who does these fabulous stories in japan town to actually make sure that the history of japan town, and the history of japanese americans in our country are not forgotten. commissioners, thank you very much for your consideration today. >> we do have some beaker cards here. hector collins, followed by rich ,. [inaudible] >> good evening commissioners, my name is hector colina, i am the owner of anco iron & construction, inc., a latino owned business. one of the last few remaining, in our beautiful city of san francisco. it was not long ago, during a recession, that we were considering shutting our doors, and we have been part -- our family -- it has been part of our family for over 50 years. it was that time we learned about the lbe, and certification and that has kept us going, you know, when we were qualified and registered. anco iron & construction, inc. has been part of the history of san francisco, one of the proudest of our business, the bay area has always been a city of ironworkers. the san francisco shipyard, we are daily working in the naval shipyard as one of the last remaini

like to give a comment on their importance to the japan town community. i'm in strong support of the businesses application to the legacy business registry. when i started my first internship five years ago at the japanese cultural centre in japan town, one of the first places my new coworkers took me when introducing me to the community, was the sweet stop. i remember walking up to the counter with my new supervisors. they were so excited to introduce me to the guava cake, although their ultimate favorite , a super popular coffee crunch cake, was already sold out for the day. i did eventually get to try the coffee crunch cake, since it is a staple its only japan town events, but i just want you to know that since applications unformed don't always get this across that there are so many moments like mine. as a 45-year-old family run business, their cakes are symbolic of something deeper to japan town. a tradition to be shared between old and new community members. every year, there is a new batch of interns at the japanese cultural centre and i am sure st

. >>> officers swarm japan town looking for car burglaries suspects and then a police car loses control. >> the first thing i see is he is driving one-handed with a gun. >>> dangerous close call, a driver was shot at while driving down a mage major bay area roadway. >>> thousands of workers including summit several southbay hospitals could be hitting the picket line. >>> a man fighting for his life after a unmarked police car slams into a bus stop. good evening. >> betty has the story. >> reporter: police say it all began when officers responded to the area of two reports of car burglaries suspects, let caused the rked poce car time. tonight a tow truck pulled away the unmarked car that had a bus stop on geary boulevard and webster street in japan town this evening. >> they were chasing to auto burglary suspects. during that time they called for additional units. at that time a unmarked police car arrived on the scene. at which time the accident occurred. >> reporter: sfpd says that car hit one of the suspects and a officer. they were rushed to the hospital. the suspect has life- threat

payton ward work security for the japan towne mall. he says he saw one of the burglary suspects pinned under the unmarked police cruiser. >>all >>asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed on a stretcher police say the second suspected burglar was arrested auto burglaries have been common in the japan town area. ward says it's an unfortunate reality all day long on gary. >>from the couple that all the way to the bottom even up over it all day long a break in the car. we sheet every game. >>dan thorn. kron 4 news. >>on the kron 4 morning news, 3 people in the bay area accused of kidnapping and assaulting an african-american teenager. and now it's being called. lion sighting closes a popular outdoor area in the south bay. also after the break a southern california police officer said that he was shot by a sniper. now investigators say no. he made the whole thing

we are live in japan town in san francisco. kpix 5. >> we vowed to get to the bottom of the great mirror caper. >>> the famous sinking tower is one step closer to being stabilize. a panel of independent experts has approved a 100 million dollar fix to shore it up. the project calls for over 50 piles to be drilled down into bedrock. they will be filled with steal, reinforced concrete. the planning department still needs to do an environmental review. once it is approved, the city can move forward. >>> a quick update on that fire burning in marin county, right now it is 60% contained. i am told that evacuation warnings have been lifted. so that is good is. >> the wind was not strong, the humidity is that. so, if weather can help, after three months of no rainfall, maybe that it did today. >>> five cases will actually decrease. the offshore wind events really increase the fire danger. the winds are in the other direction. it is pretty hot outside today. concord, 91. oakland, 72. san francisco, 65. santa rosa, 71. it is a little st

