. >>> glad you can join us for nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >>> the japanese health ministry is promising help for girls for cervical cancer vaccines. about 200 young women have complained of side effects. they will launch screenings and give medical assistance in any case where they can't rule out a link. girls in japan began receiving cervical cancer vaccinations six years ago. the health ministry and governments offered subsidies in april 2013. an estimated 3.4 million school girls had the shots. then one girl after another complained of pain. that prompted the health ministry to stop recommending the vaccinations too months after it started subsidies. officials did a follow-up study on 2,600 girls. they told nhk about 200 still suffer pain. they say some can no longer walk, and have stopped going to school. ministry officials haven't helped those girls because they haven't established the cause of the symptoms. they say they'll start screening cases soon. >>> the organizers of the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympi

>>> glad you can join us for nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. people in japan have witnessed history in the making. changes to the security policy the country has maintained for decades. members of the upper house have passed bills to expand the role of the self-defense forces and allow the country to exercise its right to collective self-defense. the full upper house convened minutes after midnight for the final vote. prime minister shinzo abe's coalition camp passed the bills with the support of three minor opposition parties. representatives of the ruling liberal democratic party say the legislation will strengthen the japan/u.s. security alliance, prevent war and increase safety. opposition lawmakers tried several tactics to delay the vote. filibusters, submitting no confidence and censure motions against the prime minister and his senior aides and walking at a snail's pace when casting a ballot. but their efforts failed to prevent the bills from becoming law. they waged fierce debates over the legislation. they said more debate was needed.

nhk world's dhra dhirakaosal reports from myanmar's largest city. >> reporter: hello from yangon. almost two weeks have passed since the official election. the country had been under military rule for half a century. since 2011, myanmar has been undergoing drastic changes with the introduction of democratic and economic reforms. now the people of myanmar are preparing to take part in their first free general election since 1990. i visited a suburb of yangon where the election battle is heating up ahead of the november 8th poll. aung san suu kyi is the leader of the opposition national league for democracy and the symbol of myanmar's pro-democracy movement. she is not only visiting her constituents but also those of other candidates. aung san suu kyi is making a stop here to campaign ahead of the election as locals gather in excitement. >> translator: with the people entrusting power in us, we're all the more determined to work hard for them. >> the november vote will be the first free general election in 25 years. expectations are high among voters. >> if the nld, led by aung san

nhk world. >>> tokyo has no shortage of entertainment venues. the competition for customers is fierce, and now it may be more so as some places rethink their business model in effort to attract new businesses. nhk world has that story. >> reporter: the horses at this tokyo track run until nearly 9:00 p.m. spectators can follow the action in the cool evening breeze. for people who are more interested in eating than racing, the complex offers about 50 restaurants where they cspen their time and money. there's even a family barbecue area. but the number of visitors has decreased in recent years. about ten years ago, more than 10,000 people a day came to the track. that number dwindled to fewer than 6,000. so the track's operator is moving beyond its normal customer be and trying to attract increasing number of foreign tourists. since april, promotional brochures have been published in korean, chinese, and english. the company has even begun offering korean and english language classes for security guards. it todeamed up with th bus company to creat

nhk world, south sudan. >> thank you. >>> you're watching "newsline" on nhk world from tokyo where wemitten rain. parts of japan drenched with heavy rainfall today as we learn in this hour's update. >> the weather was gorgeous over the silver week holiday, but now we are dealing with heavy rainfalls. you can see many clouds are blanketing the country. the worse conditions occurred in the region this morning with some video coming out of the prefecture. unstable atmospheres gripped japan bringing rainfall this morning. 260 millimeters fell in 24 hours. evacuation advisories were placed for over 150,000 resident residents. rain has comntinued, but take a look at the rainfall report in 24 hours. the heaviest rain fell where about 360 millimeters of rain fell in just 24 hours. landslides and flooding reporting, and now the rain is moving east in the region, and more heavy rain is expected into friday in the tokyo area, and it will be more like mid-october. you may want to ar one more layer of clothes tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 30s and sunny weather will continue into the weeken

