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and gives me a lot of days off. >> translator: i'm not in a big hurry. i want a job with good conditions. >> translator: wages are increasing so much it's putting a strain on the business. >> reporter: the strain is already being felt on factory floors. this company manufactures bags for western brands drown by china's low labor costs. the factory needs 400 workers to operate at capacity but it has secured only 300. sewing machines sit unused with their covers on. the company has turned to cambodia in its search for cheap labor. wages here are only 1/4 of those in china. an advertisement for staff received 10 applications for every position. >> translator: working here has made our life much easier. >> translator: we can have a better life. >> reporter: 13 other chinese companies have built factories in the same industrial park. >> translator: cambodian people are hard workers. i think productivity will increase there. >> reporter: with labor costs rising, chinese businesses need a new model for success. for some companies that means looking beyond china
and gives me a lot of days off. >> translator: i'm not in a big hurry. i want a job with good conditions. >> translator: wages are increasing so much it's putting a strain on the business. >> reporter: the strain is already being felt on factory floors. this company manufactures bags for western brands drown by china's low labor costs. the factory needs 400 workers to operate at capacity but it has secured only 300. sewing machines sit unused with their covers on. the company...
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. >> translator: i dreamed of buying a house for my mom. >> but dreams of supporting loved ones back home became a nightmare of being trapped in a life of daily rape and beatings. >> you have people's daughters being raped basically in bars under threat of force. >> fueled by a booming sex industry. buying girls in texas has never been easier. >> houston is a hub. >> we have a female en route now. >> what's your name? >> jacqueline. >> the cantina industry's dirty little secret about the hidden living of those smiling bar girls. >> the greed that drives this is the sex, slavery. it's what we call modern-day slavery. >> 600, 700, 800. >> and the thousands of families back home who miss them. >> translator: i remember she left on the 14 of january. >> and the tragic price girls pay for trying to improve their lives. >> translator: he said i'm going to teach you how to be a woman and he started taking off all my clothes. >> msnbc goes undercover and investigates "sex slaves texas." >>> by day, houston, america's fourth largest city, radiates the wealth of the oil tycoons who built it. b
. >> translator: i dreamed of buying a house for my mom. >> but dreams of supporting loved ones back home became a nightmare of being trapped in a life of daily rape and beatings. >> you have people's daughters being raped basically in bars under threat of force. >> fueled by a booming sex industry. buying girls in texas has never been easier. >> houston is a hub. >> we have a female en route now. >> what's your name? >> jacqueline. >> the...
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. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> he said members of his group want to give top priority to bringing down assad. u.s. officials have come out with their interpretation of the agreement. they say assad will not be among syria's next group of leaders. >> we are confident if this and when this transitional governing body is formed up along the lines of this document that he's not going to be part of it. >> even if assad refused to leave, he would essentially be stripped of power. she said the transitional governing body will be responsible for running the country. >>> the head of nato says the international community has a duty to put an end to the conflict and do it now. but the secretary-general said the alliance has no plans to step in. >> nato has no intention to intervene in syria and as i will stress today i think the right way forward is to find a political solution. >> rasmussen called on the u.n. security council to speak with one voice to pressure syria. >>> delegates from six world powers have been frustrated again an
. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> he said members of his group want to give top priority to bringing down assad. u.s. officials have come out with their interpretation of the agreement. they say assad will not be among syria's next group of leaders. >> we are confident if this and when this transitional governing body is formed up along the lines of this document that he's not going to be part of it. >> even if...
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. >> translator: i feel a little anxious, but i want to cooperate as much as possible. someone needs to do it. >> the environment ministry hopes to decontaminate 400 houses and 420 hectare. of farmland and forests by the end of march. the government hasn't decided a date when residents can return home. >>> environment ministers now in charge of the decontamination work in tamura and other municipalities. more than half have yet to come up with their own decontamination plans. the biggest obstacle is finding temporary storage sites. >> translator: finding places to stockpile contaminated soil and waste is proving to be a major challenge. ministry will handle it responsibly. >> the government expects the decontamination work in all 11 municipalities to be completed by the end of march 2014, with exception of some highly radioactive areas. >>> it could take years for engineers to figure out exactly what caused the accident at fukushima daiichi. high radiation levels are keeping them from accessing parts of the plant. different teams investigating the disaster have come up
. >> translator: i feel a little anxious, but i want to cooperate as much as possible. someone needs to do it. >> the environment ministry hopes to decontaminate 400 houses and 420 hectare. of farmland and forests by the end of march. the government hasn't decided a date when residents can return home. >>> environment ministers now in charge of the decontamination work in tamura and other municipalities. more than half have yet to come up with their own decontamination...
