. >> fukushima reinvigorated this discussion of how n.r.c.c. considers laland contamination, ececonomic consequenceses within n its regulatory framework and also if the n.r.c. would like to do anything differently in the future. >> we're always looking for ways to improve the regulatory procesess and how we regulate the e civilian uses of nuclear materiaials. >> but some experts are concerned about safety and regulations. today, u.s. nuclear power plants are aging. built to last 40 years, more than half are at least 30 years old. >> if we're going to have nuclear power, , then we believe it has to be as safe and secure as possible. and we've been long concernrned that neither in the ununited states oror other couos is the regulatoryry infrastructe adequate to make sure nuclear plantnts are safefe. >> i think that there is reasonable assurancece that we're nevever going to have a catastrophic accident of the magnitude of what happened in japan. >> but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. >> you u know, it can be the black swan event: low probab

right after fukushima happened, the chairman of the n.r.c.nvened a task force to take a hard look at safety of nuclear wewer in this country. and that task force came around with 12 recommendations. so anyone who thought before fukushima that we hadn't -- no room to improve here in the united states, was probably taken aback by this thick document of all the things that we need to fix. that task force report was taken by the n.r.c. and then put through itsts regulatory me grinder. and as a result, some of its recommendations remain sosomewh intact. others were watered down. others have been discarded completely. nucleaear power is just a very complex and expensive way to boil water. if we don't fully learn the lessons of fukushima, and incorporate them i into sfourur that we are ts here setting the stage for catastrophe. sisimply becauause we have the opportunity now toto correrect ofof the problems of the past,t and if we don't take that opportunity fully, , then we'll -- no one but ourselves to blame when -- when or if it does happen. >> we

the fukushima team makes its final adjustments.hey are attaching the robot to the belt to help the robot climb the steps. the camera's radiation field is now in place too. the competition begins. each team has come up with creative approaches but they all find it hard to complete their mission. many have problems controlling their robots remotely asas they can't actually see them. it's time for the fukushima team to get to work. the stairs are quite steep and the robot is unable to handle the 41-degree angle. the robot only manages to climb one step before the time runs out. the winners were the team from osaka. they scored high points for using two robots together. one pushing and the other pulling. the fukushima team won a special prize for its radiation shield. >> translator: i realize now that nuclear decommissioning will not be easy. i want to make more improvements and use these ideas in designing robots. >> reporter: robots will be essential for the work of decommissioning the nuclear plant, so the challenge now is to inspir

nuclear disaster in march 2011. >> fukushima change my opinion on nuclear power.the use of nuclear power will be terminated by 2022. >> the explosion at the fukushima plant inspired other countries to pull out of nuclear energy development as well. switzerland and belgium will slowly phase out their reactors, and italy decided not to pursue a plan to relaunch its nuclear program. many big players remain committed, britain, china, france, india, russia, and the united states are among those reducingt as a way of co2 emissions and dependence on fossil fuels. others like south africa and iran want to further expand their nuclear program. the german government will have to agree with companies on the amount of compensation by 2018. it could end up costing billions. other business headlines, google says next year it will buy enough renewable electricity to power all its data centers and offices around the world. they have been shifting to wind and solar power since 2010 and says it's the world's top corporate buyer of renewable energy. the british-born chief operations

-- 62 fukushima -- six to fukushima.we have restarted operations in three come it takes time. -- we have restarted operations in hree, it takes time. the cooperation between the u.s. and japan, technological innovations, this is an area where we can work together, regardless of what happens. technological investment has to come away with some kind -- on the beauty of price agreement, we have china and india on board. mainly because of the technological elements. we have to keep that. the u.s. possible withdrawal is very damaging. i am very concerned about an element -- coming from the u.s. withdrawal from international policy. >> let me bring in the audience, there will be a microphone, please wait for it. if you can say who you are and sk a concise question. >> a la lobe, attorney in washington -- alan loeb, attorney in washington, it reminds me of the clean air act i worked on in washington, there is momentum until the day there is not, at the point you get bogged down, u.s. yourself what do you do? the clean air act i

