. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." people in cyprus are lining up to do something they haven't been able to do for nearly two weeks. the country's banks have reopened to customers under tight security and tight restrictions. they've been closed as cypriot leaders negotiated a bailout package to avert a financial meltdown. people waited for hours outside banks in the capital before they opened at noon. the government has imposed temporary controls to prevent a rush of capital out of the country. people can withdraw a maximum of 300 euros per day. the state must approve transactions with other countries exceeding 5,000 euros. the government plans to impose losses on deposits of more than 100,000 euros. it's trying to raise 5.8 billion euros in collateral to qualify for the bailout. >> 300 is the limit. >> is that enough? >> no. euro's own finance ministers and cyprus officials agreed on monday to an emergency loan. it's worth 10 billion euros. they decided to shut down the country's second largest bank. >>> u.s. military

. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." chinese president xi jinping is nurturing relations with leaders on a continent his country has come to rely on for trade and for natural resources. he's on a tour of africa. part of his first trip abroad as president. xi jinping meant tanzania president jakaya kikwete. china's state-run media reports he spoke about the ties between their countries, which were first established by mao zedong and other chinese leaders. it also reports kikwete said tanzania will firmly back china on important issues concerning its territorial sovereignty. analysts say president xi likely tried to secure support regarding disputed islands in the east china sea, which japan controls, but china and taiwan claim. chinese and tanzanian officials agreed to cooperate in various fields. including investment and infrastructure expansion. president xi will visit the republic of congo and attend the brics summit in south africa. the group of emerging economies includes the host nation, brazil, india, russia and ch

>>> glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline." it's thursday, march 28th. i'm catherine kobayashi in rushio. >>> brazil, russia, china and south africa are the brics group and ended a summit in south africa and reached a deal to create a development bank. >> we have decided to enter formal negotiations to establish a new development bank based on our own considerable infrastructure needs. >> they agreed to launch a new mechanism to mutually provide funds and protect themselves against currency crises. until now such arrangements have been run by the united states and other developed countries through the international monetary fund and the world bank. but the economic foundations of western countries have been rocked by the credit crisis in the eurozone and the global financial meltdown triggered by the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. china's new president xi jinping attended the summit and called on other brics members to step up cooperation with african countries. >>> china is increasing its ties with developing nations as part of its strategy to str

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." people in china are waiting to see the outcome of a transition of power that began months ago. members of the ruling communist party gathered last fall to elect a slate of leaders for the political bureau standing committee. now representatives from across the country are about to appoint who will take key positions within the government. two men are set to become the new faces of china and steer the world's second largest economy into the future. xi jinping is already the communist party's general secretary. he's expected to become president. this man will likely take on the role of premiere. he currently holds the second highest position in the politburo committee. the congress will start on tuesday. they will discuss the many problems they face from political corruption to the ning wealth gap to friction within neighboring nations. we'll be giving you insight and analysis all this week in our special series, "china, change and challenge." we report from near the great hall of the p

nhk world, myanmar. >>> more to come here on "newsline." first, here's a three-day outlook on the world's weather. >>> and here's one story before we go. a japanese man is gearing up to try and climb into the record books. he's aiming to become the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain. this man is 80 years old. he arrived in katmandu to train for his attempt to climb mt. environme

--www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome back to nhk world "newsline." i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says the time for japan to talk trade is now. he announced that his country will join negotiations for the transpacific partnership. the agreement would link at least a dozen countries and eliminate the trade barriers that divide their markets. >> translator: i finally reached the decision today on joining the trade agreement, which has been dividing public opinion. but before making up my mind, i talked with many people and thoroughly examined the issue from every possible angle. >> abe said government estimates suggest if all tariffs are eliminated among tpp member nations, the japanese economy would benefit. the prime minister said now is the last chance to join the talks. he pointed out that the negotiations started two years ago, and he said it's clear any rules participants have already agreed upon would be difficult to reverse. abe stressed that japan is, for now, just joining the talks. he promised to wor

