miki ebara, nhk world, sendai.on has the latest weather forecast. >>> we have been tracking a tropical storm heading in towards northern vietnam. i will give you the latest statistics on it. moving northwest at 30 kilometers an hour. it is giving us winds sustained at 72 kilometers per hour. it is expected to make landfall wednesday night local time that is. quite shortly. after that it should make -- it should start to weaken off and become a tropical depression. having said that it is still going to be bringing us heavy rain for the next couple of days through indo china in excess of 200 millimeters likely. we are probably seeing flooding in here. waves up to about 3 meters at the coast as the storm approaches. you can see storm surge with that, as well. we will keep you updated as we move along. heavy rains impacted western china right up into the northeast where we are not getting the rain is also very problematic because it has been so hot and dry with drought conditions persisting for quite a while now. and u

>> reporter: in july, 40 members visited sendai. they gave a concert for children at a school. energetic performers made the children smile and dance. at the end, they sang "han "hana wa saku" with the children. [ singing in japanese ] ♪ ♪ >> translator: i was very happy. we were one in music. >> realize that now, it was really nice. a great way to finish. the buildup to the song. >> reporter: the children know singing can lift up people's spirits in difficult times and singing together is even more powerful. it brings together people living on opposite sides of the earth much closer. miki ebara, nhk world, sendai. >>> and next let's take a brief look at the market figures. >>> with a twirl here and a toss there, this pizza chef knows how to give dough a good spin. and to prove he's got what it takes, he traveled to the place where pizza was invented to face off against the best. here's yukiya tanaka with the story. >> reporter: this is how you toss very thin piece of dough. cooks used to spin dough to make it bounce, but now it's also a performing art. earlier this year, this

>> reporter: in july, 40 members visited sendai. ♪ they gave a concert for children at a school.rgetic performers made the children smile and dance. at the end, ypc sang "hana wa saku" with the children. ♪ ♪ >> translator: i was very happy. we were one in music. >> realize now the flower did bloom. we were singing together. it was really nice. it was a great way to finish our build-up to the song. >> reporter: the children know singing can lift up people's spirits in difficult times and singing together is even more powerful. it brings together people living on opposite sides of the earth much closer. miki ebara, nhk world, sendai. >>> people in northern vietnam are having to deal with a tropical storm that made landfall overnight. let's get more details from mai shoji in our weather forecast. good morning, mai. >> good morning, raja. tropical storm manguuht has made landfall over vietnam. it has brought rainfall and drenching rains from the hainan island. tropical storm manghuut pushed its way from tuesday night to wednesday morning bringing strong winds and high waves. one of t

elsewhere 36, almost 36 there in the tokyo, sendai up to 35, still expecting storms going through the day here on tuesday. but let's pull back the picture. more high pressure not just dominating japan but even out there towards the west we've been seeing dry and hot conditions across china. and south of that this is the big story out here towards the tropics. this is typhoon utor. made landfall in the early hours here in northeastern luzon, gusting up to 250 kilometers per hour wind left damage in its wake. this is out of northeastern luzon and really around that same area here. earlier on today where typhoon utor made landfall, the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines this year. and really the only typhoon thus far. landslides and floods cut off power and communications to this entire area. according to officials, one person has been killed, 14 others still missing. most fishermen. this was the hardest hit and landslides cut off access to get into that town here. really the only access road in and several houses were also flattened, just devastated by the strong winds out here. s