we have more heavy rain he head together korean peninsula. there is a band of rain from south eastern russia through in towards central eastern china. one of the low pressure systems is heading in towards the korean peninsula and bringing with it torrential rain and thunderstorm so there is potential for further flooding, landslides and mud slides here on the korean peninsula had a rough time reisn't wli several bouts of torrential rain over the last couple of weeks. we will see more heavy rain runs again for southern part of china. and in fact southern china, parts of southern indochina peninsula as well as philippines and northeastern india in towards bangladesh. these are all places dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms today and can you see low pressure systems here, helping to really ep hans that southwest monsoon moisture. so as bringing the heavier rain with it and will again be that possibility for flash flooding as well as landslides and mud slides to occur. as for much of china into mongolia, strong high pressure is keeping thin

he's leading a civilian group of japanese expatriates from the korean peninsula. before the war ended, he lived in what is now north korea. he's visiting a district with a detention center known for its inhumane conditions. i'm in a corn field about a five-hour drive from pyongyang. last year, the north korean authorities discovered some remains of japanese people who died around the end of world war ii. an excavation uncovered the remains of at least one person. a coin dated 1941 was also unearthed. masaki is convinced there are more japanese remains here. >> translator: i waited for this opportunity for a long time. my wish has finally been fulfilled. we will remember the victims and offer prayers for them. i pray that you all may rest in peace. >> reporter: japanese from the korean peninsula around the end of the war could hardly take anything with them. about 20,000 are believed to still be buried in north korea. some japanese families want to visit the site and repatriate the remains of their relatives. yasushi wamura is 80 now. he and his family returned to

things will turn stormier across the korean peninsula next week. we are expecting another hot and sunny day. out west we've got a seasonal frontal line moving in to western japan. you'll see short time heavy rain as well as thunderstorms. cooler air flows in from the north. we'll see a sharp drop in temperatures. only 24 degrees expected. still on the hot side in tokyo. temperatures will remain over 30 degrees for the next seven days. it continues to move toward west and parallel to mexico for the next several days. it could bring moisture as well as conditions across the coast. we have a long frontal line stretching from southern plains up toward canada. conditions are quite severe in and around texas as well as oklahoma. wet conditions will remain for the next few days. rainfall could be up to 100 millimeters. that's a lot for this region. flooding will be a major concern here. meanwhile cooler air coming from the north over the eastern half of the west in canada. temperatures are cooling down to 23 degrees in chicago. 19 degrees in toronto. we h

moving towards the korean peninsula or western japan. stormy conditions across the southern islands of japan as well as taiwan. wind could exceed, 160 kilometers per hour. that is strong enough to topple trees and cause property damage. in terms of rainfall, the bulk of the heavy ran should stay over the waters. but, sanba could intensify, and the west coast of the philippines will see intensifying showers over the course of the next few days. as for the rest of east asia, tropical depression to the east of japan is dissipating. so it is not going to produce rain to japan. but heavy rain from -- southeastern russia, through the korean peninsula, down through southern china will be moving towards the east. western japan is going to see short-term, heavy rain on your friday. all right, moving into the americas then. we can see a long, cloud band stretching from quebec through the western great lakes down towards the four corners region underneath the cloud. seeing short time heavy rain and thunderstorms. as the the system tracks towards th

stretching from the shanghai into korean peninsula and western japan. heavy rain and thundershowers. will reman throuin throughout t. looking dry throughout most of china. but down toward the south, most of the showers are intensifying over the indochina peninsula. moving into the americas. we have a couple of tropical storms out toward the east and west. let's first talk about tropical storm nadine. could become a hurricane in 48 hours. it will likely veer toward the east and affect the azures island. any time between east tuesday, wednesday, local time. stormy conditions are on the cards across the azures island. then we have tropical storm christie, southwest of mexico. it will continue to move towards the northwest. in parallel with the west coast of mexico. over the next several days. as for the u.s. frontal line affecting the southern plains up toward the great lakes region. underneath the system. you are seeing short term heavy rain and thunderstorms. it looks like wet weather in texas and oklahoma will continue for the next several days. up to 10