. >> reporter: she headed to fukushima prefecture in the tohoku region. since the nuclear disaster five years ago, many former residents are still living as evacuees. she visited people living in temporary housing and listened to their stories. >> translator: do you remember when the accident took place? >> translator: i couldn't forget it if i tried. >> reporter: her books are written collages of testimonies by ordinary people. her book "chernobyl prayer," a chronicle of the future, published in 1997, is representative of her work. it's a collection of statements from the victims of the chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years ago. she spent more than ten years interviewing over 300 people, sometimes on camera. she then wrote about their deep shock and continual sadness. >> translator: in the last few days, whenever i lifted my husband's body, his skin would peel off and stick to my hand. >> reporter: last year she won the nobel prize in literature for what the committee calls a monument to suffering and courage in our time. >> translator: i try to listen to

and you can also see that renewable energy growth has been quite strong after fukushima. probably thanks to the feed and tariff scheme, particularly for the solar technology. and when you compare all these recent developments with the 2030 plan electricity makes, it's really uncertain whether the country's really going towards the direction that the, you know, that is planned. it's very uncertain. however, you can see -- say that under current policies the fossil fuel power generation will remain the major electricity generation source. at new climate institute together with other research organizations, we're running a climate action tracker project. we've been tracking national level mitigation efforts since 2009. and we just recently updated analysis for marrakesh. and here you can see for japan the ndc target for 2030. compared to the global two degree goal, the ambition level is not sufficient. meaning that japan should set targets that are more ambitious than 26%. and also when you look at the currently implemented climate and energy policies, the set of policies wo

. >> she came to japan to hear what people in fukushima prefecture had to say. she met with this man. before the earthquake, he had about 50 cows. he was living with several members of his family, spanning four generations. she drove him to his former home. it's still empty. after the accident, all of his cows had to be put down or let go. unable to continue dairy farming due to radiation, he decided to demolish the cow shed. his family is now scattered. >> translator: wasn't it difficult to leave home? >> translator: yes, it was. we can't live the way we did before the accident. because of the radiation. >> she was also told a story of a dairy farmer who committed suicide. a girlfriend of the farmer took her to the place where he died. >> translator: he left a note saying i wish there had been no nuclear power plants here. >> no one completely understands the horror of nuclear power. literature should communicate it and so should philosophers. it's not a job for politicians alone. in other words, we need to look at what happens in chernobyl and fukushima and pu

the boy evacuated from fukushima after the nuclear accident. the teacher addressed him using a word that can mean germ. >> translator: the inappropriate word that the home room teacher used made it difficult for the student to attend classes. we take the incident seriously and deeply apologize to the student and to his parents. >>> the officials say the teacher claims he was using a meaningless syllable he sometimes adds to student's names. he told the officials he wasn't using the world for germ. but the boy had told the teacher he was being bullied by classmates who called him a germ. the boy has been absent from school since the incident more than a week ago. in a similar case, a boy who moved from fukushima to yokohama said his classmates added the word germ to his name and he considered committing suicide. >>> a japanese cosmetics firm says data on more than 420,000 customers may have been hacked by a shopping website run by a subsidiary. a third-party probe last month found that personal information of registered customers and those who p

the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant was crippled by a massive quake and tsunami in 2011. its operator has estimated that two fault lines in the area could cause a quake with the magnitude of up to 7.1. he says november's ququake was actually much stronger than that. >> translalator: i think a faul could expose the seabed.d. we should studydy it and need t review t the way we collect dat and how we assess it. i believe that could improve our analysis. >> a spokesperson for tepco says the utility will review its estimates if new information comes to light. >>> rush hour traffic was brought to a halt at a tokyo intersection on tuesday morning because of a car accident. four people were injured, one of them seriously. >> reporter: the taxi jumps on to the sidewalk. many people were walking at the time of the accident. this is a very busy area inn tokyo. right nowow policemen are guidi traffic. >> police say video from the taxi's dash cam shows it collided with a nearby vehicle while trying to change lanes. the collision forced the taxi on to the sidewalk. the injured were tak

