okinawa is still shouldering. about 70% of the u.s. military facilities in japan are concentrated in okinawa. the prefecture remains at odds with the central government over plans to relocate a u.s. basee within the main island. land reclamation is proceeding despite opposition from local residents. it has also become increasingly difficult to pass on the memories of the war because those who experienced the battle of okinawa are aging every year. the pandemic is also impacting the handing down of the memories. one survivor says she is more determined than ever to share her message. >> reporter: this woman was 9 years old when the battle of okinawa ravaged her homeland. the conflict claimed the lives of her father and brother. she has spent the past three decades sharing the stories of those painful experiences with younger generations. but this year has been different. from february the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of her lectures. >> translator: i was very disappointed when i lost the chance to s

military presence in okinawa.he prefecture hosts most of the country's american facilities, about 70%. abe promised change without setting any specific benchmarks. on this day, those who lost relatives in the war visit the peace monument. it bears the names of everyone who perished. this man was 5 years old when the fightiti erupted.. he lost his father, brother, and grandparents. >> translator: i prayed and asked them to watch over us so that there will be peace and happiness. >> the passage of time brings its own challenges. as fewer and fewer residents have lived through war, many are asking how best to hand down the lessons of history. >> translator: i used to think our lives were pretty ordinary. but compared to the past during the war, we are blessed. >> while the offfficial ceremons are over, people will continue to pray privately for continued peace. >>> a new memoir from one of donald trump's former advisers is revealing details about the presidenent's strategies in asi. that includes not only the g go of

military base in okinawa, japan. five years ago, the school started teaching its students about the battle of okinawa. these classes are taught by shimojo ayono. she believes it is important to know the history of the place you live in. shimojo's father and grandmother fled to a cave to escape the fighting. her family survived, but many other people hiding in island caves lost their lives. >> so my family is lucky to survive. but if my family won't survive, i won't be able to stand in here, okay? >> these two families are fighting against each other in your house, how would that make you feel? >> upset.. >> bringing a tragic story to life, shimojo wants the children to put themselves in the shoes of civilians holed up in the battle. three years ago, the school learned of a disturbing event. vandals attacked a memorial from the war. the victim is a mass suicide at one of the caves. seeing the destruction, shimojo put out a call on social media asking for help to make new paper cranes. people around the world responded

so lots of heavy rainfall have hit okinawa.ow the seasonal rain band has shifted to the north, especially hoke queue reek queue will experience the heaviest rainfall into the weekend, maybe 150 meters of rainfall that could lead to flooding and landslides. the rain will spread to the north. let's go to europe. we can see clouds spipinning ne france. this stormrm system has cold ai in the upperer atmosphere. this is going to cause h heavy snowfall in the alpine region. one water spout in italy and also flooding rainfall in corsica. take a look at this footage. thunderstorms and flash flooding have battered the capital city of corsica. people posted videos on social media showing cars stuck in water. almost 120 millimeters of rain fell on wednesday night. that's six times the june monthly rainfall. no fatalities have been reported. we will continue to see very unstable weather conditions across europe. this will continue to spin near france. lots of rain along with thunderstorms are possible. not just that, we might see large hai

okinawa experienced 110 millimeters of rain in a space of only one hour.ow, we will continue to see rainy weather across okinawa because the front will continue to sit here for a while. the attached low has brought rainy weather to central japan, including tokyo. this is a slow mover, preventing this low to move to the east. it'll likely bring more rainfall into tuesday morning into the tokyo area. temperatures are going to be on the cooler side in tokyo again on tuesday. 24 for the high. it is four degrees higher than today. however, it is cooler than average. it is going to be warming up to the 30 degree mark starting on your wednesday. naha should be out of the rainy season, but you'll see a spell of rainy weather throughout the week. sapporo will see warming up temperatures, 24 for the high on tuesday. heavy rainfall has hit the ivory coast. nearly 260 millimeters of rain fell in 48 hours. half of the monthly rainly for june. because of the rainfall, a deadly landslide took place in the outskirts of the ivory coast. 13 peoplple have been killed. in fac

in okinawa this resentment ignited a riot in 1970 scores of american g.i.'s what pull from a cause which was set alight. for washington and its compliant ally and tokyo it's this kind of insurrection but they fear. during the making of this film a young woman was raped and murdered allegedly by an american military contract from one of the bases c. it was the latest of thousands of cases of violence and it brought massive crowds into the streets demanding an end to the military occupation of their country. this is some mice misao designed to carry a nuclear warhead during the cold war the united states secretly installed nuclear weapons at this to launch pad you know. most of them aimed to china. ringback today the nuclear missile site is run by a buddhist organization the so-called god as a peace be seen. in one to 62 who the. atomic weapon us out or on the missile almost launched. their almost alone according to the spokesman of this military base said they were all about to prepare them. second order to stop it. one of the american servicemen whose job wa

