. >> reporter: this construction site is in sendai in the northern prefecture. it's a high-rise with a difference. everything from the pillars to the beams to the floors is made from wood. in september 1,200 people from the construction and for res stri industries were invited for an inspection. >> translator: i'm so impressed with this. >> reporter: him muir rah founded his company in 1974 and has bn pioneering methods for wooden construction ever since. the prevailing method of housing construction at the time involved inserting pillars into beams.s. seeking to m make wooden structures stronger kimura developed a method to connect the lumber more firmly with metal fittings. he also came up with ways to make the buildings more resistant to fire. the columns that support kimura's high-rise are multilayered. the kor is a bundle of wooden material. this is encased in plaster board for protection against fire while the outside layer provides a pleasing finish. the core is designed to resist burning until at least two hours after a blaze starts. here a column is tes

for today, warmer weather for sendai and tokyo. sendai at 18 and 23 towards the capital city.cross the united states, we've been monitoring zeta, basically moving closer to the gulf coast. zeta brought heavy rainfall already, because of the outer bands of the storm reaching out to much of theite. we do expect flooding in certain places. but cool weather for much of the north and for all those that will be along the northern plains. minnesota, minus 1. these are your low temperatures for the next three days or so. very cold conditions coming up along those parts. single digits for win peg and chicago. that's all your weather. take care. >>> and that's nhk "newsline" for this hour. i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm yanaka marie. >>> we've seen frequent natural disasters here in japan this year. and possibly heavy rain, unreelementing heat waves, as well as intense typhoons making landfall leading to flooding across the country. due to the coronavirus pandemic this year, organizing safe evacuation has become much mor

it operates between central japan and sapporo, sendai, fukuoka, and taipei.ne suspended all international and domestic flights from april. operations in japan resumed in august, but it stopped all domeststic flights again t this month. the airliline is a joint ventur between malaysia paced airasia group and japanese partners and began operations in 2017. >>> the tokyo stock exchange officials have apologized again for technical glitch that halted trading the entire session last thursday. a failure in a memory module in a cash equity trading system was the direct cause. the officials explained when the failure occurred, the automatic switchover to a backup device did not function. that made it impossible for market information to be relayed. officials also said they're setting up a committee to investigate the problem further. >> translator: we will take a range of measures to prevent any recurrence, such as reinspection when s setting up the system. >> japanese tech giant developed the system, it was updated in 2010 and has been updated many times. it account

. >> translator: i looked around sendai city and ate deliciousus dishes. very satisfied. >> translator: our sales have doubled this saturday compared to last week. we got more responses than i expected. it was a great help. >> according to data from mobile carrier nttp docomo the rise in visitors was especially high around tokyo. in some prefectures it rose around 20%. but a new case of the coronavirus was linked to a trip made under the government's campaign. a woman in her 20s from tokyo who visited western japan was confirmed to be positive on saturday. tokyo confirmed 66 new cases on monday. the first time the daily number has dropped below 100 in a week. across japan over 280 new cases were reported. the total is now over 86,000. more than 1,600 people have died from the virus. >>> turning now to the latest on allegations the japanese government may be hindering academic independence. prime minister suga yoshihide has defended his decision not to appoint certain researchers as members of one of japan's top academic bodies. the science council advises

sato keisuke, nhk world, sendai. >>> let's check out the world weather with our meteorologist tsietsionare. so people in vietnam continue to deal with severe flooding and the last thing they need now is more rain. but the reality is that another storm is edging closer. this is a dreadful situation there. >> yes. you put it perfectly. things are quite dreadful across the southern part of china, going into towards vietnam. it's been busy with storm after storm, flooding roads and inundating homes. it is quite a dire situation. unfortunately, more is coming their ways. they reported 85 millimeters of rainfall due to a tropical storm passing through there and now heading to the northern parts of vietnam. let's take a look at this video just to give you a brief idea of what is happening there. this tropical storm is edging closer now towards the northern parts of vietnam. flooding caused by the heavy rainfall killed at least 28 people since last week. so the beginning of october has been quite severe along those parts. roads and villages have been destroyed by floods. 17 construction worke

