keiko aso, nhk world, ishinomaki. >> that will wrap it up for business hour. let's get you a check of the markets. >>> delegates from around the world are heading to northeast japan that was hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nominationtsunami. they are taking part of a summit in sendai. >> reporter: united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon is among the delegates who will attend the conference. he spoke about the expectations before heading to japan. >> i'm confident that the resilience of the japan people will inspire participants to agree on the outcome for disaster risk reduction. >> reporter: ban will join thousands from around the world to reduce disaster risk. the original one was adopted ten years ago at the conference in the western city of kobe. an earthquake in 1995 devastated the area and killed more than 6,000 people. in 2005 u.n. officials urged countries around the world to learn from kobe's experience. they called on conference participants to build better infrastructure and educate people on disaster mitigation. following the meeting, some

keiko aso, nhk world, ishinomaki. >> and that's all for now in business. i'll leave you with a check on markets. ♪ >>> china's top judge says cases involving terror attacks and secessionist activities increased by nearly 15% last year. the supreme people's court chief justice delivered the annual working report for 2014 at the national people's congress. he said courts in china dealt with 558 cases involving terror and secessionist activity last year and 712 people were convicted in those cases. he vowed to deal severely with those crimes. >> translator: we will severely punish violent terror crimes and attempts of secessionism and will resolutely safeguard national security, ethnic unity, and social stability. >> among the cases was a deadly attack near tiananmen square in beijing involving a vehicle. a court in shenzhen autonomous region handed down the death penalty to three suspects who are said to be uighurs. xiao said the court gave the suspects harsh punishments. >>> gunmen carried out a deadly ambush in northern afghanistan. they killed seven polic