we needed to get back to okinawa. i have 14 aircraft crews, angles, whatrent ship is heading back that way so we can get home? we were sailing back to the island on the uss okinowa. we have got the aircraft spotted, i am in the lead aircraft, the rotors are turning, everything is good, i can see on the horizon the silhouette of the island coming up. time, as some of you know, i had a girlfriend and was eager to get back. all of a sudden, as i'm sitting there, the ship does one of these hard 90 degree turns and another 90 degrees turn and i'm yelling to the crew chief, take the chains off. we have to get off the ship. we immediately got the shutdown signal. a thing happened were a bunch of people had taken a u.s. freighter -- that is a whole other story -- but we could not get back to okinawa. we were forced to hang out at the pool at qb point for 30 days. [laughter] was $.25 and a san miguel hot dog was another $.25. i can't begin to tell you how many hotdogs and beers i had for those 30 days. nobody drowned while i w

expect heavy rainfall in hong kong, taipei, and okinawa as we go into tuesday.eanwhile, seoul and tokyo will be seeing hot and dry conditions on tuesday. the highs could reach the 30s. well above average temperatures will persist in many places in japan this week. the high could rise to 35 degrees in fukushima on wednesday and 31 degrees in tokyo. that's all for now. stay safe and have a nice week. ♪ ♪ >>> that's nhk newsline for this hour. thank you for watching. ♪ xxxx ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm marie yanaka. today we feature three stories that show some unconventional approaches to solving problems. the fields are diverse but as we'll see in all of them, the results can bring business success and social benefits. first we visit a young man making waves in thailand's hospitality business. his startup might look conventional in how it matches hotels and restaurants with customers but the difference is that the rooms and meals are donated and the proceeds go to good causes. a room at the central bangkok hotel usually costs $90 a night. but guests

forces assaulted the island of okinawa. first, the bombardment.osions] then, from the fleet standing offshore, landing craft went in. the mighty pageant of assault rolled ahead, this time less than 400 miles from japan itself. this was the island the japanese simply could not afford to lose. for four months, they fought a desperate battle that cost them 90,000 lives. the island was safe in u.s. hands in july. ♪ [explosions] first tested in the united states' new mexico desert and then in hiroshima and again at nagasaki, came the world-shaking explosions of the atomic bomb. her armies defeated wherever they had been met, her navy virtually destroyed, japan asked for peace. aboard the uss missouri in tokyo bay, on september 2, 1945, the most horrible war in history came to its complete end. the foreign minister signed for japan. ♪ douglas macarthur, supreme commander. a general signed for china. but the world could not forget or excuse the savage crimes of those who had opened that war, who had deliberately and willfully brought death and suffering

down towards the south and west, we will see showers developing in places like okinawa.nd 28 for tokyo tuesday and wednesday, and clouds increasing for thursday with a high of around 35. and showers returning to fukusta. be on the lookout as we go through monday to tuesday as these low pressure systems are nearby, and another low in france, and unstable weather. heat up towards the high pressure, and keeping things high and dry in the scandinavian areas and europe as we go through tuesday, so again, take it easy out there. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." there's much more to come here so please stay with us. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." we come to you from tokyo. behind me, japan's capital is slowly coming back to life after the lifting of the state of emergency. the world has become a strangely different place since covid-19 arrived on the scene. working from home, wearing face masks and supermarket queues are just part of a new n normal we e living today. acknowled

it looks like the rainy season will likely end soon in the okinawa region. now let's go to australia. fog caused a scecene across s y sydney. take a look at this footage. fog covered parts of the skyline near the harbor. areas of the city showed the beautiful scene as buildings were interspersed with the low clouds. low temperatures have cooled into the lower teens in the city allowing for the fog to develop. temperatures will likely be in the teens across sydney. then we will see lots of rainfall across portions of west australia. 22 for the high in perth and 18 in sydney. cooling down to the low teens in melbourne. that's it for me. have a nice day. >>> and those were the top stories for this hour. thank you very much for joining us and nhk "newsline." >>> welcome too "newsline in-depth." we come to you from the rooftop of the nhk headquarters in shibuya, tokyo. that greenery behind me is yoyogi park. we've come out from our studio once again to get a bird's eye view on the pandemic and the world that comes after. in today's peek over the horizon, we have

in april, a chinese aircraft carrier was confirmed to have navigated from vicinity of japan's okinawao the pacific and the south china sea. the u.s. government has been on heightened alert against china. washington says beijing stepped up activities in the region while other nations were struggling to contain the coronavirus. >>> one of the runners for the postponed tokyo olympic torch relay is getting back to training. he was supposed to carry the symbol of the games when the flame passed through hiroshima this year. but with the postponement, he's prepared to wait until next year. he sees it as a chance of a lifetime, and for him, that is a long time.e. >> repeporter: at 103 years ol tomihisa shoji is fulll of energy. concerned about covid-19 keeping him close to home,e, but he's staying g in shape. >> translator: wn i heardrd the ololympics had been postponed until next year, i felt like i had been droppeded into a d dee abyss. >> reporter: tomihisa started working out in ernst in march. his training mate made a model of the olympic torch, the same size and weight as the real thing

