. >> hello, japan alarms china with proposals to allow japanese troops to fight overseas. and two months of rain. >> nothing can ever break us. >> u.s. president opens a museum about the 2011 attacks, and victim's families are not happy. >> there have been dozens of funerals in turkey for the miners who were killed on tuesday. many were visiting the site where 282 people lost their lives. andrew simmons has this report. >> reporter: the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job for little pay. she had asked her husband to find work elsewhere. he was just a few months away from becoming an sergeant in the army. they were married seven months ago. they had big plans. >> this is a town consumed by grief, and now the underlying anger is beginning to show more and more. >> reporter: some of the anger is subdued. a feeling of social injustice that such high risk should be taken to earn a living. >> we're very worried. they don't have a safe secure job. we send them to work every day, but we don't know if they'll make it back. >> he grew up with me. my inside is

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. >> still to come on the program, japan alarms china with proposals to allow japanese troops to fight overseas. >> and workers around the world demand better wages. plus, sport as the pile up for one of the most important races. is >> hello, again. welcome back. the top stories on the turkish president has been visited the site where 282 miners lost their lives. calling on the government to re-evaluate mining safety standards. there have also been protested outside a court in sudan, after a pregnant woman was season tensed to death, for leaving islam. the judge also sentenced her to 100 lashes for marying a christian. has accused authorities of trying to force feed him, while in solitary confinement. he has been on hunger strike for 115 days in protests of being held without charge since his arrest. now, japan's prime minister -- to defend allies. the recommendation opened up a domestic debate about japan's pacifist constitution. it is also alarming. adrian brown, al jazeera. live from washington, d.c., is harris, a politic specialist, on the program -- >> what do you think about this

this recommendation opens up a domestic debate about japans pass sift constitution and is alarming china. we report from beijing. >> japan's pass sift constitution forbids a conventional military. it that a self defense force. but to japan's neighbors, it still looks like the real thing, even though japan's not fired a shot against an enemy in almost 70 years. that could be about to change. >> the japanese constitution was created with the hope of bringing happiness to the people. currently, i do not believe that it says we should abandon our responsibility to protect the lives of japanese people. le prime minister declared support for a release of the constraints on military. he doesn't need the approval of parliament, all that's required is a simple decision by cabinet. the shift in defense policy comes at a time of rising territorial friction between china and some of its neighbors, most notably, vietnam, the philippines and japan. north korea is another cause of tension. any plan to redefine the role of japan's military will worsen relations here in china, where deep bitterness remai

alarm bells in some capitals around the region, specifically beijing. japan embroiled in territorial disputes. it has to do with the east china islands upe see the for dispute. these are very complex regional issues. lingering tensions, remnants of the world war. japan it appears wants to have a firmer military posture. the foreign ministry in beijing reacting, saying the international community must maintain high alert on japan's intentions. we have seen cautious reaction and theicials in seoul china daily newspaper out with an editorial saying abe moves forward. the public constitutional rights have been stripped. a counter offensive by regional powers. certainly this ratcheting up tensions between japan and its partners in the region. thank you very much, zeb eckert joining us from hong kong. >> just ahead, indian stocks jumped the most since 2009. the rupee is having a pretty strong week, over 2%. modi in the lead. details next. ♪ >> time for today's company news. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox plans to form a tv production venture. murdoch would combine fox's shine group with apollo's core media group under the agreem