. >>> the 2011 nuclear disaster in fukushima forced many people to leave their homes. precious belongings, they had to abandon have been steadily deteriorating, but a local craftsman is trying to help. he's been restoring their treasured furniture so it can play a part in the lives of their owners once again. >> reporter: these damaged pieces of furniture are now getting a new life after being restored. it's the work of cabinet maker yoshi itakura, he's been urging people not to dispose of their damaged furniture. he believes such pieces are often part of a family's history. he used to live in the odaka area, where he also owned a furniture shop. but residents were banned from living there after the nuclear disaster. in july, restrictions were lifted, but the damage is extensivive. many homes are being demolished. he says it breaks his heart to see so much furniture being discarded. >> reporter: if it weren't for the nuclear disaster, people would still be using these items in their homes. >> reporter: itakura now lives in another area of fukushima and has a workshop t

. >>> a seismologist says last month's earthquake off the coast of fukushima caused part of an active fault to shift. professor toda of tohoku university looked at the aftershocks of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake and studied data from the seabed. he says that 30 kilometer stretch of the fault shifted in the quake and he believes if the entire fault had shifted, the tremor would have been much more powerful. he says the remaining part of the fault is close to the shore and has the potential to trigger a magnitude 7.0 quake. the operator of the damaged fukushima daiichi power plant estimated in 2014 that two fault lines could cause a quake with a magnitude of up to 7.1. toda says it's important to improve the method of analysis since the quake was more powerful than the utility's estimate. >> translator: i think a fault could expose the seabed. we should study it and need to review the way we collect data and how we assess it. i believe that could improve our analysis. >> tepco says it will review its estimates if necessarily. >>> railway operators in northern japan are having trouble ma

the japanese government has decided to lift the ceiling for loans to the operator of the crippled fukushimaaiichi nuclear plant. the fund's upper limit will be raised to $123 billion from the current $79 billion to deal with mounting costs. the government now estimates the facility will end up costing tokyo electric power company more than $190 billion total. $70 billion of that will go to decommissioning the plant which suffered meltdowns after a massive quake and tsunami in 2011. that cost is four times the original estimate. compensation for farmers and others are expected to rise to $70 billion. and over $50 billion will be used for decontaminating and storing contaminated soil and waste materials. the government plans to have tepco and other utilities pay back the loans interest free. the decision may result in higher electricity bills for households. >>> in china, most garbage is dumped without being sorted. independent scrap collectors have helped deal with the longstanding problem, but falling prices of recyclables means they barely manage to get by. now a new recycling business loo

decided to phase out nuclear power entirely after a major nuclear accident in the japanese city of fukushima in 2011. the utility companies claim they have effectively been dispossessed. reporter: a victory for germany's nuclear power providers. judges did not agree to shut down ordered by lawmakers in 2011 amended to an expiration of their assets. but they did rule in favor of compensation. "the plaintiffs incurred expenses in the period from 2010 to march 2011 with the expectation that power plants would continue to operate legally in the long-term. adequate compensation is required." some nuclear power plants have already been taken off the grid. the decision to hold operations at germany's 8 oldest nuclear power plants and to shutter the others after 2022 came after the fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. it marked a sharp reversal by merkel. reporter: pollution levels in paris are soaring. no wonder it is hard to get a clear view of the skyline. how do you deal with that? you cannot ban all cars in the city altogether, but banning drivers of cars with on-numbered registration plates --

fukushima we one estarted three.hat's number one the second thing is, the cooperation between u.s. and japan should be technological innovation. this is the area where we can work together, regardless of what happens to the res e paris agreement itself. on the other hand, technology investment has to come with some kind of -- on the beauty of paris agreement is that we have china and india onboard. they are lured to this agreement mainly because of the technological elements. so we have to keep that. for that we need sometimes. so you u.s. with possible with -- from the common fun is dom mating. i'm more concerned about the elements from the u.s. withdrawal from international climate change. >> so, let me then bring the audience. there's going to be a microfine. and you can say who you are and ask a precise question. >> hi. allen lobe, attorney in washington. one of the things see here, reminds me of the clean air act which is worked on in the u.s. at one time. there's momentum until the day that there isn't. so, at

this is a major company and after what happened at fukushima, inspectors said our standards were the safest in the world. we learned all the lessons we had during the soviet period and what happens abroad. our technologies are safest. but there is abuse in the matter of the environment. i talked to one of my foreign friends and he had a meeting with one of his friends who works for an international environmental organization. he said they extorted $30 million and then they would be ff the hook. hey decided to dedicate this money and things like that happen. we are aware. of course, you cannot just ignore such situations. he only way to deal with a situation is to study this matter in a deep and professional way. you should look at the economic effect and environmental safety. consider all the factors. ok, what is this question you wish to ask? >> thank you, mr. putin. i know i looked a little silly there, but my question. i am from an online website. i always watch your addresses and listen to your statements. you say great things and the next day things go in a completely opposite w