landslide now the rain could still be falling even on monday in spite of home she has we spoke about sendai area this is the same prefecture and the rain is heavier probably talk but things do improve by the time we get to choose a rained out of the way it's fine behind is fine balance right mr china as well with some rain sweating out of sichuan but not particularly heavy now that's to confide to sascha see in my edge up towards hong kong by the end of tuesday and that's part of the monsoon trough which of course is going sized but it's going south erotically in india as andhra pradesh contac and probably go in south where the area of flooding is quite likely to be the case this is try to develop into a tropical depression in the by a by go which is not unusual when you see a retreating monsoon trough which of course is slow moving this year but still going in that direction as the middle east dry and find there is a slight freeze in the north but nothing much to talk off. the. stories of struggle stories of achievement. from opposite ends of europe contrasting past and stories of arab ref

otherwise pretty picture sunshine for many a cold touch in that wind for sapporo probably not for sendai or tokyo now as i said it is a sas china sea where this typhoon is it's a major typhoon has picked up a lot of energy in the last 24 hours and it'll be the nighttime hours yearly as of wednesday so it will be dark when it makes landfall in vietnam with those strong winds and rain this is probably the worst we've seen this season over already damaged and flooded ground as it goes further inland it will slowly fall apart but it spreads its rain throughout thailand and to some degree laos widespread showers . it began with war and the good it was to hear i got shot i fall down i felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional assignment contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today an intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainments is really unnecessary all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is unacceptable a refugee stand on out his era. you want to see it out of mind of our top st

hawkeye there was snow on the mainland you got a cold chuck of wind coming in she's still 17 degrees in sendai and 20 odd in tokyo and that's reason warm but we're back through china as well but hong kong will catch the edges the showers just turn up from the south china sea until that easily breeze sets in and then humidity drops a bit and the skies tend to clear now so the active was in the south china sea there is a typhoon well off it's a big typhoon this one a major one moving fairly quickly it's going to make the coast of vietnam as a landfall in the dark hours and that's tonight and as it's coming in with such force and strong winds we've seen for a while now the damage is potentially quite high evacuations are taking place at the moment it'll fall apart during 30 minutes westwood's through thailand beyond that standard practice through malaysia and indonesia scattered thundershowers. amidst a climate of violence and paranoia. there's still willing to dream. in honduras dennis seeks a brighter future for his son and community. using art to reclaim the city. and chance following the very

vietnam otherwise pretty picture sunshine for many a cold touch in the winter sapporo probably not for sendai or tokyo now as i said it is a sas china sea where this typhoon is it's a major typhoon has picked up a lot of energy in the last 24 hours and it will be the nighttime hours yearly as of wednesday so it will be dark when it makes landfall in vietnam with those strong winds and rain this is probably the worst we've seen this season over already damaged and flooded ground as it goes further inland it will slowly fall apart but it spreads its rain throughout thailand and to some degree laos fantasize widespread showers. since 2013 wish the world innovation summit or health has gathered health care leaders practitioners and research just together to larry interact and engage with innovative organizations. this year wish will take place but actually under the banner of one world our health. register at wish dot org dot q.a. . your knowledge is here a reminder of our top stories this hour one week to go until the u.s. election and a record 69000000 americans have already voted but the coron

bodies of dozens of years edis killed by isis fighters in 2014 the side in the northern district of sendai is known as the mass grave of mothers the victims are believed to be mostly elderly women their remains will be sent for d.n.a. testing to help identify them in pakistan at least 2 people have been killed in an explosion in balochistan province dozens are said to have been injured in the blasts that happened in quieter police say the blast was caused by an improper improvised explosive device that was fixed to a motorcycle. opposition parties have been holding a rally in the same city in pakistan at the mass demonstration in balochistan against prime minister a man can is the 3rd in a week. in thailand protesters have been gathering in bangkok after their demand for the prime minister to resign by saturday was not met prime minister prior chan arches says he will not quit demonstrators say his hold on power is illegitimate after last year's this heated elections have held mass protests for weeks now calling for reform of the government and the monarchy al-jazeera is tony chang is in b

