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okinawa government officials say this court decision isn't the end. they say they'll take their appeal to the supreme court. ayako sasa, nhk world. >>> to run train services in britain. gene otani has the story on that and other stories. >> a dutch rail operator has filed a joint tender. they are planning to run a rail across an area covering london and birmingham in central england. the bid is on the final short list. the other bidder is a consortium of british and french railways that operate the network. under the privatization of state run british rail, the government takes bids for the operator of each line. the two consortiums are expected to submit proposals by the end of november. they'll come up with measures to tackle overcrowding during rush hour and improve passenger services. the winner of the four-year franchise will be decided around june next year. the japanese side will be helping judges recognize their control system known for its safety and punctuality. >>> a major japanese life insurer has a twist. daiichi life insurance will promo

okinawa hosts 74% of the u.s. military facilities in japan, and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. the construction for the relocation plan was approved by onaga's predecessor. last year onaga revoked the permit saying his predecessor did not follow a proper process. his decision forced the two sides into a rare legal battle. central government versus prefectural government. okinawa government officials say this court decision isn't the end. they say they'll take their appeal to the supreme court. ayako sasa, nhk world. >>> the families of japanese citizens abducted by north korea have urged their government not to lose sight of its goal to bring them home. the plea comes over the recent outcry of pyongyang's recent nuclear weapons program. the families fear last week's nuclear tests may distract from the issue to resolve the issue. a representative of the family met with the minister in charge of handling the issue. he said the families can't wait any longer. >> translator: i hope the japanese government will t

army commander was also killed during the battle of okinawa.wa, mores on than 110,000 were killed, unknown number into and in case ntombed in case, many prisoners taken, about half of the number after the war had ended. 7830 of itso lost warplanes. when my unit, the 27th division landed on okinawa, i was the first lieutenant -- a first lieutenant leading the effort. platoon of 29 men. most of whom were 18 and 19 years old. during the first three weeks of combat, seven of these rape young americans gave their lives young americans gave their lives. 14 others were seriously wounded and evacuated. they were my life and i think of them almost every day. i was also wounded when the shrapnel was removed from my back and dressings applied, i was allowed to remain with my unit. to --actors leaving leading to vj day. president truman, prime minister churchill and sign kai-shek of china, after a conference in germany, issued a statement that as the pot stand declaration. this declaration outlined the conditions under which japan's unconditional surrender

from the hard-won adult okinawa, japan came under the inevitable rain of ruin. the sea forces moving up to the japanese home islands tells the mainline -- finds the mainland almost without opposition. hammering the enemy to their knees. destructiveably atomic bomb perfected by alliance silences -- scientists. first mission, hiroshima. second mission, the port of nagasaki. surrenderusiness -- or complete ruin, that was japan's choice. even as they laid the foundation for a stable european peace, harry truman and josef stalin had decided on common action against japan. emperor hero veto -- the war was lost. japan wanted peace. houseurried to the white with secretary of navy. united states cabinet meeting with president truman studied the surrender message in full coordination with the government of britain, china and russia and other allies. the world remembered frankland eleanor roosevelt, warander-in-chief, american travel to. you're so brave responsibility took their tolls. a grateful world honors him today. douglas macarthur, leader of specific -- pacific r mi

haveis is the first time i ever talked about okinawa. i have been invited by the history club of fairfax county, if the club of arlington, virginia, to talk about my experiences in world war ii. this is the first time i have been invited by the world war ii memorial friends. everything happens like it is yesterday. it.never lose >> does it still hurt? do you still have nightmares? what is your life like when you try to recall it? >> i'm very sad, and i don't want to talk. my wife often asks me what is wrong. i will be ok. i think the people who are here can also confirm that it is an experience that lives with you forever. is biggest problem i have the seven men under my direct control who got killed, and the 13 were seriously wounded and evacuated is what happened to them. what happened to their families. front and a man is close to you is kill and you can hear the bullets going by your head, the next man is killed, you can hear the bullets, but you survive, and you always ask why not me? to this day, i don't know why i survived. hopefu

