mayor norio kanno met with chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga in tokyo. kanno says he hopes the facility's operations will be limited to three years. he called on the government to make sure ash from the burned waste is transferred to a storage facility as quickly as possible. suga says the cabinet will take full responsibility for the plan. >> translator: we want the government to promise it will protect the safety of iiate villages, as well as the people in neighboring towns. >> kanno said village residents decided to host the incinerator because they want to contribute to decontamination efforts. >>> scientists in japan are now able to move ahead with research into how this country's nuclear accident has affected a top level predator in the pacific. last week, we told you about the study involving blue fin tuna and samples from the u.s. that couldn't get through japanese customs. since our report, authorities have released that results. >> the preofessor is happy to gt down to work, he waited six months to receive blue fin tuna samples from his colleag

chief cabinet secretary suga said the new measures are aimed at bringing around an increase in business profits and wages. this should lead to the creation of new jobs. >> translator: the government will, as far as possible, consider various measures to understand how businesses reflect higher profits in payments to their workers. of course, we will look closely at how the trend in wages moves. on the issue of raising the consumption tax to 10% in october 2015, suga said no decision has been made. >>> the the bank of japan's aggressive money-boosting measures has sent its monetary base to a record high for the seventh month in a row. the monetary base represents the amount of money the central bank applies to the marks. it deposits held by the boj. central bank officials said it amounted to $1.9 trillion at the end of september, that's up 5% since august. the boj has been injecting large amounts of money into the market since april when an aggressive monetary easing policy was started. that's to double the monetary base in two years to pull the country out of deflation. boj officials pr

chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga won't comment on the individual civil suit, but he says anything that disrupts business and school activities should be stopped. >> translator: it is vital that the relevant authorities act to prevent such things from happening. >> suga responded to a question on whether there are plans to introduce new laws in the wake of the ruling. he says the government will keep an eye on developments and take appropriate action. >>> the head of the company in charge of japan's crippled nuclear plant says he plans to make improvements to prevent human error. recent mistakes at fukushima daiichi have led to the leak of radioactive rainwater and the brief suspension of a damaged reactor's cooling system. the president of tokyo electric power company told lawmakers that workers at the plant are overstretched. >> translator: we need to increase the workforce. we also believe it's very important to improve their working environment. >> earlier on monday, human error caused a partial power failure at the plant. tepco officials say a worker mistakenly pushed the stop

. >> suga emphasized tokyo's position that the islands belonged to japan historically and under international law. he added that japan and south korea should not let this kind of issue damage bilateral ties. >>> 340,000 people remain evacuated after an earthquake in the southern philippines last week. the united nations is calling on the international community for relief. the u.n. held a news conference in manila on friday. officials called for about $47 million in emergency international assistance. authorities say more than 200 people died in the magnitude 7.2 quake, which had its epicenter on bohol island. a u.n. team on the ground says more than 52,000 buildings collapsed and they say 344,300 people remain evacuated. the united nations says there's an urgent need for more shelters and relief supplies such as food, water and medicine. >>> thailand, one of the world's welcomes about 20 million overseas visitors annually but tourist safety in the land of smiles has increasingly become issue, and that's led several foreign governments to call for action. they have set up the tourist's court

. >> suga said the head of the national security office would be in charge of the administrative affairs. the national security council would advise the prime minister directly. he added, the posts could be filled by individuals from the public or private sector. >>> clashes during the general strike under way in bangladesh have caused at least five more deaths. rosalyn in bangkok is following the story. >>> the three-day strike led by the largest opposition bangladesh nationalist party. another five people were killed bringing the death toll since sunday to at least ten. opposition party members are taking part in the strike demanding a nonpartisan caretaker government be put in place before elections due to take place by january. the government opposition supporters took to the streets of the capital on monday. the opposition is demanding the administration of the prime minister be replaced. it says the current constitution does not allow for a neutral caretaker government. >> because of the fact that in this country, the political parties don't trust each other. we had the system, and

. >> suga responded to a question on whether there are plans to introduce new laws in the wake of the ruling. he says the government will keep an eye on developments and take appropriate action. >>> the head of the company in charge of japan's crippled nuclear plant says he plans to make improvements to prevent human error. recent mistakes at fukushima daiichi have led to the contamination of rainwater and suspension of a reactor cooling system. the president of tepco said workers at the plant are overstretched. >> translator: we need to increase the work force. we also believe it's very important to improve their working environment. >> earlier on monday, human error caused a partial power failure at the plant. tepco officials say a worker mistakenly hit a stop button that cut power to the pump that injects water to cool nuclear fuel inside reactor 1. a backup pump quickly kicked in. officials say the reactor's temperature didn't change. the chairman of the nuclear regulation authority says the situation at fukushima daiichi could have an impact on tepco's bid to restart its largest

chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga handed the letter to the bereaved family on sunday before the wake. natsue murata died while rescuing a 74-year-old man on tuesday. she was 40 years old. the letter said despite the danger, she attempted to rush to help a man who was lying on railway tracks and sacrificed her own life. in the letter, the prime minister offers deep condolences and genuinely honors her motive of putting another person's life before her own. >> translator: she made the ultimate sacrifice to save the man. i wanted to express my gratitude to her. >> translator: it's so sad that a person with great courage had to die. >> murata's father expressed his gratitude for the letter and placed it on the altar. >>> more japanese treerjs suffering from what's -- teenagers are suffering from what's being called internet dependency. the popularity of smartphones is only making things worse. the struggle has encouraged in schin the u.s. and south korea in find ways to break the addiction. we have two reports starting with nhk world. >> reporter: 28-year-old charlie pope is addicte

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chief cabinet secretary suga says the government will work with tepco to prevent additional leakageseiterated the fukushima issue is under control. the nikkei reporting that they will get a new waterproof system in order to speed up the decontamination. the new system will be jointly developed by toshiba and hitachi and can purify toxic water to double the capacity of the current one much the government is steadily taking steps to resume operations of the nation's nuclear power plants. the nikkei is reporting that the system will be revamped. a number of hospitals will be ramped up to give immediate care to those exposed to radiation. that's all from nikkei business report. back to you. >> yukako, thank you. >>> asia tomorrow we'll watch shares of samsung, rising ahead of the guidance. the latest policy decision after a tax hike announcement and india, the pmi due there. >>> game on, investors, cannot seem to get enough of the chinese internet space and the largest game developer forgame saw a huge jump closing 32% higher. enormous interest in the $206 million ipo which was 313 times