that's one in every five kyoto citizens. the city disaster chief faced difficult decisions under pressure. >> translator: we haven't experienced flooding this bad for sometime. we hope to learn from this experience so we can be better prepared for next time. >> translator: we would like to review our warning system by interviewing local interviewing local municipalities and >> reporter: the people of kyoto have suffered the worst in the case. but not a single person was lost. weather officials are hoping they can keep their new system on hand for another rainy day. nhk world, back to you. >>> the powerful winds unleashed by the storm have cut powers to thousands of households and damages hundreds of homes. in miyagi prefecture, the wind. >> we were just getting back on our feet from the tsunami two years ago. i don't know what to say. >> many homes near tokyo were heavily damaged as the wind tore down powerlines and toppled trees. >> translator: i woke to a shaking noise. i thought it was an earthquake. it only took about a

kyoto city residents acted on the warning 45 minutes later. they advised more than 45,000 people living along the katsumi river to evacuate. at 9:30 a.m., some 268,000 residents were told to get moving. that's one in every five citizens. the city's disaster chief faced difficult decisions under pressure. >> translator: we haven't experienced flooding this bad for some time. we hope to learn from this experience so we can be better prepared for next time. >> translator: we would like to review our warning system by interviewing local municipalities and residents. >> reporter: the people of kyoto have suffered the worst flood in decades. but not a single person was lost. weather officials are hoping they can keep their new system on hand for another rainy day. nhk world. >>> employees from north and south korea are back at work at a jointly run complex, after it was shut down for five months. nearly 1,000 workers crossed the border from the south, then reported for duty at the kaesong industrial zone. a anna jung reports. >> reporter: truckrder.

gates and built before the midwinter fair and rebuilt in the last 20 years and people who came from kyoto and used the materials and traditional japanese trees and they're phenomenal and just like what you see in the temple gardens in kyoto. the pioneer log cabin and used for pevmen ps for the rec department in golden gate park and was recently restored and renovated. apparently they brought the logs in out of the woods -- out of the forest by helicopter so they wouldn't damage the bark because the bark is an important part of the buildings as you can see. one of my favorite buildings in san francisco. the camera obscura and one of the last remaining buildings that was play land of the beach and right below the cliff house and opening in the roof that you can see there and it rotates and lens and a mirror in the opening and project what is it sees outside into a parbollic shape platform inside the building and you can see the world outside. why do i have to pay three dollars and i can go outside and look at it? it's a truly remarkable experience. first of all the preriffal stimuli is gone

he hit a museum in kyoto last year. it didn't go so well. he set off a bomb to escape.he pictures aren't pretty. throw your party, mr. bocklage. leave the rest to us.

. >>> scientists at japan's kyoto university say they've identified an enzyme that when deactivated gives male mammals the ability to give birth. the study was led by associate professor from the university's institute for virus research. the research is focused on an enzyme called jmjd1a which is active in the testes of male mice. when it was deactivated, the mice developed wombs and mammary glands, which means they could also produce milk. the findings could help the dairy industry. >> translator: female cows are important in dairy production. the discovery could help dairy farmers increase milk production in case of a possible food crisis. >>> voters in the maldives will choose a new president this month. dhra dhirakaosal in bangkok has the details. >>> saturday's poll will only be the second multi-party presidential election to take place in the maldives. the first vote in 2008 followed 30 years of autocratic rule. political turmoil in recent months has raised questions about the strength of this island nation's young democracy. candidates from four parties are competing to win suppor

. >>> though it's autumn according to the calendar, the summer heat still persists in ohara, kyoto. but autumn's colors have already started to paint the fields and mountains.

>> in japan there was a powerful typhoon that dumped rains and flooding parts of a tourist city of kyoto. there was wind up to 100 miles per hour. the typhoon is expected to pass through tokyo this afternoon. >> mt. diablo will re-open after a wildfire forced it to close. firefighters declared the fire 100 percent contained over the weekend. the fire burned 3,100 acres to prevent soil erosion crews will spread out hay and replant trees in burned areas. the fire was sparked by a target shooter. a 30-acre fire that forced evacuation of several homes in lake county is fully contained this morning. flames break out near the community of clear lake after 5:00. the fire sent huge plumes of smoke in the air. the cause is under investigation. >> bart and the two unions will get back to the bargaining stable. the 60 day cooling-off period ends in four weeks. both sides remain far apart on major issues such as pay and benefits. bart is offering union members a 10 percent raise over four years and the unions want a 20 percent raise over three years. a bart negotiators said the agency could begin tr

250,000 people were ordered to evacuate japan as a typhoon hit the popular tourist destination of kyoto. the winds are more than 100 miles an hour and is headed toward tokyo. about 80,000 homes were without power in western and central japan. >>> well, this morning the u.n. security council and general assembly will be briefed on the weapons inspector's report on weapons report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. then members of the security council are expected to try to turn this u.s. and russian framework on chemical weapons into an acceptable plan. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. a senior syrian government official says syria welcomes the u.s./russia deal and calls it a victory for the assad regime, but secretary of state john kerry again made it clear if syria does not follow through, there will be consequences. >> the threat of force is real and the assad regime and all those taking part need to understand president obama and the united states are committed to achieve this goal. >> kerry briefed the leaders on the ten

