nhk world, johannesburg. >> that is going to do it for business hour. let's see how things are looking on the markets. southeast asia weekday, live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >>> south korea's ruling party has avoided a major backlash from voters on its handling of a recent ferry diser aster. the sewol sank in april leaving over 300 people dead or missing. results are in for local elections widely seen as a referendum on president park geun-hye's administration. candidates from the ruling party won in 8 of 17 major polls. they include closely followed races for mayor in incheon and governor in key yonggi province. in seoul the incumbent mayor from leading opposition party new politics for democracy defeated the candidate. the government was heavily criticized for its handling of the ferry tragedy. candidates clawed back support toward the end of the campaign. the presidential office says it humbly accepts the will of the people and will work hard for national reform. >>> german prosecutors are investigating an allegation that chancellor angela merkel's phone was tapped by u.s. intelligence. german magazine deshbeagle last year reported her mobile phone w

nhk world, tokyo. >> that's all for now in business. i'll leave you with the latest markets. asia every weekday live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >>> let's now bring in our meteorologist robert speta for a check of the weather. robert the rainy season is starting in parts of western japan. when will it arrive in tokyo? >> shery, you're right. we have been seeing the last several days is these showers really kicking up across kyushu, rainy season officially starting there. i would not be surprised if we go ahead into thursday and friday if it does start into tokyo and much of the kanto region. we have this very large low pressure system pushing overhead and it is dropping an abundance of rain fall. miyazaki prefecture we've seen upwards of 395 millimeters of total rain fall. other locations about 300 millimet millimeters. this low is going to continue to work off toward the east so into tokyo and the kanto region basically starting on thursday and extending out through the weekend, have a umbrella ready because the showers are going to continue to persist, very rainy season like. and that's going to be one of the major problem

newsline." >>> soccer fans will have a reminder of where they are landing at the airport in sal paolo. they'll be greeted by massive murals depicts some of brazil's greatest world cup moments. nhk world explains. >> reporter: these are icon images of brazilian stars that bring world cup titles home. this one is in stockholm in 1958. another shows rinaldo who last recorded 12 career world cup goals in 2002. artists painted this 300 meter wide murals. >> translator: i'm honored to show my work to so many people. people from all over the world will pass here. >> reporter: in the streets of saw paolo there are hardly any commercial billboards because the city has strictly regulated them since 2007. on the other hand, wall art like this one, has become very popular. modern art for more than two decades. he was commissioned to paint a mural by the football club to celebrate their 100 year anniversary. >> translator: when i find a blank wall, i tell myself, this is just a dirty wall. but i'll transform it into something amazing. no matter how long it takes. >> reporter: he has left a blank space on these walls at the airport. he is determined to paint another mural here soon. >> trans