japan must preserve the memory of people suffering in okinawa. >> translator: 70 years on okinawa bearsn excessive burden of hosting u.s. bases. we need to take that fact seriously. >> he said the government will continue to side with the people of okinawa in boosting the economy. more than 71 years have passed since the battle of okinawa. nhk takes a look back at one of the bloodiest battles of the pacific war and the toll it took on survivors. a waing, thifootage ntains ages thamay be dturbing. >> reporter: march, 1945. in the ending stages of world war iithe unit states d its alli launchea massiv operation on okiwa. 50000 u.s.oldiers r outnbered thimperial military. the japanese tros were oered to prolong the battle in an effort to bide time before the u.s. troops attacked the islands. the japanese forced thousands to the fht, incling wome and teagers. facing scide attks, the s. soldiers stopped disnguishin between civilians and soldiers. they bombed caves where people were hiding. survivors described the experience as hell. they starved and were forced to live amongst human was. tne

the governor wants it moved out of okinawa all together. he revoked a permit to reclaim land at the proposed site. but the government wants authority to overturn the decision. before the meeting, the government said there is no other alternative than that of the current site. and both sides say they will deal with the issue to reach a final deal. a white house representative said the government will not comment on legal procedures, but he did say the current relocation plan is the only way to avoid continuous use of the futenma base. >>> japanese officials have drafted a plan to counter global warming through 2030. it includes a long-term goal of cutting greenhouse emissions by 80%. the draft plan was presented at a government panel on friday. it calls for renewable technologies and the continued use of nuclear energy. the goal is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2030 compared to 2013 levels. it's the first time officials set a long-term target to cut emissions by 80% by the year 2050. the plan comes from agreements made in paris l

it happened in okinawa, too. okinawa do not like having this. these 19-year-old's marines running around with testosterone, bumping into each other. they want the marines out. ok, so marines out. but, a wonderful place. so, a compromise got hammered out several years ago in which -- i will not be clear on this, but i think it is about half of the marines that are currently were going to leave and go to places like guam and rotate in and out of australia. there were a number of options explored. other marines were going to remain in okinawa and there were going to be some buying of land, exchanges of land, operations remote part of the island and so far. the okinawans and marines have never been happy about that. the american congress says, you are going to build facilities? i think that is great. i think if you are going to build them in the sovereign state of indiana, that would be super. but your not. [laughter] but your building them in other places. we not going to give you a dime to build them in guam. it is a complex issue and it is still

okinawa prefecture said out of the 200,000 people who died, about 120,000 of them were residents of okinawa. the district court will hand down a ruling on wednesday afternoon. the lawsuit was filed in 2012. 79 civilian survivors in the batt battle. they say the government fulfilled its duty to protect its people. they're demanding $7.6 million in damages. >>> myanmar has a new president. reports on the historic step in the political transition. >> reporter: she said she would be above the president. meaning would essentially act as her proxy. >> this is the compassion and love of the people. this is a victory for the people of this country. this is also the victory of sue chee. >> the new president was in london and has been a trusted member of the inner cycle since the mid 1990s. but will sit in the same government. elected as one of two vice-presidents was nominated by the military, which holds 25 person seat in parliament. military intelligence and helps crack down on the democratic movement. is still on a u.s. sanction list. >> satisfying the people 100% will be difficult, if we can't s

. >>> japan has suspended construction work to relocate an american air base on the island of okinawa. the u.s. has 26,000 soldiers based there. the government wants to move the base to a less densely populated part of the island but people there want it closed down. we have this report from northeastern japan. >> this on the face of it would appear to be something of a concession by the japanese prime minister and the central government in tokyo in its long running battle with the governor of okinawa, the island far south of mainland japan. it centers around a u.s. marine base ride in the middle of the island, in the middle of a residential area. the japanese government calls it the most dangerous such air base in the world as a result of that. it's destined to be relocated to northeastern okinawa main side in a bay there, very close to a current u.s. military base, but there has ban long running protest by the residents of okinawa saying it is an environmentally dangerous thing to do to reclaim the land in that bay. also, they say they simply bear too much of the burden of the u.s.