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. >> translator: i feel a little anxious, but i want to cooperate as much as possible. someone needs to do it. >> the environment ministry hopes to decontaminate 400 houses and 420 hectare. of farmland and forests by the end of march. the government hasn't decided a date when residents can return home. >>> environment ministers now in charge of the decontamination work in tamura and other municipalities. more than half have yet to come up with their own decontamination plans. the biggest obstacle is finding temporary storage sites. >> translator: fining places to stockpile contaminated soil and waste is proving to be a major challenge. ministry will handle it responsibly. >> the government expects the decontamination work in all 11 municipalities to be completed by the end of march 2014, with exception of some highly radioactive areas. >>> it could take years for engineers to figure out exactly what caused the accident at fukushima daiichi. high radiation levels are keeping them from accessing parts of the plant. different teams investigating the disaster have come up w
. >> translator: i feel a little anxious, but i want to cooperate as much as possible. someone needs to do it. >> the environment ministry hopes to decontaminate 400 houses and 420 hectare. of farmland and forests by the end of march. the government hasn't decided a date when residents can return home. >>> environment ministers now in charge of the decontamination work in tamura and other municipalities. more than half have yet to come up with their own decontamination...
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. >> translator: for six or seven years, he was under surveillance by the authorities. was not even allowed to call my family. >> two months have passed since chen arrived in the united states as a visiting scholar at new york university. he lives there on campus with his family. he told us that human rights in china are detee you're rariorai china. >> translator: things are really bad now. my nephew is bei ining tortured. i don't know what is happening now. >> chen, who is blind is one of china's best known human rights activists. in april. he escaped from house arrest and sought protection inside the u.s. embassy in beijing. eventually, he was given a temporary visa. chen's escape came before a bilateral cabinet level meeting. neither country wanted the request overshadowing the summit. instead of being granted or denied asylum. chen was allowed to leave china to study inside the united states. chen's departure from china was facilitated by an organization called china aid. bob foo is it's founder and president. foo says that while china has had incredible economic gr
. >> translator: for six or seven years, he was under surveillance by the authorities. was not even allowed to call my family. >> two months have passed since chen arrived in the united states as a visiting scholar at new york university. he lives there on campus with his family. he told us that human rights in china are detee you're rariorai china. >> translator: things are really bad now. my nephew is bei ining tortured. i don't know what is happening now. >> chen, who...
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. >> translator: we voted against raising the consumption tax based on our belief that there's much to be done before any tax hike. the democratic party, led by prime minister noda, is no longer the dpj that achieved an historic change of power. we're going back to the basics of what got us elected and have decided to leave the party to create a new type of politics in which the people can choose freely. >> ozawa has been critical of noda on a number of issues. the key point of contention is the prime minister's plan to hike the consumption tax from 5% to 10%. a majority of lower house lawmakers voted last week in favor of bills that would raise the consumption tax and change social security. ozawa and most of his followers voted against the reforms. ozawa has a history of creating and breaking up political parties. he helped found the dpj and bring it to power in 2009. but he, 37 other members of the lower house, and 12 from the upper house, will now form a new party. ozawa plans to encourage smaller opposition groups to join him. the exodus is expected to raise doubts about prime min
. >> translator: we voted against raising the consumption tax based on our belief that there's much to be done before any tax hike. the democratic party, led by prime minister noda, is no longer the dpj that achieved an historic change of power. we're going back to the basics of what got us elected and have decided to leave the party to create a new type of politics in which the people can choose freely. >> ozawa has been critical of noda on a number of issues. the key point of...
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. >> translator: restoring public confidence is a big challenge. we have to review our old system of emergency crisis management. >> reporter: tepco spokespersons say the utility wants to repeatedly stage this kind of drill. >>> japanese ministers are working on streamlining some of their policies. they held a meeting on monday to discuss a report that criticizes overlapping efforts to promote energy efficiency. the report submitted in november points out three min sfrees are separately encouraging energy-saving measures for homes. notes that several ministries and agencies are also running similar programs to promote geothermal power generation. >> translator: ministries have to coordinate with each other to promote energy saving and renewable energies. that's what's required from us now more than ever. >> ministries and agencies will streamline their policies by the end of august. the results of this effort will be reflected in budgetary requests for the next fiscal year. >>> intense fighting between syrian government forces and opposition troops
. >> translator: restoring public confidence is a big challenge. we have to review our old system of emergency crisis management. >> reporter: tepco spokespersons say the utility wants to repeatedly stage this kind of drill. >>> japanese ministers are working on streamlining some of their policies. they held a meeting on monday to discuss a report that criticizes overlapping efforts to promote energy efficiency. the report submitted in november points out three min sfrees...
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a lot of days off. >> translator: i'm not in a big hurry. i want a job with good conditions. >> translator: wages are increasing so much. it is putting a strain on the business. >> the strain is already being felt on factory floors. this company manufactures bags for western brands drawn on by china's low labor costs. the factory needs 400 workers to work at capacity. it only has 300. some sewing machines hit with their covers on. the company has turned to cambodia in its search for cheap labor. wages here are only one-quarter of those in china. an advertisement for staff received ten applications for every position. >> translator: working here has made our life much easier. >> translator: we can have a better life. >> 13 other chinese companies have built factories in the same industrial park. >> translator: cambodian people are hard workers. i think productivity will increase there and fall in china. >> with labor costs rising, chinese businesses need a new model for success. for some companies, that means >>> a hot sunny day here today. l
a lot of days off. >> translator: i'm not in a big hurry. i want a job with good conditions. >> translator: wages are increasing so much. it is putting a strain on the business. >> the strain is already being felt on factory floors. this company manufactures bags for western brands drawn on by china's low labor costs. the factory needs 400 workers to work at capacity. it only has 300. some sewing machines hit with their covers on. the company has turned to cambodia in its...
