across the northern area snow is likely to fall over much of hokkaido region. as we go into the region, up to 50 centimeters of snow is likely over northwestern part of the country. as we go into the next couple of days, sunny weather will come back in tokyo, nice conditions to do some cherry blossom viewing. kyoto rainy weather will continue across the korean peninsula. plenty of sunshine on sunday. all right, across the south we are watching a tropical depression further east of the philippines. this is a tropical depression at this moment but will likely become a tropical storm. if it does so the name would be papai. it could pass palau and head for the southern philippines in the next couple of days. the forecast could change. we'll keep you posted on the storm's progress. across the americas, severe weather is happening over the eastern parts of the u.s. we have a report of eight tornadoes in parts of texas, illinois, as well as the upper midwest. this is due to three air collision. one is from the gulf of mexico. the other is from the north, cold air, and

this is even northernmost main island of hokkaido filed a lawsuit with the tokyo district court against the central government in the plant's operator j power couple that day is demanding that the defendants told the ongoing construction of the plant and all my town awarded prefecture is located about twenty three km south of the city. the crusty to demonstrate municipalities within a thirty kilometer radius of a nuclear power plant are required to evaluate. i'd actually rather in the event of an accident did you see we have repeated the that the constructions be stopped but the request has not been heard at all. and they have done nothing in response stuttgart emotions this city leaders say if an accident occurred at the form of nuclear plant damage would be so great they could no longer function the regulation authority said he will not come comment on the lawsuit as it has not read its contents j power officials say it is regrettable the suit was filed and that they will present their arguments in court. people living on a stick the world spent more than a day worrying about the impa

this is the northernmost main island of hokkaido. sit with the tokyo district court against the central government and the plant operator to power. demanding that the defendants halt the ongoing construction of the plant in oman town. our weekly chat. twenty three km south of the city across the savannah state the fatalities within a thirty kilometer radius of a nuclear power plants are required to evacuees in the event of an accident they teach. we have repeated lee asked that the constructions be stopped but the request has not been heard at all. and they have done nothing in response. it wasn't. almunia clear planted average would be so crazy to think he could no longer function. the new clear regulation authority said it will not comment on the lawsuit as it has not met its contents. j town officials say it's regrettable the suit was filed and that they will present their arguments in court. the administrative body of the japanese to farming cooperatives hasn't finalized its plan to reform the organization will step up my canning

call their ticket to think that is lowering temperatures and creating some snow showers in cars in hokkaido. anyhow london from there's a possibility of thunderstorms in the conditions and that the honey cool very good things about the move that will undo things they do in the next several hours to kill you if he is beginning to end chains by late this afternoon so you may want to bring one the layers of jackets going to be quite chilly in the evening hours the cramping is gorgeous sunny weather for using eastern time as well. they're made in china will speed towards the east while intensifying political base we are watching tropical storm that has weakened to a low pressure says and will likely intensify once again to a tropical depression and then drove over the next section of the philippines over the weekend. when temperatures as follows many not thirty two degrees with thunderstorms. it's the hottest time of t up to thirty seven degrees. many parts of china the spirit when mani carrying a tropical by inclined remained intact into the air can agree that we suspend its target in this cou

that's bringing precipitation in the form of snow in and across hokkaido. as this does continue to move off gail advisories in place behind it. cooler weather filtering in across much of japan. temperatures p u to some of the highest they have been so far in 2014. tokyo, it's going to cool off as we look ahead into friday eventually towards saturdays. showers about 20 to 50 millimeters expected here through the coming days. chongqing, shanghai, showers for you. tokyo cooling to 20. beijing at 18. that's following wednesday's high up to 30. cooling off there for you as well. more seasonal levels. across the americas we are seeing along the eastern seaboards, some rather decent weather. we have a front coming in from the west. that pumping in warm air out ahead of it. it's bringing thunderstorms, even the risk of severe weather. i'll go ahead and show you video coming out of washington, d.c., where we have been seeing the cherry blossoms. they came in a little bit late this year. thousands of visitors have flocked to view this sea of pink there on wednesday.

