in hokkaido, even 30 centimeters could pile up in the next 24 hours.ow, elsewhere here in eastern continental asia things are looking very clear and dry. mongolia, eastern china, and this is very good news for the area where the land is very saturated. that high pressure system will be drying things there. but actually inviting yellow sand as well. already affecting in and around shanghai overnight tonight and moving through kyushu by saturday affecting the air here. temperaturewise, looking at tokyo 17 degrees for saturday's high. not bad at all. dipping down at 6 in seoul. we're looking at some chances of thunderstorms in manila and in bangkok, both in the 30s temperaturewise. all right, heading over to the americas, you can clearly see this spiral. we have been talking about this storm for a while now and it is moving ever so slowly towards mid-atlantic. and underneath it, numerous showers, plus severe thunderstorms are going to be seen. we're still talking about chances of tornadic activity, georgia all the way towards the carolinas, and spotty hai

in hokkaido, even 30 centimeters could pile up in the next 24 hours. now, elsewhere here in eastern continental asia things are looking very clear and dry. mongolia, eastern china, and this is very good news for the area where the land is very saturated. that high pressure system will be drying things there. but actually inviting yellow sand as well. already affecting in and around shanghai overnight tonight and moving through kyushu by saturday affecting the air here. temperaturewise, looking at tokyo 17 degrees for saturday's high. not bad at all. dipping down at 6 in seoul. we're looking at some chances of thunderstorms in manila and in bangkok, both in the 30s temperaturewise. all right, heading over to the americas, you can clearly see this spiral. we have been talking about this storm for a while now and it is moving ever so slowly towards mid-atlantic. and underneath it, numerous showers, plus severe thunderstorms are going to be seen. we're still talking about chances of tornadic activity, georgia all the way towards the carolinas, and spotty h

kamata searches for homes and schools in hokkaido on her own. >> translator: it would be so much easier if the government would just say that watadi is definitely contaminated and we should all leave. >> reporter: kamata knows that's not going to happen. so she holds on to hope that after one more year, her town will be safe. susumu kojima, nhk world, fukushima city. >>> drivers are often told they need to clean up their act to trade gas-powered cars for greener varieties. some have been turning to hybrid and electric vehicles. and now hydrogen fuel cell powered cars. the upside, hydrogen vehicles only emit water vapor, but there's a down side few people know about. nhk world's rina nakano joins us from a hydrogen fueling station in tokyo. isn't hydrogen supposed to be clean and green? >> gene, it is. the car itself here is a green machine but, like you said, the only thing it emits is water vapor. so here's how it works. when hydrogen gets pumped into the car, it combines with oxygen. that combination creates electricity which powers the motor of the car. the problem isn't the car itse

a low pressure system is moving across hokkaido producing blowing conditions that could be accompaniedy thunderstorms and gusty winds. and heavy thundershowers are still continuing across the southern islands up to 100 millimeters is still possible in the next 24 hour. and across the southeast coast of china and back behind it a wintry mix will develop as we head into thursday. then down towards the indochina peninsula showers in cambodia will move towards the north over the course of thursday and it could become heavy at times. temperature wise getting up to 23 degrees in hong kong and 8 degrees in shanghai. 7 degrees in seoul with plenty of sunshine. tokyo again getting up to 14 degrees, but it will cool down to 9 degrees on thursday. now, heading over to the americas. it's mostly dry and warm in the east, but stormy and cool in the west. and in between these areas very strong winds are prevailing, red flag warnings have been posted for much of the southern half of the u. particularly dry in parts of new mexico as well as texas. the risk of wildfire is extremely high here. meanwhile,

the firm also is in talks with two municipalities, hokkaido in northern japan, to lease the two arease move comes as the so-called feed and terrify program is scheduled to go into effect in july. under the scheme power generating companies such as tepco must buy electricity from renewable sources. >>> and here is a look at other market figures. >>> and that is all for now in business. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, yongy. u.n. leader have asked kofi annan to use his influence in syria. the former secretary-general is headed to damascus this weekend as a special envoy of the u.n. and the arab league. he'll do what he can to urge president bashar al assad and other forces to negotiate a political solution. annan met on thursday with arab league chief nabil el araby in cairo. annan said hostilities must stop immediately and he called on the syrian government to allow u.n. humanitarian aid activities in the country. some arab nations still support military intervention. annan says that would only make the situation worse. >> i hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using