welcome to nhk world "newsline". north korean officials have unilaterally to scrap all non-aggression agreements with south korea. their announcement follows the u.n. security council's approval of tougher sanctions against the north. council members made the move to punish the reclusive nation for carrying out a nuclear test last month. ♪ >> translator: the united states and south korea went as far as adopting a u.n. security council resolution to impose more sanctions on our country while trying to set off a newark war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression pacts with the south starting monday. the statement says the country will close the north-south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice. they justified that decision by saying they were responding to u.s.-south korea military exercises that start ad week ago and will continue into april. >>> north korea's announcement has sparked s

>>> hello and welcome back to nhk world "newsline." i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. >>> japanese leaders have decided to loosen long-standing restrictions on arms exports. they say the government will allow japanese firms to participate in the u.s. led production of f-35 stealth fighter jets, but some lawmakers are concerned they'll one day see arms jointly developed by japan used in conflicts abroad. nhk world's jun yotsumoto reports. >> reporter: engineers at lockheed martin designed the f-35 as a weapon of war. it has a more advanced air warning system, missiles and guns. japanese leaders plan to make the f-35 their mainstay fighter jet. they are buying 42 of them. the first arrive in 2017. traditionally, helping build or provide parts for this foreign-made weapon would counter the country's past but the prime minister says things are are changing. >> translator: joining the new production system will help secure the stable purchase of this jet. >> reporter: his chief cabinet secretary said the change will benefit japan i

"newsline" will bring you their stories. don't miss "path to recovery: two years on." >>> efforts to decommission crippled reactors continue at the fukushima deeaaiichi plant. nhk reporters are the first media staff to enter areas previously off-limits. >> reporter: we're near the number one reactor. debris and shattered glass lie as they film. hoses used to fight the fires also remain. the decommissioning of all the damaged reactors is scheduled to take 40 years. the high radiation keeps delaying the work. we entered the control room to purify the contaminated water. employees are now allowed to work without masks here. they have to monitor radioactive water around the clock. as it continues to build up in the basement of the damaged nuclear reactors. contaminated water increased by 400 tons a day as groundwater is sleeping into the buildings. these tanks are designed to store the water. each is 11 meters high and can hold 1,000 tons. but it takes only 2 1/2 days to fill it one time. experts say space will run out in 2 1/2

welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm ross mihara. officials in north korea have threreenen to unilaterally scrap all non-aggression agreements with south korea. their announcement follows the u.n. security council's approval of tougher sanctions against the north. council members made the move to punish the reclusive nation for carrying out a nuclear test last month. >> translator: the united states and south korea went as far as adopting a u.n. security council resolution to impose more sanctions on our country while trying to set off a nuclear war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression being pacts with the south starting monday. the same says the country will close the north/south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice that ended hostilities in the korean war. they justified that decision by saying they were responding to u.s./south korea military exercises that started a week ago and will continue i

welcome to nhk world "newsline." communication between north and south korea has never really been easy. according to leaders in pyongyang it's now nonexistent. they say they've shut down a key hotline for an industrial complex both sides control. they say that means all inter-korean communication has been cut off. state run media reports north korean officials informed their counterparts in the south, telephone and fax lines between military liaison offices on the western korean peninsula are being severed. both sides use the hotline to communicate as hundreds of workers travel back and forth to the kaesong industrial complex in the north. north korea has cut off another hotline earlier this month between liaison offices in the demilitarized zone. this latest statement from the military says there is now no channel of dialogue with south korea or the united states. a government official in seoul says this will hinder stable management of the industrial complex. he urged the north to immediately reverse the decision.

