the wfp thanked the nobel committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful remindereace and zero hunger go hand in hand. >>> next, a typhoon is now barreling toward japan. weather officials say the system is just south of the country and is set to take a northeasterly path along the pacific coast. meteorological agencies say typhoon chan-hom is packing maximum winds of 126 kilometers per hour near its center. the storm is expected the bring heavy rain in wide areas. fishermen in mie prefecture tightened their lines securing their boats to the port. farmers in shiga prefecture shut out greenhouses to block out strong winds. >> translator: the typhoon is coming so i'm preparing to prevent any damage. >> and in nagano prefecture apples were harvested ahead of schedule. more than 100 domestic flights have been canceled on friday. airlines are calling on passengers to get the latest information from their websites. the central japan railway company says it plans to operate shinkansen bullet trains between tokyo and osaka as usual on saturday as the storm is taking a more

the wfp, the food and agricultural organization and unicef conducted a survey in august on the healthf about 1.4 million children under age 5 in southeastern yemen. the report released on tuesday says an estimated more than 580,000 children were suffering from acute malnutrition. the figure shows a 9% increase from january this year. the number of children with severe acute malnutrition at risk of dying also increased by 15%. >> translator: we are receiving many malnutrition patients and seeing many deaths caused by poverty and the inability of rents to ce to hospitals because of econoc conditio. >> yem has endured more than five years of fighting between saudi-backed government sources and houthi rebels supported by iran. food prices in the country have reportedly skyrocketed as the fightingontinueso escalate. u.n. officials are calling on the international community for financial aid to help feed the children. the world food program or wfp was awarded the 2020 nobel peace prize earlier this month. > america decide nhk world japan reports. turn to nhk "newsline" and newsroom tokyo fo

the wfp expressed his surprise and delight for this.the ground in conflict zones we have people trying to deliver food and freshens in at some time is near impossible conditions and wfp have actually put some footage on their twitter feed of the food being delivered by boat, helicopter. they feed 100 million children women and men around the world and clearly delighted with this prize picked out have well over 300 contenders. i thought it was interesting to hear the chair of the nobel committee profess her comments before she said that the price was going to wfp by saying that multilateral cooperation at this time ofa multilateral cooperation at this time of a global pandemic is more important than ever. so i think she was trying to appeal to the conscience of the world saying that people are sitting on comfortable living room is not realising that 70 people around the world, i think it is one in11, people around the world, i think it is one in 11, go to bed with an empty stomach. an incredible thought, that, isn't it? when you talk abo

phil: what difference will winning this award make to the work of the wfp?> one thing that is really importantt is that hunger is really driving conflict. it is also a cause and effect as well. when there's a lot of turmoil, if it's confit -- conflict or climate change or economic shocks, including covid as wewe, we tend d to forget t other thi, and we see hunger really increasing dramaticalllly across the world, in latin america and the caribbean specifically. 400% compared to last year. we hope thatat this sheds a ligt onon the needs we have to feed those millions of people who are really struggling right now. phil: perhapss you could givives an example of onone of the projects you are most proud o of in latin amemerica and the caribbean. what are you doioing? >> definitely. we work i in 12 countries and subregions. for exampmple, in central amame, we are h helping out subsistence farmers who have bebeen strugglg fofor the past five yearsrs with climate changnge and droughts,, heheavy raiains. the hurricane season as well that started i in a very strtrog w

one expert told me wfp is currently the largest airline in africa.to the agency and toward its 17,000 staff, and the executive director david beasley has been a bold and passionate leader repeatedly linking conflict and hunger in his speeches and the security council. the job has since the 1980's always gone twin american. mr. beasley is a former republican governor of south carolina who knows president trump well. he has had a difficult year himself contracting covid-19 early in the pandemic. he ends it with the presentation of the award in december, recognition of the agency's ever-growing workload. >> you won it. it is all of us. >> that was the executive director of the world food program. he spoke to was early. he said the organization needs money. and access to reach those in need. >> yemen is the world's worst disaster. we feed, assist about 12.5 million people on any given day. it has driven nothing but by war, man-made conflict. and people are starving to death. if we had the money and the access, and we need both, we could have -- avert dea

fore been working with wfp 20 years and they deserve the nobel peace prize.ion to the world food program to help support and bolster efforts on what you just mentioned, which is food is there, it has to be able to get to where it is produced to where it is desperately needed. there is too much hunger in the world. there are 54 million people in the united states will be undernourished and have not enough food in the united states alone, and covid is exacerbating it. that is why organizations like the world food program in their never-ending quest to end hunger is such a wonderful organization and why we are so happy to partner with them. we have to do more with organizations to square the circle. guy: thank you very much, indeed. cargill chairman and ceo. four days until the u.s. election. let's look at where things stand. republicanm is a media buying operation. he works for the campaigns of owners rick snyder in the late senator john mccain. nice to have you on the program. with four days to go? how do you see things lying. what is your expectation? massive

the wfp won this year's nobel peace prize. the representative of japan to palestine, magoshi masayuke and wfp representative in palestine stephen carney signed an agreement tuesday in the west bank city of ramallah. wfp provides food aid to about 350,000 people in palestine, two-thirds of japan's contribution will be used for food coupons. the remaining funds will be going to buying canned food made in japan that will be distributed. cney said food is essential for keeping peace. he added support from japan is extremely necessary for the wfp's activities. >> this allows us to reach the needs of people, to give them some sort of stability in their lives so that they know they're going to be able to get food tomorrow. >> magoshi said the situation is dire due to the coronavirus and that japan will continue to offer aid. >>> former residents of russian-controlled islands claimed by japan had the opportunity to pray for the souls of their an southwest task force buried on the island. -- after an annual trip to the islands was canc