information at the moment on the exact number of people that have been killed in the explosion the official figure at the moment is two but many many more were reported dead by local media. just in the in the arab after the explosion or loss local hospitals coordinating with each other to hang with the inflow of patients many of which are believed to be in a critical condition we did hear from sean thomas there a man on r.t. correspondent who lived for a long time in texas he said that there are. people that have been injured will be lifted to major hospitals in this area went to houston and also one at waco who should be able to deal with the horror that they. with the horrific injuries that they will have to treat people for the cause of the blast isn't yet known to have said that mobile phones forty two may have seen just a couple of minutes ago gave an indication that there was an initial fire that's what we were hearing from local media and then firefighters were at the scene when a main just second blast took place and that is what has caused this devastation in what is only a small c

taxpayers money but the officials say that the secret cash went to fuel corruption in the country the cia apparently delivers the cash every month in suitcases backpacks and plastic shopping bags the official said much of the money goes to paying off warlords and politicians many of whom have ties to the drug trade and in some cases the taliban the result of that appears to be that the agency empowers the same networks that american diplomats online first went agents say they're trying to dismantle president karzai was asked about the ghost money and he acknowledged receiving it he basically dismissed the payments as no big deal saying those are monthly small amounts used for various purposes as the cia declines to comment another u.s. official has been quoted as saying the biggest source of corruption in afghanistan was the united states afghan officials quoted in this new york times report said a number of senior officials in the afghan national security council or individually on the cia's payroll there was an interesting story with the administrative chief of the act council moham

operators say the latest crisis is under control. officials say they have found no mu leaks in storage tank or radio active water. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." first we again with the death of margaret thatcher. she led the country for 11 years. her legacy includes the privatization of dozens of state-run corporations. she also eased financial regulations and cut taxes. thatcher worked with u.s. president ronald reagan to counter the influence of communist countries. she was dubbed the iron lady for her uncompromising stance. >>> a north korean official says his country is pulling staff from a project that has become a symbol of inter-korean cooperation. 53,000 north korean workers have been working at the kaesong industrial complex. state-run media said officials will temporarily halt activities at the industrial park. the official claim that they have been abusing the complex for what he called provocations. he said the north would halt all difficult at the park. the first such operation since 2004. he said officials will decide whet

this year the official booth showcasing japanese products was bigger than ever. a number of sake brewers were there to promote their product. sake exports have more than doubled over the past ten years. that growth slow in recent years as the yen climbs to historic highs. now the yen is depreciating, sake brewers are hoping the demand will pick up again. at the trade fair visitors had a chance to sample the distinctive rich flavor of sake and took it with some food. >> very, very tasty. very different >> translator: thanks to the yen, we've been getting more orders from abroad in recent years. our customers are keener to promote sake. >> reporter: the lower yen could billi be a lower opportunity to make it. he's working with four other local makers to boost exports of their products. the trade fair give them a chance to sample many different foods and drinks from around the world. >> translator: i'm checking which foods go best with each type. outside of japan it's not as well known as sake. he and his partners set up separate tastings during their visit to london

again increases the number of detainees that it meets are on hunger strike at guantanamo bay as the official figure edges closer to that claimed by lawyers since the very beginning. from the international news live from moscow this is r t with me rule received show you a very warm welcome to you today. president putin has blamed me he says that western support terrorists who attack russia and he's currently holding his annual q. and a session where russians pose questions on any issue they like and let's find out what he said. going off and joining us here live on t.v. or you go to good to see you on one point mr putin president putin was calling blaming the west that they were calling chechen terrorists and rebels are basically freedom fighters so why was he talking about. well the tragedy in boston and especially in so which took place right after that in the united states we're going to modify the whole world and russia is no exception especially after it was found out that the two suspects behind that terrorist attack are of chechen origin so there were questions about this issue and the

