motivation throughout southeast asia may be changing their lifestyle. but not here. nhk world, indonesia. . >> scorching heat hits japan in. >>s of china. we have the latest and more in world weather. >> good morning. we had a sultry day already here in met toll tan tokyo heating up to 30 degrees in the morning hours and much of the heart of eastern asia is looking at record breaking historical ongoing history with the heat wave. a historical heat wave is affecting them. it soared to 37 degrees, the highest on record. many fish farms have dried up. blistering heat is affecting western and central japan. more than 700 people were sent to the hospital yesterday due to heat stroke. the highest was 38 degrees over the past two days, making it the hottest in the country. the ice cream is sounding like a good idea. the heat is still here. upper level tibetan high is covering this continent and the summer specific high is so strong it is intensifying day by day. blanketing much of the regions. both are bringing heat warnings and advisories. i feel like a broken roar, but it

motivation through southeast asia may be changing their lifestyle, but not their spirit. reporting for nhk world, wangiwangi island, indonesia. >>> scorching heat is hitting some parts of china. mai shoji tells us the latest. >> good morning. we had a sultry day already here in metropolitan tokyo, heating up to almost 30 degrees in the morning hours, but much of the heart of eastern az a ya is looking at record breaking historical ongoing story with the heat wave. let me show you pictures coming out from china and japan. a historical heat wave have been affecting china and japan. in shanghai temperatures the soared to 48 on wednesday. this was the highest on record. so far the city has had 20 days of over 37 degrees. in this province many fish farms have already dried up. blistering heat is already affecting western and central japan. more than 700 people were sent to the hospital yesterday due to heat stroke. the highs were 38 degrees the over the past two days making it the hot nest the country. yes, the ice cream sounds like a very good idea, actually, because the heat

get news and insight on south and southeast asia, every weekday, live from bong bang k bangkok. >> the members of a united nations panel are interviewing defectors from north korea. they began their work on tuesday in the south korean capital, seoul. japan and other countries asked the u.n. human rights council to set up the panel. a north korean defector told the panel he had escaped from a political prison. the man said his parents and brother were also in the prison. his mother and brother were executed in front of him and his father. his brother was shot dead and his mother was hanged. the witness said he was always starving. he survived by catching and eating rats. the man said he wants the world to know about the repeated slaughter of people in north korea. the members will travel to japan next tuesday to interview the relatives of japanese abducted by north korean agents. the panel will submit a preliminary report of its findings at a session of the u.n. human rights council in september. >>> israel has issued a formal apology to japan after a week of tensions. a senior aide to

we do just that for the southeast asia conflict or the vietnam war.we've categorized them, we're in the process of doing the same thing for the korean war. it's just a matter of getting to it and, again, as i mentioned earlier, it was 2010. nda a 2010 that formally added world war ii to our portfolio. so we're behind. the most mature of our efforts was, of course, vietnam. this is where it all started. >> yeah, okay. senator ayotte? >> so right now if, in terms of family members, how do they receive information on someone that they've? do they have to contact you? do you contact them? how does that happen right now? >> yes. there is a procedure. again, this is an accounting community effort in pretty much the entire process. the communication is done by the service casualty officers. we will pass the information to them, and they will make the presentation to the families. if they have questions, the families have questions, information will be passed to the service casualty officers and passed to us. we do the research and back and forth is the way t

southeast asia and dropped into to about 45% three or four years ago. fortunately the auto industry has come back and building award winning cars, efficient cars. it's an industry that's had to retool, to right size itself for the 21st century and they have done that and done it well. the big three in the u.s. are back, they're building some of the best cars in the world and we can be proud of the work they do and they're paying,, hiring more people, paying bonuses to employees and it's turned out to be a very good success story. these were companies goes into bankruptcy, g.m., chrysler, and they're back and we're a better country. thank god we helped them get back. ford builds great vehicles. what do we do about the postal service? seven million people who work for the postal service or have jobs and are connected to or indirectly to the postal service. sefng until million jobs. -- seven million jobs. what we need to do and we're trying to do with the legislation that dr. coburn and i are introducing tonight, bipartisan legislation, we worked on it for

