>>> welcome to i do newsline." it's tuesday, july 12th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. >>> the operator of the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant will twin preparations to inject nitrogen into the number three react over tuesday afternoon. tokyo electric power company says workers have confirmed last friday that the pipes can be connected to the reactor container. tepco plans to inject nitrogen to avoid a hydrogen explosion. the utility has set a target of july 17th to complete the task. nitrogen was injected into the number one reactor in april and the number two reactor in june. >> translator: we are planning to connect the pipe to the container around 1:00 p.m. on tuesday. we want to begin the injection as soon as we get the approval from the safety agency. >> the utility reported its plan to the nuclear and industrial safety agency on monday. it described the safety measures to limit radiation exposure to the workers. tepco also told the agency how the injection will impact the container. >>> tepco says it has detected airborne r

newsline." it's tuesday, july 27th, 8:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. the families of the victims of a train crash in china are becoming impatient with the lack of explanation about the accident that killed 39 people. it caused them to derail and fall of the track. however the television reported monday night that high speed service has resumed the same section where a bullet train rammed into the back of a small train in wenzhou. they set up a panel of 20 experts to provide counselling for injured passengers. the victims families say they're unhappy about the handling of the accident. some spoke to nhk about how they feel. >> translator: the government should explain why the incident occurred despite what they call state as state of the art technology. >> translator: we want to know what the government will do to find the cause of the accident and how they will go about it. >> the bereaved families say they are being monitored to prevent them from collectively criticize the governmen

>>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." it's tuesday, july 19th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobiyashi. >>> a large, strong typhoon ma-on is heading toward shigoku bringing heavy winds and rain to the pacific coast. we now go to the weather desk for the latest information. >> that's right. this is a definitely major typhoon that we need to watch out for. actually, let's start off with a look at some of the scene trial counsel this morning because things are already pretty stormy. now, this will be in the shikogu area. strong gusts reported, as well. already hitting 140 kilometers per hour. highest amounts of rain almost hitting 600 millimeters, this's going to be a -- we are going to see a lot more rain fall, too, over the course of today. it's a big concern and turning very stormy. now, let's forecast path towards the north a little bit more over the course of today and then veers quickly out and heads out in towards the east and this is a fairly slow-moving system and it's large so a wide area's going to be impacted. and we are going to continue to see that st

>>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday, july 13th at 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. overnight in new york the dollar briefly fell to a four-month low against the yen on growing concerns over european debt. for more we go to ai uchida from our business desk. >> very good morning and thank you very much, catherine. on the new york foreign e change the dollar briefly fell to the mid 78 yen range on tuesday, on fears that the greek debt crisis may spread to other european countries such as italy and spain. moves to sell the euro and buy the yen helped to push the dollar down to a level last seen after the march 11th disaster in eastern japan. the greenback was being traded at 78.49 yen at one time. earlier in london, the dollar dipped below the 80 yen level. the dollar is currently being traded at 79.45-50 yen, whereas the euro is currently fetching 111.22-24 yen. yen buying further intensified in new york after moody's downgraded ireland sovereign debt tuesday, rated below investment grade following greece and portugal. major u.s. cred

>>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of the crippled fukushima plant is attempting to bring it under control by the number three containment vessel, but a long road is aheadue to the wastewater system. the tokyo electric power company started the injection on thursday evening to prevent a hydrogen explosion. they began at the number one and two reactors, but the work at number three was delayed due to high radiation levels. adding to concerns is the french-made device to recycle radioactive wastewater. it continues to work below capacity. the cooling system is meant to decontaminate wastewater and send it back into the reactors as coolant. the utility plans to turn it back to a utility in august. >> the no entry zone around the meant won't be allowed home until there is a planned shut down. they made the announcement at a committee meading on thursday. >>> i know that evacuees from the no entry zone are eager to return home. it is a sensitive issue, but the appropriate time would be after the completion of a

and welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday july 19th, 8:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. a strong and large typhoon is impacted western japan and could make landfall as early as tuesday. we now go to the weather desk for the latest information. >> that's right. this is definitely a major typhoon that we do need to watch out for. let's start off with a look at the scenes from this morning. things are getting already pretty stormy. this will be in the shikoku area. you can see waves impacted the coastline. strong gusts already hitting 140 kilometers per hour. heavy rains falling in the past 24 hours. and highest amounts almost hitting 600 millimeters. we are going to see a lot more rainfall over today as well. so big concern here. it's going to be turning very stormy. this forecast path taking towards the north a little more over the course of today. then it veers out quickly and heads toward the east. but this is going to be a slow-moving system. a wide area is going to be impacted. and we are going to continue to see that stormy weather over the next couple of days. of co

