to japan is excessive. and i--in telling the story of hirohito and the rise of militarism in a nation that--whose people had historically, for centuries, not been militaristic, and in telling the story, i--i thought that there would be lessons for americans if i didn't present those lessons with a heavy hand and recess them into the book. c-span: are you still teaching? >> guest: yes. i am at binghamton university. i was at hitosubashi university in tokyo until march 31st. i came back to this country april 2nd nd in the fall, i will take up my teaching duties at binghamton university in new york. that's part of the state university of new york, where i once taught, and it's a wonderful place. c-span: where are you from originally? >> guest: i was born and grew up in boston. i live in a little town near the airport called winthrop. c-span: and where did you go to school? >> guest: i went to school at the university of massachusetts in amherst, and upon graduation i enlisted in the navy, went to officer candi

the japan community is legion. i look forward to see us study the land mark of not just physical landmarks but also buildings of significant importance. thank you and i'll be around for questions >> thank you very much. if i might real quick we have a hard stop at the 4:30 but we have 10 hard cards. if my commissioners don't mind we'll go to public comment >> i was going to get to a presentation by why don't we come back. i would like the phone calls in the building who traffic to come up. we have 3 minutes can we shorten that i would like to hear from everybody is one minute okay? >> okay one minute. i'm to call out names (calling names) >> i'm make this real fast. i'm the job representative to the japan town committee. it's the japanese organization. i want to thank the planning commission and a director ram and that a all others. i was pleasantly surprised to refer that back >> it's 30 seconds. >> okay. let's do 90 seconds i know it's odd let's just do that. i'm very surprised this plan is preceding as others ha

he emphasized the importance of the japan/u.s. alliance. >> our troops are here in order to provide deterrents, defend japan, maintain peace and security. we must continue to do whatever we can to strengthen the alliance. i recognize, and i know all americans recognize, the need to reduce the impact of our bases in okinawa. at the same time we must continue to upgrade our military equipment, so that we can provide the people of japan the best guarantee of defense that we possibly can. >> then, in 2011, the massive earthquake and tsunami struck japan, triggering the crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. u.s. officials were not happy with the way the japanese government shared information about the disaster. that raised a little tension between the two countries. the u.s. military launched a relief mission dubbed operation tomodashi to show its commitment to the alliance. roos encouraged victims. >> i was proud that the president was woken up obviously in the middle of the night to be informed of this crisis. and he said, j

chie yam magishi, nhk world, hiroshima, japan. >>> many people in japan are slowing down at the start of the traditional holiday period. some might have noticed the economy is slowing but growing steadily. the cabinet office says gdp grew 0.6% in real terms in the april-to-june period from the previous three months. a preliminary figure translates an annualized 2.6% growth. gdp expanded for a third consecutive quarter. news of a recovery seems to have encouraged consumers. personal spending rose 0.8%. a weaker yen boosted shipments to other countries especially the u.s. exports grew 3%. government efforts in reconstructing northeast japan helped too. construction surged. but many have been reluctant to invest in their own companies. corporate capital investment has been negative for six quarters, this time down 0.1%. investment in housing decreased, too, by 0.2%. >>> prime minister abe will be studying the april-to-june gdp figures very closely. the figures are among the key economic indicators before deciding on whether to go ahead with the consumer tax hike in 2014. he'll make a fin

temperatures could top 40 degrees in parts of central and western japan. forecasters with the japan meteorological agency say strong sunshine drove up the temperature in the western city of shimanto. the daytime high there has climbed above 40 degrees for three days in a row. it hit 41 on monday afternoon. that's the highest temperature recorded in japan since officials began collecting data in 1875. the previous record, 40.9 degrees was set in 2007, in kumadaya near tokyo and that's also in the central city of tagimi. in the past week, nearly 10,000 people were taken to hospital across japan with symptoms of heatstroke. ten people died in tokyo over the past three days. >>> temperatures in south korea have also risen above 40 degrees. and many will have to endure the heat without air-conditioning. temperatures hit 32.6 degree s celsius in seoul, and record 40.3 degrees in the southern city of ulsan. the heatwave comes as south koreans face a power shortage. technical problems on monday forced two thermal power plants to two offline, and 6 of the country's