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. >>> let's go to yuko fukushima for what's happening in business. hello, yuko. so the fed raised rated and even people who don't follow closely saw that coming. why the sharp move today? >> the yen is down sharply against the dollar. it looks like they were surprised. i'll put that question to an economist in just a minute. in other news tonight, deal making in the energy sector. russian and japanese companies are lining up a raft of oil and gas projects. plus a price outlook from japan. company managers are slightly more confident we'll see some inflation next year. >>> let's start with the u.s. rate hike. the fed has finally put the tightening program back on track. fed chair janet yellen says it represents the economy. the policy makers made the move after they decided to raise their rate from 0.5% to 0.75%. that's a hike of a quarter of a percentage point. they say the economy has been expanding at a moderate point. >> the committee judged that a moderate increase in the federal funds rate is appropriate in light of the solid progress we have seen toward our

but this is a major company and after fukushima fukushima, investors said our standards were the safest in the world. we cut as we learned all the of lessons of this period and from abroad and our technologies are the safest but then there is always abuse. even in the matter of the environment. i talked to one of my foreign friends and he ata meeting with one friend of his that is an international environmental organization and said they exported $30 million and then you are off the hook so they had a board meeting and decided to pay the money for both things like that have been and we are aware of that but of course, you cannot just ignore such situations. the lists is looking at the economic assessment and consider the factors. okay what is this question you want to ask? >> translator: thank you. i know i looked silly there but negative of the life-and-death variety. i always watch your ad dresses in the san to your statements but uh very next day it goes in the opposite direction and i will reduce some examples. everyone was nodding when you said your address as an aggressive respons

recall five years ago when a wall of water bore down on japan and reactors in fukushima melted. america's men and women in uniform were there to help our japanese friends. across the globe the united states and japan worked shoulder to shoulder to strengthen the security of the asia pacific and the world, turning back piracy, combatting disease, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons, keeping the peace in war-torn lands. >> that was shinzo abe and barack obama speaking in pearl harbor. earlier our editor in chief joined us from pearl harbor, she was speaking to a japanese american who lives in hawaii. >> reporter: this visit means to japan, well, it's an occasion for japan to show that the two countries have become strong allies despite the past. the japanese government under abe has pushed to build a stronger relationship with the u.s. and american experts in u.s./japan relations recently said the last eight years under obama administration, the bilateral relations have become most comfortable. president obama, as you remember, visited hiroshima earlier this year, and now prime

recall five years ago, when a wall of water bore down on japan and the reactors in fukushima melted. america's men and women in uniform were there to help the japanese friends. across the globe, the united states and japan worked shoulder to shoulder to strengthen the security of the asia-pacific and the world, turning back piracy, combating disease, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons, keeping the peace in the war-torn lands. earlier this year near pearl harbor, japan joined with two dozen nations in the world's largest maritime military exercise. that included our forces from the u.s. pacific command, led by admiral harry harris, the son of an american naval officer and a japanese mother. harry was born in yokoska. but you wouldn't know it from his tennessee twang. thank you, harry, for your outstanding leadership. [applause] pres. obama: in this sense, our presence here today, the connection is not just between our governments but between our people. the presence of prime minister abe here today reminds us of what is possible between nations and peoples. wars can end. the most b

government officials nearly doubled their projections for cleanup and compensation costs following the fukushima nuclear disaster. next week all eyes are on the open monetary committee. giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> inflation for november was this way up 2.3% from a year ago and producer prices jump 3.3%. the biggest rise in more than five years. higher coal and steel prices are behind the surge. the shanghai compozt sended this way. 3,232 the closing number there. hong kong index slipping today by 0.4%. 22,760. snapping three days of gains. shares of casino operators tumbled on media reports that beijing. >>> it was a mixed picture overall in the asia pacific region amid political turmoil and 200 index road 0.3% supported by higher oil prices. >>> japan wants to get its workers to leave the office early, at least one day a month. the aim is to boost consumption and the economy. government and business leaders will call on firms to let workers go at 3:00 p.m. on the last friday of each month. the premium friday campaign will try to get more people out of the office an