welcome to nhk world "newsline." xi jinping is now the face of a nation of 1.3 billion people. representatives from across china have confirm him as their country's new president. they voted during the annual session of the national peoples congress in beijing, completing a leadership handover that began last fall. xi jinping replaces hu jintao who was president for the past decade. last fall, he became the communist party's general secretary and chairman of the central and military commission after the party's congress. he now holds the highest post in the government, the party, and the military. president xi was born into privilege. he takes over china at 59 years old. after spending decades working his way up the political ladder. he's one of china's so-called princelings. the term is used to describe children of senior communist party officials. his father once served as vice premier. xi jinping was sent to work in the countryside during the cultural revolution. he later graduated from the respected sing wa university. he spent 25 years working as a party official in provin

and welcome to this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday, march 20th a national holiday here in japan. crews at fukushima daiichi worked through the night, fixing a problem that could have had dangerous consequences. the system's spent fuel rods in cool pools stopped working. the systems are running again. a blackout occurred at the facility on monday night. for a short while, workers inside the plant's accident response center were left in the dark. tepco engineers noticed the systems had stopped working. the pools are connected to reactors one, three, and four along with another pool. the pools contain about 8,500 unities of spent fuel rods. tepco need does keep cooling water flowing into them or temperatures will rise. if it gets too hot fuel can meltdown and release a massive amount of radiation. engineers traced the problem to three high voltage switchboards. they say they've bypassed these devices and react slated the electricity. they've managed to get the cooling systems for all four pools operating again. but enginee

>>> welcome to shoe "newsline." . local officials say they found more than 2,000 dead pigs floating in the river. the bpigs began appearing last friday. the bodies suggest farmers upstream had dumped the animals. officials say they found traces of a virus in some of the c carcasses. they say they will keep monitoring it. they work with the officials in neighboring regions so find out how the animals ended up in the river. >>> a forr village leader without the con sent of residents. 30 people were hurt. some villagers fought back and set fire to vehicles. the villagers have staged a series of protests since december. they claim the village chief leased land to a businessman without asking them. authorities tried to quiet them by firing the chief. the residents want to contract to be nullified. chinese in a number of towns and cities have staged protests over what the illegal misappropriation of their land. >>> 115 cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the new pope on tuesday in the vatican. they will only speak

. >>> welcome to nhk "newsline," the new governor of the bank of japan took office on thursday. he said that the boj will focus all it's efforts on achieving the 2% inflation target. >>> i will pursue bold monetary easing. three these efforts, the 2% inflation target should be achieved. i'm convinced it's an achievable target. >> he said boj policy board members will decide on what sort of assets to buy in upcoming meet meetings. he was asked about concerns that it may be scene as fiscal deficits. he denied that saying buying government bonds from the market is one of the central bank's monetary measures. >>> japanese business leaders are hoping he will take bold measures to reenergize the sluggish economy. >> translator: our business has been so tough over the past 20 years due to prolonged deflation. consumers are reluctant to spend money when prices keep falling from one day to the next. i hope the boj will work closely with the government and take bold monetary easing steps to bring deflation to an end as soon as possible. >> translator: we have high expectations for the boj

>>> welcome to "newsline." it's friday, march the man who presided over the roman catholic church and led its more than one billion followers now wants to be known simply as a pilgrim. pope benedict xvi has officially retired. he said farewell and valued advice and having spent time with them. he also pledged to unconditionally obey his successor. the pope then left the vatican in a helicopter. if flew over st. peter's square where many catholics assembled. >> translator: i feel as though. i also feel a sense of -- >> a short time later, he arrived at the papal retreat in suburban rome. followers cheered when he appeared on the balcony to speak to them. >> translator: i thank you all for your love and friendship. let us continue our journey with god with churches around the world. >> he will now be known as emeritus. cardinals will meet early this month to decide a date for the conclave to elect his successor. he's the first pope to retire since 1415. >>> officials have argued for decades over control of four i