he used to work in okinawa so he knows about crystal clear water. he says this lake is exceptional. >> translator: it's different from the ocean and it's deep blue. completetely blue. there's no other underwater scenery like it. >> reporter: summer is the best time to visit. the warmer months set the stage far stunning contrast in colors. aquatic plants appear just below the surface. their emerald green foliage sways gently in the blue water. >> translator: what's that? it's green. >> translator: this is so nice. >> reporter: the urge to slip below the waterline is hard to resist. especially for divers. but they don't have to go deep. more than ten varieties of water plants make their home in the shallows. these plants create habitats for other forms of life. some of them dart about in playful schools. others are more timid, like the tiny flower. this is an endangered species. it grows only in hokkaido and only in the summertime. >> translator: the plants are really beautiful. it feels like you're flying. >> translator: it was truly beautiful. there

a new system has formed this time near okinawa.his is a small system, but because it's small, it can hold its intensity and it can develop easily. it was a tropical depression yesterday but it's now a severe tropical storm and is expected to intensify to a typhoon within the next several hours. the center will likely move up to the north and likely hit the kyushu island including kumamato prefecture by tomorrow as a typhoon and then after that it's going to move up towards the north and it may affect the main island of japan as we go into next week. this system could be the first system to hit western japan of the year because the last four systems made landfall in the eastern portions of japan. now the system will likely cause some heavy rainfall probably up to 150 millimeters into the next 24 hours and more rain will likely follow. then waves are going to be up to 7 meters, coastal inundation is likely. gusts could be up to 26 kilometers. structural damage will likely happen. kyushu will have stormy conditions on saturday. but to

bases on okinawa. back in the united states, florida hospitital and orlanando regiononal medical centeter have announceced they will l not bibe victims of t the june 1212 pulse nightctclub massssacre for their medical care. 49 people died during thehe attackck. most of the victims were young latino members of the lgbtq community. this is one of the survivors, rodney sumter. >> i was shot in the back. i had a hole the size of a baseball. this arm is bothering the the most. being that we do not have to pay bills -- iospital was in the for 16 days. it is definitely a big thing for me. amy: in virginia, the romanian hacker known as guccifer 2.0 has been sentenced to 52 months in prison. in june, guccifer claimed responsibility for hacking into the dnc's computer network. he's thought to be the source of the 200,000 dnc emails released by wikileaks in july. he was extradited from romania earlier this spring and has pled guilty to identity theft and unauthorized access of a protected computer. in indiana, pu

buckner, theneral 10th army commander was also killed during the battle of open our -- okinawa.10,000 japanese were killed, unknown numbers were entombed in caves. prisoners were taken. about half of that number, after the war ended. japanese also lost in the battle kinawa, warplanes. -- when my unit landed, i was the first lieutenant leading a platoon of 29 men most of whom were 19-years-old.nd during the first week of combat, seven of these brave young americans gave their lives for their country. wounded andre evacuated. i think of them almost every day. but when theunded shrapnel was removed from my back and dressings were applied i was allowed to remain with my unit. day, actions leading to vj on july 20 6, 1945, president truman, prime minister churchill, and shank i check of china as for a congress in journey -- in germany and issued a statement known as the pot stamp declaration. -- the pot stamp declaration. ttsdam declarationl. gay, flew by colonel paul tibbetts, bond the city of hershey mop. weree time, there different estimates as to the number of casualties. at 240,

