the judges at the osaka district court disagreed. they ruled there's no evidence proving the faults are active. and they say the plant's operator has put sufficient safety measures in place. this is the first court decision on the safety of a nuclear plant following the accident at fukushima daiichi. plaintiffs across the country have filed more than ten similar cases. nhk world, osaka. >>> when people read these days, they often turn to electronic devices. one man in the state of wisconsin is encouraging readers to pick up paper books again. any can borrow a book for free provided they leave one in return. his idea has taken off. "nhk world" has his story. >> reporter: small is beautiful when it comes to reading in america these days. miniature bookshelves like these are popping up on roadsides or in coffee shops across the united states. called little free libraries. they're changing the reading habits of local communities. the idea couldn't be simpler. you grab as many books as you like. and you don't have to bring them back. but

the judges at the osaka district court disagreed. they ruled there's no evidence proving the faults are active. and they say the plant's operator has put sufficient safety measures in place. this is the first court decision on the safety of a nuclear plant following the accident at fukushima daiichi. plaintiffs across the country have filed more than ten similar cases. nhk world, osaka. >>> executives of japanese tell come giant soft bank say think will go ahead and complete the buyout of the third largest u.s. tell come operator, sprint nextel on july 1st. soft bank officials made the remark after major u.s. satellite tv company dish network mounted a counter bid on monday. dish is offering $25 billion in cash and stock for sprint. dish officials say that's 13% more than soft bank's proposal. soft bank officials say, though, that their proposal would offer more benefits to sprint's shareholders. they argue that they're already at a strategy where they can get necessary approval for its proposal. back in october, soft bank offered a

of japan is osaka.e's the sad reality, the capital of japan is tokyo and that's never going to change. 28% of the american people actually think they want to be a member of the republican party. that means that 72% don't want to be a member of the republican party. when 72% of the people don't like your philosophy and politics, you suck at what you're doing. >> all right. well, i think it's clear that this is a feud that is going to go on. i'm going to go while i'm ahead. joe madison and jimmy williams, thanks for your time tonight. >> see you friday. look forward to it. >>> 45 years ago tonight, martin luther king took us to the mountaintop. that's next. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's th

. >> reporter: this man is an associate professor at osaka university's school of medicine. he is trying to apply the technology to medical treatment. this is flexible so there is no damage to the brain, itself. this is part of a system created to help people who have lost the ability to use their muscles whether from illness or accident. this man is 61. six years ago he was diagnosed with als, a disease that causes the progressive degeneration of the muscles. he used to work as a researcher for a major chemical manufacturer. within a year, he was unable to get out of bed or move. now he can't even breathe on his own. his only functioning muscles are those moving his eyes and lips. he was keen to take part in the trials. he wants to see practical application of this new technology. this is how the technology is supposed to work. when he thinks of moving his arm, that generates an electrical impulse in the brain. the signal is picked up by the electrodes and then analyzed by the computer. the resulting data is sent to the robotic arm, which then carries out the movement. he w

nhk word, osaka. >>> chinese officials have refer todd a on going dispute with japan in their later report. they're saying a strong defense force is part of china's modernization. the paper refers indirectly to the united states. it says the country has strengthenned it's asia-pacific military alliances and they have expanded in the region and makes the situation tenser. the report first directly to japan regarding the sankaku islands. china and taiwan claim them. the white paper also gives details on military event. it says they carried out exercises in the pacific about ten times since 2007. >> the chinese military must protect our country's sovereignty and marine interests. >> for the first time they revealed a defense person break down. china says they have 2.3 million troops. but it didn't list the number of strategic missile units or armed police. >> no issue of territorial sovereignty exists over the sankaku islands. china's comments and claims are unacceptable. >> he added that the government will protect japan's water, land, and air space. >>> executives of japanese telecom giant

this department store in osaka just launched its cool biz sales blitz.ncouraged to wear light clothing instead of relying on air conditioners. forecasters are predicting a very hot summer. japanese fashion designers have responded with this, qu quick-drying fabrics and a bikini brief for men. the department store is expecting a 10% rise in sales from last year. and you being in the weather department, you can appreciate this type of clothing, especially this coming weekend we're going to need that. >> yeah, i think it's going to turn the heat up a little bit more. maybe they're not going in the right direction. >> we know what you mean. thank you so much for being with us. join us tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. also all day long at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day. enjoy the nice weather. (sir can-a-lot) good day, ma' lady. i am sir can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! (male announcer) break the monotony. visit spam.com. - merry christmas eve eve, jack. - likewise, lemon. is there any chance yo

the plane is set to fly from tokyo to osaka.s workhorse of a jet makes the one-hour trip several times a day. it's like flying from new york to boston. suzanne bailey'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. >> reporter: 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 aja

patriot missiles are now in place in the central district and in the suburbs of osaka. our coverage of the korean crisis continues now with diana magnay. tell us more about the preparations. >> hi, john. actually, the missiles behind me, two patriot missile batteries that you can see there were deployed overnight at the ministry of defense in the heart of central tokyo. residents waking up and seeing these war machines where normally they see a baseball park. but this isn't the first time that they've seen that, john. there have been patriot missiles deployed in this spot and around tokyo three times since 2009. and that's every time that north korea has announced it will launch a satellite. so people are getting used to it to a certain extent. and these deployments come in conjunction also with war ships, destroyers being moved into the sea of japan. they also have a missile interception system onboard. i was talking to a security analyst earlier. he said, you know, even though pyongyang is just 800 miles from tokyo, if these systems work and all the tests would sugges

the bullet train between tokyo and osaka runs with average delay time of 30 seconds. not a minute.since its launch in 1964, it has produced absolutely no human , nojury to mention five -- [inaudib] they actually are following magnetic levation technology -- levation technology which could connect new york and washington, d.c. in 40 minutes. not 40 seconds, 40 minutes. [laughter] next, products in by part of the world in singapore, hong kong, china, japanese wife or japanese -- spirits are on high demand. i have said all the time to the farmer in japan that they can make a giant export industry. also content industry -- [laughter] i hope you know this mangas co friend -- french now, you know. [laughter] animation, pop music and song. some of you may record that -- recall that as a foreign minister i introduced manga to be given to known japanese manga creators. furthermore, some of the small companies are amazing. my favorite one, ogano in tokyo, boasts a total monopoly in the market of injection needles. why it is only company that produces injection needles as sharp as a mouth of