strong winds are affecting kyushu as well. now, the center is located to the west of kyushu at this moment. maysak is now a large and very strong typhoon which is the second highest category on the scale. the central pressure is 950 hectare pascals at the moment. it will make landfall on the coast of south korea by early thursday morning local time with the same pressure. if it does so, it could be one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in recorded history. after affecting south korea, the center will likely move over north korea which is still struggling with the aftermath of another typhoon. let's go down to the south. we have haishen which is now a severe tropical storm. this will likely intensify to a monster storm because the sea surface temperatures are extremely warm. haishen is now packing gusts of 126 kilometers per hour. but it looks by saturday the gusts could be over or nearly 270 kilometers per hour. then it will move over kyushu on sunday. the central pressure could be 930 hector pascals. once again, it

if haishen makes landfall in kyushu, it could be added to this list.y safe. >>> the weather is threatening to cut short the search for more than 40 crew members of a cargo ship that went missing off an island in southwestern japan. on friday, japan coast guard patrollers recovered a second man drifting in waters 120 kilometers after amami, he had a life vest strapped to his body. the cargo ship was transported 600 head of cattle from new zealand to china when it sent out a distress signal on wednesday. the previously rescued crew member said the ship capsized after being hit by waves. the coast guard says it may have to call off the search due to the approach of typhoon haishen. >>> now to china where authorities are showcasing how the city where the coronavirus pandemic first started has been recovering. they led foreign journalists on a tour of wuhan on thursday. the event included a stop at a hospital that was on the front lines of the battle to contain the outbreak there. officials recounted how they dealt with an influx of coronavirus patients sta

typhoon maysak brought heavy rain to the kyushu region earlier this week.he storm left at least five people injured and hundreds of thousands of homes without power. a search is underway for the crew of a cargo ship. it was sailing wednesday morning when it fell out of contact. of the 43 crew members on board, one has been rescued so far. he told rescue workers that an engine malfunctioned and made it unable to cruise and the ship capsized when a wave hit it from the side. the storm system barreled across the korean peninsula inundating hundreds of homes achd leaving one person dead. south korean officials say they recorded more than 1,000 mill meet ergs of rain in the course of a few hours.s. it forced the shutdodown of fou nuclear reretors, but t the operator s says thehere were no safety issues. the stotorm h headed out to seae but made landfall again i in th northeastern part of north korea. state-run media reported some damage to farms and flooded roa roads. to find out more on what we can expect fromhaishen, let's bring in meteorologist sayaka mori. >

we start here in j japan where people on the southern w wester island of kyushu are e pr pairing forwe powerful typhoon. weather officials say it could make land fall close to full strength sometime between sunday and monday. typhoon haishen is being described as potentially one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the country in decades. officials are warning there could be record breaking winds in affected areas this weekend. they're also forecasting heavy rain across the region. people are being urged to start preparing as soon as possible. it's prompted rice farmers to harvest rice crops a week earlier than normal. >> translator: i only hope the typhoon will pass through without causing damage. >> and a major japanese delivery company says it will suspend services in the kyushu region to ensure staff safety. to find out more on where thehe storm iss headed, let's bring i yoko komagata. >> back to back storms have left damage in southeastern japan and the korean peninsula. this is a path of typhoon maysak. conditions have improved in many parts of the korean peninsula, but the nex

through the next 24 hours, maysak is likely to move northeast toward kyushu.t will likely make landfall in south korea by late wednesday evening. as it does so that is going to be the fourth tropical storm to hit the korean peninsula so far this year. rainfall will increase in western japan and south korea for the next couple of days. rainfall could total 400 millimeters in south korea and even more in parts of kyushu. heavy rain will appear in okinawa throughout the day on tuesday and some showers will persist at least into wednesday morning. rainfall and winds will increase in fukuoka and seoul wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. now we are looking at another storm near the ogasawara islands. it will become the next named storm by tuesday evening. it could affect japan directly through the end of the weekend. we'll keep you posted. >>> now people in the central u.u.s. are s seeing severe weat on monday. some of the thunderstorms created large hail and tornadoes. a cold front will pass through okinawa and texas into tuesday producing more severe weathe