nhk world has more. >> reporter: 12,000 soldiers marched past teen mann square. they are marching what they call the victory of chinese people over japanese aggression and the war. it's the first time china's leaders have held a military parade on this day. a surprise for president xi jinping. in an opening speech he announced his nation would cut the number of troops by 300,000. >> translator: we will never see predominance in the world. adopt and a expansionist policy. we will never impose the tragic experience of our country on the people of other nations. >> reporter: security was tight with armed police throughout the capital. authorities even traffic for weeks. main road leading to the square was closed late last night until noon today. but it's open now. people in beijing have welcomed the parade. >> translator: i felt energy coming out from my inside. >> translator: i'm happy with what our president announced today. i think that china is not supposed to press other countries by the size of our military. i want my country to play a central role in promotin

earlier nhk world's ambei joined us. meiko gan by telling us why abe didn't have any competition this time around. >> only seiko noda was considering a run. she said it would give an opportunity to discuss issues and it would lead to political stability. but she wasn't able to get enough recommendations. she belongs to no faction and that made it difficult for her to get widespread support within the party. there are seven factions within the ldp and the leaders of all of them threw support behind abe. i think many ldp lawmakers saw no reason to try and field a rival candidate. three years ago abe led the ldp to a landslide victory securing the party's return to power. and since abe became prime minister, the ldp has won a majority in two other national elections. so ldp members see abe as someone who steered the party back to strength and ensured stability. we can also imagine that faction leaders hope their support could be rewarded in the future with cabinet posts and other positions for their allies. and this is an i

the nobel peace prize laureate sat down with nhk in an exclusive interview. she says leaders must find ways to ensure every child has access to 12 years of quality education. >> there is a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up. >> malala was shot three years ago in pakistan. members of the taliban attempted to silence her advocacy of a girl's right to education. after recovering she continued her quest. her life recently became the subject of a documentary film. >> one child. one teacher. one hope. and one pen. they can change the world. >> malala said world leaders at the u.n. summit must aim for more ambitious targets for children's education than the previous ones set in the year 2000. >> the development goals, the dreams were too small. they were not too ambitious, because only focusing on primary education for children. it's not -- which world leader would want only six years of education or nine years of education for their child? we're hoping that this year, the sustainable development goals, they will dream big, they will

nhk world. >> thanks very much. you're watching "newsline" from our studios here in tokyo where it's a wet friday with temperature reading the 19 degrees celsius or 66 degrees fahrenheit. people iokinawa and taiwan brace for the arrival of a powerful storm as we learn in this hour's update. >> yes. a system just parred up to a strong typhoon. there's a very defed eye in the center and the clouds are organized, meaning is already a powerful system. the system's slowly making its way to japan as well as taiwan. it's now expected to get very close to the okinawa islands by sunday local tim as a powerful storm, and it could get close to north of taiwan, especially taipei area by monday, and the third target is eastern china, so taiwan, southwestern islands of japan, and china are in the ring of fire. this is number 21st storm for the western pacific. t typically, we see 18 storms so far this year, so the western pacific has been very active this year. a lot of rain is affecting mainland japan. there is a front in the sy

more from nhk world. >> reporter: this man is a husband and father. he fled syria with his immediate family and other relatives two months ago. they traveled 2,700 kilometers to budapest in hungary. they're hoping to go to germany. >> translator: these are my daughters. my 4-year-old daughter walked 15 kilometers by herself. they are always asking me how much further they have to walk. >> reporter: his family used to live in eastern syria. but now islamic state militants control the city. they decided to leave the country because each day people are getting drawn into the battle and dying. >> translator: syria has air strikes every day. we could die at any moment. >> reporter: he raised money by selling his house and set out for europe. while he was telling his story, a group of young people in budapest started throwing firecrackers at migrants and refugees at the international train station. migrants responded by hurling plastic bottles at the group. things became tense. he told the migrants to stop it. he feels in his bones that migrants are not wel

