people who have been granted refugee status here in japan, who have been welcomed by japan, who japan is providing their new home. they themselves went to the north to volunteer and to help out. when we talked to them, it was very touching. basically say said, we are refugees, we know what it means to be displaced, we know what it means to have lost loved ones, to have lost our property, to be in a very difficult situation. now that japan is giving us a new chance, a new future, we want to go and help people who are in a similar situation. and i think that for me was a very touching message. >> what are the challenges the unacr has been facing in japan? >> often assistance will go to areas which are the easiest accessible. easiest to reach. and that means then in other situations, in other places it may be a bit more difficult to reach out and they do not immediately benefit. so you have gaps within that response. so what is very important is that you have a good coordination mechanism set up. unfortunately, within the region here in asia, it is a region which is very much prone to na

one is the view that japan should be seeking peace and one is that japan should be seeking prosperity. and one that japan should be seeking equality with its alliance partner in the northeast. and those who would simply say, you know, it's time to do it ourselves. they seek sovereignty. these are what we call the neoautonomous. this debate is joined. it's represented in -- to embassy picker's answer earlier. this is what we try to get at in the paper as well. what's interesting about this array of views, we think, is that there's been a lot of movement. so if you believe the oshita doctrinites or the doctrineairs if they were really dominating the discourse through a tacit agreement with the pacifists to keep the revisionists at arm's length, to really not just hug the united states but hug article 9 of the constitution, they gave way to the consolidation of power within their own party to revisionists, that represented most recently by prime minister kouzumi and his allies in the party so i have here recent ldp governments. had consolidated power had embraced the notion of normal nat

they moved to this part of japan 18 years ago. she had suffered a heart attack, and the area is known for its mild climate and hot springs. they say once the wind turbines started working, their health got even worse. >> translator: i had recovered so well, but since the windmills have been turning, i've had heart troubles again. >> translator: i developed a stomach ulcer because of sleeplessness. since then i can't live without sleeping pills and tranquilizers. >> in europe sea-based wind power stations are now common, but the fishery industry is an important part of japan's economy. the government will need to consult fishermen before it installed wind turbines. >> are there any other options? >> some experts say geothermal power generation could provide a good amount of energy. volcanic countries such as new zealand and some nations in europe have been utilizing the geothermal resources. it harnesses high-temperature steam from deep underground, accumulated steam turns turbines and power generators to produce electricity. japan

japan and some other countries do. the japanese government says nisa was attached to the ministry of economy, trade and industry because it wanted to secure the integrity of its energy policy. >> didn't anyone think this structure needed to be changed? >> yes, some politicians and people inside the nuclear circle thought it wasn't right. i interviewed a former governor of fukushima prefecture. he told me that 11 years exposed the connection between the nuclear safety agency and tepco. >> translator: the first whistleblower revealed there was a crack in a reactor. tepco shaved the reactor to conceal the crack and kept using it it. the nuclear and industrial safety agency received the information from the whistleblower. it pastsed it onto tepco. the agency abandoned its duty. they were two of a kind. >> and the historic tsunami caused the crisis, but how radioactive materials leaking into the environment must be examined, what do experts say about the issue? >> the former commissioner of the nuclear safety commission que

. >>> two months have passed since the great east japan earthquake and tsunami. the disaster has left more than 24,800 people dead or missing. people are making efforts, oath rather police are making efforts to recover bodies and continue their search for people unaccounted for. the national police agency puts the number of deaths at 14,949. by prefecture, 8,941 have been confirmed dead in miyagi. 4,400 in iwate and 1,544 in fukushima. the number of people who remain unaccounted for has fallen to 9,880 from a peak of 17,600 in late march. some people were counted twice. while others became evacuees. in fukushima prefecture where the troubled nuclear power plant is located, the number of missing has fallen to 600 after briefly approaching 6,000 in confusion during evacuation. meanwhile, japan's weather officials say the number of aftershocks is declining gradually. but the officials warn of a possibility of strong aftershocks, especially in eastern japan. during the past two months, there were nearly 450 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or stronger including 2 powerfu