and then that's going to be edging closer towards the korean peninsula to tuesday. that could be problematic because the korean peninsula has been hit very hard over the last month or so by many bouts of rain. so into tuesday we could see the return to torrential down pours here. we're also seeing some enhanced heavy rain across the philippines. there's a system inching towards parts of northern and central philippines that's going to be enhancing the monsoon here. that could lead to flooding in addition last week's earthquake on friday will have loosened the grounds. there will be an increased risk for landslides and mudslides to occur. 30 degrees in tokyo. down to 29 in seoul. just 26 in beijing which is much cooler than it has been recently. 16 in ulanbator. leslie is increasing in intensity towards the rest of the week. we could be dealing with a hurricane here. it is en route to bermuda. that could create a problem next week. for the time being, though, the only thing to mention to be careful of is that you'll be noticing some problems maybe in the sea and then

korean peninsula has been hit hard by several bouts of heavy rain over the last month or so. led to widespread flooding. this is going to be another dose, afraid of torrential rain. with showers, even left over past wednesday in south korea. out toward the northeast as well. another low is bringing some showers, in fact, into southeastern portions of russia as well. and then down along the coast. going to stale wet. could see 100, 250 millimeters of rain. getting very heavy down here across the south. a couple of low-pressure systems. one to the east of the philippines. one just sifting off indochina. hoping to enhance the southwest monsoonal flow. again, means heavy showers are possible. the flooding and landslide, mudslide, will also be -- possibilities. as for japan, well, maybe see some heavier rain in parts of the prefectures. elsewhere, a good chance of thunderstorms. maybe, you can see showers in the capital here today as well. let's go to the americas see what is happening with tropical storm lez knee. and right now, it is stationary. it is going to continue its cours

. >>> north korea says japan must resolve issues related to its colonial rule of the korean peninsula if it wants to form better relations. the newspaper of the governing workers party ran a commentary. it referred to the issues of so-called war-time comfort women from the korean peninsula and the drafting of korean men for hard labor during world war ii. last month, japan restarted talks with north korea for the first time in four years. japanese officials say they want to discuss the abductions of their citizens in higher-level negotiations. north korean state-run media discussed the abductions on monday last week. the day marked ten years since the north admitted to abducting japanese citizens. the media said the issue has already been resolved and the latest commentary makes no mention of the abductions. >>> research indicates 100,000 people in japan face identity gender disorder, or gid. they have the mind of a woman in the body of a man or vice versa. many children in adolescence with mismatched gender struggle at school where activities are often divided by gender. most schools

so the korean peninsula should get drier, but instead, much of japan will be affected on your thursday. down toward the south, a enhanc the southwest monsoon, still producing lots of heavy rain in the philippines, indochina, the ma lay peninsula as well as northeastern india. all right. as for the highs, getting up to 32 degrees in chongqing, but looking at moderate temperatures in seoul with a high of 26. tokyo, another hot day with a high of 33 degrees, with plenty of sunshine. all right. heading into the americas. there we can see a cluster of clouds over the atlantic. this is tropical storm leslie. leslie is situated far from any landmasses but producing swells along the coast of the caribbean islands and the eastern u.s. because it's a large system. right now packing sustained winds are 100 kilometers per hour. this is a tropical storm but will likely become a hurricane within the next 48 hours or so and get very close to bermuda by saturday night. all right. as for north america, remnants of isaac have been drenching the northeastern starts and the central gulf coast. in alabama

a low-pressure system is producing thundershowers in northeastern china as well as the korean peninsula. all right, moving into the americas, then, tropical storm, continues to weaken, and pull away from mexico, that is good news. and we have a long frontal line, stretching from the southern plains up into eastern canada, underneath the storm, severe weather is occurring. that means, severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging wind and tornados. but conditions are gradually improving as we look ahead to your thursday. all right. temperatures are looking like this to the north of the front. looking cool, 18 degrees in chicago. 17 degrees in toronto. but to the south of the front, looking very hot. in oklahoma city. 30 degrees. 33 degrees expected in houston. and 29 degrees in atlanta on thursday. that's it for me now. here is your extended forecast. >>> that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us.

strong will be brings in ongoing thunderstorms in parts of the north eastern china as well as the korean peninsula. nice and dry conditions in tokyo. some showers are possible in the morning hours. moving into europe we have strong low pressure system moving in to the northern british isles bringing blustery winds. out east slow moving has been dumping drenching rain. temperatures are looking quite moderate out towards the west. 16 degrees expected in london. 18 in paris. out toward the east still on the warmer side. 20 degrees in moscow. 25 in kip and down towards the south excessive heat. 33 degrees expected in athens on your friday. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, a senior chinese communist party leader has played host to some elder statesmen from japan. politicians from both countries are taking tns criticizing each other over a dispute in the east china sea. he's a member of the communist party bureau standing committee. he holds the fourth most powerful position in the party. he met with the delegation of japanese lawmakers of the japan business federation and fr