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>> translator: everything depends on how good a job we do. >> translator: the students designed a lot of the systems on the satellite. i don't want to miss any transmissions from space. >> you are back after witnessing the launch. >> witnessing the launch, you're lucky to see the launch daisuke. there was in the interview one of the professors that made the satellite. where else are the small cubes being developed? >> in a small company designing cube sat as a location in japan. researchers are also developing them in universities in the united states. >> okay. >> officials at nasa plan to launch. scientists in asian countries wanted to develop cube sat and put them in space. when the cube sat on the way to the space station is vietnamese. it can send photos from space. >> astronauts will launch cube sats from space stations for the first time. why are they using this method? >> satellites carried in space by rocket they have to be tremendously small to survive blastoff. carried to the space station as cargo. they don't need to be so tough. so putting them in space is cheaper. officia
>> translator: everything depends on how good a job we do. >> translator: the students designed a lot of the systems on the satellite. i don't want to miss any transmissions from space. >> you are back after witnessing the launch. >> witnessing the launch, you're lucky to see the launch daisuke. there was in the interview one of the professors that made the satellite. where else are the small cubes being developed? >> in a small company designing cube sat as a...
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. >> translator: for 42 years we had no role to play in politics, culture or education. the time has come for us to shape libya. >> reporter: just three days before the election, she was ready. the party leader is on the poster, instead of her. only her name and occupation are written on it. she decided not to use her photo to try to avoid discrimination. >> translator: see, someone tore this female candidate's picture. i didn't want to be like her, so i decided not to use my photo. >> reporter: someone has written critical comments on her facebook page. >> translator: you're a leftover from the old regime. >> translator: it's ridiculous that someone as young as you is running. >> reporter: she thought lack of understanding of a democratic system was behind the harassment, so she held a meeting with voters. she told them everybody can express themselves freely in a democracy. >> translator: her explanation made me understand what an election is for the first time. >> reporter: she believes the first thing is to get people to realize the importance of the election. >> tra
. >> translator: for 42 years we had no role to play in politics, culture or education. the time has come for us to shape libya. >> reporter: just three days before the election, she was ready. the party leader is on the poster, instead of her. only her name and occupation are written on it. she decided not to use her photo to try to avoid discrimination. >> translator: see, someone tore this female candidate's picture. i didn't want to be like her, so i decided not to use my...
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well, almost everyone. >> translator: i've been coming here for 25 years with my dog. >> translator: i push myself and come here to enjoy the morning. >> reporter: kimuri is a certified radio instructor. she turns 80 this year and comes here every morning rain or shine. >> translator: if you try to do all the moves perfectly, you get tired and sweaty. you can't fool around. >> reporter: japan's national radio exercise federation estimates that at least 20 million japanese take part in this workout every day. it's been a tradition in this country for decades. but the original idea came from overseas. americans in new york and other cities were among the first to do radio exercises in the mid-1920s. soon the japanese government developed a similar program. only the exercises were a little less complicated than this. japanese did their first radio workout in 1928. wrote a book about the phenomenon. it fits in perfectly with the japanese way of life. >> translator: the japanese like to do it with their neighbors because it feels great if you do things in a group. if you do it alone, it's
well, almost everyone. >> translator: i've been coming here for 25 years with my dog. >> translator: i push myself and come here to enjoy the morning. >> reporter: kimuri is a certified radio instructor. she turns 80 this year and comes here every morning rain or shine. >> translator: if you try to do all the moves perfectly, you get tired and sweaty. you can't fool around. >> reporter: japan's national radio exercise federation estimates that at least 20 million...
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. >> translator: i was very offended by the top management's attitude. they think they can just get away with it by claiming they didn't know the facts. >> translator: if they are cleared of all charges, this will have a negative impact on the safety policies of japanese corporations. that's why i really hope we can obtain a full conviction. >> the people who have the power to write checks to support afghanistan are meeting in tokyo this weekend. delegates to an international donor conference will work out the details of a multibillion-dollar aid package to help the country after foreign troops leave. afghan president hamid karzai, secretary of state hillary clinton and ban ki-moon will be among those attending the meeting on sunday. japanese officials are trying to negotiate a total package of $15 billion by 2015. the amount is expected to meet a request president karzai made. he wants the money for reconstruction and development after nato troops leave his country in 2014. >>> an afghan minister outlined where some of that funding will go in a speech a
. >> translator: i was very offended by the top management's attitude. they think they can just get away with it by claiming they didn't know the facts. >> translator: if they are cleared of all charges, this will have a negative impact on the safety policies of japanese corporations. that's why i really hope we can obtain a full conviction. >> the people who have the power to write checks to support afghanistan are meeting in tokyo this weekend. delegates to an international...