nhk world's kazuwaki hirama reports. >> reporter: here in joso city, many roads are still flooded, so we cannot go further from here. and looking down here, you can see the waters have inundated all the roads and fields and even the railroad tracks over there. the waters seem to be still gushing in, and some residents are being rescued even now. [ sirens ] rescuers are transporting stranded residents to safety. but deep water is slowing their progress. >> reporter: this mother and son said they looked on in alarm as the water approached their house during the night. it started seeping in on friday morning. >> reporter: another family was being rescued. toshio sakasai fled with his mother and daughter early friday morning, but their car was soon engulfed. they waited for hours in a nearby shop until rescuers arrived. >> translator: it was terrible. the water came up to my waist. >> reporter: sakasai headed for an evacuation center about ten kilometers from his house. more than 100 people were already taking shelter there. sakasai and his family had brought something important from thei

nhk world has more. >> reporter: getting more than a new look. the workers are painting on the walls to keep mosquitoes at bay. the paint at this store. >> translator: i want to see whether the paint wards off mosquitoes. dengue fever is very scary. >> reporter: last year the number of people infected in asia jumped from 110,000. one reason from the increase is r rapid buildings going up. improvements infrastructure, such as drainage, has not. this has created an environment in which mosquitoes thrive. seeing a business opportunity, a japanese paintmaker began developing the mosquito repellant paint. the paint is a product of joint research with a university. it was put on the market a year ago. the effect of the paint, a state run institute in malaysia. mosquitoes put in two sets of containers. the containers on the right are coated with paint at the moment. the rest are not painted. fifteen mants later, mosquitoes on the left are sitting. on the left are avoiding the paint area. this hospital also realizes the effectiveness of the paint. a neig

nhk world. >> thank you. officials north of tokyo say the search for missing people after last week's floods have taken a positive turn. all 15 residents who could not be found were found unharmed in another city. a wide area in the city was hit when they breached a levy last thursday. officials confirm two men died there, and police officers conducted door to door searches for the other missing people, and they say all of them are safe. many pts remain covered with water and mud. the rain also devastated the neighboring prefectures and at least five other people died there. at least 3,000 residents are still living in evacuation shelters. as people count the cost, experts are looking into why the area was hit so badly. nhk world reports. >> reporter: one man living close by saw the water suddenly start flowing over the embankme embankment. he made a quick escape. >> translator: water began rushing over the river bank into my backyard so i shovelled what i could hold in my car and drove away. >> reporter: the

nhk world, davao. chrome, and artistic flair. decoration trunks adorn japan's highways. the drivers are usually viewed as maverick road warriors, but as nhk world reports, they're also uniting to support those affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. >> reporter: truck after truck arrives. more than 500 rumble into an open space in the city of ishinomaki in northeastern japan, a place devastated by the tsunami in 2011. the culture stretches back decades. truckers customize their rigs for the long lonely journey. neon lights mixed with the traditional pictures and whether you consider it gaudy, it doesn't come cheap. drivers spend around $100,000 on average adding bling to their wheels. some paint their beloved family. >> translator: the girl in the center is my eldest daughter. my truck, my daughter, they're both dear to me. it makes me feel like i'm always driving with her and it encourages me to work hard. >> reporter: and they are also encouraged by helping the needy. when disaster strikes, they converge and dedicate themselves to the cause. this man heads the gro

yusuke noguchi, nhk world, kochi. >> and that's it for business news for this hour.'ll leave you with another check on the markets. ♪ ♪ >>> the president of myanmar has met with leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups. political observers believe a truce could build support for the ruling solidarity and development party. he met minorities leaders on wednesday in the capital. he emphasized the importance of a ceasefire. >> translator: i'd like to express the importance of peace in the transition to democracy. without peace, it is not possible. i'd like to call on you all to take part in the discussion with a genuine desire for peace. >> government troops have fought with armed minority groups since myanmar's independence from britain. ethnic minorities account for 1/3 of the country's population. members of the association of southeast asian nations plan to set up an economic community by the end of the year. analysts say the stabilization of border areas is essential for development. team say the administration succeeded in a draft in march after two years of ne