trash as it fills and officials they nearly 21,000 pounds of trash were found on the streets of japan town between april 2018 and july of this year. the new units will reduce trash overflow, reduce litter and cleanup neighborhoods. a total of 80 will be installed citywide. >>> in barbados, tropical storm dorian is expected to hit today and puerto rico people are stocking up to prepare for the possibility of another direct hit from this storm. fortunately, dorian did little damage to the island of barbados and the national hurricane center said it has maximum sustained winds near 50 miles-an-hour but is expected to strengthen during the next 48 hours. >>> let's get a check of the forecast in the bay area. >>> we are talking with tropical weather even here and we will get to tropical storm dorian and just a moment but we are tracking high-level clouds streaming and from what was left of tropical storm ivo and you can see that on the treasure island camera this afternoon. temperatures are warming up. 85 in concord, 91 in san francisco, 80 in san jose and 78 in santa rosa. we are cooler compar

>>as apd says the officer was hit was chasing a suspect on foot near a major intersection in japan town when this crash happened the investigation shutdown geary boulevard near webster street saturday night kron four's dan thorn is live in san francisco tonight, he joins us with reaction from witnesses and more on what happened and. >>well, jr that auto burglary suspect remains in critical condition tonight the officer apparently suffering less serious injuries and thankfully. no one else was hurt. but it's still unclear tonight as to why that unmarked cruiser crashed. >>the bus stop shelter on the corner of geary boulevard in webster street still damaged after an unmarked police cruiser strikes an officer and a suspect shattered glass spilled across the sidewalk as police tape waves in the wind. sfpd says around 5 20 saturday night police officers were chasing 2 auto burglary suspects on foot. they called for backup and that's when an unmarked cruiser veered into one officer and one suspect. payton ward work security for the japan towne mall, he says he saw one of the burglary suspects

payton ward work security for the japan towne mall, he says he saw one of the burglary suspects pinned under the unmarked police cruiser. >>all asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. >>video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed on a stretcher police say the second suspected burglar was arrested auto burglaries have been common in the japan town area ward says it's an unfortunate reality all day long on gary. >>from the couple that all the way to thbo over it all day long a break in the car. we sheet every game. >>well a neighborhood affected by the tubbs fire celebrated a construction milestone over the weekend. the hopper walls project in the coffey park neighborhood is now completed we had dozens of people come out saturday to celebrate it and see that 2900 foot wall system fully built nonprofits like coffee strong and rebuild north bay foundation work with the city of santa rosa to help pay for this wall and the private companies also stepped for

but then also hit the person that officer was chasing all part of an auto worker this happened in japan town over the weekend that officer called for backup that cruiser came along maybe possibly too fast. >>that's still under investigation. kron four's dan thorn has the latest. >>the bus stop shelter on the corner of geary boulevard in webster street, still damaged after an unmarked police cruiser strikes an officer and a suspect shattered glass spilled across the sidewalk as police tape waves in the wind. sfpd says around 5 20 saturday night police officers were chasing 2 auto burglary suspects on foot. they called for backup and that's when an unmarked cruiser veered in payton ward work security for the japan towne mall, he says he saw one asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. >>video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed on a stretcher police say the second suspected burglar was arrested auto burglaries have been common in the japan town area ward say

today, new smart trash cans come to san francisco with installing four solar powered trash units in japan town. the big belly units will compact trash and they say that ambassadors found nearly 21,000 pounds of trash in japan town between april 2018 and july of this year but they will reduce trash over flow, cleanup neighborhoods and a total of 80 will be installed. >>> tropical storm dorian reachers the eastern caribbean and now takes aim at puerto rico. when it could arrive and how the island prepares. >>> bay bridge authorities are seeing a steep drop in drivers skipping out before they pay their toll. >>> tropical moisture moving in with high humidity, clouds in the sky and we will talk about a slight chance of dry lightning. here is a live look at the mount vaca cam. >>> humidity might make for a bad hair day but it's good for traffic. northbound and southbound, relatively clear with main travel times ahead. ♪ well well well, what have we here? a magical place...that's lookin' to get scared! with bats...and ghouls...and cars in disguise. i've cast ite a spell now... you won't believe your

payton ward work security for the japan towne mall, he says he saw one of the burglary suspects pinnednder the unmarked police cruiser. >>all asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. >>video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed on a stretcher police say the second suspected burglar teauto jan town area wa it's an unfortunate reality all day long on gary. >>from the couple that all the way to the bottom even up over it all day long a break in the car we see it every game. >>the news this morning, a neighborhood affected by the tubbs fire celebrated a construction milestone over the weekend. the hopper walls project in the coffey park neighborhood is now complete about that dozens of people came out saturday to see the 2900 foot wall system. nonprofits like coffee strong and rebuild north bay foundation work together with the city of santa rosa to help pay for that wall private companies donated more than half million dollars in materials labor and time

