morimoto is yamaguchi's new governor. he opposes the deployment of ospreys in the u.s. air station in the prefecture unless the government addresses the safety concerns of residents. defense minister morimoto gave his thoughts on the matter a day after yamamoto's election. >> people in yamaguchi prefecture continue to be concerned and anxious about the osprey aircraft. i don't think the election of a new governor in the prefecture will affect our policy, however. i hope to meet with the governor soon so that we can talk about how we will proceed. >> u.s. military personnel have brought 12 ospreys to japan last week. they plan to test them at iwakuni. they then want to deploy the aircraft at the futenma air station in okinawa prefecture later this year for full flight operations. >>> hiromi is nhk's senior commentator on asian affairs. he recently interviewed several key players in the region. how would you describe the current economic situation in indonesia? >> well, the country has recovered from the political unrest that began a decade ago after the fall of the presi

morimoto will meet next week with leon panetta about the safety of the aircraft. morimoto is expected to get the causes of two crashes earlier this year, and measures it put in place to reinforce not having another. >>> the air force has postponed training in new mexico. air force officials last year explained to local residence a plan for training near cannon air force base but about 1600 residents including some from neighboring state, colorado, voiced their worries about noise pollution and the environmental impact. the air force decided to delay training until next year. it cited the need for a further enirnmental assessment. defense department officials say they plan to conduct nearly 700 annual night time flights of ospreys and another aircraft. some of flights will be at altitudes as low as 90 meters. >>> members of syrian president ba sar al assad's administration admitted for the first time they have chemical and biological weapons. they say their country would use the deadly arsenal if troops intervene in the 16--month-old conflict. they responded to spe

morimoto says japan will provide a mine sweeper, a tender and 180 sailors for the exercise around the strait of hormuz. more than 20 countries, including the united states, will take part. >> translator: the drill will strengthen the japan/u.s. alliance and contribute to the security of international ship i ing. >> the strait is the key oil shipping route for the middle east. about 90% of japan's crude oil imports pass through the strait. the drill is apparently aimed at keeping iran in check. the country has threatened to lay mines to block the strait. it's the second time that japan will take part in the exercise following one last october. >>> chinese are drinking more wine than ever as their thirst grows, winemakers at home and abroad are sniffing a good business opportunity. already some chinese vintners are making wine so good that overseas customers are buying it. nhk world's susumu kojima reports on china's growing wine industry. >> reporter: even though wine cultivation is not part of china's culture, scenes like this have become more common in recent years. chinese are drink

. >> charlie morimoto, dph. ideal of a public safety issues. what i will be talking about, i think it has been about a decade i have been working on this specifically. a large amount of homicides and the department was asked to get involved in regard to services. i want to be clear today, we will be talking about the intervention peace. i am not talking about all the other services and things that need to go into place, prevention, but this is really the intervention model. i wanted to let you know, over the past decade of examining, going out two homicides myself, i think i have got to over 50 now, identifying what we needed. as barbara mentioned, we moved staff. we did not have the allocation and money to do that. 2006, the crisis response came. one of the things, even when i initially looked -- because i want to build on the strength of what is happening in the back. people were looking for singular solutions and a quick fix to things. when i came in, there had not been dialogue between the departments and the community's most impacted, even