks. how can we set up this kind of summit that japan says it hopes to hold? >> china is demanding japan recognize that a territorial issue exists between the countries. and the dispute over the senkaku islands has prompted japan coast guard officials to strengthen their ranks. they plan to add more than 520 personnel in the 2014-2015 fiscal year. that would be the largest increase in four decades. chinese government vessels have entered japanese waters on a regular basis since japan nationalized three of the islands last september. their presence is expected to grow because china is building more ships. japanese leaders say the islands are an inherent part of their territory in terms of history and

other members of the military are conducting drills that are expected to continue in the east china sea through sunday. japan nationalized the senkaku islands in the waters. china and taiwan claim the i lands and they repeatedly entered japanese waters around them. earlier japanese commanders launched the largest ever destroyer. chinese media reacted with criticism and say the ship can parade with helicopters and it being los like an aircraft carrier. people have spent the month reflecting on the past. this week they mark the 68th anniversary of their country's surrender in world war ii. last week they remembered the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. a prominent film director went to the cities for the first time to attend the memorials. oliver stone's movies include platoon, born on the fourth of july and jfk. the recent documentary series earned him more acclaim. the untold history of the united states is a provocative account of history over the 20th stay i didn't shy away from the importance of memory and the need to look at the past with a critical eye. nhk world reports.

china to exercise self-restraint over territorial dispute concerning the senkaku islands in the east china sea. the u.s. lawmakers are likely to take up japan-china relations in their discussions with japanese officials. futenma air station in okinawa is another likely topic on their agendas. the deployment of ospreys at the sufficient base in japan is a thorny issue for the two countries, making matters worse is the crash of a u.s. military helicopter in southern japan earlier this month. but now u.s. marine pilots have used the osprey aircraft for the first time to transport reporters accompanies u.s. president barack obama to his vacation site. they began their summer vacation on sunday, on an island in the northeastern state of massachusetts. in april the u.s. marine corps deployed osprey in transporting the presidential entourage. it says that the osprey's safety has been proven with more than 160,000 hours of flight time. the same osprey model is stationed at the u.s. marine futenma air station. the u.s. military had to postpone flying the craft because of intensifying protests following

they're expected to continue those exercises in the east china sea through sunday. japan nationalized the senkaku islands in those waters last september. china and taiwan claim the islands and chinese vessels have repeatedly entered waters around them. they launched their largest ever destroyer. chinese media reacted with criticism. they say the ship can operate with multiple helicopters and that it looks like an aircraft carrier. derogatory comments by a senior israeli official have pushed japan to make an official protest. he criticized japan's memorial ceremonies for world war ii victims. daniel seaman posted the comments on his facebook page last week, two days after hiroshima marked the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the city. seaman wrote, he is sick of the japanese over holding their annual self-righteous commemorations for the atomic bomb victims. he also said the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki were the consequence of japanese aggression. the comments have already been removed. the japanese embassy in israel launched a protest with the israeli foreign

patrol ships have faced off in waters around the senkaku islands, controlled by japan in the east china sea. it turns out that defense experts from both sides met in secret to discuss the tensions. their exchanges demonstrate how dangerous the situation is. nhk world reports from beijing. >> reporter: the two sides held a secret meeting in april. a japanese organization asked both sides to hold it. the organization has provided the meeting audiophiles to nhk on condition that the identities are kept secret. japan sent six representatives among whom were former senior officers of the south defense forces. china's seven-member delegation included senior officers of the people's liberation army. from their exchanges confirmed the two sides hold differing points of view and don't trust each other. >> reporter: what surprised the japanese most was china's view on japan's warning shots prompted by air space incursions. when a foreign aircraft enters japan's air space, the air force defense contacts the pilot by radio. he is told to follow sdf-guiding planes. if the pilot refuses, the sdf fires a

they say it happened in the east china sea near the disputed senkaku islands. territory japan controls but china and taiwan claim. the officials say four chinese coast guard vessels entered the waters friday morning and left after about a couple of hours. later in the day they say the ships were navigating in japan's contiguous zone. they're continuing to monitor the vessels. this is the 40th day this year chinese government ships have entered japanese waters. >>> police in western japan are investigating a series of explosions that ripped through a fireworks festival. the blasts in the city of kyoto left dozens of people injured, some seriously. fire department officials say the explosions occurred shortly before the fireworks display began on thursday evening. tens of thousands of people had gathered along the banks of the yura river. firefighters say 60 people were hospitalized. they included a 13-year-old boy who suffered serious burns and was unconscious. the explosion damaged several of the 350 stalls at the venue. a witness told investigators he saw fuel