to restore to the japan community. and it depends upon the future to the home and basis future environment. so it is different in the ways we sought to have those goals and strategies. we promote the japanese cultural resources. this resulted is its nuclear and a preys document that others holistically the cultural. and it's one of only 3 japan towns in the country. it's for social and it's for arts and cultural events etc. it's important to the city because we've been good about preserving the history - and at times of intense of shipping democrat graphics they might go away. step one we identify the resources that we have in a categorical way like in terms of businesses and organizations and institutions, buildings and cultural events and activities and look at the people and the land of japan town. we looked at the conditions in the neighborhood in calculation with the community. we identified 39 issues and i want to walk you through those areas of concern. so the first one is difficult to sustain japan as a communi

the japan aerospace agency moved the rocket to its launch site in japan. the launch is slated for next week. a satellite carrying a planet-observing telescope has already been mounted to the rocket's tip. japan's current mainstay rocket is the h2a. the epsilon uses the same first stage engine booster developed for the h2a but it's half the size. and the launch is 1/3 the cost at about $39 million. the automated inspection process is also less expensive. the agency hopes the new small rocket will compete among satellite-launching businesses. >>> white, round, soft to the touch. these objects look like miniature ufos. the people at a japanese company developed them. they were forced to think outside the box to keep their firm alive. nhk world reports from kyoto. >> reporter: shopping the old streets of kyoto. but the window display is not so traditional. it looks more like a contemporary art installation. actually, these are the boxes the shop sells its cakes in. thee distinctive egg-shaped packages made out of paper are now starting to be found throughout j

one reader travelled to japan to find her. >> reporter: the girl from japan portrays daily activitiesf a japanese girl in the 1950s. why does she sleep lying on the floor? because japanese people sleep this way. the aadults and the children, too. >> reporter: a girl from sweden visits noriko and learns about the customs and the culture of japan. the book has been a good friend to one reader in israel for nearly half a century. film director was 4 when she first read the story. >> we didn't have television until 1968. and this book were like our television. we could see people in other places. >> reporter: she says she has found that children are still fascinated by noreko. one girl asked her what is she doing now? she searched in august. she was accompanied by a doctor in sweden. she found her by placing an advertisement in the newspaper. >> i went to meet her and talk to her. how was your life? >> reporter: they spoke to the press and asked for help. >> i'm in japan to find noreko-son. >> reporter: came from a biography of a swedish woman who had been in contact with the family. the

japan controls the islands. china and taiwan claim them. the nationwide survey in mid-july examined public awareness of the issues. of 3,000 randomly selected people, about 1800 responded. more than 90% said they know about the issues. of those who know the issues, 75% said they know chinese government ships have repeatedly entered japanese waters near the islands. 75% said japan has been launching protests with china. 66% said the islands belong to okinawa prefecture in southern japan. 48% said they know japan controls the islands and that no issue of territorial sovereignty exists. and 74% said they're interested in the senkaku issues. 25% said they're not. cabinet secretary and officials say they'll step up efforts to heighten public aware ochbs the issues. >>> u.s. ambassador to japan nominee caroline kennedy has publicly shown affinity for the country. she'll be coming to the country this fall pending senate confirmation. kennedy spoke in washington at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream s