air base on okinawa as locals work to get it shut down completely. >>> the u.s. navy moves an aircraft carrier and several other ships to the disputed south china sea. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera's international tuesday hour. we begin tonight in brazil with major developments in the construction investigation involving the state owned oil company petrobras that has threatened the government of president dill pl dilma roussef. one threatened the home of lula de silva, who left office in 2011. he insists he has done nothing wrong. these raids are more in the long running scandal of the petrobras corruption. lula supporters scuffled with police as they protested his detension. the form he president remains popular in brazil. many believe he will seek to return to office in 2018. marga ortigas reports. >> early on friday in a massive sweep that was broadcasted live on tv hundreds of armed police raided numerous properties across three brazilian states, brought if for question, luis silva, lula called it a sad day for brazilian democracy. >>

the governor of okinawa said no new military facilities should be built in his prefecture. he wants the base moved out of okinawa all together. >>> now take a look at the business headlines. people who study japan are reading through the latest batch of economic data. they're finding out about people's spending habits and the country's job situation. ai uchida joins us from our business desk with the latest. ai, how is it looking? >> catherine, it is a mixed picture today. there are more jobs for job seekers than there have been in decades, but people's incomes are going down. and that means they have to be careful about what they buy. so let's start with household spending. japanese shoppers were frugal in january, marking the fifth straight month of decline. officials at the internal affairs ministry say spending by all households with two or more members fell 3.1% in yen terms from a year ago. on average, households spent about $2,500 a month. meanwhile, the average monthly income for workers' households stood at $3,800, that was down 1.3% in real terms from the previous

marine corp camp schwab in nago, okinawa. spokesperson john kirby spoke about the case. >> the united states navy takes these matters very, very seriously, and we'll do a thorough job of getting to the bottom of it. >> defense department spokesperson jeff davis said the pentagon will cooperate fully with police in okinawa leading the investigation. >>> japan's central bank officials metaphor the first time since surprising the world with a negative-interest-rate strategy. gene otani has that story and the rest of the business headlines. >> bank of japan continue their kweeft to drive inflation up to 2% they've agreed not to expand their stimulus. the board members said japan's economy has recovered moderately but exports have been sluggish due to a slow down in emerging economies. they won apply negative interest rates to money reserved funds used by investors to pay utility bills. the bank's governor stressed the negative-interest-rate delivering tangible benefits. he said commercial lenders are lowering their rates on mogag

marine base to okinawa. the central government and okinawa have sued each other over the base relocation plan. the prime minister has agreed to resume talks. but he says the government's plan to move the base from one part of okinawa to another has not changed. the relocation is based on a 20-year-old agreement to reduce the burden of the u.s. military presence on okinawa. opponents want the base moved off okinawa entirely. "el chapo" is having such a hard time in prison --- that he wants to be extradited to the u-s. the mexican druglord's attorney says el chapo is chronically sleep- deprived and is getting sick. el chapo apparently wants to be transferred to the u-s--- where he's ready to plead guilty to drug trafficking. but the attorney says the druglord would do that only if he's held in a medium- security isolation. mexico has already been working to extradite him. he's currently wanted in seven states. el chapo's real name is joaquin guzman. he broke out of a mexican high-security prison last july ---

the governor wants it moved out of okinawa all together. he revoked a permit to reclaim land, but tokyo wanted a court to give it the authority to override the decision. the two sides remain far apart. he said there is no other alternative than that of the current relocation plan. he immediately criticized abe saying it wasn't an appropriate comment given the settlement was just reached. they will deal with the case carefully to reach a final deal. >> white house spokesperson told nhk the government will not comment on legal procedures, but he did say the current relocation plan is the only way to avoid continuous use of the base. police in japan are enhancing capacity to prevent terrorist attacks from harming the most vulnerable people and places called soft targets. they conducted a drill in central tokyo, a venue that would be challenging to guards because it hosts thousands of people. police greeted a scenario in which a terrorist places a bomb outside and attacks the hall in a concert. police officers and employees at the venue ran an

search aircraft scramble from okinawa. they will be over the predicted landing point for the spacecraft splashes down. finalini eight begins its revolution, the weather is excellent in the splashdown area. the crew is busy and has time for only this brief reflection. i would like to argue about going home but i don't know how we can. gemini eight sweeps past ascension island. air to ground can indication's and the rockets fire right on the nose. the crew begins there dissent and this is the view they will see for a long time. these mountains, the sweep of the pacific will look friendly and hospitable. for gemini viii our rescue craft waiting. two aircraft from okinawa were assigned but five others were alerted and added to the recovery team. only three viii is miles away, ac 54 catches sight of it on the main landing parachute. after that, landing is almost routine and gemini viii landed within two miles of the predicted impact point. the first swimmer in the water is airman first class neil. he's a good man to have on you