across much of the east china sea we are seeing high waves, about two to four meters high. and then kong-rey is going to pull off to the northeast. it's going to tangle up with our cold front and coming off korea right now. and as it does so it's going to follow right along this, kind of like a river. this is water flowing downstream in this low pressure area. and that's going to bring some heavy rainfall across much of japan, western ku kyushu. these areas are still drying off from the rainfall last weekend. widespread precipitation, even into tokyo by saturday afternoon don't be surprise first-degree you see a couple thunderstorms flaring up. and plus the winds coming in from the south ahead of this storm system, tropical storm strength all along the coastline. going to make for rough surf out here. definitely do not want to head toward the beaches. stay out of the water if you can. temperatures into the 30s though for the time being. but behind that cold front really cooling off, 28 in beijing at 26. take a look over towards europe. we have some spotty weather across the

survey indicates that japanese people are aware of issues surrounding the senkaku islands in the east china sea. japan controls the islands. china and taiwan claim them. the nationwide survey in mid-july examined public awareness of the issues. of 3,000 randomly selected people, about 1800 responded. more than 90% said they know about the issues. of those who know the issues, 75% said they know chinese government ships have repeatedly entered japanese waters near the islands. 75% said japan has been launching protests with china. 66% said the islands belong to okinawa prefecture in southern japan. 48% said they know japan controls the islands and that no issue of territorial sovereignty exists. and 74% said they're interested in the senkaku issues. 25% said they're not. cabinet secretary and officials say they'll step up efforts to heighten public aware ochbs the issues. >>> u.s. ambassador to japan nominee caroline kennedy has publicly shown affinity for the country. she'll be coming to the country this fall pending senate confirmation. kennedy spoke in washington at a ceremony marking the 50t

china is caught up in a number of territorial disputes in the east china seas. hagel pushed for negotiations to resolve them. chang said no one should fantasize that the chinese would barter away what he called their core interests. >> translator: no one should underestimate our will and determination in defending our territory, sovereignty and maritime rights. >> chang denied u.s. allegations that the chinese military is involved in cyber attacks on u.s. firms. he said the chinese are opposed to taking technological advantage to weaken other parties. still, he and hagel agreed to expand military cooperation. next year chinese personnel will take part in a maritime warfare exercise among pacific rim nations hosted by the u.s. >>> supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi have heard warning after warning to end their protest. they've seen 850 people killed over the last six days. still protesters have taken to the streets of cairo yet again. security forces have tightened their cordon around central cairo to prevent rallies. they've motorized armored vehicles

we also have a tropical storm out there in the east china sea. but this is really dropping some tremendous amount of rainfall there in western kyushu, reports up yards about 300 millimeters in the past 24 hours. the rain's really coming down out here, even into the hokuriku region. you can see the cloud cover continuing to stream onshore with the stationary boundary. and that is just pushing the rainfall on shore into the mountains there and it's resulting in some flooding. show you video out of hokuriku in sado where the rain has accumulated up to about 70 millimeters in the past 24 hours. officials are cautioning about, well, possibility of landslides. we see that rain -- water continue to flow down that stairwell there. the possibility of even flooding is there. and residents are being advised, just be prepared for the poblgt of evacuations in some of these areas especially in low lying areas because that water's continuing to stream onshore with this storm system. well, even farther down towards the south i did mention kong-rey that is still

was lodging a strong protest, saying the military drills in the east china sea for four days i'm a likely to concern japan. senior u.s. officials say the central african republic is on the brink of collapse. this a few months after rebels seized power. kate moody has the story. >> sexual assault, looting, arbitrary arrests, and weld them -- and random killings. un security council warned the central african republic is sliding into chaos since seneca rebels seized control in march. >> as there is no chain of command, the country runs the risk of dissolving into chaos. some police officers are reporting to work, but -- >> the international community granted the rebel alliance defect the recognition after it from power. leader the interim government had been unable to restore order in the former french colony, due in part to infighting among rebel factions. the political turmoil has sparked a humanitarian crisis. the u.n. says some 200,000 people have been internally displaced, nearly 63,000 fleeing to neighboring countries. many more need help. much more international support is required t

