it's operated by kyushu electric power company. all of japan's 48 commercial reactors are now off-line. they must pass a screening before they can resume operation. sendai is one of the six plants in the advanced stages of a safety review. the regulators discussed whether to give priority to the screening process of these six plants. they want to make sure the facilities can withstand more powerful earthquakes and tsunami. the regulators will issue a report on the results of their review. they'll asked experts for their opinions and hold public hearings. managers at kyushu electric hope to resume operations at the sendai plant before demand surges in the summer. still ahead for the utility is a future on-site inspections and persuading local residents that restarting the reactors is safe. >>> japan's pro soccer league has ordered the urawa reds club to play a home game with no fans in attendance as a penalty for a controversial banner displayed at the stadium. it's the first time officials have handed out this type of punishment. t

, take a look at that coming in from the west and showers starting to be seen in western parts of kyushu down through the southern japanese islands. this is going to be quite heavy across the pacific coastline of japan there on thursday. some areas could see as much as 100, 120, to 150 millimeters of total rainfall as this does push through. and also, be accompanied by a few thunderstorms coming out of this. now it's not just the rain, though. you can see out here towards the north in the white, some areas across hokkaido and northern honshu, 30 to 50 centimeters will be seen, as well. throughout the day on thursday, that's going to be in place by friday. it should start to clear up, but behind it we're looking at high pressure coming in from the northwest. so some cooler temperatures, but also the hazy conditions which have been dominating out here, is also going to be drifting down towards the southeast. so if you're in shanghai, taipei, even over towards hong kong, the aqi indices is going to be starting to go downhill. let's take a look at your temperatures, though, here on your thur

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