it's still going to be out here for actually some areas of hokkaido not until may where you start to see this start to come in to full bloom as far as those cherry blossoms. for now the next 24 hours you're going to wish it was more like spring. if you don't like the snow this is going to push overhead and carrying some accumulation with it, some wintry weather out there for you. also some precipitation in southeastern portions of china. you're looking at, well the rainy season really starting to kick in out here. persistent, not all that heavy, but persistent showers south of the yangtze river basin. for everybody else those warming temperatures will be cooling down going into your thursday after that front pushes by. beijing some of the warmest temperatures since the 50s out there for you here on your wednesday. up to 30 degrees, back down to 18 though right at seasonal there on your thursday. down towards the south of manila, rain showers and thunderstorms in your forecast. not directly associated with tropical depression peipah. now a depression. was a storm earlier on. now it's

it covers the pacific coast between hokkaido and in chiba prefecture and the islands of the isa and old ally that. agency officials say the tsunami could reach out to me to give warning people living in areas covered by the advisory to stay away from beaches and river mouth. workers at nuclear plants along japan's pacific coast have been reported any surge in tidal waves month there are still bracing for possible tsunami she might die and she really likes samples from wells along the shore to check to see if the underground water is contaminated by the suspended the work overnight. officials at the plant and put a temporary break waters of the compound that by ten meters above sea level managers with the gallant accounting cavity seekers have bloomed in water pumps and emergency power generators to high ground and the one workers to stay away from the shore. a tsunami triggered by the quake on chile least hawaii almost fourteen hours after the tremor struck with the bacon on the warning center says at fifty eight and takes me to tsunami was observed in he knelt on the inside of white is

overhead i said a front moving through earlier today brought some skilful the northern portions of our hokkaido but that's continuing to taper off back towards the west even cooling temperatures if you're off towards korea in the report north eastern portions of china beijing actually on our plans to use on high thirty one record breaking after school i was counting on the fifth going into friday showers back towards the central forces in china the young steve are facing some years with his muscle hundred millimeters into next twenty four hours out there and that we're still top dog trumpet oppression people of this is a very weak storm in the windsor knot the big threat. but it could bring some up flogging reach the eastern portions of the sites they wanted aperture still get with a high of twenty there on your friday night at twenty seven partly class guys if you take a look over towards the mare is now a good mood across of the great lakes region that is going to producing a few severe thunderstorms but the rest of the us sunny skies in your forecasting threats can be fire weather conditions

coming out and the cherry blossom from it spreading to the north reaching the north western parts of hokkaido by me can't accomplish these units will be approaching the northern areas. cherry trees are in polluting cars to stop reacting going to be sunny and warm in those places. well i did gorgeous weather for the northern part of china as well but there is to risk a fine year so fire weather so please quit japanese fire. nine is commonplace and my stars that can stand in the guangdong provinces high nine and temperatures are going to be orange and in many places in asia to get cranky decreased the bank received twenty four the contemporary state of samoa like mid may the genial eat there because the bank but cooled down to eighteen degrees and there's that actually fit a couple of degrees higher than where she prepares to hear. across the south we are watching or tropical high incline and it paid back as if the quadrangle in parts of the mindanao bring in stormy conditions it could very slow moving system will likely cross and the midsection of the philippines over the weekend as a tropical

it the senior action begun to bite the teen also some rainfall and believe it or not snow fall in hokkaido. i fear going for years thursday as it does push off with the solos countries will be cooling off and headed to tokyo on the rise of twenty four by a thursday and then as we look ahead in the private doctors will be dropping back down into the teens take a look over towards the americas now a top down here it's not the rain is the very dry weather as well. high pressures in place across much of the central us bit of a cold front coming through but not so much precipitation with that. taking up the whimsy into writing. but windy conditions. as we caught up on your way to many claims that iraq could be fit and very quickly across central portions of the planes take a look here temperatures. and really the sunny skies to be had out here on wednesday so deftly get out enjoy just having fun it is then forecast. i wound ch the intense dislike for this our energy needs. ahah the show. and with nhk world tv. that is bad mistakes when a character at first. it created woman who teaches miracle

and you guessed it private contractors key to developing hokkaido incursion pay. if you're wondering those contractors many of them anyway used to be the same folks hide the us department of defense according to the wall street journal about five thousand contractors are supporting american diplomatic mission in iraq more than a third of them are americans. the next few months the us government is expected to begin spending more than six billion dollars in military equipment to iraq the latest deal includes a twenty four apache attack helicopters made compelling nearly five hundred hellfire missiles at lockheed martin these people and supplies may be breaching the gap until iraq has a self sufficient force to run its country. i might not and might just keep anything foreign talent to stay afloat for decades. the reliance on contractors in iraq and joined earlier but everytime brigadier general he's the vice president of the potomac institute for policy studies strategy and planning division. i started by asking her how he felt when he first saw those videos of the

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