he says he won't leave the city but he was asking staff how his friend could get to fukuoka, the neighboring prefecture. the staff members are also getting many phone calls when people are too afraid to stay in their homes or visitors can't find hotels. the staff let them know they can stay at the center. it also gives out information about what foreign embassies are doing to help their citizens if they want to leave japan. for instance the south korean government arranged a bus service to transport a group of students studying at the local university to fukuoka airport. >> translator: the second major quake was especially scary. i was on the fourth floor and we lost power. so, i was very frightened. >> reporter: the center provides food for evacuees. today's lunch was rice bowls and miso soup. the ration is limited because there are tens of thousands of people taking temporary shelter all over kumamoto. >> the food is amazing. this is my first meal but i'm very impressed with it. >> reporter: there are people who have food allergies. or follow religious regulations. the center says they're

a branch of the fukuoka high court handed down its decision on wednesday. a citizens group sought an injunction to halt the reactors of the sendai plant in kagoshima prefecture. a district court turned down their petition last year prompting them to file an appeal. the residents argue the plant operate orhas under estimated the maximum strength of a possibitionsible seismic jolt. the regulator said the reactor meets the requirements. the residents voiced their disappointments. >> it reflected what experts at nuclear deregulation authority said. it's just a rehashing of the lower courts decision. >> officials with plant operator kyushu president-elect trick power welcomed the decision. they maintain the company will take all measures to ensure safety. >> the government has a consistent stance on reactor restarts. we respect the decisions of regulators who enforce the world's toughest rules. >> yoshihide suga said all restarts should be considered with local residents. a suspension would mean no nuclear operations would not restart. >> reporter: in august, th

fukuoka looking pretty good. sunny skies and monday a high of 26.oing to okinawa, also looking pretty good. at least up to monday. we may see rain coming back into the picture into the middle of next week. so high pressure the big controller for a good portion of east asia. we have the low back to the west. as this high brings in the southerly flow, we'll see the rain return for the southeastern portions of china. but it may stay dry for at least one more day for taipei, shanghai. this area looking dry but warm. 31 in beijing. hong kong may be dealing with showers as a low moves into the area. looking at the forecast for north america, we've been dealing with a lot of powerful storms in the area. it's starting to calm down a bit further toward the east. we still have some showers that are going to be impacting the eastern coast of the united states, and then another low has developed back toward the west in the desert southwest. that's going to bring some rain, maybe some heavy rain at times and some thunderstorms. so we'll keep an eye on that. that