are sticking to their plan to relocate the futenma base to nago city. okinawa is demanding a move outside the prefecture. it's unclear how these differences can be bridged. >> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> held ehlo again time to get you all caught up and look at the weather. in the east asian continent things are quite. some showers down to the south and east of china. as for japan we're going to be seeing a lot of wet weather into saturday. most of it will be taking aim at the pacific edge of the country. and rainshowers will turn over to snow as they hit the frigid temperatures over the north. it is going to move fairly quickly. 9 degrees in tokyo. 6 in seoul. that figure is going to come down by a few degrees into sunday probably down to 3. taipei and hong kong both looking for 17 for the high. you'll be seeing some showers. into north america we go. much of the u.s. and central canada will have nice, clear, calm conditions will lots of sunshine. there is a new storm coming in. this one once again rolling in from the pacific bringing

are sticking to their plan to relocate the futenma base to nago city. okinawa is demanding a move outside the prefecture. it's unclear how these differences can be bridged. >> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> held ehlo again time to get you all caught up and look at the weather. in the east asian continent things are quite. some showers down to the south and east of china. as for japan we're going to be seeing a lot of wet weather into saturday. most of it will be taking aim at the pacific edge of the country. and rainshowers will turn over to snow as they hit the frigid temperatures over the north. it is going to move fairly quickly. 9 degrees in tokyo. 6 in seoul. that figure is going to come down by a few degrees into sunday probably down to 3. taipei and hong kong both looking for 17 for the high. you'll be seeing some showers. into north america we go. much of the u.s. and central canada will have nice, clear, calm conditions will lots of sunshine. there is a new storm coming in. this one once again rolling in from the pacific bringing

it was one of the final stages in a plan to construct an airfield in a coastal area of nago city. it would replace some functions of the futenma station. but he listed 175 problems with the report. he said the report lacked data on aircraft noise and its impact on people's health. also said some details were a surprise, including deployment of transport aircraft, and change in flight route for military planes. the governor said measures described in the report would damage the environment and people's living conditions. he said the local community would never give consent for the airfield. he suggested transferring the marine base to a site elsewhere in japan. >> translator: i expect the central government to take my opinion seriously. it was based on discussions with a panel of experts. >> the government requires the governor's consent to proceed with the construction. after the latest statement, that looks less likely than ever. >>> now we go to bangkok to see what's making headlines. >>> thailand's economy shrank in massive 9% in the october to december quarter of last year. th

has given up on moving futenma air station to the less populated city of nago. >> translator: the u.s. is tired of waiting for the relocation plan to move ahead. it has decided to organize the military to deal with the changes in the strategic environment in the asia pacific region. and it has apparently decided to separate the relocation issue. >> people in okinawa fear that would mean the air base would remain in futenma. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.