kazuaki hirama, nhk world. joso. >>> in malaysia demonstrations took place following protests over alleged involvement. division between supporters and those demanding resignation is giving rise to confrontation in the multi-ethnic nation. police say 30,000 people took part in the rally held in kual aw. >> there was no fraud. if they want to change the government they should wait for the next general election. >> late last month a two day protest was held in the city after allegations surfaced that he had illegally received about 700 million u.s. dollars from a state fund. the group that had organized wednesday's rally claims organizers of the demonstration were mainly ethnic chinese and that they had insulted ethnic leaders. some protesters headed to one of the china town areas. >> translator: this protest is to say the official religion of this country is islam. so what's the progress of the protest so far? so far it's been good. why do you want to go to the street? even if permit isn't verified we can't cont

nhk senior political ca commentator. >>>ind es revealed the planning adopt china's high speed railway system. the project pitted tokyo and beijing against each other in a fierce competition to win the contract. informed japan's top government spokesperson of the decision. he is visiting as a special envoy for the president. japan and china have been eyeing the railway contract and the plans link jakart and city of bandung. earlier this month leaders in jakarta said they would cancel the project and both plans would put a strain on state coffers. they will not offer guarantees for loans. president decided on shchina's proposal as japan's would require government guarantees. >> translator: we regret that came to convey our message. >> officials in beijing welcomed the decision. >> translator: we have expertise in construction and management of high speed trains as well as superior know how in international cooperation, findings and conditions, transfer of technology and schedule management. >> japan is eyeing a number of h

john ladue, nhk world, tokyo. >>> time for a check of the weather.here's four storms churning across the pacific. meteorologist robert speta tells us how they could impact people living along coastlines. >> yes, catherine. really, we're at the peak of tropical season out here in the hemisphere. all four of the systems, the good news at this point, these are kind of fish storms. the one closest to land mass is off to the east. not expected to have a direct landfall, but it is still surging in that moisture off the southwestern u.s. we have another one here towards the west. this the strongest one. then ignacio and kilo which is the only one that's a typhoon in the extended range. that could even near japan some time next week. maybe about a week and a half from now. still ignacio is the one really at this point you may think, this is the farthest away from any land masses, but this actually could near the west coast of canada there into british columbia and bring snowfall. in parts of alberta at this point we have heavy snowfall warnings into the high

aika nanao, nhk. >> thank you. >>> moving oto other regions. in china,he shanghai composite closed up half a percent to 3052. investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of upcoming manufacturing data and a week long holiday. for the july-september quarter, the index tumbled 28.6%, the worst since 2008. hong kong boued back from yesterday's two-year low, rising 1.4% led by auto makers. in other markets, indonesia ended up up by a percent after the government announced on tuesday additional stimulus measures. sydney gained 2.1% for the arter and posted the biggest lo in four years. japan has become an ageing society, and more than any other country in the world. the number of people 60 and older account for more than 30% of the country's population. elsewhere in asia, the percentage stands at almost 18 %. in singapore, 50% in thailand and china, but it is expected to rise in the next few decades. in the first of a three-part series on business opportunities with senior citizens in japan, we look at companies that have traditiolly targeted younger pe

mayu yoshida, nhk world. >>> that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> business leaders from all over the world are coming to grips with some of the biggest issues facing the global economy. they're meeting at the annual world economic forum to discuss china's economic downturn and a host of other hot topics. takafumi terui has more. >> reporter: more than 1,700 people are from 19 countries are expected at the three-day conference. they'll be attending talks on economic uncertainties, environmental challenges, and other pressing issues. but everyone knows the main topic at this event is china. people are keen to hear how leaders in beijing plan to spur growth in the world's second biggest economy. they're concerned about volatility in stock markets. and many are worried about the impact on emerges asian economies. so organizers have arranged a series of talks that address china's new normal. president xi jingping used that to diversify china'sconomy and embrace a more sustainable level of grow. in other words, the yea

