>>> you're watching nhk "newsline" i'm ross mihara in tokyo. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour. >> betrayal of trust. transport ministry officials are conducting their own fuel efficiency tests after mitsubishi admitted to cheating on results. >>> grim statistics, one quarter of the kumamoto quake victims left emergency shelters to return home, where the second major tremor took their lives. >>> and a cold competition. investing in property and business overseas. mitsubishi sales were down 14% from the previous year. after they falsified fuel economy data for some models. mitsubishi sold about 3600 new vehicles last month. it's down 14.8% compared to the same year. mitsubishi stopped selling two mi minivehicles. the group's minivehicle sales fell 44.9% last month. nissan motor stopped selling two mini vehicle models made by mitsubishi. nissan's new car sales fell 22.2%. many vehicles accounted for 60% of mitsubishi's new car sales in japan and 30% of nissan's. >>> japanese government officials are conducting their o

i'm ross mihara. people in kumamoto are trying to piece their lives back together but are facing challenging conditions. the ground is still shaking and the weather it making the work even more difficult. prefecturural officials say the quakes damaged more than 25,000 houses. people have been using tarps to cover broken roofs but strong winds are blowing them away. volunteers are working outdoors in some blazing heat. >> translator: it's sweaty work. and i have to be careful about heat stroke. >> kumamoto police say thieves have been taking advantage ever the disaster. they say dozens and houses and offices have been burglarized since the earthquakes began. >> translator: if you see anybody behaving unusually or see anything else suspicious, please let us know. >> around 1200 quakes with an intensity of 1 or higher on the japanese scale of 0 to 7 have been recorded since the first massive jolt on april 14th. 49 people have been killed. one person is still missing. >> local officials say nearly 20,000

i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >>> barack obama has become the first sitting president to visit hiroshima. the historic visit came almost 71 years after the city was devastated by an atomic bomb. the first of two dropped on japan by the u.s. at the end of world war ii. obama headed to hiroshima after the conclusion of the group of 7 summit in ise-shima. he travelled to the peace memorial park and laid flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims. survivors were among those who attended the event. obama then gave the speech that so many had been waiting to hear. >> why do we come to this place? to hiroshima. we come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in the not so distant past. we stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. we force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listen to a silent cry. we remember all the innocents killed across the arch of that terrible war. but among those nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world wi

i'm ross mihara. >>> french prosecutors investigating corruption in the sports world have set their sights on japan, linking a $2 million payment to tokyo's winning bid for the 2020 olympics and paralympics. nhk world's moshe komata has details. >> tokyo is pushing past roadblocks and moving ahead for the games. the government chose this new design for the main stadium after the initial plan was scrapped because of construction costs. second official logos were revealed, replacing the ones alleged to have been copied. now there's a probe by french prosecutors into the question of a $2 million payment. >> translator: i don't believe there were any illegitimate payments. >> translator: i was involved in the bid myself, but i'm not aware of the entire bid process. >> translator: we will hear from the tokyo government and the japanese olympic committee to understand what's going on. >> reporter: the prosecutors are looking into bribery of money laundering. they suspect the money was transferred from a japanese bank to a singaporean firm in two installments, one before the international olympic