kim chan ju, nhk world, seoul. >>> a severe cyclone over the bay of bengal is heading to the east coastindia. mai shoji joins us again with the details. >> we have a spinning cyclonic system over the bay of bengal already affecting the nikoba islands but making its way toward rishakapatnam. this is an area where last year there was devastation and killed a little less than 100 people. it is making the similar path, making its way toward the city directly, and by the time it hits the it looks like it will be packing gusts of 155 kilometers per hour and the rainfall amounts will certainly be staggering. it will probably produce about 250 millimeters or even more in and around the key port city of sh. kapatanam. we keep a very close eye on this system throughout the weekend. on toward eastern continental asia we have that typhoon vongfong. the high pressure system is making it move very slowly. the high pressure system also responsible for the clear skies across the korean peninsula and much of japan is calm before the storm. and much of china except for beijing we're looking at very low v

kim chan-ju, nhk world, seoul. >> okay that is going to do it for biz this hour. let's see what's going on in the markets. >>> government officials in central japan say more people are still stranded on mount ontake. they say saturday's eruption is already the country's deadliest volcano disaster in decades. at least 47 people were killed. officials with nagano prefecture say 16 people are still unaccounted for. police officers said they have not been able to contact five people who had registered their trek in advance. and they said some climbers report their climbing mates have not yet returned. police officers, as well as self-defense force personnel and firefighters have been scheduled to resume their search friday morning near the summit. they were forced to cancel their operation for the day because of bad weather. >>> authorities in japan are changing the way they deal law-evading drugs. they're toughening punishment on users and dealers. and they labeled the herb as dangerous, after a rise in deaths and traffic accidents linked to the use of the drugs. nhk

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