the deal her three children left their home in southern japan and now live in cities. to call their mother often but they don't want you back the promo doesn't want to move in with one of them. she says someone has to look after the hawks the condition. he lives in a valley on the japanese island of kyushu and were rice paddies shimmer in the sunlight. the soil is always provided food for people here. many no longer want to live here. abandoned houses. places that have been uninhabited for years. their owner is long dead the children moved away. in some villages seventy percent of the population is up retirement age. oh well george ok doesn't often the visitors yet sometimes she'll shake you are from a neighborhood meeting comes by his main concern is that cool people to die ane in their homes. without it so the villagers have come up with a solution. every morning they put up with a low flying in front of the house. my teeny teeny us help us deal with the flag out in the morning and bring it in again at night everyone in the village has to participate and that it work

we have our weak low that's going to be pushing off over southern japan, bringing in showers from time to time here. we may see a few spotty showers move in. nothing organized. and then once we get into the latter half of the weekend, another system is moving in. this is how it should play out as far as the timing goes. things staying partly to mostly cloudy until early on saturday. then we'll end up seeing clouds thickening up and showers moving in during the afternoon on our saturday. then they're going to continue overnight. saturday night into sunday, if they're still out there. and i imagine they will be in this effort. you see how widespread that rain is going to be across jeju island and across the southern tip of korea. so that is as we head into early on sunday, natalie. now is the time to get most of their work done. >> thank you, samantha. >>> diplomats meeting in geneva say they have reached a deal aimed at calming tensions in eastern ukraine. it was the first face-to-face meeting between russia and ukraine since this crisis began so many weeks ago. what emerged was an agre

next system moving out of eastern china, across the southern tip of south korea and then into southern japanas well. now, this is the route that the ferryboat was taking, and it was plugging along at a normal rate of speed that a ferry would take. then it took this abrupt turn, and this is when they think something went terribly wrong and started moving to the north at a slow rate of speed at 4 kilometers per hour and abruptly changing direction here. so that's just one of the indicators that something failed and changed the direction in a very sad way. so here is how long you can survive in water this temperature, natalie. it doesn't look good, because water temperatures in between 10 and 15 degrees, you hit exhaustion in one to two hours. so if they have found a spot in the boat away from the water, perhaps we can still see survivors here. >> that's what they're holding out hope for. samantha, thank you. it is still being called a search and rescue. many families holding out hope their loves ones are still alive somewhere inside that overturned ship. how could that be possible? cnn's brian

again severe weather is happening over the southern parts of -- southern half of japan, so not good to do some hanani. we have some video to show you of severe weather. much of the area is being hit by strong to severe thunderstorms today. this here is not snow, it's hail. hail was reported around 2:00 a.m. friday afternoon. the foul weather continues to spark across much of the area in central japan, as well as the risk of tornadoes. the bad weather is caused by quite cold air in the upper atmosphere and warm air near the ground. so the temperature difference is causing quite unstable conditions in the cantu plain. across the northern area snow is likely to fall over much of hokkaido region. as we go into the region, up to 50 centimeters of snow is likely over northwestern part of the country. as we go into the next couple of days, sunny weather will come back in tokyo, nice conditions to do some cherry blossom viewing. kyoto rainy weather will continue across the korean peninsula. plenty of sunshine on sunday. all right, across the south we are watching a tropical depression further

highest court on japan's whaling program top un judges ordered monday that japan must halt its whaling operations in the southern ocean around

their tours these is to start doctrine that treat the patient the western portions of japan extending down to the southern japanese island also crossed it and for now the high pressure with that in place that means for it. clear skies for the overnight out to me is that you get something we call radiation openly and allows the temperatures drop quite significantly through the overnight hours in a few locations can even see frost out here tokyo. not so much the case nineteen forty or hide the tears at the back courts all up to twenty beijing at twenty two and then down towards the south the tropics afternoon thunderstorms popping up here for you. the badgers into the thirties to one nil to the southern philippines who are still dealing with scattered showers from what is left of people we are talking about earlier on this week take a look over towards the americas it is springtime and a severe weather season out here and that is living up to its name. the storm system pushing across the nerang now that spring is some thunderstorms but more so this is the one i wanna talk about with this front back towards