robert speta has more on the heat wave hitting japan. robert? >> yeah, this intense heat really is record breaking out here. not just down there towards the southwest, even in tokyo we saw temperatures climbing into the high 30s approaching that 40-degree mark. what this has done is not just bring this unbearable heat along with the humidity, but it's making the atmosphere very unstable. if we look at the satellite picture, we can see there's clear skies, but in the evening hours in japan you see this popcorn-type white clouds popping up here. these are actually some rather strong and severe thunderstorms. i'll show you video out of tohoku here earlier on today. this is in southern tokyo where, well, this heavy rainfall and gusty winds came through across much of the city. we saw one report about 50 millimeters in an hour causing some flash flooding. winds gusting up to 61 kilometers per hour. in return this has caused power outages to about 12,000 homes during the afternoon hours here in tokyo. that doesn't happen all too often. shows how stron

the japan aerospace agency moved the rocket to its launch site in japan. the launch is slated for next week. a satellite carrying a planet-observing telescope has already been mounted to the rocket's tip. japan's current mainstay rocket is the h2a. the epsilon uses the same first stage engine booster developed for the h2a but it's half the size. and the launch is 1/3 the cost at about $39 million. the automated inspection process is also less expensive. the agency hopes the new small rocket will compete among satellite-launching businesses. >>> now let's take a look at the latest in markets. >>> relations between japan and china have seen better days. over the past year, the crews of japanese and chinese patrol ships have faced off in waters around the senkaku islands, controlled by japan in the east china sea. it turns out that defense experts from both sides met in secret to discuss the tensions. their exchanges demonstrate how dangerous the situation is. nhk world reports from beijing. >> reporter: the two sides held a secret meeting in april. a japanes

so officials with japan's communications ministry and japan post are meeting with their counterparts at myanmar post and telecommunications. the japanese plan to send experts in hopes of improving the system there. they're hoping to provide similar support to the postal systems in vietnam, and sri lanka. they've made exporting a strategy for growth sgrmplgts a japanese computer security group said about 4,100 websites at japanese government were hacked during the first seven months of this year. it's a record, and more than double the figure for 2012. the japan computer and emergency response team, or jp sert coordination center warns many of the computers accessing the sites were infected by malware. it steals passwords for net banking and net shopping. vulnerability increases when computer software is not updated. >> translator: i enter the command that they check their sites regularly for tampering. >> he also urges users to update their software. >>> japanese people appear to be drinking more beer with higher price tags this summer. as the heat climbs, in hope for economic recove

is limited. >> japan's debt is ballooning. now more than double the country's gdp, any spike in interest rates is cause for concern. but she is confident the bank can manage volatility. >> it is possible our interest starts to grow. but the important thing is that we continue to buy the japanese government bond. so this is likely to generate the downward pressure. continues to generate the downward pressure on the japanese government bond. so, of course, we may see a moderate increase in japanese government bond, but it is likely that this increase will be moderate. >> reporter: she's optimistic the bank's measures will lift japan out of deflation, but she is prepared for when they don't. what is your fallback plan for when the economy stagnates? >> this is my personal view, but i feel that we will come up with more concrete, the additional measures. this is our commitment. if we find it necessary to achieve 2% in stable manner. so suggest that this -- this also suggests that we are not rushing to exit. >> reporter: at last we

japan time. about representatives from 44 countries will attend along with prime minister shinzo abe. the park will fall silent at 11:02, the moment the bomb was dropped. nagasaki mayor tomihisa taue is expected to read a peace declaration. he's expected to criticize the abe administration for refusing in april to sign a statement by the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. the statement called for nuclear weapons never to be used under any circumstances. that wording conflicts with japan's national security policy which places the country under the so-called u.s. nuclear umbrella. >>> and we'll have live coverage from nagasaki. we'll take a break from our regular programming to bring you the peace ceremony. it begins at 10:30 a.m. japan time. >>> for decades japanese have used the bombing anniversarieses to talk about the destructive force of nuclear weapons. some have spoken about the risks posed by nuclear powers since the 2011 accident at fukushima daiichi. japanese leaders are getting more invol

