tepco officials wanted to suspend the plan as they have yet to gain o approval. but yoshida defied that order. >> i remember vividly tepco officials told me over the phone to stop right away. no arguments. but i decided not to follow the order because there were no rational reasons. >> yoshida also testified that tepco officials didn't know what kind of emergency equipment the failed workers needed. >> tepco head office september things that were not suitable to fix the situation. this was really troublesome since we had to take time to analyze what they were and how they could be used. >> after radiation around the plant increased, tepco head office stops. instead, nee dropped it off at the facility 50 kilometers away. i had to dispatch workers to get those things. >> while the three nuclear reactors were meting down, yoshida was at the helm, securing new equipment and making first important decisions. this former head of the plant was closely acquainted with yoshida. >> translator: we can learn a lot from this interview. it's very important that officials in ch

tepco is also reportedly negotiating a tie up separately with tokyo gas. tepco is expected to choose a priority negotiating partner as early as september. >>> officials with swedish alliance manufacturer have announced they're in talks to buy general electric's home appliance unit. it includes refrigerators and washing machines. it has been struggling for years. they say the two companies are in negotiations, but ge has made no official comment. analysts say the takeover would help the swedish company expand sales in the u.s. they want to strengthen growth areas and sell off the money losing appliance business. >>> u.s. media outlets say several other appliance makers also have approached ge. >>> investors in china have been cheered by the pledge of government help from domestic firms trying to secure borrowing. that helped send asian stocks mostly higher today. they released a statement lowering costs for companies. this came after the country's bank lending fell sharply in july. it fell to 2226. earnings remain a focus in hong kong. the hsi closed up. la

what type of things were needed. >> tepco sent things that were not suitable to fix the situation. this was troublesome as we had to take time to analyze what they were. >> reporter: after radiation around the plant increased tepco head office stopped delivering the equipment and instead dropped it off at a facility 50 kilometers away. >> i had to dispatch workers to get those things. i thought please do not disturb us with all of this at this very crucial time. >> reporter: while the three nuclear reactors were melting down yoshida was at the helm securing new equipment and making first important decisions. this former head of the plant was closely acquainted with yoshida. >> translator: we can learn a lot from this interview. it's very important that officials in charge learn how to improve the organization, measures to respond to emergencies and management. >> reporter: the government plans to disclose almost all of yoshida's interviews as early as next month. the records should be closely examined to find out what the country can learn from the experience. >>> four crippled rea

tepco officials are also reportedly negotiating a tie-up separately with tokyo gas. the two firms jointly manage an lng terminal in tokyo bay. tepco is expected to choose a priority negotiating partner as early as september. >>> officials with swedish appliance manufacturer electrolux have announced they're in talks to buy general electric's home appliance unit. the business includes refrigerators and washing machines. it was founded over 100 years ago but has been struggling for years. electrolux officials say the two companies are in negotiations, but ge has made no official comment. analysts say the takeover would help the swedish company expand its sales in the u.s. officials at ge have been trying to streamline their business efficiency. they want to strengthen growth areas, including its aviation engine division, and sell off the money losing appliance business. business. now, u.s. media outlets say several other appliance manufacturers have also approached ge in hopes of a takeover. >>> next, let's take a brief look at the market figures. >>> people in japan h

people close to the deal say that tepco officials have signed a deal with -- tepco will provide electricity to 60 of the outlets through a subsidiary. it will buy the power from local firms with in-house generators. tepco officials are aiming for $1.6 billion in out of region sales by 2024. they are negotiating similar deals with other firms that have nation-wide operations. >>> -- electric in central japan has begun to supply energy outside its region. it is selling to the tokyo metropolitan area which is tepco's turf. competition is expected to heat up. analysts are looking to see if it will lower rates and better services. >>> let's check on markets. the nikkei index is trading in the negative now -- it's slightly in the positive going in and out of positive and negative territory. pretty much flat at the moment. at the open, tokyo investors took their cues from wall street after the u.s. stock price hit record highs but is momentum is slowing. now let's take a look at currencies. the dollar is trading higher against the yen, recovering to above the 104 yen level. investors are buying th

