i enjoy the traditions of kyoto. >> visitors hoping to catch more kyoto traditions, the month long festival closes next week. that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. .. .. ♪ >>> from the four winds and the scent of the earth come the color of the seasons. exploring the four seasons of japan.

nhk world's keiko travelled to kyoto to learn more. >> reporter: textiles are her canvas for creating original works rich in color and texture. she weaves in a style known as sunugi based on traditional fabrics made by women in the countryside. underlining her work is a technique known as bokashi, degradation and melding of colors. this lairing of colors is a key feature of her feks tiles. >> translator: how many colors are you using in this piece? >> perhaps about 15. that's not so much. usually i use around 30. >> she makes all her own dyes from natural plants. unlike chemical dyes, the pigments found in plants are changeable. making them harder to use. she makes delicate adjustments in the time and temperature to produce threats in a range of hughs. she didn't start weaving until her 30s. she took it up as a way to support herself and two young daughters after getting divorced. she was inspire bid a basket of left over yarn by her mother who hoped to become a weaver at one time in her life. she was fascinated by a style of weaving which used to be made by poor peasant women. but sh

and a kyoto university research institute headed by this professor will provide the ips cells. he received a nobel prize for his ips research. the scientists are expected to clear the technical hurdles within three years. clinical research will be done over the next seven years. the japanese government says it will provide $1.1 billion to fund these projects over a 10-year period. >>> executives overseeing the fukushima daiichi plant want to restart reactors at another plant they own. officials at tokyo electric power company want permission to resume operations at reactors at niigata prefecture at the sea of japan coast but they face stiff opposition. all but two reactors in japan remain offline following the 2011 accident at the fukushima daiichi plant. reactors must meet new safety standards that go into effect this month before they can go back to operation. the governor is opposed to the plan by tepco. he says there can be no discussion about restarting the plant until the fukushima accident is thoroughly investigated. tepco's board of directors decided to apply for a gove

the professor from kyoto university studied the relationship between the internal clock and high blood pressure. he used mice, some with disrupted internal clocks and others were normal. when he get them salted food, grows. >> translator: the body's rhythm is connected to so many functions, including the working of the liver and heart. when rhythm abnormalities persist, style diseases are the most likely result. >> it's still not clear how much exposure will result in illness. in japan and many other countries, no regulations exist with managing the amount of blue light. meanwhile, germany announced light lines and pointed out that it is desirable to expose to blue light during the day and reduce the amount at night. the guidelines mention which type of light chb used like homes, schools and nursing care facilities. it's now more common to see lighting that can adjust the amount of blue light. at a vocational school, some are equipped with the most up to date lighting system. they look like normal lights, but the color adjusts automobileally. when we fast forward the video, the amount

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. >>> people in the capital of kyoto are enjoying a dramatic buildup before the close of the colorful festival. the climax comes with a parade of giant floats. ♪ >> the procession kicks off with a child dressed in traditional costume cutting a sacred rope with a sword. the festival dates back to the tenth century and one of the three great festivals of the ancient capital. they battled the heat to see the colorfully decorated floats. and this is what they saw, enormous floats making hair raising 90 degree turns at crossings, executed by teams of about 50. >> translator: i was overwhelmed at seeing the huge floats. >> the tall floats are spectacular. >> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world. thanks for joining us. have a great day wherever you are. . > from the four winds and the scent of the earth come the color of the seasons. exploring the four seasons of japan. tokyo, a city that does not sleep.

about 100 varieties of lotus are now in full bloom at the temple near kyoto.he temple priests hold the sake tasting event every year. temple staff pour sake onto lotus leaves. tourists then use the stem as a straw to drink the rice wine. the stem is rich in calcium and minerals. drinking sake in this manner is said to have originated in china, where people drank it for good health and longevity. >> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. see you soon.

