. >> sendai city in miyagi prefecture is one of the areas hit hard by the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. now typhoon roke is approaching the city and people are preparing so they can avoid further damage from another natural disaster. earlier our nhk reporter had more from sendai. >> the wind and rain are becoming strong from the typhoon. the agency says the typhoon will bring torrential downpours and mud slides and landslides and overflowing rivers. no casualties have been reported. however, miyagi prefecture says sendai city has overflowed. its bank is about 500 meeters from the mouth of the river. after the earthquake and the tsunami, the bank has been built up with sandbags. service between tokyo has been stopped now. >> another concern is that typhoon roke is expected to reach fukushima prefecture this evening, where the damaged fukushima daiichi power plant is located. the operator of the plant has partially suspended repair work. they're working to securpis d mpas pcaio agnsstngin a hh de we now to rachel ferguson from our weather team for details on the storm. rachel? >> thanks,

we start thing off in miyako city where we see how japan is rebuilding part of its vital economy, the fisheries industry. for more let's go to our studio in sendai, a city in miyagi prefecture that was effected by the disaster. >> reporter: the march disaster destroyed more than 260 ports in the prefectures. repairing the damage could cost about $1 billion. the three prefectures account for most of the fisheries. the fishery industry has been the engine of the northeast economy. yoshihiko tells us how some locals are trying to restart the engine with help from people in tokyo. >> reporter: it's a sign autumn's on the way in this tokyo neighborhood. tens of thousands of people gathered to taste a seasonal treat. grilled the sari. the maker of sari festival has offered free fish for the last 16 years. this sari was hauled from shore. getting them to tokyo took a lot of work and determination. the city of miyako's economy is heavily dependent on the fishing industry. but the earthquake and tsunami destroyed many of the facilities. needed to sustain its fishery. every year, miyako provided sari for the festival free of charge. in may the organizers

in the disaster hit city of sendai, miyagi prefecture a film festival was held this month. all the fims shown were the same duration, 3:11 seconds representing the date of the disaster. we see how japan's up and coming film directors worked on their small pieces in light of the disaster. >> reporter: children at play but the smiles and laughter soon give way to hints of the fact from the fukushima nuclear accident on people's lives. this animation entitled "the hands" unfolds with images of grieving and pray. simple sketches convey feelings of growth and separation. the sendai short film festival opened on september 17th. the 11-year-old festival gives novice film directors a chance to move in to the spotlight. 41 entries were accepted this year for this category. the hole where the event where the -- the hall where the event is usually held was damaged in the march 11th disaster. a member of the organizing committee says they almost gave up holding the festival this year. they pressed ahead after strong encouragement from directors. >> translator: i was so grateful to know

city. and we have to keep on removing it. >> reporter: making use of rubble in power generation is a practical measure to reduce the colossal amount of debris. nhk world. >>> earlier we went to sendai studio. >> the report we just watched introduced biomass power generation that used wooden rubbles. how much debris is actually used for the biomass power generation? >> about 1.36 million tons of a level was produced in the city. only one portion of that is processed into wood chips. biomass energy has been drawing attention as a renewable energy. however, up until now, biomass power generation has been limited to re-using timber because the cost is high for the power generation and it is not profitable, it has not been made into a business. however, due to the tsunami following the march 11th earthquake, 1.36 million tons of rubble was produced in kesenuma city. the city has been trying to come up with ideas to make effective use of the rubble. this project is an innovative example of re-using the waste. the city expects that the attempt will add momentum to the further development of biomass power generation. >> what is their stated position on biomass power generation? >> the marc