. >>> a panel of advisers to japanese prime minister shinzo abe has submitted a report on the country's role in the world. it says japan has contributed to the international society as a peace loving nation based on deeper mores over a reckless war. abe will take the report into consideration before he issues a statement next week to mark the 70th year since the end of world war ii. the academics, business leaders and journalists have discussed what lessons japan should learn from the 20th century and how to use them in the 21st century. they say japan expanded its aggression against the continent in the early 1930s and deviated away from the post world war i shift which was towards self-determination, democratization and the outlying of war. they say japan lost sight of its global trends and caused much harm to various countries largely in asia through a reckless war. the experts say colonial rule became particularly harsh from the second half of the 1930s. they say the responsibilities of the japanese government and military leaders from the 1930s and beyond are very serious. they say

prime minister shinzo abe has said that there is no evidence that women were coerced into sexual servitudeere is plenty of evidence if mr. shinzo abe would like to have it. his owno saw it with eyes. as a 20-year-old he served as a medical orderly in northern china. comfortcted korean women for signs of venereal disease. >> it is ridiculous. whatever mr. shinzo abe says is wrong. he was not there. i was. i'm speaking from my own experience. those who say there were no comfort women are liars. most of those who lived through this history are already gone. the few survivors are in their late 80's or 90's. soon they will be gone. the voices of the deniers seem to be getting louder. rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news, tokyo. laura: covering up the comfort women. you are watching "bbc world news america." a sizzlingme, outdoors. some women are shivering. we will tell you why. the last surviving pilot from the dam busters rate in the second world war has died. monroe piloted one of 19 lancaster bombers that attacked german dams in the rumor valley in 1943. rural valleys 65 years after the dam thee

japanese prime minister shinzo abe has expressed profound grief for japan's actions in world war ii. echoing apologies made by previous japanese leaders, his remarks were closely watched by china and south korea which , endured japanese occupation and colonial rule. as japan marks 70 years since it surrender following u.s. nuclear bombing of a russian a and nagasaki, abe pledged japan would never wage a war again. quick never again repeat the devastation of war, aggression, war, we shall never again resort to any sort of threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes. we shall abandon colonial rule forever and respect the right self-determination of all peoples throughout the world. amy: despite his pledge, prime minister shinzo abe has pushed for a rewriting of japan's pacificist constitution to allow japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since world war ii. in germany, migrants are experiencing an increasing number of hate crimes. in the first half of this year, the interior ministry recorded more than 200 attacks on the housing of refugees who ar

japan's prime minister shinzo abe has pushed to revive japan's nuclear energy program. despite major opposition. during his remarks at today's memorial ceremony abe said japan , still had an important mission to promote nuclear disarmament at the un's general assembly, and to put it on the agenda for g7 meetings to be held in japan, including hiroshima, next year. >> japan intends to renew its efforts to bring about a world without nuclear weapons with the cooperation of both the nuclear powers and the nonnuclear powers and that resolve translates to us proposing a new draft resolution at the united nations in the fall on nuclear disarmament. amy: the conservative japanese prime minister shinzo abe has pushed to change the constitution to send troops into conflict for the first time since world war ii. the new security legislation is under debate in parliament, and was raised by hiroshima bombing survivors who met with abe today. a representative of the hiroshima survivors network spoke. >> the erosion of the constitution will change japan into a nation that will go to

prime minister shinzo abe has spoke of the suffering of world war ii, but stopped short of apologies. >> he stopped at his father's grave side, he made a vow there to build a prosperous and proud japan. it's a hint in his language that would mark the statements. he spoke of silent pride in japan's peaceful post-war path and remorse and apologies. >> japan has repeatedly expressed the feelings of remorse and heartfelt apologies for its actions during the war. we've engraved in our hearts the histories of the suffering of the people of asia as our neighbors. >> unlike his predecessors he didn't offer that apology personally. china and south korea talk of japan's 20th century aggression. abe's predecessors have admitted the charge saying it led to tremendous damage and suffering. the current prime minister used the word but threw it to the future. >> we must never again repeat the devastation of war. we shall never again resort to any form of threat or use of forces or means of settling international disputes. >> we shall abandon colony rule forever and. >> there was more personal langua

