. >> reporter: several decades ago, the district where the hostel is located was home to thousands of day laborers. economic times were better then and construction booming. the area drew job seekers from different parts of japan. when the recession set in, jobs disappeared and many workers left. in the '80s, 25 tho,000 lived h. now, it's a 15th of that. to bring in more customers, local hostels have started taking in foreign tourists, like backpackers. >> translator: we learned that there weren't many cheap hotels for foreigners so we decided to try catering to them. >> reporter: japan's government is trying to attract foreign tourists. but meeting their diverse needs has been a challenge for locals not accustomed to foreign ways. this district already has 10,000 low priced rooms so it is exp t expected to attract a lot of backpackers. if that's to happen, some things have got to change. this professor teaches international tourism. he has also soreiet up tourist in the area. >> translator: to attract more tourists, japan needs to accommodate visitors, like many overseas tourists who

. >> reporter: right now only about ten hostels in the area accompany overseas guests. other owners take it daunting to take care of people that don't speak japanese or understand the culture. >> translator: first, i can't read the alphabet. and if foreigners are going to stay here, we have to remodel the rooms. >> translator: many hostel owners want to welcome overseas tourists but they're not ready to act. i think they have to open up to new ideas. >> reporter: the former laborers district is not yet a full fledged tourist area, but economic necessity is convincing more hostel owners to welcome overseas guests. >>> a powerful cyclone is churning through the bay of bengal. here's rachel ferguson with details of that and more in her world weather forecast. rachel. the storm has actually intensified as it moves toward the northeast. we're now getting winds of over 100 kilometers an hour and gusts will be -- sorry, that's winds of 83 kilometers an hour and gusts up to 102. it is moving 20 kilometers an hour north-northeast so we're still looking for a landfall in banglade

a massive fire has broken out at a hostel in russia's black sea resort of sochi broke out on the fifth floor and quickly spread through the whole building more than one hundred residents were evacuated and there are no reports of any casualties so far but i witnessed this claim they heard a loud bang and saw a man falling into the flames helicopters were used to help extinguish the blaze the residents of spect arson as it's the third time this week that the hospital caught fire. well stay with us as frankenfood in the u.s. just put under the microscope focusing on the humble chili pepper. to least be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the we'll talk sports the v.o.i.p. interviews intriguing story for you to. see in trying. to find out more visit our big all teeth dog called. download the official odyssey up location to your cell phones choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch on t.v. any time

europe and recession raging on a rise in perinatal debts is becoming a gruesome indicator on the hostel seventy measures the rise in fetal and newborn mentality is being blamed on poor health care and a lack of access to medical services as artie's teso cilia reports. in a new year a paris study it shows that fetal mortality brussels is at an alarming rate eleven point six per thousand babies die here now experts do say that one has to be wary of looking at the information presented in the study as brussels city is compared with other countries for example iceland that level is at a four point seven a portugal a four point eight a cyprus a four point two experts do also say that the infant mortality situation in brussels is a cause for concern it's an indicator of an increased poverty in some parts of the city on the poor neighborhoods in the migrant neighborhoods it's more than fifty percent unemployment. in those neighborhoods of course the living conditions on the very not very healthy and that shows also indeed the figures now this is in addition to a recent o.e.c.d. report which lo

jimmy: our next guest has produced horror films such as "the last exorcism," "cabin fever," and the "hostelause ] ♪ >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. welcome, eli. eli roth, you actually grew up in newton, massachusetts. >> yes, i did. >> jimmy: and so did john krasinski. >> i know, yet to me -- we went to the same high school. >> jimmy: did you know each other? >> no, we did not. but i knew his brother, kevin, so to me, he's still kevin krasinski's little brother. >> jimmy: is that right? >> when you talk to guys from my class. if you graduated newton -- people are like, dude, kevin krasinski's little brother is in "the office," he's doing better than you're doing. you better step it up. and now he's doing movies too, you know. i think, you know, you suck. >> jimmy: that's such a good accent, right there. you've always wanted to make horror movies since you were a little kid. >> always. i was completely obsessed. >> jimmy: loved it. >> i loved it. i remember i was 8 years old and went to see the movie "alien" and the credits came up and it said produced by, and i asked my dad. i was like -- said,

but a certain talk show hostel len degeneral ras wasn't too happy.do six shots every day, graduate, if beer is your think, dripg a real beer. i love the bars. i have literally traveled all over the world to every continent wasted completely out of control. i have conceived children in i was driving around in my car with beer. >> i think the corollary is also true. never being hammered is bad. too careful. not enough risk. not enough living. truth is i want you wasted and waking up every morning sick. go do it. love you. >> he's ahead of me. and as america's 18th most trusted person i promise you that footage was not doctored. >> i know sanjay pretty well. and i think all that is true. everything he said. he wants people to get wasted. i'm kidding. >> i'm so deeply offended by ellen. >> sanjay's on the phone right now, by the way. is there something you want to say to ellen, sanjay? >> ellen, i can't believe this. and you in 2009 recommended 20 shots of tequila in her commencement address. and she's thrown stones, don. can you believe this? >> i can't

as for the institutional hostels, there should be no immediate crisis unless one is precipitated by sharifhimself. the army remains circumspect the politics, and also he have to -- we know that both in the army and in the judiciary there will be a change of heart by the end of the year. the third problem is the there will be a focus on that. fixes as farquick as the economy is concerned, but the important ring is a serious attempt has to be made. in energy, there are systemic problems which you might dwell on, but that can be better managed. then we have to come up with the credible projects, not the sham projects like the rental project state -- schemes launched by the ppp. sharif also has the advantage of the better experience of mega projects which can't lead to employment. finally, before the area of problems is on relations. i think he as already made the right signals, the desire to normalize with india, and he made a statement that we will .ot allow mumbai-like incidents this was an important signal to india. the military sensitivity on that count of india, they are much exaggerated

one of in bruges in belgium, in a tine in farm town, we were walking, went to a youth hostel, and i seeid this happen in the middle of nowhere? i'm sure everyone has a story like that ♪ night and day >> every has a story, right? >> how many stories are in this book? i remember reading it in hard back, but -- >> just amazing stories. the thing about these stories is they give us encouragement. >> they give us hope, which is what we need. >> i really believe if we start understanding that god winks, the divine alignment, you don't know they're there. >> we're not talking about religion here, are we? >> no, no. but once you understand this, you will realize you are on a pathway to more joy, fulfillment. >> adventure. >> the uncertainty turns into certainty, and you'll just have much more happiness in your life. >> you're full of happiness. i like that. >> we go way, way back. >> way back. >> you would never even recognize the man you were and the man you are today? >> really? my hair's a little silver. >> you've earned every one of them. >> and married to the single most funniest woman on