the korean peninsula add rough time recently with several 'bouts of torrential rain over the last couple weeks. more heavy rain for southern parts of china. in fact parts of southern indochina as well as philippines an northeastern india, all places dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms today and can you see a couple of low pressure systems here. these are helping to really enhance that southwest monsoon moisture. so it is bringing the heavier rain with it. and there will again be that possibility of flash flooding as well as landslides and mudslides to occur. as for much of china, mongolia, strong high pressure is keeping things very clear. but it is going to be quite an unsettled day across japan. another low sitting here and there will be plenty of thunderstorms to be found and maybe a few showers in the afternoon in tokyo. 32 degrees for the high and temperatures looking cooler as summer starts to edge af way. tropical storm leslie is continuing to head towards bermuda where it is expected to arrive over the weekend as hurricane. for the time being, generating sea swells which in

again, into the korean peninsula, the rain ban will be moving in. cooler air dropping temperatures, good news for some areas. in the china peninsula, wet or unstable conditions for the next few days. especially in and around northwestern thailand. a report of 140 millimeters in the past 24 hours that has accumulated in the regions. more rain to come in the very unwelcomed areas. back at approximate 33, now at 32. tokyo, looking at 31 degrees. and things pretty warm at 21 degrees for your tuesday. let's move over to the americas. isaac was the topic last week. another tropical system, this is leslie, which is over the atlantic, moving toward bermuda and that will be intensifying into a hurricane as we progress toward the end of the workweek. a close eye on the system. wind gusts packing up to 111 kilometers per hour. remnant low of isaac is still around these regions, ohio river valley, scattered showers and thunderstorms. meanwhile, in the wake of that, things hot and dry. and then msture surge from this jaunt. good thing, this is moving away from l

contenuously bringing thunderstorms in parts of northeastern china, as well as parts of the korean peninsula. well, out toward the west in india. heavy monsoonal showers are affecting the southern half of the country. today heavy rain warnings in police in parts of the southeast. in india. but to the north, dry, monsoonal season has ended. it looks like pakistan is dealing with the flooding situation. let's take a look at this. heavy rains and flash floods wreak havoc in pakistan. deaths reported so far. more than 1,000 injured. the province has been the worst hit with 2,000,0residents mispl. moving into the americas, we can see extensive cloud over mexico. bringing showers here. then we have a long frontal line, stretching from the southern plains into the mid-atlantic, underneath the system. we are seeing lots of severe weather. we have reports of three tornados touched down in colorado and one in pennsylvania. these locations will remain stormy into tonight. down toward the south. up toward the north. dry. up toward the western half, western u.s. we have got smoke covered over the interio

meanwhile in behind that fine weather will be for new the korean peninsula as well as much of china. however, fine looking here in the indochina peninsula, especially in northwestern thailand and the philippines and even in india, things are really going to be wet. especially in the western seaboard as we have been saeg the ongoing heavy downpour so the land is very well stat rated and we have a when pressure system traveling inland so just around the regions target with about up to 100 millimeters of rain fall accumulation. bangkok, 31 degrees. we still have another pair 361s in taipei and manila. another hot day forness tokyo. do watch out for the weather changes. i suggest you bring umbrellas if you are going out and about. move together americas, let's talk about tropical storm leslie developing over the atlantic ocean and already affecting much of the florida beaches. if you are planning to travel here for the weekend, especially to the surfers, i should advise you to be very keeping a close eye on this one, especially because it'll be intensifying into hurricane status packing

across much of western japan, things are clearing out and in the korean peninsula as well as for the eastern china and mon goia, we'll be looking at clear skies for your thursday except here in the south western areas of china. a small disturbance is moving in towards hunan provinces. you may see heavy downpours for the next 24 hours. in the indochina peninsula as well as the philippines, still things are very wet and unstable. this could accompany with some embedded thunderstorms and rumble of thunder could target some areas, but really want to watch out for heavy rain already impacted southern thailand for about the past 24 hours. we have seen 100 millimeters and that is going to be an ongoing situation. so that could just exacerbate flooding situation down in the interchina peninsula including cambodia, as well. here in thetropics we still see 30s. in tokyo yet again, another 30s. 33 degrees for our thursday. keeping its warmth up in the north at 21 degrees, as well. moving over to the americas now, things are looking pretty fine. you don't see a cloud over here in the satellite p