japanese prime minister shinzo abe has delivered a speech that many people around the world have been waiting to hear. he's issued a statement to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. abe said he upholds the recognition of history taken by his predecessors. but he added some of his own thoughts. the prime minister read out his statement at a news conference in tokyo. he says japan has repeatedly expressed feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology for its actions in the war. he also used the words colonial rule, and aggression. leaders in neighboring countries had been watching closely to see if abe would include those expressions. the prime minister also spoke about repentance prehe described japan's pledge to follow a different course after the war. >> translator: we shall abandon colonial rule forever. and respect the right of self-determination of all peoples throughout the world. with deep repentance for the war, japan made that pledge. while taking silent pride in the path we have walked as a peace-loving nation for as long as 70 years, we remain determined never to d

prime minister shinzo abe has been a strong prime minister compared to his previous counterparts. he'll be in office for a number of years. this really gives the u.s. and japan an opportunity to strengthen the relationship. the transpacific trade partnership hopefully that will pass in the next year and the u.s. and japan updated the bilateral defense bilines, basically the framework for the alliance. the future looks bright for the u.s. japan alliance. it will be interesting as to the remarks made this week. as zach cooper fellow with the japan center center for strategic and international studies, thank you for joining us from washington d.c. >>> the end of the war in the pacific haunts the u.s. to this day, the top secret manhattan project fielded a mon strous weapon the atomic bomb. the use seen as saving lives in the long run. critics view the devastation of two large civilian centers as a war crime. erica pitzi reports. >> reporter: operation olympic was the code name for the u.s. plan to invade japan, scheduled to begin in october 1945 and would have been the largest amphib

prime minister shinzo abe has backed the effort to rewrite japan's pacifist constitution. on sunday, in one of the largest demonstrations in japan since world war ii, protesters, including mami aoji, called for peace and abe's resignation. japani were to describe with one phrase, it would be a peaceful nation. the right now the unimaginable is happening. peace is being destroyed. it is being cast upon the station right now. amy: in malaysia, tens of thousands took part in protests against prime minister najib razak, calling for him to resign over a financial scandal. organizers said 300,000 people turned out to protest reports the prime minister received about $700 million in his private accounts, which he has said came from a donor in the middle east. najib fired a number of people critical of him, including the attorney general investigating the transfer. in texas, a man has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly shooting a sheriff's deputy at a gas station in the houston area. shannon miles is accused of approaching harris county deputy darren goforth while

this is where prime minister shinzo abe a has marked 70 years since the end of world war ii. his comments were being watched closely by neighbors, this for whether or not he would water down past apologies for tokyo's wartime actions. for more on this story, we can , who to justin mccurry joins us from the capital of tokyo. justin, what did we hear from the japanese prime minister? justin: it was a very long statement, about three times longer in fact than statements issued by his predecessors. the one question that everybody in thelly been asking weeks and months leading up to tonight's statement by shinzo previoushen he repeat apologies? the answer for that is yes and no. he did say that japan had already apologized for its wartime actions and that future cabinets, including his own, would retain an unshakable commitment to those apologies well into the future, but he did stop short of issuing his own fresh apology. this may create a stir in china and south korea, beijing, and oul. shinzo abe did have a difficult trick to perform. he had to tread a fine line between making

. >>> an aid to japanese minister abe shinzo has apologized. he says legal stability is not an issue in terms of how the constitution is interpreted. he withdrew his remarks and rejected calls to resign. >> i recognize that constitutionality and legal stability are secured in the proposed legislation. i deeply regret causing serious understanding. by using the expression that legal stability doesn't matter. >> he says he was called to an upper house security deliberating security bills. the legislation would expand the rules and allow japan to exercise right to self-defense. he will continue do his utmost as an ad advisor to the prime minister. the security criminal of the ruling party says it's important for government officials to give a full explanation. he says they tend to stress what they want to say and lack sufficient explanation on other points. the secretary general of the largest democratic party says he wasn't convinced he recognizes the importance of legal stability. he says prime minister abe should be held responsible for appoint

and chief economist at japan macro advisers. >>> now, his economy may have weakened, but shinzo abe's popularity has increased following his speech to mark the end of the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. abe depressed utmost grief for the suffering of japan during the world. he would like to see japan get to a place where future generations would not have to continue apologizing for the atrocities. >>> the wresage of a crashed aircraft has been found by the understand nearan government. the air flight lost traffic control. the airline has had 14 serious incidents since it began operations in 1991 and has been black listed by the european union. >>> chinese premier lee chang has visited the site of the tianjin crash. nearly 100 people are still policing. a spokesperson from the region's environmental protection agency. >> now, voters in sri lanka go to the polls today with former president hoping to become the country's next prime minister. the controversial leader served at sri lanka's president. 75,000 officers have been dispatched to prevent clashes. >>> india marked its 79th -