parts of kyushu saw 150 millimeters of rain in six hours.hat's the record for the month of september. the rain is caused by a seasonal frontal system. we have the wet season in autumn as well. this frontal system will likely affect areas from northern kyushu through the hoke queue region and into northern japan, possibly hokkaido as well into friday. not just heavy rain. we might see thunderstorms and even tornadoes. severe weather is expected to batter mainly the sea of japan side of the nation into friday at least. that could continue into the weekend as well. the front is in the boundary between cooler air and warm air. so areas to the south will see unusually high temperatures on friday. that includes tokyo. 32 for the high on friday and then things are cooling down sharply because the front will sag to the south by sunday. the daytime high will be only 24 degrees and rain is in the forecast on saturday as well as sunday. sapporo will see rainy weather on friday, but beautiful sun many weather on saturday and sundayay. hurricane sally ma

about 580 domestic flights, mainly to and from the kyushu region, were canceled on monday.nd kyushu shinkansen bullet train services have been canceled, along with all bullet trains between hakataa and hiroshima. >>> two japanese lawmakers kicked off their campaigns for the leadership of thee nation's new main opposition party. it is being created through a merger including the two largest opposition groups. the race is between izumi kenta, the policy chief of the democratic party for the people, and edano yukio, the leader of the constitutional democratic party of japan. >> translator: through t the leadership election, we will confront the ruling party with the expectations and voices of many japanese people. i will do my best to take the lead with a sense of determination. >> translator: the era demands the formation of a newew party that will transcend the end of the ababe administration. we will maintain active roles through generations, and gender, from women to the young, middle age and senior citizens. >> opposition lawmakers will vote on thursday to choose their le

kyushu will experience stormy weather into wednesday at least.ue to the counterclock wise circulation, other portions of japan will see stormy weather. she queue queue may see nearly 700 millimeters of rain in the next two days. parts of japan will see 500 millimeters of rain today. today osaka saw 100 millimeters in just one hour. we'll see the system moving north, making landfall in south korea as a typhoon for thursday morning thursday morning. it could be one of the strongest typhoons to hit south korea in recorded history. it will move over north korea and hit towards harbin. we are talking about maysak. one more storm can be found across the south. sea surface temperatures south of japan are much higher than normal. that means the newly formed system will likely intensify even further. right now a tropical depression, it's likely to intensify to a named storm and likely hit towards western japan. it my directly impact western japan. after that it's going to head towards the korean peninsula. let's go to the southern hemisphe hemisphere. it

a lot of people need to be alert especially towards kyushu and south korea.he storm might go in towards the korean peninsula. a lot of people may be affected as the storm is slow gathering momentum and is getting stronger. we have seen record breaking rainfall in certain places starting with 257.5 millimeters in a short period of time. it's only the beginning of september. and we've already broken september records, so there could be more to come your way. as the storm intensifies and moves into the northern direction you can see going in towards kyushu and also sort of affecting much of south korea, there could be heavy rainfall for the next couple of days. definitely going to be a disastrous one day and it could lead to disruptions in term of commute. it could flood lots of homes. look at the amount of rainfall we're experiencing. and also the outer bands of the storm could reach as far as the shikoku islands and we're expecting 255 millimeters of rainfall for much areas of western japan. so, be careful at all times. you might be asking why are these storms

that means that kyushu, over southwestern japan, is its next point of concern. so the storm, you can see, the eastern eyewall is actually just away from the amami oshima island where james reynolds is located, right there, there is some promising trends showing some weakening continuing with this system. in fact the joint typhoon warning center official forecast has this going from a category 2 hurricane, equivalent, where it is now, to a tropical storm in the next 24 hours by the time it makes landfall across the korean peninsula into busan, west of that city. let's time things out for residents located across this region. we really have the worst of the weather impacting k ining kagos the kyushu islands. we see the impacts from wind, extreme rain and storm surge threats across extreme southern portions of south korea. you can see the rainfall threat across this region in excess of 250 millimeters locally on top of what is already a very saturated environment. so flash flooding a big problem. you got to see this, do you know that the weather with this typhoon a

