mount fuji was also dressed up, covered in clouds. >> translator: i can't see mount fuji, but i feel great. >> translator: i'm very happy i can enjoy snowboarding so early in the season. >> the resort operator got a head start on mother nature by spraying 6,500 tons of artificial snow on the slope. four more runs will open by late december. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye. >>> exciting tourism projects are under way in the jungles of laos. adventurous eco tours are becoming popular. eco tourism is about socially

mount fuji was also dressed up covered in clouds. >> translator: i can't see mount fuji but i feel great. >> translator: i'm very happy i can enjoy snowboarding so early in the season. >> the resort operator got a head start on mother nature by spraying 6,500 tons of artificial snow on the slope. four more runs will open by late december. >>> that's all this hour on "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thank you for watching. tavis: good evening. tonight, a conversation with writer brian jay jones about his new biography of jim jensen, creator of one of this country's most beloved characters, come at the fraud. despite his childlike wonder, he was a complex man -- kermit the frog. despite his childlike wonder, he was a complex man can and then we will talk with kathy eldon about the struggles to rebuild her life after the devastating loss of her son. we are glad you have joined us. those conversations coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: jim henson, creator of kermit the frog, ms. agee

fuji. mt. fuji is part of the suitcase full of can't-miss attractions that first-time visitors to tokyo expect to see. also high on their list are sites like the flashy neon lights and garish billboards of ginza and hoards of people swarming across shibuya scramble. ha ha! it's been said this intersection, called the scramble, where meiji street and shubuya station meet, was the model for the renovation of times square. well, all i can tell you, it's never felt as chaotic and wild and crazy in times square as it feels here. you don't escape the busy streets in tokyo subway. tokyo station is an underground city with scores of shops and restaurants. yet with your prepaid pasmo card, you can get from there to almost anywhere quickly and easily. tokyo's idiosyncratic pop culture is sure to catch a first-time visitor's eye. manga, japanese comics, and anime, animated cartoons, cater to all ages and tastes. they come to life at the maid cafe, where men drop in for sweets, drinks, and a bit of silline

major corporations such as fuji film have entered the business. fuji thinks its skill at making photographic film which was ins principle product can help with regenerative medicine. >> translator: you can see the whole thing is beating. >> reporter: these mouse heart cells were created using a material developed by the firm. the substance is made from collagen, a type of protein. collagen is also used in making photographic film. >> translator: we have the world's top collagen technology for the manufacture of film. we can now adapt it to this new business. >> reporter: a business group has been formed to pool different companies' skills and spread technology. in the two years since the group's formation, membership has grown fourfold to nearly 60 companies. some firms want support to build infrastructure such as facilities to culture cells. others want to offer insurance for regenerative medicine therapies. >> translator: each company has its own strengths. but together we can form a strong team japan. we want to complement each other. we'll wor

i think my first album i bought was the fujis. >> jimmy: yeah. >> an interesting fact. >> jimmy: weirdi play agent 13. >> jimmy: 1813. agent to the shields. >> yes. i wasn't a huge comic book fan, once i started immersing myself in the world i was going to be a part of it. so fascinated by it. amazing. my assistant is a huge comic book fan, we were geeking out on the way to work every day. i thought i never would be having these conversations. but we were. an amazing world. what a cool universe. i hear you are a big fan? >> jimmy: i like comic books, yeah, yeah. i don't want to position myself as a nerd. i am still very, very cool. >> nerds are ruling the world. >> jimmy: that's what they say. then you wind up getting beat up in the alley. >> yeah, right. >> jimmy: i like captain america. not my favorite of the marvel super heroes. he's cam tptain america. he was kind of a square super hero. >> a square. >> jimmy: as far as they go. spiderman was my guy. he is funny. i like spiderman. >> i see how it is. >> jimmy: i know you only listen to curse word and stuff when you were a kid, emin