. >>> why japan's prime minister is putting the brakes on a new marine base in okinawa. >> in flint, michigan, the e-crews are finall finally staro replace some of the city's corroded pipes. >>> a debate in detroit, members of the house were there including minority leader nancy pelosi, bisi onile-ere reports. >> what is happening in flint challenges the conscience of our nation. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi was joined by mks members omembers ofcongress. the federal lawmakers heard from the city's staff, over the problem that has plagued the city for over two years. >> what we've heard today, we know we have to act, we've come here to listen to learned, to act upon what we put together after this, so we can give hope and healing. >> reporter: outside a home on the city's south side the first sign of action. >> my mission is to totally get the lead out of flint. >> flint mayor karen weaver on friday kicked off her fast-start initiative, the goal, to replace all lead service lines and restore safe drinking water in the city. as weaver pleads for more funding, thousands in the

. >> suspending work on a controversy military base in okinawa. the marine base has long been between the officials. >> this would be a concession by the japanese prime minister, and the government in tokyo, with the battle between the pre-feck feck shall government. it's in the middle of the okinawa island and the residential area. the japanese government calls it the most dangerous air base in the world because of that. it's destined to be relocated to the northeastern oak inawa island. but there has been a long-running protest of the residents of okinawa. and they say that they bear too much of the burden of the u.s. military presence within japan. and they want to see at least many of the residents and the government certainly of okinawa, they want to see that base taken outside, potentially outside of japan. there has been a legal challenge to the governor's work, the predecessor to the japanese government. and he will submit to a court mediated process, and they will drop their legal challenges and try to come to some kind of a peaceful sett

. >>> the okinawa ble passed a resolution that u.s. and japan take steps to enforce discipline among u.s. servicemen. the assembly reached the unanimous decision following the arrest earlier this month with the sailor of u.s. navy on suspicion of assaulting a wom i at a hotel in the city of naha. the relution said thessembly ked fortrict measure to stop crimes commied b.s. miliry persoel. translar: as sh ce s occurdgainust say that t pventativ meares taken byhe u.s. militar han't rked. e ways evidenc indating militafficers inot work. i can no help feeli intense resentment. >> the assembly called on the u.s. military to disclose the off duty activities of servicemen. it also wants the two governments to develop more effective methods of preventing criminal acts by military personnel. the assembly plans to send the resolution to the two governments the u.s. military as well as major u.s. bases in okinawa. >>> the japan's government has decided to relocate the agency for cultural affairs from tokyo to kyoto. the move is part of a plan to

air base on the island of okinawa and they have 26,000 soldiers there and want to move the base to ay populated part of the island but people living there want it closed down and harry faucet has more from a picture in northeast japan. >> this on the face of it would appear to be a concession by the prime minister and the central government in tokyo in its long running battle with the government and the governor of okinawa the island chain far south of mainland japan and centers around a u.s. air base which is right in the middle of the pain okinawa island in the middle of a residential area, the japanese government calls it the dangerous air base because of that and destined to be relocated in a bay known as hinoko bay close to a u.s. military base but there has been a long running prosouth of the residents of okinawa saying it's an environmentally dangerous thing to do to reclaim the land in that bay and simply say they bear too much of the burden of the u.s. military presence within japan and they want to see or many of the residents and the government certainly of okinawa want to

military base on the island of okinawa. this announcement is the latest in a decades-long battle between japan's central government and the residents of okinawa, the majority of whom oppose the new base. okinawa already houses about 26,000 u.s. troops. on friday, prime minster abe said he decided to halt construction work and resume talks because the central government and the okinawa region are locked in a stalemate. >> if we had continued as we have been doing, which is the japanese government and the okinawa and protector locked an internal battle of lawsuits, we would have reached a stalemate. amy: meanwhile, democrats are mounting an increasing campaign to force republicans to consider a supreme court nomination by president obama, following the death of justice antonin scalia. judiciary committee chair chuck grassley has said he will refuse to hold confirmation hearings until the next president -- until the next president takes office. democrats appear to be launching a campaign to force grassley to reconsider this po