my main worry is the japanese island of kyushu. this is an island that is exceptionally vulnerable to flash flooding, mudslides. we've seen that earlier this year. you get a big typhoon like this dumping huge amounts of rain. it's a recipe for desert. of course, our friends in south korea are getting another hit of a typhoon that will hit this country. >> what's your sense of how far the island is through this? i mean, are they mostly the way through it? halfway through? what's your feeling? >> well, the good news is i think within the next four or five hours the worst of it should be most cleared or hopefully by this evening, it should be a case of clearing up and getting back to normal as quickly as possible. >> thank you for spending time with us in japan. >>> all right. british police have arrested more than a dozen climate activists, this after they've blocked several rupert murdock-owned newspapers. these are members of the distinction rebellion group. particularly known in the uk. they claim that right wing media are not rep

haishen brought strong winds and heavy rain to kyushu and other regions. woman died from a head injury after falling into a gutter on her way to a a friend's house. and a man died after he fell trying to protect his house from the storm. in miyazaki prefecture rescue crews are searching for four people who may have been in buildings hit byy a landslide ad swept into a nearby river. two of them are vietnamese trainees who work at a local construction company. the owner of the company spent ten hours trapped by the mud slide but was eventually able to free himself. >>> in south korea the storm clclmed at least t two liveses r it made landfall on the southeastern tip of the peninsula. local media say about 3,000 people were displaced. two remain missing and five are injured. two powerful typhoons hit japan in the space of around a week this month causing widespread damage. our next story shows how the ever present natural threat has led authorities to roll out a new surveillance system to monitor rivers around the country and warn people when storms and heavy

more than 83,000 house holds are without lek tris tricep in the cue s kyushu area. search is underway for the crew of a cargo ship. it fell ouout of contact early thursday morning. one crew memberr has been rescud so far. meanwhile, typhoon haishen is intensifying over waters south of japan. to find out more, let's go to our meteorologist tsietsi monare. tsietsi. >> these storms are certainly quite intense, and they are getting stronger in some respect, especiallyy if you're looking at heijan that is coming in the southern parts of japan. may tack has brought copious amounts of rain in south korea and north korea, some parts of western japan also severely affected. the one i want you to pay attention to is haitan. it looks like by saturday the pressure could drop more. the pressure is around 975 hectopascals for now, and it could drop even further, making it one of the strongest we have seen in a very long time. do expect that between saturday and sunday. as it moves, it's going to bring strong waves, heavy rainfall, and you can see the rainfall trickling into the n

port in response to an increase in saudi air strikes in yemen more than 1800000 people in japan's kyushu island have been ordered to leave their homes as the country's battered by its 2nd typhoon in a week. and has hit southern regions with gale force winds and rain it's now moving to where south korea those are your headlines news continues their world. you know early 2019 the head of a u.k. based palestinian lobby group made an announcement outside the rule courts of justice in london i speak on my behalf and as a fan of mine of the best anything said that p.r.c. . my bank account i've got lawyers representing moggi delsea had reached an out of court settlement with the company he'd been battling for several years with the 15 that you always think of our banking facility i was here had claimed that the palestinian return center had been wrongly listed on a database and that this had caused them serious financial difficulty about it that we had. and i know that that is them to the committee i'm by i want to take on this secret that there is if you do i'm a misleading allegation in the w

do expect up to 120 millimeters of rainfall and people in places such as northern kyushu could see even00 millimeters coming your mind. you must also keep in mind that that area has been saturated with a lot of water because of previous storms that have passed there. temperatures are going to be warm for places such as tokyo, a degree or two. that's all for your weather. take care. ♪ ♪ >>> that brings us to the end of this edition of nhk "newsline." thank you for watching, and hope you'll join us again. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm yanaka marie. covid-19 has been forcing changes on the world, and the industry of agriculture is no exception. today, we look at how agricultural businesses are responding with innovative ideas. the coronavirus pandemic continues, but hopefully these seeds of inspiration will help the industry blossom. first, we go to south korea, where work opportunities have taken a hit from covid-19, especially for young people. a recently monthly survey by a private think tank found that unemployment among 15- to 29 years old is the worst in over two decade

but the biggest concern is towards kyushu in japan where you can see between 100 and 150 millimetersfall going into friday. so, a lot of mud slides and landslides are possible and also disruption are expected in certain parts. low-lying areas are going to be a major concern. temperatures are quite cool. if you look at japan, still in tokyo, it will be just around 22 degrees. slightly warmer weather will be returning towards osaka. towards the united states we're still seeing heavy rainfall due to beta. it's across louisiana and mississippi and also parts of georgia where atlanta will reach a maximum of 26 degrees. that's all your weather. take care. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." thank you for watching and hope you'll join us again. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." the coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on people's lives all around the world. most of us have been doing our best to adjust to this new normal. but for some individuals, the situation is more than just a challenge. it's a stimulus, driving them to come up with innovative ideas t

