i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. we begin with the latest on the earthquake that struck ishikawa prefecture on the sea of japan coast. officials say a man has been confirmed dead following the tremor. he reportedly fell from a ladder. the japan meteor laumgical agency is warning another earthquake could shake the region in the coming week. >> translator: please stay aware for an earthquake that could reach an intensity of upper 6 especially in the next two or three days. there has been intermittent seismic activity in the area for more than two years, and it is expected to continue for the time being, so please remain vigilant. >> the magnitude 6.5 quake struck around 2:42 p.m. on friday. the meteorological agency says the focus was 12 kilometers deep in the noto region. it registered an upper 6 on the japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7 in suzu. in noto town the quake registered an intensity of upper 5 while the jolt reported lower 5 in wuseema city. the quake also registered an intensity of 4 in the city of kanazawa a

i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. there's much more to come on nhk world japan, so please do stay with us. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." today we look at the concept of peace or rather the absence of it in the world we live today. russia's invasion of ukraine usually dominates the news cycle but in the middle east the decades conflict continues to smolder. when indian prime minister benjamin netanyahu returned to power last december he assembled what has been the most right-wing government in israel's history and it has stoked tensions with the palestinians. the gaza strip is home to 2.3 million people. 45% of them children no more than 14 years old. the israeli government restricts the flow of people and cargo often preventing people from leaving their neighborhood. and that's led to a severe shortage of food, daily necessities, and jobs. human rights watchers called it an open air prison. it's not easy to leave the gaza, but one group managed to recently. they flew to japan to learn about peace education. we

i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard, so don't go away. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm ramin mellegard. now, the nikkei's average climbed to a 32-year high on friday. the gains reflect investor confidence lifted by robust earnings and improving forecasts at japanese companies. the index finished the day at 30,808. that's up 0.7% from thursday hitting ithighest levels since august 1990. it briefly rose 350 points. the nikkei 225 has been heading up for seven straight trading days. many overseas investors are shifting money to japanese shares amid concerns over slowing growth in the united states and europe in the wake of interest rate hikes. analysts say a weaker yen against the dollar is fueling the stock buying by foreign investors in the tokyo market. semiconductor related shares were also strong. this came after global chip makers announced plans to bring up more of their operations to japan. >>> and consumer price rises accelerated in april amid climbing costs

i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard, so don't go away. >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm ramin mellegard. now the bench mark index for the tokyo stock exchange ended thursday sharply higher, one day after it climbed above the 30,000 mark for the first time in over a year and a half. the nikkei 225 finished at 30,573. that's up 1.6% from wednesday. it was briefly up more than 570 points. foreign investors are helping drive the rally on concerns that interest rate hikes could weigh on growth in the united states and europe. market players snapped up shares after the u.s. debt ceiling impasse eased somewhat. president joe biden said he's confident america will not default on its debt. the nikkei 225 has risen for the last six trading days. it's been an upward trend since late march and is up 6% this month. and prime minister kishida fumio says his government will spend big to help foreign chip makers bring more of their operations to japan. kishida met with executives fro