the meteorological agency has issued its highest level warnings for ibaraki and tochigi prefektureses. "newsroom tokyo" will have updates on that story and more right here on nhk world at the top of the hour. i'm james tengan. a a a >> you are watching france 24. it is 1:00 p.m. in paris. at least 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in japan as the country is hit by torrential rain and floods. eyewitnesses say it brings back terrible memories from the tsunami four years ago. preparations underway for the international conference on climate change. francois