in gojo city in nara prefecture, a woman in her 60s was killed by a mudslide and 11 other people are missing. in totsukawa village, waters rushed away a house saturday night. four people were taken o the the hospital. one was confirmed dead. seven are still missing. some parts of nara have had nearly 1800 millimeters of rain since tuesday. the meteorological agency is having people remain on the lookout for floods and mudslides in the area where the rain has been heavy. >>> after its inauguration on friday, prime minister yoshihiko noda's cabinet is getting down to business. the government aims to submit to the diet a third budget for fiscal 2011 by mid-october. its purpose would be to finance disaster reconstruction and take measures against the strong yen. on monday the government will hold a cabinet meeting to decide parliamentary sec tars and other officials. noda is set to express his resolve to reconstruct areas. he'll also exchange views on decontamination work. noda said his top priorities will be speeding up the recovery from the march 11th earthquake and tsunami and contain

in gojo city, nara prefecture, nine people remain missing after heavy rain triggered a mud slide over the weekend. some 200 members of the police and fire brigades and self-defense forces are conducting the rescue effort in the city. searches are also under way in other affected areas. local residents were looking for their belongings in the wreckage of houses destroyed by landslides. >> translator: i hope to find photographs of my husband and grandchildren. >> the land ministry has begun surveying four areas where landslides have created lakes in nara and wakayama prefectures. there is concern that pooled water may overflow and cause damage downstream. the ministry will inform local governments of the results to help them decide whether or not to evacuate residents. it will also work with local authorities to study ways to drain the water. the storm left a trail of destruction across western japan including damage to the world heritage site in mie and wakayama prefectures. parts of an ancient stone paved pilgrimage route called kumano kodo were found covered with mud. the nachi shrin

the river in gojo city is one of four sections dammed up by landslides that are at risk of bursting and causing massive floods. >>> the new policy chief of japan's govern democratic party has called for a review of japan's ban on weapons exports. the party's policy research committee chairperson seiji maehara said this at a lecture on the japan/u.s. alliance in washington on wednesday. he said japan's defense industry could fall behind the current wave of technological innovation because it cannot take part in joint weapons development projects with other countries. maehara also stressed the need to relax criteria for weapons use by japanese self-defense force personnel and u.n. is peacekeeping operations abroad. >> it is necessary to enable sdf to defend other countries operating with the sdf. it's imminent. >> he said enabling the sdf to protect other units will help make up for the limitations of the u.s. troops and balance the bilateral alliance. following the defense ministry's remarks there was stressed a more cautious stance toward easing weapons use. >> translator: essentially t

a woman was killed in a mudslide in the city of gojo. the storm destroyed at least 80 houses and flooded more than 16,000 across seven prefectures. talas was downgraded to a low pressure system on monday and is now moving northward over the sea of japan. the weather authority warns that the low pressure system together with the tropical storm in the pacific ocean could bring torrential rain to northern japan including hokkaido. >>> earlier we spoke by phone with brad towle. a canadian working in wakayama. he was stranded in a hotel in a mountainous area of the city for three days over the weekend. >> the major roads had lots of landslides. so they were blocked by the debris. so the main roads were off limits. so we took some of the forestry roads. and the forestry roads, they had lots of rocks and rubble coming off the mountain. and some, half of the road was washed away in some places. so it was a little nerve-racking trying to get through the forestry roads to get out. incredible amount of rain. just kept raining and raining and rainin

a mud slide killed a woman in her 60s in the city of gojo. floods swept away houses and left ten missing. more than 100 injuries have been reported in 20 prefectures across japan. nhk has found that many of the 86 people who died or disappeared were at home. nhk was able to find out what happened to 64 of them. 43 people or nearly 70% were inside their home when it was buried in a mud slide or swept away by a flood. the remaining 21 were outside checking on damage or in the process of evacuating. >>> the city of nigata on japan's coast has assigned hotels as emergency shelters in the event of a tsunami. the city situated in a low-lying area was inundated in 1964 when a tsunami was triggered be i a major earthquake in the region. there was a concluded agreement with the five hotels on monday. it calls for the hotels to accept up to 4,000 evacuees when a tsunami warning is issued. >> translator: i hope that the designation will raise evacuation awareness. i also want to sign more agreements with offices and apartments. >> the city plans to stre

noda later inspected the city of gojo in nara prefecture. concern is rising that the pooled water may burst causing more damage downstream. >> translator: the inspection allowed me to see the damage was more serious than i imagined. >> he said compiling a third supplementary budget is one option of dealing with the crisis or using the reserves from the second supplementary budget. he said that once he has a full understanding of the damage, he'll decide on what action to take. >>> the japanese government's mandatory power-saving requirement is now over. the government imposed a 15% power cut back in july due to electricity shorts following the fukushima daiichi plant accident last spring. the requirement came to an end on friday night. that's sooner than originally planned due to falling temperatures and declining electricity demand. while the requirement is in effect, large users served by tokyo electric power company were loolly mandated to reduce their power consumption. to meet the target, businesses adjusted their work schedule. for ins

gojo prefecture, heavy rain trigger erd a mudslide. a fire brigade and south defense forces are working in the city. local residents look for belongs in the wreckage of houses destroyed by landslides. >> translator: i hurt to find photographs of my husband. and grandchildren. >> the land ministry has begun surveying fur areas where landslides created lakes. there is concern lakes may overflow and cause damage down stream. the ministry will deploy buoys to monitor water levels in the lakes. the devies will be dropped by helicopters and transmit around the clock data by satellite. the storm left a trail of destruction, including damage it a world heritage site. parts of an ancient stone-paved pilgrimage route were covered in mud. the shrine was hit by rocks and also covered in mud. they are part of sacred sites on routes in the key mountain range designated as a world heritage site in 2004. local officials and members of the shrine plan to assess the extent of the damage and rebuild. >>> joined now with the latest in business news, ai, good morning. >> good morning. the u.s. markets snapped a l three-