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. >> translator: it is difficult for us to control regional conflicts in which small weapons are used. we in japan must create an environment in which we can contribute to peace-building. >> reporter: but the key players are big weapon producers such as the united states. the u.s. is the world's biggest weapons exporter, accounting for one-third of the total value of global arms shipment. washington initially opposed the treaty. but president obama reversed that position. his administration is not so forthcoming on some of the scope of the treaty, though, such as small arms or ammunition. guns are very popular in the u.s. a new poll indicates more than 40% of american households own a gun. some lawmakers resist any international law that might, in their view, infringe american people's constitutional right to arm themselves. the u.s. is also the biggest exporter of ammunition and produces over 7 billion rounds a year. the country has resisted the proposed inclusion of ammunition in the scope of the treaty on the ground that it is impractical. russia and china have also raised concerns
. >> translator: it is difficult for us to control regional conflicts in which small weapons are used. we in japan must create an environment in which we can contribute to peace-building. >> reporter: but the key players are big weapon producers such as the united states. the u.s. is the world's biggest weapons exporter, accounting for one-third of the total value of global arms shipment. washington initially opposed the treaty. but president obama reversed that position. his...
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only three have agreed to interview her. >> translator: i am really worried. if i can't get my daughter into a local school, i will try to get her transferred next year. >> reporter: many parents in hong kong share that frustration. they question why local taxpayers have to make room for children from the mainland. they're demanding a change in the law, guaranteeing the right to enroll children into nearby schools. >> translator: children entering primary schools are still so small. but some are forced to go to faraway schools and this will continue for six years. i don't want those coming from the mainland to deprive our children of their schools. >> reporter: modern china is an increasingly competitive society. parents in hong kong want to ensure their children don't fall behind at the first step. shing ishibe, nhk world, hong kong. >>> cherry farmers, team up with a company that makes apps on mobile phones. farmers are able to sell more of their famous cherries. >> reporter: as well as mind in, she plays games on her cell phone. in this game, players in a v
only three have agreed to interview her. >> translator: i am really worried. if i can't get my daughter into a local school, i will try to get her transferred next year. >> reporter: many parents in hong kong share that frustration. they question why local taxpayers have to make room for children from the mainland. they're demanding a change in the law, guaranteeing the right to enroll children into nearby schools. >> translator: children entering primary schools are still so...
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. >> translator: we have now able to provide enough stable electricity. this is a big relief. >> power saving targets will now be lifted in the service areas of three other utilities in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead last month saying the safety has been confirmed. a panel of experts is calling for a series of cracks beneath the line to check for faults. >>> prosecutors have decided to accept criminal complaints over the nuclear accident. residents filed the complaints last month against the central government and plant's operator. about 1,300 people asked the prosecutors in fukushima prefecture to investigate top officials in the government and tokyo electric power company. the plaintiffs accuse of negligence. the sources say the prosecutor made the decision after the panel of experts released the final report on monday on the accident. the prosecutors have to identify the cause of the accident if they decide to file charges. the government panel and three other committees have failed to opini pinpoint the cause. it would be
. >> translator: we have now able to provide enough stable electricity. this is a big relief. >> power saving targets will now be lifted in the service areas of three other utilities in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead last month saying the safety has been confirmed. a panel of experts is calling for a series of cracks beneath the line to check for faults. >>> prosecutors have decided to accept criminal complaints over the nuclear accident....
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that's equivalent to five month's pay for a chef. >> translator: good. all the noodles are a consistent size. >> reporter: this company manufactured the robot. every day restaurant owners struggling with rising labor costs come seeking help. >> translator: robots can do so much. wages are rising but robots work without making any demands. >> reporter: attitudes towards work are changing in china. that was shown recently. young people are becoming more demanding in their job search. >> translator: i want a job that pays well and gives me a lot of days off. >> translator: i'm not in a big hurry. i want a job with good conditions. >> translator: wages are increasing so much, it's putting a strain on the business. >> reporter: the strain is already being felt on factory floors. this company manufactures bags for western brands drawn by china's low labor costs. the factory needs 400 workers to operate at capacity. but it has secured only 300. sewing machines sit unused with their covers on. the company has turned to cambodia in its search for cheap labor. wag
that's equivalent to five month's pay for a chef. >> translator: good. all the noodles are a consistent size. >> reporter: this company manufactured the robot. every day restaurant owners struggling with rising labor costs come seeking help. >> translator: robots can do so much. wages are rising but robots work without making any demands. >> reporter: attitudes towards work are changing in china. that was shown recently. young people are becoming more demanding in their...
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. >> translator: i'm terribly worried. i just hope they will be found soon. >> rivers are rising and some are in danger of bursting their banks. the risk of mudslides is rising and officials issued evacuation orders or advisories to people living in those areas. more than 9,000 households in northern kyushu are under evacuation order. on top of flooding and landslides, people are warned to be on the lookout for tornadoes and thunderstorms. we'll check in with robert speta later in the program. >>> china's fiscal fortunes are falling. 7.6 quarterly growth doesn't sound too bad if you look at state of things in the u.s. and europe. but for china, the april to june gdp figure marks a slowdown. the growth rate of its gross domestic product is below 8% for the first time in three years. it's been shrinking for the past six quarters. problems in europe and at home are to blame. the national bureau of statistics spokespersons says the figure is the lowest since the second quarter of 2009. that's when the global financial crisis p
. >> translator: i'm terribly worried. i just hope they will be found soon. >> rivers are rising and some are in danger of bursting their banks. the risk of mudslides is rising and officials issued evacuation orders or advisories to people living in those areas. more than 9,000 households in northern kyushu are under evacuation order. on top of flooding and landslides, people are warned to be on the lookout for tornadoes and thunderstorms. we'll check in with robert speta later in...