rain continues into wednesday for the okinawa region. that's it for me.tay safe. ♪ >> and that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thank you for joining us and do stay tuned for more. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline" in depth. i'm marieian naka. today we feature three stories that show some unconventional approaches to solving problems. the fields are diverse, but as we'll see in all of them, the results can bring business success and social benefits. first we visit a young man waking waves in thailand's hospitality business. his startup might look conventional in how it matches hotels and restaurants with customers. but the difference is that the rooms and meals are donated and the proceeds go t to good cause. >> a room at the central bangkok hotel usually costs $90 a night. but guests can use a discount website, a mobile app to get a coupon and a room for just $60. the social startup that created it donates 70% of the proceeds to a range of projects that benefit society. >> the prices are actually cheaper than on those oth

toward okinawa, maybe seeing rain, as well.gain, looking at a warmer pattern for tokyo and nagoya. highs in the low 30s. notice the trend, by the time we go to thursday, clouds have increased and rain is in the forecast. yeah, we're definitely going to be seeing this pattern continuing. the north in sapporo, showers on tuesday. highs hovering around the 20 degree mark was we go through the week. here's what's happening across europe. we do have this low pressure system that's spinning, a couple of them, near turkey and also around the ball can kan of them, near turkey and also around the ball can ka peninsul. that'll continue to be the story as we go through monday into tuesday. the unstable pattern will be in place. we'll see some of that warm air coming up from the south. highs will be in the mid 20s toward the middle area of continental europe. we have a low pressure system nearby off the coast of france and the united kingdom. it'll bring instability. we'll see showers from time to time as we go through monday. all in all,

a fire breaks out for hazardous materials on japan's southern island of okinawa.ple were injured after being exposed to chlorine gas. stargazers in africa, asia, and parts of the middle east look to the sky sunday to witness a partial solar eclipse. it's known as a ring of fire, because the moon covers most, but not all of the sun. just to take a look at some but not all of the stories from beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. ♪ for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands. all commission free online. schwab stock slices: an easy way to start investing or to give the gift of stock ownership. schwab. own your tomorrow. wherever you make go, lexus will welcome you back with exceptional offers. get zero percent financing and make no payments for up to 90 days on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ♪ >> bret: in tonight's 2020 report, how they are trying to push bite into the left after failing to

he served in okinawa.e pandemic, sam led us into his home to hear some incredible war stories. >> was sent overseas as a fighter pilot with no experience, none of us had any experience at that time. there was none of this sitting and figuring somebody out and shooting him down. i remember every detail of every one of those flights. i had innumerable wonderful experiences that are staying with me. >> martha: happy birthday to sample some. if you are interested in other heroic stories on the pacific war, check out my book "unknown valor" come up the story families who sacrifice. we are coming up in the anniversary of d-day and we look forward to sharing that with y you. that is the story of a wednesday, june 24th, 2020. tucker carlson is coming up next, good night, everybody. ♪ ♪ a >> tucker: a good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we spent an awful lot of time over the past few weeks to try to figure out and explain what's happening to our country. at times it's been depressing but it seems

night or the next r:ue castro ia senior at kubasaki high school, department of defense school in okinawams because tests am each subject were administered at the same time for all students. he had to take his in the middle of the night. >>> do you think it put you at a dits advantage because you were obviously taking an exam at a time you should have been sleeping? >> yes, it was out of my routine. >> reporter: how did it go for the your a.p. exams? >> for u.s. government it went extremely well. my calculus p.c. exam i had to submit pictures. unfortunately the college board did not receive my responses because they did not upload in time. right after i had been told my responses weren't submitted, i went outside the front of the house for a good 45 minutes and just kind oftadlaut >> reporter: the college board said students who experienced issues during the first week of testing can take make-up exams in june. a smallkaye castro and ella bubek. >> i'm going to try as best i can and do better than i would have. i feel that's the only thing we can do at this point. >> if this teaches anyth

we begin here in japan with a somber anniversary, people in the southern prefecture of okinawa are observingyears since the end of one of the fiercest ground battles in the closing stages of world war ii.

there are marines in okinawa right now that are asleep, but they won't be asleep very long. there are folks in the air force that are prepping for tomorrow's mission in south korea. all around the world, awake and asleep, there's never a moment and there's never a place where folks in the suns military are not representing -- in the united states military are not representing our nation and doing exactly what our nation has asked them to do. we're grateful for those folks. this bill, the ndaa this year, gives a 3% pay chief to those folks. it assures that we wouldn't have another brac round of base closing here in the united states during the next fiscal year, it deals with some of the allied relationships we have in taiwan and ukraine and helps those interpreters who were in afghanistan for years to the united states. it deals not just with the military but their families as well. it deals with additional funding for military spouses. it adds additional supervising for military housing to be able to make sure we do better supervision there. bases and posts around oklahoma,