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the deadly h7n9 virus. taiwanese public health officials say a 53-year-old man developed the flu after returning from eastern chinese province of jiangsu. he stayed there from march 28 to april 9. officials say after the man returned home he complained of fever and fatigue and was hospitalized a week later. tests showed he had been infected with the h7n9 strain. the man reportedly had no contact with live poultry in china. so far 109 cases of the bird flu have been reported mainly in the eastern part of china, including shanghai and beijing. of them, 22 people have died. >>> rescuers in bangladesh are digging through debris to find survivors of a deadly building collapse. an eight-story structure on the outskirts of the capital dhaka crumbled to the ground. local media say more than 70 people died. the upper part of the commercial building suddenly collapsed during the busy morning period. the structure housed a clothing factory, a bank and a shopping center. many people are feared trapped inside. workers at the factory were starting their shifts, and some shops were already open. more than 600 people are re

again increasing number of detainees on hunger strike at guantanamo bay is the official figure closer to that claimed by lawyers since the very beginning. thanks very much for joining us here on our today life in moscow global twenty four hour news. questions posed from across the country has been challenged on issues ranging from corruption and global terrorism in one response to the president insisted at last week's boston bombing prove his point that nations need to unite to stop terrorists let's find out the details what he said. and joining us live to see you all see the boston bombings or one of the early subjects that putin was asked about during his annual q. and a with the nation what did he have to say on that subject. well the tragedy in boston was definitely watched by the whole world and russia is no exception especially after it became established that the two men the couple meeting their attack were of chechen origin and the president did comment and said that it's very troubling him how russia's antero campaign in the caucasus going to interrogate gains in the chechen

the official said you can see the reaction of suspect two along with others around him, but the official was pretty vague as to how revealing that reaction was and said it's subject to interpretation. so a little more detail there about what the authorities think they know right now, anderson. >> subject to -- suspect two is in the white hat, i should point out for our viewers. i want to ask about that report of remote detonation. does that contradict earlier reports over the last several days about a timing device or timing devices were used and there was a circuit board? >> it certainly does. it certainly does seem to contradict reports of a timing device. authorities even at that time told us they weren't 100% certain of that, and you may know, anderson, we had some additional reporting today about the battery that was discovered at the scene, apparently connected to this bomb. we found out through a company out in california that that battery apparently is used in remote control hobby cars, which would lend some to wonder whether this was some type of remote control that was used to

with the highest authorities could bring in the really big money. officials and even members of his family. when he showed them with lavish gifts. he found a weak link to. the president's younger daughter tatiana. she had been married several times she wasn't counted by. so was yeltsin's wife naive who heard many good things about the entrepreneur from her daughter both were frequent guests was where a french chef served sumptuous food in the relationship simplified gifts and money with money and gifts nothing else but turning point came on june the seventh nine hundred ninety four when better limousine was blown up the driver died instantly decapitated by the blast the target's body guards and several innocent bystanders sustained serious injuries miraculously self escaped and. i thought to be burned alive if i stayed in the car but if i got out they shoot me my driver died but in fact he saved my life because as usual he forgot to lock the door i just. it was an incredible sensation it's like being reborn it's a sense of purity what's happened before is of

the u.s. intel that u.s. intelligence officials believe with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian government has used chemical weapons against members of the opposition specifically sarin gas u.s. officials claim the attacks in question took place last month in new york and in the outskirts of damascus however a letter that the white house has sent to members of congress states that washington cannot confirm the origin of the chemical weapons allegedly used acting in lockstep with the u.s. british prime minister david cameron has come forward insisting that his government has limited but growing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian military according to reports m i six agents operating in syria smuggled soil out of the country to be analyzed for chemical and biological contaminants however u.k. military scientists reportedly said the soil contain traces of some kind of chemical weapon though it could not positively identify the type of weaponized chemical now in an interview with the b.b.c. cameron sai

they invite to show them how the country has changed. officialsas spent years criticizing people who fled during or after the war. but they changed their approach because they wanted to tap into the talents of expatriates to further boost their economy. kim appreciates this policy shift and says she no longer dwells on the past. >> i pray for my people, vietnam people, all the time. and i'm so happy that they continue changing the new generation. they learning a lot and the country need to be changed. >> reporter: because of the bombing and because of that picture, life hasn't been easy for kim. she says she wants to draw on her experiences to help create a better world. >> if everyone can learn to live with love, with hope and forgiveness, if everyone can learn that, we don't need war at all. right. and the challenge is for everyone is that little girl can do it. so everyone can do it too. >> reporter: she's told her story for three decades. and she's determined to keep telling it to people around the world. takafumi terui, nhk world, tokyo. >>>