the park in northeastern japan opened in 1992. at its peak it welcomed about 1 million visitors per year. but the park's foreign staff left the country after the fukushima nuclear accident two years ago. they included most of the animals' trainers. the 28 monkeys act as students and ninjas but nearly half are age 60 or more in human years. this summer's heat has left them looking exhausted. >> translator: it's a shame we can't see the shows any more. >> translator: we heard the park is closing and came to watch the performance. >> translator: they are 60 in human years and have worked for a long time. i want them to relax and enjoy their lives as monkeys. >>> and that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.  ♪ >> the wilson forum is the living memorial to our first internationalist president. chartered by congress in neck and 68, the u.s. key, nonpartisan non-policy form -- 1968, the u.s. key, non-partisan policy forum. our goal is to create the next generation of

to push japan further out of deflation. officials released new figures showing consumers paid more in july for the second month running. internal affairs officials announced the consumer price index was up over last year by 0.7%. that's the biggest rise in almost years. it doesn't include fresh food prices. energy importers had to offset a weaker yen and consumers felt the effects. drivers saw gasoline go up 10% and people paid about 10% more for electricity bills. let's get a check on the markets now. u.s. stock prices ended higher. the dow jones average closed at 14,840, up 1/10 of 1%. let's see how the stock markets are reacting. ramin is at the tokyo stock exchange. positive data out of the united states shifted sentiment somewhat. tell us more. >> very good morning to you. weekly jobless claims showed improvement while also the second reading of the usgdp showed a faster rate of growth for the u.s. economy than many expected. here in japan, we also had a series of data before the markets open. unemployment at throw.8%.

these two men left japan for turkey on sunday. they worked with her for the japan press. they will be based at a refugee camp in neighboring jordan. people have fled syria, and the situation in the conflict zone. they were partners. and he witnessed her death. he says he wants to hand down what she tried to convey through her reports. >> translator: i worked with yamamoto for 17 years. i feel like she's with me again at this time. i'll cover the story with her wishes in mind. >> the two journalists will stay in the region until august 21st. >>> japan's industry ministry will ask a group of experts to reexamine the safety of its plan to bury highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. officials began selecting disposal sites in the year 2000. but there's been no progress amid public concerns about safety. the plan calls for burying nuclear waste more than 300 meters underground. the plant's feasibility was based on a report compiled in 1999 by a government affiliated organization. the ministry will set up a working group of experts as early as september to reexamin

they say they want japan's help in working out a fair agreement. representatives of trade groups and nongovernmental organizations have met negotiators from the countries taking part in the 19th round of tpp discussions. >> violence, taking into consideration the differences in development and social and economical realities are fully conscious. >> asia, i think we can stick together to do the way that we want and hopefully japan can speak up based on -- in a sense. not the american way. >> a senior official of an australian farm group expressed hope that japan will provide wider access to his country's exports of rice, beef and wheat. >> i understand with japan that they are agriculture industries do what is protected or kept out, from our perspective very important to us. >> japanese officials are hoping to maintain teariffs on rice an other key farm products. >>> volvo has unveiled a newly developed technology that automatically stops a car from colliding with a bicycle. volvo's system applies the brakes when windshield cameras as well as radar

we are exporting it to japan and europe. it's for sashimi. >> this is a water processing company that exports seafood. he has a stable income and his house is equipped with electric appliances. he enjoys a level of comfort equal to people living on land. but he has no intention of moving. >> i'm happy living on the sea. it feels natural to me to have a boat docked in front of our house. >> the people have always made most that he gives them. motivation throughout southeast asia may be changing their lifestyle. but not here. nhk world, indonesia. . >> scorching heat hits japan in. >>s of china. we have the latest and more in world weather. >> good morning. we had a sultry day already here in met toll tan tokyo heating up to 30 degrees in the morning hours and much of the heart of eastern asia is looking at record breaking historical ongoing history with the heat wave. a historical heat wave is affecting them. it soared to 37 degrees, the highest on record. many fish farms have dried up. blistering heat is affecting western an