>>> hello there, welcome to "newsline." authorities in china have engaged in corrupt practices for years, from local business men to senior communist party officials. china's new premier says he's going to do something about it. he says he's ready to stick the knife into vested interest. >> once you become a public servant you have to work hard for people. you must abandon the desire to make money out of it. >> he outlined measures to reduce the amount of items that involved cabinet departments by a third. >>> china's new foreign minister has made some promises of his own. he said he's determined to protect the nation's interest including its sofr at this and security. foreign ministry official posted his message on the website. he assumed his new post on saturday. he says china needs to deepen its understanding of the world and vice versa. he wanted to work toward friendly cooperation with other countries. wang served as an ambassador to japan. japan controls the senkaku islands. china is caught up in disputes with other n

>>> welcome to "newsline." it's friday, march 29th. i'm kathryn kobyashi. people in cyprus are shuffling back to some sense of order. international lenders stepped in earlier this week to save the financial system. now managers have reopened banks for the first time in nearly two weeks. people have joined lines to withdraw their cash. some say they're relieved. others are unhappy that the government has limited withdrawals to 300 euros. foreign transactions of more than 5,000 euros are subject to state approval. they'll keep the ceiling on withdrawals and other capital controls in place or about a month. the president and members of cabinet will return 20 to 25% of their salaries to state could have coughers. under the terms of the bailout, the country's second largest bank is to be shutdown. accounts of under 100,000 euros will be combined with those of the largest bank, the bank of cyprus. accounts of more than 100,000ure/s will be frozen. people across cyprus are angry about how things unfolded. they're also worried the situation could get worse. nhk rep

%% >>> welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday march 27th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. chinese and vietnam leaders are playing a blame game. chinese have accused the vietnamese of fabricating a blame game. quoting one official as saying they are lying. a chinese ship shot at a vietnamese fishing boat last week near the parasail islands and the chinese name is the crew of a chinese patrol vessel reportedly told the vietnamese to leave but reports listen and sd therew fired d not two warning shells into the air and said the shells never hit the boat. the state run news agency reported that the crews of four ships held a ceremony off the spratly islands. xinhua said crew members stood in line. they standing the national anthem and pledged to defend the south china sea and the country's sovereignty. share in the enthusiasm and they welcomed a top diplomat. china's maritime activities are not only a japanese concern. he said those anxieties are shared across the region. he underscored the importance of relations between japan and china. he said he hoped talks might lead to m

welcome to "newsline" i'm james tengan in tokyo. china's top leader is meeting its biggest neighbor. xi jinping's neighbor shares a border with russia. common views on foreign policy and thriving trade ties. it's the first stop on the chinese president's nine-day diplomatic tour. xi jinping arrived in moscow to an official welcoming. his wife accompanied him. she's a well-known military singer. president xi is scheduled to hold a news conference on friday evening after meeting russian president vladimir putin. during his three-day stay, he will visit the russian defense ministry and will meet students learning the chinese language. president xi will then fly to africa. he's visiting tanzania and the republic of congo. he'll also attend a summit in south africa of five emerging economies known as brics. brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. >>> russia has turned down an appeal for aid by cyprus leaving banks on the island country in deep financial trouble. cyprus sent its finance minister michael air isous to moscow to seek

welcome to "newsline." disaster management officials in japan have released statistics they know are shocking, but that they hope will help people prepare. they say damage from an earthquake that's expected to hit any time could reach 2.3 trillion dollars in a worst-case scenario. that's more than twice the current national budget. scientists warn the nankai trough south of japan's main island could trigger a magnitude 8.1 earthquake. they say the probability of it happening sometime in the next 30 years is 70% to 80%. disaster management officials say in the worst case scenario the quake and resulting tsunami would kill more than 300,000 people. nearly 10 million others would need to take shelter because electricity and water supplies would be disrupted. officials say damage to housing, businesses, factories could top $1.5 trillion. another $210 billion would have to be spent to the repair roads and railways. >> translator: we have taken the worst case scenario to improve our crisis management. the figures

find out about the challenges that china faces on "newsline." o. >>> a conference on african development is a great chance for the country to highlight efforts to protect the people there. >> it's the countries in africa, asia, and latin america that are increasingly paying for their own programs. but they can't do it all on their own, so we need to stay with them a little longer to accept this challenge. >> dybul says he hopes they commit to the conference. it will be held in june. >> we hope that japan will continue to play the leadership role in terms of financing and in terms of leadership and technical relationships, and in terms of the private sector contribution. >> the global fund is fighting aids, tuberculosis, and malaria. >>> japanese maestro and his orchestra have held a benefit concert in new york. they plays for the victims in march 11, 2011, and those of hurricane sandy. >> it's the second anniversary of the earquake in japan. they also prayed for the reconstruction of affected areas. ♪ >> i thought it was very beautiful. and i th

. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." the u.s. secretary of defense says north korea's provocative actions and belligerent tone have ratcheted up the danger on the korean peninsula. chuck hagel said leaders in pyongyang used heated rhetoric for years, but he said people have to understand there's a new reality. >> we will unequivocally defend and we are unequivocally committed to that alliance with south korea as well as our other allies in that region of the world. and we will be prepared. we have to be prepared to deal with any eventuality there. >> hagel said there are a lot of unknowns, but he said u.s. officials have to take every provocative word and action seriously. maidle made the comments hours after u.s. commanders dispatched b-2 stealth bombers in joint exercises with the south korean military. pentagon chiefs say the deployment is meant to reassure allies that they can count on u.s. forces. north korean leader kim jong-un has responded by ordering his commanders to be on standby to strike u.s. targets. the state-run n

welcome do this hour's "newsline" i'm james tengan in tokyo. prime minister shinzo abe said the time to talk trade is now. he just announced his country will join negotiations for the transpacific partnership. the agreement will link at least a dozen countries and eliminate the trade barriers that divide their markets. >> translator: i finally reached the decision today on joining the trade agreement, which has been dividing public opinion. but before making up my mind, i talked with many people and thoroughly examined the issue from every possible angle. >> abe said government estimates suggest if all tariffs are eliminated among tpp member nations, the japanese economy would benefit. an the prime minister said now is the last chance to join the talks. he pointed out that the negotiations started two years ago. and he said it's clear any rules participants have already agreed upon would be difficult to reverse. abe stressed japan is for now just joining the talks. he promised to work out an agreement that suits the nation's interests and use j

from our studios here in tokyo, this is "newsline." crews at fukushima daiichi worked all night and through the day to fix a problem that could have had dangerous consequences. the system's designed to cool four spent fuel rod pools at the nuclear plant stopped working. tokyo electric power company engineers announced that things should be back up and running again by wednesday. >> translator: this is our target, but this plan could be subject to slight delays. we're trying our best to get the systems working again. >> a blackout happened at the facility early on monday evening. for a short while, people working inside the plant's accident response center were left in the dark. then tepco engineers noticed the system used to cool spent fuel in pools connected to reactors one, three, and four, along with another pool, had stopped working. these pools contain about 8,500 spent fuel rods. tepco needs to keep cooling water flowing into them, or temperatures will rise. if it gets too hot, fuel can melt down and release a massive amount of r

glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday march 13th. i'm klatt r catherine kobayashi. >>> trying to choose a new pope, they were unable to make a decision on their first day. they took a vow of secrecy and filed into the sistine chapel. black smoke emerged from the chimney about three hours later saying no cardinal had captured the two-thirds majority needed to win. catholics from around the world have gathered in st. peter's square, waiting for white smoke the signal the cardinals have agreed on a new pope. >> i'm so happy to be here because it's such a rare opportunity. >> exciting and yet it is disappointing. we know we're going to have to come back tomorrow again to see the white smoke. >> the cardinals will vote four times a day until they reach a decision. >>> a chinese official says his country plans to survey the senkaku islands controlled by japan but claimed by china. the deputy head of the national administration of surveying, mapping and geoinformation made the remark on tuesday in an interview with china national radio. the