>>> hello, welcome to" newsline." japan's health ministry called on local governments across the country to prioritize raidso active checks on beef over other food products. the ministry issued the instruction after finding that at least 1200 beef cattle fed with contaminated rice straw were shipped nationwide. it says contaminated beef has been distributed to nearly 47 prefectures across the country. beef from farms was found to contain radio active sezium in amounts higher than the government standard. they suspended shipment on tuesday. the health ministry is asking local governments to promptly check radio activity levels in meat products because contaminated beef could be held on retailers or wholesalers. meanwhile, radio active straw for cattle feed han been found in 10 prefectures. there t was ten times the levels used in other prefectures in central japan. most of the straw was shipped from companies north of the fuk. >>> there is radio activity as far as 150 kilometers. there are locations one meter above the

>>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." it's friday, july 8th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant will boost its efforts to monitor airborne radioactive substances around nuclear reactor buildings. with further measurements, they hope to find the source and prevent further leakage. it's believed that dust containing radioactive substances and contaminated steam leaking from reactors is still being released into the air. tokyo electric power company has been measuring the levels regularly since mid march. recently, however, detection became difficult. this may have been due to the approximate one-kilometer distance between monitoring posts and the reactor buildings. tepco decided to step up its monitoring and take measurements at additional locations near the number one to number four reactor buildings. the plant operator will also use remote controlled robots to measure the level of radioactivity inside reactor buildings. >>> tepco says it needs to inject nitrogen into one of the reactors at fukushi

welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday, july 27th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm kathryn kobayashy. >>> japan will soon begin paying composition following the train crash on saturday. the state-run xinhua news agency reported on tuesday that the family of a victim from fuchien province and the local government had agreed on a payment of 500,000 yuan or about $78,000 in damages. the chinese government is trying to stave off criticism by swiftly providing support for the victims' families. but the chinese public seems to be increasingly discontented with the government's actions. an online survey shows that more than 99% of the respondents are dissatisfied with the handling of the accident by the railways ministry. 98% replied that they do not believe the ministry's explanation. >>> a chinese expert says the signal system for the country's high-speed railway network is unstable because it was built too quickly. the professor of beijing transport university made the remark in an interview with nhk on tuesday. he indicated the signal system could be affected by li

>>> welcome to "newsline." it's 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. the united states says it will open two days of talks with north korea on thursday. speaking to reporters on wednesday, u.s. state department spokesman mark toner said ambassador stephen bosworth will meet kim kay kye gwan at the nunn new york. japan, the united states and south korea have yet to decide to resume whether to resume the talks on north korea's nuclear program. they have said they will reach such a decision after direct talks between the two koreas and then between the u.s. and north korea. the north korean vice foreign minister and head of the north american affairs bureau are already in new york for the ming. the u.s. decision to resume talks comes amid concerns that the north may be enriching uranium for military purposes. the united states maintains that it will not resume the six-party talks unless the north takes concrete action to give up nuclear weapons. >>> in china, a driver involved in saturday's fatal high-speed train collision reportedly says he had been orde

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome to "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo with the news at this hour. >>> foreign ministers from 18 nations have agreed to confirmand respect basic maritime rues favor of navygation and adherence to international law. the agreements came on friday when the ministers from the east asia summit mitt met in bali, indonesia. they discussed issues including territorial disputes. this year's gathering included united states and russia as official members for the first time. japan's foreign minister stressed that the eas should confirm common reasonable principles and rules and cooperate with each other in the area of maritime security. each country should comply with the laws. referring to the guidelines adopted by china and ace ya, matsumoto says he welcomes the move and hopes the legally binding code of conduct will begin at an early date. >>> a series of asean meetings continued in the indonesian area on friday. patchari raksawong is there with the latest. >> reporter: we saw a significant development r

twl come to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi. typhoon ma-on made landfall in western japan and continues to batter the region with strong winds and heavy rain. we go to saki ochi for the latest information. >> once again today we are going to be talking about a lot of stormy weather impacting japan, and let's start with a look at some of the most recent footage of the storm system impacting southern sections of japan. this will be along the coastline in wakayama prefecture. still very high waves being seen and rivers, too are overflowing. there have been reports of flooded homes, over 2,500 people have had to evacuate, injuries, too, have been widespread nearly 50 people reportedly injured from these storm systems, as those very strong, damaging winds have been causing quite a bit of destruction, and today, typhoon ma-on is still just about in the same area, the defining characteristic has been that slow speed at 15 kilometers per hour, considerable slower, usually 40 kilometers per hour so moves away at a much faster pace, not t