here in the united states that u.s. officials in havana are involved with the situation and they're aware of it, obviously to what extent, what their involvement is, that information has not yet been released. but we are still waiting for the hard confirmation, for someone either with the state department or with the cuban government to say, yes, the family is here and this is their condition, their whereabouts. that yet has not come. >> and then just remind me of the sear eels of events that led up to though alleged absconding with children internationally. there was a custodial issue with these parents and sharon's parents were the custodians of these kids how did they allegedly kidnap these children. and how did that go down. >> reporter: well, you brought up the grand parents, and i want to say this. the grandmother is here talking with detectives right now. we are not aware yet that there's a planned statement. but of course we're leer if that happens, if there is a news conference. but let's talk about the cuss to toadial i

the company has been contacted by law enforcement officials investigating the attack in boston.ee the tenergy battery there. they said it's accurate of the reaction of the two suspects and the official said he wasn't going to speculate about what that reaction means. anderson, back to you. >> interesting stuff. joe, susan, thank you. fran townsend joining me now as well. fran served as homeland security on the bush administration and also juliette kayyem, department of homeland security. what jumped out at you today? >> well, in terms of what we saw, if you notice, it was only law enforcement now. it was the head of the fbi here and our u.s. attorneys, all of the politicians are gone. this is all about the investigation. for me and fran, people that know the fbi, this is an incredible change from the fbi accused around 9/11 of just close holding all of the information. this was a calculated risk on their part. we hope that they are looking at the right people. it's clear whatever else they had in the film discloses enough information for them to take this risk. they need to know

the break. u.s. officials are now admitting on an almost daily basis that the guantanamo bay hunger strike is on the rise but lawyers for the prisoners claim the real figures are still much higher with a majority of one hundred and sixty six of them said to be all refusing food now the official numbers that we have here at r t started after prison guards try to break up the process to get moe efficiently saying ninety four detainees are now starving seventeen being force fed now we have a three they are currently in hospital there are several recent suicide attempts and the military's muslim advisor actually says he's worried that the protest would lead to deaths now many are held at the prison without charge but the majority believing they'll never warry artie's guy nature can reports. the military has been updating the numbers since the middle of march saying at the beginning that there were fourteen people on strike the detainees the fence lawyers have been saying all along there were many more around one h

well unfortunately we are not able to bring you that report of the official tarmac if you can hear me now who or what is thought to be the cause of the fire who's to blame basically at the moment you'll hear that is very much up in the air the fire spread very fast in the early hours of the morning by the time emergency services arrived the whole single story building was ablaze so they're having to really pick through what remains of that building a lot of wood inside it which really helped to feed the fire as i said the the theories possible electrical fault possibly someone smoking there has also been some rumors floating around of arson none of the spokesman we've spoken to have said anything about that at the moment they remain just rumors but at the moment it's very very wide open possibilities as to what could have caused all of these people to die in such a such a fire of course this is a story and of course well keeping a very close sighted tom barton there reporting from the moscow region tom many thanks indeed for that update. this is not the first blaze in a russian medica

confirmation of the facts from these early officials and now of course they have the attack on israel was going on for the entire day. twenty eight sides have been down including the knesset's sites about of the israeli parliament which is i think still which we are we're hearing is still. at this moment also have to say that tens of thousands of israeli facebook and twitter accounts have been brought down as well as well as they tried to target the banking system as well as other major sites as well all of this of course is being done. by the had to this group anonymous or it or groups associated there with of course saying that this is their way of getting back at israel or buying lands in the west bank and mistreatment of palestinians tell us more about the. film. well of course where there is an attack there's seems to be a response now or at least there has been a response from the israeli hackers for have issued a statement saying that whoever whoever is participating in the so called op israel is weak and feeble minded and for every attack that they do

that's right megan today the official charges were finally filed the official complaint against your hearts or not accuses him of the use of weapons of mass destruction as well as the malicious destruction of property resulting in death so what he's looking at the nineteen year old suspect the only live suspect in the boston bombings case is a death penalty even though the death penalty is certainly not legal in the state of massachusetts we are looking at a federal crime crime so this is what he is faced with as you just said he is in fact functioning he did start he did away a week and on sunday evening where he started replying to officials questions to him simple questions and writing sporadically he was able to give them simple answers we do know that today he is a functioning we certainly know that he understood the charges being brought against him for now we do also know that the probable cause hearing has been set for may thirtieth and this is really the latest surrounding him right now we're not sure exactly whether or not he was his miranda rights were read to him that was