japan's agriculture ministry statement this was confirmed in the southern prefecture of okinawa in october. it has since spread to more than two hundred and seventy fines in twenty one creek bank shares mostly in southwestern japan it's the first time the virus has shown up in the country in seven years. i'm a stickler for sale in tokyo says the disease has not yet resulted in a drop in the amount of queen chance on rising prices. but the president of the stuff for my kid says his team told by a supplier that if the outbreak continues that the current rate for sale prices may go up by twenty to thirty percent. even in my mind started to pull the chance to keep prices low and maybe only so much i can do it. rossi by this the ministry is calling on the days to use disinfectant fact the entrance to their minds and to vaccinate their peaks. the operator of the ocean and ninety nuclear plant stand and dance to filter was behind the latest breakdown of the watergate contaminating the temp workers and tokyo are like a power company shut down the advanced liquid processing system or alps last mont

anyone who cares about our oceans a stunning victory court ruled twelve for the japan's controversy a whaling program in the southern ocean did not meet the standard of scientific research as required under international law the i.c.j. then ordered japan to revoke its whaling permits and stop handing out new ones although all commercial whaling is banned under international law a handful of countries including japan denmark norway and iceland continue to hunt whales for either scientific or cultural purposes j's ruling which came out of a court case brought by australia will likely make it even harder for those countries to justify their whaling programs and is being welcomed by many environmental groups one of those groups is the sea shepherd conservation society which was founded by paul watson to take direct action against threats to marine wildlife and ecosystems although sea shepherd has been around since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it became known to wider audiences in two thousand and eight when animal planet began covering its fights with japanese whalers for their show whale wars here's a clip fr

highest court on japan's whaling program top un judges ordered monday that japan must halt its whaling operations in the southern ocean around antarctica and rejecting tokyo's claim that it constitutes as scientific research. the legally binding decision came in a twelve to four judgment. the presiding judge peter told us of the so called greek church program was responsible for killing thousands of pinko wales the court concludes that the special care needs young people in japan for the killing taking in treating the whalers. huge thanks to his bike too arsenal this is off center to beaea the e t immediate cancellation of all whaling her man's under the program. the decision japan said they would accept with disappointment. the case was brought to the international court of justice in two thousand ten by australia. that said the program was commercial whaling in disguise. there etc look at international stories making headlines around the world. i'll see you back here tomorrow night the two prime time sports and he didn't share the organizers of the upcoming asian games taking place in south korea's port city o

japan opened a new radar station on the southern islands.eries of steps that indicates the the worsening relationship in east asia. >> there's a build up here. is there anything to suggest either side is ready to say, we need to talk this through, calm ourselves down? >> there are small incidents. small incidents turn easily into big incidents. there could be a calculation to inflame the situation. >> there's effort to bring these two sides together. president barack obama is traveling to east asia. i'm sure his message will be to calm the situation. he's traveling later this week. both sides seem determined on their current course. it seems difficult to see where a compromise lies. >> okay, michael, thank you very much indeed. >>> we've got more on this story as well as details about the disagreements between japan and china. they're stacking up like the dispute over the islands in the east china see. it's on our website, bbc.com/news. click the links when you get to the page. >>> okay. time for a bit more business. aaron is with us. all yo

into the zone nine year their stay the spots of rain for southern parts of china the brain than one piece included away from that most of japan and forced me to be a slight risk of a grateful and it took a ferry at this thing is to keep your umbrella handy when temperatures in turkey and came back to the trick is finally on tuesday one and so on swallows beijing with bright sunshine and warming temperatures will likely continue into the next couple of days eighteen twenty six and their estate. channel nine twenty one and wednesday and thursday till sunday when i will continue with the rest of the work week to six weeks the ruling. the us. does the us this one was joy to share with you the funny gal students at a junior high school in southwestern japan had bean don't think i'll ask their tasks that they're not neglecting their studies they are taking part in a program designed to appease the concentration. seems like the handsets list at times while classical music is leading the class tram. yes the junior high school leaving school at present she wants to be given at times to help students to learn during afternoon classes.