south korea has depressed dissatisfaction with the speech of shinzo abe. it would include apologies for the sexual treatment of women during the war. >>> the u.s. flag has been raised over the restored american embassy in cuba signaling the warming of ties between both countries. john kerry was there for the event. the first secretary of state to visit cuba in 70 years. >>> now saturday marks the ten year anniversary since israel began the withdrawal from the gaza strip and parts of the west bank. are israel dismantled 21 settlements in the gaza strip and four in the west bank. the last of the israeli soldiers and security personnel finally left the strip in september 2005. but israel continues to control all aspects of life in the territory deciding who can enter or leave, along with control of gazan air space. imtiaz tyab has the story. >> there's no shortage of work to do in these fields. every day palestinians cultivate this land. growing fruits and vegetables. rafa is one of them, until ten years ago, he never believed he could grow his own vegetables

by next march. >>> japan's ruling liberal democratic party has scheduled its presidential election for september 20th. prime minister shinzo abe is almost certain to be re-elected. abe's term as the party president expires at the end of september. the party's election committee has set the official start date of the campaign on september 8th. if no other candidate steps forward at that time, abe will win by default. he's expressed his readiness to stay on in the post. all ldp factions support his re-election. >>> officials in indonesia have held a groundbreaking ceremony on friday for the country's largest power plant. the nation has been suffering from severe power shortages. dhra dhirakaosal from our bureau in bangkok is following the story. >> the construction project has been delayed due to stalled talks with local residents over land acquisition. indonesian president joko widodo stressed that the ceremony is proof that his government has started to address its infrastructure failings. nhk world's yusuke ota has more. >> reporter: the construction of the 2,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant is set to start in batang, cent

a memorial service has been held in japan to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. japan's prime minister shinzo abe as well as the emperor and empress attended the event. >>> the death toll from multiple explosions in china has risen to 85. fears of toxic contamination. the turkey army says three fighters have been killed in southeastern turkey. killed by pkk. >>> signaling the warming of ties between both countries between united states and cuba. john kerry is the first secretary of state to visit cuba in 70 years. lucia newman has more from havana. >> it took more than half a century but the three former u.s. marines who 54 years ago took down the u.s. flag to close the american embassy in havana lived to see it returned to the same flag pole. a ceremony that was as moving as it was historic. >> for more than half a century the u.s. cuban relations have been suspended in the amber of cold war politics. >> outside the embassy gates, hundreds of cubans watched the ceremony like stattia tantian t. i give thanks to say i was here to see this. the first u.s. secretary of state to visit cuba since 1945

has created disagreement. they're scheduled to meet next week for intensive talks on the issue. prime minister shinzo abe says he hopes it will deepen mutual understanding. the central government has decided to halt all work to relocate the base for one month. starting next week. during that time the focus will be on resolving the standoff. he hopes negotiators will be able to discuss what lies behind the issue, and better understand each other's positions. >> translator: i don't think we have ever had thorough discussions on the history and deterrence of okinawa. i'd like to hear what government officials think about these issues, and also i will tell them our views on the matter. >> translator: we'll explain our plans to remove the risk involving the futenma base and the relocation plan. we'll do all we can to reduce okinawa's burden. >> the central government and the u.s. have agreed to move the air station to a less populated coastal area within okinawa. >>> people in charge of a nuclear power plant in southern japan plan to restart one of their reactors on tuesday. this will be the first to be back

the president has said she refuses to have a summit with shinzo abe if he does not address the issue women. we mention how much is at stake. bilateral trade agreements. trade has stagnated. in 2014.ts, 40% all of them should be thinking about expanding trade, that should be a priority. that statement coming up in japan. angie: thank you for that. show, next hour of the the new trade minister joins us for the first time since his appointment. we take a look ahead. ♪ john: i am john heilemann. mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect to mike huckabee, pork chop on a stick is not and should not be what is for breakfast. ♪ greetings from saint ambrose university in davenport, iowa. john and i are in iowa straight to the weekend into next week, 21 of the major 20 to present candidates are in the state between now and next week, crisscrossing the state. they are here primarily for the state fair in des moines where we will be, and most of the candidates will be, over the next few days. we are her d