southeast asia is watching closely how they respond to the challenges. they have disputes with china over the south china sea and view the strikers on asia as critically important to counter balance china's expanding power. a united nations team looking into human rights violations on north korea is visiting japan. they are meeting withhe t faamlies of japanese nationals abducted by the north and listening to their plight. the patient parents of the high profile abductee spoke to the un members. the closed door interview lasted for about 90 minutes. they pulled out photos of loved ones and gave details about the abduction. >> translator: i hope the united nations will take measures that will force north korea to act. >> the panel invites to a public hearing on the abductions of tokyo on thursday. they plan to submit a preliminary report of findings to the un human rights counsel in september. japanese researchers began a project to identify human remains in north korea. they are looking for traces of japanese who died at the end of world war ii. to comple

the delegates in brunei on monday hailed from southeast asia, japan, china, south korea and india. they were attending the first ministerial talks on the regional comprehensive economic partnership or rcep. they talked about reducing tariffs and libberizing trade and services across the region. >> we're making good progress. the momentum will be sustained. thank you. 2015, yes. >> chinese delegates showed a positive attitude. they're not involved in the u.s.-led transpacific nrt partnership negotiations. the rcep offers an alternative. >> translator: we have always paid attention to the progress of tpp negotiations. we are analyzing the current situation. >> the ministers agreed to start substantial talks on tariff cuts next month. they said they want to sort out the issue before next year's ministerial talks. >>> now let's take a look at the lathes market figures. >>> the collections of japanese museums dedicated to the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki are making their debut on google's online archive. items include photographs, documents and other materials passed on by

your dad was very brave back in southeast asia. he flew supplies in where others wouldn't dare to go. i can't tell you how many loads you dad took when i served with him. huh? glenn, i wouldn't miss this night for the world. everyone here admires your dad. he'd walk into an army barracks and make every private there feel important. yeah, he just knew how to stroke those privates. oh, god! your dad was cock of the walk, glenn. every day at rifle training, he'd help me clean my butt. your dad once drank me under the table. if there was one man you wanted in your hole, it was your dad. your dad had the best penis in the military. okay, just stop, stop! everybody stop! dad... are you gay? what? are you gay, dad?! no, glenn, i'm not gay. just, just tell me the truth! i am telling you the truth. now calm down. you're ruining this ball. you know how much i love balls. all right, come on now! that's not helping! son, you have my word, i am not gay. you promise? i promise. all right, i believe you. but i am a woman trapped in a man's body.

. >>> countries in southeast asia are watching closely how the u.s. ds to these various security challenges. some asean members have disputes with china over the south china sea and view the u.s. focus on asia as critically important to counterbalance china's expanding power. >>> at least seven people have died in india and dozens more are feared trapped after two adjacent apartment buildings collapsed. the failures underline concerns about shoddy construction and lax regulations amid the rush to build new homes and offices. the first three-story apartment building collapsed in the early hours of wednesday morning in the city of vadodara. the next door building collapsed 20 minutes later. rescuers are hurrying to find people who may still be trapped under the debris. >> translator: i was asleep when suddenly there was a loud noise. i thought it must be a blowout in an electric meter. but when i went downstair, i saw the whole block had collapsed. >> the two buildings were part of a 33-block housing development constructed by the government nor low-inco

countries in southeast asia will maintain a tough stance where their interest conflicts with those of the u.s. also the united states is pushing if are strengthening regulations on state-run firms to expand business opportunities for foreign companies. vietnam and singapore were state-related businesses have a strong influence and were opposed to the u.s. stance. that's all for now in business news. i will leave you with a check on market figures. >> angela merkel has been the first chancellor to visit the site of the nazi concentration camp in southern germany. she offered a silent prayer near munich. she travelled with a group of survivors from the camp. more than 40,000 people died at the camp during the holocaust. u.s. troops liberated it in 1945. >> translator: the memory of their fate fills me with deep sadness and shame. at the same time such places as the concentration camp memorial site are upheld for a reminder. >> it was set up for the nazis in 1933 as their first concentration camp. it became a network of death camps in germany and abroad including auschwitz and poll ant.