. >>> today the man accused of shooting two firefighters in japan's town. oliver juneo shot and killed jake walter, off duty oakland firefighter. this was near eighth and tailor. the second firefighter survived. >>> an expensive grab and go at a luggage shop in san francisco's union square today. just before noon two women and a man grabbed several items at the popular mcm store and took off into a waiting car. an employee hit the silent alarm. a number of items were taken and they still don't have a total value of the items taken yet. >>> if you drive them, you know san jose has some of the worst roads in the nation. today the city rolled out a very big plan to change that. nbc's scott thugman is live. in one of the neighborhoods nea more. >> it's part of the avenue in san jose. it's using voter approved tax dollars. >> the good news, giant pavers like this one are likely come to go a neighborhood near you. part of the nine-year, $87 million a year plan to repave some 280 miles of san jose city streets. >> based on what we know it currently costs to repave

if you are in the area or planning to come here to the japan town area, you might want to avoid it allr. geary is closed between golf and fillmore. a lot of people are taking alternate routes. there are a lot of detours, a lot of confused drivers trying to get around this area. again, this is all that we know. auto burglary suspect taken to the hospital. officer involved in this crash, collision or chase, is going to be okay. that's the initial report now. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. i'm cornell barnard reporting live in san francisco, "abc 7 news." >> thank you very much. >>> well, "abc 7 news" is committed to building a better bay area, and that means not only identifying problems but also searching for solutions for everything from the homeless to traffic to the classroom. it is a collective effort as we look to improve the quality of life for everyone. >> now, today we are introducing you to an innovative oakland-based tech training program that's getting east bay students involved in designing and producing their very own video games. >> "abc 7 news" reporter luz pena is liv

in san francisco had to the 46th annual street fair in japan town on saturday where you will find many aspects of asian-pacific american life, music, arts and food. in the south bay the santa clara county fair is underway, featuring traditional family fun at the santa clara county fairgrounds, or pop over to the san jose renaissance affair at discovery meadow, where you will find pageantry, full combat jousting, food and drink, craft, music and dance. in the east bay, caddo fest returns on saturday complete with live stunts, unicycle lessons alongside food, drinks and other family fun. concord's jazz festival is saturday where you can enjoy life music for free. in the north by the, the 2019 sonoma there is fun for the whole family. or enjoy the 12th annual petaluma music festival at the sonoma fairgrounds. in sports, a's and? our home, giants are away, and that is your weekend watch. >> nfl football is back. the first preseason game, the touchdown celebrations were in midseason form.>>> first, alive look outside over sfo. thank you for joining us today, the 11:00 news continues after t

for decades the classic emp of neon art directed diners to wing's restaurant in japan town. after 94 years wing's shut its doors this year. so the owner had to move the sign from its old jackson street location. the folks of history san jose now have the sign just for safekeeping. the owner of wings wants to reopen for catering and hopes to put the sign back up once she gets a new location. >> they make a good t-shirt. that logo. >> that was neat. >> sweet. >> jeff, let's take a look at our forecast. the fog in san francisco and it has cooled down. >>> big headway on the hotter temperatures that we had the paflt -- the past two days and you like the result of what rolled in this afternoon. as we bring into our sky camera network out to the east bay, a lot of blue sky in walnut creek, also in concord where some of the hottest temperatures were. after 98 degrees yesterday we're down to 79 degrees now. it was warmer a couple of hours ago but just beginning to drop. already due to the ocean breeze and i know many of you are enjoying this quite a bit. 60s will return once we hit