this afternoon, but thunder showers in southern islands will continue into wednesday, and snow in hokkaido will continue into tonight. meanwhile, we have another low pressure system moving across northern china, producing snow conditions here as well as the northern half of the korean peninsula and rain in south korea. that will move to sea and head towards northern japan. down towards the south, showers are developing in southern china, up to 100 millimeters. temperatures are looking like this. warming up to 24 degrees in hong kong, with a chance of thundershowers. 29 in taipei, with light rain, cooling down to 6 degrees in seoul, and 18 degrees in tokyo. warm conditions will continue into tomorrow. now moving on to the americas. it is nice and quiet across most of the u.s., but in between these high pressure areas, very strong warm and dry winds are blowing, and that's raising risk of wildfires, particularly in western portions of the central and southern plains. up to the north, a low pressure system is moving along the u.s. canada border, spreading rain, mountain snow and strong winds.

so sunday we may even see some blowing snow up here in hokkaido.emperaturewise, tokyo, looking at 16 degrees. then beijing at 17, reaching up there. meanwhile, in the tropics we're looking at chances of thunderstorms in manila at 30 degrees. let's head over to the americas, the pacific northwest will be battered with very gusty and also coastally heavy rains yet again, targeting the oregon and northern california coasts in the next few hours. accumulation could be as much as 120 millimeters in some areas. and winter storm after winter storm these areas have been battered by very heavy rain. so avalanche risk, also mud slide, landslides, rock slides. these are all going to be very high concern here and accumulation of snow could be staggering amounts as well in the cascades and blowing snow, gusts reaching up to 100 kilometers per hour. these are all going to be very huge concern. gusts are very, very strong ahead of this system as well. and denver reaching up to 25 degrees. both combined, here in and around these regions, well, there is -- alert ag

heavy snow and strong winds in hokkaido continue tomorrow after 40 sent meters of snow and sustainedinds of 60 kilometers per hour. and winds, highways a concern as well. meanwhile, the korean peninsula and northern china stay in place under a high pressure system in contrast, moderate to heavy rain showers in china. towards indochina, showers in the eastern half of the ninds. more intense showers, so watch for flooding and land slides. highs up to 32 in manilla, 23 in hong kong, with foggy morning here. 7 degrees in seoul. 10 degrees in tokyo with sunny skies. heading over to the americas. deep trough of low pressure continues to bring cold, stormy conditions in the east. but unprecedented warmth -- i should say the west, and unprecedented warmth in the east. montana seeing up to 50 centimeters of snow in the next 24 hours. freezing rain in saskatchewan. particularly severe in southern, central plains, tornados not out of the question. and on monday, the threat moves into the mississippi valley. temperature wise, eastern two-thirds of canada and the u.s. will see warmer conditions.

a storm coming from northeastern china heading towards hokkaido. before that happens, a pleasant day across japan on friday. tokyo getting up to 19 degrees. at 12 in seoul. that system already affecting the peninsula. 13 in beijing after a week of temperatures around the 20-degree mark. back down to regional averages. a very hot day in bangkok. scorching at 36. let's go out to north america. a series of storm systems has been pounding the northwest for the last week or so. unfortunately, it is not set to have a break just yet. over the next couple of days we'll see a parade of lows moving in. it's going to bring significant mountain snow as well as very heavy rain at the coast. now, this model is showing you in the next 72 hours a very wide area from northern california up through washington state seeing more than 100 millimeters of rain. actually, some places are set to see more than double that. 250 millimeters in places, particularly southern oregon into northern parts of california. so moderate to major flooding is possible as well as some stro

snow, but may change over to rain from this afternoon and it could become heavy as well, and in hokkaidoood chance of blowing snow tonight into tuesday. in southern china, because of the frontal system, most of the precipitation will move out to sea by this evening. up towards the north, a separate system is moving across northeastern china bringing quite a bit of snow here as well as the northern peninsula and rain in south korea. temperatures are as follows. almost averaging with 10 degrees but tokyo only 6 degrees expected but it will warm up to 15 degrees on tuesday. that's definitely something we are looking forward to. and very warm for this time of year in taipei and 35 in bangkok. now, moving over to the americas, last week tornadoes damaged the eastern u.s. the system that brought severe weather has moved out to sea so things are getting much calmer in the east. however, the exception is going to be the lower appalachian. winter-some conditions will continue throughout the nighttime hours. the combination of dry weather, as well as lots of warmer air, is producing fire weather i

