watanabe could have returned to his home country. but he couldn't bring himself to leave his foster mother, who had been disabled by a stroke. he decided to remain in china. now, he's back where it all started. he's heading for the settlement where he and his family suffered such hardship. the fields are filled with corn. low hills can be seen in the distance. it looks just like it did 70 years ago. a path runs through a field. it's the same path watanabe took to school every day. >> translator: it's been 70 years. it brings back memories of my childhood. i walked on this path when i was young. it's changed a bit. >> reporter: but the old houses are gone. and so are the japanese families who lived in them. these days, there are only chinese people in this area. >> translator: we japanese should not have come here, but china's land and people made it possible for me to live. i pray from my heart there will never again be fighting between japan and china. >> reporter: the memories are painful but watanabe fears what will happen if peop

. >> reporter: the memories are painful but watanabe fears what will happen if people forget. he wants to see peace endure. >>> many indian women face discrimination, sometimes from the moment they're born. social traditions make some parents favor boys over girls. a campaign to change conservative mind sets is taking off using a simple medium of our age, the selfie. "nhk world" reports. >> reporter: the parents and daughters selfie campaign started in a village in northern state of hariana. the village head heads the idea. >> translator: please take a selfie with your daughter. >> reporter: he posted the message on facebook in june and received more than 2,000 selfies in just two weeks. >> translator: the parents smiles show how much they love their daughters. you can see just how precious their daughters are to them. >> reporter: people in rural india often prefer sons over daughters because people believe only men can carry the family lineage. >> translator: a daughter leads the household after getting married, but a son inherits the house, that's why people prefer sons. >>

but the question is did ken watanabe read for that role.eeds to be a change from the top down to make sure that movies include marginalized communities are being recognized. "straight out of compton" received the nomination for best original screenplay but the writers named are white, not people of color. and the best documentary feature has a white director. it's not to say there needs to be a token orperson of color in every category, but the question is how do we ensure that the movies that reflect the knew yons, the context, the beauty of this country are -- >> included in this process. and i think she brings up a good point. this is not affirmative action for the movie industry but there should be more representative in that it needs to change not just at the academy award level. and i want to say this, this is not just coming out of nowhere. when you look at -- who was nominated in "beasts of no nation" he is an excellent actor. there are good actors who don't get nominated. sometimes people are passed over. can we say for sure this i

people are calling this a milestone when it comes to efforts to shut down the u s base at gitmo watanabe cuba for the first time the prison population is less than one hundred s because ten prisoners from yemen have been released and sent to oman in the middle east for resettlement guantanamo bay has been open since two thousand to president obama made it one of his goals to close at the most number of prisoners held there was six hundred a d and that was back in two thousand three and to take a toll here for the second straight week we're seeing a decline among average long term u s mortgage rates. it was the second straight weekly decline for the rate on the key thirty year loan mortgage buyer freddie mac says the average rate on a thirty year fixed rate mortgage dropped to three point nine two percent from three point nine seven percent a week earlier and the rate on fifteen year fixed rate mortgages dropped to three point one nine percent from three point two six. the turmoil in stock markets around the world especially in china pushed up prices of u s government bonds depressing the

but the question is did ken w t watanabe audition? we can always talk about denzel washington.rom the top down with respect to making sure that movies that include marginalized communities are being made, that they're being supported. >> some critics say the lack of diversity in the oscar nominations could be due to the voters themselves. a "los angeles times" study shows a majority of the members in the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences are white males. >>> powerhouse british singer adele took a spin around london while singing some of her tunes. listen to this. ♪ hello from the outside ♪ at least i can say that i've tried ♪ >> tv host james gordon picked up his friend for the latest carpool karaoke episode for his late, late show in the united states. gordon has picked up a number of other big names for his carpool karaoke, including stevie wonder and rod stewart. and from adele's "hello", we say goodbye. we thank you for watching this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howl at the cnn center in atlanta. for viewers in the united states, "new day" is next. and for