>> this is the first time i have ever talked about okinawa. i have been invited by the history club of fairfax county, the history club of arlington virginia to talk about my experiences in world war ii. this is the first time i have been invited by my world war ii memorial friends. everything happens like it was yesterday. you never lose it. >> do you still hurt, do you still have nightmares? it seems to be like a very painful experience. >> my wife asks me off and then says jim, what is wrong? it is an experience that lives with you forever. the biggest problem i have of the seven men under my direct control who got killed and 13 who evacuated, is what happened to them. when you are upfront and a man this close to you is killed and you can hear the bullet going by your head, and this man is killed, you can hear the bullets but you survive. you always ask why not me. to this day i don't know why i survived. hopefully i have been a good citizen of my country. i did serve in the army for over 30 years, had many wonderful challenging experiences

watchi for is that system to continunu to move toward the north and then start bringing rain to the okinawa islands and eventually turning its way towards kyushu. by the time we go into the weekend,hahat's whehen we talk about those concerns. i do want to point out that the heheavy amounts of rainfalll wi still be a part of the issue for those in the island of taiwan during the overnight period but also on the souththeastern sidef china. will we see the same copious amount? not nececessarily because itt depepends how strong the system trtries to keep together. but as we go forward,d, the sysm wiwill deteriorarate rather qu. as that happppens, we're going have a hard time keeping it together. that may help toto tie off somef the additional rainfall. meanwhile we go to japan, we do still have the frontal stationary boundary. that's going to be part of the equation through the day on thursday. you still need your umbrellas with a high of 26 degrees. plenty of wet weaeather to talk about. and alalso hong kong as we go oo the next day.. now, a quick look at what's happening ovover northth americ

. >>> officials in okinawa launched a protest with the u.s. marine corps over a jet crash. >> translator: we want the u.s. military to prevent a recurrence, thoroughly investigate the cause, and report back as soon as possible. >> the vice governor visited the camp to deliver the protest. one day after a hearier jet went down in the pacific ocean off of okinawa's main island. he called the u.s. military to halt all flights of the same aircraft until the cause of the crash is determined. a marine officer described the accident as regrettable. and promised a thorough investigation. the u.s. military said it will ground all harriers for an unspecified period. >>> the planned relocation of tokyo's tsukiji market has continued to cause controversy. the governor will compile a report into decontaminating the proposed new site. the governor said the latest investigation conducted by her government was insufficient. she said further study is needed to draw up a new report. koike's announcement follows a recent revelation that the foundations of the ma

that's across southeast china, towards taiwan and okinawa.ou just have that moisture river pulling through bringing that threat of flooding out there in hong kong, taipei. you are looking at definitely some widespread scattered showers on your thursday. let's take a look here into the americas now. what we have what's left of newton. remember that was a hurricane that made landfall there across southern areas of the baja peninsula. cabo saw a little damage out of that. now pulling off towards the north. still a flash flood threat there into arizona and new mexico. about 40 to 50 millimeters expected out of this before it continues to weaken. where is all that moisture going after that? back here towards the north, a passing cold front tailing it along. and that brings strong thunderstorms across the western great lakes. might even see some delays out there at the airports including chicago, detroit, some hail and the possibility of a tornado or two coming out of this. out ahead of it, though, classic case of some warm air across the eastern s

japanese officials say a recent discovery in okinawa suggests an early link with the western world. they say coins unearthed from the ruins of a castle date back to the roman and ottoman empires. workers with a local education board excavated the ruins of katsura castle in 2013 and found four copper coins believed to be from the roman empire in the third to fourth centuries. the other is thought to be from the ottoman empire in the late 17th century. the castle is a world heritage site and is said to have prospered in the 14th and 15th centuries by trading about it china and thailand. okinawa international university lecter urhiroki miyagi called the discovery remarkable. >> translator: the discovery could mean we traded with western countries at that time. >> education board officials and experts say the coins may be the first from the roman or ottoman empires to be found in japan. >>> that is all for this edition of nhk "newsline." thanks very much for joining us. ♪ >> another week has gone by, but never fear; in case you missed anything euromaxx has the highlights right here. let

