after a miscarriage, sayaka became pregnant again.ut there were complications with the pregnancy and the teacher wanted to take her doctor's advice and stay home for a week. >> then my supervisor came here and sat right next to me. he said that i should resign. >> he accused her of being greedy because she didn't want to resign. instead of support, she was criticised for four hours. the next day, she dragged herself to work from 9:00 a.m. till midnight. two weeks later, she had another miscarriage. the 38-year old is angry, angry at her boss but above all at herself, because she allowed herself to be a prisoner of japanese cultural norms. >> it's really disgraceful to become a burden on society here. you can't forego your work because of your private life. that's not the japanese way -- it goes against japanese work culture. >> fujiko masumoto opted not to go against the grain. she decided to have a child, just like everyone else here. she is taking an exercise and nutrition course. it's for women who want to prepare themselves mental

sayaka mori from our weather desk has been monitoring the storm and has this update. >> yes, dangerous typhoon chaba made landfall in the busan area at 11:00 a.m. today. it caused heavy rainfall. near busan, nearly 280 millimeters has fallen. and jeju also saw some heavy rainfall. now, chaba has been downgraded to a severe tropical storm. it's now packing gusts of 162 kilometers per hour. and strong winds are blowing. the system will likely stay over the waters at least into tonight. and it's expected to make the second landfall in parts of northern japan as we go into tonight as a low pressure system. now, it looks like quite heavy rain is expected for much of the pacific side as well. not just the sea of japan side. parts of shikoku and kinkj region will see up to 200 k millimeters. that's a lot for this area. as the system moves out, cooler air is coming in from the north. that's going to move down towards the south. that means temperatures are cooling down. for example, temperatures are going to be 15 degrees in sapporo and down to 13 on friday. tokyo down to 23 degrees on friday.

sayaka, what's the latest?> yes, a severe tropical storm is located just to the east of the philippines. this system is already bringing some heavy rainfall and strong winds to the mid-portions of the country. now, this one is expected to slowly make its way towards the northwest. and rapidly intensify. this system could become a strong typhoon and will likely hit luzon by your sunday. manila which is one of the most populated areas in the world could be impacted with heavy rainfall and winds. we will see some staggering amounts of heavy rainfall for much of the philippines. now, after affecting the philippines, the system will likely hit towards hainan and also vietnam. these areas are already dealing with copious amounts of heavy rainfall due to a tropical depression which is now moving over vietnam. this is not good news. the tropical depression will likely become a low pressure system and will likely head towards laos and also the north of thailand. now, there's another tropical depression right here and th

for more details on the typhoon, let's go to our meteorologist sayaka mori. sayaka, what's the late snes. >> chaba is the strongest cyclone to affect japan in october. the system caused a lot of heavy rain and powerful winds in the region. the airport had gusts of about 210 kilometers per hour early tuesday morning. it caused some structural damage out there. the system has weakened a bit. it was a violent typhoon. now it's a very strong typhoon. still a very potent system. the system is still including the okinawa region and also strong winds are still blowing in the area. the system will likely move up towards the north and get close to the island on tuesday or rather wednesday morning local time and veers towards the east and will affect the south of south korea or north of western japan as we go into wednesday morning local time. now, the strongest winds are going to be happening across the north of the kyushu region. gusts could hit 180 kilometers per hour. and structural damage may occur andaways are going to be up tot 10 memeters and possiblyp to 180 m

sayaka mori joins us with this hour's world weather outlook starting with wednesday. sayaka?? >> yes. it's like cool weather will continue throughout the week in tokyo. we had the coldest morning of the season in several places including tokyo. the morning low was only y 16.2 degrees. now, the coldest temperature of the day was minus 3.4 degrees which was in hokkaido. this area had thehe first frostf the season. in hokkaido there's a low front moving over the system. it's not a slow mover so we will see dry conditions coming back as we go into wednesday in places like sapporo. temperatures cooling down to 13 on wednesday, but at least the sun will come out. thursday is going to be a chilly day. 12 degrees for the high. and as for tokyo, sununnier conditions c comparedd to todayd temperatures will be 24. cooling down to 19 degrees on thursday. now let's go to north america. we have been talking about hurricane matthew. matthew moved over haiti about a week ago as a category 4 major hurricane and then moved over the eastern tip of cuba, moved along the bahamas afterward, and the

. >>> and here on nhk "newsline," here is sayaka mori with this hour's weather report. >> yes. winter has arrived a little earlier than normal in hokkaido. we had the first snowfall of the season in places like sapporo and asahikawa. and this area had three centimeters. and this is the airport. so it was like a winter wonderland out there. snow has let up in many areas of hokkaido. but w winds are still strong. gusts c could be up to 126 kilomemeters per hour. waves will be up to 7 meters as least into your saturdrday. now, for the west you canan see system is moving into the south. bubut expect rain will not affe the tottori where the massive earthquake has just occurred. it looks like temperatures are not going to be too hot or chilly in tottori. pleasant weather really. but rain will likely fall on monday in tottori. in tokyo, drier conditions will persist. but dropping to the teens onn monday. sapporo you may see some snow flurries or sleet in the morning hours on your saturday. now let's go to the south. typhoon haima made landfall in luzououzon yesterday. it killed many p

here to tell us about a potentially dangerous storm system closing in on thehe philippines is sayaka mori. >> now, on sunday typhoon sarika made landfall. now the system will likely hit the similar area. haima is likely stronger and larger than sarika. now, haima is a violent typhoon. its gusts are 300 kilometers per hour. that's quite strong. this is the equivalent to a category 5 hurricane for the lang basin. backing winds over 200 kilometers per hour. the center will likely move over the coast by tonight. as a violent typhoon it will likely move over the land and then the second target is going to be southeastern portions of chchina. this system could cause about 350 millimimeters of rainfal is is enough too cause some floodig because sarika dumped as m mh as 500 millimeters of rain. th l land is saturated. the storm surge could be up to 3 meters. thee water levels are quite hi. gigantic waves could develop meaning coastal areas could b b hitt by severe flooding and als gusty w winds over 300 kilomete perr hour expected. catatastrophic damage could hapn duee to typhoon haima acros