from our business desk. >>> japan's ruling liberal democratic party has scheduled its presidential election for september 20th. shinzo abe is almost certain to be re-elected. abe's term as the party president expires at the ind of september. the party's election committee set the official starting date of the cam pawn for september 8th. if no other candidate steps forward at that time, abe will win by default. abe has expressed his readiness to stay on in the post. all ldp factions support his re-election. japan's government has dismissed an article by chinese state-run media. the xinhua news agency demanded the emperor apologize for its country's past aggression. >> translator: the article is grossly disrespectful to the emperor and goes against the position previously expressed by the chinese government. >> reporter: the japanese government launched a strong protest with the chinese side through diplomatic channels. the news agency published the article on tuesday. it says the aggression japan initiated was the result of combined efforts by the emperor, the government, military and industrial conglomerates that nurture

japan's prime minister has offered his view on the situation. shinzo abe says the alliance between japan and the u.s. would be effective in deterring provocations by north korea. abe was speaking in the upper house at japanese diet during a special committee meeting on national security legislation. he was responding to a comment by a fellow liberal democratic party legislator. he referred to recent events on the korean peninsula. he said the situation may settle down this time, but should tensions escalate, japanese nationals in south korea might need to be evacuated. he stressed that legislation must be in place for such a contingency. abe said that dozens of north korean submarines had left their ports. he said the situation could be very dangerous. >> translator: no one knows what could happen in such a situation. we have to make preparations in advance in order to protect the lives and livelihoods of japanese people. a well-functioning alliance between japan and the united states would be very effective in deterring unexpected or risky action by north

. -- japan has admitted. shinzo abed the original stadium after construction cost boomed to $2 billion. manus: warner bros. is the latest hollywood firm to turn its attention to china. talks withis in investment house china media capital to make films on the mainland. china is the world's fastest-growing movie market. last year, box office receives billion.% to $4.8 recitee: the adults ashley madison is facing a backlash in the u.s. from angry dulteryffs -- the a site. they are being sued by 37 million anonymous users after hacking several gigabytes of their personal information on the internet. they planned to have ashley madison scrub their data but it failed to do so. manus: let's talk about the futures of robotics. in june, a man was crushed to death by a mechanical arm in a volkswagen factory in germany. francine: the incident highlighted a major technological challenge. how can we make robots and humans work better side-by-side? joining us is our innovation correspondent. this is co-botics. collaborative robotics.

has been killed. a number of high profile political figures have been killed. >>> japan's prime minister is expected to apologise for the part his country played in world war ii. shinzo abe is looking for his cabinet approval of a statement marking the 20th anniversary. harry fawcett reports. >> japan has not settled past issues and offered an apology. >> they are here to support these women. two of the surviving women forced into prostitution. the army used up to 200,000 asian women. united states a key ally called it a violation of human rights. this woman was taken from her home tripped to brothels throughout asia instead. >> people talk about august the 16th. even now we are still fighting against japan. conflict between career - the hit tv show, charts are repelled invasion. japan's 20th century record colonial rule dominates current relations. koreans were forced to adopt japanese names and language. punish the in prison if they dissented. the president called on tokyo to confront the past. >> reporter: the catalogue of horrors during the colonial period, it explains a lot of political animosity between the two countries, the history can be drawn on to serve politi

a memorial service has been held in japan to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. shinzo abe was at the event and expressed remorse for the rlg tragedy otragedy of the war. >> never again will we need to suffer the tragedy of war we pray. >> al jazeera's harry fawcett has more. >> at a memorial event attended by some 5,000 who lost their families during world war ii. emperor akihiko spoke about his sorrow and feeling of deep remorse over the last war. and shinzo abe pledged that japan would never repeat the hors ohorrors of war. he never spoke about the damage and suffering inflicted by japanese soldiers and what happened as well on the eve of the anniversary day in his key statements marking the 70 years since the end of world war ii. he renewed the apologize mad poe but did not make that personally, at an event mark liberation day in south korea, more than a few things had been regrettable in shinzo abe's speech, calling on japan that it was really back up those previous apologies. shinzo abe wants to see this 70th anniversary as somewhat of a watershed but very much domina