out toward the west thundershowers are expanding in northeastern china and the korean peninsula. still looking at mild conditions but should be cooling down to 21 degrees as we look ahead to friday. moving into the americas then, tropical storm amelia continues to weaken and move away from mexico. that's good news. it will continue into thursday as we move into friday. there is a long frontal line from eastern canada to the southern plains bringing severe weather. that means severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and tornados. the conditions will ease on thursday. so that's good news. and out west we've got a low pressure system dragging cold air from the north. so we may see snow showers once again in the central rockies, including colorado. temperatures look like this. we can see a clear definition. this is where you are seeing severe thunderstorms on thursday. to the north of the front temperatures are cooling down to the upper teens or the mid teens. for example, 18 degrees in chicago and 17 degrees in toronto. but to the south of the front still on the hot side. 30

. >>> meanwhile, a group of japanese civilians who evacuated the korean peninsula in world war ii is back in north korea for the first time in 70 years. their main object is to inspect the burial sites of fellow nationals who died there. the four-member delegation entered north korea on tuesday. they visited north hongyong province between thursday and friday. officials guide them to the district where many japanese who died during their repatriation are believed to be buried. the officials explained that many succumbed to an epidemic. the japanese group offered sticks of incense to mourn the dead at one of the sites. >> translator: we have been waiting 50 years for this opportunity. we got a lot of help from local residents during our visit. we're deeply grateful for their kindness. >> masaki says he hopes authorities will allow more japanese people to travel to north korea to mourn their relatives. >>> authorities are questioning men and a woman involve the snatching of a flag from a vehicle. the suspects are all chinese citizens to force the am bans bore to an official stop. inves

it is looking much clearer across the korean peninsula. much of northern china, as well as mongolia. we are seeing showers in southwestern china. these are going to be heading towards the east and could get heavy locally. and down towardmes the south. strong monsoonal activity. more downpours to come. goes for myanmar into northeastern india and bangladesh. all right, let's go to the americas see what is going on here. and lots of sunny skies, across the u.s., and canada. northern mexico as well. strong high pressure here. but, there are some -- air yzre watch out for. central canada into the great lakes region. fairly wet along the atlantic coast. up into canada. severe with forecast for that atlantic coast. that's going to be moving out in the next 24 hours. so the should bea b a bit clear for you. notice snow up in western parts of quebec. in behind the cysystem to the east. strong gust. blast of cooler air will be coming in. that will be bringing temperatures down. chicago, wednesday, at 22. will fall done to 16 by middle . summer look

but behind it, getting drier across the korean peninsula and northeastern china. down toward the south, a chain of low-pressure systems bringing ample moisture and rain across the philippines. and the peninsula as well as the southern china. the heaviest rain is going to be found in the southern region, and northern vietnam. we are anticipating as much as 100 millimeters of ran to fain on your thursday. and the tropical storm, continues to hover over the atlantic. right now, packing sustained winds of 100 kilometers an hour. still a tropical storm. will likely become a hurricane within the next 48 hours or so. and get very close to bermuda by saturday night. it is located very far from any land masses, bringing swells across the coastal areas of the caribbean island as well as eastern u.s. for the next several days. as for north america, remnants of tropical -- hurricane isaac. bringing ample moture, drenching rain, in the northeastern states. southeastern canada, down towards the central gulf coast. heavy rain will likely continue across the similar locations in

good to see that, finally things are looking much drier across the korean peninsula too. othe areas to watch for heavy rain. southwestern china, into the bay of bengal. northern myanmar. southwest monsoon is active across the philippines. okay, let's go to the americas. western 2/3 of the continent looking pretty good. not too many problems here. strong, high pressure keeping things clear. but a different story toward the east. a couple systems merging together to bring very heavy rain for parts of quebec. flash flooding issues as well as along the appalachians. we have heard reports of a couple tornados touching down in kansas. and golf-ball-sized hail in michigan. the system is starting to move towards the atlantic coast. we will see severe storms moving from alabama and ga gone towaeoh the northeast tuesday. in behind that, cooler air will be bringing temperatures down. chicago down to 16 degrees. on your tuesday. however, further out toward the specific coast. seattle, 27. you will see the summerlike warmth through the end of the workweek. we are heading in towards eu