this is bringing blowing snow in hokkaido that could be accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds. across the south, heavy thundershowers are continuing in the southern islands, up to 100 millimeters is possible in the next 24 hours. and rain continues in the coast of southern china. towards the indochina peninsula, rain in southern vietnam and cambodia will move towards the northeast on your thursday. temperature wise, getting up to 35 degrees in bangkok, 23 degrees in hong kong, with some rain patches. cooling down to 8 degrees in shanghai. tokyo, again, 14 degrees, but it will drop to 9 degrees tomorrow. heading over to the american express, it's mostly dry and warm in the east. however, stormy and very cool in the west, and in between these areas, very strong winds are blowing and red flag warnings have been posted for much of the southern half of the u.s., particularly dry in parts of texas and new mexico. the risk of wildfires are dangerously high here. meanwhile, a low pressure system continues to track eastward over the u.s., canada border, spreading widespread snow showers

we have a low pressure system that will be moving across hokkaido, and it will skirt some light snow showers. nothing too significant. but we have a significant potent rainmaker that is moving across central china towards the eastern china, and then southern korea, reaching the area by the next 24 hours. so the next 24, 48, it will be reaching western japan and covering much of the country here in japan across the weekend. things are actually very warm. southerly winds ahead of this system will make the temperature on the rise. even the precipitation that will be covering in the tohoku regions will be rain rather than snow in the weekend. these are very heavy -- could be heavy at times in and around these areas in china, though, so we're expecting accumulation, as much as 100 millimeters in the next 24 hours. scattered showers and thundery activity will be persistent here for the next couple of days in the philippines. manila, 30 degrees temperaturewise. misty in the morning and nighttime for you in hong kong at 22, as well as taipei. tokyo reaching up to 17 degrees for thursday. so

however, the southern islands will continue to see thundershowers in to wednesday and snow in hokkaido will continue into tonight. meanwhile, our low pressure system, that is producing the snow condition in northeastern china as well as more than half of the korean peninsula will move out to sea and head towards northern japan. down towards the south thundershowers -- i should say rain showers are developing in southern china up to 100 millimeters is on the course here. temperature wise getting up to 24 degree in hong kong with the chance of thundershowers. 29 in taipei with some light rain cooling down to 6 in seoul and again 18 in tokyo. the warm conditions will continue into tomorrow. now, heading over to the americas, it's nice and settled across most of the u.s. but to the north we've got an active low pressure system moving along the u.s./canada border and a cold front flanking southeastward. let me show you the setup on tuesday so areas from the west coast all the way to teern grak region, you are going to see widespread snow showers and heavy rain along the coast of california

. >> last december softbank built three experimental solar power facilities in hokkaido in northern japanfuture plans include construction of more than ten mega solar plant capable of producing more than 200 megawatts in total. softbank's move cos ahead of upcoming changes in the country's power industry. beginning in july, the government plans to require utilities to buy all electricity generated by renewable energy sources at fixed prices and for certain periods of time, those prices and durations are to be set in spring. >>> the industry will not expand if power companies are going to lose money. the purchase prices must be high enough and the durations long enough for small or local businesses to decide to join. >> reporter: a financial institution has also decided to help promote use of renewable energy and support energy-saving efforts by private homes. the bank ranking second among credit unions in japan in terms of deposits, it switched to led l.e.d. lighting to save energy. it has also changed as energy supplier for a company that doesn't use nuclear power. for buyers of energy-s

in northern japan, in tohoku as well as hokkaido, fresh snow of 20 to 30 centimeters could be pilingp, so that could lead to some surface avalanche and landslides as well as mud slides to be aware of. but rapidly this will be moving away from landmasses by thursday. we have a low pressure system that is going to be intensifying as it moves towards the northeastern china. and that will be dumping some snow. making appearance of snow here in inland china as well, and this rain band will be stretching all the way towards western japan by this weekend. in northern philippines, still ongoing story with some isolated thunderstorm possibilities to be touching down. and manila, temperaturewise, 30 degrees. tokyo, looking at 12. as well as shanghai. and seoul, 11 degrees. finally, we're looking at positive digits in ulan batur at 4r 4, but that's dipping down to minus 8 on saturday. heading over to the americas, we have a wave of systems that will be impacting much of the pacific northwest. and in the similar areas we already have reports of some heavy snowfall in the cascades. it could accum