. ♪ >>> the rainy season is finally over and the sun is shining down over ohara, kyoto.he greenery of the fields deepen by the day and the season brings about new changes in

there have been other incidences of falsification, two weeks ago, an investigation team at kyoto university of medicine said it was said the results of a clinical study of blood pressure drug may have been manipulated. last year an investigation by the japanese society of anesthesiologists found that an ex-associate professor had fabricated 172 papers in 19 years. a head of an organization that represents japan's scientists explained the background to these incidents. >> translator: researchers always want to write valuable papers, release their findings to gain a reputation, as well as funding. i think this motivation can sometimes lead to problems. young researchers are also having a hard time getting stable positions recently. some of them want to show off good research results to get a better job. that might be another reason to cross the line. if this kind of fraud continues, it will damage the credibility japanese science and technology, as well as products that use the research. so it's extremely important to remind researchers about ethics and to improve the standards for authentic

kyoto where the gion festival is held, 35 degrees until friday, but take a look at hangzhou, the 40s to friday. do stay hydrated. let's look at the americas where the cold front is sagging all the way to the south. due to the tropical moisture from the south. thunderstorms are active across the southeast. this one actually could spawn tornadoes. we have a tornado watch in southern manitoba as we speak. flash floods are also still posted, risk is actually posted in a wide range in the southwest and down to new mexico due to the moisture surging from the bay of california. it's quite hot. still that heat dome across the pacific northwest, but cooler and dry across the great lakes region. and that includes chicago, toronto, looking at nice temperature, but houston's reaching up to 37 degrees and phoenix, 41, las vegas in the 40s, too. let's move over to europe. we have atlantic system moving into the british isles. this will bring you showers on the heavier side sometimes and thunderstorms into your weekend. it's pulling a very active warm front. from this we have a report of a frontal

. ♪ >>> the cloudy skies signal the end of the rainy season in ohara, kyoto.

we feel like i'm a little bit done kyoto don quixote tilting at windmills, but this is real. writing more population. we just had a hearing yesterday in the land-use committee about the fact the we are expanding population, expanding housing development along all these areas where we are struggling to meet even current demands. sadly that hearing not even single press attention. nothing. it's like it is complete deafening silence about this looming issue. i'll be supporting this project but i want to give fair warning, that at some point we need to draw the line. projects cannot just keep moving through that are not paying impact fees to support critical transit capacity expansion that we need along market street, along the southeast waterfront. a number of different areas of our city. thank you. >>i will be supporting the project. when he can divorce years ago by was over 600 feet and the issue came up and do a lot of concerns, but i think as much as i would like to see the project scaled down a little bit more i think the fact that the developer has set up and only agreed t

the revelations follow others earlier this month from kyoto prefectural university of medicine. scientists there had said the drug is more effective than others in reducing strokes and angina. now they say their clinical study may have come to the wrong conclusions. managers at novartis pharma used the results of the study to promote the drug. annual sales of the drug in japan were worth about $1 billion. >>> a political banner at a japan south korea soccer match has stoked tensions between the two countries. now south korean foreign ministry officials say a japanese minister in charge of sports has made offensive remarks. he commented on the banner displayed by south korean soccer fans at the east asia soccer championship in seoul on sunday. >> translator: such an incident shows the cultural level of a nation. i hope south koreans will watch sports games in a fair manner. >> he also said if soccer fans had tried to do the same in japan, they would have been stopped. the banner read "a people who forget history have no future," a criticism of remarks by japanese politicians on h

the revelations follow others earlier this month from kyoto prefectural university of medicine. scientists there had said the drug is more effective than others in reducing strokes and angina. now they say their clinical study may have come to the wrong conclusions. managers at novartis pharma used the results of the study to promote the drug. annual sales of the drug in japan were worth about $1 billion. >>> japanese soldiers fought some fierce battles during world war ii, even as the war was drawing to a close. some of them met their end fighting soviet troops on the island of sakhalin in russia's far east. now a group of russians is working to ensure the lives sacrificed on both sides are not forgotten. nhk world's reporter reports. >> reporter: i've come to the forest. this place very close to the former border between japan and the soviet was a hard-fought battlefield back in 1945. while people here are starting to search for the remains of japanese soldiers. the search team is a volunteer group. they've made it their mission to recover fallen soldiers. they hope today will

the kyoto convention would do exactly that. it would allow us in this country and around the world to regulate carbon emissions. if they do this, they're able to control the lives -- this was way back 13 years ago that this was taking place. anyway, they started trying to pass legislation. the first bill, the first one actually was not necessarily a democrat bill. it was mccain-lieberman, and it was one that was a cap and trade bill. quite frankly, at that time we were, the republicans were a majority. i chaired a committee called the environment and public works, and so i was on the floor managing the opposition to that particular cap and trade bill. that was a carbon control bill. and we won. and the years went by and we continued to win over and over again. so i guess what i'm saying is the reason the president is doing this right now is because he can't get it done by anyone who is accountable to the people. he can't get it done through legislation. so he's trying to do it through regulation. the most recent one was in 2009