behind this, though, high pressure is starting to ridge across the korean peninsula. that will be moving into western japan by about tuesday into wednesday afternoon, bringing some much clearer conditions as that front slowly works towards the east. around central china, though, as we continue to look towards the west here, some heavy rainfalls actually north of chongqing. you saw about 200 millimeters in the past 24 hours. flooding will be a risk but in chongqing in the next 24 hours you could be seeing about 2 1/2 centimeters. that is going to bring in risk of urban low-lying flooding across this area as that low pressure slowly drifts down towards the south. temperature-wise, still rem remaining rather hot in chongqing at 27 for your high, hong kong at 33. look over here, only 10. autumn is settinging in here. the low is going to be getting down near freezing through the overnight hours on tuesday going into wednesday. now to the americas, high pressure across much of the great lakes region, actually much of the central u.s. seeing absolutely great weather. this is

this already brings some rain showers and thunderstorm activity across the korean peninsula today. well now into friday, slowly going to work its way towards the east. and this is playing a big toll on samba, causing it to move off towards the north. but also this could be dropping about 80 millimeters of rainfall in western japan alone, despite the fact that approaching typhoon from the south. as far as temperatures, though, we're looking rather warm across most of the tropics, bangkok with a high of 34 here, chongqing at 30, and all the way up to, l ulaanbaatar, 20 for yo high. diving sfo to the single digits for friday. towards the americas, continuing to wash a frontal area pushing a cross the central plains, kind of a lingering low pushing through portions of texas combined with an upper-level disturbance. it's going to continue to create some moisture out here, so throughout the rest of your week and your weekend, even early parts of next week, you'll see some scattered rain showers and thunderstorms persisting as that slowly creeps down towards the east. now, this whole fron

but in the wake of this system, western japan as well as the korean peninsula, much of china will be seeing things to be very dry and much calmer than what we have been seeing before. still, a different story here in the philippines, though weather the low-pressure system just lingering over the east of the country, bringing heavy rainfall. and this is going to be a long-lasting one for the next coming days. we see a lot of 30s still in the tropics. still hitting 30 here in tokyo, as well. and u lan laanbaataulaanbaatar, degrees, the low around the chilling point so, do be aware of that. things are going to be really chilly across much of the upper midwest and ontario, manitoba. these regions actually have frost and freeze warnings in effect d during the overnight hours. this is due to this cold front passing through these regions, and along this cold front is where we might find some severe activity. the stronger storms could actually produce large hails, damaging gusts which could be as much as 65 kilometers per hour, and also tornadic activity cannot be ruled out. so do watch out

we have a low pressure system that is distributing a lot of hefty rainfall over the korean peninsula. that's going to be bringing about 30 millimeters in an hour type of sudden bursts of rainfall. and then you can see that that will be next taking aim toward hokkaido. as it en routes toward hokkaido, northern japan, again, we'll be finding those isolated thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. but rain actually in tokyo considering the total amount that we should be seeing that this time of the year. in the past two months, tokyo has only seen 32% of that. so some locations are actually wanting those rain to fall. however, yet again, these isolated thunderstorms only come to pop up in the confined areas. so we may actually not get the rain where we want it. heavy rain, however, will be found here in central china. wuhan especially, you may see 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. generally speaking, these series of low pressure systems will be moving towards the east and bringing about 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall accumulation. tokyo looking at 31 degrees. yet again, another hot day

we have a low pressure system that is distributing a lot of hefty rainfall over the korean peninsula. that's going to be bringing about 30 millimeters in an hour type of sudden bursts of rainfall. and then you can see that that will be next taking aim toward hokkai hokkaido. as it en routes toward hokkaido northern japan again, we'll be finding those isolated thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. but rain actually in tokyo considering the total amount that we should be seeing that this time of the year inspect the past two months, tokyo has only seen 32% of that. so some locations are actually wanting those rain to fall. however, yet again these isolated thunderstorms only come to pop up in the confined areas. so we may actually not get the rain where we want it. heavy rain, however, will be found here in central china. wuhon especially, you may see 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. generally speaking, these series of low pressure systems will be moving towards the east and bringing about 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall accumulation. tokyo looking at 31 degrees. yet again, another

the korean peninsula looking drier. in fact, there are going to be showers moving through. it is not going to be on the heavy side. it still is very unwelcome rain as south korea was very badly hit by that typhoon just on monday. hi pressure keeps things clear across much of china once again the southwest monsoon is active across parts of myanmar into ben gal and the philippines. temperatures starting to cool down a little bit. 24 in seoul and 30 in tokyo. it looks a lot cooler towards the north of japan after a very unusually hot day yesterday. let's go to the americas. very clear and calm across much of northern mexico up through and into the u.s. and central canada. there are a few things to talk about today. one is going to be a system dropping down out of central canada and coming towards the great lakes region and then we have this very well develed low and frontal system coming down across from quebec right down into florida moving fairly quickly. looks like thursday will be a better day for many of you, but before that happens, flooding potentially rains hitting the