japan. that is going to be pumping moisture in along the western periphery of this. so as we see this go off, it has that rainfall come in and into the southern japanese islands. you can see some rain by the end of the weekend heading over towards monday. for now that high is in place and it is dry across most of japan. these are the dry air advisories. almost everybody has it right now. and if you are experiencing this, you may be experiencing the itchy eyes, also well just dry skin, even nosebleeds possible, and take a look at this, mild shots of static electricity. that's something you have to watch out for with your feet on the carpet and touch a doorknob for example you might get a little shock there. that's something to look at for the next 24 hours across much of japan. let's take a look over towards the americas now. a cold front pushing across the northeast. this is bringing some rain showers and even a threat of severe thunderstorms along it. but that's not the big topic for severe weather this coming weekend. it's going to be the next storm, that one's going to go off. look at this right here, it comes in from the north and this is

that would give china tremendous influence of what i call a navigable southern, stretching from horn of africa to the sea of japan but they would not allow china to dominate as the eastern hemisphere as the us has traditionally dominated the western hemisphere. you also russia. we go on for an hour about the search each competition between russia or china. between russia and china. and you also have powers in the middle east like iran, saudi arabia and others. the eastern hemisphere is a much more complex issue that we're dealing with compared to the western hemisphere. >> i appreciate the complexity. let me turn to your questions now and invite them. i guess i'll be calling on people. is there a microphone? there is a michael buble, to you. i'll go with this gentleman right here. wait for the mic for but if i could ask you to stand up and say your name so we can get to know each other just a little bit. >> i'm michael, and the question is, the last time you set a big rebounds strategy in the late '40s and early '50s involved a lot of institutional changes for the federal government and the establishment in gener

as opposed to the southern areas, pleasant weather is continuing over the northern half of china, the korean peninsula and match of japan, going up to 21 degrees for beijing, 22 in seoul. tokyo nearly 20 degrees on your wednesday. and will stay almost the same into the next couple of days. however rain is on the menu on friday in tokyo. that could be accompanied by strong winds. so that could blow away some of the petals of the cherry flowers. hopefully you can arrange a cherry blossom viewing before friday. all right across the americas, we can see three low pressure systems and two of them are winter storms. one here is quite a vigorous system, enough to produce some blizzard conditions over the upper midwest. we have blizzard warnings in place for parts of minnesota and the dakotas. snow will likely move into ontario, up to 25 centimeters of snow is likely. now across the east, snow for the canadian maritimes will move away. now across the bigger picture, looking quite stormy over the midsection of the u.s. even tornadoes cannot be ruled out in parts of kansas, missouri, and texas. now, back behind the severe conditi

japan and china are involved in a dispute over other islands both country claims. >>> a u.s. drone strike killed 12 in southernen today. there were conflicting reports about whether all those killed were members of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the u.s. had no immediate comment on the drone strike. >>> the united states is reportedly stepping up military shipments to rebels in "the wall street journal" reports the u.s. has sent [ for the firstve the obama administration was reluctant fearing the weapons would fall into the hands of al qaeda. the latest move comes as bashar al assad continue to gain against the rebels. >>> people who have enrolled for health care on a government website are being told to change their passwords. this after they were asked if the government was subject to the heart-bleed virus. officials say the measure is being taken out of an abundance of caution. >>> and a piece of of the had has proved valuable. a colt 45 revolver owned by wyatt earp and used in the shoot-out in the ú5dñok corral,d at auction this week, the price, $225,000, 50% higher than expected. ♪ >> we wanted to fol