and kathy, prime minister shinzo abe, saying that his country has profound grief but didn't offer any new apologies. how are mr. abe's words being received there? did it go far enough, do you think? >> for most south koreans, no, isa. the reason for that is that he did use the words apology. he said that japan had expressed deep remorse. he used words that have been used in the past, such as aggression and colonial rule. but when he did, he was making references to an apology that had already been made at the 1995 speech that was the landmark one that marked the 50th anniversary of the end of world war ii. and what people in south korea here are saying is that they wanted to hear a new apology, one that was genuinely from prime minister abe himself. here's a little bit of what president park geun-hye said about it here today. >> translator: i am focused on him clearly saying to the international community that previous cabinets' recognition of history will remain unshakeable. i hope the japanese government resolves the comfort women's issues properly as soon as possible. >> the only t

during the ceremony prime minister shinzo abe promised to work towards a world without nuclear weapons >>> japan's relationship with nuclear energy has been a fraught one, embracing nuclear technology. harry fawcett explains, the 2011 tsunami and earthquake turned opinion against it >>> 70 years ago "new york" magazine -- nagasaki was the second site of an attack. it mirrors japan's remarkable transformation, one that saw leaders embrace technology. >> japan suffered, and suffered. we have a right to say - we have a right it promote, change. >> it was a policy coinciding with dwight howard's pitch. it was harder by nuclear weapons defting. in particular when a boat was doused in the fall out for a test. first, they thought it was a snowfall. symptoms came later. >> my face turned back and skin fell off. i concealed it from everyone. i did not want my family to face it. >> godzilla, raised by the deep from atomic testing brought destruction on japanese cities. as japan built nuclear power plants in the '60s, a different figure emerged. astro boy, powered by a nuclear reactor. he denied he was a symbol. but they used his symptoms, wher

shinzo abe's statement. is this likely to be a watered down apology or will he express genuine remorse do you think? >> i don't think there is any likelihood that mr. abe who has had a career of being against any such apologies is going to be expressing himself in a sincere fashion. that's asking too much. however, will he put in the trigger words, apology, remorse, aggression, invasion. that seems to be very likely at this time. and that alone is a big step in his case. >> and there are suspicions in countries like china, south korea and australia that abe will downplay the atrocities committed by japanese troops. what do these countries want to see from the text? >> the countries around japan have always wanted to have at least an honest appreciation of a dispute as to how many people have been killed, how many were sent into sexual slavery, comfort women. that the numbers are a bit more realistic. however, for mr. abe and people who support him, they have vigorously argued that japan does not have an especially hainous record as compared to other powers. and that its enemy, particularly the governments of south korea and china, exaggerate numbers in order t

wanted to talk about current issues as well as he has in past such commemorative ceremonies and he delivered a strong rebuke to prime minister shinzo abe who was sitting in the audience. getting through parliament new security legislation which solidifies the pacifist accusation that the prime minister renewed last year. he said that policy had caused widespread concern he said that the japanese government should listen to those voices of concern and that prime minister abe should deliberate with care and sincerity before moving forward. there was a much more direct message from a survivor of nagasaki, an 86-year-old man, who simply said prime minister abe would lead the nation into war again. >>> continues to be a major challenge for those struggling with poverty. plus, the new addition to the afghan diet that just might be the answer to tackling malnutrition. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> welcome back. a remind

has been long disputed. return totroversial nuclear energy. just four years after the fukushima disaster, shinzo abe's government said it is time to restart its power plants. it must reassure an anxious public that tougher safety regulations will prevent another catastrophe. >> we have already made a clear decision on the restart. based on this decision, one plant has resumed operation today. were gathereders outside the plant, among them the country's x prime minister who was in charge when the 2011 fukushima meltdown occurred. japanese,ajority of he is staunchly against the return to nuclear energy. >> we cannot predict accidents. that is why they happen. all the necessary precautions have not been taken. >> but tokyo was determined to go ahead after japan's energy bill post fukushima spiral out of control. shinzo abe's government hopes to meet 20% of the country's energy needs with nuclear power by 2030. this nuclear plant alone could save $60 million a month in imported fossil fuels. of the reported three off-line applied for have safety inspections. there are also fears that the government has no

the parliament say that shinzo abe is doing the opposite and is disavowing the pacifism by trying to free up restrictions that it imposes on the japanese village. the may jr hasn the past made comments at the event, but this was a full-on rebuke for shinzo abe, and engendered some applause from the crowd. shinzo abe said that it is necessary to make the changes in the 21st century, but the security situation that japan is facing. he wants to inform japanese and educate them about the need and perhaps some of the changes will be diminished and used the speech to recommit japan and eradicating from the globe nuclear weapons, something that every prime minister has done for many years, and is part of division between nuclear weapons and nuclear power, which fuelled a great deal of its recovery >>> 70 years ago nagasaki was the site of a second nuclear attack. it mirrors japan's remarkable transformation, one that saw leaders embrace technology. >> japan suffered, and suffered. we have a right to say - we have a right to promote, to change. >> it was a policy coinciding with us president dwight eisenhower's pitch. it was harder by nuclear weapons testing. in part