in northern japan, 100 in il meters of rain. dissipating in western areas, these are like low to produce frequent lightning damaging gusts and tornados that cannot be ruled ouchlt some of is you are enjoying your summer vacation, but try to stay away from the rivers and cliffs as well. another area where we will be finding stormy conditions is around the country. it will be intensifying into a tropical storm status and taking a very close eye on the situation. also another factor to this eastern continent with a heat dome. it's very strong and lingering across the similar areas. 40 degrees here in inland china and korea and 35 degrees and japan at 36 degrees. this will be continuing. this ongoing heat will exhaust you so try to be cautious of preet stroke and drink a lot of water and see them if you are in these vicinities. let's head over to the americas as we have a severe storm maker in the heart of the united states. in kansas already and they report numerous reports have been reported. out towards saskachewan, it will be co

the chinese accused japan of overreacting. japan delegate yukoda, a former self-defense fleet commander, said he was surprised that the two sides disagree on so many points. >> translator: the chinese participants made remarks that they indicated they do not know how to prevent accidents between their ships and the ships of the maritime self-defense forces. they said they had little knowledge about the international rules. >> reporter: for the chinese participants, the meeting provided an opportunity to reaffirm their sense that the situation is critical. >> translator: no one in china wants a military clash with japan and no one wants disagreement with uninhabited islands to negatively affect the broader bilateral relations. we believe a crisis management mechanism is needed. >> reporter: delegates from each country said they would report back to their government leaders, they also agreed to hold another more meeting essential if the situation is to remain under control. nhk world, beijing. >>> rescue workers faced a host of

-japan memorial service. the family receiving an item that belonged to their son and was greatly moved. since then, connor has made it his mission to return the possessions of the soldiers. he attends monthly meetings of u.s. veterans urging them to join his cause. connor feels that time is running out. world war ii veterans are aging and dying. connor says more and more memorabilia is appearing in collector's markets. >> i hope they have trouble selling them. they should be sending them back. >> reporter: connor receives news of a discovery. >> this is emily. this is martin connor. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: emily's father died last year. when she was cleaning up his house, she found a flag. >> it's been folded up. this looks like the reverse side. this looks clearer. >> we wanted to return it to japan, hopefully to a family who may have closure for the loss of a son. >> reporter: she also found a cloth called senninbari. it literally means 1,000 stitches. each stitch symbolizes a prayer for safety. >

thunderstorms for japan as well. down here just towards the west of the philippines in the south china sea, a tropical depression likely to see some strengthening. and it's going to be bringing in heavy rain into southwestern china. we could even see it become a named storm. and it comes just after jebi last week. you remember the other storm that came through. this is rain falling on already saturated land. and there will be a high risk of flooding here, too. at the same time as we have all these floods going on, drought conditions prevail in eastern and inland china. and those temperatures still absolutely soaring, near the 40-degree mark. tokyo tomorrow looking for 31. a bit cooler with the rain coming in as well. on into europe and things are wet and very unstable across the british isles now. we've got a frontal system bringing short-term heavy rain. could bring 60 millimeters in some places. in the uk, that's certainly enough to cause extensive flooding. the lows headed up towards southern scandinavia. you have

. >>> japan's deputy prime minister is eating his words. he's under fire for suggesting his country could learn from the nazis. >>> and fushl officials estimate 500,000 japanese students are addicted to online games and messaging. >>> edward snowden has walked out of an airport in moscow that has been his home for more than five weeks. the lawyer representing the national security agency contractor says russian immigration officials have granted him temporary asylum for one year. american authorities want snowden on charges of espionage for leaking details of the nsa surveillance programs. snowden has been holed up in the transit zone at moscow's airport since he arrived from hong kong on june 23rd. his lawyer gave an update on his status. >> translator: snowden has just left airport and has headed for a safer place. >> snowden had been asking russia for temporary asylum until he could relocate to latin america. some countries in that region have offered him political asylum. american authorities have been asking russian leaders to extradit