again increases the number of detainees it admits aren't hunger strike could gone ton about as the official figure edges closer to that claimed by lawyers since the beginning. and put in its trades the russian president holds his annual q. and a with the nation the economy and social issues are at the top of a long list of questions people want answers to. international news live from moscow this is our c. with me here that we're joining its massive crowd in portugal later as people were volte against government cuts of around one billion euros is the latest public demonstration of a resentment towards the three international bodies known as the troika who decide which nation is deserving of financial help the protesters say they're simply making heavy demands and people but changing nothing out of a now reports. twenty fifth is the day that the portuguese celebrate. revolt of a different kind. on the streets of. thousands to demonstrate against the current government in the country and against the three. given to the. nation. one of the main targets. their own politicians isn't the only na

of the highest officials associated to yeltsin and his family they met only a few times and better. suffering for the ideals of entrepreneurship he was a laughing stock after the car bomb that was the first time he appeared among the elite in the early ninety's even nicknamed him smoky they were all glamorous people and suddenly the a man with burnt hairs on his bald head and a bandage face this way he takes advantage of the opportunity to attract attention be heard and take another step forward in his career at first better he had no real power he set himself a different tosk he simply wanted to be seen among the president's in a. as he could to impress on ole that he was welcome at the highest levels. he was very funny i think it was very important for him to establish himself in the kremlin and make it clear to everybody that he. was there he was fond of making phone calls from the kremlin he would say that he was calling from the waiting room of this official or that official he felt it was very important for him to see the official in question after sitting in the waiting room f

the official number of prisoners on hunger strike rises to one hundred twenty of the detainees being force fed hospitalized. thomas good to have you with us the f.b.i. says it has received a recording of a boston bombing suspect talking about jihad with his mother russian security services alerted the u.s. back in two thousand and eleven that one of the brothers held extremist views but the bureau dismissed early warning after making checks. with commentary on why the f.b.i. might have failed to take proper action. in the wake of the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions how could they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan turn i have go off the radar after they've been warned about him multiple times over the last two years russia warrant not only the f.b.i. about tamerlan son i have did they drop the ball the f.b.i. . dropped the ball his no question they dropped the ball here there's no doubt about it she was on the radar and they want to go he's on the russians radar why wasn't he a flare put on him or the russians right and did the united states ignore th

they concluded in one thousand seventy nine this congressional committee the official determination of congress was that dr king was killed by a conspiracy in the james or already who was basically a low level drug runner. for a southern mafia organization acted for money so that was their official conclusion so you would think that the f.b.i. and other organizations the justice department would be have worked very hard since nine hundred seventy nine to to figure out exactly who put up that money to pay james earl ray. and i should point out to that investigation by by our congressman stokes it was a multimillion dollar investigation years long investigation that ruled out suspects. a lot of people still believe today hoover in the f.b.i. people don't realize hoover was first proposed as a suspect by j.b. stoner one of several white supremacist attorneys that james earl ray had you know the cia that stokes in his committee looked into that eighty bucks so many scenarios that were out there but when when tom and i followed this up starting in the early ninety's and then i kept on at it

the visits triggered protests from chinese and south korean officials. speaking in the diet, abe questioned the timing of those countries' complaints. he said china did not object to visits by japanese' leaders to yasukni when those convicted of war crimes were enshrined there in 1978. he said the chinese protests began only later and that south korean official began to strongly object only during the nomu administration in t >> translator: it is natural for us to pay our respects to the people who sacrificed their precious lives for the state. it is also only natural for ministers in my government to act freely without bowing to pressure. >> abe said his responsibilities include defending japan's interests and the nation's pride based on history and tradition. he said it is wrong to think that if pan makes concessions on these matte it will help improve diplomatic relations. >>> south korean president park geun-hye has urged japanese officials to exercise caution and prudence in dealing with the past. she made the remarks at a lunch with senior members o

dot com we've got an opinion piece pointing out several glaring inconsistency in the official account of the standoff with the suspects invite you to log on to check that out. folks on some other news now receiving has moved a step closer to joining the european union after the commission recommended starting talks on membership that decision comes in the wake of belgrade approving a deal with its breakaway territory kosovo the agreements were met with theory that among serbs some of whom have branded it treason thousands turned out in belgrade a matter of instead of protest against the deal grants prettiness ethnic albanian leadership control of a kosovo while serbian minorities will be granted autonomy within the territory for affairs editor and serbian public t.v. says the issue of course opposed become a bargaining chip in session told. even those. wanted that because of what not to become bargaining chips that was not what brothel had in mind and needs in particular some major members of the european union like germany they clearly. belgrade that either you make a deal with cost

