ichiro has played for the miami marlins since 2015. he just hit a major milestone on wednesday, but he is not that far from his next. only 21 hits away from reaching 3,000 in the mlb. >> you're watching nhk "newsline" live from tokyo. as we have been reporting a sizable jolt was recorded in parts of hokkaido. sayaka mori joins us with the weather outlook for the region. >> reporter: rain is falling across parts of hokkaido including hakodate where the earthquake occurred this afternoon. we have thunderstorms and wind advisories in place across hakodate and more stormy weather expected the next couple days. there is a low pressure system with a history of causing severe weather across the korean peninsula set to move into northernrn japan into tonight a tomorrow. so winds, heavy rain and high waves are anticipateded for the next couple of days. across the rest of japan, it's wet with the exception of okinawa. the rainy season has ended today in okinawa. that's seven days earlier than normal. many beach-goers are excited about the news.

in the ninth inning, ichiro builted a double to mark his 4,257th hit. it surpassed the record held by baseball great pete rose, but ichiro's record is unofficial, because his hit total spans two professional baseball leagues. ichiro first ragged up 1,278 hits with the nippon professional baseball organization in japan, then he made the move to the u.s. with major league baseball, where so far he's whacked 2,979 hits. at 42 years of age, ichiro is in his 16th season in the mlb. >>> it's a busy week for policy makers. the people at the fed have wrapped up their meeting and they decided they won't change their key interest rate. we have joined from our business team with the details. what led to their decision? >> the policymakers have been looking for the right time to l already halferest rate and way through 2016, they haven't been able to do that at all this year. they said there's a lot of uncertainty in the market especially if they will vote whether to leave the european union. fed policy makers wrapped up two days of meetings on wednesday. the fed r

. >>> ichiro suzuki is one hit away from unofficially tying the major league record for career hits, with the hits he racked up in japan included. the miami marlins outfielder belted three base nok knocks in monday's game against the marlins. ichiro's all-time hits now total 4,255, including 1,278 career hits he accumulated in japan before he joined the major leagues. that's one less than pete rose's mlb record of 4,256. the 42-year-old japanese player is now in his 16th season in the united states. >>> nhk "newsline" comes to you live from tokyo where it's overcast and 75 degrees fahrenheit. >> reporter: with the rain coming in from the south, parts of kyushu will see cooler temperatures. however, for most parts of western japan you'll see hot weather as we go into tomorrow. these are today's highs. parts of kyushu had over 32 degrees, that's pretty hot! the northern cantue region had high temperatures. across the south there is a frontal system causing tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall in just eight hours, 169 millimeters of rain fell in nanjo, okinawa. two-thirds of the monthly

ichiro suzuki is the all time hits champion. he passed pete rose for the most hits.orted his 4,257th hit. this includes his hits while playing in japan. rose is not happy. telling "usa today" before the record was broken that ichiro's japanese hits should not count toward the record. and that quote, he's had a hall of fame career, but next thing you know they'll be counting his high school hits. really? >>> all right, well, 36 people were arrested in northern france following violent clashes between english soccer fans and police. it started when the fans squared off in the center of the town and they grew from there. this is the fourth violent incident since the start of the 2016 euro soccer tournament. >>> oscar pistorius was in court yesterday for day 3 of his sentencing hearing. a visibly emotional pistorius removed his prosthetics and walked around the courtroom on his stumps. the defense team argued that this is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency. he will be sentenced on july 6th. >>> "scrambled politics" is straight ahead, but first jay leno joined jimmy f

. >>> in sports, ichiro suzuki passed pete ross for most hit the all time.-year-old recorded his 4257 hits. pete rose not happy, saying ichiro's japanese hits shouldn't count towards the record. next thing you know, they'll be counting his high school hits. >>> check out this insane base hit in atlanta. did you check that, gravimpress but even more impressive, freeddy freeman, hit for the cycle. tripling in the fourth, single in the 11th. 13 innings, beating the reds. it took eight, base s loaded, logan morrison, the winning run, right there. 36 people were arrested in northern france, following violent clashes between soccer fans and police. it started when english and french fans squared off in the center's town and grew from there. it is the start of the 2016 euro soccer tournament. >>> oscar pistorious, removed his prosthetics and walked around the courtroom on his stumps. the defense team argued this is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency, he'll be sentenced on july 6th. >>> a power couple expecting baby number two. plus jay leno on "tonight show." a