shinzo abe said that the changes are necessary to protect japan. opinion polls show the majority of japanese voters are opposed to the legislation, but it has already been passed by the lower house. it is expected to be endorsed by the upper chamber despite the protesters to stop it. >> up next on al jazeera we're in mexico for international day of the disappeared. relatives of the missing are accusing the authority of collusion. >> their room is overcrowded. they sleep on hospital beds. it's overheated. too many mosquitoes. >> where dreams become nightmares. we're inside of a detention center in italy that is more like a prison. >> malaysia's prime minister najib razk say that the rallies are unpatriotic. they want him to step down on scandal charges. >>> egypt ha--calling for european countries to improve the way they process refugees and migrants. they want everyone to be fingerprinted so officials can quickly identify those in need. [ screaming ] >> but many people don't want to be processed. they don't want to be fingerprinted. if they are then any country they move on to can easily send them back to hungary. many do not want to stay in hundre

shinzo abe said this goal over two years is in jeopardy because of china. it is almost -- it is that china is exporting a monetary policy volatility. two other central bankers as well. the chinese market has been important for many multinational companies. the slowdown will hurt japanese exports. has boosted the japanese yen. that will affect their earnings of japanese companies. not only will the chinese slowdown effect mining companies and other developed economies makes me luxury goods to china. that is why the global market has been growing tremendously. it is important that policymakers recognize this important growing role. slowdown thet two economy. it also weakness in the market. angie: we're continuing to watch that weakness today. we will leave it there. thanks for bringing that to us from singapore. next, back to the future for the as it returns to of earlier this year. the detail and the effects headlines when we continue. ♪ david: welcome back. day two of markets and turmoil. these are the effects headlines. it has been the busiest we for hours in the currency markets in years. investors seeking shelter from chaos. you're looking at the shots of the board at the took you stoc

japan has admitted it can guarantee the main stadium for the 2020 games to be ready by january. shinzo abed the original costss the construction ballooned to $2 billion. they are now expected to come up with a new plan by the end of the month. is taking aon backlash in the u.s. from angry plaintiffs taking action under the pseudonym john doe. sued by being representatives of the users after hackers dumped personal information on the internet. they said they paid to have ashley madison scrub their data but failed to do so. just turned eight which means he is ready to become a dad. and the cincinnati zoo he was where he isnesia hoped to find a mate. sumatra rhinos are critically endangered and only about 100 survive in the wild and there are only nine in captivity. rishaad: having another day of wild gyrations despite the --erventions after the seat steepest five-day route in nearly two decades. also the weakest you want reference rate since 2011 one the chief economist is in beijing. what are the implications for market?nd the equity growth it isr clearly a positive. not just the latest int

shinzo abe is looking for the cabinet's approval. he >> reporter: every wednesday outside japan's embassy. it played out in person. it's still alive in the minds of the young. japan has not settled past issues. they are here to support the women. two of the 48 surviving south koreans. japan's army used 200,000 students in this way. united states, a key ally called it a terrible violation. this woman was told she'd be sent to a factory. tripped to brothels throughout asia instead. >> people talk about august the 16th. even now we are still fighting against japan. conflict between career - the hit tv show, charts are repelled invasion. japan's 20th century record dominates current relations. koreans were forced to adopt japanese names and language. the president called on tokyo to confront the past. >> during the colonial period, it explains a lot of political animosity between the two countries, the history can be drawn on to serve political differences as well. >> for some, south korea relied on historical grievance to build the national identity. with regular exercises, and a campaign to have the waters around them, it recognise the east sea. >> it would strip away

shinzo abe should have offered a sincere apology to the countries affected. people near the scene of multiple blasts in tianjin are being told to leave because of contamination fears. death toll hasrisen to 85. the american flag has been risen at the cuban embassy. >>> homeless and hungry and hunted by recruiters for armed groups, it's the reality for many children in south sudan since the country plunged into civil war. we traveled to one of the areas most affected. a few young people are getting help in the united nations camp. >> reporter: 14-year-old peter watched soldiers kill his uncle when the family fled from their village, his neighbors browned as they tried to cross a river. now he and his family are struggling to live in this camp. he says soldiers have already tried to recruit him. >> translator: if i join the military, i will maybe kill someone or kill myself. i will solve my problems with education. >> reporter: the children here are enduring the trauma of the civil war. it started nearly two years ago after the president fired his deputies and the fighting began. there are teachers here who are trained to offer what little psychological support they can. >> they do