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cut vegetables are very useful for small families like mine. >> translator: it's cheap. i can get almost everything i need at once. very handy. >> reporter: lawson has attracted female customers who used to buy fresh food only at supermarkets. customers picking up vegetables also end up buying meat, tofu and other ingredients. a lawson executive says shoppers who buy produce spend 2.5 times more than the average customer and is nearly twice as likely to come back. >> translator: customers can save shopping time thanks to the small size of the stores. busy working women are our main target market. >> reporter: these are radishes that are sold in convenience stores and this farm itself is run by the convenience store. lawson was japan's first convenience store to venture into farming. its aim was to avoid running out of stock and being hit by surging vegetable prices due to weather or other factors. this farmer is entering production data. all the data goes to lawson's head office. the company also tracks sales from each store and adjusts production plans depending on tren
cut vegetables are very useful for small families like mine. >> translator: it's cheap. i can get almost everything i need at once. very handy. >> reporter: lawson has attracted female customers who used to buy fresh food only at supermarkets. customers picking up vegetables also end up buying meat, tofu and other ingredients. a lawson executive says shoppers who buy produce spend 2.5 times more than the average customer and is nearly twice as likely to come back. >>...
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. >> translator: i don't want the reactors to be restarted because we don't know what can happen. >> translator: they should have investigated the fault much earlier, before we even had this kind of debate. >> nhk world is covering this story for us. we heard from some of these residents and they are angry. quite understandable in the wake of what happened at fukushima daiichi. shika has been operating for 20 years. why is the investigation process starting right now? >> gene, obviously the fukushima accident is one reason. the government ordered nuclear operators to make sure that the land under the plant is stable but the concern about the shika, this plant, pre-date last year's disaster. the power company applied for permission to build the plant in 1987. the document used for that application included figures showing the shapes and the locations of fracture running under the site. the company researcher said those fractures wouldn't pose a problem. the government approved the plan. in 2006 the government revised its quake, earthquake register guidelines for nuclear plants. the op
. >> translator: i don't want the reactors to be restarted because we don't know what can happen. >> translator: they should have investigated the fault much earlier, before we even had this kind of debate. >> nhk world is covering this story for us. we heard from some of these residents and they are angry. quite understandable in the wake of what happened at fukushima daiichi. shika has been operating for 20 years. why is the investigation process starting right now? >>...
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: you're a leftover from the old regime. >> translator: it's ridiculous that someone as young as you is running. report she thought lack of understanding of a democratic system was behind the harassment, so she held a meeting with voters. she told them everybody can express themselves freely in a democracy. >> translator: the explanation made me understand what an election is for the first time. >> reporter: she believes the first thing is to get people to realize the importance of the election. >> translator: this is an election for libya's future. i want voters to have a clear understanding of it so they can take the first steps toward creating a democracy. >> reporter: now that libyans cast their first ballots, after ousting the dictator, it is up to them to build a nation where all citizens have the ability to make a difference. nhk world, tripoli. >>> earlier i spoke with former ambassador to libya to discuss the country's transition. he is now the vice president of the middle east institute of japan. >>> you were stations in libya actually from 2003 to 2006 what khadafi was sti
: you're a leftover from the old regime. >> translator: it's ridiculous that someone as young as you is running. report she thought lack of understanding of a democratic system was behind the harassment, so she held a meeting with voters. she told them everybody can express themselves freely in a democracy. >> translator: the explanation made me understand what an election is for the first time. >> reporter: she believes the first thing is to get people to realize the...
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. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> chida said members of his group want to bring priority to bringing down assad. >>> secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says that they have no intention to step in. >> i think that the right way forward is to find a political solution. >> rasmussen called on the u.n. security council to speak with "one voice" to pressure syria . this demonstrates an urgent need for an international treaty on weapons. they had to delay the meetings because members couldn't agree on whether to allow the palestinians to participate. nhk reports from new york. >> reporter: this gun sculpture at the u.n. headquarters represents peace as they talk about how to regulate global arms trade. they have come to new york to talk about a treaty that's been in the works for years. international protocols regulate the weapons of mass destruction but similar rules don't apply to conventional arms, such as tanks and guns. guns, ammunition, and other weapons and terrorism around the world. it kills one person every minute. supp
. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> chida said members of his group want to bring priority to bringing down assad. >>> secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says that they have no intention to step in. >> i think that the right way forward is to find a political solution. >> rasmussen called on the u.n. security council to speak with "one voice" to pressure syria . this demonstrates an urgent...