. >> so we're talking about ichiro suzuki. of the marlins now. and some are calling him baseball's all-time hits leader. so he tapped one down the first base line yesterday in san diego, giving him 4,256 hits during his career in japan and in the majors. >> later he doubles to right, making it 4,257 hits. that's one more than pete rose's record, which was set entirely in the major leagues. rose reacted saying, "next thing you know they'll be counting his >> i've got to get with pete rose here because it's a completely different league in japan. there was a guy in japan years ago who beat cal ripken's record. so that doesn't count. >> yeah. but i mean this isn't the minor leagues. it is still major leagues. just somewhere else, right? >> pete rose had like if they counted his minor league hits he'd be doing great. >> maybe ichiro should have an indented line, maybe an asterisk or something. >> there's a lot of that already in baseball. >> maybe a few too many asterisks already in that hall of fame. >> coming up we're going to show you an eighth-gr

. >>> now to sports ichiro suzuki is now the all-time hits champion.sed pete rose for most hits all time. last night, the 42-year-old recorded his 4,257 hit and this includes his 1,278 hits while playing in japan. now rose, for his part, is not happy. telling "usa today" before the record was broken, that ichiro's japanese hits should not count toward the record iand that he' had a hall of fame career but next thing you know, they will be counting his high school hits. >>> check out this insane base hit in atlanta. watch it. watch it. did you catch it? braves player hits the ball after it hit the dirt. impressive. even more impressive, atlanta's freddie freeman hit for the circle and doubled in the third and tripled in the fourth and hit a homer in the sixth and hit a single in the 11. it took 13 thninnings but the braves beat the reds. in the bottom of the mariners pitcher mike montgomery walked logan morrison and that is the winning run. oh, no! someone is definitely not happy this morning! >>> 36 people were arrested in northern france following a v

and ichiro said to be honest this wasn't something i was making out as a goal. >>> to atlanta, big night at the plate for the braves. freddie freeman who hit for the first cycle of 2016, he doubled it in the third, connecting for a home run in the sixth. wow. sit down. rounded things out with a single in the 11th. wow. he did all of them. >> impressive. >> yeah. >>> and then in the nation's capital after a back and forth ball game that stretched into extra innings, took a run scoring single hit by jayson werth to walk the nationals off with the victory over the cubs. that's going to hurt. >> that was impressive. see how many people were still there in the 12th inning? >> good fans. reporters caught up with the excited werth after the game-winning hit. >> yeah, let's hear it! yeah. [ bleep ]. hey, we should do this more often. all right. >> maybe without the cursing next time. >> sorry. >> oh, my. >> that's how we are in the show. >> that was great. >> shouting and screaming. >> yeah. >> gatorade baths. >> it would -- throw the water over my hair, the gatorade bucket. good looking, kind o

. >>> japan's ichiro suzuki has made baseball history. 6 he reached the milestone as soon as the game the padres. the japanese legend used his speed to snatch an infield single.

ichiro suzuki passed pete rose for the all-time professional hit list.ofession "professional" because 3 came in japan before he came to the major leagues. >>> the nba finals began 2-0 in golden state's favor. and game six in cleveland even though the cavs trail, winning game five giving them momentum. and the warriors have been here before, the reigning champs. >> it is different because it is a different year and different challenge. different circumstances with a couple of injuries and what not. but the opportunity is there and i think we're very poised group that's ready for it. >>> a great opportunity to protect home court and go into two of the best ever in game seven. and hopefully we can protect home, that's all that matters. >>> game six can be seen here on 6abc tomorrow night. ,$8drw >>> villanova hero, ryan arcidiacono looking for work and wouldn't mind working in his hometown. working out for the sixers monday, and can't have too many shooters and we know he can shoot. and josh hart worked out for the sickers last month. >>> the union beat the