air base in okinawa.llows a long-running legal dispute between the japanese government and local authorities. tokyo wanted to move the u.s. outpost to a landfill site in a less populated area of okinawa. >>> the philippines has 184 languages, and a number of them are dying out. in the second part of our series on languages at risk, rob mcbride traveled to visit a community with what is considered to be the most endangered language in the country. >> reporter: it is a remote, rice-growing area of the philippines, but not remote enough for its local language to survive. it is only spoken by a few. the leader of this indigenous community is one of them. when she wants to hold a conversation using it, she has to seek out a neighbor, like this woman. in her 50s, she is one of the youngest speakers left. her son can't speak it, and at the school which he and others from his community attend, tribal languages are not taught. >> translator: i am sad with relooking this connection to our ancestors, and i would pre

opponents want the base moved off okinawa entirely. an ancient christian town scars of fierce fighting that devastated it two years ago. journalists on a trip to russian government maaloula (mah-loo'-lah) yesterday. the town was recently re-captured by the syrian army from al qaeda's branch in syria. a greek orthodox monastery that dates back to the early centuries of christianity had the dome and walls of its church gutted by fire. rebels detonated a car bomb near a police station in southeastern turkey. that's according to the country's state- run press agency. the bombs killed two police officers and seriously hurt at least four people. up until july -- the country had been in the process of achieving peace. but that collapsed -- renewing a old conflict that's killed tens of thousands of people. 20-thousand military-style uniforms on their way to fighters from isis and other militant groups. police opened three shipping containers during a counterterrorism operation last month. authorities found the uniforms and other military acces

but there has been a long-running protests by the residents of okinawa, saying it is an environmentalhing to do to reclaim the land in that bay. also they say they simply bare too much of the burden of the u.s. military presence within japan, and they want to see -- at least many of the residences and the governor of okinawa want to see that base taken outside, potentially outside of japan. there has been a legal challenge of the decision to provoke the permissions given. now he is saying that he will submit to a court-mediated process. they will drop their legal challenges, and try to come to some sort of peaceful settlement, but he says there is no alternative in the long run other than this plan. so that is still being hard lined in the long term by the japanese government, the real core of this issue still remains as it was before this decision. >>> the zimbabwe government is take control of all diamond mining. >> reporter: in a special broadcast on zimbabwe's state tv, the president explains why his government is seizing all diamond mines. >> we have not received much from the di

influx of immigrants in okinawa, china, and the philippines, the overthrow. and the u.s.n government. world war ii. and finally, statehood. the geographical realities of being thousands of miles from, well, anywhere else, has given hawaii to some degree, protection from the forces that eradicated so many other south pacific cultures entirely. in fact, they've arguably been holding back the inevitable better than just about anyone. what hawaii looks like today depends which island you're standing on and to some extent, the reputation of the locals. the hawaiian islands are not a monolith. islands, that's plural and we're talking eight very different islands with very different identities. it's been over a century since the waves of immigrants began and things got all mixed up in the best possible way. there's layers. and a simple question like, who is hawaiian gets you all kinds of answers. the neighborhood of kalihi is far from what most know and most specific kind the last 40 years. >> it's the blue collar town. they all come here. breakfast, lunch. every day. >> i'm joi

there is increasing resistance to the people of okinawa to the american military base. >>> san francisco in competition with six other cities for a federal grant to add self-driving cars to the transportation network. they would have to have a private and public partnership, and show how their ideas could reduce the greenhouse gases. the winner of the competition will get $50 million from the federal department of transportation. some other cities competing for the money are austin, texas, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and portland, oregon. >>> in sonoma county schools are receiving a big donation from a hollywood star. >> we got married in sonoma county and it has a special place in our heart.>> seth rogen and his wife were married in sonoma county in 2011, and they are trying to raise $14 million for school projects across the country, and the other bay area donors include tesla and yelp as well as the cofounders of twitter. >>> a sinkhole erupted a gas line. and how it is affecting hundreds that lived nearby. >>> two people died after the car ended up in a creek overnight on highway 4. pe