officials ann the ground. we are getting an idea, a better idea in terms of the injuries that are being, when you talk about more than 100 injured. a lot of reports of patients trickling into emergency rooms with chemical inhalation issues because we are hearing that there is a heavy smell of chemical fumes, toxic fumes in the air. obviously, at a plant of this nature, there are large amounts of chemicals and really, volatile chemicals. we don't know what is inside there, just yet. but we are understanding that the u.s. chemical scaift board is expected to arrive in west texas, tomorrow afternoon. that is a federal agency out of washington, d.c. that will be dispatched. they investigate things of this nature. so we will be looking into what exactly is being housed in that plant, obviously, roars have to be kept. but when this happened, around 8:00 local time, 9:00 eastern, there were firefighters responding and trying to put out a fire at the fertilizer plant and then that explosion want reports of a fireball

are striking at one time in the bay detention center moves on with u.s. officials forced to admit the scale of the protest rising to ninety four detainees now said to be involved. in moscow by matter as a good to have you with us here on r t a top story during a nationwide question and answer session russian president vladimir putin called for greater cooperation between russia and the u.s. on fighting terrorism he also said he was disturbed when western nations labeled terrorists in russia as quote freedom fighters event q. and a went on for a record four hours and forty seven minutes being the previous longest by a quarter of an hour or he has more. the recent tragedy in boston and the events which did right after that were watched by the whole world and russia is no exception especially after it was established that the two suspected terrorists war of chechen origin and the president did comment on that reminding how critical the west was of moscow's anti terror efforts in the caucasus and how international media often presented terrorists as freedom fighters an

the one hundred sixty six detainees have been starving themselves for nearly three months now the official figures rose exponentially of to prison guards trying to break up the prisoners approaches gets more official say ninety two detainees are now refusing all sued with seventeen being force fed and sued in hospital they have been several recent suicide attempts and the military's muslim advisors are so he's worried the protest will leave two deaths detainees have grown desperate over their indefinite detention without charge with some believing they'll never leave the notorious facility she's going to take out reports u.s. officials now acknowledge that ninety two detainees are starving themselves of guantanamo the military has been updating the numbers since the middle of march saying at the beginning that there were fourteen people on strike the detainees the first lawyers have been saying all along there were many more around one hundred thirty they would say earlier this month the president tried to put an end to the strike by putting the inmates in solitary confinement authorities

the officials in america they really now are expressing concern about that rhetoric coming from north korea. bill they are because this is how it's been so far the u.s. and south korea were having their usual war games in the region annual joint military exercises that is to north korea's bellicose and very aggressive threats washington has been responding with an even more intense military buildup of military power in the region to attack north korea has responded with even more threats so we saw tensions rising and it reached a point where now a pentagon official told one of the news channels here quote we accused the north koreans of amping things up now we are worried we did the same thing the official was not named in that report apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that washington sent to the region for this for the young going military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying in its best missile defense system to guam one post a major u.s. military base in asia north to the north korean army you know has it as and now is that it has the final

. >> reporter: the official number of injured from the bombings has jumped from an initial estimate of 170 to more than 280. boston public health officials say that's because people have been going to hospitals with injuries they did not seek treatment for the day of the

the sea. after what has been a week that seems to have lasted an eternity f.b.i. officials as well as local law enforcement were finally able to arrest and take into custody nineteen year old just outside nine of the second suspect in the boston bombings case of course on monday afternoon two bombs went off seconds apart from each other at the finishing line of the boston marathon and this entire week there has been a manhunt after the two brothers that were seen as suspects in this case now this friday night officials were able to find the younger brother who was in hiding in a dry docked boat in the town of watertown just minutes away from boston a local had informed officials that he had seen a man covered in blood and they were able to through a helicopter that had that had heat signature technology to be able to track down the young man even though he was covered up in the boat standoff between him and the police lasted for several hours and eventually they were able to arrest him and take into custody we do know that he is in serious medical condition and has been tak

