abe established a head office in fukushima prefecture under the reconstruction agency to supervise the outposts of relevant ministries. he wants to break down barriers among ministries and speed up the decision making process for decontamination and the return of evacuees. abe knows his approach to reconstruction can directly influence his public support. people criticize the former democratic party led government when an investigation revealed post-disaster funds had been allocated to projects irrelevant to the reconstruction effort. some say this incident along with rebuilding delays hurt former prime minister noda's approval rating. abe appears determined to present visible progress to japanese voters ahead of the upper house election this summer. but many problems lie ahead. nearly two-thirds of the tsunami debris is still awaiting disposal in iwate, miyagi and fukushima prefectures. in fukushima alone, more than 80% needs to be dealt with. the government hasn't found a site to store soil and waste contaminated by radiation. crews have only started building permanent housing units.

she used to live in a close area of soma city in fukushima prefecture.hen the tsunami struck, it killed more than 450 townspeople. sachi wasn't at her home when waves came rolling in. she was here at school, up on higher ground. still, ten of her classmates weren't here and they died. fortunately, sachi's parents and sister survived. they spent the first night in her school crowded in with other survivors. whenever an aftershock hit, fear swept through her body. the following day, sachi saw that her town was completely submerged under water. she also found out that her home had been washed away. >> translator: all of my mementos are gone. i feel empty. >> reporter: soon after the disaster, sachi had to evacuate to an inland area. this meant starting at a new school and making new friends. it wasn't easy. a music teacher saw sachi was having difficulty fitting in. so yayoi ojima asked her to join the school choir. >> translator: i thought the power of music would help with the healing process. through music, i wanted her to be aware that she is not alone

of japanese power utility has athounsed he'll scrap the building of a new nuclear plant na fukushima prefecture. it was only 10 kilometers north of fukushima daiichi. the president of tohoku of explained his decision. >> translator: after considering the situation and the feelings of the people of fukushima, we have decided it would not be appropriate to proceed with the planned construction. >> he noted many evacuees are still forced to live in government housing. he said the decision is absolutely natural under current situations. he urged tohoku to make good use of the land. they had been trying to win approval of the land since 1968. >>> google has released panoramic images of a town affected by the tsunami. the internet giant street view service started offering 360 degree digital photos of the town on thursday. this is the first time people around the world get to see the exclusion zone around fukushima daiichi. the images show a shopping mall in the heart of the town littered with collapsed buildings. vehicles and traffic are not visible in the images. >>> people in many countries have d

> the governor of yamaguchi prefecture has put off deciding whether to put off a land reclamation plan to build a nuclear power plan. the plan was stopped after the fukushimaccident in 2011. the power company last october filed for an extension of the project, but governor of the prefecture rejected the request and asked the firm for explanation four times. he will give the firm a year to come up with more details on why the plant is needed as part of japan's energy policy. prime minister shinzo abe will review a former government policy. and debate goes on about the need to construct or reopen nuclear plants, they are drafting new measures to protect facilities during outside threats. the nra has convened a panel of nuclear experts. the panel held its first meeting on tokyo on monday. including eight experts on nuclear plants, counterterrorism and nuclear security. they look to introduce additional background checks for plant workers and will cover criminal and financial records based on the employees's consent. and they also want the panel to discuss possible scenarios if terrorists try to intercept a shipment of nuclear materials. their discussion will

the officials say 35 displaced residents of fukushima prefecture have died. they say all of them had to leave homes in the no-entry zones around the nuclear plant, and most were aged in their 60s to 80s. fatigue from poor living conditions caused 25 deaths. caution from moving caused 13. some evacuees had to move to new housing 16 times. officials say they plan to send psychotherapists to temporary housing to give evacuees mental support. >>> thousands of people waiting to go home, tons of debris waiting for disposal. vast tracks of land awaiting to be restored. overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster won't be easy, but step by step, people are moving forward. find out how on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> engineers are getting ready to upgrade one of japan's most famous railways. the operator of the tokaido bullet trainline has announced a ten-year overhaul of the tracks. the first major repairs in its nearly 50-year history. the line connects tokyo and osaka. they make at least 150 return journeys eve