. >> we did participate in the invasion of okinawa. >> reporter: most of these veterans are in their 90s now. there are a few of them still able to tell their stories firsthand. but they say it's important to keep talking. they kept their silence for so many years after the war's end. >> since then, i've been pretty gradually, you might say opened up to my family. i can talk about at least some of the things now. listened. >> i've never seen so many ships in my life. they were just from horizon to horizon. >> reporter: stories that captured the attention of these high schoolers. especially one, interested in >> interesting, and kind of scary at the same time. >> reporter: veterans were give these teenagers something to think about. maya rodriguez, 9news. >> the veterans are all from the clairemont park retirement community in denver. >>> so as we enjoy the warm and >>> hello, welcome back. a beautiful evening in the 9news backyard on this first day of march. i'm meteorologist kathy saban. enjoy the break from the wind, the wind's coming back with a vengeance tomorrow. but the winds i

ann margret at okinawa airbase. you really lead an exciting life.'ve seen one airbase, you've seen them all. [laughter] >> is ann margret one name or two? >> i spell ann-margret with a hyphen. >> i spell it with an excavation p -- an exclamation point. [laughter] >> how do you like our life in the states? >> it really was incredible. >> a few days ago i was in hollywood, doing love scenes with dean martin and jimmy stewart, and now here i am with you. bob: how lucky can one girl get? [laughter] [applause] >> ♪ thanks from america to all our men in blue our boys in khaki too our tough marines, our coast guard, our army nurses, true we thank you so much ♪ >> as someone who has worn the uniform of this country, i thank you for being who you are. >> bob, i'm really enjoying myself. >> not yet, you are still standing. announcer: introducing "thanks for the memories." a brand-new collection exclusively from time-life. >> who are you? >> what's the difference? kiss me. announcer: 10 dvds of bob's beloved iconic tv specials. including hours and hours of rar

ann-margret at okinawa airbase. gee, you really lead an exciting life.'ve seen one airbase, you've seen them all. [laughter] >> is ann-margret one name or two? >> i spell ann-margret with a hyphen. >> i spell it with an exclamation point. >> how do you like our flight in the states? >> a few days ago i was in hollywood, doing love scenes with dean martin and jimmy stewart, and now here i am with you. bob: how lucky can one girl get? [laughter] [applause] >> ♪ thanks from america to all our men in blue our boys in khaki, too our tough marines, our coast guard, our army nurses, true we thank you so much ♪ >> as somebody who has worn the uniform of this country, i thank you for being who you are. >> hey, bob, i'm really enjoying myself. >> not yet, you are still standing. announcer: introducing "thanks for the memories," a brand-new collection exclusively from time-life. >> who are you? >> what's the difference? kiss me. announcer: 10 dvds of bob's beloved iconic tv specials. including hours and hours of rare gems that have not been seen since the original

base in okinawa. the japanese government agreed to halt construction on the new base and resume talks wi local authorities who oppose it. in brazil, more than one million people have rally to call for the impeachment of president dilma rousseff amid an economic crisis and corruption scandal. a polling firm said a record half million people rallied in sao paulo alone, while estimates by military police, who have been accused of inflating numbers in the past, put the nationwide turnout at about 3.5 million. the protests, after her workers party predecessor luiz inacio lula da silva, was charged with money laundering. has increasedri her lead in peru's presidential race after two rivals were disqualified from running. she is the daughter of former right-wing peruvian president alberto fujimori, now in prison for crimes including death squads to carry out massacres. >> she was complicit in a dictatorship, and human rights were violated which women were sterilized, which fears of corruption crimes were com

but in places like okinawa, iwo jima, the marines have learned, too. ♪ ♪ without their weapons, they take great physical hardship and his mind will not shrink from burying a village chief alive or executing all village elders if it might further his aims. ♪ ♪ hard as he is, however, and the vietcong is no superman. he can be beaten on his own ground and beaten badly. in operations like starlight and harvest moon and piranha, the marines have demonstrated this beyond anyone's doubting, including the vietcong. the vietcong are not the only problem. in dark little villages, the same ones the vietcong have hidden in and operated from, marines find the people they have come to help. people who have lived for too long in fear. >> well, the vietnamese are a wonderful people as far as i'm concerned. and they need help and we're a strong nation and we can give them help, and they've asked for that help, so we're here. >> i've always had the feeling if we could get the feeling across to the people of vietnam, that the people of the united states were behind them and wanted them to be free to h