fact japanese exactly anticipated the first american invasion was going to take place on southern kyushu. they built this huge buildup of ground and air force, 10,000 aircraft, half of them kamikaze, 700,000 troops. instead of us going in with overwhelming seniority our echelon would be facing 700,000 japanese. the senior naval officer had never wanted to invade japan and had been biding his time to bring on a showdown over whether an invasion should take place. by the 9th of august 1945 with the intelligence, he was prepared to bring on this huge showdown with an army over whether there should be an invasion of japan. only japanese surrender cut that off before it reached a level of mr. truman having a review. >> let's take a call from tom in arlington, west virginia. you're on with richard frank. we're talking about the 75th anniversary of atomic bombings of japan. go ahead, tom. >> caller: good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: i'm age 60. i remember the howard zen lectures of my college years of how history is being rewritten so much right now by people with agendas. i'm hearing o

. >> the power is still out in some areas of kyushu, affecting tens of thousands of households.leanup efforts are well under way amid scorching temperatures. in south korea, the storm claimed at least two lives after it made landfall on the southeastern tip of the peninsula. local media say about 3,000 people were displaced. two remain missing. five are injured. haishen is the second typhoon to hit japan in a week. as you'll see in our next repoint, this slans system is aiming the warn people when storms threaten property and lives. >> it caused widespread damage arc cross japan. near tokyo the embankment of the river collapsed flooding many houses around it this l local resident went t to check the rir during the torrential rains. seeing it was about to overflow he warned his neighbors biphone. he took a risk. just 30 minutes later the levee was breached. >> the levee was at a breaking point. the situation is unbelievable and scary. >> the typhoon prompted the government to expand the network of river surveillance cameras it had been developing to help local residents check the

that was the invasion of kyushu, at the time that our military leaders were planning that operation, there was never a point at which they were projecting casualties on the order of a million. there has been quite a lot of work done on this by historians and researchers because of how often you hear that kind of figure we might have lost a million or half a million. the answer seems to be that the casualty projections were significantly lower than that. and, you know, it is a disputed point and there were different casualty figures, different ways of thinking about it. but at no point did our military leaders, while planning that operation, at no point did they expect something on the order of a million casualties. the projections were much lower. maybe as many as 200 total casualties. now, you know, that doesn't really tell us much about the atomic bomb decision. there is not a -- you can't say well the casualties would have been lower so we should have invaded. i think invading would have been a disaster. regardless of what kind of casualties we would have taken. and so avoiding a

km per hours as it hit kyushu.he storm is now heading for korea where the president's office is warning it could cause there is damage. people have rallied in belarus calling for the resignation of the authoritarian later, look at kashenko, following elections in august, saying the boat was right. the protests against him are unprecedented for their size and duration. extreme weather returns to california with he waves triggering wildfires at the threat of blackout. los angeles forecast to hit 43 degrees celsius sunday. warningr grid has been of rotating outages and declared an emergency as temperatures climbed, sang up to 3 million people could be affected. ahead, booking a $4 billion gain on tech options despite trades being controversial. vows to accelerate the opening of its capital markets say numerals are coming soon. details live from beijing next. this is bloomberg. ♪ regulators promised to accelerate the opening of capital markets and deepen reforms to attract foreign investors. tom mackenzie joins us from

coming very close to the western side of kyushu injapan. landfall in south korea early on monday, just to the east of busan. it will weaken a bit before making landfall, but still a very powerful system. now here is the track of the typhoon. once it make that landfall it will weaken further, but then taking strong winds and heavy rain northwards across the korean peninsula. of course, this rain falling on the ground saturated by the recent typhoons. that is just going to enhance the potential for problems, and certainly forflooding, as a result. three main impacts expected typhoon haishen. destructive winds still perhaps gusting up to around 180 kilometres per hour on landfall. we're going to see some flooding rain, we've mentioned that, on saturated ground. and of course big waves, high seas and a storm surge flooding parts of the coastline. let's have a look at the rainfall. as it moves its way northwards across the korean peninsula on a record—breaking season for south korea, the fifth named storm to make landfall — and that's never happ