give china tremendous influence in what i call the navigable southern rimland of our asia, stretching from the horn of africa to the sea of japan. but it would not allow china to dominate as the eastern hemisphere to the stenthe u.s. has traditionally dominated the western hemisphere. you also have russia and we could go on for an hour about the strategic competition between russia or china. between russia and china, and you also have powers in the middle east like iran, saudi arabia, and others. the eastern hemsster -- hemisphere is a much more complex issue. >> i appreciate the complexity. let me turn to your questions now and invite them. i guess i'll call on people. is there a microphone -- there's a microphone that will come to you. this gentleman right here, who is holding up his hand. you, sir. just wait for the microphone. if you could stand up and say your name so we can good it to know each other. >> i'm michael, and the question i'm asking is, the last time the u.s. had a big rebalanced strategy in the late 40's and 50s didn't involve a lot of institutional changes for the federal government and the defense establish

falling on the southern parts of china and the eastern half of the independent thought and there's the area and no precipitation in the northern areas of china the cree and finance class called japan and conductors are on the rising trend. one decrease with bright sunshine today. i continue to race with areas where snow is still in the ground there's potential for trouble and just get the warm conditions finally all over europe to looking like nancy in the northern areas and is a cute ethan to a concert ticket here to indicate it was their excuse and cool the air is flowing over the water so instead of its stars. and no engine with a narrative that this child is almost as much of the scandinavian peninsula now there is no risk of a thunderstorm thing got any way across the quilt front stretching over an extension of a europe and across the aisle there is a risk of an unstable conditions that increase the understanding that the wind in the southern part of the ball companion month and a turkey project extended forecast around the globe. i knew. i asked these lines to match and said yes. sth. ch ch ch ch the new. it was. ch ch. do you. one the program is brought you by. critically w

off year for central japan now that is over here but that was the west unfortunately you're not going to be seen to fall quite as beautiful weather actually some areas in southern china could see onto bought two hundred to two one and fifty millimeters of rainfall you see right here in those areas in the darker purple. that's where it's to be coming down you can see after rack of some flash flooding as the system does continue to evolve and pushed off their core season actually it will impact japan but not until monday and tuesday so people out there enjoying a holiday weekend that's what's in the sun to come in your direction bother to listen or if we are still talk about those dust storms in northeastern china beijing indian actor but as well that actually will be tapering off by the end of the weekend and see what else is going on though down for the south afternoon thunderstorms in l a on a thirty four bangkok the high thirty eight things from a hot steamy there for you. the scene at twenty three talkin about the holiday weekend also wanna leave you here with your aunt forty outlook saturday sapporo high of twenty four absolutely worn out there for you you'

japan is set to be increasing. people in both countries hope the trend helps improve relations between their governments. nhk world, shanghai. >>> now severe weather is not letting up in southern parts of the united states. our meteorologist robert speta joins us now. robert, what are people there seeing? >> yes, shery. we have been seeing is definitely these severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and not just that but on sunday night into monday morning a few people out here in mississippi definitely were awoken, and it could have been worse to some very severe tornadoes. show you this video coming out of central mississippi. you can see a few homes here completely destroyed. now, at least three people have been injured by this. and surprisingly, it wasn't more than that. and good news, warnings were already in place ahead of it but you see some of those homes were just almost leveled. now, we are seeing that whole storm system continuing to track off there towards the east. and we're still looking at the threat of some severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and potentially tornadoes. in northern parts of florida, and even extending out alone the eastern

the southern and western constantly asking him that said the japanese agency doesn't yet know how big deal that will be suzanne and ibm news and speaking of natural disasters let's now turn to japan which is still work our friends and a deadly earthquake and tsunami more than three years ago. for the first time since the two fish in a nuclear meltdown. japanese authorities have finally given the all clear for some residents of the affected area to return home the evacuation order for a small village in the apology was lifted on monday local time. the area is located some twenty kilometers away from a position at itt knew their plans. it's a major milestone for the some three hundred fifty five residents of the area. the two thousand eleven crisis had forced more than one hundred sixty thousand people residing near the two fish in the plan to evacuated around for them are still living in tempering housing as japan continues to complete the contamination work of the radioactive fallout. and turned to the crisis in ukraine nato foreign ministers have decided to suspend all civilian and military cooperation with russia the responses annexation of ukrainian peninsula of crimea a joint

japan is a sunday night. welcome to the sellers in such extreme gun in tokyo south korean rescue workers have begun searching inside the passenger ferry that sank off the country's southern coast. they have recovered more than ten bodies from saturday to sunday but no survivors have been found the cell wall cup size on wednesday with twenty to seventy six people on board including more than three hundred high school students on a field trip. coast guard officials say divers broke the ship's windows to

