they're the mainstays of tohoku's economy. >> translator: no plant or manufacturer is taking part inhe fair. >> reporter: about half of the jobs available are temporary. suzuki tried to find a position as a regular long-term factory employee. but he couldn't. >> translator: once my unemployment benefits run out i'll have to look for work outside meiyagi prefecture. but i've heard that factories here are recovering little by little. so maybe jobs will come up. at least that's my hope for now. >> nhk world's chie yammagishi gave us some more insight on the tough unemployment situation in northeastern japan. here's her conversation with our michio kijima. >> chie, you told us about one man's story. how are other survivors faring? >> many zriefrsz can't find work. some people lost not only their jobs but homes and 234r50efamil members. they have no clue how to get on with their lives. in iwate and fukushima prefectures nearly 70,000 survivors registered at local dual placement centers as of the end of august just as hidenorri suzu suzuki did. the labor ministry confirmed nearly 25% have

they are the mainstays of tohoku's economy. >> translator: no plant or manufacturer is taking part in the fair. >> reporter: about half of the jobs available are temporary. suzuki tried to find a position as a long-term regular factory employee, but he couldn't. >> translator: once my unemployment benefits run out, i'll have to look for work outside miyagi prefecture. but i heard that factories here are recovering little by little. so maybe jobs will come up. at least that's my hope for now. >> nhk world gave us some more insight on the you have employment situation in northeastern japan. here's her conversation with our michio kijima. >> how are others faring? >> many survivors can't yet find work. someeople lost not only their jobs but also their homes and family members. they have no clue how to get on with their lives. in iwate, miyagi and fukushima prefectures, nearly 70,000 survivors registered at local job placement centers as of the end of august, just like hidenori suzuki did. the labor ministry confirms that nearly 25% of them have been placed on payrolls so far. >> what kin

and parts of northern tohoku as well. 11 degrees in ulan bator. tokyo looking at 24. in the tropics, we'll be staying in the 30s. as we head into north america, we have ophelia, another storm here this one a hurricane to deal with, a category 2 storm, which looks just set to move to the east of bermuda. there is a tropical storm watch in effect right now. it's moving 15 kilometers per hour at towards the north here. and actually it is going to be moving right up in towards newfoundland by the end of the, beginning of next week. probably will have run out of steam by then, but definitely another storm to keep an eye on here. there's plenty of wet weather moving through eastern canada. through the northeastern united states as well. we have a trio of low pressure systems there. storms all the way along this front down in towards texas. not enough moisture, really to dent the fire danger. we have red flag warning for parts of eastern texas here. it's going to be very dry, low humidity, and quite windy as well. we'll see the strong winds coming in towards the northeast an

the so-called rebirth of tohoku, or northeast japan, hinges on speedy, inspired decision-making in areas like deregulation and tax breaks, policies that have been missing from the recovery effort so far. >> if the people is there, and money is there, and clear leadership and clear direction is there, and clear focus on this rebirth of tohoku, it could be possible. >> reporter: some local governments are trying to turn crisis to opportunity by envisioning high-tech, green, smart cities. because of japan's highly regulated nuclear energy-centric policy, japan until now has sold most of its smart-grid technology abroad. northeast japan says it has no shortage of cutting-edge technology, it's just never managed to turn this asset to profit. >> ( translated ): our universities have expertise in semiconductor manufacturing, organic l.e.d. technology and medical equipment. we've been trying to leverage these assets for a long time. but so far, the technology has simply flowed to tokyo. >> reporter: but to turn the region around would take an unusual meeting of the minds, a willingness to pick w

. >> translator: what's your hope for the tohoku region? >> translator: we need to use the disaster as an opportunity to show our strength to the entire nation. >> translator: my impression is that the kids got really involved and that they asked very candid questions. >> translator: i was very moved by the scene where they speak with the survivors. >> translator: i'm happy to have edited my film. i'd give it an 8 out of 10. if there's an opportunity to make another film, i'll do better. >> reporter: the features produced by these children clearly show that the affected areas are still on the minds of many people. and the idea of kizuna is helping people to overcome their difficult situation. daisuke azuma, nhk world, yamagata. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. nuclear watch brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's ef

they're the mainstays of tohoku's economy. >> translator: no plant or manufacturer is taking part inhe fair. >> reporter: about half of the jobs available are temporary. suzuki tried to find a position as a regular long-term factory employee, but he couldn't. >> translator: once my unemployment benefits run out, i'll have to look for work outside miyagi prefecture. but i heard that factories here are recovering little by little, so maybe jobs will come up. at least that's my hope for now. >> so chie, you told us about one man's story. how are other survivors faring. >> many survivors can't find work. some people lost not only their jobs, but homes and family members. they have no clue how to get on with their lives. in iwate, miyagi and fukushima prefectures, nearly 70,000 survivors registered at local job placement centers at the end of august just like suzuki did. the labor ministry confirmed that nearly 25% of them have been placed on payrolls so far. >> what kind of measures are being taken to help people who are out of work? >> the government has extended the unemployment benefi

. >> translator: what's your hope for the tohoku region?translator: we need to use the disaster as an opportunity to show our strength to the entire nation. [ applause ] >> translator: my impression is that the kids got really involved and that they asked very candid questions. >> translator: i was very moved by the scene where they speak with the survivors. >> translator: i am happy to have edited my film. i would give it an 8 out of 10. if there is an opportunity to make another film, i'll do better. >> reporter: the features produced by these children clearly show that the affected areas are still on the minds of many people. the idea of kizuna is helping people to overcome their difficult situation. daisuke azuma. >>> time to check on some of the stories we have gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this item sent in by cctv china. t china and russia signed agreements to boost ties. the deals were signed after wen jiabao held talks with russian president vladimir putin in beijing on tuesday. the leaders also stre

we met one woman in the devastated tohoku region who believes she has found a way do get back on her feet. nhk world's hiroki yaj ma has her story. >> reporter: 50-year-old sakamoto has completed a trains course. she's now a home-based caretaker for elderly people. >> translator: i'm so glad to receive this certificate. i'm hoping to find a new job, even though it will be hard to do. now several months after the earthquake, she lives with her husband in temporary housing. old people living in temporary housing have to vacate there within two years. before the tsunami, michiko owned her own home, had lived there for ten years. the tsunami demolished the house as well as the seafood processing plant she worked at for ten years. what's more, she still has to repay the loan on her house. >> translator: it's a terrible situation. everything has been swept away. and lost. tsunamis are a truly terrifying phenomenon. that's what i've learned. >> reporter: ofunato city has a population of 40,000. it was home to a thriving seafood industry. the tsunami killed 340 people and left over 100 peopl

. >> it was tsunami damage along the tohoku coast that captured all the headlines, but the magnitude 9 earthquake on march 11th also damaged vast numbers of buildings further inland. an engineering company in fukushima developed technology to help houses left tilted to make them safe to live in. >> reporter: this family home in fukushima prefecture was bent out of shape by the violent tremers of march 11th. the house was tilting up to 24 centimeters and was deemed too dangerous to live in. the family had no choice but to rent another house and move out. >> we thought if it would incline a little bit more, it should be destroyed. well, of course, our feeling was very sad because it is a new house, we have lived here only about for ha a year. >> reporter: an associate professor in civil engineering points out many houses tilted. because the earthquake loosened the ground beneath them. >> translator: most of the damage can be seen in housing sites developed between the mid1950s and mid1970s, where gullies and swampy areas were filled in with land fill. >> reporter: according to dr. sent