treated with the with the real devotion to their care that should happen for example in the fukushima prefecture data about some of the dos levels in areas where people were exposed was erased from a computer database so this makes it impossible to ascertain what kinds of exposures people had this degrades their ability to understand what to expect in the future health wise and also for them to be able to press any kind of legal case . well for more on how japan's recovering after seeing entire towns wiped out and others abandoned because they are just too dangerous to live in you can have to our website which is our t. dot com and we also got more expert opinion and can bring you the latest pictures from the anti-nuclear protests and commemorative events that are taking place in japan today. tell the stories now folks in ireland areas are voting in a referendum on whether they want to stay a british overseas territory the poll has been dismissed as a silly game bargain tina which lays claim to the islands it's as were stolen by britain almost two centuries ago british m.p. george galloway says

you already have pre-cancerous thyroid conditions in a lot of children around fukushima prefecture and just like we saw after charitable those will eventually events themselves as thyroid cancer. we don't know the scale of the you know the tragedy at fukushima and we won't for some time which is why at greenpeace we're working to try to hold general electric and. high toci into sheba accountable for the harm that they've caused and you can go to our website and sign a petition to try to hold these corporations accountable because the governments aren't sure we can sign a petition but what else can we do because it really does seem helpless especially when you're talking about the total collusion. with the nuclear industry in the regulatory agencies i mean well is there anything else that we can do of course the way the way you can actually you know work against the industry in prince whatever your level of comfort is you can act like greenpeace and take it to the streets you can lobby your congressman and that can help because there are good people up there that want to see nuclear pow

through opposed to nami goes down a google street view has a virtual tour around a city in the fukushima prefecture left in ruins by the quake and deficit in wait which followed. orders red handed russian police arrest a group of smugglers at an airport attempting to bring firearms and several millions of dollars into the capital. and a date with the stars the russian soyuz rocket has made history by shooting up to the international space station in record time find out how they did it on r.t. dot com. britain is worried that its citizens who join up the fight alongside the syrian rebels could pose a serious terror threat when they return to the u.k. the home office says hundreds of europeans who are getting involved are learning combat skills from groups like al qaida but it's not preventing britain and france from pushing to supply arms to the opposition in syria so for it has a story. this is the first annual report on the counterterrorism strategy and in it they highlighted the growing security threat from syria where al qaeda affiliates were tracking hundreds of fighters from europe now let's

treated with the with the real devotion to their care that should happen for example in the fukushima prefecture data about some of the dos levels in areas where people were exposed was erased from a computer database so this makes it impossible to ascertain what kinds of exposures people had this degrades their ability to understand what to expect in the future health wise and also for them to be able to press any kind of legal case . well let's now talk about nuclear nuclear anarchy and their relationship that the people of japan have with it i mean their attitude towards it and tells us specifically what's the take of the government on this issue as we know that the new government looks set to revive atomic projects at what is your prediction here i mean will japan restart its switched off reactors. i believe they absolutely will switch them on because they've invested in them and these are huge assets for the country so they will not be left idle but i don't think that's the end of the story i think there will be increasing public protests i think that there's two reasons to look at this one

through opposed to a tsunami goes to google street view as a virtual toll on the city and the fukushima prefecture left in ruins by the quake and devastating wave which followed. and caught the red handed russian police arrest a group of smugglers at an airport attempting to bring firearms and several million dollars into the capital. the cures in cyprus aren't getting any shorter as banks reopen for a second day following the emergency two week shutdown the stricter limits of mean a lot of people still can't get their hands on their own cash capital controls have effectively quarantined cyprus from the rest of the e.u. and will do so for at least another month something which lawrence freeman from executive intelligence review magazine in the case that the slide prison rescue has failed. i don't think cyprus has been saved i think the people in cyprus believe that which which you have right now is the beginning of the end of the euro system the euro house is burning and there is no reason to have confidence in the banking system don't forget overnight they were shipping in billions of euros from