expecting about 20 to 30 centimeters of additional snowfall in and around hokorikku region up towards hokkaido even. we may see some snow. but that will be tapering off. however, the winds are still going to be remaining strong. so any kind of small amounts of snow plus the windy conditions could give you blowing snow, which could be very dangerous for driving conditions. but out towards the pacific side remaining sunny and devoid from precipitation. also in the korean peninsula, northeastern china and mongolia, a couple of high pressure systems will be predominant, making things clear and calm. here in southeastern china, also in taiwan, lingering showers will be skirting across the area. sometimes it could be heavy at times, especially around hugen province and jongxi provinces. in the philippines, we have a storm still that will be moving in spreading showers across much of the country and some thundery activity could be possible. manila, 31 temperaturewise. and hong kong, 23 degrees, misty in the morning and then bright sunshine in the afternoon. we'll see some sunshine here in tokyo as we

good news is that thunderstorms in the southern islands and blowing snow conditions in hokkaido are graduallyeening. meanwhile, still wet along the southeast coast of china and the wet conditions will continue for the next several days. back behind it a wintry mix will develop here. down towards the indo-china peninsula showers in southern vietnam and cambodia will move toward the north and it could become heavy at times on thursday. now moving on to the americas, a large high-pressure system is bringing dry conditions across much of the eastern u.s., but to the north a low pressure system and spreading widespread snow showers across the eastern half of canada. then we also have other low pressure systems moving across the central rockies spreading winter storm conditions. as it moves toward the east, snow will change over to rain and spread rain to much of the eastern half of the u.s. on your wednesday. it's going to be particularly wet in the southern plains. thunderstorms are possible on wednesday. and it will turn severe on your thursday. to the west, dry conditions are continuing. that i

numerous cities in hokkaido have established detailed rules aimed at saving more lives. these rules include not evacuating offshore if the tsunami's focused to reach the coast in less than 20 minutes. communities right along japan's pacific coast are preparing for the next big quake. >> all right. but there isn't much time to react when a tsunami is coming. can officials actually execute these detailed plans? >> that's right, yuko. there are a lot of challenges. shipping companies say securing communication is the major issue. a large quake can knock out radio and television systems. however, company contacts its ships. the response will be different depending on the situation. the people involved realize the importance of learning from last year's disaster. >> thank you, sari. that was sari kajihara. >>> japan's ruling democratic party remains divided over a plan to double consumption tax to 10% by 2015. during another marathon meeting overnight, the party's policy chief seiji maehara proposed a new amendment to a tax hike bill. the focus of the amendment was the contro

of additional snowfall in and around hokuriku region and northern japan, all the way up towards hokkaido even. we may see some snow. that will be tapering off. however, the winds are still going to be remaining strong. any kind of small amounts of snow plus the windy conditions could give you blowing snow which could be very dangerous for driving conditions. but out towards the pacific side remaining sunny and devoid from precipitation. also in the korean peninsula, northeastern china and mongolia, a couple of high pressure systems will be predominant, maki things clear and calm. here in southeastern china, also in taiwan, lingering showers will be skirting across the area. sometimes it could be heavy at times, especially around hunan province and jiangxi provinces. in the philippines, we have a storm system that will be moving in spreading showers across much of the country and some thundery activity also could be possible. manila, 31 temperaturewise. and hong kong, 23 degrees, misty in the morning and then bright sunshine in the afternoon. we'll see some sunshine here in tokyo as well

the last active unit in japan is on the northern island of hokkaido. it's expected to go offline in early may. >>> earlier nhk world told us about the importance of nuclear power in japan and the government's plan to deal with the idled reactors. >> before last year's accident at fukushima daiichi, 37 of 54 reactors were operating. they supplied about 30% of the electricity demand. after the fukushima accident, reactors that went offline for regular maintenance stayed offline. companies compensated by shifting to thermal energy, but there were concerns about a shortfall, so the government asked businesses and households to conserve energy. >> translator: i didn't use air-conditioning last summer, so i'm not worried about this year. >> reporter: conservation proved effective, but manufacturers had to make a lot of adjustments to their schedule to save power. >> translator: blackouts are crucial issues for our business. we cannot let them happen. >> reporter: need to import more fossil fuels to run more thermal plants. they plan to raise electricity rate