tepco officials take me to the other key facility. it's called alps or advanced liquid processing system. engineers are using the system to remove radioactive substances. but the system frequently stops working. i asked a manager to explain why. >> translator: high radiation damaged the teflon-made packing. we didn't know that radiation had such an effe device. there are many things we don't know. it's the first time that we are using this type of machine. >> reporter: engineers are determined to draw on their past experiences. they take me to the construction site for two more alps. there is still a long road ahead. as one manager here tells me, the trial and error continues. he just hopes it won't be for much longer. yochiro tatiwa, nhk world, fukushima daiichi. >>> government officials in fukushima have joined forces to promote a regional export. they are selling peaches to shoppers in thailand. [ speaking foreign language ]. at around $9 a piece, the fruit is about three times the price as in japan. at a promotional event at a dep

that's the way tepco works the problem is with the structure source to know when the people working at the head office i mean privileged conditions but those working in the field are having a hard time so it was even before the accident that's how this company operates that's when the accident happened tepco couldn't give us or even its own employees the names of the people responsible for the accident they that they couldn't do that because there aren't any real professionals there so it's got they deny even before the accident that i would sometimes go to their office as mayor ask them a lot of questions to how do you train your staff is everything alright is there any chance that your old equipment may fail and in response i got only nice words but they didn't take any practical steps on the hardly ever did anything give us tepco things too high of itself delegating almost everything to something truckers and that's why when something happens there is nobody to be held accountable in addition the company is not on top of the situation on the ground even today we received a report sa

it ordered tepco to pay nearly half a million dollars in damages. the presiding judge said the accident caused the woman great mental anguish. the evacuationye was forced to leave home after the nuclear accident. when she was allowed to return for a short visit in 2011, she doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire. watanabe's home is 35 kilometers from the nuclear plant. the area is a designated evacuation zone. her husband and three children say her death was caused by depression. they say as evacuee she faced an uncertain future. tepco offered condolences and says it will study the ruling and respond to it. the government says 130 suicides are linked to the 2011 earthquake and nuclear accident. courts are now reviewing two other cases. over 125,000 people still cannot return to their homes. thousands are suing tepco and the government for damages. >>> japan's prime minister is set to renew his team. shinzo abe has confirmed he will reshuffle his cabinet on september 3rd. he has had the same lineup since he launched has government in 2012

and tepco officials say the equipment poses a risk to the workers. they say after processing all that water it becomes too radioactive. they say they'll apply to the nuclear regulation authority for permission to scrap it. but won't reveal how much it cost. >>> tepco officials are testing out their latest strategy to deal with the buildup of contaminated water. they want to treat it then release it into the pacific ocean. engineers are starting a trial operation to pump up groundwater from wells from near the reactor buildings. they're looking at a new treatment system to see how effective it is in removing radioactive material. tepco officials plan to build an iron barrier along an embankment close to the shore. when it's done they'll pump up the water that builds up inside, treat it, then release it. tepco officials allow untainted groundwater to be discharged but this is the first time they've tried this approach. they say they'll only go ahead if residents agree but many in the fishing community are concerned the plan may trigger unwelcome rumors

tepco spends $20 billion on advertising alone. media outlets are concerned about this funding. >> translation: japan's nuclear energy industry is controlled by the i.a.e.a. the experts and journalists under the control of i.a.e.a. writes articles and reports. they aim to restart the nuclear power plants which are not operating. this is the mission that the specialists have been given by the government. to achieve this, it's better that the true facts about the effects of the accident don't exist. >> there's a lot of money to be lost. most people at the top of japanese media know if you offend tokyo power company, you risk losing advertising dollars, but if tepco complains to friend in toyota or others, you could lose more advertising dollars. it's about money, not public interest. >> the newspapers, unlike television, are more relint on prescriptions. usually japan has a vibrant land site. journalist are given access to government and business officials. there are five terrestrial tv channels, nhk is the biggest, funded by citizen

