two are at the sendai nuclear plant. two are at the takahama plant, and one at ikata is waiting to restart. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: but in takahama, a district court accepted a petition for residents and ordered the facility to stop operations. >> translator: we managed to convey to the court just how passionately we feel about this issue. >> reporter: and another plant could face a similar fate. a group of lawyers said there are about 30 provisional injunctions and suits across japan. nhk conducted a survey about how people felt about restarting. 15% were in support. 44% opposed and 35% were undecided. they will focus on the safety of the nuclear plant itself. and observers say the number of court cases could increase as other operators start procedures to come back online. nhk world. >>> emergency response crews are searching for a plane that lost contact with a after flying over a mountainous area. it disappeared from radar about an hour after it took off from the base in kagoshima prefecture. six people wer

the high court is to give its judgment on an appeal by a group of people who live near the sendai plant. the residents are seeking an injunction to halt the number one and number two reactors, because of perceived safety issues. a district court turned down the petition in april last year, prompting them to file the appeal. the residents argue the plant operator underestimated the maximum strength of seismic jolt that could hit the plant. an eruption could trigger a serious accident. the operator, electric power company, insists its earthquake measure measures are correct. a mega eruption is extremely low

officials say there are no irregul irregularities at the sendai plant. the quake happened in the fault zone. experts believe the fault line slipped side ways, causing the strong tremor at mashiki town. more than 100 after shocks have been registered in the region. japan's meteorological agency telling people to brace themselves for further tremors. >> translator: the possibility of large tremors with intensities of up to six minus on the japanese scale will remain for about a week. so please be prepared. >> experts at japan's meteorological agency are telling people in severely hit areas to brace themselves. the town was hardest hit by the quake. a reporter from domestic news service explains the situation there. >> i'm standing in front of a shinto shrine in the town. a shrine gait made of stone completely collapsed, along with many lanterns. the stone fence running alongside the road has fallen over, injuring the passage of pedestrians. as the day begins more vehicles can be seen on the roads. but the signal lights at this intersection are without power

the high court is to give its judgment on an appeal by a group of people who live near the sendai plant. the residents are seeking an injunction to halt the number one and number two reactors, because of perceived safety issues. a district court turned down the petition in april last year, prompting them to file the appeal. the residents argue the plant operator underestimated the maximum strength of seismic jolt that could hit the plant. an eruption could trigger a serious accident. the operator, electric power company, insists its earthquake measure measures are correct. a mega eruption is extremely low during the life-span. in august last year, the number one reactor was the first to go back online in japan under the stricter regulations after the 2011 nuclear crisis. the number two reactor was restarted in october. power companies aren't the only institutions dealing with the tougher regulations. universities and other academic facilities can't switch on their reactors until they've met the new rules and they say it's hirtli hurting their ability to train the next generation of engi

officials say there are no irregularist and the two reactors at the sendai plants are operating normally. the damage was most severe in the town of mashiki just outside of kumamoto city. experts say the area is near an active fault line and the ground is relatively soft. most of the collapsed buildings there were old wooden houses. >>> as rescue efforts continue, officials will contend with heavy rainfall this weekend possibly leading to landslides. jonathan oh joins us with how the earthquake made the area susceptible to mudslides. >> hello, well the biggest concern is the fact that when we had this particular earthquake, when you have these two areas, the faults are in place. when the earthquake continues to shake and we see the slipping of the land, that is when the ground starts to break up, when you have weak ground and then you have moisture approaching the area, that's when we have the concern with landslides coming forward. we were at least thankful that we had the dry weather for the day friday. but as we go into late saturday into sunday, that's when we have a system developing