. >> are you in okinawa? >> yeah. >> and this technology is pretty nice, video on your phone, boom. >> as they're laughing and talking, something happens. >> he's still on the -- >> boy, that took a lot -- >> oh! >> it takes them a second for it to all register. >> someone is like, wow, this is really, really good technology. >> plus they realized he's standing right in front of them, the screams, hugging commence. this marine got them pretty good. we see a lot of the homecomings from the human perspective. what about the doggy point of view. that dog's hardness is getting all kinds of great video. and watch what happens with his soldier. down the hall he goes into his arms -- >> hey, hey, hey! you smell good! i mess you! hey, hey, hey! >> i'm pretty dizzy watching you. you can defeat the enemy, but you the not defeat a dog that misses you. >>> imagine taking a giant trampoline and shrinking it down to about that big. that's what you got in this video. oh, and they set it on fire. oh, yeah, then cover the gro

upwards to 120 millimeters at a few locations, parts of okinawa, and moving here towards the key peninsula higher elevations. little snowfall, but for the most part, going to be rain. meanwhile, back towards the west, where this is coming from, precipitation there in the southeastern areas of china. over towards taipei in fact. high of 26, rain showers there for you. shanghai, 27, 17 in seoul. tokyo, partly cloudy skies here by friday. 20 for your high. warm out there. get out there and enjoy it. mentioned by friday night and into saturday, rain showers start to come if and cool off slightly here. all right, let's look over here towards the americas. where we have several areas of rather rough weather. first off, we have this area of low pressure. it has been bringing heavy rainfall and snow in some of these locations. especially across parts of the midwest, extending towards ontario into kbquebce. what's going on here. minnesota, a late season, unusual snowfall, dropped about 30 centimeters, canceled school. see snowplows hard at work. but over towards wisconsin as well, we had heavy rain

so we are looking at windy conditions across taiwan, china and the okinawa region, and rain will likely continue across the southern areas of china as well. temperatures remain quite chilly into thursday as well as friday in several places, like tokyo, seoul, and shanghai. but into the weekend, things will be warming up. so 11 degrees expected in tokyo on our sunday. now across the americas, on tuesday, a tornado was reported near dallas. several people were wounded as well as several houses were damaged. in fact, hail the size of a grapefruit was reported in the state. and more severe weather is expected across eastern texas well as louisiana on your wednesday. watch out for more tornados, thunderstorms and large hail as well, and heavy rain is expected for the lower mississippi river basin into the next three days or so. probably 280 millimeters of rain could fall. that's much more than the monthly rainfall for march. and rainfall is expected in ontario and quebec. so watch out for slick road conditions. now temperatures are more like may or june across the eastern areas of the united

i do want to note into okinawa, high of 23 today, but the last several days, you were below average, record breaking for five days straight. things are warming back up. if you do want to head out, enjoy the cherry blossoms. definitely a good time to be doing it. pulling back towards the bigger picture, high pressure dominating northeastern areas of china, some lingering showers, but for the most part, clear side. possibly a rain shower there in taipei. hong kong, partly cloudy skies, manila, nice and warm, partly cloudy skies on wednesday. all right, let's look towards the americas. you can't miss this on the satellite picture. it is this massive storm system, continuing to move across the rockies, and in fact, basically dominating much of the state of wyoming, 30 centimeters of snowfall, combined with gusty winds, tracking off towards the east. it is pulling in the very fringe it air behind it. ahead of it, we have warm temperatures, in facts, across the gulf coast. moisture wrapping in as well. especially this time of year, heading into april, severe weather season. that's going to

air base on the ireland of okinawa. there are about 6,000 troops there. the government wants to move the base to a less tensely populated part of the island. there has been a standoff with officials and residents who want it shut down entirely. china is expected to raise defense spending by up to 8% this year. the exact numbers will be announced on saturday at the party's annual conference. he is positioning himself as the most powerful leader since d oshg ng. >> reporter: president president xi jinping made the rounds of state media recently. adoring journalists could barely contain their excitement. as they gathered around him, he issued them their job was first and foremost to serve the party. >> his purpose was there no say that the media have to fall in line with the central party which means him, that no dissent is allowed in the media. >> reporter: online the adulation is even more fawning. this song dedicated to the president says if you want to marry, marry someone like uncle xi. the state news agency has turned to rap releasing a cartoon to prom

