[siren] [woman speaking japanese] >>> live from our studios in tokyo, this is nhk newsline. the u.s. government has launched a probe into fake inspection data from a japanese steel maker. here with the details is gene. >> u.s. justice department officials have asked kobe steel's american subsidiary

. >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline." it's 11:00 a.m. on thursday in tokyo.iki yamamoto. >>> the american president says the country's heart is filled with grief over one of its worst mass shootings. donald trump went to has say gas to meet police officers and some of the hundreds wounded in sunday's attack. 58 others were killed by the gunman who fired down on a crowd indiscriminately where his l ll

>>> hello and welcome to nhk "newsline," i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo.opments at the chinese communist party national congress are suggesting that president xi jinping's grip on power will be cemented after having guiding principles. xi promoted a modern vision of socialism that he says will lead china into a new era.

. >>> to our viewers around the world, welcome to nhk "newsline." it's 11:00 a.m.ursday in tokyo, i'm miki yamamoto. >>> well-organized, coordinated and sis matic, words the u.n. human rights office uses to describe what it calls brutal attacks on roe min ga muslims in me yard man. steps taken to drive out more than half a million people. the report is based on interviews with 65

according to japanese broadcaster nhk, the carmaker may have been cutting corners on its final inspection two decades. it revealed last month that unqualified staff had been signing off newly built cars at several of its plants. sharanjit leyl shara njit leyl is sharanjit leyl is following the story for us in singapore. this is pretty shocking? it is shocking. it has caused yet more trouble for corporate japan. this sudden —— nissan further embroiled in the scandal. we have heard at a news conference that it is unclear how long these inappropriate vehicle inspections have been going on for. the ministry of transport previously said it was giving nissan about one month to report measures to prevent any sort of occurrence of this issue, and nissan themselves have announced they plan to suspend the domestic production of cars for the whole market for at least two weeks, and this was after it was forced to hold a major recall after admitting that uncertified technicians performed final checks on some car models. production would essentially stop at all six of its japanese assembly plans to tr

he was not trying to nhk light of the inexcusable behavior, but to shame him, not his victims.ence of sexual harassment and assault with this tweet. asking those who have been victimized to tweet "me, too." the hashtag took off with more than 24,000 replies to the tweet. filled mostly with me, toos, celebrities and ordinary people alike. >>> all right, check please. servers in argentina were put to the test over the weekend. nearly 500 waiters raced through the main street of gwen buenbueno buenos aires. it was sponsored by the hotel and hospitality workers union with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes in line for winners in different categories. >> they have the cover -- those are bottles, two bottles they got. it's not too bad. >> they're not totally hustling. >> what's up with that? you would think there is prize money at stake. >> some fast walking, speed walking. >> when it's full, it is difficult. i was a waiter as a teenager. it was hard to do all that. >> what is worst somebody at the table offsets the balance. you're like, whoa. pretty impressive. >> not an eas

a poll by nhk, more than half the japanese public said they don't support abe himself. it was a divided opposition that provided the lift for the ldp and the coalition partners the tokyo governors party of hope only took 49 seats to 312 for the ldp and coalition partners the constitutional democrats, they outgained them at 54 seats. this was an election that was framed as a referendum in abenomics as well as the prime minister's handling of the north korean threat. he will continue to press on with pressure on pyongyang also prime minister abe framed this election take talking about signaling and moving forward with the economic stimulus we're talking about a 2 trillion yen stimulus package that he had proposed prior to the election saying some of that money would be pushed towards expanding education as well as providing for child care one of the key focuses of this election was a 2% consumption tax hike scheduled to go into effect in 2019 prime minister abe has called for moving that forward saying he would use that for free education. that's raised a lot of questions

former obama administration official paul montero for the democratic no, ma'am nhk "newsline." edwards was the first african-american woman elected for congress in maryland. and opened up earlier this summer about her battle with m.s. anthony muse, by the way, is the husband of news ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. >>> two weeks after hurricane maria hit, there is a public health crisis right now in puerto rico. our doreen gentzler has been reporting from the island. tonight she takes us inside a medical clinic desperately trying to keep its patients alive. >> you can go for a week without it, but not much longer than that. >> at least 6,000 people o

network nhk reporting shinzo abe's ruling coalition retained its two-thirds majority in the lower housets won't be available until tomorrow. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in the middle east for meetings with saudi arabia's king and iraq's prime minister. the secretary is pressing both to form a united front to counter iran's growing influence in the region. >>> and army sergeant bowe bergdahl will be back in court tomorrow at fort bragg, north carolina. his future lies in the hands of an army judge after his decision to plead guilty to a charge of endangering his comrades by leaving his post in afghanistan in 2009. bergdahl was held captive by the taliban for five years. i'm rick leventhal, now back to objectified. ♪ ent. ( laughter ) "sharknado 3." it is my great honor to present the country's highest civilian commendation, the presidential medal of freedom, to finley allen shepard. ( applause ) i remember it. i was eaten by a shark in ten seconds. - you were president. - yeah. this is lester williams, reporting live from orlando. what? ( screaming ) was that a precursor to a

the nhk reporting nissan is --sing expections inspections from 20 years ago.s have gone down a dark path. we are counting down to the election on sunday and heads up, we are going to hear from the boj governor kuroda later this afternoon. yvonne: perfect way to talk to our next guest. take a look at the rally on the nikkei 225, the topics around 4.2%. view.ntrarian thank you so much. we haven't talking about this rally for some time, 20 year highs, seeing a little bit of pullback. at this is the longest streak since the 1980's. why stand in front of this train? the media reported a snap election is coming. of it, butbe the end a recent poll shows the win moreation will than 300 seats, way more than we expected. that is a reason why. doesn'tontinue, but it mean it keeps working from now on. that is our view. yvonne: is the market looking at a specific number? what is the magic number? guest: 300, i believe. yvonne: he can't lose any more seats, he asked again. trickymay become a point. if they win more than 300 seats, that means it is going to change anything f

i'm hidiki with nhk japan broadcast corporation. my question is north korea cyber capability. it has been reported that north korea is responsible for the "wannacry" attack and also a banking attack. i'm wondering, you know, that north korea is in a very isolated country and whether they have such kind of capability or not. so could you tell us, you know, what your could you tell us wha assessment is about north korean capability and you believe they have -- >> certainly. we're on record to say we have not definitively tied the want to cry that tied to the national health system. the nsa have not definitively, 100% tied that back to north korea. other nation states have and so there's been different news out there about whether or not north korea is or is not responsible. at rubugz is very tough. that's one of the challenges of cyber security and the strategy we talked about and providing pressure back on states whether they're nation states or individual actors. and so we, nsa, have not definitively attributed the malware, ransom ware back to north korea. that said, north kor

japan, dwc, nhk from from germany. find it shocking that i had to learn on for a news that there has -- foreign news, there has been 5000 medicos arrested, convicted, and taken away their license in this country. i have never heard that on american news. it lets you know how strongly -- strongly a -- strong the ama is. host: someone writes, how about prevention, tax opioid producers to fund treatment and incentivize pharma to find alternate bid massapequa, new york, priscilla on the line. good morning. caller: good morning. taking an opioid prescription as a result of knee replacement. it on the recommendation of my doctor, of course. spent a better part of 30 days in rehab. when i came home, the prescription continued. a visiting nurse said, come off the tablets and ask your doctor to get you something less strong. i went to my doctor for a follow-up visit and he said, i am the doctor, you need this prescription strong because the physical therapy is very important to your knee function. i have many nephews and nieces