and the korean peninsula. it's drier, i'm talking about the air. hot, humid. starting to see air off the continent which will be a lot less hot and sticky. there is going to be plenty of wet weather to be found though. down towards the south from southern china in through indo-china in toward the bay of bengal. we are seeing particularly heavy rain also across the philippines. with scattered showers through indo-china. taking you a little further south. i want to show you some pictures of a very rare phenomenon. this was captured on camera by an australian filmmaker. what we are looking at right here, a fire tornado, the phenomenon is caused when warm, rotating, rising column of air picks up a bush fire which is what happened. this twister was 30 meters high. and lasted about 40 minutes you. can see the rotation in the cloud there. really quite a spectacle. all right, let's go now to north america. it has been a day of -- very heavy storms. it was for you on wednesday. thursday going to be a lot more peaceful, weatherwise. for you in eastern locations. still s

also affecting the korean peninsula. heavy rain moving into south korea will be falling on already saturated land. short time heavy rain. that is going to be about 30 millimeters possible in the space of one hour. that can result in flash flooding, especially as i mentioned when the ground is already saturated from previous bouts of torrential rain. inland china, seeing heavy rain moving through. this is a developing low. the southern region, see anything from 100 to 250 millimeters of rain off of the system in the next 24 hours. further down toward the south. the monsoon rain is going to keep coming from the philippines right through in towards the bay of bengal. heaviest hit places in the last day or so, have been northern vietnam, as well as central, northern parts of thailand. southern parts of thailand. i should say. there are advisories for heavy ran and floods. it looks like it is going to be very active into the weekend. all right. let's check on hurricane leslie now. sitting here in the atlantic. i say just sitt

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like in korean peninsula, the predominant goal is the nuclear rights in the peninsula. and by the way north korea dropped from mpt. north korea exploded a couple times nuclear devices and said it will continue to do so. and you know, it sends a message to some other countries who are concerned about their security. that if you have a bomb, you are safer, and this is a very dangerous situation. so we really have to be consistent in what we do, whether in promoting democratic revolutions from the middle east or whether to safeguard the non-proliferation regime or whether resolving any other conflict. we cannot approach things just because of the domestic political agenda using double standards. >> rose: do you have fears about the arab spring? >> well i think -- >> rose: do you have any theories about the arab autumn and where you think it's going. >> i hope it's not going to the nuclear winter. >> rose: what would lead it to the nuclear winter, iran getting a nuclear weapon which is not an arab country. what would lead to the nuclear winter? >> well, this was a figure of

typhoon samba passed over japan's okinawa island before heading toward the korean peninsula. no reports of deaths or major industries but the typhoon did halt air and sea travel in the area. around 300 flights out of okinawa were canceled, south korea and parts of southern china are now preparing for the storm. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are visiting the solomon islands today. thousands gathered around the perimeter of the airport to catch a glimpse of the couple. prince william and his wife, kate, received a traditional welcome before leaving the airport in an open top vehicle meant to resemble a canoe. they will stay in the solomon islands until tuesday. >>> there are plenty of ways to get around san francisco but now there's a new way. one that doesn't involve getting stuck in traffic. as joe rosato, jr., shows us, it doesn't travel around the bay, it travels on it. >> a bunch of old sailors. >> reporter: for much of his life growing up in marin, taylor lewis never strayed far from water. >> always been around the maritime community. >> reporter: now he's using

peninsula. i'm in a corn field and it's a five-hour drive. last year the north korean authorities discovered some remains of japanese people who di died in world war ii. an excavation covered the remains of one person. a coinated 1941 was also unearthed. masaki is convinced that there are more japanese remains here. >> translator: i waited for this opportunity for a long time. my wish has finally been fulfilled. we will remember the victims and offer prayers for them. i pray that you all may rest in peace. japanese -- could hardly take anything with them. about 20,000 are believed to still be buried in north korea. some japanese families want to visit the site and repatriate the remains of their relatives. yashushi is 80 now, he and his family returned to japan from north korea when the soviets invaded. caramula was 13 years old. his father was drafted into the imperial army and was never seen again. >> malnutrition killed his sister when she was 1. >> i vividly remember my sister being incredibly hungry, he was starving, for 67 years she's been buried in north korea,