apparently it's a cool geological feature at the foot of mount fuji. this guy was brought with a bus full of people. he went out looking for some caves and found himself lost. his solution to getting himself unlost? >> i figured the best way to handle it is just sprint and eventually i got to get somewhere. here we go. >> he's going to run. he's going to sprint head long until he finds something, gets somewhere. this is a pretty creepy place. according to some reports, this is the most popular place for people to go and commit suicide. the government only sweeps the forest about once a year. they report sometimes they've left up there 2. >> some kind of cave some sort. >> he continues to follow this idea of running his way out. >> [ bleep ]. ooh, a mushroom. >> he's like, ooh, a mushroom, look at that. this happens several times over this ten-ment video. he said he was lost for quite a while. he's in a hurry because he needs to catch his tour bus to get back out of there. >> got some friends at the hospital. going out to a club tonight. if i miss this

mount fuji is covered with the white stuff. now across to the americas. still looking at this very active low pressure system moving across the region. it is sagging this active cold front. we have a remnant low from octave that may land in california and mexico as well. that's acting as a conveyer of moisture pounding in texas and arkansas with flooding rain. flooding warning across much of the region. that is going to be moving towards the east. lots of mountain air, colorado 20 centimeters of snow pieing up. partly sunny sky, 20 degrees. mid summer temperatures with the winds kicking in at 32 degrees. now we have your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. . n dvd. >> good afternoon. please find a seat. everybody. here we go. we have an overflow crowd. that is because this program will be so good. the movable feast continues. this is the third of a series of activities celebrating woodrow wilson

fuji heavy industries plan it install these safety features in its new models set to be released next year. >>> now here are the latest market figures. >>> japanese researchers are claiming a new advance in organ regeneration. they say they have succeeded in building tear and salivary glands in mice. the finding raises hope from millions of people suffering from dry eye and dry mouth syndromes. professor of tokyo university of science is leading the research. his team cultured two types of cells taken from mouse. they grew them into primitive glands and then they transplanted these proto organs that lacked tear and salivary glands. the glands knitted with adjacent tissue and functioned properly. the next stage is applying this method to humans. they can't use human embryo owes for ethical reasons and they plan to carry out similar experiences that can be grown into any kind of body tissue. >> translator: we focused on exocrine glands. we hope this method can regenerate other organs as well. the published in the journal communications. >>> there are two tropical storms and rachel fergu

a chain reaction to you know we're going to see really some gastric flatulent juices spew from mt fuji in a most spectacular way that we'll probably see a chain reaction of bank failures including deutsche bank that will be quite spectacular and some gold up to twenty thousand dollars and out of my theory was however that i don't see how his policy would have worked any better than what the crazy stuff coming out of the fed and the central bank here is because you know that we have a problem with money velocity as well it's not circulating down to the rest of the economy and he does address that here as well with the quantitative easing happening in the u.k. which is remarkable he says that british banking is dominated by a small number of big banks with just five banks controlling ninety percent of deposits in germany however he says seventy percent of deposits are controlled by two thousand banks so here five banks ninety percent of deposits germany where we have a real capitalist economy seventy percent of deposits controlled by two thousand banks they lend more to small and medium

he is in shock when his fuji road bike is stolen. >> went to go grab a beer and came back after half45 minutes, and it was gone. >> jake's ride cost $2,500. and he doesn't have any insurance to replace it. >> i didn't really talk for about an hour after that. >> jake files a police report, but believes he can increase the odds of getting his bike back by taking matters into his own hands. >> my dad taught me to stand up for myself. he taught me to do the right thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- that's about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe i'll check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photographs showing every scratch and custom feature leave no doubt in jake's mind, the bike on sale for a bargain $1,000 is his. house mate and best friend chris williams helps jake set up a sting to trap the susp

recently blamed the chinese for their toxic air, causing high levels of mercury on the top of mount fuji. it's great concern in china, causing problems outside of their country to neighbors. >> craig, thank you very much. once again, those images are absolutely incredible. >> the mexican government strongly condemning u.s. spying. the german magazine reports that the u.s. tamed the emails of two mexican presidents. it is the latest revelation from n.s.a. leaker edward snowden. mexico calling the spying unacceptable and against international law, last month, brazil's president canceled her visit to washington after learning the n.s.a. had leaked on locked on to her communications. >> to business news now. j.p. morgan chase close to a record settlement with the government and some of that money could be going to homeowners. we are joined with the very latest, a huge fine. >> huge fine and welcome relief to people hard-hit during the cries. many investors will focus on j.p. more gone's stock today. the large evident bank is reportedly close to a $13 billion deal. shares are down slightly in