to come visit japan. this is a difficult time for us, but it'd be nice if we can see a lot of friends. coming to visit us. tokyo is safe fortunately. i just came from tokyo, and so place come, you know, keep visiting japan, and if you are -- this is a great time to investigate what's going on if you're a reporter. [laughter] let me answer some of the questions posed. first one is deterrence and i think we have been doing several things to think really more deeply about how we shape our deterrent capability. one is that the fact we people, particularly the minister of foreign affairs has started really talking to the american partners to discuss the nature and credibility of extended deterrence, and for this, our government officials came to washington in late 2008, and some of them coming from the japanese embassy here, and early 2009 and they talked to the american cawrpt -- counterparts about what we want to see in the u.s. defense policy and basically three important messages. well, first one our peopl

in a prefecture in central japan. for nearly a century, the firm specialized in producing bronze fittings for buddhist altars. but business took a downturn when cheaper ones made in china entered the market. what they needed was an innovative new idea. the company's president conducted some market research and found inspiration at a department store. there, they learned there was demand for metallic table ware. >> i was determined to do something new. >> he knew that bronze table ware would require extra time to cast and plate. tin seemed like a viable alternative. since it's highly resistant to rust and bacteria, it seemed ideal for making table ware. but making tin table ware holds challenges. this would also make the products too heavy. smoothing the surface was also problematic. the edges were easily squashed. >> translator: it seemed hopeless. the tin was just too soft. >> but four years into the development process, the company had a revelation. a product designer suggested taking advantage of the materialmateri

much of the rain will be covering japan into the week. this is going to be helped by the seasonal rain and a lot of moisture coming in from typhoons. let's get an update on the storm system. maximum wind speeds reaching 200 kilometers per hour. the intensity is at the peak. it is going to continue to move in the normal direction in the next 24 hours before going towards the northeast and the okinawa islands by sunday morning local time. now very stormy conditions expected today along with torrential rains. this is going to be raising flooding and landslide concerns as well as high waves. coastal flooding as well. it has been raining here for days. quite a wide area will continue to experience wet weather. generally overall many areas will be looking at flood risks. 28 degrees in taipai and 26 in shanghai and 29 up in beijing with sunny spells. now for north america, a wintry gain up in the northwestern corner and unsettled out here. most of that will be rain, but snow in the mix for montana and idaho. towards the east, a flood warning pos

are we seeing any negative impact here in japan because of that suspicion? >> over the past couple of months more than 60 countries have banned or put restrictions on imports from japan. the government says food exports decreased 22.8% compared to the same time last year. the head of the g-8 summit the chinese premier wen jiabao and the south korean president lee myung-bak visited japan. part of the trip was showing japanese agricultural products are safe. china and south korea are supporting japan because they are also promoting nuclear power. >> is prime minister kan making any specific move with regard to the nuclear issue? >> he had a meeting with the french president sarkozy on thursday. the leaders agreed their countries' foreign ministers would hold strategic die logs to touch on energy policy. in france, 3/4 of its power comes from nuclear plants. president sarkozy emphasized it will continue to be a main energy resource. >> translator: while recognizing the need to develop alternative ener energy, many countries believe there is no alternative to nu

let's take a closer look at japan. it will be mostly dry here with of course exception of some showers down in the islands. sunny spells and mild conditions expected out towards the west, but looking cloudy and chilly across central and northern portions contending with the strong northeasterly winds. 15 degrees in sendai today. 11 degrees in sapora. temperatures on the cool side. only 10 degrees and cloudy in miyako. friday, staying dry but again fairly chilly. from sendai towards mito as well, dry conditions. we could will see light showers forming later on. and again temperatures remain on the cool side. now we take a look at europe, where weather conditions remain very unstable down in the eastern mediterranean. here this low pressure system not abating at all. some hefty showers and quite strong thunderstorms especially down in turkey. and on the other side of the continent, you can see this big and potent low pressure system coming this from the atlantic. and the weather conditions really deteriorating in ireland