we had veteran correspondent trainers there who have covered southeast asia for 30 years.get into burma for the last two decades and now suddenly they're being allowed to come and teach burmese journalists with, no holds barred. we had complete editorial control and really quite a journey. >> this is happening against a backdrop of a lot of sort of questioning about transparency and the role of the press. as you were over there sort of teaching journalists relatively new journalists about the fourth estate and the importance of a free and fair press, and all the stud with edward snoweden is playing out with james risen as "the new york times" with the administration using the espionage act to prosecute journalists. how did that play out? and in terms of the global community? you obviously are not just active in burma but around the world. what is your sense of that? >> it was a wild summer to spend june in burma and july in egypt. two countries emerging as new democracies in very different ways. i think in burma the biggest difference from egypt where, remember, in 2011 it

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday "live from bangkok" only on nhk "newsline." >>> tokyo is hosting an international conference on intellectual and developmental disabilities. people with these conditions require various types of special support. the participants are discussing the challenges in providing such assistance. nhk world's midst uky nishikawa has this story. >> reporter: this boy was born with down syndrome. he opened the conference of the international association for the scientific study of intellectual and developmental disabilities. the meeting is held every four years. 500 people from more than 30 countries and regions are attending the biggest conference so far. the president of the association is stressing the need to share information among researchers, scientists and caregivers. >> may we all, through our relationships and encounters at all levels be generous as we share our wisdom, skills and hope. let us continue to work together with wisdom and intelligence. let us continue to combat pain and all that prevents people from realizing their

. >> not to southeast asia where almost 200 people dead and 140,000 are wooded. that's the toll since clashes broke out in may of last year. there has been tensions in the northwestern state. the latest came on a friday in villages outside the state capitol. >> the u.n. investigator met with a hostile reception on his arrival. demonstrators there accuse him of being biased in favor of the muslims who they refer to as bengalis very >> the muslims are rude and cause problems. the u.n. investigator is in favor of them and not the ethnic runtime. that's why i don't like him. >> it has left the government struggling to contain sectarian tensions. clashes broke out again after the body of a fisherman was last sure. rumors spread he had been beaten to death by a buddhist. two people died and several were injured. they are increasingly desperate here. many are segregated in camps for internally displaced people. they accuse the police of beatings and extortions. myanmar considers them stateless and considers them refugees from bangladesh. the u.n. envoy will present find

. >> not to southeast asia where almost 200 people dead and 140,000 are wooded. that's the toll since clashes broke out in may of last year. there has been tensions in the northwestern state. the latest came on a friday in villages outside the state capitol. >> the u.n. investigator met with a hostile reception on his arrival. demonstrators there accuse him of being biased in favor of the muslims who they refer to as bengalis very >> the muslims are rude and cause problems. the u.n. investigator is in favor of them and not the ethnic runtime. that's why i don't like him. >> it has left the government struggling to contain sectarian tensions. clashes broke out again after the body of a fisherman was last sure. rumors spread he had been beaten to death by a buddhist. two people died and several were injured. they are increasingly desperate here. many are segregated in camps for internally displaced people. they accuse the police of beatings and extortions. myanmar considers them stateless and considers them refugees from bangladesh. the u.n. envoy will present find

located between the indian and pacific oceans in southeast asia, indonesia boasts a thriving economys one of the key political power houses in the region. >> for years we've been praying for a government, the media, and young people. we also pray for better relations between christians and muslims. god is answering those prayers. >> george: and christianity is growing, despite the occasional reports of muslim harassment. christians credit the massive prayer movement that is connecting some 500 indonesian cities, with more than five million intercessors, with giving them a deeper passion to see the nation and the world won for jesus. >> i do believe there is a power in prayer, especially in the united prayer, like the body of christ, like this. >> and in an unprecedented show of unity, christians filled the country's national stadium last year, with millions more watching on television as they pledge to reach every village, town, and city in indonesia, with the gospel of jesus christ. >> all of them know that jesus is the only answer for the country. >> george: back at the prayer towe