were tepco workers adequately trained to handle the emergency?months of the accident, yoichi funabashi, a former newspaper editor, headed an investigation into what went wrong and why. it was the only investigation not sponsored by the government, and its conclusions were brutal. >> funabashi: i was very much concerned about the government not telling the truth to the public. >> simon: the revelations in funabashi's report added to the public's anger and dismay. he wrote that, from the beginning, the government had conspired with the industry to convince people that nuclear power is safe. so the government effort at the time was to convince people that there was nothing to worry about? >> funabashi: exactly. "nothing to worry about. don't worry. okay, even don't prepare for that... the severe accident, okay." because that would cause that unnecessary unease and unnecessary misunderstanding. >> simone's no reason to prepare. >> funabashi: no reason to prepare. so this avoidance ultimately translated into unpreparedness. >> lake barrett: mother nat

tepco officials say the equipment also poses a risk to workers. company are building an iron barrier to stop the water reaching the ocean. officials say it will be ready by late september. they are asking for permission to build a facility to pump up water from the ground and wells near reaction tore buildings. they plan to treat it, then release it. officials say they have explained the plan to local fishermen. the fisheries associations haven't expressed any major objections. some fishermen worry the plan will generate rumors about the safety of marine resources. executives say they won't release any water unless they get the support of local communities. >>> japanese mobile communications company kddi and five other firms have agreed to lay a cable across the pacific ocean. the plan aims to immediate surging demand for broadband internet services. the six company consortium, including google and telecom firms announced it monday. the new cable system will cost $300 million. engineers are aiming to start operations in early 2016. roughly 9,000 k

tepco officials are planning to meet with fishermen to explain the test results. the fishers have expressed concern that discharging even treated water may damage the industry's reputation. >>> japan's nuclear regulators plan to revise the safety guidelines concerning accidents. they want to study ways of dealing with incidents of radioactive materials spreading from nuclear plants beyond current recommended evacuation zones. the guidelines were changed after the 2011 fukushima daiichi meltdown. they recommend people within 30 kilometers of a nuclear plant evacuate or stay indoors in the case of an accident. earlier guidelines set the radius at 10 kilometers. experts point out the possibility of residents suffering from internal radiation exposure from plumes that spread beyond 30 kilometers. authority officials decided to study a wider zone. they'll look into which areas should be issued warnings or follow safety measures. the officials also decide to set similar zones for nuclear fuel recycling facilities on a case by case basis. >>> police in thailand are a ste

tepco will pay the family the equivalent of $470,000. it is the first time a court has ordered tepco to pay damages for the 2011 nuclear meltdown. a new report has revealed 1400 children were sexual he is exploited over 16 years in a single british town. the report's author found leaders in the town knew of the abuse years ago, but failed to act. >> it is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse the child victims suffered. they were raped by multiple perpetrators. they were trafficked to other cities. they were beaten and intimidated. they were examples of children being doused with petrol and threatened to be satellite. they were threatened with guns. brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next. the unitedaft of nations report warns climate change could become irreversible if greenhouse gas emissions go unchecked. the report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change obtained by media outlets says human driven warming has already field extreme heat and rains, as --peratures have warned warmed 1.5 degrees f

tepco officials say the equipment poses a risk to the workers. they say after processing all that water, it's become too radioactive. >>> the hot summer weather continues across japan, but the city has another kind of heat wave. it's one of the biggest summer dance festivals in japan. thousands of people gathered in the city on tuesday. participants danced to the beat of traditional music. male dancers moved wildly while the women stepped elegantly. >> translator: this is so spectacular. >> the four-day festival is expected to attract more than 1.2 million people. >>> and that's all for now on >>> it's time now for a check of the weather. people in the u.s. midwest are having trouble getting around. roads and freeways have sustained heavy damage due to severe flooding. meteorologist robert speta has the details. >> yes, katherine. we have been seeing out here is that severe flooding. definitely. especially across detroit, michigan, where you saw record breaking rainfall out here because of the storm system that blew through on monday into tuesday

tepco officials planned to pump the water out.they will use a decontamination system they are building to remove radioactive substances. officials say the barrier in the new system will be completed next month. but they have limited capacity and storage tanks to hold all the water at the plant. so they want to release some of the treated water into the ocean. they also want to decontaminate, then release ground water that's been collecting in wells near reactor buildings. the officials say they explained the plan to members of the fukushima prefecture fisheries association and they will try to get approval from the local fisheries cooperative. they say they won't go ahead without the fishermen's consent. >>> hurricane iselle is bearing down on hawaii, prompting warnings because of strong winds and heavy rainfall. our meteorologist, jonathan oh is here. jonathan? >> yes, gene, waiting hours as this system continues to approach the islands there. here is a look at eye sell, even though it doesn't have a clearly defined eye, it is st