regulators learned from japan's accident? >> it's clear from the japanese situation to the regular dptorst there are several dimensions to review. we'll look at requirements our reactors have for backup power and one hopes increase them to increase the backup power supplies so the reactors can continue to run in the event of a blackout. there are other problems that happened at fukushima we need to deal with here as well. one is the spent fuel storage in pools next to reactors. one thing the disaster has shown clearly is that many of our nuclear power plants do not have emergency preparedness plans that have been vetted by the regulators. there is a clear disconnect between the approval of the regulatory plan and the proposal of the regulatory plan by the actual operator that would probably need to be fixed as soon as possible to ensure our plants are running in a safe way. >> anti-nuclear momentum is growing and it's not just the general public. american businesses are also becoming more cautious about building new power pla

reported in japan last year hit a record high of 469. a health ministry panel on aids reports the number of people newly found to be infected with the hiv virus last year reached 1,544. that includes those who had already developed the disease. the figure is the second highest on record. the panel says 63% were infected through homosexual contact and 20% through heterosexual contact. 550 of the patients were in their 30s and 383 in their 20s. the panel's head of the institute of medical science at the university of tokyo says he's concerned the people who should be tested are not and the number of cases is increasing. the ministry is urging people to get tested and take preventative measures. >>> non-japanese atomic bomb survivors living in china and taiwan have sued japan's government, demanding that it compensate them for being denied access to the government's medical benefits. now, the lawsuit is the first filed by chinese and taiwanese survivors of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. the suit was filed with the hiroshima

a national holiday here in japan. the united states has accomplished a mission of killing the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks osama bin laden. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. and finally, last week, i determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and authorize an operation to get osama bin laden and bring him to justice. today, at my direreioio the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. no americans were armed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. we will never tolerateur security being threated, n stand idly by when our people have been killed. >> the operation was carried out in abbottabad, 50 kilometers north of islamabad. the biding in which osama bin laden was hiding is located in a wealthy residential area and surrounded by five meter high walls. the u.s. did not consult with any other count

this is a rather unusual concept in japan. but the islanders are thinking that they can take on big corporations and even the government. why do they believe that? >> they only 500 people. and average age is 97. or 79. so they are quite old. and small people. but they are fighting because really they want to live with beautiful sea. and harmony with nature. and such small people can do big work. and it's their right to say no to government and big company. and the people respect it. so before crisis, fukushima crisis, people watched my film, and oh, wow, they are so strong. amazing. but now they say, oh, such a wonderful, so really i think audience feeling of audience has been changed. >> when we think of applying that approach of the island to the entire nation, it unfortunately seems a little unrealistic. but what do you say to that? >> yeah. so if you think that instantly can change whole japanese society, it's not realistic. but region by region, by city and town and villages, if they start to work on this project that the

. >>> the leaders of japan, china, and south korea are meeting this weekend in tokyo. this get-together will be the fourth in a series of high-level talks. japan's prime minister naoto kan and chinese premier wen jiabao and south korean prime minister lee myung-bak will hold talks on saturday. nhk world's hiroki najima is in studio to guide us through all this. now, hiroki, the leaders are expected to make a statement of cooperation on nuclear safety. what do you make of this statement? >> well, south korea and china want to make sure that prime minister kan's administration gives them sufficient information if something happens at fukushima daiichi. the japanese government didn't notify neighboring countries before radioactive water from the plant was released into the ocean in april. south korea criticized it, saying that violated international law. but japan said it followed protocol by informing the international atmospheric energy agency of the release in advance. china also expressed concern about the impact the contaminated water would have on the environment. s