of japan's security.he current model, which is based on the commitment of the united states to employ its strategic forces, whenever the need might arise on half of an ally, and on the ability to forward deploy nonstrategic nuclear weapons, while all nuclear weapons are strategic, to forward deploy a nuclear weapon within nonstrategic delivery system. not deployed, the capacity, the capability to forward deploy in time of crisis as a way to signal the resolve of the alliance to stand up to some particular act of nuclear bullying. second model would be to go back to the cold war, east asian model. .. which is essentially every alliance on the u.s. try at but also british and french strategic deterrence contribute to nato's overall nuclear deterrent posture. and the unique nato arrangement where a handful of allies participate with the united states in preparing for the possible employment of nuclear-weapons by stationing on their territories aircraft capable of delivering nuclear weapons and stationing of

it is set to move into japan on friday.fore making landfall, before the tropical disturbance, widespread rain is likely for much of japan on friday, but on thursday, dry weather across tokyo with high of 32 degrees. cooling down to 26, but back up to normal in ulan bator with 18 degrees for the high on thursday. and across north america, a heat dome is still with you affecting residents in the central and eastern parts of the u.s. i want to share this video from chicago. the heat wave has forced some schools without air conditioners to close. the temperature hit 35.6 degrees, close to the record high of 36.1 degrees set in 1973. one school cranked up its air conditioners and overloaded the circuit breakers. over 600 residents had to be sent home. but it looks like many people are enjoying the late summer heat now, the peak of the hot weather is over, but much above average temperatures will remain into the weekend in chicago and across des moines. temperatures could hit 38 degrees on friday. it could break the daily record.

japan controls the senkakus. china and taiwan claim them. >> translator: the latest intrusion was the longest so far and is extremely deplorable. >> kishida says the intrusions are backed by force which is unacceptable in the international community. he said the chinese government should acknowledge japan's protest. japan's top diplomat summoned chinese embassy minister han xi chong to convey the message, but han repeated the senkaku islands belong to china. he said china cannot accept the protest. >>> activists in hong kong have postponed a trip. st 1h.nitially planned to land that the day japan commemorates the end of world war ii. members of the action committee for defending the islands spoke on board the boat anchored at a port in hong kong. their leader said they cannot leave in time because repairs to the vessel will not be finished. >> translator: we couldn't depart on august 12th, but once hong kong authorities finish the checks on the vessel, we want to leave within two weeks. >> last year japanese auth

territory japan controls but china and taiwan claim. the officials say four chinese coast guard vessels entered the waters friday morning and left after about a couple of hours. later in the day they say the ships were navigating in japan's contiguous zone. they're continuing to monitor the vessels. this is the 40th day this year chinese government ships have entered japanese waters. >>> police in western japan are investigating a series of explosions that ripped through a fireworks festival. the blasts in the city of kyoto left dozens of people injured, some seriously. fire department officials say the explosions occurred shortly before the fireworks display began on thursday evening. tens of thousands of people had gathered along the banks of the yura river. firefighters say 60 people were hospitalized. they included a 13-year-old boy who suffered serious burns and was unconscious. the explosion damaged several of the 350 stalls at the venue. a witness told investigators he saw fuel spewing out of the tank of a generator at one of the

he criticized japan's memorial ceremonies for world war ii victims. daniel seaman posted the comments on his facebook page last week, two days after hiroshima marked the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the city. seaman wrote, he is sick of the japanese over holding their annual self-righteous commemorations for the atomic bomb victims. he also said the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki were the consequence of japanese aggression. the comments have already been removed. the japanese embassy in israel launched a protest with the israeli foreign ministry. they're asking for clarification. the israeli prime minister's office told nhk the comment did not represent the government's position. seaman was due to become the head of the national information directorate's interactive media unit but he's been suspended from his duties. >>> people across japan have spent much of the month reflecting on the past. this week they marked the 68th anniversary of their country's surrender in world war ii. last week they remembered the atomic bombings of hiroshima and