google street view about it get it's got a virtual tour around a city right the middle of the fukushima prefecture left in ruins by that earthquake and devastating wave that followed of course highly radioactive as well that's why nobody and a late night launch and with the i assess in time for breakfast a russian soyuz rocket dock successfully after cutting the flight time for two days just six hours from now they did it on our website r.t. dot com. britain's worried that its citizens who join up to fight alongside the syrian rebels could pose a serious terror threat when they return to the u.k. the home office says hundreds of europeans are getting involved learning combat skills from groups like al qaida is not preventing britain and france from pushing to continue supplying arms to the opposition in syria syria first has got the story . it's the first annual report on the counterterrorism strategy and in it they highlighted the growing security threat from syria where al qaeda affiliates were tracking hundreds of fights is from europe now let's take a look at some of what the report says and t

view spread out about it's now got this virtual tour around the city right the middle the fukushima prefecture that was left in ruins by that with quake and devastating wave which followed highly radioactive of course as well that's why it's so empty and also a late night launch and up with assess in time for breakfast a soyuz russian rocket dock successfully after cutting the flight time from two days to just six hours and find out how they did it but our express powered r.t. dot com website. britain's worry that its citizens who join up to fight alongside the syrian rebels could pose a serious threat when they return back home to the u.k. the home office says hundreds of europeans are getting involved in learning combat skills from groups like al-qaeda but it's not preventing britain and france from pushing to supply arms to the opposition in syria sara firth is got the story tonight. this is the first annual report on the counterterrorism strategy and in it they highlighted the growing security threat from syria where al qaeda affiliates were tracking hundreds of flights is from europe now

google street view is with out about it's got this virtual tour around a city right in the fukushima prefecture that was of course left in ruins by that terrible earthquake a devastating wave that followed it some amazing pictures there one to check him out and a late night launch. with the i assess in time for breakfast it's all go a russian soyuz rocket dock successfully after cutting a flight time from two days to just six hours find out how they did it r.t. dot com. in bahrain twenty one doctors have been cleared of involvement in illegal antigovernment protests the rest was part of a crackdown on pro-reform demonstrations that started in february twentieth eleven doctor not to die for was on trial itself and spent some two months behind bars thinks the acquittal just a p.r. stunt though the government crackdown is set to continue we need to see the accountability established and those who are responsible of torturing the doctors and that is doing the doctors and putting forth charges and crimes against the doctors and giving them all this being all this time they should be brought to justi

. >>> since the disaster in fukushima, more than 1,000 children in the prefecture have evacuated to neighboring nigata. the president conveyed his plan to cancel the plan to the fukushima governor. >> translator: after considering the situation and feelings of the people of fukushima, we have concluded it would not be appropriate to proceed with the planned construction. >> the company president noted that many evacuees are forces to live in temporary housing. he urged them to instead make good use of the sight for the reconstruction. they had been trying to win approval for the plant since 1968, but opposition surged after the disaster at fukushima. >>> since the disaster in fukushima, more than 1,000 children in the prefecture have evacuated to neighboring nigata. radiation levels in most of fukushima where people live are roughly the same as elsewhere in japan but this does not ease the stress on parents. it's especially hard on children. they have to cope with new schools and new classmates. a teacher from fukushima has been helping them through the ordeal. nhk world has the story. >> repor

increase in expected cancers in that prefecture about we're talking a third of the children in fukushima prefecture have abnormalities with their die work plans we don't know how many of those will turn into cancers but actionable and ukraine and belarus of western russia there was a dramatic increase in childhood all right cancers tragic kevin capps thanks so much for being with us i. think in time. in it as the rest of the news gays and lesbians in america are steadily winning the fight for equality there were significant victories for marriage equality in the recent two thousand and twelve elections and the president has been a vocal supporter of equality and the discriminatory defense of marriage act has now been repeatedly struck down in the courts but there's one arena where gays are still shut out and that's professional sports there's not a single openly gay athlete competing in any of the major sports in the united states this week news broke that an n.f.l. draft prospect nick casa was questioned about his sexual orientation during a meeting with n.f.l. scouts kasa told c.n.n. that he was

