nhk world, nagano. >>> we're seeing severe weather in the central united states. tornados have destroyed a town in nebraska. let's now bring in our meteorologist robert sped de. how common are tornados in that region? >> this time of year, shery, quite common. we are in the peak of tornado season and these most recent storms are very devastating. what we did see specifically in this event is not all that common. let's roll this video. this is out of pilger, nebraska. what you can see here this is dual vortex. you have two tornados side by side. and body of these devastating in themselves and they caused absolute destruction. one death has been reported, 14 severe injuries coming out of this area. and it does look like as far as the forecast is concerned, that threat of severe weather is still in the forecast. now we have the recovery efforts going on out here. but a lot of these storms are starting to push off farther toward the north. that low pressure system that brought these storms and this isolated supercell that developed into this very severe weather event

most are workers at a plant in nagano prefecture. the people left behind will switch to a new firm founded by japan industrial partners or two other divisions within sony. sony is trying to overhaul their company by cutting 5,000 employees worldwide. they have recorded a net loss of more than $1.1 billion for the fiscal year ending in march. their p.c. and tv divisions were largely to blame. >>> prime minister shinzo abe has announced this week that he will tackle one of the biggest challenges for japan's economy, the declining population. he says he is determined to stop it from falling below 100 million for the next half a century. he promised more help for parents by expanding after-schoolchildcare services and offering special assistance to those having a third child. but he faces an uphill battle. many japanese are reluctant to have children or even get married because they feel they don't have the luxury to do so. we report. >> reporter: saki ito lives in tokyo with her husband and four-month-old son. she works for a food compa

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