ichiro, call him the international hit king. >>> sixers a croatian newspaper says there's a 99% chance dario will leave his team and play for the sixers this coming season. >>> u.s. open starts tomorrow at oakmont outside pittsburgh. looking at chris crawford from bensalem holy ghost prep, graduated from drexel. he qualified for the open at the age of 22. a tough break for him. his caddie broke his ankle falling into a bunker. chris' coach at drexel will take over. >>> and we told you about the story of former eagle walter thurmond while playing for the birds he also was playing in a philly softball league in disguise. as a character named dick mahoney. take a look at the photos. see him in a spot shadow. he wore a wig. none of players knew he was walter thurmond and played for the eagles until he was gone. we tracked down mahoney's agent, walter thurmond. here he is on "phillies sports talk." >> mahoney, he's just an athlete. it's not his first rodeo. he's been in couple of softball leagues and other sports as well and it was something he wanted to do while he had some time and unfort

. >> the ftse 100 is not represent ichiro of the uk economy. if you look at the ftse 250 it's down a bit. the ftse 100 benefits from a slight fall in the pound. it was relatively cheep. the u.s. market is not so cheep. it's gone down a bit and will remain down a bit. we're in a kind of status quo situation where i think we got fair vam more or less all the way around, except in japan which looks very cheap to me. >> we've seen stress test overnight. is this a good buying opportunity for the banks as the moment. >> i think it is. particularly loids has domestic exposure. loids is dirt cheap and rock solid and i can't really understand why it's fallen so much. >> you just mentioned japan. using that as a moment we've seen big moments in the yen. is that why it's attractive. >> i think the bank of japan will intervene and depreciate to 1.10 in which case japanese market could go to 18,000 again. japanese corporate is improving the dividends are rising. i think japan looks very solid as an investment, if not as an economy. >> continental europe. >>

ichiro had two more hits today to give him 4,257 combined but between the major leagues and japan, so everybody in san diego appreciated the milestone, pete rose isn't ready to give up his crown quite yet. he told "usa today," quote, it sounds like in japan they are trying to make me the hit queen. he has had a hall of fame career, but next thing you know, they will be counting his high school hits. [ laughter ] >> ouch. >>> phil matier turns 46 tomorrow. and he knows he is running out of chance to win that first u.s. open title to complete the career grand slam. >> i think about it all the time. this is the tournament i want to win the most. >> the bridesmaid has been a runnerup six time. phil mickelson isn't letting that consume all his time. this week at oakmont lefty flew home to san diego between practice rounds to attend his daughter's 8th grade graduation. >> it's just important for me to be there for that stuff. at 46 years old now, come tomorrow, those are the differences that i'll have where a lot of the young guys in their 20s don't really have to think about yet. >> back i

proud to receive, and honored to accept your nomination for president of the united states. 4:45 not ichiro historian -- an architectural historian on the creation of greenwich village. >> it give us we already understood, if the six avenue was washington square, west of six avenue was the lower west side. nobody ever cross that line. people from west of six avenue might cross the line to work as a servant in washington square. but the people in washington square never want on the other side of 6th avenue. >> at 8:00, on the presidency -- >> it is unanimous, unanimously commander-in-chief, unanimous the president of the congressional convention. unanimously appointed as the lieutenant general and commander-in-chief. before the armies out to be based for the service in the united states. what a record. >> george washington scholar explores that even though washington was officially retired, he continued to meet with political figures from the new capital, and was often called upon to craft policy. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >> supreme court nomine

it sounds like in japan trying to make me the hit queen, so not trying to take anything away from ichiro hall of fame career next thing counting high school hits. >> wow! . >> in all fairness, if we koupts count minor league hits pete rose had in career not apples and pass comparing to japan. >> don't bust pete rose not in hall of fame leave the man alone right. >> nba finals, green suspension very controversial, very controversial, where should have been suspended at all difference maker last night, huge difference maker i don't know what it is about green he kicked adams in groin a couple times in trouble for one this time punched lebron in the groin. >> can we talk about seth curry what have hoke is going on with shoulder. >> ice on it after practice the star of the two-time league mvp back to back unanimously selection suddenly something seems off i wonder because shoulder issue, there is also his knee and ankle as well, and fatigue of the season scored 38 the other night so i wonder if is it an excuse i don't know he doesn't seem himself. >> the number for fletcher cox how much did