nhk world has more. were. >> reporter: about 7,500 people took part in emergency training at five venues in tokyo. they practiced handling patients at a makeshift clinic. the government's panel of experts say there is a 70% chance that an earthquake with a magnitude around 7 will hit the kondo area within the next 30 years in the worst case scenario 23,000 people are expected to perish due to fire and collapsed buildings. private firms are also taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a natural disaster. practice makes perfect. these company workers are learning how to respond when any disaster strikes. about 500 employees working for re estate firm that manages took part in the first response drill. they practiced transporting the injured. >> translator: i thought that i should always have a sense of crisis against the disaster. >> translator: i felt like drills like this will help us act properly in a disaster. >> reporter: the company stores enough food to feed 5,000 people for three days. it al

nhk world. >>> pushing ahead, china ease rise from wealth, power, and problems.n income gap divides its people. solutions threaten their health, and differences over territory strain relations with its neighbors. the challenges china faces on "newsline. >>> people from japan are still feeling the impact of the nuclear accident four and a half years ago. about 45,000 of them continue to live away from their homes despite drawing the attention of high school students from the country that realize they depen on nuclear power more than any other. here's thetory. >> reporter: 20 high school students from france and a local area headed for a site 10 kilometers away from the krcri e crippled plant. the town is still restricted and nobody is yet allowed to live here. the area is used for an initial storage site for nuclear reactive wast the students already studied the aftermath after 2011, but this was the first time they were able to take a close look. >> translator: there's really a lot of waste. i also spotted considerable amounts on the way here. >> translator: e i

nhk world has more. >> reporter: it's getting more than a new look. the workers are painting on the walls containing a chemical to keep mosquitoes at bay. the paint is filling the shelves at this store. >> translator: i want to see if the paint really wards off mosquitoes. dengue fever is very scary. >> reporter: last year the number of people infected with dengue in malaysia jumped to more than 100,000, 210 died. one reason for the increase is a rapid improvements. this has created an environment in which mosquitoes thrive. seeing a business opportunity, a japanese paintmaker began developing a mosquito-resistant paint. the paint includes substances that are harmless to humans but fatal to mosquitoes. the paint is a product of joint reserve with a university. it is put on the market a year ago. the effect of the paints were analyzed at the state-run institute in malaysia. mosquitoes were put in two sets of containers. the containers on the right are coated with the paint at the bottom, the rest are not painted. 15 minutes later mosquitoes on the left

nhk world has the latest on the police search. >> reporter: most people in thailand are buddhists. but the suspects were hiding in a district with many muslim residents. about an hour's drive from central bangkok. the group used this apartment as a safehouse. a foreigner who called himself adam was arrested here. this was a major breakthrough in the investigation. a large number of muslims have moved to this district from other countries. local people say the bombers didn't attract suspicion. >> translator: they spoke what sounded like a middle eastern language but they didn't look like terrorists. >> reporter: police confiscated ball bearings, the same type as the ones used in the attack. and more than 200 fake turkish passports. this fake passport was allegedly issued for the man who calls himself adam. the quality is poor. the expiry date is printed twice. forgeries of official documents are not unusual in bangkok. the owner of this shop showed us samples of counter fit driver's licenses and student i.d. cards. >> reporter: one of the suspect s police to enter thailand. the wide

nhk world. >> that's all for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. m . >>> families in south korea traditionally share meals together whether dining at home or eating out, but parents find more and more restaurants refuse to admit their young children. >> reporter: people come to this cafe to enjoy a cup of coffee and peace and quiet. you won't see any young chirp. this cafe on the outskirts of daegu is one of the first to refuse children. it's banned children under 6 for entering for the last three years. the owner says when he opened the cafe, the customers were mostly parents with children. some showed no consideration for other people. they used tables to change diapers. others got angry when kim asked their children to quiet them down. he began to feel his cafe had to become a very different place to the peatful sanctuary he envisioned, so he decided to make a change. >> translator: i can concentrate on my conversation. it's not noisy. there are no kids running around. >> translator: my profits dropped 20% in the first few months, and began impr