"newsline "oil bring you their stories. don't miss "path to recovery: two years on." >>> the latest statistics show that unemployment in the 17 nation euro zone edged up in january. it reached a new record highlighting the impact of the bloc's credit crisis. >>> the labor situation continues to worsen in countries that have introduced austerity measures in order to receive aid from the eu and other creditors. the figure for greece was 27% although the latest available data from athens was for the month of november. >>> looks like japan's crowded tablet market is going to be getting just a bit more crowded. microsoft has announced that it will start selling its original new tablet called the surface in japan beginning on march 15th. microsoft has been marketing mainly software and surface is drawing attention as a tablet developed by microsoft itself. the product was rolled out in the united states last october. surface's os is loaded with the latest windows version for tablets. it has a 10-inch touch panel screen and uses a

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. 3,000 delegates from across china are hunkered down inside a sprawling and secure complex in beijing. they're discussing the most pressing issues facing the world's second largest economy and deciding who should take up key posts in the next government. the national people's congress is happening at the great hall of the people in the chinese capital. when it's over, it is all but certain these two men will take control of this nation of 1.3 billion. next week congress party secretary xi jinping will be confirm as president and li keqiang should become premier. this week we're taking a closer look at the country they will inherit in our special series "china, change and challenge." james tengan reports for us. the npc has wrapped up its third day and there are indications the incoming government will be different from those of the past. are you seeing any indications? >> reporter: yes, gene, delegates inside the great hall of the people are talking behind clos

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. >>> people in china and elsewhere are paying close attention to high-level meetings under way in beijing. communist party delegates have gathered for their annual national people's congress. this time around, they'll be choosing the top leaders who will likely guide the country for the next decade. xi jinping is widely expected to become president and li keqiang is set to take the position of premier. people in china are taking a look at a wide range of issues, and so are we in our special series "china, change and challenge." james tengan is leading our coverage from beijing. james, premier wen jiabao spoke tuesday about issues they have to tackle. how did npc members react? >> reporter: hi, gene. members of the congress got straight to work. they divided into subcommittees to talk about the issues premier wen brought up in his speech. the men expected to control china after next week also took part in the discussions. communist party chief xi jinping joined

"newsline" will bring you their stories.iss "path to recovery: two years on." >>> members of the international olympic committee inspected several venues in tokyo on tuesday. it was their second day evaluating the city's plans to host the 2020 summer games. it included metropolitan gymnasium where the table tennis competition would be held. the site hosted the gymnastics events in the 1964 tokyo olympics. it's also where the table tennis world championships and other international events were held. some of the ioc officials enjoyed rallies with japanese players. including ai sukuhara. she won a silver medal in the london olympics. sukuhara said she was nervous. she said she tried her best to convey tokyo's enthusiasm to host the games. >> translator: i think i was able to show the interesting, fun parts of table tennis. ioc officials were all smiling. they seemed to have a good time. it was a big success. >> the ioc inspection will continue until thursday. the latest ioc survey shows that 70% of tokyoites support the bid to

news and insight on south and southeast asia every week day live from bangkok only on "nhk world newsline." >>> militants have launched a coordinating attack. they killed 24 people and wounded more than 50. they provered how vulnerable they were after the attack. two more car bombs went off near the foreign and culture minis y ministry. they exchange fire with security forces for about an hour. then some of the gunmen detonated suicide vests. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. they resemble those use bid the iraqi arm of al qaeda. >>> security staff at a new terminal there will be using some antiterrorism devices paid for by the japanese government. officials and guests attended the opening ceremony at the queen alia international airport. the airport is a busy international hub. up to nine million people are expected to pass through the new terminal every year. the japanese government spent more than $14 million of its global infrastructure money to buy x-ray devices. >> translator: these devices will help prevent jordan by preventing terror attacks as well as other people