in western japan. the countdown timer ticked down, then stopped with just 19 seconds to go. a sensor detected the epsilon was not in the correct position. mechanics checked the rocket, but they didn't find anything wrong with its posture, or with the sensor that alerted them to the trouble. they believe the malfunction occurred in a computer system at the control center. technicians developed the system to enable the rocket to automatically detect any irregularities before liftoff. agency officials hope to identify the cause of the trouble, and set a new date for a launch. they say that could happen within two days at the earliest. >>> chinese leaders are looking to set their economic agenda for the next several years. members of the ruling communist party have scheduled a policy meeting to discuss deepening reforms. the state-run "xinhua news agency" reports that the more than 300 members of the powerful central committee will meet in november. president show jing ping and other party lead verse grown

japan refuted the allegation.fter the session, representatives from both sides spoke to reporters. >> translator: bilateral discussions with the u.s. and tpp negotiations involve issues that are mutually related. we'll try to protect japan's national interests while remaining close contact with our tpp negotiating team. >> i underscored the importance of concluding a comprehensive, high-standard agreement this year. and i was encouraged to learn about the efforts of japanese negotiators to come up to speed with the details of the negotiation so that they can contribute at the next tpp round in brunei. >> the outcome of the bilateral discussions will affect the two countries' bargaining positions in the tpp talks. >>> the japanese government has been trying to cut back on its huge debt, but it appears to be making little progress. finance ministry officials say the total amount of debt has topped 1,000 trillion yen for the first time. that's more than double the nation's gross domestic product. ministry officials s

sources say japan played a mediating role to help ease the tensions. japan called on the u.s. to become more flexible and seek the balanced approach to accelerate the process. the bottom line though is that the situation remains difficult. and negotiators still have to find ways to narrow the wide gaps in their positions in such fields as tariff elimination and creation of new patent rules. in the joint statement, the participating countries have pledged to continue intensively to reach a broad agreement by october. but some nations remain skeptical whether they can reach such an accord by that time. the negotiators plan to step up efforts at exfra meetings scheduled for coming weeks. nhk world, brunei. >>> the eurozone's labor market seems to be still struggling. the european union has reported that the jobless rate in the region remained at its worst level in july for five straight months. they used statistics on friday that unemployment in the 17-nation zone stood at 12.1% last month. this is the highest level since the euro was introduced in 1999. in spain, 26.3% of people

those from japan refuse to sign. still, survivors of the bombing of hiroshima believe if they share their experiences, people will join their push for a world free of nuclear weapons. >> translator: i hope that our experience and our wishes will be shared by the next generation and that they will work together to create a peaceful japan. >> reporter: they hope their stories will live on. hiro morita, nhk world, hiroshima. >>> prime minister abe defended the government's position of refusing to sign the statement in geneva. he said japan is making its own efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. abe made the remarks after he attended the hiroshima peace memorial ceremony. >> translator: we regret that japan did not sign the statement, but we would like to continue looking for ways to include ourselves in efforts for nuclear disarmament. >> he also said japan is taking initiatives at the u.n. to curb the use of such arms. he said a resolution free of nuclear weapons was adopted last year at the general assembly. >>