shinzo abe is pushing for the change, though. polls show a majority of japanese oppose it. a final vote is expected next month. dr. oliver sacks, a neurologist and author, who has been call"" the poet laureate of medicine," died today of cancer at his home in new york. >> i am a storyteller, for better and for worse. >> reporter: oliver sacks was both a path-breaking researcher and a best-selling author-- a scholar of the brain and consciousness, who had a gift for explaining how we perceive the world around us. >> we see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. and seeing with the brain is often called imagination. >> reporter: often drawing on his own experience with patients, sacks penned more than a dozen books that sold millions of copies." the man who mistook his wife for a hat" was one of his best sellers. he explored autism, color blindness, deafness, tourette's, asperger's, and parkinson's." awakenings," his book about encephalitis patients who miraculously, but briefly, regained their mental acuity, was made into a movie. robin williams played sacks. sacks spoke to the newshour in 1989. >> i'm addicted to patients. i can't do without them. i

shinzo abe says this is crucial for the economy, nuclear power represented about 30% of the electricity in this country. that is moved entirely. the cost of fossil fuels to replace that is high. that has been the argument all along. it's an argument made in the face of consistent continued opposition at large. around 60% of people in the country believe nuclear power plants should not be restarted and don't believe the safety, despite the higher standards coming into force in the wake of fukushima, they don't believe that it will be guaranteed. and you saw this, pictures from around sendi. >> is it true based on the polls that you just cited, that people are not upset about paying more for energy, they prefer to pay more for the fossil fuels, than to have lower rates that they expect with nuclear power generation? >> well, that is - that stands to the logic of what's happening, yes. household electricity since fukushima have gone up which a quarter. despite the costs, japanese people at large are happy to say we don't want to see nuclear power return do the country. many want to see this, but the majority are opposed to it. the nuclear regulation authority, they put them on the scale,

has more from tokyo. >> at 10:30am local time, the control rods were removed. figs began, and -- fission gee are began, it will start to produce electricity in three days time. for shinzo abe, it's an important moment. he was arguing that it was necessary to get the capacity back online for economic reasons. in the wake of fukushima, it produced 30% of japan's electricity, no longer existing. power costs were up. and fossil fuels had to be deported and burnt. it will not be an easy process. the regulations have been toughened and they are taking a long time. when approved we have seen legal cases brought printing restarts. it represents the first step in a difficult battle. given the very strong public opinion against the restarts. 60% of people in japan, according to most polls believe it is wrong to restart reactors in the light of what happened in fukushima. other protesters say the guarantees that the nuclear regulation provided saying that they can't be believed and the kind of evacuation procedures required there, the responsibility for those remain vague. obviously this presents the first step in shinzo abe's plans to get nuclear power online in this country. >> afg

prime ministers shinzo abe is expected to use the word apologies and aggression in a speech tomorrow marking 70 years since japan's world war ii surrender. his choice of words hasn a source of tension between tokyo and it's asian neighbors along with territories in the east china sea. diplomacy has been frosty, tourism is thriving. we have yvonne man reporting from tokyo. yvonne: in the busy shopping district these days, chances are you will spot a chinese tourist enjoying a sale. >> we wanted to come experience of more developed country, to experience japan's culture. we bought the suitcase and then we stuff. we are about to go crazy. million people from the mainland are expected to visit japan area 2000 -- two thirds more than in 2014. ocean liners have doubled the number of trips from shanghai to japan. chinese tourists aren't not -- are not taking advantage of the weaker yen. the government has eased visa restriction and scrap the sales tax and shops here are quite economy being -- accommodating. inchures are translated chinese. the 70th anniversary of the world war ii defeat opened old ones. hard feelings have run for decades. but showing signs of a though