japan coast guard says four chinese coast guard patrol vessels entered japanese waters in the east china sea on wednesday morning. they remained there until noon on thursday. a ship carrying a japanese local assembly members had been cruising in the area at the same time. the chinese vessels remained just outside japanese territorial waters. coast guard officials are warning them not to approach japan's waters again. chinese government ships have intruded on 38 days this year. japan controls the senkakus. china and taiwan claim them. >> translator: the latest intrusion was the longest so far. and is extremely deplorable. >> kishida said the intrusions are backed by force, which is unacceptable in the international community. he said the chinese government should acknowledge japan's protest. japan's top diplomat summoned chinese embassy minister to convey the message, but han repeated china's position that the islands belong to china. he said china cannot accept the protest. >>> activists in hong kong have postponed a trip to the islands which chinese call dalu. they planned to land on august

. >>> well, a dispute over the senkaku islands in the east china sea has prompted japan coast guard commanders to strengthen their ranks. they plan to add more than 520 personnel as early as next year. that would be the largest adegs in four decades. chinese government vessels have entered japanese waters on a regular basis since japan nationalized three of the islands last september. their presence is expected to grow, because china is building more ships. japanese leaders say the islands are an inherent part of their territory in terms of history, and international law. coast guard authorities plan to put a team of 12 ships in charge of patrolling around the territory in the future. they still need to build six of those vessels. the team would likely be based on ishigaki island in okinawa. the coast guard is expected to request about $2 billion from the government to fund the surveillance program. >>> japanese researchers are looking back into history. they have arrived in north korea to search for the remains of japanese who died at the end of world war ii. north korean leaders have shown o

sea at a distance of 1200 miles. china has conducted cyberattacks against the u.s. government as well as industry. it has declared that the international waters of the south and east china seas lie within its southern -- sovereign grasp. its military budget continues as it has for over two decades to increase by double digit figures from year to year. it has built a formidable array of surface to surface and surface-to-air missiles and continues amassing an arsenal of these from the straits to taiwan. despite this administration's imposition from the middle east wars it has tried to close, the persian gulf will remain volatile and dangerously so if iran becomes a nuclear power. some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report that was published on tuesday. that predicted that iran will be able to produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition, as current events demonstrate belmont and margaret are in turmoil. turkey has reversed direction and is pursuing islamist domestic and foreign policies that are the equal of its ottoman past. syria is in the midst of a horrific civ

this is a track where we're expecting it to go across the east china sea towards japan.es the southern end here on saturday probably delivering winds of 85kph and gusts of 100. the rain will be the most significant feature. just looking at the rainfall totals for taiwan. as you heard in that report, up to 500 mi 500 mill meters is reported. this is significant. i have been looking at the typhoon season, it is a quiet one. the prediction 2, 2 to 25. so far we have seen 15. what's more significance really is the predicted number of typhoons. between 13 and 16, but so far this season we have seen just 2. now, as far as the current system is concerned, there is a lot of rain pushing further across the coast of east china. again, seeing flooding here, again we'll have that enhanced southeast breeze, places lick hong kong could see heavy rain continuing overnight in the next couple of days. >> richard, as the u.s. weighs its options in syria it is looking to bolster the defenses further east. we'll have a report from the milthephilippines later on the s hour and it is home to

were ordered there and i was one of them after a few years in the labor camp mine was on the east china sea there were than the labor camps there about 100,000 youth aged 17 through 25 that is basically how we were contained was one slogan called to kill the he and that shot the monkeys and to speed it up by come to the point late 1975 we did not know that mao was dying and that the next ruler of china would be coming and she needs to make a campaign movie to pave the way the her ideal woman she looked every where and i was picked from the cotton fields and shipped with a tractor back to the film studio to we screen tested. i personally had no say in it. like everybody else it was just because i had the right face. disappointing is a.? [laughter] >> host: you don't like the term recruited? what is your objection to that were? >> guest: i did not have been the acting. i saw all these beautiful women is some of them know how to act and they were eliminated because somebody who knows acting had cultural background in the family. so that is considered politically not reliable and its neighbor l

