. >> reporter: this is a hot spring resort on the outskirts of sapporo.his is one of its longest established hotels. foreign tourists used to comprise 30% of its guests, but since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, it has lost many of its japanese tourists, too. >> translator: there's virtually no one outside on the street. it's a terrible situation. >> reporter: so this hotel has changed tack. it is now aiming to attract people from the nearby city. >> translator: we have measures in place to prevent infections, so you can stay with peace of mind. >> reporter: staff from the hotel are going door to door, promoting new rates of just under 50 u.s. dollars per person for groups of four guests. that's a discount of about 30%. from virtually zero occupancy, it has rebounded to about 40% of capacity on weekends. most of f the guests are local sapporo residents. >> translator: we are now looking to partner with other tourist facilities in the johzankei area, and create packages so our guests can visit local attractions, too. >> reporter: meanwhile, another

sapp sapporo will likely see rainfall because of hagupit. water spout was seen off the coast of belgium. take a look at thihis footage. it was caught on cameraa moonda nenear the coast of belgium. strongng thunderstorms near the region helpeped to twigger the twister over the north sea. no injuries or damage were reported. conditions will be mild across the low countries, but instead italy and the balkan peninsula could see thunderstorms and even torrnadoes as we go into wednesday morning. temperatures are going to be as follo follows. that's it for me. have a nice day. ♪ >>> one last story. octopus fishermen in southwestern japan have been busy where their slippery catches as the season peaks. pots trap the creatures on the seabed. the fishing season usually lasts from late july to august in the straits off key usual she city. octopus in the area tend to be strong due to fast moving churning tides. anan experienced fishermen says he's catching bigger animals this year. >> translator: our octopus tastes good when eaten raw as sue shimmy. i w

sapporo 30 for the high on sunday. osaka upper 30s. again, take it easy outdoors. it's going to be quite hot. you're going to be seeing a change in your forecast in naha sunday into monday. we have a tropical storm formed south of okinawa that will make its way toward the north. it will take a couple days to get close to okinawa. we just got writ of bavi, now another system in your direction. we're talking high winds along with high waves that's going to start picking up late sunday and then into monday and tuesday. this storm is expected to become a very strong typhoon. get ready for this particular storm. it's going to make its presence known by early next week. again, rain from the korean peninsula toward eastern china as we go through saturday. down through the southeastern areas of the united states, we have laura that caused real problems to louisiana and arkansas, now drifting into the eastern areas of the deep south. it's going to interact with a front toward the north. moisture is going to bring the enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms. be on the lookout

broader area actually foreign policy chief joe sapporo compared the situation right now by the wrist to venezuela. we do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize nicolas maduro from this point of view maduro and lucas shanker in exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not recognizing their democratic which is a messy well they're a bit more for you in a moment but let's speak to the rini politics. of eastern europe professor italy's university of genoa thanks we live in this josef barrels remarks suggest tough action against better russia to come do you think or not what you're feeling here. well of course so we are observers of many videos of new different news a so want to we are going to see something that dramatic so we see it. there so there are different reactions both from the only union and of course a from the russian federation what what what can be brussels really do here is it best that it d

used top diplomat your sapporo called the poll neither free nor fair and pledged to conduct an in-depth review of relations with by the roofs he said the $27.00 nation bloc was considering sanctions against those responsible for violence unjustified arrests and falsifying election results. earlier i spoke to lithuanian foreign minister leno's link and asked him for more details on the arrival of. in his country but was not known. actually was disappearing from overeager screen all 7 hours. thereabouts 'd which is what other conditions was it a tense night. and then we understood that they were she was provided the true space tourist well actually the feet of other this was not a good lawyer. to say the least so she had and she asked kagan actually. children where being here already take a decision took a decision and the thought of this didn't prevent even the guilt to travel and now if you see you like the children she's indicated. let's just listen and again to the video that was released yesterday in which the monitor going to raise an appeal to the protestors. let's listen in to thi

and in fact, i think virtually all historians agree that it was the british sapporo de with its radar that allowed the british to win the battle of britain over skies over great britain. it turned hitler to attack the soviet union, rather than finish of the -- in the period between 1943 and 1944, the manhattan project is going at great speed, and progress is being made. now there are two types of bombs that are being developed. the one out of oak ridge, where uranium 235 is being isolated from uranium 238. and that bomb, if we get enough uranium 235, is going to be a very simple device. they called it a gun tape bomb. thin man was another name. in the front of the bomb there was a target of uranium 235. not so much that it would go critical, packed loosely enough so just sitting there. and in the back of the bomb let's call it a plug or a bullet of uranium 235. and when the bomb was dropped the idea was it reached a certain altitude, the idea was an altitude for it to explode. the bullet in the back would be triggered, fly into the target, and it would blow up. that in fact was the hi