for decades a classic example of neon art directed diners to wing's restaurant in san jose's japan town. after 94 years wing's shut its doors earlier this year. the owner had to move the sign from the old jackson street location. the people at history san jose now have the sign, keeping it safe for a while. the owner of wing's wants to reopen her kitchen for catering and hopes to put the sign back up once she gets the new location. >>> almost the e ahead tomorrow and whae ♪ well well well, what have we here? a magical place...that's lookin' to get scared! with bats...and ghouls...and cars in disguise. i've cast quite a spell now... you won't believe your eyes! the spell is cast. halloween time is back with spook-tacular experiences in disneyland and disney california adventure parks!... sleep number 360 smart bed.st sale of the year on a can it help keep us asleep? yes, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it's the last chance to save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 36-months. ends labor day. >>> har

a bus shelter rather in japan town.pd an unmarked police vehicle hit a police officer and a burglary suspect that he was chasing happened about 5 30 yesterday afternoon near the intersection of girion webster take a look at video from the scene sent to us bkron 4 viewer. police say the suspect was that was hit has life threatening injuries. the injured officer is being treated for less serious injuries. police have not yet revealed what exactly caused the unmarked vehicle to crash a second car burglary suspect was arrested at the scene. and coming up on kron 4 news weekend police are looking for the gunman who shot at a driver on and bay area highway we're going to hear from the victim. every day, visionaries are creating the future. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. >>it has been 2 years since the coffey park neighborhood was devastated by the tubbs fire. >>but on saturday

francisco police are investigating after a police vehicle reportedly crashed into a bus stop shelter in japan town this happened this evening on 5 o'clock on geary boulevard in webster street. 2 people were hurt. we see in this video fm a gurney one of the people injured was injured critically and further information has not been released to kron 4. >>well tonight a 17 year-old girl is in custody in campbell accused of stabbing 2 other teens. police said the girl stabbed a 19 year-old woman and a 17 year-old teen boy just before midnight last night on hamilton avenue in campbell. she later surrendered to police the female victim was released from the hospital this morning. but the male victim remains hospitalized. the suspect was booked and taken to juvenile hall on suspicion of 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. >>san jose police are investigating a shooting that happened this afternoon it happened on the williamsburg drive-by winchester boulevard. these are pictures sent to us from a kron 4 news food, you are police are still searching for the suspect tonight, no word on the victim's cond

i was caught on this camera, managed by the japan town community benefit district. they told us they turned the footage over to san francisco police. now not too long ago, san francisco police told us they arrested a second suspect 30-year-old leunides may and he's facing several charges including burglary. tonight that other suspect is still in the hospital with life threatening injuries. reporting live, abc 7 news. >>> in the south bay an early start to celebrate women's suffrage as hundreds come out to make their voices heard but as much as the vent was a nod to the past, i was about fighting for the future. chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: in the capital of silicon valley, there is no telling these folks to get off their soapboxes. with many dressed in white, hundreds gathered in front of san jose's library to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote. >> our ability to bring everybody together in one arena to fight for women's rights, women's rights are human rights. humans' rights are women's rights. >> reporter: the first in the state

for decades a classic example of neon art, directed diners to wings restaurant in san jose's japan townears, though, wings shut its doors earlier this year, and that meant the owner had to move the sign from its old jackson street location. folks at history san jose have the sign for safe keeping. the owner of wings wants to reopen her kitchen for catering, hoping to put the sign back up once she gets the new location. >>> be prepared for change, why the world's largest hotel chain is no longer offering shampoo and soap the way you're used to. the super lice...♪ this hair is happenin'! they think normal pesticide treatments will stop us! nix ultra!!! ahhhh!!! kill super lice and eggs with nix ultra. more effective than the leading prescription. >>> a troubling discovery at a woodside gas station, credit card skimmers, workers at the chevron found the devices on monday. the skimmers which are nearly undetectable can steal your credit card number as you pay at the pump. san diego county sheriffs investigators say this isn't the first time this chevron on woodside road has been targeted. o

says the officer who was hit was chasing a burglary suspect on foot near a major intersection in japan townhen the crash happened on saturday night. the officer chasing the burglar call for backup when the unmarked cruiser hit the officer and the person who was chasing the suspect witnesses say the burglary suspect was pinned. underneath the officers car that person was taken to the hospital there's no word yet on the condition of that person this morning. neither of the officers involved in this neither one of them was seriously injured. >>in the east bay, dozens of demonstrators gathered in alameda county to protest the eviction of a holocaust survivor and 8 other or another section 8 tenants so 87 year-old mmusi rasheem has been living in the dunes apartments in alameda there for several years he says he's now being evicted because the landlord simply wants more rent money. the alameda renters coalition says that are sheen is one of 3 section 8 tenants are now facing this sort of a fiction throughout alameda. the group along with others are fighting for protections for seniors and those