as for fukushima, about 50,000 residents of the prefecture have not returned, even though the governmentlared that the nuclear crisis has been brought under control. deco decome contamination is still being completed around the plant. >>> italy's annual gdp number is revised down now with the economy falling 2.8% on the year. italian banks are leading stocks lower in europe after fitch downgrades the country's sovereign rating. and china scales down its powerful ministry in the biggest government overhaul since 1998. >>> berkshire hathaway is adding a new director spapding the country's board to a baker's dozen 13 people. meryl wittmer is the third woman to join the board. the news comes at mutual fund calverts investment is criticizing berkshire for not having a diverse board. >>> cheryl stanberg's new book, "lean in, women, work and the will to lead" hit shelves today in a highly anticipated release that's dividing critics. sandberg said one reason fewer female leaders are in the workplace is because women tend to, quote, hold themselves back. sandberg will make the rounds on early mor

fukushima has declined considerably. more than 500 more doctors are needed in the prefecture. those who have left have their own reasons. this one moved to a neighboring prefecture. his wife was already started. after five months worrying about the effect of the radiation he decided to move away. >> translator: if i'd been single i would have stayed. i'm not young any more, but i realized that my family will to be my priority. not a day goes by that i don't think about fukushima. >> reporter: a staff member from the hospital has traveled down to tokyo. he's on a mission to hire more doctors. he visits a university hospital to ask if they can send some of their specialists. >> translator: instead of one year, how about six months? starting in april? >> reporter: after long goegss an agreement is reached. the hospital will now receive one university doctor every six months. mean while, this doctor is still working all out, seeing as many patients as he can. >> translator: we are waiting for help to arrive. but in the meantime, we're doing the best we can. trying to keep this hos

now the blue lines along here of the prefecture of fukushima, you're able to take a look at some of thoseat some of them right here. this is driving through one of the towns, and i happen to find a reflector, and they took a picture of itself. there's the little ball on top of the car taking the pictures. there you go. then you take a look at something that may not be not quite so interesting or fun to look at, what looks like downtown, what should have been full of bustling businesses, people walking through town, it's just not there at all. then closer to the water where the -- this is just devastating to look at. this literally looks like katrina, all those areas, this was a 30 to 40-foot wall of water that washed through this part of the country. about 100 feet or so from the ocean. you'll be able to see this. another kind of interesting picture to show what happens as it went on through, just the water washing everything away. one more thing, this is about a mile inland from the ocean. >> is that a boat? >> that's a boat, yes. just not anywhere near the water. it rose up because of t

fukushima, tsunami can cause great damage. it can affect that, tsunami which was not very large historically speaking had noticeable effect on world gdp on damage it did in one prefecture north of tokyo. >> do we have indication of near-earth objects striking the water in the past and producing tsunamis? >> it must have happened before. it is a little bit difficult to distinguish a tsunami caused by an earthquake to one caused by an astory rid. in the past, you know, in the historical record. >> using the example you used by the size of the asteroid that struck, struck arizona, if, and what was the size that we expect that was? >> the estimates of that are in the range of about 30 meters or so. smaller than tanguska but larger than chelyabinsk. >> that not be likely large enough -- there it did strike. >> that one was made of iron so it was a lot tougher than the stone any ones that can explode at higher altitude. even though that was smaller, it hit the ground. worth a visit by the way. >> i have not been but will have to add it to the places to take my daughters. and, hopefully, what are the odds of same spot getting struck twice? >> pretty low. there is interesting

the number of residents continues to decline in hardest hit areas of iwate, miyagi and fukushima prefectures. >>> on the eve of the anniversary, protesters marched through central tokyo demanding the abolition of nuclear energy. tens of thousands gathered near the diet sunday morning. they held up banners saying no nukes and no more fukushima. ♪ they marched past government offices and the diet building. >> more than 60% of the japanese people, especially this society opinion, is very strong against the nuclear power plants. >> the demonstrators strongly criticized the government's decision to continue using nuclear energy with stricter safety standards. they say there are no regulations that can make nuclear energy safe. >>> protesters rallied in southern belgium where inspectors have found cracks in a nuclear reactor. protesters called for the immediate closing of all nuclear reactors. belgian inspectors found cracks last year in two of the nation's seven nuclear reactors. operations are being suspended until their safety is confirmed. >> translator: it's obvious we must not kbend depend o