this one struck the southern part of the country, about 74 miles northeast of the sendai nuclear plantaftershock measuring 5.7 struck later. police have reports of a number of collapsed houses and people possibly trapped inside. at least 45 people injured, five of them seriously. new developments on the war on terror. the european union has approved a new security plan to track airline passenger information. the passenger name record log can be used to track foreign fighters traveling to and from a conflict area, like syria or iraq. the information will be shared with several countries, including the u.s. and canada. the pentagon is still trying to get answers this noon after this disturbing incident at sea. russianht there, two warplanes buzzing by an american destroyer, the uss donald cook. this is in the baltic sea on tuesday. this morning, one military official says the incident is one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. neither jeff appeared -- jet appeared to have any weaponry, but they flew so low, they even kicked up water. coming up on abc seven news at noon,

the japanese mineralogical center says it was centered 74 miles northeast of the sendai nuclear plantne operating in the country. officials say there is no threat of a tsunami. donald trump the most unpopular presidential candidate in decades. only former ku klux klan leader david duke was more unpopular. mr. trump is seen unfavorably by 67% of americans. the unpopularity of senator ted cruz has reached its highest level yet in this election cycle at 53%. kasich'srnor john unpopularity level is at 39%. christine lagarde says the global economy is on alert, but not under alarm. she says there are signs sentiment is improving around the world but recovery remains too slow and fragile, particular for middle-class families and the poor. speaking in washington, she said the imf is pleased u.s. federal reserve policy is dependent on data and the past two more normal rates will be gradual. remaining external fuel tank is headed to california where it will put it -- where it will be put in a museum with the shuttle endeavor. its new home will be at the california space center. dayal news 24 h

the reactors at the sendai nuclear plant are said to be operating normally. n rome to attend a vatican conference. whilemaking the trip even he faces a crucial new york primary against hillary clinton next week. senator sanders joined several speakers commemorating the 25th anniversary of a high level teaching document by pope john paul ii on the economy and social justice at the end of the cold war. >> i have been enormously impressed by pope francis speaking out, and his visionary views about creating a moral economy, an economy that works for all people, not just the people on top. the vatican says pope francis had no plans to address the conference or meeting with senator sanders. lawmakers will be leaving washington without having made the deadline to pass a budget that has been stalled in the house. there is other work left undone as well. continuing divisions between tea party lawmakers and house gop lawmakers have put aside an effort to aggress the crisis in puerto rico. the white house is ramping up pressure to provide money to combat the zika virus.

south korea saw plenty of it and many areas here and in the east sendai saw 65 millimeters of rain. some saw up to 100. that's on over half than you would expect. clearly a lot of wet weather. the system is moving through quickly. the weekend is looking different. there's plenty of sunshine around here and the temperatures are above average as well. tokyo there 20 or even 21 as we head through sunday. the exception, that's the far north. here we've got more of a keen breeze and it might bring in one or two showers and a couple of them, even at this time of year, may be turning wintery. different here for beijing. settled weather. the temperatures will ease on sunday. because we don't have the winds from the north-west it's going to stay murky and polluted. further south this area is linked to what happened to japan, all that rain. this is the tail end of that. it hasn't finished with the south-eastern parts of china yet. it will stick around and pushing further southwards but there's a risk we could see more flooding out of this >>> still ahead on the news hour we will tell you why v

between japanese authorities and chacha, a 24-year-old male chimpanzee that escaped from the yagama zoo in sendai and up an electric pole and played out live on japanese television. at times chacha treated the power lines like tree branches. and screamed at workers trying to capture him. now, watch what happens when a worker shoots him with a tranquilizer dart. chacha goes after the guy. [ speaking a foreign language ] even pulls the dart out of his own back. the animal now is all riled up and thank goodness that animal did not jump in that bucket because at times they say the power of six full grown men. >> reporter: even sedated chacha does a pretty good tightrope routine determined to get away but the tranquilizer kicks in. chacha tries but struggles to hold on and finally he takes a dramatic plunge, workers were ready for him below and carried him away. chacha's great escape was over but might go down to miamimate break history, 2014, seven chimpanzees escaped from the kansas city zoo with a clever plan. they used a tree limb to scale the wall. they were eventually rounded up. japanese zoos a