unfortunately, the judge was unaware of japan not being a signatory of the treaty and japan's japan lack of a session, something she seemingly a understood. to date, no child has ever been returned by the japanese government according to the state department statistics. there are 321 documented cases of a deduction from the u.s. to japan alone. if we include members of american children out that while living in japan, statistics would significantly higher. it is no doubt that these crimes will continue and that the time of our next to a department meeting these figures will have risen more children will continue to be unwillingly and unlawfully abducted. since the abduction i pleaded with her to return our children back to the united states and assuring her that there are no criminal charges pending for fear she will not returned under those conditions. on january 5th, 2010, i was granted the privilege to see my children for skype. as my daughter's fourth birthday. all the was hard to see my children through a monitor, it was satisfying to see them so happy to see me. my daughter looked

i get to recognize the -- cafe of japan town. [applause] this is an institution in japan town. but this is a tight community. we have the oldest japan town in the united states. there are only three that remain in the u.s.. that puts a lot pressure on a community that is struggling to preserve their economic vitality and their cultural identity. i am honored to be the representative of this area. -- comes from a community of small business owners. shebaa look in the footsteps of her mother by opening up a floral shop and then her cafe. this has been there since the early 1990's. this is like the cafes that we know in the city and county of san francisco. these become the meeting place for revolutionaries and those that want to take care of city and neighborhood businesses are just those that want to relax. this is the meeting place, that gathering place as many of us know that it is more than that, and also as that level of anchor to a community like in japan town that is going through some transition right now so that it hopes to continue to be here for another hundred years a

looks like they're just laying the blame about japan's economic woes purely on the japan policymakerser: it's a little bit of both. the first example that they're saying that moody's is saying, at least in the press release, about why they're reviewing japan's credit is that they are concerned about the larger than expected fallout of the earthquake and tsunami crisis. as you point out, certainly they're talking about policy. they're talking about a lack of consistent policy, and that lands squarely on the doorstep of japan's parliament. with all of this news that's happening. with all of this economic data we've seen over the last two months and even with this moody's possible downgrade, it doesn't appear that parliament is listening very closely. so that's really what people are saying from the outside. is japan listening to what economic data is saying what the economic experts are saying here? >> the economic data, bottom line here is japan has gone back into recession, as we know, and also the fact that, as you point out, simply a policy praralysis. how will this impact japan's f

to japan alone. if we include numbers of american children abducted while living in japan, statistics would significantly be higher. it is no doubt that these crimes will continue and at the time of our next a department meeting these figures will have risen as more children what continue to be unwillingly and unlawfully abducted. since the abduction i have pleaded with myumi to return our children back to the indopak -- indopak assuring there were no criminal charges pending for fear she will not return under those conditions. on january 5, 2010, i was granted the privilege to see my children via skype. does my daughter's fourth birthday. although it was very hard to see my children through a monitor, it was very satisfying to see them so happy to see me. my daughter jade looked at her mother mother in hartigan said ever so softly something in japanese. when i asked myumi what jade had said she replied, she wants to be with him. the monitor immediately went lank. that was the last time i saw my daug

unfortunately, the judge was unaware of japan not being a signatory of the treaty, and japan, japan's lack of secession, something she seemingly understood. to date no doubt it's ever been returned from the japanese government according to the state department's statistics. there are 321 documented cases of abduction from the u.s. to japan alone. if we include numbers of american children abducted while living in japan, statistics would significantly be higher. it is no doubt that these heinous crimes will continue, and that the time of our next state department meeting, these figures will have risen as more children will continue to be unwillingly and unlawfully abducted. since the abduction, i've played with her to return a chilling back to the united states assuring her that there are no criminal charges pending for fear that she will not return under those conditions. on january 5, 2010, i was granted the privilege to see my children via skype. it was my daughter's fourth birthday. although it was very hard to see my children through a monitor, it was very satisfying to see them s

that's the worst monthly drop in japan's history. businesses also took an unprecedented battering in the disaster zone. 10,000 of 24,000 enterprises were affected. that's 42%, nearly one out of every two businesses in the zone was asecond. 600 of those may never actually recover. the worst news for japan, financially speaking, the worst is probably yet to come. kyung lah joins us now. we've had a three-week impact of the tsunami in the first three months. that means the second three months will bear the brunt of it. >> that's what some economists think, that the upcoming quarter will be far worse. there are other economists that say maybe some of the reconstruction will have helped the gdp. the general sense across the board from many economists we've spoken to, today was a surprising figure so they simply don't know what to expect in this upcoming quarter. there is this feeling of now what happens, the policymakers have got to figure out how, amid all of the underlying problems in japan's economy, how to not just work on the reconst