edition of newsline. it 18 a.m. in tokyo thp at this hour we go straight to business news why we have details on the outcome of the emergency eu summit. >> that's right. a deal has been reached. lead verse reached an extra rescue package for greece as they have excessive debt. the deal is voluntary contributions by the private sector. >> fully supported by all of us, we approved the greek debt sustainability. we have shown that we will not waiver in the defense of our monetary union and our common currency. >> the decision was made in an emergency summit of the 17-member nations of the euro group on thursday in brussells. according to the statement released after the meeting, leaders agreed on a new rescue package worth 109 billion euros or about $155 billion in total. commercial banks and other creditors will bear a voluntary burden worth about 37 billion euros or about $53 billion. one of the options is to roll over current holdings of greek bonds to one with longer repayment periods. >>> some nations were relucta

. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout of the earthquake and tsunami. nuclear watch brings insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis and the road ahead examines japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline." >>> next we go to our bureau on bangkok for the latest on what's going on in the region. >> international forces have taken a step in the long process of withdrawing from afghanistan by coming amid the taliban's recent offensive. the move raises concerns about the future of security in the country. canadian troops held a ceremony on thursday to formally hand over their field operations to u.s. forces. the withdrawal ends a mission as part of the nato-led force. canada has kept about 3,000 combat troops in afghanistan for more than five years. some 950 will remain until 2014 to help train afghan security forces. >> i'm extremely proud of my soldiers. our soldiers have,

>>> welcome to "newsline." it is friday, july 1st 9 a.m. in tokyo. i'm katherine kobayashi. >>> japan began restricting electricity consumption on friday under new regulations the government requires major power consumers in eastern japan to reduce peak time usage by 15% from a year earlier. the regulations were prompted by the risk of power shortages this sumner regionser is bifd tokyo electric power company and tohoku electric power company. both utilities suffered severe damage to their power stations in the march disaster. factories and others using 500 kilowatts per hour or more are required to cut their consumption by 15%. the mandatory cuts will affect a total of about 18,500 firms supplied by the two utilities. violators may face fines of up to $12,500. >>> thing of blicker to cuts are in place from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays through september 22nd in the regionser is bifd tokyo electric. for the tokhoku electric service region, cuts will be through september 9th. government is asking smaller-scale electricity users and households to slash

>>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." it's july 7th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. >>> after three attempts a south korean resort town is finally getting its wish. the international olympic committee has chosen pyeongchang to host the 2018 winter olympics, south korea's first ever winter games. >> the international olympic committee has the honor of announcing that the 23rd olympic winter games in 2018 are awarded to the city of -- pyeongchang. [ cheers and applause ] >> the ioc announced the decision in durban, south africa on wednesday. ioc members used an electronic voting system to cast unsigned ballots for three candidate cities. munich, germany, and annecy, france were the other two. among the attendees south korean president lee myung bak and olympic figure skating champion kim yu-na were ecstatic with the result. kim won the gold medal at the vancouver winter olympics in 2010. >> translator: i've been under pressure as an ambassador, but i'm really happy with the result. >> it was a case of third time lucky for pyeongchang, which mad

. >>> glad to have you on this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday, july 6th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. at the fukushima daiichi plant secondses for covers that contain radioactive materials released from the damaged reactors have begun arriving at the site. the covers will be installed at the number one, three and four reactors. buildings housing these reactors sustained severe damage from hydrogen blasts triggered by the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. pillars, beams and other parts are being pre-assembled at a port 50 kilometers away from the plant. the concrete basis of the structure will be delivered wednesday with more sections arriving in mid-july. the operator of the plant, tokyo electric power company says it hopes to complete assembly work by late september using a crane with a 140-meter long arm. reducing radiation released from the reactor buildings is crucial to getting the crisis under control. this month, tepco will estimate the current amount of radiation released from the reactors, the figures will be used as a reference to gauge the effectiv

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome to "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo with the news at this hour. >>> chinese president hu jintao has expressed his determination to fight rampant corruption on the ruling communist party. hu made the pledge in a speech at a ceremony held in beijing on friday to mark the 90th anniversary of the party's founding. >> translator: we have to implement strict policies against corruption. otherwise we may lose the trust and support of the people. it's a critical issue for the party. >> hu stressed that china will carry out political reforms in line with the country's situation, while acknowledging the citizens' rights are still not fully protected. china has adopted market principles under its one-party rule and overtook japan to become the world's second largest economy. the rapid growth has widened economic gaps and fueled inflation, causing popular dissatisfaction. hu jintao also expressed this. >> translator: it rests on a strong defense and a powerful military. the country must pursue a stronger