this as secretary hagel still traveling in southeast asia has been on the phone with his counterpartst the uk and france and other countries. secretary kerry we see every day. he has placed new calls many to the same counterparts around the world. obviously this is something we have seen before dell in previous circumstances of this kind of military action, trying to build that coalition. the first question is obvious, when if there is to be the military option, when will it take place? when will he hear from the president? before such operations take place? what is the goal? what is the purpose? is it simply to punish the syrian regime and will there be collateral effects in terms of casualties and unforeseen effects in terms of taking the lid off of a region that is whip sawed by fractionalism, and thirdly, dell, what are the underpinnings of international law. obviously not going to happen at the un security council. how will the arab league view what will ultimately happen here? >> mike is it your opinion that you are seeing bipartisan support behind the white house on this issue?

get mus and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >> dancers push theirs to the limit twirling and leaping. the physical demands force most to retire in their 30s. this japanese ballerina is still at it at the age of 64. nhk world's keiko kitagawa has her story. >> yoko is the driving force of japanese ballet. more than decades after becoming the first japanese to perform at the paris opera house, she continues dancing as prima ballerina more than 30 times a year. her entire life is centered on ballet and her daily five-hour class. >> when you are practicing, is there something you keep in mind like a motto? >> translator: if there is something i am not satisfied with, the next day i try to approach it differently. i take each day with a fresh start like a first grader in elementary school. >> she was born in 1948. she was a sickly child. her doctor recommended exercise at the age of 3. she began studying ballet. her decision to be a professional dancer came when she was 12. she moved to tokyo and enrolled at a famous ballet school

of course, he becomes a critic of the war in vietnam in southeast asia. when we think about who dr. king would have been in 2013, he would have been part of the occupy movement. >> right >> i think it's that dr. king we have to do a better job of connecting to young folks because they said, et cetera the guy who said "i have a dream" we have to fill in the blanks. >> professor mark anthony neil thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> we will have special coverage of the dream 50 years later all day long on al-jazeera. microsoft ceo calling it quits. the latest on steve baumer's surprising announcement. >> must see t.v., more on a huge dramatic finish coming up in sports. tens of thousands of people. >> well, he made millions making windows, but now steve baumer is heading for the door. microsoft's chief executive announced his retirement on friday. he said he will step down within the next year, once a replacement has been named. the 57-year-old has led microsoft since 2000 when the company's founder, bill gates, stepped aside. >>> after plenty of back and forth, professional

and his final stop on a week-long visit to southeast asia. he talk e held talks on friday. he stressed america's commitment to negotiations on a new military agreement between the two countries which began earlier this month. >> this progress is welcomed and encouraging. i noted that our negotiating teams are working hard to finish the framework agreement in the near future. >> reporter: the agreement would fit well with the obama administration's policy of placing greater strategic importance on the asia-pacific region. the so-called comes as chinese influence is also spreading. tensions are rising in the south china sea where several countries including china, the philippines and vietnam have overlapping claims to sovereignty. the united states hopes to keep china in check by increasing its military relationship with the philippines. the allies are discussing proposed joint use of philippine military bases and the presence of u.s. military aircraft and ships in the southeast asian nation. but among the general public, voices of opposition are growing louder. they claim jo