nhk world, fukushima. >>> research by nhk found at least 120 elderly people suspected of having dementia were taken to hospitals in tokyo this past summer. they are apparently suffering from heatstroke. most of them were elderly and living alone. many were found unconscious when caregivers or support center workers came to visit. some of the patients had been unable to distinguish between the tv remote control and that for the air conditioner. this man in his 80s was diagnosed as having dementia six years ago. when he was found nearly unconscious in august, he had apparently set his air conditioner on heating mode. >> translator: is it hard to use? >> translator: this is over my head. >> translator: he was doing it wrong just now, not again. >> a dementia expert noted that adjusting room temperatures can become a serious problem in summer as well as in winter. >> translator: people with dementia cannot do things other people take for granted, such as switching on the air conditioner or getting a drink of water. >> nagata says it's important for families to seek community support and crea

. >> nhk world has been following ins and outs of japanese politics for years. you watched the ldp leadership race three years ago when abe faced off against four other lawmakers but seems he didn't have much competition. >> that's right. one senior member indicated until recently she was considering a run. the former head of the party's general counsel. she said her candidacy would give the party an opportunity to discuss serious issues and that choosing the leader through a vote would lead to political stability but she wasn't able to assemble enough recommendations. she belongs to no faction and that made it difficult for her to get wide spread support within the the party. there are seven factions within the ldp and the leaders of all of them through their support behind abe and he won backing by individual lawmakers in each group. >> what explains his broad support? >> well, i think many ldp lawmakers saw no reason to try and feel that rival candidate three years ago. abe lead the ldp to a landslide victory in the lower house election clearing the way for t

yusuke noguchi, nhk world, kochi. >>> and that'st for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> a nuclear reactor in southwestern japan h resumed commercial operations. it's the first in the country to generate electricity for sale in two years. the operator kyushu electric power company restarted the sendai plant's reactor about a month ago. it was the first restarted after the fukushima daiichi accident four years ago. inspectors from the nuclear regulation authority conducted final checks of the reactor and other equipment. they reported no abnormalities, so the regulator gave them approval to proceed. about 40 people who are enraged that the plant was restarted gathered outside the front gate. they carried banners that read no more nuclear power and stop operation immediaty. one demonstrator referred to the nuclear accident that happened in fukushima. >> translator: i'm upset mainly because fukushima hasn't recovered. hardly any of the people affected can go back to their own lives. >> she said she'll keep campaigning to get kyushu electr

she spoke to nhk in tokyo on monday. she's the special presidential advisor for the ticefight again child recrudement. 10,000 instances of the crime were reported there last year. >> we're addressing it. we're not denying it and that's the first step to make the issue no more taboo. >> she says the government is stepping up crack downs on sex crimes and spoke about efforts to support victims including a hot line for advice that enabled women proper care. she said an improved economy would help prevent sexual violence. >> business which is not based on diamond or gold or oil, at first you had very few resources and you made a success story so how can rerplicate that story? >> she hopes japan would share economic development model with her country. >>> a panel of experts is calling on the japanese government to reflect on fukushima's cleanup. decontamination work and the 2011 nuclear disaster is facing major delays, the environment ministry set up the panel to look into the work. members met in tokyo to discuss how contami