the last active unit in japan is on the northern island of hokkaido. it's expected to go offline in early may. >>> earlier, nhk world miho talked about the importance of nuclear power in japan and the government's plan to deal with the idled reactors. >> before last year's accident at fukushima daiichi, 37 of 54 reactors were operating. they supplied abt 30% of the demand. ter the kusha accident, actorsenoffle for gular maintenance and stayed offline. companies compensated by shifting to thermal energy, but there were concerns about a shortfall so the government asked businesses and households to conserve energy. >> translator: i didn't use air conditioning last summer, so i'm not worried about this year. >> conservation proved effective, but manufacturers had to make a lot of adjustments to their schedule to save power. >> translator: blackouts are crucial issues for our business. we cannot let them happen. >> they now need to import more fossil fuels to run thermal plants. they are planning to raise electricity rates. the government has estimated jap

even in hokkaido, the snowy and windy conditions will be tapering off finally on our thursday. much dry weather will be coming for us in towards the end of the week. and elsewhere in eastern continental asia, the ongoing showers here in southeastern china, that's going to be tapering off just a little bit this evening. however, another round of ongoing showers will continue in towards the weekend. the heaviest showers could be just south of shanghai. and the winds will be cranking up, too. eastern coast of china will be looking at high waves. please be aware of that. inland china will see some mountain snow as well as showers in the valleys. and indochina peninsula, wide spread scattered showers will be popping up. even isolated thunderstorms, gale, gusts, and also some large hail could be possibility here in southern thailand. taking a look at your temperatures, well, bangkok is going to be hot and hazy here at 35 degrees. hong kong will be a bit foggy in the morning hours at 19. seoul just seven degrees. and tokyo, ten degrees for the thursday high. all right. let's head over

the last active unit in japan is on the northern island of hokkaido. it is expected to go offline in early may. >>> nhk world's miho fukunaga is covering the story for us now. miho, many people in japan are concerned they will face electricity shortages if all the reactors go offline. how essential is nuclear power to the country's energy portfolio? >> well, before last year's accident at fukushima daiichi, 37 of 54 reactors were operating. they supplied about 30% of their electricity demand. after the fukushima accident, reactors that went offline for regular maintenance stayed offline. nuclear companies compensated by shifting to thermal energy, but there were concerns about a shortfall so the government asked businesses and households to conserve energy. >> translator: i didn't use air conditioning last summer, so i'm not worried about this year. >> conservation proved effective, but when folks have to make a lot of adjustments to their schedule to save power. >> translator: blackouts are crucial issues for our business. we cannot let them happen. >

and coming in towards hokkaido. heavy snow forecast on sunday. let's go now to north america where we're also going to be seeing some snow. but i think the focus is going to be on the very heavy amounts of rain moving in toward the northwestern coast. anywhere you're seeing in the red here widely over 100 millimeters of rain is expected. but in some areas, you're going to be seeing more than 250, maybe even 270 millimeters are rain just in a 48-hour period. moderate to major flooding is definitely a possibility, particularly for parts of southern oregon down in toward northern california. we also have some severe storms to talk about today. just around the small low. this system has a history of bringing large hail and also tornadoes. it's moving today just south of the great lakes. so this is the hot spot today. expect strong gusts and those thunderstorms as well as the potential for tornadoes. and again, large hail. temperatures are going to be above average still across quite a wide area. denver, 25 degrees for your high today. 28 in oklahoma

so sunday we may even see some blowing snow up here in hokkaido. temperaturewise, tokyo, looking at 16 degrees. then beijing at 17, reaching up there. meanwhile, in the tropics we're looking at chances of thunderstorms in manila at 30 degrees. let's head over to the americas, the pacific northwest will be battered with very gusty and also coastally heavy rains yet again, targeting the oregon and northern california coasts in the next few hours. accumulation could be as much as 120 millimeters in some areas. and winter storm after winter storm these areas have been battered by very heavy rain. so avalanche risk, also mud slide, landslides, rock slides. these are all going to be very high concern here and accumulation of snow could be staggering amounts as well in the cascades and blowing snow, gusts reaching up to 100 kilometers per hour. these are all going to be very huge concern. gusts are very, very strong ahead of this system as well. and denver reaching up to 25 degrees. both combined, here in and around these regions, well, there is -- alert