he's a popular tv personality here in japan. these days he's been spending a lot of time driving supplies up north and thanks to a popular social media site his truck is never empty. nhk world's june reports. >> reporter: before he leaves tokyo, he heads to a who sale market. danielle's mission is focused on taking fresh fruit and vegetables to people in hardest hit areas. he's volunteering his time because he has a strong connection to japan. in the early 1980s he worked as an english teacher in yamagata prefecture in the northeast, a place he considers his second home. daniel is known as a tv personality but the role he has devoted to now is that of humanitarian. his journey to draw up supplies will take him 650 kilometers northeast, a drive he'll do alone. along the way he meets a young couple who ran a poultry business. they give him about 2,000 eggs to take to people in need. >> translator: relearned that he was looking for veggies, and we wanted to help. >> reporter: daniel's been using the social media site twitter to let

japan external trade organization's office in singapore. the common problems are they don't know much about the local business climate, have no connection in the local business community and don't know how to recruit top talent. >> translator: the lack of information and experience worries them. they fear it would be hard to do business without knowing if their products really meet local demand or not. >> reporter: this japanese chemical maker has a bold business plan. the company has survived by venturing into asian and other overseas markets. human resources were a big problem. >> translator: being a smaller company, we don't have extensive human resources. our objective is not simply to build a plant outside japan, but to sell our products in the local market. >> reporter: how did a company clear that hurdle? localization was the answer. local management who knew the ins and outs of the local market were entrusted to run the singapore business. all of the employees are singaporians. good job is rewarded with promotion. the singaporian sy

cabinet office figures show japan's gdp fell for a second straight quarter. the 0.9% fall translates to an analyzed 3.7% shrinkage. private consumption fell 0.6% as the damage from the quake limited the supply of goods. another factor was that some consumers held back from spending money in the aftermath of the disaster. business investment was down 0.9%, falling for the first time in six quarters. meanwhile, exports rose 0.7%. with the quake's impact on the economy, what can we expect from the coming quarters? we asked the chief economist at barclays capital japan. >> translator: the gdp analyzed. so gdp proved worse than we had expected. that said, we think that real gdp will start to grow in the quarter between july to september, after recording another decline in the quarter, between april to june. and we think the recovery will be driven by two factors. one, reconstruction demand. two, the reconstruction of production capacity. so decline in the first half and recovery in the second half. tokyo stocks are moving in a narrow range. e nikkei index eedrning

another cable says in 2009 japan promised the u.s. that it would honor a 2006 accord to relocate the futenma air station to nago city in okinawa if no alternative site was found. defense minister toshimi kitazawa told reporters on friday it's regrettable that supposedly classified diplomatic documents have been unethically disclosed. >> translator: i believe okinawa prefecture will not regard the cables a threat to any agreement reached between japan and united states. >>> the u.s. president barack obama went to ground zero in new york on thursday to pay tribute to the thousands who died in the 9/11 attacks. his visit was somber and low key. it followed his very high-profile announcement earlier this week about the raid that killed osama bin laden, the mastermind behind september 11th. nhk world's miki ebara reports. >> reporter: ground zero where lives, as many as 2,700 people, perished on the horrific day of 9/11/2001. president obama laid a wreath of red, white, and blue flowers, the colors of the american flag. this was the very f

