koi was born in osaka as a korean resident of japan. she moved to north korea in the 1960s. she was a dancer and she caught the eye of the man who later became the country's leader, kim john il. but her identity has been a secret. earlier, shery ahn got insight into the background of the film. >> what can we learn from watching this film? >> the documentary provides insight into the efforts to legitimize kim jong-un as north korea's leader. the party central committee commissioned it. the film is called "the great mother." an expert who obtained a copy says authorities started screening it in may as part of a training program for party executives. ♪ >> reporter: one eye-catching scene shows koihe galloping on a white horse, following her husband, kim jong-il. >> translator: our revered leader in front of the troops is followed by the great mother who is the daring standard-bearer and the top aide of our leader. this illustrates the path our dear leader has taken as a fighter to bring about military-first north korea. >> reporter: the 75-minute film praises kim jong i'll and

ko was born in osaka as a korean resident of japan. she moved to north korea in the 1960s. she was a dancer and she caught the eye of the man who later became the country's leader kim jong-il. but her identity has been a secret. earlier, shery ahn spoke with hiroki to get an insbit the background of the film. >> so what can we learn from watching this film? >> the documentary provides insight into the efforts to legitimize kim jong-un as north korea's leader. the film is called "the great mother of --." an expert who obtained a copy said they started screening it in may as part of a training program for party executives. one eye-catching scene shows her galloping up on a white horse, following her husband kim jong-il. >> translator: our revealed leader in front of the troops is followed by the great mother who is the daring standard bearer and the top aide of our leader. this illustrates the path our dear leader has taken as a fighter to bring about military first north korea. the 75-minute film places kim jong-il and his wife. it includes unreleased footage of ko accompany

from osaka, singapore, shanghai, taipei, and seoul, korea.h our offices and communities to promote education, trade, allow ourselves to educate ourselves continuously about the need to have a more advanced, smarter immigration policy for our country. and also one that we enjoy celebrating because we get a lot of talent from the other countries, which is why we want to be a gateway to the world. that is why we enjoy the celebration so much. with that, i like to invite former mayor willie brown and also the supervisors, please join us on the stage and be part of the witness and of the signing of the proclamation for this year imposed a celebration of the asian pacific heritage month. and supervisor cohen, come on up as well. [applause] >> with that, it is official, asian pacific heritage month is on. thank you, mayor li and everyone that came out to help with the signing of the proclamation. they are the cumulative efforts of the asian pacific heritage celebration committee. please welcome the founder and chairman of the heritage celebration co

it covers the second largest city of osaka. >> translator: we have now able to provide enough stable electricity. this is a big relief. >> power saving targets will now be lifted in the service areas of three other utilities in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead last month saying the safety has been confirmed. a panel of experts is calling for a series of cracks beneath the line to check for faults. >>> prosecutors have decided to accept criminal complaints over the nuclear accident. residents filed the complaints last month against the central government and plant's operator. about 1,300 people asked the prosecutors in fukushima prefecture to investigate top officials in the government and tokyo electric power company. the plaintiffs accuse of negligence. the sources say the prosecutor made the decision after the panel of experts released the final report on monday on the accident. the prosecutors have to identify the cause of the accident if they decide to file charges. the government panel and three other committees have failed to opini pinpoint the cause.

the service area covers the country's second largest city of osaka. >> translator: we are now able to provide enough stable electricity. this is a big relief. >> power-saving targets will now be lifted on the service areas of three other ustilts in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead for ohi's restart last month saying its safety has been confirmed, but a panel of experts is calling for a fresh survey of underground cracks at the plant to check if they are active faults. >>> new research into last year's fukushima nuclear accident that workers' attempts to reduce danger in fact caused a substantial radiation leak. researchers from tokyo university and japan's atomic energy agency examined operation records at the plant's number 2 reactor. they compared these with radiation data from the surrounding environment. the group examined radiation data from a monitoring post at the fukushima daini plant, about 10 kilometers south of the daiichi plant. data shows radiation spiked three times from the night of march 14th to the morning of the 15th. a wind was blowing sou

the company used to handle a five-day tour between tokyo and osaka. the trip covered mount fuji and other tourists spots for about $600. the firm's chinese partner demanded that the cost be lowered by 80%. >> the >> reporter: the agency demanded the price for a six-day tour be cut to $125 or even less. that big a cut is simply impossible. >> japan still wants to attract visitors from china. the tourism agency says it plans to urge the chinese government to allow japanese tour companies to operate in the country. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the chals of the 2011 disaster. but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, communities, entire businesses. we will show you their successes on the road ahead every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time, here on "newsline." >>> japan's prime minister noda has that sinking feeling again. a new nhk poll suggests his approval rating is low and his disapproval rating is high. voters aren't happy about his leadership or his policies. most of them disagree with his plan to pay for japan's d