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language] >> we discussed a number of regional security issues as well, including north korea, the east china seathe south china sea. i reaffirmed longstanding u.s. policies on these issues. >> [speaking another language] >> with respect to competing maritime claims, i noted while the united states does not take a position on sovereignty in these cases, we do have an interest in the claims being resolved peacefully without coercion. >> [speaking another language] >> the general and i affirmed the importance of maintaining open channels of communication and we agreed it is important to continue high-level visits such as general dempsey's visit to china earlier this year. >> [speaking another language] >> general odierno and general welch will visit china later this year and p.l.a. commander wu will visit the united states. general dempsey offered to host his counterpart for a visit to the united states next year. >> [speaking another language] >> in our meeting this morning general chang invited me to visit china next year. i enthusiastically accepted. i look forward to meeting with him again next

china sea. as it went by the east coast of china they made the decision to recall much of the fishing fleet acrossrovidence and 20,000 vessels held in port to avoid the weather associated with it. the wind is not major storm system. this is located at the moment. by the time it reaches japan looking at speeds of 75k ph and gusts 95. the rain associated with this which will cause further problems particularly up through the western side of japan. so you think it was no longer a problem for taiwan but looking at the forecast you think it is there but it's not. what is happening is that the presence is enhancing the southwest monsoon and a super monsoon effect like we saw with the philippines the other day. for taiwan we could see another 100-150 millimeters of rain falling over the next 24-48 hours. as for japan, here we would like to see heavy rain particularly on the western coast of both kesho and honsho and tokyo could be looking at less. >> reporter: much of the world is experiencing a slow down in growth the u.s. economy is gradually picking up and helping to drive that growth is a boom in ene

china sea mare rit time disputes. but the meeting agenda was overtaken by events in the middle east and talk of possible u.s. military action against syria. the obama administration has identified the asia pacific region as an area of increasing strategic importance for the united states. hagel attended the asean meeting on wednesday and he will also join a wider discussion on thursday when ministers from china, japan and other countries join their counterparts from asean. it will be the second meeting of the so-called asean defense ministers meeting plus. former u.s. defense secretary robert gates attended the first one three years ago when he stressed the u.s. pivot to asia policy but the global security picture changed dramatically in three years. a military coup has plunged egypt into formal turmoil and the war drags on with bash ar al assad suspected of using chemical weapons. analysts say the obama administration may have to repivot the focus back towards the middle east. countries in southeast asia are watching closely how the u.s. responds to these various security challenges. some asean members have

east for example. that's america's backyard that's america's backyard. there's a very good area but china has already had this strategy called the march the west much west there are going to go from there west china sea and john providence tibet towards me to used that. term strategy grand strategy so call it but there are still debating strategy i think china's interests the interests. there are very different china clearly was to have a socialist. ideas socialist ideology with the chinese kirk terroristic acts. that certainly put into the ideology war almost like war. i don't see how you can. see his this is a compromise that ok you know also the they have made it clear what kind of socialism are you trying to let me tell you that yeah this socialism if you read. political report made it clear that in principle kerry i'll gie ideology of marxism that's number what the common ideal of socialists ideology of number two. is some number three and those are. socialists or of workers violating workers' rights well i don't think you call your self right all right gentlemen i don't think most people think of china as being very communist anymore let me go to lynn ok lynn what we just heard here is that. th

china sea heading toward southern china. kate, back to you. >> thank you. >>> now new developments in the middle east this morning as israelisnians prepare to have peace talks. >> reporter: the israeli government is set to release 26 palestinians sometime in the next six days. this comes ahead of the peace talks which will resume again on wednesday. it also comes after a very controversial and provocative move by the israeli government on sunday to release bids for 1,000 new settlements to be built in the west bank and jerusalem. back to you, kate. >> vladimir, thank you so much. >>> back to china. neighbors are complaining about a professor who has turned his penthouse atop a beijing high rise into his own version of a mountain top get away. cnn's david mckenzie has more. >> reporter: it's causing a firestorm on social media here in china. across the way, that building a chinese medicine professor has built this enormous rocky outcrop on top of his apartment, 10,000 square foot of apartment. the people in the building have complained for years says state media says there are cracks forming. he's a senior member of the commu