konsai overnight friday and steadily move over land of japan towards northern japan and in towards hokkaido. it is a very slow moving system as of now, but as its makes landfall, it will then pick up its speed. so by monday next week, looks like the eye of this typhoon will be way off from japan. but this one is bringing lots of strong winds and picking up those waves. this is high waves forecast for thursday. we're looking at seven meters in izu islands, six meters in much of the pacific coast of japan. these are very dangerous waves. it may sometimes even pick up double of what we are predicting, so maybe up to 12 meters in some areas here. we already have reports of a few people dead from these -- this storm related. so please do stay away from those coastal sides if possible. 24 hour rainfall forecasts is as follows. tokai 300 millimeters in a span of 24 hours. kanto reej up to 150 millimeters. heavy rain to come with this typhoon. not just talas, the hokkaido and northern region of japan is looking -- going to be looking at very unstable weather due to this low pressure system and the

but, japan's central government didn't want to give the final go ahead until hokkaido officials agreed the reactor should restart. governor harumi takahashi gave her official approval on wednesday. later in the day, the nuclear industrial safety agency issued a certificate marking the completion of the reactor's regular inspection. that means the unit has officially switched from test-run mode to commercial power generation. >>> people who live near the tomari plant reacted cautiously. >> translator: it cannot be helped. i just want the plant to operate safely. >> translator: i'm worried what this village would be without a nuclear plant. i cannot easily say no. >>> rescuers in central japan are searching for three missing people after a fatal accident on a river. a sight seeing boat capsized on wednesday killing at least one person. local fire department officials say the boat was carrying 23 people including the crew and a tour guide. it capsized on the tenyu river. a woman in her 70s died and five others went to hospital, including an elderly woman who is unconscious. rescue efforts

but, japan's central government didn't want to give the final go ahead until hokkaido officials agreed the reactor should restart. governor harumi takahashi gave her official approval on wednesday. later in the day, the nuclear and industrial safety agency issued a certificate marking the completion of the reactor's regular inspection. that means the unit has officially switched from test-run mode to commercial power generation. people who live near the tomari plant reacted cautiously. >> translator: it cannot be helped. i just want the plant to operate safely. >> translator: i'm worried what this village would be without a nuclear plant. i cannot easily say no. >>>line line line >>> "nuclear watch" brings you insight on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examining japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline." >>> u.s. vice president joe biden is now in china on the first leg of his asian tour. one objective of the trip is to build a relationship with the likely successor to the president. biden is e

but, japan's central government didn't want to give the final go ahead until hokkaido officials agreed the reactor should restart. governor harumi takahashi gave her official approval on wednesday. later in the day, the nuclear and industrial safety agency issued a certificate marking the completion of the reactor's regular inspection. that means the unit has officially switched from test-run mode to commercial power generation. people who live near the tomari plant reacted cautiously. >> translator: it cannot be helped. i just want the plant to operate safely. >> translator: i'm worried what this village would be without a nuclear plant. i cannot easily say no. >>>line line line >>> "nuclear watch" brings you insight on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examining japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline." >>> u.s. vice president joe biden is now in china on the first leg of his asian tour. one objective of the trip is to build a relationship with the likely successor to the president. biden is e

reactors in japan will be inactive. 11 reactors including a reactor at the nuclear power plant in hokkaido are planned to finish their checkups this month. but it's not likely operators will be able to restart the reactors immediately. the utilities must first conduct stress tests and get approval from local communities to restart. another 14 reactors will be down for regular checks by next spring. if no reactors allowed to resume after regular ek whiches, then all 54 reactors in japan will be out of certificates in the spring. until now the japan government promotes nuclear power as safe and environment friendly. every year the education ministry has spent almost $5 million on programs to spread the message. it was even included in the curriculum taught to students in elementary and middle schools. but the incident at fukushima daiichi power plant is making teachers rethink what they teach about nuclear power. >> reporter: these supplementary readers provided by the government teach students about nuclear power. the books reassure students with claims like these five walls protect the nuc

. >> the journey from the soviet court to the gleaming island of hokkaido takes a few hours. >> the northern coast of japan is just 40 kilometers away. major northern city is startlingly modern after russia. it is to hear that many of the japanese have returned to make their homes. her father worked on a lighthouse, and missed the last boat to japan in 1945. her parents brought up their family and died under soviet rule. she promised her mother she would return to japan. 10 years ago, she did. >> i felt very sorry for my mother. she was left with eight children and did not see them have enough time. >> ironically, when she makes her tea, the guess she is using probably comes from the island. offshore from the island where she grew up, the russians have found vast reserves of natural gas, which are being pumped into ships for distribution across the far east. this has been operating for more than two years. 60% of all it produces goes straight to japan. 70,000 kilometers from moscow, the economy is struggling, benefiting little from its wealthy neighbor because the dispute means that russia a

nuclear reactors in japan will be inactive. 11 reactors including the reactor at the tomari plant in hokkaido are scheduled to finish their regular checkups this month. it's not likely they will be able to restart the reactors immediately. the utilities must conduct stress tests and get approvals from local communities to restart. another 14 reactors will be down for regular checks by next spring. if no reactor is allowed to resume operations after regular checks all 54 nuclear reactors in japan will be out of service in the spring. >>> until now the japanese government promoted nuclear power as safe and environment friendly. the education ministry spent almost $5 million on programs to spread the message. it was included in the curriculum taught to students in the middle and elementary schools. the accident is making teachers rethink what they teach about nuclear power. >> these supplement rl readers teach students about nuclear power. the books reassure students with claims like "these five walls protect the nuclear power plant" and "they are built to withstand strong earthquakes or tsunami