sayaka mori from our weather desk is tracking the storm. >> it's celebrated 100 kilometers to the south of okinawa. bringing record-breaking heavy rainfall and powerful winds. now the system is located to the south of okinawa and it's actually a rather compact system. so as the system approaches, conditions will deteriorate quite quickly. it is a violent typhoon. it looks like very stormy conditions will likely happen from monday night into early tuesday morning in the okinawa region. chaba is packing winds of about 200 kilometers per hour with gusts about 300 kilometers per hour. it is a violent typhoon. this is the highest category on the typhoon scale. chaba will likely move toward the north and veer north and east into wednesday. the jet stream will take the system towards the east. as a low pressure system, it should reach to the east of japan as we go into thursday afternoon local time. now it's going to be quite stormy, especially the okinawa region, because the stormiest part is the eastern hemisphere of the system. it will move through most parts of japan as we go into thursday

sayaka mori joins us with this hour's world weather reportrt. >> yes, h hurricane matthew is w a category 3 system. so it has weakened a little bit. but still categorized as a major hurricane. still a potent system. located about 50 kilometers to the east of vero city. the center will likely move through the east coast of florida as we go into the next few hours. if it does so, it's going to be the first event in history. the most cyclones have made landfall in the southern portions of florida but none of them have made landfall in the northeast coast over the 100 years. so we may see record-breaking heavy rainfall, strong winds, and high tides or rather storm surge as we go into the next few hours or so. currently matthew is a category 3 system. it's packing winds of about 200 kilometers per hour. the center will likely get close to and through the florida area as we go into the next few hours. and it will likely stay that way into late friday. then after that on saturday, south carolina and georgia could be affected by the system. now, the system is actually the first major hurricane to

parts of the balkan peninsula are covered in heavy snow as sayaka mori tells us in this hour's world weather report. >> yes. some ski resorts in europe have alreadady openened due to the rt cold snap. and the first snowfall of the season fell in parts of croatia. it was accompanied by strong winds. i'm going to take y you t to nortrthern croatatia. mountains i in northern croatia were b bnketed i in heavy snowfafall. a stotorm caused up to 3 30 centimeterers of snow earliliers week withh strong winds,s, a blizzard took place making the roads impassable. weatheher improved on wednesday but a rainstorm is expected in the balkan peninsula during the weekend. it is potent and a low pressure system over the peninsula caused significant flooding in romania. also it caused some damage across ukraine. one person was killed due to a falling tree. the system is now located over the balkan -- actually, the black sea region. that is causising -- this syste will cause some heavy r rainfal for the valalleys and also snowfall up in the mountains. we have reports of gusts of about 140 kilometers per

sayaka mori joins us with the latest on typhoon sarika. >> the typhoon made landfall in hainan this morning. and because it has been moving at a slow pace, the center is still moving over the island. because of the slow motion, heavyy rainfall fell in just 24 hours over 500 millimeteters of rain fell in pararts off hainan. that's double the amount we normally see during the entire month of october. and powerful winds of about 160 kilometers per hour reported as well. now, sarika is encompassing the whole island in a storm warning zone. that means winds are going to be up to 90 kilometers per hour with much higher gusts. the system will likely move up north at a slow pace and will likely hit the region by wednesday local time. powerful winds, storm surge, heavy rainfall, all of them are expected. right n now it's a strong typho and is expected to weaken a bit. still a powerful typhoon, it'ss going to hit portions of mainland chinand vietnam as well. last week a tropical depression made l landfall in central vietnam. it caused heavy rainfall killing at least 24 people. it looks like vietnam w

sayaka, what's the latest. >> youour weather r was quite b around vietnam. a tropical depressiocacaused heavy rainfall and across northern portions of the country we have one more storm, sarika, to c come north of t the philils on s sunday. it killed at least two people. 15,00000 people were disisplace. sarika was a very strong typhoon when it hit the philippines. right now it's a strong typhoon, packing wind gusts about 200 kilometers per hour. the system will likely re-intensify and it could become a very strong typhoon and will likely hit the island of hainan on tuesday. we're pepecting ququite a lot o heavy rainfall. probably up to 500 millimeters which is d double the amount th we normally y see during the entitire month of this month. we'll see strong gusts about 200 kilometers p h hour expepected r the island of hainan. after affecting this area the system will likely hit thehe ar. back behind it we have another system i want to mention, this is typhoon haima, this is more powerful. it's not powerful at this moment but will likely intensity to a very

sayaka mori joins us for this hour's weather report. >> yes. a regional high pressure is blanketing many parts of japan. the sunshine has pushed up temperatures in many places. for example, tokyo had a high of about 28 degrees. that's seven degrees higher than normal. and osaka also had 27 degrees. that's actually about -- that's more like september. but different story across the north. the coldest of the season is blanketing parts of t tohoku region. it is eight days earlier than usual in sapporo. the cold weath will continuee to affect the north. we will see snow continue in low lying areas. so sapporo, you'll see snow once again on friday. the high is going to be only 8 degrees. that's more like november. the only is 3 degrees. tokyo 22 on friday. 5 degrees cooler than what we saw on thursday. and 21 on saturday with a low of 12 degrees. it's going to be the coldest morning of the season on saturday. bundlele up. now, as for fukuoka, rain should continue into sunday. let's go to the south. typhoon haima was a very strong typhoon that made l