>> yes, michio, that's absolutely right.ver the south china sea, you can see the symmetrical circulation. this is the tropical storm pakhar, it is moving slowly toward the southeastern coast of vietnam and it will be making landfall possibly overnight to sunday. as it does so, because the water is very warm, above 28 degrees, it will be intensifying as it does so. and after making landfall, it will be weakening as it moves inland. now, already, gusts are reaching 108 kilometers per hour and once the primary threat from this storm is that in the next 72 hours the amount of rainfall accumulation is going to be staggering, about 300 millimeters in the coastal areas, already picking up waves too. so a lot is going to be happening in the next few days and it is very slow moving one, so the prolonged accumulation could lead to some flooding and also landslides, mud slides. also, very staggering amounts of accumulation is detected here in luzon, in the philippines, eastern seaboards are picking up waves as well because the moisture

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. north korean leaders say they are trying to be transparent about their plans of sending a satellite into space. they are vowing to invite foreign journalists and experts to watch next month's launch. but some diplomats aren't convinced maintaining this is all a cover for a missile test. nhk world's hiroshi takana in beijing starts off our coverage. >> reporter: foreign journalists and experts can expect a view like this. the state-run korean central news agency reports they'll watch the launch from the command center in pyongyang. they quote the space agency official as saying their guests will see with their own eyes the rocket and satellite on the launch pad. north korean officials do not usually grant foreigners such access. they say they are trying to be more transparent. they insist the launch is for peaceful, scientific purposes. the officials at the space agency say the satellite is equipped with cameras that will take pictures of weather patterns and the natural resources. the

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>> yes, michio, that's absolutely right. over the south china sea, you can see the symmetrical circulation. this is the tropical storm pa c pakhar, it is moving slowly toward the coast of vietnam and will be making landfall overnight to sunday. tass does so, because the water is very warm, above 28 degrees, it will be intensifying as it does so. and after making landfall, it will be weakening as it moves inland. now, already, gusts are reaching 108 kilometers per hour and once the primary threat from this storm is that in the next 72 hours the amount of rainfall accumulation is going to be staggering, about 300 mill meeters in the coastal areas, already picking up waves too. so a lot is going to be happening in the next few days and it is very slow moving one, so the prolonged accumulation could lead to some flooding and also landslides, mud slides. also, very staggering amounts of accumulation is detected here in luzon, in the philippines, eastern seaboards are picking up waves as well because the moisture is all the way su

>> thank you, michio. the yellow sun, which is also known as the messenger of spring was observed here in southwestern islands of japan. evidently, spring is on its way. however, we may see snow accumulating, as much as 20 to 30 centimeters just into tuesday. across southern japan, especially in the korean peninsula as well as mongolia and much of china is dominated by high pressure systems, so sunny and dry weather will be prominent in the area. mongolia will see some wet rain to be falling in and then southwestern china also will be troubled with some heavy rain at times. nothing too, too significant hopefully but it could get those temperature s dropping down. in the philippines, we have very active northeastern monsoonal flow that will be bringing some thunderstorms to erupt and strong thunderstorms are picking up the waves, as much as 4 meters high in the coastal areas. over the south china sea, this is a developing low pressure system which actually could turn to a tropical depression. if it does, it

>>> thank you, michio. we saw clear skies here in tokyo and i think the temperatures are going to be on the rise in much of japan in towards the end of the week. we may see some chances of showers here in tokyo, but across much of northern japan we'll definitely see wet weather moving across the area. that system will be rapidly exiting the landmasses and much of japan will see very sunny and dry conditions throughout thursday and friday. the korean peninsula as well as northeastern china will see dry weather as well. in mongolia, wet weather to come for you and cold air surge will drop those temperatures down in towards the end of the week. widely stretpread showers will skirting much of southwestern china and then moving in towards the east. here in the philippines, still, the northeastern monsoonal flow is very active, targeting with coastal heavy rain and the high waves are picking up as much as 4 meters high here. here over the south china sea we have tropical depression and it is ever so slowly, almos

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. two earthquakes have shaken up people in japan. the latest with residents in the metropolitan tokyo area. analysts say the epicenter was off chiba prefecture. they haven't issued a tsunami advisory or warning. the quake hit at 9:05 p.m. local time. it registered magnitude 6.1 at a depth of ten kilometers. people in chiba and neighboring prefek churz felt the tremor of 5 plus on the japanese scale of 7. no problems have so for been reported with the train lines or the airports in the tokyo area. tokyo electric power company says the earthquake did not damage fukushima daiichi and fukushima daini. earlier on wednesday, a smaller earthquake shook people in northeastern japan. it caused no damage. >>> china's government says it wants to slow down the economy and focus on stability. national peoples congress closed its annual session in beijing on wednesday. the country's parliament approved the budget and policy plans for the coming year. they included half point reduction in the annual growth target. that announcement has gotten world

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. members of japan's forces are trying to come up with a strategy to deal with an upcoming rocket launch by north korea. sdf chief of staff general shigeru iwasaki is considering deploying troops to combat falling debris. north korean officials announced last week they will launch a rocket carrying a satellite between april 12th and 16th. the rocket is expected to fly over japan's southern island chain of sakishima, southwest of okinawa's main island. they will are looking to intersect debris if fragments are on track to fall onto japanese territory. general iwasaki says north korea will fire the rocket from a site facing the yellow sea. and he notes the launch area is farther from japan than the one used in 2009. he says that makes it more difficult to respond. >> translator: if we have to shoot down or destroy a ballistic missile, we would do so with an aegis defense system vessel or with an antiaircraft artillery unit. we are including these options as we study how to respond. >> sel

and we are having staff conversations on a regular basis to >> so you are working michio to come to some sort -- >> again, i feel very comfortable in our numbers. if anything they understate the return. i appreciate the work you do, commissioner. i appreciate all the work you do because it is a tough job carrot >> these are great questions because we need to be accountable for delivering results. >> i yield back. >> again, welcome. does the irs have available resources to tackle new enforcement responsibilities? new enforcement responsibilities. do you have the resources available to take on new enforcement response abilities? >> so earlier i was saying we tried to do the best we can with the budget that congress gives us. obviously, we have a big job to do and we try to balance across the board all of the things that we do. we have requested in the 2013 budget some new resources for some of the new legislation that has come through and we are quite hopeful we will get that. >> in reviewing the president's 2013 budget proposal, this proposes saddling the irs with additional enforcement r