shinsaibashi is busy in osaka and streets are bustling with people. they come here after work for a drink. i was strolling the streets after the last train had left, looking for something interesting. what's this? >> translator: we listen to people grumbling. >> that's interesting. >> now they are friends from high school. they're 23 years old. every friday from 11:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning they sit on the sidewalk and listen to people gripe. let's hang out and see how they do it. >> you listen to grumbling? >> yes, we do. >> seeing two handsome guys, a lot of girls stop by to talk. >> translator: will you listen to me? wow. i can't seem to find a boyfriend. boys these days irritate me. they're all sissies. so if a boy likes a girl and she has a steady, he just gives up, or waits around until the two split up. i really don't know what he's thinking. why doesn't he go and get her? >> how could she tell something like that to strange young guys? >> you listen for free? i have a heap of things i want to say. >> a man this time. >> where i work,

shinsaibashi is busy in osaka and streets are bustling with people. they come here after work for a drink. i was strolling the streets after the last train had left, looking for something interesting. what's this? >> translator: we listen to people grumbling. >> that's interesting. >> now they are friends from high school. they're 23 years old. every friday from 11:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning they sit on the sidewalk and listen to people gripe. let's hang out and see how they do it. >> you listen to grumbling? >> yes, we do. >> seeing two handsome guys, a lot of girls stop by to talk. >> translator: will you listen to me? wow. i can't seem to find a boyfriend. boys these days irritate me. they're all sissies. so if a boy likes a girl and she has a steady, he just gives up, or waits around until the two split up. i really don't know what he's thinking. why doesn't he go and get her? >> how could she tell something like that to strange young guys? >> you listen for free? i have a heap of things i want to say. >> a man this time. >> where i work,

spring tourney gets under way march 11th in osaka. last year, the march bash a was counselled in the wake of a scandal. for those that love sumo, march can't come soon enough. that's it for today's sports. >> thapgs very much. >>> commuters in tokyo are trudging to work in patches of snow and ice. let's get the weather picture for here and elsewhere. >>> turned out to be a winter evening in tokyo last night. let's look at how much snow the city got. here is video from last night. plenty of snowfall started falling in the later hours of monday. this is about 11:00 p.m. right in downtown tokyo, in fact. pretty unusual event to see this much snow. about four centimeters of accumulation was recorded in the evening hours. that's the most we've seen in the city in about six years. it did cause slippery conditions. and there have been numerous accidents reported already. this morning's commute is also going to be proving slippery. keep an eye out on your road conditions. now, right now, all of the snow clouds across tokyo are heading out. we

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

. >> reporter: a nonprofit organization in osaka has been supporting people like that couple. this woman and others in her organization have been responding to survivors' inquiries, but they wish they could do more. the organization's newsletter prints comments from survivors who moved out of the prefecture. one voice after another expressed the grief and suffering of the survivors. >> i have no idea what's happening in my home town. >> i want someone to talk to. i want friends. i want peers. >> translator: i knew what i should have done for them, but i couldn't. if i could have done so, the survivors who moved out of the prefecture wouldn't have to cry so much and feel so sad. that's the thing i regret most. >> reporter: she and her colleagues are determined that things will be different this time. they will not let the kind of tragedy that occurred after the hanshin earthquake be repeated after last march's disaster. they are working to locate people who fled from tohoku region, and they are trying to build a network linking them together. >> translator: it will be great if

. >> reporter: a nonprofit organization in osaka has been supporting people like them. many in the organization have been responding to survivors' inquiries, but they wish they could do more. the organization's newsletter prints comments from survivors who moved out of the town. one voice after another expressed the grief and suffering of the survivors. >> translator: i knew what i should have done for them, but i couldn't. if i could have done so, the survivors who moved out of the town wouldn't have to cry so much and feel so sad. that's the thing i regret most. >> reporter: she and her colleagues are determined that things will be different this time. they will not let the kind of tragedy that occurred after the earthquake be repeated after last march's disaster. they are working to locate people who fled from the region and they are trying to build a network linking them together. >> translator: it will be great if survooirs can feel they aren't alone. and if we can get their voices to be heard by the governments of the stricken regions and other institutions. >> re

. >> a nonprofit organization in osaka has been supporting people like them. she and others in the organization have been responding to survivors' inquiries, but wish they could do more. the organization's newsletter prints comments from survivors that moved out of there. one voice after another express grief and suffering of the survivors. >> translator: i have no idea what's happening in my hometown. i want someone to talk to. i want friends. i want peers. >> translator: i knew what i should have done for them, but i couldn't. if i could have done so, the survivors who moved out wouldn't have to cry so much and feel so sad. that's the thing i regret most. >> she and her colleagues are determined things will be different this time. they will not let the kind of tragedy that occurred after the hanshin earthquake be repeated after last march's disaster. they are working to locate people that fled the region and are trying to build a network linking them together. >> translator: it will be great if survivors can feel they aren't alone, and if we can get their vo

going to like one another i mean when you talk about my book on moscow it was on moscow chicago and osaka and my central thesis was. if people have to be democrats to have democracy or never have to mock recy people aren't going to love one another but they can't act as if they can tolerate one another and that's that's what has to try to be reinforced but still the moscow government they they tried to impose some restrictive tradition for example there's been there's been lots of controversy around these these ritual things as islamic ritual things like like sacrificing sheep and so on cutting throat and ensuring blood in the streets that they want to for a bed that do you think that such restrictive measures are adequate and they may work . well i think the moscow government has the right to do that but how are you going to enforce it and there's always a problem with with behavioral issues that if you outlaw it it doesn't go away it goes underground and i think. that's where there has to be a balance between you know obviously actually that they're against doing that publicly i mean i

the plane is set to fly from tokyo to osaka.e of a jet makes the one-hour trip several times a day. it's like flying from new york to boston. susan's boyfriend is on board. >> aki was a banker, he was traveling on business that day. it was a very humid, hot, japanese summer day. from the moment i opened my eyes that day, and aki did too, there was a hint of something wrong, which i couldn't explain. >> also on board, takashi's sister, sumako. >> she did tell me she's going to tokyo. i said to her, it's dangerous to fly. she told me, don't worry, brother, i've already bought a ticket. >> you're looking at footage of the actual plane involved in this crash, taking off on its final ill-fated flight. 6:12 p.m., everything seems normal as the plane lifts off and climbs out. suddenly, 12 minutes into the flight, there's a problem. >> they were in the middle 20,000 feet, which is where airplanes experience the most pressure on the vessel itself. at that point they received a door warning that a door was ajar which turned out not to be

there is the new osaka movement and both are very different than the current political parties we have in place in that they're focused on inplagues targeting and slimming the balance sheet in japan which would mean growth for the economy and that is clearly the big hope behind the scenes at this point. >> glen, i harp on a strong yen. that's a big concern for many of the manufacturers in japan and the exporters as well but on the other hand if you look at a strong currency it could mean that raw material costs could be cheaper so hows to this net-net weigh on the exporters and the companies over in japan? >> that's exactly right, christine, there is a blessing and a curse to a strong currency. input costs for the manufacturers are much lower as well it's a great opportunity for m&a and they have been on fire in japan the past couple of years. i would expect that to continue with the stronger yen. you are not going to have quantitative easing. japan will be the last to that party, i believe, as the u.s. and the rest of the world has indicated in many cases they're adamant we're not goi

e struggling to restore long lost ties in the town of flop houses, kamagasaki, osaka.