i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye. ♪ >>> a strange looking vehicle zips through the mongolian desert. it's a three-wheeled wheelchair made by combining a bicycle and wheelchair. it's a creation of 26-year-old amarbat. disease paralyzed his legs when he was small. amarbat's wheelchair can go anywhere, no matter how bumpy the road is. his wheelchairs are now giving help to other disabled mongolians. today we bring you the story of amarbat and his three wheelchairs. 240 kilometers southeast of ulan bator, the capital is choir village, where 10,000 people live in the middle of the vast gobi desert. the average temperature in winter is 25 degrees celsius below zero. the piercing wind peculiar to the gobi blows through the village. amarbat lives at the edge of the village. the three-wheeled wheelchair is 26-year-old amarbat's invention. his legs were paralyzed by polio when he was 3. he relies on crutches to get around. he lives with his father, who teaches math, and mother, a barber. this is amarbat's favorite whee

i'm michio kijima in tokyo with the news at this hour. >>> people in japan have had five different prime ministers over the past five years. soon they'll be getting their sixth. naoto kan says he's going to make good on a promise to step down from the top job after two key pieces of legislation are enacted. that will possibly happen in late august. >> translator: once the condition is met, the democratic party will quickly call a leadership election. then after a new party president is chosen, i will resign, and the diet will enter a new phase of selecting a new prime minister. >> kan survived a no confidence motion in june by promising to resign, but he refused to leave before the diet passed three bills he considers vital for japan's recovery. lawmakers enacted the first one in july, which was the country's second supplementtry budget. two remain. one for issuing deficit-covering bonds and a second that promotes the use of renewable energy. a lower house committee approved the deficit-covering bond bill on wednesday and it is likely to be enacted by august 26. >>> markets across asia b

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye. >>> just five days after his first daughter was born. the proud papa got an emergency call ordering his immediate return to work. the following day he left his family behind and resumed his duty, training mine-detection dogs. 29-year-old chor buntheng. atha, the dog he works with now, is a special case. different from all other dogs he's trained in the past. aths is the only cambodian-born canine out of 71 dogs in training. buntheng must train him to pass the mine-detection dog test and eventually they will clear mines together. buntheng believes this will build cambodia's future. >> approximately 6 million unexploded land mines remain throughout the nation. a legacy of past civil wars. many of them were planted in farming areas near cambodia's borders. even now, more than 100 people are hurt or killed annually by land mines. this is in central cambodia. the training center for mine-detection dogs is located here. buntheng lives in this town with atha, away from his family. t

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching.ye-bye. >>> sunrise over the indian ocean with only a rod and a line, these men are fishing for bonito. today's program on the fisher mohamed. he's on a second year on a boat in the maldives. on land, is he a trendy guy who rides a motor bike and has a big goal for the future. his role model is the top fishing boat captain who is also his father. what does he think about it. we follow a young fishermen in the maldives as he catches bonito with a rod and line. lying in the indian ocean, the republican of maldives has over 1,000 islands and a population of about 300,000. it is well known as a holiday resort. however, the country is also famous for bonito. bonito accounts for roughly 60% of the maldives total fishing tonnage and the country's largest export. in the local markets, merchants sell dry bonito. this food is only eaten in the maldives where it is believed to have originated and in japan. >> bonito is an essential ingredient of cuisine here. everyone is eating snacks from bonito

i'm michio kijima with the news at this hour. that iland's new prime minister call f niol renciaonn sec ouing r veme's poci. she won last nts genal econf e pay. piche ouined are st aonnuio o governntpending programs that drew criticism during her brother's tenure. they include buying up rice to boost farmer's incomes and doubling jut lay to rural villagers. speaking to reporters, exiled prime minister said he will not advise the new government unless asked. >> if they nd any advice, they can just call me. i can give the advice. if they don't need, i will not get involved. >> he talked about whether he has intentions to return home. >> for my plan going back to thailand, i have no plan. when reconciliation happen, that might be. if reconciliation is not there, i don't want to cause any more conflict. >> he is scheduled to stay in japan until the end of the week on a special visa. he plans to visit areas affected by the march disaster echlt was ousted in a coup five years ago and convicted of corruption. now to libya. >>> anti-gove

