i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us.

keiko, nhk world tokyo. >>> here's a look at latest market figures. >>> coming up, the world weather forecast with our meteorologist sayaka mor. >> it is sprinkling outside the studio. other than that, dry across japan. nice to go out. a line of thunder showers align from parts of china up to the korean peninsula bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms. many lightning strikes reported in south korea early this morning remaining a stormy side throughout the day. a different one is causing rainfall for the border of north eastern parts of china and russia raising the potential for floosd further. as for temperatures, tokyo 29 degrees with partly sunny skies. fukuoka 32. i want to show you this beautiful scene coming out of the city. the red rise have started to turn red. farmers in the city began planning red rice to revitalize the community. many visit to see the beautiful scenery this time of year. the long spell of rain delayed the change of color about a week. you can feel the arrival of autumn. today is a different story. 32 for the high. summer has not completely gone yet. across t

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us. from los angeles, i am tavis he argues that by replacing citizen soldiers with professional soldiers we have created a disconnect between the military and the rest of us and then we will have a conversation said.nadjia those conversations coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. tavis: more than a decade of four has resulted in a separation from the american public and their professional military that fights in our name basovich.es andrew at a professor of history boston university he joins us tonight from that campus. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me on. >> how have we as americans failed our soldiers? surface americans hold their soldiers in very high regard. on publict manifested occasions whether it is the super bowl or the world series. my argument is that that is pretty thin. and substantively we have not provided support. i think the proper expression of support should be that we wou

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. the leaders of the g-20 nations have wrapped up their summit in st. petersburg, russia. they entered the talks with profound differences over a u.s. push for military intervention in syria. they're heading home just as divided. nhk world's akihiro mikoda reports. >> reporter: the situation in syria dominated the agenda. u.s. president barack obama tried to drum up

out in the pacific, tropical depression keiko will bring moisture into the southwest. there is the chance we could end up with some very heavy downpours across the southwest like we've seen especially into this afternoon. into idaho, we could see heavier downpours because of that system. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get your local forecast in just 30 seconds. downpours because of the system. we'll get your local forecast in 30 seconds. [ tires screech ] ♪ and your favorite songs always playing. [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. let's go places, safely. >>> around the bay area mostly cloudy skies and a few light showers near oakland and a few east downtown san jose, all the tropical moisture from the south. a mix of clouds and sun today and very humid conditions. highs today near 80 degrees in san jose, close to 70 san francisco to oakland, 80s inland. as we go through the rest of the week, less humidity and then the h

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. here is a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. world leaders gathered in new york for the u.n. general aacceptable reply, and they're focused on the civil war in syria. >>> foreign hinsteres from iran and six major power are getting ready to discuss iran's gnaw here program. >>> and people who suffer from a