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the most popular is the awa odori in western japan. about 700 dancers from 33 groups turned out sunday in tokushima city. they performed to the sounds of flutes, drums and the traditional three-stringed instrument, the shamisen. >> i really enjoyed the dancing by so many groups together. i look forward to the festival. >> the dancing isn't done. dancers will keep moving until thursday. that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. for all of us here at nhk world, thanks so much for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis tonight a conversation with grace lee boggs, who nearly 98 years old, has affect did change. she worked alongside her husband, activist james talks. are glad you could join us. a fascinating conversation with grace lee boggs is coming up now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eli

and japan as well as key data here in japan, such as the trade data we had on monday, the next thing to really watch out for to move markets is going to really be the fomc minutes from the july 30th to 31st meeting, and really to gauge what federal reserve officials are thinking about the u.s. economy. that's going to be crucial. domestically obviously here also the big question is whether abnoma abenomics is kicking in and whether the yen has been supported through the prime minister's policy but we've seen the rising cost of imported fuel and energy and that's clearly evident from the trade data that we saw on monday, which showed a 13th month of deficits, so some concerns is there domesticcally. japanese imports from asia which account for 50% of the total exports in value terms have been hampered by slowing growth in certain economies in the asia-pacific as well. further volatility may also come from the eurozone and that's after the bundes bank said in its monthly report monday that the european central bank wasn't unconditionally committed to keeping key rates at record lows. s

and japan. these are all questions in which south korea has a stake, and we can't possibly have a strong extended deterrence posture and strategic stability in noter east asia without a greater convergence of thinking within the united states, japan, and south korea. south korea cannot be set aside in the discussion. similarly, china's a stake holder with many shared interests with us in finding politically acceptable stray strategically acceptable answers to the questions. as i say, i think russia has some stake in some of these things as well. with that, let me thank you for your attention and let me hope i have thrown fuel on the fire to keep monday morning discussion going, and turn it back over to you. >> thank you. i think you all agree that brad has been intensely thinking about the issue for a long time, and he really has been. floor's open to y'all to answer questions, and wait for the microphone, and identify yourself, and please, do keep your comments and questions short so i can acco

that's when it went on sale in japan. they say they cannot rule out the possibility that diovan was the cause of the problems in 18 of the cases. germany first approved it in 1996. the drug is currently available in 100 countries, roughly 4 million in japan are now taking it. it is the subject of investigations in this country. administrators at two japanese universities say some clinical data used to promote the drug may have been manipulated. results showing it is more effective than others in treating strokes and angina are highly likely to be wrong. health ministry officials are investigating allegations that former employees were involved in the research. >>> people in tokyo are celebrating the remarkable life of nelson mandela as the former south african president gets treatment in the hospital. they've put on an exhibition. some items have never been seen outside south africa. nhk world takes us there. >> reporter: the display is part of a disaster benefit art show by japanese personalities. the items related to th

japan and south korea the philippines those countries are also. would prefer washington's activity in that in the east asia region particularly in relation to the ceiling. in what in washington which i reply to what we've already heard. yes exactly because i mean you know basically the last thing we should expect last thing the chinese would expect or any other government to expect is that for the u.s. to act irrationally and you know i mean given that asia has about fifty five percent of the world's population it's more than thirty percent of world g.d.p. by another ten years asia will be more than us and europe combined by g.d.p. and so and of course you know economic power and military power. you know highly correlated but in the medium to long term and so it's rational for the u.s. to be focusing in terms of the paper economic paper geopolitical pivot towards asia that's number one number two. so we should not expect the u.s. to act irrationally and that's kind of the invasion of iraq was irrational wasn't it wasn't wasn't that irrational wait

japan and china. there is a strong desire among the japanese people to understand chinese culture, language, history, etc.. but there is still a very strong nationalist sentiment in japan, especially among the leaders of government, and that makes the chinese very, very nervous, especially in the situation involving these disputed islands. the japanese feel they have a long-standing claim, and so do the chinese. >> is the economic relationship big enough, is it strong enough, is there enough interest on both sides, so to speak, to compel politicians to find a resolution to this? i may be overly optimistic, but i am curious what your take is. >> i would hope there would be, but the problem is, chinese- japanese trade was 320 $9 billion last year. that was already down mike -- $329 billion last year. that was already down 35% this year. it is certainly having an affect on economic development. that being the case, if you could get more small and medium- sized japanese companies into china, that would he