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. >> translator: i have lived here for more than 30 years. i'm not occupying the land illegally. >> reporter: but authorities claim otherwise saying the document has no legal basis. >> translator: they do not have the legal right to claim the land. we can ask them to leave any time if necessary. >> reporter: in an effort to reduce programs involving land rights, the japan international cooperation agency has embarked on a two-year project to improve cambodia's land registry system. however, the project team has to work from scratch because the former regime destroyed almost all of the land registries and killed many legal experts. >> in japan, it has taken for granted that there are land laws. it's a pity that cambodians cannot prove their rights due the lack of such laws. we hope our project will help cambodia create a law to protect resident rits. >> reporter: the eviction issue continues in cambodia despite the country's strong economic growth. the japanese team hopes their painstaking work will restore rights to cambodians. toshiki tereza
. >> translator: i have lived here for more than 30 years. i'm not occupying the land illegally. >> reporter: but authorities claim otherwise saying the document has no legal basis. >> translator: they do not have the legal right to claim the land. we can ask them to leave any time if necessary. >> reporter: in an effort to reduce programs involving land rights, the japan international cooperation agency has embarked on a two-year project to improve cambodia's land...
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he also said the job is -- >> translator: i can't recommend my son to do the same job.uccessors keep dwindling in numbers. >> reporter: however, the government is stepping in to -- as a tourist attraction. sundays are designated as a car-free day. motor bikes are banned, and pedestrians, bicycles, and tricycles hit the streets. >> we can walk around and look at the beautiful building around this area. i think this will be continued. >> reporter: a new amusement park building built where also gives tricycles a boost. 15 of the people have a means of transport. >> since we are actually already listed as the part of the site, yes, definitely, it will be something that we have to take a look at. if we lose tricycle, we are actually losing one of our living culture. >> reporter: the slowly moving tricycle is the best way to take in this town under its rich heritage. that's why they're stepping up efforts to keep people on the road and invite more tourists to hop on board. nhk world, hannan. >>> cherry farmers in yamagatta are sharing cherries grown in a virtual orchard. they
he also said the job is -- >> translator: i can't recommend my son to do the same job.uccessors keep dwindling in numbers. >> reporter: however, the government is stepping in to -- as a tourist attraction. sundays are designated as a car-free day. motor bikes are banned, and pedestrians, bicycles, and tricycles hit the streets. >> we can walk around and look at the beautiful building around this area. i think this will be continued. >> reporter: a new amusement park...
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. >> translator: it was a difficult decision, but we had no choice. it's for the sake of all future baseball players. >> japan won both previous tournaments in 2006 and 2009. 16 national teams took part in the event. >>> about 100,000 people are still forced to live in evacuation shelters and temporary housing due to radioactive fallout from last year's nuclear next japan. the government has compiled new guidelines to speed up compensation claims addressed to the plant's operator, tokyo electric power company. evacuees who cannot return home for at least six years should be paid the full value of their houses. they also recommend setting compensation for old properties to at least 20% of their initial value. people who lost their job or business in the evacuation should receive a lump sum adjusted to their line of work. the compensation process has been delayed by differences between evacuee claims and the amounts the utility was willing to pay. tepco says it will present next week a new set of compensation standards that reflect the government's guid
. >> translator: it was a difficult decision, but we had no choice. it's for the sake of all future baseball players. >> japan won both previous tournaments in 2006 and 2009. 16 national teams took part in the event. >>> about 100,000 people are still forced to live in evacuation shelters and temporary housing due to radioactive fallout from last year's nuclear next japan. the government has compiled new guidelines to speed up compensation claims addressed to the plant's...
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that the word that is oftentimes translated "inn" is a word that really should be translated "house" and that the couple were not turned away by a mean, old innkeeper but rather were let into the guest room of a typical two-story palestinian house. >> or was it the guest room was filled and they were told that they could rest with and sleep with the animals who were, where downstairs? >> the first story, the first floor is typically a place where the animals were kept. consequently, there would be a manger there. >> paula fredriksen, what did jeffrey shela say that you find needs further elaboration or different elaboration from your perspective? >> well, i was thinking of there's also a second century tradition that jesus was born in a cave. i mean, there are all sorts of traditions that grow about jesus' birth the more christianity develops and when i consider that matthew and luke were probably each written by anonymous christians somewhere, i don't know, between 90-100 and that jesus himself would have been born sometime around 0, that's a lot of room to begin looking to the bibl
that the word that is oftentimes translated "inn" is a word that really should be translated "house" and that the couple were not turned away by a mean, old innkeeper but rather were let into the guest room of a typical two-story palestinian house. >> or was it the guest room was filled and they were told that they could rest with and sleep with the animals who were, where downstairs? >> the first story, the first floor is typically a place where the animals were...
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. >> translator: chicken and other dairy food is getting more and more costly. it's getting difficult to eat. >> translator: the government keeps repeating that everything is okay but it doesn't understand how hard things are. >> local media say a rare protest erupted monday prompting security to disperse the crowd. iran's parliament on wednesday summoned its economic ministers to discuss how to fight the inflation. the country's leadership appears to be on heightened alert. the authorities have also called on the local media to stop reporting the rising prices. >>> more surprising news out of north korea. the country's state-run television has announced that recently installed leader kim jong-un is married. korean central television made the announcement after kim attended the opening of an amusement park in pyongyang on wednesday. it identified his companion as his wife. the broadcaster carried a photograph that showed a young woman with short hair standing next to kim. she was identified as ri sol ju. ere has never been any official announcement that kim was
. >> translator: chicken and other dairy food is getting more and more costly. it's getting difficult to eat. >> translator: the government keeps repeating that everything is okay but it doesn't understand how hard things are. >> local media say a rare protest erupted monday prompting security to disperse the crowd. iran's parliament on wednesday summoned its economic ministers to discuss how to fight the inflation. the country's leadership appears to be on heightened alert....
