he was found guilty of assaulting a japanese woman in march at a hotel in the city of naha. the presiding judge said in light of what the victim experienced, the sailor deserves a prison term. prprosecutors had demanded four years. stellanonos' lawyer said they will not appeal the ruling. >>> the three dimensional printer market in china is taking off and seeing the potential for economic growth, many are putting high hopes in the technology. nhk world's daisuke azuma has the story from beijing. >> reporter: u using 3d printer people can create things in almost any form or shape. this cutting edge technology is spreading in china. 3d printers have even reached the local restaurants. if i scan a photo of my face, this device takes the data and the printer makes a kind of pancake that looks like me. the printer quickly makes a drawing of my face using pancake batter. a short time later at the cost of $1.50, my pancake is ready. >> translator: i feel like i'm eating myself. this is very strange. >> reporter: the chinese government is promoting the use of 3d printers as part of

taipei, naha all looking at wet weather. then eventually looks like drier conditions for naha.a.ow,w, as we look at the foreca for india, the monsoon is in place but we're dealing with flooding problems as well. let me show you the video to give an idea of the situation there. heavy rainins triggers floods i northwest india. river levels rose posing threats to people living nearby. i mean, this is somewewhat of a familiar scene around this time of year. nevertheless, it doesn't make it any easier for those living there. looking at some more of that wet weather pattern as we go forward throughout the next 24 hours. especially for those in the central portions of the country. wrapping things up with a look at north america. the focal point over the up ir midwest. a low pressure system is really bringing in a lot of warm air and moisture and then cold air from the north. we're looking at seeing an enhanced risk in portions of the upper midwest. chicago and winnipeg you will deal with storms with warm and muggy conditions from d.c. into atlanta. hope you have a good day wherever you

naha v very warm into the weeke. i do wanant to wrap up with a lk at the middle east. look at this. temperatures exceeding 50 degrees for highs and we're looking at hot conditions continuing into the weekend. hope you have a good day wherever you are, here's your extended outlook. >>> tourism officials are adding more appeal to one of japan's most iconic cities. they've opened up the kyoto state guest house year round in a bid to attract more foreign visitors. until recently the facility was only open to the public for about ten days in the summer. and even then access was granted through a lottery. enthusiastic people lined up thursday even before the gates opened. many had made advanced bookings online. the facility is japan's second state guest house for welcoming foreign dignitaries. it was designed with traditional japanese architecture. visitors flocked to one of the facility's highlights called the room of the evevening glolow yubae-no-ma. it depicts a mountain sunset. >> translator: i wanted to see this at least once in my life. so i'm thrilled to view it so closely. >> kyot

places like naha westward, you'llee the impacts from this system thiss theorecast for the next 72 hours in terms of the ecipitation. notice how dark the shades of purple are on this model. that means it is dumping a lot of rainfall. you may be dealing with rain rates close to 150 millimeters an hour potentially. because of the mountainous terrain especially on the western side of the island, a lot of that will flow back to the valleys and low lying areas. some of that accumulation could exceed 800 millimeters in a 24 hour period. wave heights up to 8 meters. they're going to be quite high especially towards the okinawa prefecture. winds gusting up to 126 kilometers per hour on the ground level. dangerous flooding conditions due to torrential rainfall. landfalls expected in taiwan. we'll have more in world weather in just a bit. back to you. >> thanks. >>> in bangladesh, militants have attacked near a mass prayer meeting killing two policemen. they were gathered to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan. the attack came after a hostage crisis in the capital dhaka. officials said