. >> japan sent out the jets after eight chinese planes passed between okinawa's main island and miako island. the planes didn't vioiolate japan's air space, but officials say it was enough to cause concern. >> translator: we will defend our land, seas and air. to that end, we will keep closely monitoring the situation and take stetern measures again any violations based on international and self-defense forces laws. >> japan sent out the jets after eight chinese plans passed between okinawa's main island and miako island. the chinese aircraft included two fighter jets. suga says it's the first time beijing's fighthter jets have flown in the area. chinese aircraft officials say they were on their way to drills in the western pacific. >> here in japan, eels are highly valued as a popular dish. a problem is protecting their numbers. the issue is being discussed at the international conference on wildlife conservation in south africa. iako sasa reports. relationship experts are raising the alarm over the future of eels. they say their numbers are dwindling and fear the species will become

hard-ard-one open our -- okinawa, live forces moving up to the island shelled the mainland most without to hammer theed enemy to its knees. perfected by a, scientist. first mission, the industrial city of hiroshima. second mission, nagasaki. japan had its choice. complete surrender or complete ruin. as they stamm, even worked for a stable european fees, harry truman and joseph stalin had decided on common action against japan. russia joined the allies in war on the last remaining axis enemies. japan's stronghold in manchuria was attacked. for emperor here of a total and japanese militarism, the war was lost. in washington, secretary of war simpson and secretary of state burns hurried to the white house. the united states cabinet meeting with president truman, studied japan's surrender messages. in full coordination with the governments of britain, china, russia, and other allies. the world remembered franklin , years of great responsibility took their toll. a grateful world honored him today. ♪ andator: douglas macarthur, now named supreme allied commander in japan. china.der of fightin

. >>> officials in okinawa launched a protest with the u.s. marine corps over a jet crash. >> translator: we want the u.s. military to prevent a recurrence, thoroughly investigate the cause, and report back as soon as possible. >> the vice governor visited the camp to deliver the protest. one day after a hearier jet went down in the pacific ocean off of okinawa's main island. he called the u.s. military to halt all flights of the same aircraft until the cause of the crash is determined. a marine officer described the accident as regrettable. and promised a thorough investigation. the u.s. military said it will ground all harriers for an unspecified period. >>> the planned relocation of tokyo's tsukiji market has continued to cause controversy. the governor will compile a report into decontaminating the proposed new site. the governor said the latest investigation conducted by her government was insufficient. she said further study is needed to draw up a new report. koike's announcement follows a recent revelation that the foundations of the ma

we lot of operations where nobody ever knew what we were doing to help win some key battles like okinawa, today only 15 code talkers still alive. >>> the death of a muslim recruit linked to hazing. investigators say sediqi died after falling 40 feet from a stairwell in south carolina. the death came officials say after by a drill sergeant. some marine leaders have already been fired. >>> 33 tourists spent a freezing night up in the high cable cars up above the french alps in freezing conditions. 77 people had to be rescued before it got dark. cold weather forced crews to stop. they couldn't rescue them. so i'm sorry folks, you're going to have to spend the night. can you imagine sitting in that cable car? >> a gorgeous view, but you're freezing. thinking about that view. it it got all tangled up, couldn't get you down. >> the cables crossed each other and got stuck. you're hoping they hold all night. despite that ordeal, nobody hurt. >>> nasa on its way to a asteroid with a new probe, which >>> three, 2, 1, osiris-rex. its seven-year mission, to boldly go to the asteroid bennu and back.

crashed off the japanese island of okinawa. the japanese coast guard the pilot was rescued two hours later. the flight took off from kadena u-s airbase on a routine training mission... the cause of the crash is now under investigation. at least 23 people are dead and about a dozen more missing after flash flooding wednesday on the indonesian island of java. the storm reportedly lasted 13 hours -- causing a river to overflow areas. flooding and landslides are not uncommon in java -- but the timing of this storm is surprising with september usually being the dry season. toss to weather weather we have a chance for a storms tonight. temperatures will fall through the 70s. areas of fog will develop overnight with t falling into the 60s. get ready for a big cool down friday with highs in the thunderstorms continuing in the forecast. mostly cloudy and cool again on saturday. rain chances return to the forecast on sunday as a cold tonight: cloudy with a few t-storms. fog overnight. low: 62 dewpoint: 62 wind: ne 5-10 mph friday: with a