. >>> a tropical storm is creating havoc in parts of southeast asia. rachel ferguson from the weather team has more. rachel? >> we've been looking at this system for about the last week it's been sitting towards the northeast of the philippines, just rotating here. it's now a tropical storm and is going to be intensifying into the next couple of days. heading towards the northwest. here it is. trame is moving north-northeast. winds are sustained at 65 kilometers per hour, with gusts up to 90 kilometers per hour. now as it heads toward taiwan and then later, the southeastern coast of china, it is expected as i said to intensify. expecting it to become a severe tropical storm by tuesday. but it has already been producing significant amounts of rain. for places like northern philippines, as well as taiwan. it's helping to enhance the southwest monsoon here across these places. all of this moisture flowing in to the system, across these areas. it's expected to become a severe tropical storm by tuesday and continue developing as it moves further towards the

for example we have a cloud forest for south america, southeast asia and no where else can do that because we have unique climbate here and with the california native garden and with birds and insects from california. the volunteers provide a great service to the city in education and managing the nursery and many other tasks. these are services that enrich the garden and enrich the lives of californians and san franciscans so i urge you to support the management agreement, and for the continuation of the non resident fees. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is monica martin and i have two statements this afternoon. my own and one who had to leave earlier. i'm a botanical garden volunteer and a member of the board of trustees. in the botanical garden society was formed to look after the garden. its soul purpose was and is to support the development of the garden and provide educational programs. our partner in achieving that is the city. we couldn't do it without you. the non resident fee has worked well. it's important for the maintenance of the

over southeast asia, one sentence, fear the drag ones, a warning for anyone venturing to the own nonea more empowering star tonight. he's a mechanical engineering student and nerd king at georgia tech. he was picked to welcome the new freshman and urged them to free their imagination so he turned on the superhero music and went for it. >> if you want to change the world, you're at georgia tech. you can do that. we're at georgia tech. we can do that! i am doing that! >> after some pretty bewildered looks from the faculty and some from those in the crowd, the aspiring engineers gave him a standing ovation. showbiz is stuff but we're with you. >>> when we come back, the new white house dog and we'll tell you the wildest thing any dog ever did there. years in the city of baltimore. d a patrol unit 7 when i first started experiencing the pain, it's, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness... but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. when i went back to my healthcar

and remembering some attacks in places like southeast asia years ago i would probably think about going to places like discos, nightclubs that are associated with american culture. but i wouldn't change my travel plans significantly. >> glor: what can the united states do to head off these threats in your estimation. >> there's only one thing america can do about this. americans when they think about terrorism think about plots. plots against embassies, plots against airlines. the counter terrorism business is about people. the only way to stop plots is to stop people what america can do is to find the operatives who are responsible for this and capture them or kill them. those are the only ways to stop plots. if you stop plots without stopping people, you don't succeed. >> jeff: philip mudd, thank you very much. >> sure, thank you. >> jeff: senators john mccain and lindsay graham arrive in egypt tomorrow trying to broker a settlement between supporters of ousted president morsi and the military backed government. clarissa ward is in cairo tonight. clarissa what is the latest there? >>

flew its final bombing mission over southeast asia officially ending the country's direct military involvement in vietnam but even though the war is law. over it's memory lingers on unjustified invasion resulted in hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocent civilians dead but those statistics don't account for the millions more that are still suffering today as a result i'm talking about the countless individuals who have fallen victim to a heinous tactic employed by the us during the war the use of the chemical agent orange between one thousand nine hundred to one nine hundred seventy one the us military sprayed nearly twenty thousand gallons of agent orange over vietnam an effort to defoliate forested land and deprive the viet cong from hiding within but unfortunately since the chemical is also deprived of many a healthy life with a substance causing extensive birth defects and diseases for years to all who have come in its path to talk about the disastrous effect this chemical has had on the us double standard on the matter i spoke earlier with margaret cohn preserve human rights of

businesses can do with the rest of the world the fast growing economies in the middle east in the southeast asia and in south america we hear a lot of businesses complaining about e.u. regulation costing them money how does it cost them money well you've got to go through all different businesses if you go to startups you have to comply with a ridiculous number of laws just to be able to employ people just be able to make your workspace compliant going up further. they have to check off a number of products before they even get them into other european countries and when it comes to the big countries there's reams of regulation which actually prevents them importing and exporting into and outside of the european union if they want to keep us as part of the union they have to give us a bit more of what we want because up until now it's been a lot more of what labor and dylan shout from business or britain thank you very much. talking to us so we three hours of full bosses in the u.k. saying that they're for and out referendum in twenty seventeen there's definitely no shortage of opinion on the ma

