and their two daughters were visiting japan met the 45-yeerltd man in an immigration facility in yokohama on friday. the immigration bureau has started procedures to deport him to nepal because he did not have a proper visa when he was arrested 15 years ago. his family says they are asking the nepalese embassy for help so he can return home with his family as soon as possible. >>> japan is moving forward to starting talks on entering the transpacific economic partnership. japanese farmers already looking abroad for markets, especially those producing omi beef, one of the top three varieties. it's already carving out a market in southeast asia. >> reporter: singapore, a country gushing with spending power. especially when it comes to premium beef. a single steak of omi beef from western japan costs over 120 u.s. dollars a serving. >> very tender. >> the first time i tried it, i realized i found something very, very special that was unlike any other japanese beef that i tried. >> reporter: last year, 260 head of omi beef cows were exported. three times more than in 2010. 90% went to singapo

reunited with his nepalese wife and two daughters who are visiting japan at an immigration facility in yokohama on friday. the immigration bureau started procedures to deport him to nepal because he did not have a proper visa when he was arrested 15 years ago. his family says they're asking the nepalese embassy for help so he can return home with his family as soon as possible. >>> some troubling news from japan's national police agency. a new report shows that the overall number of people who committed suicide last year dropped. but the number of youths who took their own lives increased dramatically. the news appears in the national police agency's annual report on suicides. it says that more than 30,000 people across japan killed themselves in 2011. that's about 1,000 fewer than a year earlier. but the statistics for younger people are worse. the number of people below 19 years of age who committed suicide reached 622, up 70 from a year earlier. the number of people in their 20s who committed suicide was more than 3,000. the government says there is a worrying trend that more young people ar

reunited with his wife and two daughters who were visiting swra p ining immigration facility in yokohama on friday. procedures have been started to deport him to nepal because he did not have a proper visa when he was arrested 15 years ago. his family says they're asking the nepolese embassy for help so he can return home with them as soon as possible. >>> now here's the three day world weather forecast. >>> that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us.