ten coins were found wile excavating a castle in okinawa.... five of the coins are believed to be from the roman empire -- and one is from the ottoman empire using x-rays to study them -- archeologists found the ottoman coin had the roman coins were even older -- appearing to be about 16-hundred years old. japanese officials say it's hard to tell exactly how the coins got there -- but they could have made their way through trade routes linking asia to western cultures. you're looking at the death of a star right here... nasa's hubble telescope capturing the end of a star -- similar to our sun. dot in the center in the photo. around the white dwarf is a nebula -- created by casting off outer layers of gas. the star's ultraviolet light causes the material to glow. our sun will eventually burn out and do the same -- but it won't happen for about another 5-billion years. closer to home... nasa scientists believe they've found a plume of water erupting from one of jupiter's moons called "europa." moon's ice- covered surface. the plume is that light

china has released pictures of warplanes flying near okinawa, patrolling what it calls its air defense40 planes tested the air forces open c capability. ministryese defense says it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor the chinese planes as they approached okinawa. however, there was no infringement of japanese airspace. the philippines and u.s. have a scheduled military exercises next month after the president says his country does not need american forces in the south china sea. 2000 troops will conduct a live 4-12.rills from october hasphilippine president sent conflicting messages about the philippines relationship with the u.s.. japan's struggling economy does not seem to have heard shinzo abe's leadership. he still enjoys strong public support. go to our bloomberg asia government reporter life from tokyo. haverecent prime ministers actually seen their popularity fall drastically within months. what is different this time? been a bit of a conundrum for shinzo abe. it's hard to work out why he is so popular. he said he would focus on the economy and repeated that over and over again,

typhoon meranti is over the okinawa islands. it is moving at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. it is expected to reach from tuesday night through wednesday afternoon. taiwan's weather authorities forecast 500 to 800 millimeters of rain in the mountainous areas of the island. personnel are patrolling the area. weatherr authorities in t the philipippines are e also warnin heavy rain in northern parts of the country. >>> the southwestern pacific's typhoon alley has been busier than usual as jonathan oh tells us in this hour's world weather report. >> hellllo. yes, w we are dedefinitely seei bit of an active western pacific forecast in terms of having these storms popping up. we did have three named storms earlier in the day. now we're down to two. but both of these have thehe potential to really cause issues on land. so we'll be taking a look at this. let's start with meranti. this is a violent typhoon. it's got a lot of strength with it. you may notice on these frames that the clarity of the eye. now, a lot of times strong storms we can see it on the visible satellite. but when w

. >>> a military aircraft has crashed off okinawa. there were more people on the jet that took off from the air base. >>> police are investigating a second deadly shoot in 24 hours. police responded to mcdonald's and exxon on the corner of capital boulevard and found aaron jacob in a car with gunshot wounds. he did not survive. if you have information at all about this shooting, call crimestoppers. today, a man is scheduled for of shooting and killing another man near shaw university. we first brought this investigation to you as breaking news yesterday. raleigh police charged 25-year- old charles mitchell with murder and possession of a firearm by a felony. he killed 23-year-old christopher locus. investigators believe the suspect knew the victim. someone driving near the intersection of lenoir and blount street saw the body and immediately called 911. >>> the unc community gathering killed nearly two years ago. today is the second annual [ indistinct ] and they're closer to their goal of opening the community center in memory of the

going to stay afternoon okinawa, but still going to be some rough weather out there, tokyo seeing some rainfall today, a high of 28, beijing, still got some thunderstorms there for you. let's move here into western europe. also want to mention, this area of low pressure, a fairly poe tonight low, bringing strong thunderstorms back to the east over northern italy. even extending back there towards parts of eastern france. one thing with this, it's the base of this big upper level trough, which is dipping down all the way to the mediterranean, and with it cooler air is coming in. look at london, now east of that, though, warsaw, even over towards kiev in athens, temperatures in the 20s to low 30s. we still have a flash flood threat in the eastern midwest. travel plans may mean in oklahoma city, chicago, today, you might see some delays out there. >>> an annual fair at japan are donning head wear, switching them on and entering new worlds, many have come to the tokyo game shows to test out virtual realty. got 600 exhibitors are displaying fun and games. this year the biggest fun are those