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i'm michio kijima in tokyo with the news at this hour. >>> u.s. jobs data released showing improvement. it's improved for the first time in four months. >>> the u.s. labor department said the nonfarm payrolls added 117,000 jobs, the biggest monthly increase in three months. that's better than the market forecast of 80,000 jobs. at the same time the unemployment rate came in at 9.1%, which compares with 9.2% in june. market players were focusing on this data as recent indicators suggested that the u.s. economy might be heading for another recession. on the currency market, the dollar briefly rose about 79 yen after release of data but later fell back to the 78 yen lavl. >>> tonight the japanese government panel has updated its guidelines on compensation for people affected by the nuclear accident in fukushima. nearly five months into the disaster, full-scale payments are now likely to begin. the panel of experts finalized what they call interim guidelines at a meeting on friday. it had earlier released a set of rules on compensating evacuees and bu

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earlier michio kijima asked to put the results of the dpj results into context. >> what type of policies will noda pursue? >> the biggest will be managing on ongoing nuclear crisis and mapping out a new energy policy that reduces japan's dependence on nuclear power. prime minister kan became unpopular and the dpj lost public support largely because of how he handled the march 11th disaster. noda says the nuclear power plants that have passed so-called stress tests should be restarted or continue to upgrade in order to fulfill japan's electricity demands. he also insists that this country should start increasing the amount of energy it gets from renewable source us. but he doesn't have a concrete plan for how to supply enough power without relying on atomic energy. noda also has to address this country's sluggish economy. which was already sluggish even before march 11th disaster. he also has to rein in the surging yen. >> what will noda have to do on the farm policy front? >> he needs to repair the relationship with the united states. prime minister kan recently cancelled his official vi

i'm michio kijima with the news at this hour. >>> yoshihiko noda has signed up to take on one of the toughest jobs in japan. a job that has a high turnover rate. the finance minister is now the new leader of the country's ruling democratic party, and that means he is certain to become japan's next prime minister, its sixth in just five years. >> translator: as a result of the runoff election, we elected yoshihiko noda as our new party leader. >> the dpj held its leadership election on monday. five candidates ran for the top post after prime minister naoto kan resigned. none got the majority in the first round of voting. so there was a runoff between the two frontrunners, noda and economy minister banri kaieda. most of the lawmakers who voted for the three other candidates in the first round picked noda in the runoff. of the 395 ballots up for grabs, noda got 215. kaieda, 177. >> translator: let's all persevere and work hard for the good of the people so we can achieve political stability. >> japan's diet will vote on tuesday to decide whether the 54-year-old noda should become prime

earlier michio kijima asked to put the results of the dpj results into context. >> what type of policies will noda pursue? >> the biggest will be managing on ongoing nuclear crisis and mapping out a new energy policy that reduces japan's dependence on nuclear power. prime minister kan became unpopular and the dpj lost public support largely because of how he handled the march 11th disaster. noda says the nuclear power plants that have passed so-called stress tests should be restarted or continue to upgrade in order to fulfill japan's electricity demands. he also insists that this country should start increasing the amount of energy it gets from renewable source us. but he doesn't have a concrete plan for how to supply enough power without relying on atomic energy. noda also has to address this country's sluggish economy. which was already sluggish even before march 11th disaster. he also has to rein in the surging yen. >> what will noda have to do on the farm policy front? >> he needs to repair the relationship with the united states. prime minister kan recently cancelled his official vi

. >> earlier michio kijima spoke with miho fukunaga also covering the accident. >> miho, tell us about the difference between the risks faced by a-bomb survivors and people in fukushima. >> yes the people were exposed to extremely high levels of radiation as a result of the atomic bombings. it happened within seconds. the concern in fukushima has been about the long-term risks of exposure because radioactive materials continue to leak from the nuclear plant. many a-bomb victims died as a result of high-level acute radiation exposure. among those who survived, the effects continue to this day. one day after the accident at fukushima daiichi, the japanese government instructed people to evacuate from areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant. >> how, how did those measures protect people from radiation exposure? >> the national government at fukushima prefecture say they have confirmed no cases to date of people exposed to levels of radiation that would immediately affect their health, but experts continue to argue about the safety of low-level contamination. so deep-seated concern

. >>> earlier, michio kijima spoke with hiromi about the impact of the trade deal for both japan and india. >> so first of all, what benefits will the epa bring to japan? >> well, to the agreement, they can get a foothold in a huge market. there's 1.2 billion people in india which is double that of ten countries in east asean. half of the population is age 15 to 44. they are forming new and middle classes. and the country had an 8.3% growth rate over the last five years. the ruling congress party won the general election two years ago, so that gave prime minister man mohan singh another term in office. since then, the government has invested massive funds in infrastructure. you could take this as another sign that the administration wants to encourage economic growth. the epa is going to make it easier for japanese auto companies to export parts and assemble vehicles in india. japanese automotive makers are using the technology found in japanese cars to attract indian consumers who have recently had the means to buy cars. >> what advantages will it have for india? >> india hope japan