"newsline" will bring you their stories. don't miss path to recovery, two years on. >>> the man who could soon head japan's central bank is speaking to the diet. he's facing members of the lower and upper houses who have to approve his nomination. which house is going to be harder on him? >> the upper house is thought to be more hard on him because it's not controlled by the prime minister's party. you might remember that the stil members of japan's largestd opposition democratic party will likely endorse the nominee for central bank governor clearing the way to succeed as head of the bank of japan. it was ground breaking for the bank of japan to declare its intention to meet a 2% inflation target. he said achieving that goal promptly would be his most important mission if he becomes boj governor. party secretary general expressed a favor notion. >> i got the notion he was a dependable person. >> if the dpj approves the nomination he will gain the support of the opposition controlled upper house even if other opposing partie

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara with the stories at this hour. >>> lawmakers are getting ready to vote on a new formula for getting an international baitout. they threw out the european union plan that included a levy on bank accounts. government leaders need to raise $5.8 billion euros to qualify for a bailout worth $10 billion. they accepted an eu plan that involved taking money from people's bank accounts. lawmakers flew that plan out. the government leaders want to raise the collateral by reorganizing major banks and creating a fund without using people's savings. they want to have the lie and's biggest bank absorb the rest. members of the staff union are protesting in front of the parliament building. they say breaking up the bank would destroy 2,000 jobs. even if lawmakers approve the new plan, eu officials may reject it. leaders in germany had doubts about the way leaders intend to raise the money. analysts say the negotiations will be tough. cyprus' finance minister tried to get help from r

"newsline" correspondents will bring you full coverage of incoming president jinping's new ideas. >>> japanese government leaders say they don't like the pace of the cleanup at fukushima daichii. so they've launched a panel to speed up the deconditioning of reactors at the nuclear plant. industry minister will lead the oup. the power president will sit on it along with the presidents of major manufacturers of electrical equipment. members met for the first time on thursday. they discussed a timetable drawn up by officials from the former government, he told them to review the schedule and come up with a new one by the end of june. >> translator: the deconditioning work should be put on a faster track, to rebuild the area marked by the disasters. >> the current timetable includes a plan to start removinguclear melted fuel within ten years. panel members plan to speak with officials in fukushima and academics in drawing up the new road map. tens of thousands of people have visited japan's northeastern toko region in the two years since it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. some volun

welcome to nhk world "newsline." two years ago an unprecedented emergency was unfolding in northeastern japan. towns and cities lay in ruin. residents were searching for lost loved ones, and crews were scrambling to control a nuclear plant few people in the world had ever heard of. in the days, weeks and months since the march 11th, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, survivors have been moving forward on a path to recovery. we're spending much of the day looking at how far they've come and the challenges that still lie ahead. two years ago a magnitude 9 earthquake shook homes, offices, and neighborhoods. the quake triggered another danger offshore. tsunami waves more than ten meters high slammed into the coast and brought down buildings all along it. the disasters triggered another inside fukushima daiichi. eventually reactors at the nuclear plant melted down. in all, government officials say 20,851 people were either killed or listed as missing. that number includes those who died during or after the evacuation. governme

. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more updates at the top of the hour.

. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." vooet nooez immediate vietnamese media reported that a chinese vessel fired on a boat from their country. the incident happened last wednesday around the paracel islands. vietnam state-run newspaper says the chinese chased the fishing boat near the paracel islands. it reported the ship fired five shots at the bought, causing its cabin to catch fire. none of the nine people on board was hurt. the vietnamese foreign spokesperson calls what happened a grave incident that violated his country's sovereignty and endangered the lives of the fishermen. he urged authorities in beijing to investigate and compensate the boat crews. but vietnamese media revealed the incident only six days after it passed suggesting downplay of the situation. historically anti-china sentiment has been strong within vietnam. the government there has in the past tacitly allowed public protest against china. but in december 2012, authorities in hanoi broke up a street demonstration apparently over concerns about anta

. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: secretary of state john kerry met with afghan president hamid karzai today, and said the two nations are "on the same page" about making peace with the taliban. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the challenges ahead for kerry and the u.s., winding down the war in afghanistan and dealing with tensions in iraq, syria, and the middle east. >> ifill: then, we update the movement on immigration reform, as president obama uses a citizenship ceremony to prod congress to send him a bill.

