>> formhe took steps to reform spending, formed a new party, osaka restoration association. then resigned as governor. he said he needed the power of the mayor's post to realize his plan. he says his program of reforms willie limb nate overlapping services from prefecture and municipal governments. >> the voters handed down the judgment after thorough institutions. so i asked the administrative organizations to take the election results seriously. >> hashimoto says his party will consider fielding candidates in the next election if the central government and major political parties don't support his reforms. >>> traders in markets in tokyo looking to recover after a rough week. yogi joins us. we saw volatile trading in japanese shares last week. what can we expect this week? >> analysts expect stocks to come under pressure this week as well. let's go straight to the market reporter to find things out. the dow ended last week in the negative a third straight week, following continued debt turmoil in eurozone economies. to see how things are kicking off this monday morning in

he quit working for a hospital in osaka a year later.akagawa's medical training made him a valuable member of the cult. he helped manufacture the group's supply of sarin gas. nakaga nakagawa admitted his involvement in a number of crimes during his crime. he described his feelings in a letter he mailed to nhk before the supreme court's ruling. >> translator: i feel the reasons behind the incidents have not yet been fully disclosed. i wish asahara had provided a full explanation because there are many things that only he knew. i hope from the bottom of my heart that incidents like the ones we caused will never happen again. >> tomoyuki oyama devoted his life to figuring out why nakagawa and other members killed his daughter along with her son and husband. he observed the courtroom proceedings and jotted down his thoughts. he and many others wondered what inspired nakagawa and others to join the cult. nhk obtained a memo from a close friend who visited him at the detention center, gives details of the struggles nakagawa had with so-called

it sent experts from the osaka water supply authority.ckle t. it sent experts from the osaka water supply authority. bangkok's water officials decided to use a chemical they are unfamiliar with to sanitize polluted water. the experts from japan advised them how much to use. >> translator: it's a very severe situation. we'll do our best to help the thai people. >> reporter: bangkok water officials say they have to turn off the city's tap if they find toxic substances in the water supply. the government has warned that the crisis may last for weeks or even months, but new challenges are emerging every day. nhk world, bangkok. >> and other parts of southeast asia have also been affected by intense rain and floods with many casualties. but amid all the suffering, there have been some stories of hope, like this one. inside this little bird cage are some unlikely animals. a pair of leopard cubs who survived the floods in cambodia. a fisherman brought the newborn cubs to a wildlife refuge about three weeks ago. he discovered them inside a hole.

ceiling and wall panels fell in an prefectural office in osaka. now that city is about 8 00 kilometers from the epicenter. meteorological agency experts started a panel to talk about ways to prevent disasters immediately after earthquakes. they're trying to determine if the magnitude of long period ground motion should be made public right away. they released a draft proposal on monday. it calls for issues long period ground motion notices separately from the regular data of intense major earthquake. vibrations would be classified into several categories such as strong enough that people cannot walk without holding on to something, and strong enough to make wheeled furniture move. alerts would be issued in tokyo in a kboia, osaka and other large cities. but some panel members say people could be confused by the new information. the meteorological agency already gives various warnings after major quakes. for example, on march 11th, it started by issuing an emergency quake alert. then came an announcement that the cake had an intensity of 6-plus on

like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchi and always dreaming foundation and being part of the osakaty association, founder member of course, and asian-american journalist association, again, others following her. for david and for jan, if you look at television today, no matter what channel you turn to, there are asian americans on the journalism positions. and i believe and i know it's because of both david and jan's work behind the scenes, in front, bringing just that whole professional care to what they do every day. and i remember a very unique story. as i was a first-year law student at berkeley, jan was covering this whole issue about affirm active action and whether or not asian americans were still going to be part of affirmative action in the law school admissions. after i had been successful in passing my first semester of my required law school, i was out with the asian law caucus and other asian lawyers and asian law students protesting the admissions criteria, the elimination of agents from the admissions criteria. and there was janana here r invitingly and other attorn

it sent experts from the osaka water supply authority. bangkok's water officials decided to use a chemical they are familiar with to sanitize polluted water. the experts from japan advised them how much to use. >> translator: it's a very severe situation. we'll do our best to help the thai people. >> reporter: bangkok water officials say they have to turn off the city's tap if they find toxic substances in the water supply. the government has warned that the crisis may last for weeks or even months, but new challenges are emerging every day. nhk world, bangkok. >>> and other parts of southeast asia have also been affected by intense rain and floods with many casualties, but amid all the suffering, there have been some stories of hope, like this one. inside this little bird cage are some unlikely animals. a pair of leopard cub who is survived the floods in cambodia. a fisherman brought the newborn cubs to a wildlife refuge about three weeks ago. he discovered them inside a hole. their mother had apparently stowed them there to keep them sa

as opposed to libya paradigm all right how james kopp is there any better journalist ally for us in osaka many thanks indeed thank you. all right well we are standing by to speak to artie's paulus leah she is in cairo but we did speak to a short while ago she was actually taking shelter due to tear gas causing i use it to run we'll catch up with her as soon as we can here an r.t. for meantime there were on our web site r.t. dot com we've been asking you when will the violence in egypt come to an end let's see how you're voting and bring up the charts right here so far the votes are fairly evenly split but the majority believe it will stop when the military rulers decide enough is enough just over a quarter of you think it will happen with the election of the muslim brotherhood and almost an equal number of people see the end coming after unemployment and in inflation isn't dealt with all otherwise when mubarak truly is back behind bars to have your say artsy dogcart. or what are some other stories are coming your way here on our c in the program still to come a spain's election brings in

the guy i wrote about was his assistant and had been putting all the trades through in osaka. so he became this cowboy. everyone wanted to hire him. even though his boss went to jail, he had been handling billion dollar trades, and everyone thought he had this magic touch. so he end up working for a hedge fund which had mysterious origins, became one of the biggest traders in tokyo. it's funny because that book, "ugly americans," was one of my favorite books that i wrote. wall street read it, but nobody else read it. it became this ex-pat book, and i go to asia, and every trader has a copy of it on their desk, and i love that. but it's a crazy story. it takes place in the sex industry, the underground sex world in japan. because a lot of the business takes place in this underground world which is incredibly perverse. there are places called sexual harassment clubs which are clubs that look like, say, a subway car. and you go in there, and it even vibrates like a subway car, and you pay a fee, and there are women riding the subway, and you can go up and molest them. there are c