the vessel was identified as coming from hokkaido, japan. no one was on board. >>> and in eastern china, police killed a wolf and captured others after seven suspended wolf suspected wolf attacks. a local forestry department said spring is the breeding season for wolves and they may be coming down from the hills to hunt for food. >>> back in this country wolfs are also making headlines. the gray wolf made a dramatic come back. >> reporter: offer the endangered species list for over a year, gray wolves in the northern rockies have gone to hunted. now there is a new battle over who pays. republican governor bruce otter is asking the federal government to keep pumping money into the state to compensate ranchers for cattle killed by wolves. >> it's had a large economic impact on us and those folks, that want them here ought to be the ones that are paying for them. we don't want them here. >> reporter: conservations alarmed bit wolf hunting are fuming. >> that is what the livestock industry and republicans in western states do, they go back to wa

this earthquake was centered on hokkaido island north of the mainland. the a.p.orts there was a small tsunami, about a foot in size. some coastal towns did issue evacuation orders for people right along the water. at one point, the tsunami advisories covered northern and central japan and included the same state that was hit by that 9.0 earthquake and the deadly tsunami a year ago this past sunday. 15,000 people died in that disaster. today, no injury, no major damage reported. the tremor was not felt in tokyo. there was no threat or is no threat of a pacificwide people? . -- pacificwide tsunami. >> thanks. >>> a bus with students crashed in the swiss alps. 22 students, all 12 years old, were killed. six adults also died. some 200 rescuers worked throughout the night to reach the survivors. no word on what caused this crash. >>> this morning police are searching for clues after a man suspected of killing his ex-wife is found dead. police found phillip gilberty inside a home on fordhammond stre rod -- fordham road in roisk. he's accused of shooting and killing his

this swuk just off of hokkaido island.ave only four inches in height was the only tsunami threat. several coastal towns have been evacuated to higher ground as a precaution. >>> the other breaking story in afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta is in kabul to tell them that growing discontent by the afghanis over the massacre will not derail the u.s. mission. overnight, a road side bomb killed an intelligence official. investigators are looking into what role alcohol may have played in h the massacre. >>> on wall street, the dow opens at the high eevil in four years. is this economy finally turning the corner? bianna golodryga is here to take a look. >> reporter: good morning, josh. just about everyone is benefiting from the soaring stock market. the average 401(k) up $9300 since the beginning of the year. yesterday, the federal reserve sounded more optimistic. most big banks are considered healthy, having passed the latest round of stress tests. new signs americans are feeling more confident. they're spending more mo

this struck just off of hokkaido island. perts warn it's a sign to come they predict a major quake in tokyo in the next four years. >>> the other breaking story in afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta is in kabul to tell them that growing discontent by the near the scene, a roadside bomb killed an intelligence official. investigators are looking into what role alcohol may have played in the shooting spree. >>> and now to the economy, the stocks are on a roll. most likely, so is your 401(k). wall street beginning at its highest level in more than it four years. following tuesday's 217-point rally. so, this is economy finally turning the corner? bianna golodryga is here to take a look. >> appears to be doing just that. good morning to you, josh. just about everyone is benefitting from the soaring stock market. the average 401(k) up $9300 since the beginning of the year. so the big question is, what's behind the rally? yesterday, the federal reserve sounded more optimistic. saying it expects moderate economic growth and

. >> reporter: last december, they built three experimental drives in hokkaido. future plans include construction of more than 10 mega solar plants, capable of producing more than 200 megawatts in total. comes ahead of upcoming changes in the country's power industry. beginning in july, the government plans to require utilities to buy all electricity generated by renewable energy sources at fixed prices and for certain periods of time. those prices and durations are to be set in spring. >> translator: the industry will not expand if power companies are going to lose money. the purchase prices must be high enough and the durations long enough for small or local businesses to decide to join. >> reporter: a financial institution has also decided to help promote use of renewable energy and support energy saving efforts by private homes. ranked second among credit unions in japan in terms of deposits. it switched to led lighting to save energy. it changed the energy supplier for somebody that doesn't use nuclear power. for buye the credit union started a deposit servi