from our studios here in tokyo, this is "newsline." crews at fukushima daiichi worked all night and through the day to fix a problem that could have had dangerous consequences. the system's designed to cool four spent fuel rod pools at the nuclear plant stopped working. tokyo electric power company engineers announced that things should be back up and running again by wednesday. >> translator: this is our target, but this plan could be subject to slight delays. we're trying our best to get the systems working again. >> a blackout happened at the facility early on monday evening. for a short while, people working inside the plant's accident response center were left in the dark. then tepco engineers noticed the system used to cool spent fuel in pools connected to reactors one, three, and four, along with another pool, had stopped working. these pools contain about 8,500 spent fuel rods. tepco needs to keep cooling water flowing into them, or temperatures will rise. if it gets too hot, fuel can melt down and release a massive amount of r

hello and welcome back to "newsline." two years ago an unprecedented emergency was unfolding in northeastern japan. towns and cities lay in ruin. residents were searching for lost loved ones, and crews were scrambling to control a nuclear plant few people in the world had ever heard of. in the days, weeks and months since the march 11th, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, survivors have been moving forward on the path to recovery. we're spending much of the day looking at how far they've come and the challenges that still lie ahead. two years ago a magnitude 9 earthquake shook homes, offices, neighborhoods. the quake triggered another danger offshore, tsunami waves more than ten meters high slammed into the coast and brought down buildings all along it. the disasters triggered another inside fukushima daiichi. eventually reactors at the plant melted down. in all, government officials say, 20,851 people were either killed or listed as missing. that number includes those who died during or after the evacuation. government figure

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." generation after generation has stared into space and wondered whether there may be life on mars. nasa scientists say the red planet may once have been habitable. they say their rover curiosity has found the ingredients to nurture life and evidence of a vast amount of water. >> i think we have found a habitable environment that is so benign and supportive of life that probably if this water was around and you had been on the planet you would have been able to drink it. >> curiosity drilled last month in search of rock. nasa scientists used the vehicle's observation instruments to analyze the samples. they identified sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus. some of the chemical ingredients for life. they always found the area the rover searched had a vast amount of water and was almost ph neutral as water is on earth. curiosity landed on mars last august after a 36-week journey through space. scientists are operating the rover by remote control. they've spent the past seven months looking for any

let's bring in james marsh from the cnbc newsline.ames, you hiked recommendation. >> we are bullish on pandora, because of increasings trends into the mobile business. as you know, they have had a problem with that mobile business. showing pretty substantial improvement. i think it is a real influx point for the company. >> who would you like to see as the new ceo, james? >> i won't even comment on that. there are a lot of potential candidates that would love to be at the helm. they have a lot of forward momentum. >> what about challenges? julia was talking about apple getting into the space later this year. there t is a crowded space. >> i think there is two big challenges for the company. one is resolve by the improving monetary issues and that's the content cost issue. if they get more money per listener hour then that cost issue fades away. i think the risk from the new enchance is looming out there. i think the company did good fending off the clear channel's i heart radio this year. but talk of google and potentially apple getti

nbc space analyst joins us on the newsline. what is exactly is the problem? ?hey launched on time at 10:10 a.m. falcon 9 rocket carried the dragon into orbit where it was supposed to be. once it is in orbit it starts chasing the international space station. it was to have gotten up there tomorrow morning. when they fired up their rocket thrusters that ne need to do this, they have four sets of them on the dragon. only one set would work. so they decided for a moment not to deploy the solar rayes because they need the solar rays to bring energy to the spacecraft. and they missed their first opportunity to leave the lower orbit and head up to the space station. as i said, they need two systems working of the thrusters to do that. but more importantly, once they get there, they need three systems of the four to work to get them and for docking with the space station.station. they are carrying 1,200 pounds of supplies. that's food and scientific supplies, and anyway right now they are stuck in orbit. they must missed another opportunity at 2:00 p.m. eastern time to