in fact, by monday, okinawa expect this on top of you. may already see the impact of this starting on sunday. and then monday things are going to go downhill very quickly. then we are expecting it to eventually move to the north and east. kyushu, you may be dealing with the impact of this system through the next week. we already have a wet setup in the area. a stationary front continues to remain in kyushu and also into portions of south korea. so the combination of the rainfall now along with the more rainfall that may be coming by next week may not be a very good situation as we go forward. that's something people have to look out for. some areas dealing with intense amounts of rainfall here. also extending over into eastern portions of china as well. we will be dealing with substantial rainfall through the next several days. much cooler into tokyo. high of 22 degrees with rain coming up on saturday. meanwhile e we go over toward t atlantic where we are keeping an eye on another t tropical syste. this is a hurricane named matthehew. it

more breaking news this morning - a u-s military aircraft crashed off the japanese island of okinawa this morning. the pilot was able to eject from the fighter jet...and was rescued. officials say the aircraft departed the kadena u-s airbase and are still looking into why it crashed.. some news from overnight in milwaukee. police say a man is fighting for it happened near teutonia and groeling after midnight.we're told police responded to a shots fired call...and found a 20-year-old man who was shot in the street. police are still looking into what led up to the shooting...and continue to investigate. milwaukee police are investigating the shooting of a nine year old boy... police say the shooter is a young family member. deandra corinthios is live from children's hospital with the latest the nine year old victim is here at children's hospital. police police say the shooting appears to be accidental. milwaukee police were called to 20th and hadley wednesday afternoon. the shooting took place inside a home in the area. police removed a young child from the home. investigators say the

we're learning a u-s military aircraft has crashed off the japanese island of okinawa. the japanese coast guard says one person has been rescued-- right now it's not clear if there were more people on the morning... you can see a toddler tugging a her mother who is unresponsive on the floor. the story behind this video, next. did a teacher take a lesson too far? what a bonanza high school teacher sent home with students is getting a big response from parents ((ad-lib)) :8-:12 it's possibly criminal people in puerto rico.... they've been without power for more than 12 hours now... authorities say a fire at a they hope to get everything back up in running sometime today. :8-:12 it's possibly criminal and it is sick... that's new york's governor talking about another scandal involving former congressman anthony weiner. he's now accused of sexting with a 15-year-old girl for months! that's according to daily mail dot com. the website reports that weiner was aware the girl was that she do the same. the girl's father is not pressing charges at this time... saying he worries a

kelwood served in the first battles on the pacific front including the battle of okinawa. kelwood was one of 400 navajos that were recruited by the u.s. military as code talkers. a secret group that transmitted battle messages in their native unwritten language. >> we owe them such a great honor and they were secret until 1968 and they were all used all the way up until that time by the united states government. so navajo code talkers, than you so very much for what you have done for our country. >> today there are only 15 code talkers still living. they are proud to have come up with a code that the japanese soldiers could never crack. >> it was official military code that was developed using the navajo language in such a way that only those of us who went to code school know what the code is. so if navajo was listening to us, and didn't geg through that, siblings, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. he earned several medals. >> kind, gentle person, loves everyone. and enjoyed life >> there is only a dozen navajo code talkers left. their goal is to code talke

carrier fighter jet crashed off okinawa southwestern japan on thursday afternoon. the ministry said u.s. forces later provided the crash location at the northern tip p okininawa island. the japan coast guard said u.s. forces contacteded its shore keepers at 4:00 p.m. and asked for its help. they dispatched vessels to the area. the pilot has been rescued by u.s. forces. >>> japan's prime minister has addressed the u.n. general assembly in new york. shinzo abe spoke at length on a topic that's a growing concern for the asia pacific region and the world. >> translator: north korea has now man tested itself before us as an open threat to peace. what can we do in response? the rezone debtt ra of the unitd nations is truly being tested. we should respond to this in a matter distinct from our response thus far. we must concentrate our strength and thwart north korea's plans. next is the united nations' turn on the stage. now is the time for the security council to indicate an unmistakable attitude toward this threat of a new dimension. >> abe also appeared to take up the

