tepco officials believe it is wastewater from a system that treats contaminated water.t may include substances such as magnesium and a high density of radioactive materials. the resin container measures 1.5 meters in diameter and 1.8 meters in height. utility officials say the liquid has not leaked out of the concrete structure housing the container. tepco says it will analyze the contents of the liquid and determine why it pooled on the lid. they add that depending on the results, they'll also examine more than 670 containers in the same facility. >>> toyota motor plans to beef up its overseas production. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk with more on the japanese car giant. you have all the details. what can you tell us? >> back in 2013 executives actually imposed a three-year freeze on constructing new factories. the reason they said was that they wanted to focus on improving productivity at existing plants. now that they are expecting record earnings they have decided to go ahead and build new facilities. and executives say the factories will be in china

tepco says it will analyze the f the liquid and determine why it pooled on the lid.hey add that depending on the results, they'll also examine more than 670 containers in the same facility. >>> toyota motor plans to beef up its overseas production. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk with more on the japanese car giant. you have all the details. what can you tell us? >> back in 2013 executives actually imposed a three-year freeze on constructing new factories. the reason they said was that they wanted to focus on improving productivity at existing plants. now that they are expecting record earnings they have decided to go ahead and build new facilities. and executives say the factories will be in china and in mexico. they say demand in china and the u.s. will grow in the coming years. they say the two new plants will boost output capacity to satisfy the increased appetite. toyota plans to produce compact cars at the chinese plant for local drivers. in mexico the corolla passenger car will be rolling off production lines and throughout north america. the toy

tepco officials put remote controlled robots into the number one reactor containment vessel. they're able to steer the snake-like machine around obstacles. they measure radiation and temperature levels. and the robot's camera allows them to see the damage. until now they've used computer simulations to try to understand what's inside they've gathered results indicating that nuclear fuel has melted and fallen to the bottom of the vessel. tepco officials say they hope the robot will help them gain clues on how best to remove the nuclear fuel. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has urged the international community to do everything possible to stop the ongoing conflicts in yemen. >> the last thing the region and our world need is more of the chaos and crimes we have seen in libya and syria. >> ban told u.n. member states that they need to return to political negotiations and that all parties must participate in good faith. saudi arabia and other sunni muslim arab nations have been conducting airstrikes against shia rebels in yemen who have taken control of the capital sanaa.

tepco officials plan to put a remote-controlled robot into the number one reactor containment vessel. they'll be able to steer the snake-like machine around obstacles. they'll measure radiation and temperature levels and the robot's camera will allow them to see the damage. until now, they've used computer simulations to try to understand what's inside. they've gathered results indicating the nuclear fuel has melted and fallen to the bottom of the vessel. tepco officials say they hope the robot will help them gain clues on how best to remove the nuclear fuel. removal of melted fuel is considered one of the toughest challenges in the decommissioning. now the government-backed entity overseeing the process has revealed strategic new plans. officials from the nuclear damage compensation and decommissioning facilitation corporation are looking at three options. the conventional method involves filling the containment vessels with water. but that poses challenges of repairing potential leaks. the second option would allow workers to remove the melted fuel from the top of the reactor. and t

tepco says they will analyze the footage to try to find ways to remove the molten fuel. the reactor melted down following an earthquake and tsunami four years ago. >>> people in japan appear to sound more satisfied with the country's leaders. approval ratings for prime minister shinzo abe's cabinet are on the rise. nhk conducted a telephone survey from friday to sunday. more than 1,000 people responded. support for abe's cabinet is up 51%. that's up 5 percentage points from a march poll. 34% do not support the cabinet, a drop of 3 points. people were asked which issue they think the country should tackle first. over a quarter of respondents chose a review of the social security system. more than 20% said stimulus measures aimed at reviving the economy. 15% chose nuclear plant issues. just over 10% said foreign policy and national security followed by fiscal reform at 9%. pollsters asked participants about the government's plan to relocate the u.s. marine futenma air station within okinawa. officials want to move the base away from a densely populated area but the governo

the nuclear regulation authority approved tepco's plan to move on to the next step. on thursday they start freezing the liquid at 18 locations on a trial basis. if it goes as planned they will seek approval to continue the process at other locations. >>> officials at the i have ministry are trying to figure out the best combination of energy sources to meet the future energy needs. they want to cut the nuclear power lower to the accident at fukushima. they continue their plan for 2030 and say nuclear power should be 20 to 22% of the total energy. the figure was 28% before the fukushima disaster. the plan also calls for japan to more than double its reliance on renewable energy. solar and wind power accounted for a little over 10% of supply in fiscal 2013. the officials suggest lifting this to between 22% and 24%. that will mean japan's energy from renewable sources will ebs seed that from nuclear power stations. the minute industry proposed cutting sources like coal to 56%. the plan is drafted on the assumption that energy demand will fall by 17% by 2030. the officia

tepco officials say the coating on the metal surfaces may have peeled off due to extreme heat when the meltdown occurred. >> top trade negotiators from gentleman fan and the united states are getting ready to talk. they are hoping to push towards an agreement that's vital for the trans pacific partnership free trade pact. they want to show progress before shinzo abe and barack obama meet later this month. the minister leading the japanese team says he'll spend sunday and monday talking in tokyo with u.s. trade representative michael froman. >> translator: i want to make it possible for the leaders of the two countries to say at their summit that they welcome the progress made in our tpp talks. that's my goal. >> japanese and u.s. officials held three levels of discussions through friday and talked about issue including the amount of american rice japan would import and u.s. tariffs on cars and auto parts. the officials made some progress and says that's why he decided to meet with froman. >> japanese government officials have drawn up bills that will outline situation that is would jus