nld is fielding candidates for nearly all the seats up for grabs, with her running for a lower house seat in a constituency in yang gong. >> she's the one that fulfills our hopes. i am thrilled to see her. >> she's assured a victory in her constituency, so she's expected to tour outside of there to win support for the other candidates from her party. >>> japanese consumers may be paying twice as much in sales tax in a few years. the government is trying to balance the country's budget deficit. ai has that story. >> that's right. in addition, social security. even if the government succeeds in doubling the consumption tax rate to 10% by october, 2015, japan will likely fail to balance its budget. the finance ministry predicts the government will need to cover 45% of its revenue by issuing bonds in fiscal 2015. the figure will constitute an improvement of four percentage points from a record level reached in the draft budget for the next fiscal year, starting in april. total tax revenue will increase over 20% in fiscal 2015, if the sales tax hike goes ahead as planned. an aging populat

t-shirts. >> her father has been a lifelong supporter of the nld.at was enough to land in two stints in prison. now he is helping the party to prepare for the campaign ahead, confident there will be no repeat of 1990. >> we're at the dawn of a new beginning. the elections are free and fair. if she wins a seat, i believe she will help bring about a brighter future for our country. >> there is much work to be done, but there is also, for the first time, hope. the caution, the fear, is fading away. shops like this have been ended shops like this have long been the focal point of communities in burma. but the idea that someone could come here and openly discuss politics would have been unthinkable a year ago. in the last election, these women tell me, the military- backed party promised much but delivered little. they are expecting better, and they say they will speak out if they feel shortchanged. a people count for so long are growing in confidence, daring to demand their democratic rights. >> now back to the race here in new hampshire, where the hard

the nld is fielding candidates in nearly all those seats. she's running for a lower house seat in a constituency which she's widely expected to win. >>> the reforms in myanmar altered many witness about the country, but the new sense of optimism isn't shared by everyone. for years, many people from myanmar fled the country in search of work or freedom. reports from the thai border, they often find their new lives are also filled with hardship. >> translator: every day, people cross for myanmar, often illegally, to look for work. they total about 20,000 a year. they expect a better life. but often they find reality is tough. this garbage dump is close to the river. i am standing at a gar bj mountain on the thai border with myanmar. here, people from myanmar make a living collecting garbage. >> the mountain of trash is guarded with people, searching for scraps of steel and plastic to sell. 13-year-old came here with his family five years ago. he earns about a dollar a day, too little to feed his family of four. picking things out of the garbag

the nld is fielding candidates in nearly all those seats. kyi is running for a lower house seat in a constituency which she is widely expected to win. the reforms in myanmar have altered many opinions about the country. but the new sense of optimism isn't shared by everyone. for years many people from myanmar fled the country in search of work or freedom. but as nhk world reports from the thai border, they often find their new lives are also filled with hardship. >> reporter: between myanmar and thailand -- every day people cross from myanmar often illegally to look for work. they total about 20,000 a year. they expect a better life. but often they find it's tough. this garbage dump is close to the liver. i'm standing in a garbage mountain in a town on the thai board we are myanmar. the stink is really terrible. people from myanmar make a living by collecting garbage. the mountain of trash is dotted with people. they're searching for scraps of steel and plastic to sell. this 13-year-old came here with his family five years ago. he earns abou

nld agency manhunt is going on in washington state for the person who killed these united states park service ranger. margaret anderson was shot and killed the estate. it happened while she was conducting a traffic stop on a park property. this is the man that they believe committed a murder. benjamin are. they say they he ran away after shooting her, he ran into the forest and is believed to have military experience in hall rifle. police believe that he is also connected with the shooting death earlier that same day if where four people were shot thought a house party thought on sky will washington. three men and a woman in a 20 is the shock. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here's a live look at the james lick freeway and separate school. 1/4 >>darya: we are focusing on the weather. it is the big story. it is warm and dry. todd needs this note. right now in his letter this to play golf instead of ski and todd. in have been so dry in december. here we are in january. the national weather service has said that cause city received only a trace of precipitation in