>>> welcome to nrk newsline. i'm shery ann. >>> the government is trying to peace angry victims. last saturday one train rear-ended another sending some cars tumbling off an elevator track. at least 39 people died. chinese premier visited the accident site on thursday. >> the premier met the injured at a hospital and talked with families of victims promising a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the collision. a visit to the crash site appears to be ae easing of criticism of the government to some degree as some support his actions. >>> on the same day a government held a task force meeting on the accident. a senior railway official admitted that there were design flaws in the train's signalling system. . >> the task force also known that station staff failed to nlts the malfunction. it said it will release findings by mid september. it aims it show that government is taking quick action in response to the accident. families of the victims he remain dissatisfied with the government stance on the same day many family members continue demonstrations against the governm

that concludes this edition of "newsline." thank you for joining us. kcsm needs you financial support. you can pledge at any dollar level that is comfortable for you. at the 50 dollar level, you will receive the kcsm polo shirt. whenever you wear it, you'll show your support of kcsm, the bay area's independent public tv station. this 100 percent cotton shirt features the kcsm logo on the front. it's a great way to show your appreciation for your local independent public tv station. also to say thank you we'll include a dvd copy of one of the many kcsm produced documentaries.

>> welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday july 5th, 9:00 a.m. in tokyo. japan and china have agreed to work closely on their normalization of diplomatic ties next year. they met in beijing on monday. she said bilateral ties in the civilian sector have been remarkably successful and said he views them as a treasure. he also said china and japan complement each other economically and share a desire to build peace and stability in the region. matsamoto says he thinks personal exchanges are important for nurturing ties, particularly among young people. he also says he expects the two countries to work together towards that goal. shu replied it's important to strengthen dies between the new nations and deal appropriately with sensitive matters. the crew of atlantis has arrived in florida to prepare for the final space shuttle mission. the four member crew came by plane from the johnson space center in texas on monday. liftoff is scheduled for 11:26 a.m. on friday. >> we are just delighted to be here after a very arduous nine-month training flow, we're happy to

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo with the news at this hour. >>> the japanese government estimates the country will face a power supply shortage of around 10% next summer if all of its nuclear reactor goes offline. a government panel gave the estimate on friday at a meeting attended by prime minister naoto kan. all of the reactors could be offline by next spring for safety inspections resuming operations could take longer than usual because of the government recently introduced additional safety checks called stress tests. the panel said that if all of the country's reactors are down, the power supply will be about 10% short of peak demand in eastern japan and 8% in western japan. it also estimates that additional fuel costs around $38 billion will be incurred if utilities make up for the shortage through thermal generation. the panel called for introducing power-saving home appliances, industrial equipment to avoid rolling blackouts or mandatory power xupts it also stressed a need to promo

>>> welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday, july 26th, 9:00 a.m. in too. i' catherine kobayashi. the families of the victims of a train crash in china are becoming impatient with the government's lack of explanation about the accident that killed 39 people in the eastern province. the impact caused some carriages to derail and fa o a eved track. hove the state china central television reported mon night that high-speed service has sud tam section where a bullet train rammed into the back of ataed train on saturday. the national broadcasters said thgornntasetp papal of 20 experts to provide psychological counseling for injured passengers. but the victims' families say eye hay ouhe government's handling of the accident. people who lost relatives spoke to nhabt w ey feel. >> translator: the government should explain why the incident occurr. spe wt they call state of the art technology. >> translator: we want to know what the government wl d to find the cause of the accident and how they wlo autt. >> the bead families say they're being monitored to prevent them from collectively crit

very interesting indeed. >>> that ease our broadcast this hour on "newsline." we'll be back in half an hour. i'm michio kijima. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

>>> welcome to "newsline." glad to have you. it's tuesday, july 5th. i'm catherine kobayashi. asked for continued cooperation from ariva the largest nuclear reactor maker. at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. >>> met with ariva vice president in paris on monday. he expressed gratitude for mokly for providing the -- at the reactors. >> translator: we must review the safety standards and implement best measures to operate them. >> mockly said the industry in europe is facing problems since the problem. if the industry becomes more transparent. he added that ariva hopes to exchange views on aspects of nuclear energy with japan in the future. >>> a majority of the nuclear plants in japan have been halted since the fukushima power plant accident. but not all are against resuming their operations. a mayor in southwestern japan has approved the resumption of two plants. the gankai plant has been given the go ahead after the march disaster. the mayor of gangki town gave the go ahead. two reactors at the plant have been idle since routine checkups were completed in april. >> i