. >> this is a hot spring resort on the outskirts of sapporo.its longest-established hotels. foreign tourists used to comprise 30% of its guests. but since the on set of the coronavirus pandemic, it has lost many of its japanese tourists too. >> translator: there's virtually no one outside on the street. eets it's a terrible situation. >> reporter: so, this hotel has changed tact. it's aiming to 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 0 occupancy, it has rebounded to about 40% of capacityty on weekends. most of f the g guests are loca sapporo residents. >> translator: we are now looking to partner with other facilities in the area and create packages so our guests can visit local attractions too. >> reporter: meanwhile, another hotel in the area is already becoming popular among local p

showers in sapporo for saturday and also into monday.saka and fukuoka will see more sunshine by the later part of the weekend. down toward the south we have plenty of wet weather to talk about. that will bring rain into congress congress and high pie as we go through saturday. temperatures will be ranging from 22234 chong chun into tie pie. meanwhile, we go down toward argegentina where wewe've been dealing with serious wildfires ininto the cordoba regionon. this giveses you an idea of the situationn on the ground as wildfires are out of control in the cordova province. 16,000 hectares of land has been burned in recent days. firefighters trying to spray water near houses and dropping water from helicopters and airplanes, even controlled fires near a highway to prevent blazes from setting. we may be dealing with rain but there's also a chance for thunderstorms in cordoba as we go through the day friday. at least we still have a chance for rain in place. that should be helpful as we go through friday in trying to keep those fires at bay. s

sapporo will see 23 degrees on saturday. record highs have been set across california as well.hese are the temperatures recorded in on sunday. southern california, making the all time r record high for the entire portion of los angeles county because of parched conditions and extremely high temperatures, many fires have been hitting california. so far about 900 blazes have occurred in the state. this satellite showing smoke billows in the sky. we have video from california to show you the severe situation. most of the state still faces the threat of dangerous blazes. the fires rapidly spreadd throuh ababout 15,000 hececres in the fresno area from friday night into nday. more than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight. the risk of fires will continue to batter the western areas of the united states. another big story is a huge temperature drop. denver saw a high of 33 degrees on monday, but temperatures would drop to only 4 for the high on tuesday. that's about 30-degree drop in just one day and the morning low will be below freezing. snow is on the way on tuesday. watch

sapporo will see calm weather and a high of 26 degrees.will remain sunny for the rest of the workweek. let's go to india. this is the southwest monsoon season. heavy rain is popping up in many places of the south continent. it looks like heavy rain will continue to pound the west coast. we have the alerts for h heavy rain posted foror the corn taka region.. the heavy rain will conontinue least into sunday there. wildfiress are buffeting many places of the western united statates. oregon is expereriencing the woe is of it as well. high temperatures and strong winds caused new wildfires in oregon on wednesday. 37 blazes are occurring as of wednesday there. at least two people were killed by a fire southeast of salem. thousands of people have fled their homes. approximately 3,000 people have been working on oregon wildfires in recent weeks. about 200 fires are occurring in about ten u.s. states at this moment. this is the rainfall forecast. no rain is in sight across the western united states. we still have an elevated risk for wildfires in p

sapporo will see on and off showers. fukuoka and nagoya will see sunny weather on tuesday.oya has 14 days of rainy weather earlier t this month in row. let's go to north america. a huge number of wildfires have been battetering the western united states. smoke was visible from the satellites. some smoke is reaching portions of british columbia. take a look at this video from vancouver. wildfires in the pacific northwest are causing massive problems to the people and the environment. on saturday, a thick haze covered the city of vancocouvern british columbia as the blazes in the western u.s. produced thick smoke. that blew northward. the fires have destroyed entire toup towns, including also in oregon. the conditions are bad. multiple fires were caused by parched conditions and extremely high temperatures. some change is on the way because there is a possibility of patchy rainfall. we have a system coming in. that will cause windy conditions and also rainy weather for parts of the pacific northwest. hopefully that can make a dent. it is not going to be enough, but there is a

sapporo saw a high of 32 degrees once again. and temperatures are cooling down as we go into thursday with rain possible. osaka and fukuoka will see heavy rainfall during friday as well as saturday because of a rainy season front. we have a rainy season in autumn as well in japan. now, we have the remnants of typhoon haishen spinning over southeastern china. this storm will continue to stay in northern china. so more stormy weather is expected. and interestingly, this system will likely head towards the south as we go into the next several days. because we have a high pressure system to the north that will push the storm to the south. temperatures are in the 20s in beijing as well as seoul and thunderstorms are possible in the south of china and manila on your thursday. now, let's go to north america. lots of wildfires occurring in the western areas. but in the rockies we saw a huge temperature drop. on monday it was 33 in denver and only 1 degree was reported on tuesday. so the temperature d dropped by about 32 degrees in just

from fukuoka to the east to tokyo and sapporo in the north, all looking at a west friday.ocus shifts towards the north and east, saturday we'll see rain and a slightly drier day sunday in tokyo. broadening out the view for friday, looking at rain in shanghai. beijing a high of 27 with partly cloudy skies. meanwhile, we are still ooh llo at some of thehe remnants of be bringing plenty of wetet weathe to the south and east. back toward the west it is dry and we really could use some rain. here is a look at video coming out of california where we're still talking about wildfires. california seeing one of the biggest and most dangerous wild fires in mt. wilson the past couple days. the u.s. forest service saying the fire expanded to more than 45,000 hectares warning of further dry and windy conditions as we head into the weekend which is not going to help out with this particular situation. the conditions are going to remain dry, and we're going to see that pattern going forward. all the rain toward the north, to the pacific northwest and we're looking at fire danger concerns