. >>> people across japan could be paying for the clean up around the fukushima daichi nuclear plant. the government plans to use public money for the first time. the cabinet signed off on the request from the environment ministry for about $250 million. the money will pay for decontamination in areas where radiation is too high for people to return. thus far, the government has made the plant's operator pay on the principle that the company is responsible. the environment minister says that spending public money is a tricky issue. >> translator: we need to think how to explain this in a way that will get the public to accept it. >> the environment ministry estimates the cleanup has already cost $36 billion. officials there say the work is in badly contaminated areas will be slower and harder. >>> now on to business news, japan has approved a cabinet. >> japan's cabinet has approved the nation's budget plan for the next fiscal year. it's the country's largest budget ever. a third of the spending is on social welfare to cope with the country's aging population. a large portion of the b

the boy evacuated from fukushima after the nuclear accident. the teacher a addressed him usi a word that could mean n germ. >> translator: the inapprproprie word that thehe home room teach used madee it difficult for the student to attend classes. we take the incident seriously. and deeply apologize to the student and to his parents. >> the officials say the teacher claims he was using a meaningless s syllable he sometimes adds to students names. he told the officials he wasn't using the word for germ. but the boy said he had told the teacher he was being bullied by classmates who called him a germ. the boy has been absent from school since the incident more than a week ago. in a similar case a boy who moved said his classmates added the word germ to his name. and he considered committing suicide. >>> now, on to business news. tokyo markets ended lower after strong gains the previous day on opec's decision to cut oil output. our business team has more on that and other stories. >> the nikkei average fell on friday, the day after closing at this

the company faces enormous costs to nuclear added at the fukushima plantnt andnd softftb rose 5.5%.eporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> moving on to china. the latest trade data showed exports in november returning to positive growth. it was the first time in eight months and a reflection of growing global demand. imports grew this way up 6.7% from a year ago. even with the upbeat figures, the shanghai comzit slid. energy and construction related shares dragged down the index. buth south korea joined the global rally and the kospi advancing almost 2% finishing above that 2,000 mark for the first time in four weeks. another record high for shares of samsung electronics helped lift the index. overall the rest of the asian pacific region was mixed. indonesia rebounded from wednesday's loss following the strong earthquake. singapore inched down on profit taking after hitting a 13-month high. >>> japan's ruling partieies ha approved a series of major tax reforms in a bid to drive growth. the revisions will take effect from the next fiscal year starting in april. one of the biggest

. >> last month the quake off fukushima prefecture caused a tsunami along japan's pacific coast. agency officials urged people throughout j japan to prepare f quakes and tsunami because strong tremors can strike anywhere. >>> the latest demographic forecast from the tokyo metropolitan government says the city's population will reach its peak in 2025. what's more, it will also be considerably older. the number of people living in the city last near topped 13.5 million. it's expected to hit 14 million before it starts to drop off. an earlier forecast had placed the peak in 2020. but new officials now predict growth will continue as young families move to central tokyo where condominiums are being built. they also see signs of an uptick in the sagging birth rate. people 65 and over will account for roughly a quarter of residents in 2030. by 2050, nearly one third. >>> the city of nikko is celebrating a landmark year. the 250th anniversary of the founding of its site. despite a good reputation with tourists, the town faces economic challenges. a local mountain climber has organized a

the government made the decision in the wake of the 2011 nuclear accident in japan's fukushima region. it plans to shut down all plants by 2022. the companies argue they suffered huge economic damage because of the sudden decision. the court ruled it was constitutional, but that the government needs to compensate the firms for their investments. the court did not specify the amount. >>> u.s. president-elect donald trump met with one of japan's most prominent businessmen tuesday. he's the head of telecom and internet firm softbank. let's find out what they talked about from ai who joins us from the business desk. how did the meeting go? >> well, from the expression on their faces, it looks like it was a successful meeting. it lasted just about 45 minutes. and not surprisingly, they discussed business. son met trump at his home in new york and promised to invest in the united states. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is massa of softbank from japan, and he's just agreed to invest $50 billion in the united states and 50,000 jobs. and he's one of the great men of industry, so i just want to t

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