well then 1800000 people in japan's kyushu on in town been ordered to leave their homes as the country's bassett's by its 2nd typhoon in a week typhoon haiyan has hit southern regions with gale force winds and rain. there is a you headlines inside stories next. 100 days of protests and counter rallies against police brutality and racism in the u.s. showed signs of ending supporters and opponents of the demonstrations are hardening response so can anything bridge the divide this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm convinced just over 3 months ago black american george floyd suffocated his offices in minneapolis tried to arrest him his death triggered protests across the u.s. against police brutality and racism the rallies have been largely peaceful but cities such as portland have become flashpoints on rest after president donald trump sent in federal agents and accused protesters of what he called domestic terrorism more examples of heavy handed arrests have since emerged on social media as rob reynolds reports the issue is creating more division in the country less than 2

well then 1800000 people in japan's kyushu on an taf been ordered to leave their homes as the country's bastards by its 2nd typhoon in a week typhoon hi sharon has hit southern regions with gale force winds and rain there is a you headlines inside stories next. 100 days of protests and counting rallies against police brutality and racism in the u.s. showed signs of ending supporters and opponents of the demonstrations are hardening response so can anything bridge the divide this is inside story. hello welcome to the program could be no just over 3 months ago black american george floyd suffocated his offices of minneapolis tried to arrest him his dance triggered protests across the u.s. against police brutality and racism the rallies have been.

well then 1800000 people in japan's kyushu island tappan ordered to leave their homes as the country's best said by its 2nd typhoon in a week typhoon high fashion has hit southern regions with gale force winds and rain $180000.00 homes are now without power the typhoon is moving to would south korea. mission as ami's been accused of executions and forced disappearances of civilians while battling armed groups the operation in december followed an attack on the minute change that killed at least $71.00 soldiers amid interest is in neighboring nigeria where security forces have also faced serious accusations over the conduct . we've seen this scene play out across the region over the last 10 years remember in the early days of boko haram in nigeria we've seen how security forces reacted angrily to local residents following attacks on their convoy on their own troops so. got its own painful episode in december last year when i saw linked fighters attacked the army barracks or in octaves or ambushed the army convoy in that is more than 71 people officially what reported to have been killed

and then, just off the west coast of the island of kyushu, this is when we anticipate that surge to be pushing into the bays and inlets. and then, of course, as it makes landfall into south korea, that will be overnight sunday and to early tuesday morning. so, we monitor this for the potential with lots of rain, flash flooding, storm surge, and destructive winds. michael. >> all right. derek, thank you. derek van dam there with the latest. keep an eye on it for us. appreciate that. now, we are going to take a quick break. when we come back, rescue crews back at work in beirut, this hour, hoping to reach anyone who might still be alive in the rubble of that massive explosion a month ago. we'll have a live update from the scene when we come back. olay faced expensive serums and won. olay's new serum is so powerful, it renews skin better than $300, $500, even $600 serums. pretty amazing. olay. face anything. the ultimate sulfate-free lather test competitor / pantene add water / add shampoo add dirt / add oil blend for 15 seconds 2x more lather pulls dirt & oil out of your hair 0% sulfates

>> yeah, this is my main worry for impacting in kyushu and southern mainland japan.ea is incredibly flood prone. it is a mountainous area. they already have seen a major flood disaster earlier in the summer. so this is just a real big worry, just because of the history of the destructive flooding in that area. and this typhoon is going to bring a lot of rain. >> all right, well, listen, we'll be following this story throughout the next coming days. thank you so much, james reynolds, we appreciate it. >>> well, a pro trump boat parade in texas went awry when several boats sank. officials say they were responding to multiple calls involving boats in distress in lake travis north of austin. there are no reports of any injuries. according to a facebook posting, more than 2600 people had been scheduled to attend the parade. >>> amid the race to find a coronavirus vaccine, an unusual promise from pharmaceutical companies. the goal is to calm fears about fast track research and keep people safe, so we'll explain after the break. and soaring coronavirus case numbers in india

we start here in j japan where people on the southern w wester island of kyushu are e pr pairing forowerful typhoon. weather officials say it could make land fall close to full strength sometime between sunday and monday. typh