hawkeye there was snow on the mainland you get a cold check of wind coming in she's still 17 degrees in sendai and 20 odd in tokyo and that's reason was lower back through china as well but hong kong will catch the edges of the showers just certain from the south china sea until very sickly breeze sets in and then humidity drops a bit and the skies tend to clear now so the active in the south china sea there is a typhoon more of it's a big typhoon this one a major one moving fairly quickly it's going to make the coast of vietnam as a landfall in the dark hours and that's tonight and as it's coming in was such force and strong winds we've seen for a while now the damage is potentially quite high evacuations are taking place at the moment it'll fall apart during certain moods westwood's through thailand beyond that standard practice through malaysia and indonesia scattered thundershowers. since 2013 wish the world innovation summit for health has gathered health care leaders practitioners and researchers together to larry interact and engage with innovative organizations. this year wish will tak

made 5 years ago when they adopted framework agreements like to paris agreement on climate on the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction which is designed to reduce disaster losses by 2030 but we do see now around the world that we are listening to bottle to eradicate poverty to bring down disaster losses the biggest of a scientific mission to the north pole has returned with evidence the arctic ice cap is melting the german icebreaker already poston carried more than 300 scientists from 20 different nations to the pole in a mission off the moon and here they've brought back data and samples that will take years to analyze but the team leader has warned ice at the north pole is brittle and if the trend continues they'll be ice free arctic summers within the next few decades. so the common al-jazeera staying open but only just west of england bars escape closure as new virus rules come in it is infections rise how long will that last. and high ranking cypriot politicians are implicated in a scheme to sell passports to criminals we have an exclusive investigation. of . marching slowl

considered the cu appeal for the field lights at saint the ceqa a we'll and the the board voted to sendai the ceqa appeal but continued the cu appeal to the next board hearing. this week supervisor marra mended the conditions on the cu and restrict the usage of the lights. the field lights may only be used monday through thursday and dimmed no later than 8:00 a.m. and turned off at 8:30. the commission had this requirement at 8:30 to turn down the lights and 9:00 to turn them o lights will still be allowed to operate 115 minutes a year as the commission conditioned. and restrictions on the sound system or amplified sounds stating there shall not be used past 7:30 and the commission restricted the sound system to 9:30 p.m. supervisor mar did include exceptions to be limitations as to the commission. for no more than 15 evenings a year the lights may remain until 10:00 p.m. on any day of the week except sunday. in by 9:30 and the lights shall be dim by #:3 9:30 p.m. the commission allowed 20 evenings a year and fort lights to be off by 10 with no specified dimming requirement. efforts must

so florida voting you have ab-sendai ballots coming, that usually tilts strongly towards democrats.hich usually tilts towards republicans. then on election day both sides we are assuming 35% of florida's population was going to be voting on election day and that would tilt heavily towards the republican party. what has happened? instead of 35% of people voting on election day, some party leaders are now thinking that number may be down to 20, 25% because so many people are voting early. hillary clinton had, i think, about a 250,000-vote lead going into election day. with the republicans picking away at that 450,000-vote lead that democrats had last week, now it's probably half of that, chances are good by election day both parties are going to be even. and what we have got to figure out, what the parties need to figure out is whether they are cannibalizing same-day voting. so what they are doing is how many of those republicans are moving their election day vote early and changing the calculus of how much biden is going to be going into the final day ahead. the thought was republica

saito, nhk world sendai. >>> a japanese tourist in peru received a rare treat when he was the sole visitor allowed to visit machu me chew.w. oops >> katayama jesse igiginal rived at a nearby village in mimarch h tending g visit the siteftfter, and hihis ans wewer put on hold after the peruvian government issued an order that halted all tourist access. that didn't detour the 26-year-old that waited in hope for seven months until a local newspaper featured his story. after a flood of messages of support the government relented and allowed him into machu picchu on saturday for the photo opinion of a lifetime. >>> over the past few months, people living just outside tokyo have been complaining of a mysterious odor. it's been reported in cities across kanagawa prefecture, prompting officials to investigate. our next story looks at t effor to pinpoint its origins. >> reporter: there's something in the air, but what it is and where it's coming from has been baffling officials since june. >> translator: it smells like gas, sulfur, or maybe cigarettes. whatever the odor is, it doesn't smell good. >