thousands of people will indulge in a melting pot of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan townnd is the 46th annual street fair. there's food, live music, shopping and art. for all of you animal lovers there will be a doggy world parade tomorrow. the fair runs from 11:00 until 5:00 tonight on post street between laguna and fillmore. with so much going on, i know people want to know, how do i need to dress? is it going to be too hot? it should be okay. >> it is going to be okay closer to the bay and the coast, but we have hot temperatures, you heard about it, in the inland, east bay. as you look from the east bay hills camera, isn't that a beautiful shot there with the cloud deck there? it is compressed and you can see the city and the hills above, and also looking at perhaps some smoke from contra costa county into alameda county as firefighters continue to battle that fire out towards brentwood in clayton. we are talking temperatures very warm there. we'll contrast that summer spread and talk in detail about your look ahead and the weekend next. >> thanks, lisa. also next, a m

thousands of people will indulge in a melting pot of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan towneekend is the 46th annual street fair. there's food and live music, shopping and art, and for animal lovers there will be a doggy world parade tomorrow. the fair runs from 11:00 until 5:00 tonight on post street between laguna and fillmore. a lot to think about. you have so much going on this weekend and also the fire we are watching in contra costa county. >> yes. the good news is that they have the coolest temperatures right now while they're fighting that fire, and the winds are light out there. but the bad news is a very hot day today, the hottest day we will see out of the next seven with mid 90s out towards clayton. right now in emeryville you can see the clouds. 62 degrees. they're not going to last long. we will see full sunshine and upper 70s today around emeryville and oakland. we will talk about when we cool down and how much and a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> also, the construction project. abc 7 got an exclusive as the warriors got the key to their warrior

thousands of people will indulge in a melting pot of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan townis weekend is the 46th annual street fair. there's food, live music, shopping and art and for animal lovers there will be a doggy world parade tomorrow. the fair runs from 11:00 until 5:00 tonight on post street between laguna and filmore. a lot of festivals going on. should people prepare tore warm where we are? >> yes. it will be nice in the city. it even got warm, in the upper 60s yesterday. a lot like that today. where is that marine layer? pretty diffuse out there with 57 downtown. it is 6 can across the bay in oakland as well as san jose. so a little bit warmer than it was yesterday for our friends in the inland valleys, but elsewhere not so bad. we will talk about cooler days ahead with my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> all right. thanks, lisa. >>> and this is a smile stone -- >> we have raymond ritter inside. >> abc 7 got to see as the warriors got the key that leave therea lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, w

come to san francisco and the city will start installing four new solar powered trash units in japan townorhoods with a total of 80 installed citywide. >>> news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms including our website, kpix.com. >>> at a 27:00, we have a traffic update. it's a mess on our roads and bridges. at the high rise san mateo bridge, at least one lane is blocked and as a result, you are barely crawling on the westbound direction. give yourself extra time or take the dumbarton bridge. the bay bridge is not a lot better and there's an accident westbound at treasure island and backing up to the maze and onto the 880 flyover at this hour with travel times in the red and not looking like there is any relief in sight. give yourself extra time pretty much on all of them, whether the altamont pass, the eastshore freeway, highway 4 or 101. >>> changes for today, tropical moisture from what was left of ivo, and that means muggy weather, cooler and cloudier with mid-to high level clouds and a slight chance for dry lightning for the north bay, 15%. temps return to normal st

