matsumoto was tapping on for blood type as an indicator of personality. but the public thought he was shifting teleblame for what he said. his remark was posted on the wall street journal website. they criticized kan for clinging to his post. >> unlike matsumoto, though, the prime minister isn't the type to rush his departure. mr. kan has type o blood. >> you know, we must not forget the world is watching how japan will recover from disaster. >> right. but the world has also noticed that the prime minister kan himself seems to be an obstacle in the reconstruction efforts. at the start of june, kan said he would have stepped down to dodge a no confidence motion. but he is still trying to cling to power. even some of kan's fellow democrats are calling him a swindler. the opposition is refusing to cooperate with his government. kan doesn't want to admit that his administration is losing domestic as well as international support. but, you know, no matter how much criticism he gets, kan repeats he will stay in power and do his best. he says that's what is best

it's not easy. >> the maestro is scheduled to conduct for an opera in matsumoto city in august. ♪ >>>wsline" is the place to turn to post march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's efforts to rover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline." >>> a severe tropical storm has left at least 27 people dead in the philippines. weather owe fishes in the country say severe tropical storm na-te made landfall on the eastern side of luzon, it swept across manila to the south china sea. the 27 casualties include a 13-year-old girl who fell into a swollen river in quezon province. 20 people are missing including the crew of a capsized boat. many villages are flooded and troops have been sent to rescue people who are marooned. >>> hello there. time now for your weather update. let's take a look at eastern asia. the korean peninsula has bn dealing with excessive ra

in matsumoto and also in the collaboration with ken suganoff but i know this is a theme you come back to time and time again. >> if you are japanese american, it's one of those things that is just a part of your body. that's there no matter where you look or how fast you run or if you embrace it, it's simply there. i was born post-war, post internment camps in the 50's. and though it wasn't something that was talked about a lot at the time i was growing up, it certainly was always there and as i grew older and i began to write and i began to write about stories of my family, i began to realize that that particular historical moment, because it affected en masse the whole community, all of stockton the whole japanese american community was uprooted and eventually ended up in arkansas. if you live in a community that's been through that, there is a common thread that runs through the psyche, the behavior of that community whether you talk about it or not. that's the community i grew up in. as i grew older in the late 60's when this whole movement began to sort of remember the event wher

referring to the guidelines adopted by china and ace ya, matsumoto says he welcomes the move and hopes the legally binding code of conduct will begin at an early date. >>> a series of asean meetings continued in the indonesian area on friday. patchari raksawong is there with the latest. >> reporter: we saw a significant development regarding the stalemate of the career peninsula. the first between north and south korea between two years and seven months took place at the sidelines of the asean meeting. both countries agreed to work toward restarting the stalled six-party talks. south korean chief negotiator wi sung lac and ri yong ho met for two hours on friday. the last such high-level contact was in december 2008 at six-party talks on the north's nuclear disarmament. the two koreas both agreed to make efforts toward restarting the six-party talks as soon as possible. >> translator: we again verified we are both in mind to fulfill the joint statement of the six-party talks. and try to make efforts for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we agreed to make efforts toward resum

manifest themselves in various areas including japanese politics japan's disaster reconstruction is a matsumoto has resigned only a week into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake not so much scolded the local governor and threatened to withhold aid to the region if you didn't provide a clear plan for reconstruction the former ministers behavior i'm good local people and japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to all earthquake victims. a smaller private boat has reportedly slipped past the greek sailing ban on the gaza bound humanitarian a flotilla that comes just a day after several larger ships attempted to break through the blockade but will return to port after being boarded by armed soldiers activists claim that israel is taking advantage of the economic crisis in greece to prevent them from leaving a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people being killed by israeli commandos stormed the flotilla. a rocket attack in baghdad has killed four iraqis and injured ten others militants fired into the city's gre

into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake there matsumoto scolded the local government and threatened to withhold aid to the region if he didn't provide a clear our affection for ministers behavior angered local people and japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to all earthquake victims. a double bomb attack has killed at least thirty five and wounded forty seven in a sunny dominated north town of iraq's capital baghdad police reports say insurgents first detonated a car bomb near the local council building this was followed by a second explosion of a roadside bomb targeting those who gathered to help the victims of the first blast follows a missile attack killing four people in baghdad's green zone where government and embassy buildings on a great. it's a rare and incurable disease and in russia suffer a saying it's ignored by the medical establishment known as e.b. it means children have skin so delicate that even just a simple touch can break it. has met the families who are coping with illness and you may find some

ryu matsumoto resigned today after just a week on the job and after making remarks many considered offensive during a visit to the area devastated by the tsunami. he has since apologized. >>> well, get ready for another round of layoffs in the financial industry. the international financing review says that hundreds of bankers will lose their jobs in the next few weeks, this because there's been a sharp downturn in demand for trading and also investment banking services. >>> well, apparently still plenty of booty left in "the pirates of the caribbean" movie franchise. "on stranger tides," the fourth film in the series, has earned more than $1 billion worldwide since its release in april. "pirates of the caribbean" and abc news are incidentally both owned by disney. >>> also why the royal visits and weddings are fun to wawatch they're not without a big price tag. britain's royal family cost taxpayer almost $52 million last year. that's 5% less than the year before. the government shaved costs by deferring maintenance on the royal palaces. shaved a lot of maintenance apparently. >> yeah. when

quit after just a week following remarks he made in the disaster region which was seen as offensive matsumoto i'm going to blow things and politicians refusing to shake the hand of the governor he scolded for keeping him waiting and threatening to withhold aid the departure is a blow to the japanese government under fire for its handling of the crisis prime minister kan is likely to face increased pressure to stop down himself after the latest setback. people have died and dozens have been injured in a double bomb the time at a town in the iraqi capital baghdad mo's died outside a local council building of one a car bomb exploded nearby with rescuers and security forces hit by a second blast as they hold the victims of the fast and recent upsurge in militant the times has prompted a political debate within the country on whether the us should be asked i keep troops pull longer in the country almost fifty thousand american military are main to leave by a deadline at the end of the game. nearly two hundred african migrants have reportedly drowned in the red sea after a boat as sung called sudan