so, there's a lot for the law enforcement officials to do. d we just have to differentiate between what they believe the suspect is telling them and what they believe they can verify and what might be the truth, anderson. >> also lawmakers want to talk to the fbi about their treatment of the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, about their interviews with him before he went to russia and any follow-up that they did or did not do, correct? >> yeah. and there's a whole list of questions there, of course, policymakers are asking and we're trying to get to the bottom of what really happened during before and after the time when tamerlan tsarnaev went to russia. federal law enforcement official, for example, this morning, telling cnn tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list. that was something up for debate for a while. the official said that when the fbi looked at tamerlan, there was no derogatory information found and the u.s. never deemed him a threat. the official said when the russian government asked the fbi to look into him, a

police and the heart continued eventually we know that there was negotiating attempts because the officials were very interested in getting him alive eventually they were able to arrest him take him into custody following his arrest your heart was taken to. the same hospital where his brother died also suffering severe injuries he's undergoing medical treatment under heavy security and officials are saying that the legal proceedings against him will begin as soon as he's able to communicate after a week filled with tragedy shock fear and a mass lockdown the city of boston has grieved out a sigh of relief but locals want to see justice and find out the motives behind the terror rocks that made so many question the illusion of safety they have been living under mr churkin r.t. massachusetts. the suspect's family claims they had been under f.b.i. surveillance for the pos five yes and refuses to believe the young men who carried out the atrocity are to travel to the north caucuses where the brothers parents now live to learn more about their backgrounds. that middle and set of naive and amateur

the channels u.s. government officials monitor. nd in the aftermath of what now appears to be twin bombings in boston, there is no chatter claiming responsibility. no chatter suggested this is connecting to something broader. >> pelley: the governor of massachusetts, de value patrick live. >> mindful of the fact that we don't have the whole picture yet but we have gotten a good deal of information. commissioner david will take all of us threw the information that we have and i'll come back and talk about some of the ways in which we are going to ask people help us help you this afternoon. so let me turn it over now to ed davis, commissioner of police here in boston. >> thank you, governor. at 2:50 p.m. today there were simultaneous explosions that occurred along the route of the boston marathon near the finish line. these explosions occurred 50 to 100 yards apart and each scene resulted in multiple casualties. at this point in time, all of the victims have been removed from the scene. we have sent officers to hospitals to be in touc

and a one hundred one tunnel prisoners are now on hunger strike the official number more than doubling says the military trying to break from months long protest by force. it's it's five pm here in the russian capital you live with us on our t.v. on up the weekly with me till i'm let's say russia has reportedly given the f.b.i. the tape of a phone call between one of the boston bombing suspects and his mother where they discuss jihad a soldier have been secretly recorded in twenty leavened a year russia want the u.s. about one of the sinai of brothers radical religious views the u.s. though found nothing suspicious of making checks. again on why the f.b.i. might have failed to take proper action. in the wake of the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions how could they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan i have go off the radar after they've been warned about him multiple times over the last two years russia warrant none of the f.b.i. about tamerlan son i have did they drop the ball the f.b.i. . dropped the ball here is no question they dropped the ball here the

to prevent them from covering cameras did help the number has doubled since then according to the officials again the numbers we've been getting from defense lawyers were different all along out of one hundred sixty six want to animal prisoners eighty six have been cleared for release so the sole reason they're still to help captive is their nationality i had a chance to ask the. assistant secretary on human rights about this collective punishment based on nationality here's what she said the president has made clear his commitment to closing guantanamo but this has to be done in accordance with u.s. law in consultation with the congress so it has to reassure you back to their statements by the white house and the spokesman that it's not just about those who have been cleared for release but many other inmates have never been formally accused of being defense lawyers say it's been a dead end for them trying to get their clients out whenever asked about these issues the administration gives the saying response they were first to congress but the lawyers say even with the transfer restriction

there was support meetings with the senior officials. after the meetings, he told reporters that japan secured support from ten countries, but he addedhat the canadian officials needed more time to make a final decision. tpp is aimed at promoting free trade in the pacific rim. let's take a look at the latest market figures. >>> after years of debate and political wrangling, japan finally approved online election campaigning on friday the upper house has agreed to revise the public offices election law. people in the country will get their first taste of online campaigning, starting with this summer's upper house race. nhk world has the details. >> reporter: the bill was passed unanimously by the upper house. from now on, political parties, candidates and voters will be allowed to enlist public support on websites and social networking services. japanese law has long limited the number of paper documents that can be distributed during official campaigns. the rule was meant to keep candidates with a financial edge from getting an unfair adv