. ♪ >>> central japan is the town tie dye built. fabric merchant houses have stood for centuries.op keepers hangout their shingles here, they're a sample of the signature product. a traditional handy craft known as shibori. shibori, literally to sleeve, press, or ring involves manipulating fabric from folding, crimping and twisting. which is why artist says tie dye rr doesn't begin to convey the splendor. the hairs were fine still and pain staking effort with die dye and technique. it was an art form but it was commerce not art that set it as the shibori mecca. the villagers hit on the idea of tex tiles for travellers, displayed by the boats with colorful streamers, they were a smash hit. there are hundreds often used in combination with names like wood grain and fly. i understand it takes as few days for most people to get the hang of this. but to become a professional level artisan takes years to do this much more efficiently and accurately. pleating and binding fabric. it's also been unique and not always predictable. she said i've been doing this for 50 years but there has ntd

another day another murder scene how fear of crime is creating ghost towns in mexico. follow japan has decided to remove south korea from a list of its favored trade partners a so-called white list of countries that enjoy a minimum trade restrictions foreign ministers from the 2 sides had met on the sidelines of the as the end summit on thursday in an attempt to tamp down the tensions tokyo had earlier restricted the export of key materials used in smartphone components to seoul japanese officials accuse south korea of failing to control the export of sensitive materials to north korea the round was sparked by a world war era dispute with south korea demanding compensation for victims of forced labor under japanese occupation. rob mcbride is standing by for us with reaction from seoul but 1st let's speak to sandy selami in tokyo to tell us more about why japan has decided to do this and why now. ok. this is when expected the decision by the japanese government today the government ministers they had a meeting with the prime minister and they have officially. decided that south kore

people in japan in a small town, it was an island, they were having this neurological disease, very profound. people couldn't move and couldn't talk and they discovered it was because of mercury poisoning. it came from a chemical plant and it was exacerbated by the fact who people lived by fish. they were bombarded with mercury young people, children were the ones with worst devastation. it hurt adults, two but children were totally immobile horrible situation. can stepan, forced the polluters to stop polluting find them in a way that was meaningful. not like here in the u.s. for you give a slap on the wrist. they find them heavily. enough for them to actually have medical care for the rest of their lives. in anniston where you had people exposed to mercury and bad profound arms as well, they didn't get enough money to sustain them in their lives. $9000 for adult and $2000 for children, for a lifelong disability. other countries are very good at preventing the problem. scandinavia as well. any other questions? >> i've seen study done about health, way back when, they were more focused on rea

japan. some of you lobly heard of minamata? back in the dawn of time, i remember reading about this and it was horrible situation where people in a small town in japan -- an island -- they began having very strange neurology contractual disease, very bad, very profound. people could no longer move, and couldn't blink, couldn't talk, and they discovered itself was because of mercury poisoning. the mercury came from a chemical plant and part -- exacerbated by the fact that people there lived off seafood. the mercury was going into the fish, also leaking into the water and they were being bombarded by mercury and young people, children had the worst devastation, hurt adults tattoo but babies were totally immobile. horrible situation. japan stepped in, forced the proud polluters to stop polluting and fined enemy way that was meaningful. not the just it's a slap on the wrist and a cost of didn'ting into. find them have live and grave survivors a great deal of money, enough for them have medical care for the rest of their lives inch ash tony we head people exposed to mercury and bad profound harm as well, they didn't give them enough money to tak

clear they have no intent to leave the post on monday rebels were treated from the strategic town of khan. japan's prime minister shinzo avi says south korea's decision to stop sharing military intelligence will damage trust between the 2 countries south korea made the move after japan then graded its trade status have been embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over wartime labor robot explains have some sort of south korea says it had been hoping until the last minute to avoid pulling out of the pact blaming japan for what's now become the most serious deterioration in relations in decades young japan created a green change in bilateral security cooperation we have determined it would not serve our national interest to maintain an agreement to exchange sensitive military information. the intelligence sharing agreement was set up 3 years ago to counter the nuclear and missile threats from north korea its breakdown comes at a time of increased missile testing by pyongyang what anymore because the south korean decision completely misjudges the current regional security environment it's nothing

many of them end up in industrial towns like this in western japan.rants from vietnam and china and cambodia and helping them with legal cases against their employers. some of the migrants have been there forup to some of the migrants have been there for up to two years. jiang came tojapan to give her jiang came to japan to give her some money for a nice wedding. she worked ina money for a nice wedding. she worked in a small company making clothes. she showed me notes she says she took for nearly a year, documenting the hundreds of hours of overtime she says she wasn't paid for. she claims she is owed nearly $50,000. we spoke to two other people, also from china, made similar allegations about working for this company. the company have denied this. they say all employees were paid minimum wage and that they abide by all employment lawyers including working hours and they maintain: their payslips are accurate. so these are laban ‘s is they onto clothes? this one is for comme day garcons. do you remember this? this one is for barney ‘s new york. we put