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but people here said that hasn't translated to famine. >> ( translated ): the grain bank is helping usot, it is keeping our children fed until the harvest comes in. >> ( translated ): if we didn't have the grain bank, most of the men would not be farming; they'd have to leave to find work to buy food. >> ( translated ): another benefit of the cereal bank is that it helps keep the price of grain down. >> in a sea of difficulty, we find here examples where a surplus, a grain surplus has been produced in the drought year 2011. >> reporter: throughout southern niger, reij says re-greening has increased food production by about 500,000 tons per year, engh to feed two and a half million people. the challenge is to scale it up for a population of 16 million and that sea of difficulty. it will require education, everything from farming know-how to account keeping at the grain bank and access to family planning. literacy is just 30% and the average woman bears seven children-- a rate that will triple the number of mouths to feed by 2050. and the gains have yet to reach vast numbers of people, e
but people here said that hasn't translated to famine. >> ( translated ): the grain bank is helping usot, it is keeping our children fed until the harvest comes in. >> ( translated ): if we didn't have the grain bank, most of the men would not be farming; they'd have to leave to find work to buy food. >> ( translated ): another benefit of the cereal bank is that it helps keep the price of grain down. >> in a sea of difficulty, we find here examples where a surplus, a...
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also a house ent, so helped translating into the topi levs are pretty percentikkei ended just a touch higher yesterday but rea exporters weighing on lit lg above market expect brokerages here. however, on. profits for stocks as well. the dollar again, testimony to 79.02-03. it was trading around 78 yesterday. the upper 96 yen levels yesterday. just a touch weaker against the dollar and the ngs and economicght? >> yes definitely. as far asmes. google, s in the u.s. later next. back to you, . ramin, thanks a lot are h >>> prime minister yolk reconfirme po flights and maintenance. the plane is to be october. the ministers agreed that japan should confirm the ospreys' safety in response to growing crashes ineam of experts to officers suppressed findings that mechanical problems may have cry air general, donald harvel chaired a committee investigating the crash of an osprey in 2010 in he spoke with nhk about the o th t he to reinvestigate. >> been funded it's flowing,ults. >> harvel's committee wound up ary clon co the mess in process. the march 2011 tsunami chewed up huge chunks of the fa
also a house ent, so helped translating into the topi levs are pretty percentikkei ended just a touch higher yesterday but rea exporters weighing on lit lg above market expect brokerages here. however, on. profits for stocks as well. the dollar again, testimony to 79.02-03. it was trading around 78 yesterday. the upper 96 yen levels yesterday. just a touch weaker against the dollar and the ngs and economicght? >> yes definitely. as far asmes. google, s in the u.s. later next. back to you,...
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. >> translator: the lexus is built on value-added japanese skills and technologies. that's why we're holding fast to the concept of made in japan. >> reporter: toyota officials say their skilled and seasoned workers are key for the company's quality. they can run their fingers over the body of the car and find irregularities of barely a tenth of a millimeter. some japanese computer firms are also choosing to build their top of the line products at home. workers at this sony pc factory make the machines on which the company stakes its brand. for the last two years, the factory has exclusively produced sony's most high-end products. the aim is to be able to respond quickly to changes in consumer needs and the demand for top quality. one challenge with this computer model has been to make it as slim as possible. conventional models have vertical screws. but in this thinner version, the screws are diagonal, allowing engineers to make the product thinner. sony engineers have made this computer 30% slimmer than previous models. this flexibility in production was conceived
. >> translator: the lexus is built on value-added japanese skills and technologies. that's why we're holding fast to the concept of made in japan. >> reporter: toyota officials say their skilled and seasoned workers are key for the company's quality. they can run their fingers over the body of the car and find irregularities of barely a tenth of a millimeter. some japanese computer firms are also choosing to build their top of the line products at home. workers at this sony pc...
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. >> translator: i was very offended by the top management's attitude. they think they can just get away with it by claiming they didn't know the facts. >> translator: if they are cleared of all charges, this will have a negative impact on the safety policies of japanese corporations. that's why i really hope we can obtain a full conviction. >>> the people who have the power to write checks to support afghanistan are meeting in tokyo this weekend. delegates to an international donor conference will work out the details of a multibillion-dollar aid package to help the country after foreign troops leave. afghan president hamid karzai, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon will be among those attending the meeting on sunday. japanese officials are trying to negotiate a total package of $15 billion by 2015. the amount is expected to meet a request president karzai made. he wants the money for reconstruction and development after nato troops leave his country in 2014. >>> an afghan minister outlined where some of that
. >> translator: i was very offended by the top management's attitude. they think they can just get away with it by claiming they didn't know the facts. >> translator: if they are cleared of all charges, this will have a negative impact on the safety policies of japanese corporations. that's why i really hope we can obtain a full conviction. >>> the people who have the power to write checks to support afghanistan are meeting in tokyo this weekend. delegates to an...