. >> in southern maryland, dominion resources is hoping to invest up to $3.8 billion to build a liquid gas at could he have point. it would send billions of cubic feet of gas to japan, and elsewhere. >> there's a huge benefit to the county. $40 million in additional property taxes and the whole area of maryland gets a benefit as well and not to mention the u.s. >> the department of energy has given the company conditional permission to export gas. >> the thing that's unique about cove point. we will be the first in the history of the industry to be built-in such a highly populated area. >> organize the labor wants the roughly 3,000 jobs to have the facility built, though some environmentalists are fighting it. >> everybody in the u.s. economy will suffer from gas exports according to the u.s. department of energy except for one industry and that's the gas industry, which will make lots and lots of money. >> democrat governor martin o'malleyly hasn't taken a position on the project. with it being a blue state, some of the criticism may be louder than elsewhere. >> i can understand why a place in maryland this is a much more contentious issue. while the facility in l

southern illinois for an annual tradition of movie-lovers -- ebert-fest. a religious display featuring an image of jesus was vandalized at daley plaza. we'll have a *live update. president obama is in japanusiness this morning, as part of a four-nation tour of asia. and george lucas fans turned out to voice support for a museum in chcago. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. he has a mediocre weather forecast for us. >> we need the rain. it's hard to forecast sunny days. because then there's nothing to talk about. now we of rain showers and thunderstorms. it's going to be one of those days. 46 degrees is our current temperature. we have not seen much rain just a bit since midnight. we are expecting more this evening. light showers continue across cook county. we will watch for that as it continues to push to the east. the rest of the region has a cold front out to the west moving in this afternoon and evening meeting the chance for rain will spike again. 63 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. chance of rain. by 9:00 p.m. it's 58 chance of rain then. the seven days forecast shows a high of 65. 68 on friday. saturday in

southern california on their way to visit humboldt state university up near oregon. nearly three dozen other passengers were hurt. what a horrible accident. >> terrible. >>> all right, stocks around the world falling today. the nikkei in japanlowest level of the year. today's drop follows a major sell-off on wall street yesterday. let me show you. tech stocks led the way. the nasdaq down 3.1%, its biggest drop since 2011. very big losses yesterday. one tech company to watch today, watch shares of amazon. its shares got hit, of course, in yesterday's sell-off, but what everyone is buzzing about this morning is ceo jeff bezos' letter to shareholders, announcing amazon would pay employees to quit. once a year, the company's going to offer staff between $2,000 and $5,000 to quit. policy was initially started by another online retailer, zappos. remember, zappos was bought by amazon in 2009. the theory is, if you're not happy enough at amazon to pass up that money, you're not going to be a productive employee for the company. if you're not happy, they don't want you to stick around because you need your paycheck. they want to give you a little something so that you can move along. >> it's like the unhappiness bonus there. >>> all

japan and south korea. -- you haveern asia a great focus on the middle east. is china part of the calculus you see for the future of southern> i think it is globally. we are looking at the world through the view of china. it is the most important dynamic market in the world right now. we have to be there. hagelt's why chuck made the trip over. we will be back with more surveillance. we will get the latest weei outlook from the imf. we will have more on that in a bit. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. bloomberg surveillance. i'm tom keene. we are thrilled to bring you erik schatzker this morning. greeting our world headquarters -- in the loop with betty liu .t 10:00 a.m >> we are old pals from the days when we had to wake up in the morning. would be very hard to match that combination right now. are you looking for a job? wall street is hiring. have you seen the amounts of people that have left wall street? we knew this trend was going to happen. it has just accelerated. -- the list goes on and on. you see not just here in north america com, but also overseas. roger will be joining us. spokenirman of -- he has out, not just about