tepco officials also found more problems. after the accident, crews used fire engines to inject water into reactor two, but the water may have reacted with the fuel inside to produce hydrogen, raising the temperature significantly. that sped up the meltdown. >>> editors of the japanese newspaper have retracted stories they ran decades ago on the so-called comfort women issue. they now say those stories were based on a false account. the daily reported the accounts in the 1980s and 1990s. he said he forcibly gathered women on the south korean island and sent them to work in wartime brothels. the paper says it interviewed about 40 people on the island in april and made to confirm his story but could not find any evidence to support it. it also says historians have pointed out inconsistencies in his claims. the paper retracted its articles based on the comments. it also said it confused comfort women with those who worked at factories voluntarily during the war due to lack of research. they say the main point is those who worked

tepco, the tokyo corporation that operated the nuclear plant, is now virtually bankrupt. japan's leaders are struggling to continue payouts to tens of thousands of their citizens who may never be able to return to homes contaminated by radiation. adding to the financial burden now are collapsing property values in contaminated areas and related increases nationally in the costs of alternative coal, gas, and oil. and then there is another human dimension: the slow future unfolding of cancer cases in those exposed to contaminants, particularly children. in february, 2013, a world health organization report said that radiation from fukushima posed minimal health risk to the general population of japan. but the w.h.o. acknowledged that emergency workers at the plant who inhaled high doses of radioactive iodine face an increased risk of developing thyroid cancer, and that children exposed as infants in areas closest to the power plant have a slightly elevated risk of contracting leukemia, breast, or thyroid cancer in their lifetimes. critics say that the health impacts of fuku

also, we have been clean to tepco, the energy company, that owned the power plant, to find a way to support hemtwise and also financially the victims of the accident. >> currently in japan, there are 54 nuclear reactors. currently, none of them are operating. but as you can imagine, nuclear -- nuclear power plant companies and other industries are pushing for reopening nuclear reactors right now. >> there's a different situation between local against reopening nuclear power plants and policy of the nation who is willing the reopen the nuclear reactors. thank you. >> we've about three minutes left. we still have new york harbor school and young women's leadership school. do you guys have questions, answers and maybe they're close enough we could field both. if not, we're sunk. >> i was wondering what some other methods you guys sug jst for solving con flikt besides nuclear weapons and war? >> of course, for me, personally, the ideal would be to communicate and have discussions and talk. i believe that we should never utilize power or force to get our points across. but more so, even though m

her husband who's been leading the fight for compensation and launched this civil lawsuit against tepcoaid his wife fell into deep depression after they were forced to leave their home two months after the nuclear disaster. residents were told the radiation levels were high and they had to leave they're homes. it was a shock to everybody and anybody that had to leave their homes. particularly for his wife he said because she had never left her home, never left that a town. she had a bee keeping business she tended that she had to leave behind. she fell in deep depression. she asked her husband to take her back to visit the home. they spent the night there. in the morning he found his wife had killed herself in a horrible way. he said all along this depression and her death is the responsibili responsibility of tep co. >>> yet another summer of drought. wildfires threatened large areas in california. bbc spent the day with elite jumpers that parachute in the wilderness to get the flames under control. >> the best part is probably just jumping out of the airplane. you're actually only 1,5

also, we have been pleading to tepco, the energy company that owned the fukushima daiichi power plantto find a way to support healthwise and also financially the people that were victims of the accident. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: currently in japan there are 54 nuclear reactors. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: currently, none of them are operating. but as you can imagine, nuclear power plant companies and other industries are pushing for industries are pushing for re-opening nuclear reactors right now. there's a very difficult situation between local municipalities who are against re-opening nuclear power plants, and the policy of the nation who are willing -- who is willing to re-open the mu clenuclear react. thank you. [ applause ] >> we have about three minutes left. we still have new york harbor school and young girl leadership school. do you have designated hl0kççÑ h ljr the questions are close enough that we can field both. if not, we're sunk. >> i was wondering what some other methods you guys suggest for solving conflict besides nuclear weapons