recover japan must enact a retroactive law. they have a very good series of recommendations with regard to japan implementation legislation must be the spirit and really come down very hard on the fact that allegations of domestic violence must be accompanied by rules of evidence that here say has no place in the body in a child even access to his left behind parent. japan must unambiguously defined the best interest of the child and the very importantly, they are all important, japan must locate our missing children and list the name as was mentioned earlier. there are a number of americans children who've been of deducted and wrongfully retained who are unaccounted for and who is present location is on known since the earthquake tsunami and the ongoing nuclear disaster. any incredible pain and agony to the existing pain and agony they don't know what has happened to their children. [applause] >> thank you. ms. apy or ms. wells, either one of you, i wonder if you can tell us what impact, if any, has the united nations conventi

across eastern asia, still looking quite windy across japan this morning. the remnant low of typhoon sanga brought heavy downpours in northern japan causing flooding problems in quake affected regions and also continues to bring windy conditions along the east coast of japan here. high wave warnings have been posted just now. but we are going to be looking at much calmer and brighter conditions, especially up toward the north. good spells of sunshine here and warm and bright down in the okinawa islands as well. looking gloomy in the west. across china, lots of clouds building over the region across the north-central portions up toward the northeastern corner here. we have this lingering low pressure system that continues to bring drenching downpours in isolated areas. couple thunderstorms to watch out for as well and starting to spread across the korean peninsula. we'll see light to moderate showers across central portions of the country as well, but nothing on the severe side. to the west of the philippines, we have an active low pressure system that is in

japan has 54 nuclear reactors. this type of energy makes up about 30% of the country's power supply. the survey asked what should be done with nuclear power plants in the future. 32% said they should be maintained. down ten percentage points from last month. while 43% said they should be reduced, up 11 points. the survey also asked about chubu electric power company's decision to comply with the request from naota kan to shut down the reactors at the hamaoka plant. 71% approve of kan's actions. kan said he won't ask for other nuclear plants to be shut down. 28% approve of his decision. 21% disapprove. and 46% are undecided. the approval rating of prime minister kan's cabinet stood at 28%, up 1 point. >>> earlier we spoke with our political commentator masayo nakajima. >> the japanese opinion of the power plant seems to be divided. what do you think is the reason behind this? >> considering what happened, many people developed doubts about safety of nuclear power plants. at the same time a lot of people understand t

over japan. from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation. is a third generation he but her grandmother survived the radiation mathy doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone lucky us because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. what is it i am only talking to my friends about my activism. and they don't care about such serious matters of canaanite. only the people who then understand what happens under the mushroom cloud today it's not all it is very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was maggie is the youngest died in the heat of peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread. i want the children has never experienced an atomic bombing that's why i use simple n which while trying

trading is mixed as investors are considering the effects of the quake in northeastern japan. now to currencies on the tokyo foreign exchange. the dollar is slightly lower against the yen. the greenback is currently as 80.93 yen. the euro is at 114.88 yen. observers say it prompted buying of the euro against the dollar. this also weakened the greenback against the yen, and that momentum carried over to tokyo. here's a look at the latest long-term interest rates. the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond is up one basis point so far this session. a mixed picture this friday morning. hong kong is down 0.16%, shanghai trading in positive territory. and i will be back in a bit, but for now back to the main news with katherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the nuclear crisis in fukushima has had a devastating impact on the surrounding communities. many of those who have had to evacuate their hometowns are people who make a living from the ocean. next is a story on one young fisherman who has been unable to go out fishing since the start of the emergency. >> this

in japan town nearby, their struggles for land use. two-thirds of the commercial property had been purchased by venture capital from los angeles. because of the economic downturn, the certainty of where japan town direction is going is really in doubt. when you have one of only three japan towns in the united states and oldest being in san francisco, city needs to regroup to its commitment in making sure that we preserve the culture identity and the uniqueness of japan town just as we would for chinatown or just as we would for any other part of the culture. the same theory returns back in approach to the african-american community and the fillmore, which was really the epicenter of the black community. sunset dealing with quality of life issues, upper haight, gateway from the west side to the east side of the city deals with a montage of issues, dealing from quality of life, dealing from its legacy of the 1960's, and dealing with and trying to reconcile the natural tension between people that like to hang out in haight street versus p