troops from southeast asia who brought cholera to haiti two years ago by dumping human waste into a channel of the country's main water supply since then there have been over eight thousand deaths and over six hundred thousand infected by a disease that had never existed in haiti before. were unhappy with the spread of cholera the public health has shown us how to clean the water treating it with bleach and making it safe furthermore the u.n. presence has been referred to as an occupation polls show that haitians overwhelmingly want the u.n. to leave their stay has been tainted by a number of scandals ranging from rape and even the killing of civilians mixin a local habitat organizer explains his hope for haiti. communicant be part of it but i think the haitian needs to resolve the problem because the first same it means it is life and start from scratch but starting from scratch would require releasing the remaining aid money or reallocating the funds currently spent on up keeping thousands of troops to be reinvested toward sustainable agriculture and infrastructure for the entire country

today, have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam and in southeast asiament in washington and hanoi. at 12:30 paris time today, january 23, 1973, the agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in vietnam was initialled by dr. henry kissinger on behalf of the united states and the republic of vietnam. let us consecrate this moment by resolving together to make the peace we have achieved a peace that will last. thank you. and good evening. >> thank you. >> yes, sir? >> i thought you would be amused to hear that marvin and dan, they were just green with sick. they were all just sick about the fact that the peace had come. yes, we're pissing on it all over. >> in a sense, it was so masterfully underplayed. you dropped this huge bomb in your first sentence, and there it was, it just sits there. i think it was just like a thunder clap. it was great. >> that's right. okay. >> very good. eeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why the internet needs a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% le

ability to honor our commitments, to the five nations with which we have security treaties in southeast asia would be called into question. chinese building a ballistic missile system to target large american vessels as aircraft carriers under way at a distance of 1200 miles. china has conducted cyberattacks against u.s. government as well as industry. it has declared the international waters of the south and east china sees lie within the sovereign grasp. the military budget continues as it has over two decades to increase by double-digit figures from year-to-year. it has built a formidable array of surface-to-surface and surface to air missiles and continues to amass an arsenal -- an arsenal from the straits of taiwan. despite the shift it has drawn to a close it will remain volatile endangers the so if i wray and becomes a nuclear power. some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report published on tuesday this week. that predicted that everyone can produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition

today, have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam and in southeast asiahis moment in washington and hanoi. at 12:30 paris time today, january 23, 1973, the agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in vietnam was initialled by dr. henry kissinger on behalf of the united states and the republic of vietnam. let us consecrate this moment by resolving together to make the peace we have achieved a peace that will last. thank you. and good evening. >> mr. haldeman, please. >> thank you. >> yes, sir? >> i thought you would be amused to hear that marvin and dan, they were just green with sick. >> it was a bad night for eric. >> they were all just sick about the fact that the peace had come. yes, we're pissing on it all over. >> in a sense, it was so masterfully underplayed. you dropped this huge bomb in your first sentence, and there it was, it just sits there. i think it was just like a thunder clap. it was great. >> that's right. okay. >> very good. 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true

and many states have laws prohibiting them, in their element where they live in the jungles of southeast asiaerform an incredible purpose post but in the everglades of florida this is an invasive species eating our wildlife to extinction. >> what do they do in the jungle that is so positive? >> well, they are part of the living community. they are part of the echo system. a big female like this will produce 50, 60 eggs are consumed by other animals. when you begin your life as a python you're not this big -- >> how old is it? >> probably five or six years old? >> does she have a name? >> i think they named it buddha. i did not name it buddha but i do believe that is her name. she still is growing. she could maybe reach 20, 25 feet in length, and have a girth of near telephone pole size. >> what does a python do? does it constrict you? is it as simple as that? >> literally squeezes it life out of it. it will tickle out the fork tongue and picks up the molecules in air. he's able to determine whether you're a potential mate or pray. and once he terms you're pray, let's say you're a small little