it's bringing heavy rainfall in taiwan and parts of okinawa region. this intensifying, likely affect pacific side of japan as we go into the latter part of this week. looking at heavy rainfall at times in tokyo area thursday and friday. temperatures and dry weather will likely continue for the next couple days in tokyo, at least into wednesday. across the northern portions of the americas we're looking at rainfall across northeast, not too heavy, though, due to rerecommend manitoba of hurrica hermine. hermine made landfall north floridida causing heavy waves across northeast coast of the united states. we have some video coming out of the region so take a look >>> gusts over 129 kilometers an hour have been reported in florida and the storm claimed at least two lives. widespread power oututages have occurred in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. it's also o raising concern abo the e spread of the zika virus fromom pools of standing water left behind. now, hermine is now a low pressure system with tropical characteristics and it's located over the wa

. >> the phenomenon was discovered this summer in waters off many islands in okinawa prefecture. >>>er tropical system is swirling in the western pacific and it's heading toward land in southeastern asia. our meteorologist jonathan oh has the latest. >> yes, we are talking a about e 14 named storm of the western pacific, and it is continuing to move towardd the west. look at this visible satatellit imagery. i want to showw you this, it is pretty impressive in terms of definition andnd clarity. you may notice in the initial frames, , the way the sun is bouncing 0 of in terms of the light, you can tell thatt these cloudsds are pretty tall which means it's pretty intense towards the center of the storm. the statistics look like this, the stats, west-northwesterly direction at 20 kilometers per hour, packing winds of 180, gusting to 252. the pressure is at 920, it's a strong type and we're expecting it to become violent forward in time. here's the track, now it's not expected to make direct lawful. for the next several days. but i do want to point out that those of you located in the nor

we are expecting the strong winds, in fact, parts of the far islands of okinawa are starting to see slightly weaker winds. but still looking at the impact from ththis. the systemem will continue to me towardhehe southeaststern coastf china. that means a lot of rainfall is ahead and some strong winds w wl cocontinue to be in the area. in fact, look at fuzhou. you are already dealing with the remnants from meranti. now more rain from this system. this is going to be a mess going forward in time. furs toward the east and to the central portions of the western pacific, we are watching for another system that is expected to develop into another tropical storm. so we'll keep an eye on that. outside the tropical type weather, we are looking at a continual persistent front over japan. as long as that liningers over e country, we're mainly going to be dealing with cloud cover going forward in time. being enhanced a bit from the typhoon toward the west. look at this. muggy and warm here. 31 in tokyo coming up on wednesday with some clouds and sunshine. rain along the eastern portions of china because

already the waves are starting to get picked up near le okayth okinawa islands. then we'll see potenential landndfall into kyushu towoward weekend. and once again especially for those living in kumamoto and for those in kyushu, those are really impacted whihich actuall saw another quake on wednesday, we're concerned that this very soft area is going to be impacted by heavy rainfnfall whh can lead to landslides along with those strtrong winds. this is something we have to watch closely as we go forward throughout the next few days. that is really the big story right now happening over east asasia. we have lionrock remnants hanging over china. you may be dealing with some possible showers from time to time along with some cloudy skies. seoul 27 with rain on friday. then we're still seeing some rain towards hong kong and taipei through friday. keep umbrellllas handy. gogoing to the central pacific, two named storms. one is already impacting the big island. madeline is a tropical storm now moving to the southwest at 24 kilometers per hour. but packing winds of 95. we