before i talk about stocks let me talk about japan's trade data which you mentioned earlier. there could be another piece of data which could show the impact of the march 11th earthquake. japan's april trade balance came in at a deficit of $463 billion yen which translates into $5.6 billion and this is the first deficit in three months and we will watch how that data is going to affect trading throughout the day. now, turning to stocks, the nikkei average fell below the psychologically important 9,500 mark, flirting with that level since then. let's look at the opening levels. the nikkei average actually in the positive, recovered the 9,500 mark briefly but now dipped back below that. concerns about the global economic outlook have been one of the biggest neemz recent sessions and this was also true during europe trading overnight where the dow fell for the third straight session. there was positive news, including a rise in april new home sales and higher oil prices which pushed up energy shares but investors were disappointed by the fed survey which showed a fall in manufac

and a chinese leader should be touching down in japan right now.y will toward the disaster zone led by the tsunami. they should pledged support for the efforts for japan to recover from the catastrophe. they will look at how the nuclear crisis has been handled. how important is this for the host nation, japan, and its government? >> what japan is hoping to get out of this is support from its neighbors. after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis, which is still ongoing -- they are looking entity areas where the tsunami was most devastating. they are looking at fukushima city. it is several kilometers away from the plant. the foreign leaders are expected to meet some evacuees, people who lived near the plant who had to evacuate their homes. >> is there a loss of faith for japan? >> some reports say one of the opening ceremony at patricia recent appeared -- fukushima's city. some are angry. the talks themselves will take place in tokyo. there are other reports that no suitable venue could be found. >> is there anything else on the agenda of --

experts say japan's economy was struggling before the disaster.ist frederick newman believes there say chance the disaster could have an unintended positive outcome. >> the silver lining of this earthquake was that perhaps this will accelerate the reform pressures in japan, in a year, two years from now, emerge stronger than it had been in the runup to the earthquake. >> reporter: perhaps most concerning about today's gdp figures is that the tsunami hit late in the first quarter in march. this upcoming quarter, will be a much more accurate look at how this economy is truly struggling. kyung lah, cnn, tokyo. >>> let's bring you up to date on our top stories on "world one." dominique strauss-kahn resigned from one of the world's most powerful jobs. he's stepping down as head of the international monetary fund amid allegations he tried to rape a maid at a new york hotel. he denies the charges in a letter to the imf, strauss-kahn said he is stepping down to prove his innocence. >>> queen elizabeth is extending her deepest sympathy to the victims of br

iceland topped the list followed by new zealand and japan. mideast and north african nations dropped due to political instability. the institute for economics and peace based in sydney ranked 153 country and regions. it used 23 indicators including domestic and international conflicts, crime rates, terror threats and the ratio of military spending against gdp. somalia was the least peaceful nation in the world. libya slumped from 60th place to 143rd. violent clashes continue between anti-government groups and security forces. egypt fell from 49 to 73. bahrain from 72 to 123. >>> government forces opened fire on demonstrators in central yemen. more than 15 people have been killed and 120 others are wounded. tens of thousands have been occupying a square for days. they were demanding the president's resignation. early monday morning, government forces used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protestors. at least 200 died since january in a series of government crackdowns. the political upheaval allowed al qaeda-affiliated groups to tak

analysts say japan needs a second disaster package of about $100 billion. that's about twice as large as the first emergency budget. so far, there are no clues as to how such a budget would be financed. >>feldman: if move well along the way to that more aggressive stance, i think the economy can bounceback relatively well. if we do not move toward that more aggressive stance, i think we'll be looking at several years of negative growth, worsening deflation, and probably worsening fiscal deficits as well. so that's the area where i have my major concern. >>reporter: all told, the cost of the most expensive disaster in history and its repercussions, is calculated at four percent of gdp... analysts fear that japan's fractious political parties, under the widely disliked prime minister kan, won't put aside their differences long enough to put the economy back on solid footing. >>with portugal becoming the third eurozone country to need a financial bailout, its neighbour spainis determined not to follow. tough austerity measures have been introduced, but the cou