it's inspired by the ancient city of kyoto and sits on 33 acres in woodside, california. >> everything, mortise and tenon, tongue and groove. >> no nails. >> no nails, no nails. >> not a single nail on the property. >> not a single nail on the property, no. it's all assembled in the traditional japanese way. >> he brought craftsmen over from japan to do the work. construction started ten years ago and has cost over $100 million. the lake was made earthquake-proof by pouring three separate layers of concrete. thousands of rocks on the property were each hand picked by a japanese artist. >> the garden is really a piece of sculpture. and the rocks are supposed to look like they were placed here by the hand of god over the last million years. >> japanese culture fascinates ellison. he owns a priceless collection of 16th century samurai armor-- fitting for a businessman whose favorite saying comes from the warrior genghis khan. genghis kahn said... >> he said, "it's not sufficient i succeed; everyone else must fail." that quote i actually got from--i was working in japan, and a japanese exe

. >> the saudis are worried we are going to hit our kyoto numbers had we signed on, we will exceed themr than kyoto, europe will be much higher. >> look at the lead story on "the financial times." u.s. shale threatens saudi, diversify away from oil. >> wit a second, if the president is proposing a corporate tax overhaul, that would go a long way towards meeting what the business community has been clamoring for. >> absolutely a. corporate tax overhaul is absolutely what we should do. it should be tied to an individual overhaul, if you separate the corporate rate from the individual rate. you gat individual rate at 42%. if you are living in new york city, your tax rates are around 60 cents, of every dollar goes to the government. but you said a corporate rate of say 28, 2009%. then you skewed the tax laws again. you got to bring the corporate rate in line with the individual rate and bring them both down and actually simp bobles proposed a plan to do just that. >> that's so dead. >> wait a second, i would think that would be something you jump behind. >> it was the second part of the sen

he together with other people persuaded them to drop kyoto off the list because of its treasures of buddhist architecture and its significance to buddhism but no, he used the image when you met president truman after the bombings. he said to truman mr. president i feel i have blood on my hands. and he did indeed have blood on his hands. he had the opportunity to support the chicago petition. the scientists of chicago drew up a petition signed by scientist urging the u.s. government not to use this bomb in the first instance on japanese civilians but to invite the japanese to a demonstration of its power which they thought would be enough. oppenheimer argued against that in his argument against that was it might fizzle and if it fizzles and it doesn't work then the demonstration has done more harm than good. but in any case no, his views did not change. but i think, i mean how do you deal with being responsible for the deaths of over 100,000 people? that thought weighed heavily on him and i think had a lot to do with the rapid aging you can see in the photographs of oppenheimer between 45 and

and -- and the reason was that in the very beginning back in the kyoto treaty, we're talking about 12 years ago, everyone believed all this was taking place. remember, this is when al gore came back from rio de janeiro and convinced everyone it was. we thought this was the case until a group out of the wharton school that did a study and they said if we pass cap-and-trade, i think they were using, i'm going from memory now, that they would regulate emissions from organizations that emitted 25,000-tons or more of co2 a year. if we did that, the cost would be between 300 and $400 billion a year. now one of the things i do as a conservative is every time we hear these figures, i get the most recent information that i can from my state of oklahoma in terms of the number of people that are there that are filing federal tax returns and i do the math. what that, madam president, at that time it would cost -- this is the way it works out -- each one about $3,000 a year. now, that's if we had cap-and-trade. now, this kind of kept going throughout the years, the most recent one was by -- author

whole thing on global warming to start with, because if you follow through, going all the way from the kyoto convention 12 years ago up to -- through all these bills, all this legislation, they are the ones that if that becomes a reality that we'll have to turn to, and all of a sudden they will have a source of income so they won't have to be depending upon the united states who pays 25% of their bills or any of the other countries. so i can remember one of the things the united nations does and has been doing for ten years or so -- i guess longer than that -- is they have the big party, the biggest party of the year and they found the most exotic places in america and they had these parties, and they invite all the countries, 192 countries to come to it, and these big conventions they have, the only price of entering is that they have to agree that they agree with global warming and they are going to start restricting their co2. well, obviously, they're not going to do it, but it's worth lying to be able to go to the party. so the biggest party -- one of the biggest ones was in copenhagen i