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ev easy to well, almost everyone. >> translator: i've been cominears dog. and the >> reporter: a structor. she and here every m shine. to do perfectly, get you can't fool around. >> repter: radio ex estimates that at least 20 part in een a tradition in this but the original idea came other the first radio in the mid-1920s.he japanese govd a similar pr exeed than this. radio wrote a book the it fits inly with the >> translato their neighbors reat if you do if you do it quite way, they exercises togeth way of their neighbors.decades theyrief interruption for school childmmer break,morning duty. employees work outre starting their then the into a experiment. radioes have gai even mor fans. magazines and books areders the wo easy way and gainfigure. many have bough concept.cially women. a weeksakaga to her o exercises together. now the part their morning being part of generation, they get radio show thr >> translator: i like itp my body. could be a new years, thethe waves gaining a it could be a bran nhk world, tokyo. hat with myine." looks good. residents in s
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>> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape. >> reporter: some tried to surrender to government forces. >> translator: about 15 feel tried to give up. the troops tied their hands, lined them up and killed them. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows bodies on the valley floor. some appeared to be bound, shot, kugs style. then they say syrian troops climbed down into the valley to finish off any survivors. >> translator: they were searching for people hiding behind rocks and killed them one by one. >> translator: the soldiers were 30 meters from us. they saw us covered with blood and moved on. >> reporter: this couple's two sons were among the 127 bodies villager counted in the valley. people were piled on tom of each other like sheep, she says. all dead, he adds. more cell phone video shows bodies gathered in thevil vilin mosque. >> today's wall street journal reports syria is now moving chemical weapons out of storage facilities. >> now to business where new reports show china's economic growth has droppe
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we also have a translation, as you have translation here, when needed at our meetings. on our website, where most of our information is placed -- since we are on television, that is at sfha.org. there is a google button where you can translate into any language you choose. >> this is more a comment than anything else. this is the police commission. i was hoping there was a mechanism for that kind of thing to move along outside of the community meeting, and i was hoping that is possible. >> you can reach me. i have a regular e-mail address. you can find it on our web site as well, or you can call me directly. please leave a message. i am not always sitting at my desk, and i am sometimes out and about, but if you engage us, we will get back to you. i answer my own phone. >> any further public comment? if not, we will move on to comments and questions. public comment is now close. commissioners, the you have any questions for the acting captain? >> yes. goocommissioner kingsley: >> god evening. thank you for your presentation. i wonder if you could tell us about other viol
we also have a translation, as you have translation here, when needed at our meetings. on our website, where most of our information is placed -- since we are on television, that is at sfha.org. there is a google button where you can translate into any language you choose. >> this is more a comment than anything else. this is the police commission. i was hoping there was a mechanism for that kind of thing to move along outside of the community meeting, and i was hoping that is possible....
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>> translator: i was 9. >> reporter: at 9 he became a soldier. john is not his real name. we were asked to protect his identity. before long, he set the brutal life became almost normal. >> translator: they used to assign jobs to us. if you you are assigned to cook, you cook. if it is time to fight, then you fight. >> reporter: when he got old enough to carry a gun, commander caught him how to use it. >> translator: we used to live a life of war. sometimes we were attacked, ran away and we would come back and just fight and fight. sometimes we would attack. that is how my life used to be. >> reporter: each time john tried to escape, he says, they caught him and beat him mercilessly. three weeks ago they succeeded sneaking to a u.n. military base before duan. now he's at a transition center for former child soldiers. >> translator: the way they were treated, this el lose their humanity. >> many boys were given alcohol and drugs to get them to fight. >> translator: the place for the children is in the family and in the school. when you use a child less than 18 years, they we
>> translator: i was 9. >> reporter: at 9 he became a soldier. john is not his real name. we were asked to protect his identity. before long, he set the brutal life became almost normal. >> translator: they used to assign jobs to us. if you you are assigned to cook, you cook. if it is time to fight, then you fight. >> reporter: when he got old enough to carry a gun, commander caught him how to use it. >> translator: we used to live a life of war. sometimes we were...
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is. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape. >> reporter: some tried to surrender to government forces. >> translator: about 15 people gave themselves up. the troops tied their hands and killed them. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows bodies on the valley floor. some appear to be bound, shot execution-style. then they say syrian troops climbed down into the valley to finish off any survivors. >> translator: they were searching for people hiding behind rocks and killed them one by one. >> translator: the soldiers were 30 meters from us. they saw us covered with blood, thought we were dead and moved on. >> reporter: this couple's two sons were among the 127 bodies villagers counted in the valley. >> translator: people were piled on top of each other like sheep. we moved them in trucks, all dead, he adds. more cell phone video shows bodies gathered in the village mosque before they were buried in a collective grape on the edge of town, evidence of what people here call a war crime. >> we're told it was an
is. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape. >> reporter: some tried to surrender to government forces. >> translator: about 15 people gave themselves up. the troops tied their hands and killed them. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows bodies on the valley floor. some appear to be bound, shot execution-style. then they say syrian troops climbed down into the valley to finish off any survivors. >> translator: they...
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