okinawa islands as well, you're going start with rain on friday into the weekend. those are the two systems we're keeping an eye on. and we have a stationary front bringing showers into japan. cloudy skies with some showers on friday for tokyo with a high of 27. rain from shanghai down toward hong kong. speaking of rain, we're dealing with rain in the southeastern portions of australia. let me show you pictures coming out from adelaide hills. both locations being inundated after torrential rains have caused many rivers to swell. so these hills remain under threat because flood waters continue to rise. local mediaia reports o one per is missing after his car was swept away in flood waters. and the peak of the heavy rain is wrapping up but still flooding in some spaces. some areas may be dealing with precipitation amounts. behind it high pressure will come into the picture. that will start to dry things up. but we have another developing system moving through the territory as we go into the weekend. so more rain is on the way. so wet for brisbane and through melbourn

a u-s military aircraft crashed off the japanese island of okinawa this morning. the pilot was able to eject from the fighter jet...and was departed the kadena u-s airbase and they are still looking into why it crashed. developing overnight: milwaukee police say a man was seriously hurt in a shooting. it happened near teutonia and graling groeling shortly after midnight.officials tell fox 6 news police responded to a shots fired call...and found a 20-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound... in the street. police are now investigating what led up to that shooting. a 9-year-old boy-- sent to the hospital with serious injuries. ... shot yesterday after a home near 20th and hadley. family members say the suspected shooter--- his younger brother. an adult from the home-- escorted out in handcuffs. fox6s bret lemoine has the latest. milwaukee police confirming a nine year old boy is the victim of an afternoon shooting. it took place inside the familys home near 20-th and hadley wednesday afternoon. investigators say the shooter... is a child related to the victim.

he fought during world war ii and involved in several battles the battle of okinawa. kelwood was one of 400 navajos that were recruited by the u.s. military as code talkers. a secret group that transmitted battle messages in their native unwritten language. >> we owe them such a great honor and they were secret until 1968 and they all used up until that time by the united states government. so navajo code talkers, thank you so very much for what you have done for our country. >> todath talkers still living. they are proud to have come up with a code that the japanese soldiers could never crack. >> it was official military code that was developed using the navajo language. it's such a way that only those of us who went to code school know what the code is. some so if navajo was lest tong us the code don't know what we are talking about. >> kelwood survived by his siblings and several children, grandchildren. he has earned several medals and honors from both the u.s. military and navajo nation. >> kind, gentle person. loves everyone. and enjoyed life >> now there is onl

, expected to intensify, moving on possibly brurk brushing across the coast of taiwan, maybe even okinawa this coming weekend in western japan. definitely something we want it be watching out for. i don't think it's going to be as strong as meranti but still going to cause some damage out there especially since japan, it is a holiday weekend coming up. so much like we're talking about eastern china, a lot of people are going to be traveling this coming weekend and definitely something we want to watch out for. back toward the north, still got some scattered showers out there across much of central and western japan. you have the akisami front, it is the fall rainy season front. been bringing rainfall pretty much every day for the tokyo area and once again here on thursday, more rain in the forecast. and it's expected to continue heading into the weekend. all right. let's take a look here into the americas. we do have a front diving in out of the central u.s. behind that, some very chilly temperatures but some severe thunderstorms flaring up along that front. some of them could produce som

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military fighter jet crashed off the japanese island of okinawa overnight. the pilot managed to eject himself and was rescued by u.s. air force helicopter. air force base. it's not clear if there were more people on the jet or what caused the crash to happen. >>> the presidential candidates are just four days away from the first debate, and they are already weighing in on the police involved shootings in oklahoma and north carolina. hillary clinton called the incidents quote unbearable yesterday. donald trump called for a nationwide stop and frisk policy to prevent crime and had this response to shooting. >> to me it looked like he did everything you're supposed to do. this young officer, i don't know what she was thinking. i don't know what she was thinking, but i'm very very troubled by that. >> yesterday, trump was also asked about finally admitting president obama was born in the united states. he said he wanted to quote get on with the campaign. also healed this morning, the tool helping breast cancer patients keep their hair during >>> welcome back, ev

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