is one of the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in canada and why canada pulled out of the kyotois is what it looks like. not fluid, so it takes a lot more energy and water and produces a lot more byproduct. it is equaling to why it is such a big area, 141 thousand square kilometers, equal to that of destroying england, wales combined, or the state of florida for american folks. there are about six or seven cities, could be up to nine. oil, formperial example, would be bigger than washington, d.c. alone. this is some of the biggest dump trucks in the world. a lot of the issues of toxicity we're talking with, which relates to water, ponds, but there really toxic sludge lakes. they currently spend 180 square kilometers. every day one million leaders are reaching to the watershed, which is where our families drink from. arctic ap into the sin. that is where the northern folks will be getting these toxins that contain cyanide, lead, synthetic assets. there are a lot of issues we're dealing with healthwise. >> that was a member of the first nation in northern alberta. all of this come

are evacuated in japan after a typhoon yesterday dumping rain and flooding on the tourist city of kyoto. this is the most power will storm this season with winds in excess of 100 miles per hour. it is expected it pass through tokyo this afternoon. >> mt. diablo state farm will re-open this morning a week after wildfire forced it to close. firefighters declared the morgan fire 100 percent contained over the weekend. it burned 3,100 acres. crews will spread out hay to prevent erosion and replant trees. the fire was sparked by a target shooter. a 30-acre fire that forced evacuation of several homes if lake county is full any -- fully contained. crews called in cal fire to help. you can see from the pictures that the fire sent huge plumes of smoke into the air with 20 homes evacuated and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> bart and the two big of the unions are back to the bargaining table. the cooling-off period imposed by the governor will end to less than four weeks. both sides are still far apart open pay and benefits and offering union members a 10 percent race over four y

he -- together with other people persuaded them to drop kyoto off the list because of the treasures of buddhist architecture and the significance to buddhism. but no, he was -- he used the image of dirty hands. when he met president truman after the bombings, he said to truman, mr. president, i felt have i blood on my hand. and he did indeed have blood an his hand. he had the opportunity to support the chicago petition. the scientist of chicago lead by him drew up in a petition signed by scientists 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 the power, which they thought would be enough oppenheimer argued against it. it might fizzle. if it fizz ms and doesn't work, it's the so-called demonstration has done more harm than good. in any case, his views didn't change. but i think, i mean, how do you deal with being responsible for the death of over 100,000 people? that thought weighed heavily on him. i think it has a lot to do with the rapid aging that you can see in the photograph the of oppe

torrential rains have damaged homes and flooded parts of the country's popular tourist destination of kyotorly 260- thousand people have been ordered to evacuate to shelters. hundreds of thousands of others were ordered to evacuate in western japan. about 80,000 houses are without electricity in western and central japan. typhoon man-yi, one of the most powerful storms to lash japan this season, had wind speeds of 100 miles per hour this morning as it headed toward tokyo. >> and back here in the bay area. tsunami warning sirens are working again on the san mateo county coast. the new system has the capacity to deliver voice possible instructions as well as a siren tone in the event of an emergency. officials plan to conduct a silent test of the system twice a day and an audible test on the first wednesday of each month. a test of the warning system in august found that five out of eight sirens positioned along 30 miles of coastline between pacifica and functioning properly. >> for as we head into the weekend the chance will increase for the rest of us. today however, we are dealing with a l

and current obama defense secretary chuck hagel which said the united states should not ratify the kyoto treaty unless specific standards were agreed upon to limit emissions by developing countries. the byrd-hagel pins pl was commonsense in 1997 and remains so today. for that reason, i'll be introducing legislation that would delay the implementation of the new source rules for coal plants unless other countries that account for 80% of the total nonu.s.a. carbon dioxide emissions standards enact those standards so we are not disadvantaging our workers, our jobs, our economy, our seniors, our folks who have manufacturing jobs in small businesses. the american people want us to work together. they realy do. we hear that when we're out. it's -- republicans, democrats, inexcellents, nonparties, old, young, educated, less educated, blue collar, white collar, they want us to work together. they want commonsense policies. they want an energy policy that creates jobs, that includes everything that is an all of the above energy plan. and that's what we want. that's what we're fighting for. the pr

i went through this, i suggest to my friend, 12 years ago when the kyoto treaty was up, everybody thought global warming, that was going to be everyone's trip to the white house was to support global warming until we realized what the cost would be. i was the bad guy who who said it's a hoax, and secondly, if it's not, we couldn't do it. that's when the name calling -- i remember being called in writing and by a fairly prominent person i should be hanged for treason at that time. that's what they get to and what my friend is going through with a lot of people who don't agree with him. but now 12 years later what's happened? people realize that it was right. i'm not suggesting it's going to be the years before -- 12 years before they realize you're right on this but the behavior of people today is something that's happened many, many times in the past. so i would just ask my friend to remember that and realize quite often when you're right in a controversial issue you'll be the subject of a lot of criticism, a lot of cussing and a lot of name calling and a lot of violence. so this isn't th

>>> though it's autumn according to the calendar, the summer heat still persists in ohara, kyoto. but autumn's colors have already started to paint the fields and mountains.

people in fukushima in kyoto prefecture have been watching the river that runs through the area still over its banks. the water has flooded streets, houses and farmland. the central and western regions of japan have so far recorded 550 millimeters of rain. the powerful winds unleashed by the storm have cut power to thousands of households and damaged hundreds of homes. in miyagi prefecture, the roof of a store was blown away. debris was scattered dozens of meters away from the shop. >> translator: we were just getting back on our feet from the tsunami two years ago. i don't know what to say. >> many homes near tokyo were heavily damaged as the wind tore down power lines and toppled trees. >> translator: i woke to a shaky noise. i thought it was an earthquake. it took about a minute for the power pole to fall over. >> the storm also damaged homes in guma and other prefectures north of tokyo. local authorities have set up evacuation shelters for affected residents. >>> the storm has put crews at the damaged fukushima daiichi plant on alert. workers released into the ocean water that had