sapporo will see rainy weather on friday, but beautiful sun many weather on saturday and sundayay.urricane sally made landfall in alabama on wednesday morning, the second hurricane to hit the united states in three weeks. we have video coming out of florida and alabama to shohow y the situation. sally brought significant damage to the coastal communities near the alabama-florida border as it came onshore wednesday. boats were pushed next to roads from the high waters caused by storm surge and piers were also damaged from the powerful winds and waves. one person was killed and dozens of large trees were toppled because of the storm. sally has become a tropical depression. it has weakened a lot, gusts of only 65 kilometers per hour. this has continued to move slowly. over 760 millimeters of rain already in pensacola, florida. that's five times the monthly rainfall for september. we'll see more rainfall across the southeastern united states at least into friday. heavy rain will continue to affect the northeast. in fact, one more storm is expected to pound florida and alabama as we go

we'll see plenty of shine in osaka as well as sapporo for the next several days.n europe we're looking at a dangerous storm system. this is cadee a medcane or mediterranean hurricane. it looks like a hurricane but has a warm core. it's a hybrid cyclone. this system made landfall in grease greece on monday. parts of greece experienced over 140 millimeters of rain, eight times the monthly rainfall for september. gusts can be stronger as we go into the w weekend, could be 20 kilometers per h hour and the total rainfall could be 400 millimeters in parts of greece. stay safe. ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is "newsline" biz. i'm gene otani. softbank group is pushing ahead with its selling spree as it shifts from telecoms towards investment. the japanese con glom rate is selling u.s. distributor bright star global group for an undisclosed sum. softbank group is selling the company for both cash and a 25% stake in the buyer which is part of a u.s. private equi

sapporo will stay quite warm. however, early next week, parts of hokkaido may see snow in the higher elevations. the cold temperature is affecting mongolia. and even ulaanbaatar could see snowfall every day into saturday at least. and temperatures are going to be very low especially in the morning on your friday and saturday and sunday. it's going to be minus 13 degrees on sunday. so do bundle up. it's a different story across the southern hemisphere. earlier this week we talked about extremely high temperatures in paraguay, the capital city saw 42 degrees making the all-time record high for the city. it's going to be even higher on wednesday with sunny weather in asuncion. meanwhile there's a line of significant thunderstorms moving over the british aisles. we're seeing some strong, heavy rainfall plus strong winds across the uk at this moment. rain through the area through thursday and temperatures have dropped significantly. london 15 on thursday. going to go down to 12 degrees on your friday. paris, rainy weat

pretty good across japan $24.00 in tokyo should be mostly dry with that says how much at $22.00 in sapporo but that does come with a chance of one or 2 showers and real signs here that the southwest monsoon is beginning to withdraw across much of india to the north central regions it is mostly dry as we go through wednesday still some heavier downpours that through the east odisha up into west bengal showers across into bangladesh as well and then also extend across much of miasma it will stay like that on thursday but even across eastern sections it becomes dry as we head towards the end of the week. what once was i think that's what we'll be. tradition. i thought in mind. with the attention. because. it's defeat. not from. chechnya it's. not just iraq. louis. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour in just a few minutes from now at the top of the hour that is the u.s. president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden go head to head in the 1st of 3 televised presidential debates trump's taxes are likely to take center stage as well as race issues the current viru

this is south of sapporo on the main island, and he went to night school. self-made and described as self-made, decidedly not an elite of tokyo and kyoto society. joining us with elite coverage, are she for asia correspondent stephen engle. roberts speaking with feldman of morgan stanley, i would describe the urban/rural tension of japan. who does mr. suga represent? he speaking for the bigwigs like the outgoing prime minister, shinto abe. he'd -- you just ran through his bona fides. he is a backroom brawler, a powerbroker. he has the more humble upbringings than some of the bluebloods, but he is a fighter for sure. the lbpfactions within overwhelmingly gave him the mandate. he was the man they all wanted and that is all that matters. this was a lebron james slam dunk a kiddie hoop. there was no question he was going to win this today. tom: he may have the support of the leaders, but if we go to an election what is the mood of the nation to the dominance of the lbp and after they are a few years out of office, they are -- their absolute majority of this pol

shery: -- haidi: we have an update saying that japan sapporo exchange has halted trading as well.o monitor that breaking story. as was just mentioned, one reason why we were looking to today was because large parts of asia are on holiday, chinese markets on a national holiday today. you are looking at pictures of a flag raising ceremony for brexit being attended by the chief executive of hong kong, taking place in hong kong, executive carrie lam is there. the city is bracing for a day where authorities have threatened to arrest anyone who protests in a crackdown on dissent across hong kong, the chinese government warning that those who defy the protest ban on the anniversary of the founding of the people's republic today will risk running afoul of sweeping new national security laws. we are expecting 6000 riot police to be out across hong kong today. let's take a look at first word headlines with karina mitchell. karina: the u.s. has avoided a shutdown of the federal government after the senate voted 84-10 to pass a stopgap spending bill. the bill heads to president trump, who is