shinzo abe is expected to issue an apology for his country's role in the war. it comes a few weeks after one of the biggest countries apologised for using american p.o.w.s as forced labour. no apology has been extended to chinese victims systems. >> reporter: he remembers the beatings, but mostly the relentless hunger. he was 21 when captured by japanese soldiers and sent to dig for coal in a mine operated by a giant japanese company, mitsubishi. >> i was always hungry, no matter how hungry we were, we had to work. >> in all, 10 young men were abducted from a chinese village, where he still lives. 3,700 men were rounded up from other parts of china and shipped to japan. he was one of 17 forced labourers still alive. last month mitsubishi made an unprecedented apology to u.s. prisoners of war, used as forced labour. japan extended a similar apology saying a treaty was signed in the 1970s. chinese survivors pressured the government. 70 years after the war, a mitsubishi executive says they are ready to offer $16,000 in compensation to each chinese victim, and an apology. >> translation: i believe the day mitsubishi will apologise will come soon. they are under pressure from china, the vic

shinzo abe said would follow the path of peace, to prosper japan. he spoke of silent pride in japan's peaceful postwar path and of remorse and apology. >> translator: japan has repeatedly suppressed the feelings of remorse and heart felt feelings, suffering of the people in asia as our neighbors. >> reporter: but unlike his predecessors he didn't offer that apology personally. china and south korea talk of japan's 20th century aggression. abe agreed that it had led to tremendous suffering. he used the word through it to the future. >> translator: we must never again repeat the devastation of war. we shall never again resort to any form of threat or use threats as a means of settling international disputes. we shall abandon colonial rule forever and respect the right of self determination of all peoples throughout the world. >> reporter: there was though more personal language in the asia mostly south korean women forced into prostitution by the japanese military machine. >> we must never forget that there were women behind the battlefield whose honor were several injured. >> noted that the six million who returned home after the war helped build a peaceful s

has been on the receiving end of some criticism of neighboring countries where it's felt that apologies have been too little, too late. there was anger in particular when the prime minister shinzo abe fell short of issuing a new apology on friday. for many japanese their country was a victim as well as a perpetrator, saying that the united states have never apologized for dropping atomic bombs killing hundreds of civilians. there have been repeated german apologies from nazi rule. can you characterize between what the germans as a nation have said about world war ii, and what the japanese as a nation have said. >> yes, a and i think that pretty much puts the finger on it. the japanese have been doing contrasts so differently with the german people as a whole have been doing. when we talk about apologies it's rarely a matter of hearing one particular form of words or another. people looking to see the perpetrator and nation so to speak is engaging in serious way in which it's past atrocities for which it may have been responsible. now the germans not just the particular leadership but german people, society, historians have been doing this in a very serious way, indeed, for the last

shinzo abe acknowledged japan inflicted unnecessarily pain and suffering on people, but stopped short of offering apology, and said future generations should not have to make apologies either. pointed to growing sentiment that the country hasgized enough. 70th anniversary of un, unconditional surrender. up next, the beatles legendary concert at shea stadium. and cuba, stunnin stunning pictm a photographer who was granted very special access. >> 50 years ago tomorrow, the beatles became a worldwide phenomenon. standing on the stage at shea stadium new york, they redefined what a rock concert looks like. we take a look at that history. >> here are the beatles! >> four musicians, 12 songs, 55,000 screaming fans. away began an hour and 17 minutes late on that hot august night in 1965 became legendary. ♪ think i'm going to be sad ♪ i think it today ♪ yeah >> the lads from liverpool performed at shea stadium a concert that solidified beatle mania and ushered in the era of the big arena concerts. at the time it was a world record for attendance, for revenue, with a total box office draw of $304,000. the beatles took home approximately half that amount. they sang from second base, with half a dozen security personnel at shea the p

shinzo abe now? during this interview we only talked about negative points. is there anything actually working? >> we have to recognize that against these very adverse conditions, debt demographics, the collapse in commodity prices, what has been done is actually pretty good stuff. so it gets more than a fast mark i would say. you have to give it a bit more time and things could go wrong and the commodity price falls have derailed the process slightly. you know, you have to recognize that. we just need to give it a few more years. >> all right. thank you for your time. head of global asset allocation at aon hewitt. >> the apple watch goes on sale making it the first retailer to sell the smart watch outside of apple's own outlets. it will be available in 100 bestbuy stores today and on its website before being rolled out to other locations. it's unclear how sales of the apple watch are going as the company is refusing to release official figures. >> shares in htc fell about 10% after it posted another quarter of big losses. the struggling smartphone maker which is suffering from weak demand in china is planning significant lay offs to cut costs. it downgraded the stocks and said htc is facing too much competition from appl