. >> catherine with nhk's world editor in chief in new york. >>> abe and putin met on the si sidelines of the summit to talk about paving ways for putin to visit japan. the two leaders have not met face-to-face since vember, and he emphasized economic ties. >> translator: russia and japan have intensified contact in all fields including a recent meeting of a bilateral governmental committee on trade and economy, but to our regret, the volume of transactions between the two countries has declined slightly i believe we have great potential for economic cooperation. >> abe pledged to work on peace treaty talks to resolve a territorial dispute. the issue involves four russian controlled islands that japan claims. >> translator: recently, i was reelected at liberal democratic party president. this allows me to rededicate myself with peace treaty talks with vladimir. i'll work on ties with russia. >> before his departure for new york, abe said the territorial issue with russia cannot be resolved if the leaders of the two countries do not communicate. abe took part on a summit on u.n. peace k

nhk world's hiroshi nakajima has more. >> reporter: in ya ma yamada, t man has been ringing the bell to commemorate those who died in the disaster and to hope for a full recovery. >> translator: many people are still living in temporary houses. i'm always hoping that they can return to their normal lives where they don't have to worry about their safety. >> reporter: police say the 2011 disaster left over 18,000 people dead or missing. more than 3,000 others died in shelters or from disaster-related causes. officials from the reconstruction agency say as of august 13, over 140,000 people are still in temporary housing in miyagi, iwate, and fukushima prefectures. the torrential rain have put a bigger burden on those in disaster areas. in minamisoma city, there was an evacuation for people. >> translator: it's a traumatic experience for me. it's really scary. >> reporter: those in temporary houses are fleeing again. people are evacwuated to a school. >> translator: i'm scared because the river is so close. >> reporter: waters flooded in the early morning. residents say the water was up

nhk world, hawaii. >>> it's time now for a check of the weather. people in tokyo are seeing another rainy morning. robert speta joins us with the latest. >> at least over the next 24 hours, it looks like we're not going to be actually out here. on wednesday, we did see the sun speak through in the afternoon hours. we have this push away, the sunnier skies came in, first time in several days. on thursday, another storm moving in from the west, all along this frontal boundary, bringing showers, nagasaki, about 50 millimeters per hour was reported out here, and you could see an addition of 100 millimeters through the next 24 hours, with the showers definitely coming down even into the tokyo area by thursday afternoon. really starting to get very wet out here. so you want to have an umbrella ready on stand by for the rest of the day. maybe by friday afternoon, we'll get a bit of a break. on saturday and sunday, this whole frontal area, which is still pumping lows out of southeastern china, is all going to dip down to the south. with that, pulling in co

nhk has learned that the operator of the fooukushima pla is getting help from overseas in the cleanup effort. they areartners with a french group to decommission the facility. they will focus on decontaminating areas around the vessel. the toughest challenge will be removing lots of nuclear fuel. the fuel is extremely radio active. they plan to get technical help from the alternative energies and atomic energy commission, or ced. it's funded by the french government with expertise of disabling reactors and fuel reprocessing facilities. under the agreement, the cea will use remot controlled robots that can withstand radiation levels and train workers. they will provide cea with data for the decommissioning process,

nhk world has more. >> reporter: this is the tokyo flagship store. people are lining up to buy copies of an author's latest work. he's bought up 90% of initial print run of 100,000 copies of the latest book. this is an unusual move for a japanese book store. typically retailers buy smaller amounts even of books they believe will become best sellers. but he plans to sell many of these volumes to other retailers. by doing this, they ensure that more copies end up in the real book stores. managers plan to sell half of what they buy at the 170 global branches. the rest will go to other book shops in japan. and by ensuring that popular books go to brick and mortar shops rather than the internet, they hope to keep the tradition of buying real books in real stores alive. >> we want to send the message that good books are at book stores. the real ones on the street. we hope that will provide a spark and help to revitalize the publishing industry. >> reporter: some customers are welcoming the new approach. >> translator: i think the new strategy is good. i lo

nhk world reports. >> reporter: on monday, light lit up the night in central tokyo. [ chanting ] people opposing the bill gathered in front of the diet building calling for the bill to be scrapped. the organizers allowed 45,000 people to take part. tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the building with a wide range of people from young students to older demonstrators. they are chanting no more and uphold the constitution. some of the protesters say they'll take to the streets every day until their voices are heard. >> translator: the number of people who have gathered here demonstrated how each one of us