nhk world, miyagi prefecture. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home.t tracts of land are still waiting to be restored. and more than half the fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster. but step by step they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on the road ahead right here on "newsline." >>> a canadian writer known for her short stories about women in small towns has won the nobel prize for literature. >> the nobel prize in literature for 2013 is awarded a canadian author alice munro. >> the announcement was made in stockholm. they said munro is the master of the contemporary short story. one book was pub lirked in 1974 and became a canadian best-seller. in the view from castle rock she wrote about three generations of a family who emigrated from scotland to canada. she is 82 years old. she says she has retired from writing. >>> a pakistani schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt is getting international recognition for her human rights camp

nhk world, miyagi prefecture. >>> it's time now to check the market figures. >>> it's time now for a the weather with meteorologist sayaka mori. what's the latest in the philippines? >> typhoon nari is starting to affect the northern half of the philippines. in this month we've had typhoon fito, typhoon dennis, this one is the third all right tropics are really firing up. the center is expected to move across luzon. it could make landfall in eastern part of luzon by saturday morning local time and then head out to sea. it could probably aim for vietnam or hainan early next week. now, as we go into saturday, the most heavy rain should be confined to the eastern part of luzon and from sunday, the western part could be battered by extremely heavy rain and rain could linger for several days across the western parts. not just rain but also we're seeing some quite strong winds. about 200 kilometers per hour gusts are likely to hit luzon. now, not just the storm, we have another heavy rainmaker back behind it. this is a tropical storm at this moment. right now a minimal tropical storm but i

nhk world, miyagi prefecture. >> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast traffics of land are waiting to be restored and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in north eastern japan face challenges following the 2o 11 disaster, but step by step, they are moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on the road ahead right here on "newsline." >> police in moscow detained hundreds of people after a national protest turned violent. protesters attacked shops and vehicles. the demonstrators were angry about the killing of a russian man. within blame the migrant. russian nationalist stick to the streets in an area of migrants that clashed with security forces. police detaped around 400 protesters and about 30 were injured. russian interior minster tightened security where migrants work. a south korean lawmaker said leaders in north korea are crowding a united nations ban on the import of luxury goods and said the numbers have soared since kim jung un took power. he said north korea's young leader may be using the

another reached ishinomaki in miyagi.fficials say they lifted the tsunami advisory because sea level fluctuations became smaller. the power company observed a 55 centimeter tsunami just after 3:00 a.m. japan time at a port near the plant in miyagi prefectu prefecture. >> translator: the tsunami advisory has been lifted. we think slight fluctuations in sea level will continue for about half a day. we want people on or near the coast to exercise caution. >>> officials have lifted a tsunami advisory for the country's east coast of the they issued that a few hoursmagnitud1 struck. >>> japanese prime minister shizo abe has sent a controversial bill to the diet. if made into law, it would impose heavier punishments on people who leak state secrets. some journalists say the legislation would infringe on freedom of the press and limit the public's right to know. nhk world's hoshitaka hurauchi reports. >> reporter: japanese prime minister shinzo abe wants something president barack obama has, a national security council. if he get

nhk world, miyagi prefecture. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored. and more than half of fishing ports on the coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step they're moving forward. see their stories, every wednesday on the road ahead right here on "newsline." >>> we have three tropical storms looming in different parts of the world. and our meteorologist, robert speta, has been closely monitoring the situation. robert? >> there really is a powder keg of tropical activity out here. not only in the western pacific, but also over towards the indian ocean. i first want to talk about the storm out here, this one is currently making landfall actually there across luzon, packing winds gusting up to about 200 kilometers per hour. you've already been seeing gusty winds in the area. heavy rainfall farther inland. as that tracks inland, right now, we are seeing the max of the winds near the coast. the good news is that this is very spar

japan time at a port near the plant in miyagi prefecture. >> translator: the tsunami advisory has been lifted. we think slight fluctuations in sea level will continue for about half a day. we want people on or near the coast to exercise caution. >>> officials have lifted a tsunami advisory for the country's east coast. they issued that a few hours ago after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck. >>> the prime minister says it's vital that the diet pass two bills. he was speaking in a plenary session of the lower house. he says a national securit council would strengthen the command functions of the prime minister's office. he says this is important at a time when the security environment is getting more severe. abe also says that for the new security body to function effectively, legal and other systems must be in place to protect government information and secrets. the draft bill says the prime minister would chair the new council, and members would include foreign and defense ministers as well as the chief cabinet secretary. the prime minister says the council could discuss counterterror

many of them helped clear debris in the city of ishinomaki in miyagi prefecture. a team of local amateur journalists is trying to give something back to people overseas. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: he runs a gas company in ishinomaki. he's very busy these days with reconstruction efforts. he has another commitment as well. he started an english magazine with two friends last year. they named it "rolling press" because they want to set people's minds in motion. they write about what's going on in their hometown. >> translator: we're trying to focus on locals who are working with a positive attitude. >> reporter: arakawa had a good reason to start a magazine for people overseas. the march 11th tsunami destroyed his home and his business. he says the devastation made him feel hopeless, but then many foreign volunteers arrived and offered help. >> translator: i was amazed that so many of them came and worked so hard for us. i'm not sure i would have done the same thing in their situation. >> reporter: arakawa's team is working on an article about a japanese