rain very much in your forecast then heading up towards japan what we'll see here is fairly mix where the mostly dry mickleson cloud around town which is certainly fairly warm for this time of year but to the west of here through eastern china this is all tied to what has been typhoon like kima still very much of a storm in progress as we on head on into monday a with that rainy 33 in tokyo. rewind returns. right on the banks to ground 0. documentaries i would compare early. on in the future. rewind the games with ferguson city under siege. just. as with every shot 6 times on al-jazeera. just a reminder of the top stories now the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has called for an immediate cease fire in the city of aden it has threatened to use military force against anyone that violates it it follows the takeover of government military camps in the port city by separatists backed by the united arab emirates and in just the past few minutes the separatists the separatists have agreed to the saudi coalition's call for a cease fire in the city of aden. at least 70 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fuel tank

japan as it space. >> what were the tactics you used in your bombing attacks? >> the tactics were to circle the townith fragmentation bombs so as to drive the people into their air raid shelters in the middle of the town. as the people went into their air raid shelters, another pass was made to drop napalm to burn them out of the shelters. as they ran from the shelters out of the town, cbu was dropped on theu outskirts of town to achieve total annihilation. >> could you distinguish between military and nonmilitary targets? >> we could. we started reconnaissance. in most cases, you can distinguish between them. >> was at the method used? what was your purpose. >> the village was attacked for that purpose. to demoralize the people. so they would put pressure on their government to force a compromise. >> president ho chi minh of the democratic republic of vietnam. together with the international investigation team, we met the president. condemning america for its war crimes against the vitamins emphasized premier that cannot be peace in vietnam without unity for all the people of vietnam. hanoi, we hel

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japan says it needs migrants, but does it want them? it's industrial townsietnam and china and cambodia, and helping them with legal cases against their employers. xiang came to japan to earn money to pay for a nice wedding for her son. she worked in a small company making clothes where she claims she was exploited. she showed me notes she says she took for a year, documenting the hours that she worked. she says she wasn't paid for any of her overtime and claims that she's owed nearly $50,000. we spoke to two other people, also from china, who made similar allegations about the working practices at this company. the company have denied this. they say all employees were paid minimum wage and that they abide by all employment laws, including working hours. and they maintain that their pay slips are accurate. they also said employees were free to leave the building and were allowed to go to the supermarket even after the start of the work day. so these are labels that you sewed onto clothes. this one's comme de garcon. do you remember seeing that a lot? this on

right i'm very much in your forecast then heading up towards japan what we'll see here is fairly mix where the mostly dry mickleson cloud around town which is certainly fairly warm for this time of year but to the west of here through eastern china this is all tied to what has been tie fairly kima still very much a a storm in progress as we on head on into monday a warm day with that rainy can see here 33 in tokyo. rewind returns with a new series. right on the back to town to zeerust documentary by would compel the greek on down. to hong kong. rewind the games we thank you sin city under siege for sticking. to our borders. is one way of being shot 6 times on al-jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes a saudi led coalition in yemen calls for an immediate cease fire in aden as u.a.e. backed separatists take control of all government military camps and the presidential palace. 70 people were killed when a fuel tanker over tons and explodes in tanzania the f.b.i. investigates how disgraced u.s. financier jeffrey epstein apparently killed himself while in federal custody

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towns lost to rebels early in the war. hello again and welcome back well some better news here across much of japan we're finally seeing an end to a lot of the rain we have seen over the last couple of days and that rain is making its way towards the east right now so for tokyo expect to see a warm day with plenty of sun getting better today at $31.00 degrees by the time we go towards monday though we're going to be seeing clear skies as well as the temperature at 27 sendai you can be seeing 25 a very nice day for you there well here across taiwan we have finally seen our landfall of tropical storm by lou this storm made landfall on the very southern part of the island bring some very heavy rain across much of the region we're going to be seeing winds right now of 102 kilometers gusting to about $130.00 continue to move to the northwest now the storm is going to be decreasing intensity over the next few days we do expect to see another landfall though in china rainfall totals look like this over the last 13 hours we've seen well over $360.00 millimeters of rain in taiwan even in the philippines lose on we have seen over $