air base in okinawa. the suspension follows a long-running legal dispute.nted to move the u.s. outpost to a land filled site. the region's governor wants the base relocated off of the island completely. >>> china is expected to raise defense spending by up to 8% this year. the details will be announced on saturday at the annual conference. it may further boost the president's standing. he is positioning himself as the country's most powerful leader since mao. from beijing here is adrian brown. >> reporter: president xi made the rounds of state media recently, adoring journalists could barely contain their excitement. but as they gathered around him, he issued his own blunt news alert. their job, the president reminded them, was first and foremost to serve the party. >> his purpose was to say that the media have to fall in line with the central party, which means him. that no descent is allowed in the media. >> reporter: online the adulation is even more fawning. ♪ >> reporter: this song, decaded to the president says in you want to marry, marry someone like

air base on the island of okinawa. they have about 6,000 troops there.hey want to move it to a less densely occupied part. people there don't want it closed down. >> reporter: on the face of it this would appear to be a concession by the japanese president abe and between the governor here of the child south of mainland japan. it centers around a u.s. marine air base which is in the middle of the island in the middle of a residential area. the japanese government calls it the most dangerous such air base in the world as a result of that. it is designed to be relocated to northern eastern main island in a bay known as honoko bay, close to a current u.s. military base, but there have been long running protests by residents saying that it is an environmentally dangerous thing to do to reclaim the land in that bay. also they say they simply bear too much of the burden of the u.s. military presence within japan and they want to see that base taken outside of the precinct altogether, potentially outside of japan. there has been a legal challenge to the governo

good news, in one location in okinawa, over 100 millimeters of precipitation from the storm. high pressure just settling in. that's going to make for much fairer conditions. we are going to be seeing some snow possibly in parts of the area, setting up the sea-effect snow effect. this whole high is going to drift to the east. with it, maybe bringing haze for those of you in northeastern china. behind it we have the wrap-around southerly winds. hong kong with a high of 17. take a look at this. taipei, pushing near the 30-degree mark. definitely spring-like weather coming in for you. tokyo, similar conditions. 13. sunny skies here on your tuesday. but take a look at thursday. partly cloudy skies. a high of 20 out there for you. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. xxxx >> "euromaxx highlights," and here is your host. >> hi everyone, and welcome to our "highlights" show, bringing you the best picks of the week. here's a look at what we've got in store. little help

i mean, way down toward okinawa, we saw 120 mill peimeters of rainfall in just the past 24 hours. let me give you another perspective. within three hours, we saw 81 millimeters of rainfall into portions. that is a record for this month. and now that system is continuing to push toward the east. this is a low-pressure area that has a lot of moisture with it. it's pulling down this chilly air. and because of that, we're dealing with temperatures that are very cold. we're talking about single-digit highs in tokyo. and we're talking about lots of rainfall in the process. and we are looking at the rain to continue as we go throughout the day tuesday. as the low moves toward the north and east, we are looking at possibly up to 120 millimeters of rainfall in the islands. that's located also down in japan. and so we are expecting this rain to last through tuesday morning, and then we should see a drying pattern. this is exciting. this is where we're going to see more springlike weather. going induce wednesday, thursday and friday. 12-degree high on tuesday as we dry out a bit. and then we

air base on the island of okinawa and the u.s. has 26,000 soldiers there and the government wants to move to the base to a less densely populated part of the island and the people there want it closed down. global estimates show that fish are being caught nearly three times more than reported and much of that catch is illegal but as we report from the western cape in south africa small scale fishermen say they have no chose when it comes to making a living. >> reporter: he and his crew set out for the day's catch, it's a task made difficult by a small and safe boat, and unpredictable weather on the west coast. >> sometimes when the wind comes up it can be very rough and with the size of the boat can capsize. >> reporter: they are willing to take a risk because it's the only way they know how to earn a living, these men risk their lives everyday facing rough waters of the atlantic ocean, sometimes they fish within the quota and sometimes they are not and have to break the rules to feed their families, he is fishing 20 years and the

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okinawa has changed. it is a big plays with big cities and the cities have grown up around the bases. that has happened on mainland japan, in the united states, where a naval base or near four is put out in the woods in the 1920's and now it is surrounded by a giant city. at oceana in norfolk and we have this near san diego. oaken allen's do not like having this. these 19-year-old's marines running around with testosterone, bumping into each other. they want the marines out. ok, so marines out. what, wonderful place. a compromise got hammered out several years ago and which, i will not be clear on this, but i think it is about half of the marines that were currently in open now at that time were going to leave and go to places like in and out ofe australia. there were a number of options explored. other marines were going to awa and there were going to be some buying of land, exchanges of land, operations plan a more remote part of the island and so far. that the open allen's -- the okinawans and marines