so how do you go about creating specific voices for a jewish russian character by way of yokohama, for an african american character, for all these different characters? i know you worked with specific actors. did they help at all? what was the process there? . >> absolutely. in terms of the african american characters, i wrote this piece initially for the act core company and i thought it would be a great challenge to actually write a play for the core company and the core company has two african american characters and i had tailored two of the characters for steven anthony jones and gregry wallace. it's interesting that gregory wallace, an african american man, was supposed to play mr. oge, an excentric neisei who likes literature. i thought it would be an interesting thing to do. but after a while we did a reading and we realized as good an actor as gregory is, it was pushing his limits for him to play a japanese american character in the late 40's. >> i imagine him as being much older. >> in the course of writing the play and using various actors, he became younger. this chinese a

so how do you go about creating specific voices for a jewish russian character by way of yokohama, for an african american character, for all these different characters? i know you worked with specific actors. did they help at all? what was the process there? . >> absolutely. in terms of the african american characters, i wrote this piece initially for the act core company and i thought it would be a great challenge to actually write a play for the core company and the core company has two african american characters and i had tailored two of the characters for steven anthony jones and gregry wallace. it's interesting that gregory wallace, an african american man, was supposed to play

in yokohama near tokyo. the facility hopes to start using it in november.in yokoham. the facility hopes to start using it in november. the lng tank can store up to 250 kilo liters. enough to meet the annual average needs of about 360,000 households. to prevent gas leaks, the tank interior is fully covered with two millimeter thick stainless steel plates. the utility expects lng demand to rise further because it emits less carbon dioxide compared to oil and coal. it will also be fit to store shale gas. >>> the u.s. federal aviation administration has approved test flights of a plane that's been through tests before. the dreamliner. the regulators ordered airlines to ground the boeing 787 in january after a series of problems. airline executives want to get the planes back in the sky. a jet operated by all nippon airways made an emergency landing after smoke was detected from the battery. it caught fire at an airport in boston. engineers at boeing redesigned the battery, adding insulation to stop problems in any of the eight cells from affecting the others. faa official

he will discuss the tokyo international conference on african development to be held in yokohama in june. >> translator: africa is drawing global attention as the world's next economic frontier. >> he also stressed a need to establish peace and stability for future growth and prosperity. the $550 million aid package will be provided to nations and regions that are plagued by civil war and fighting, including somalia, mali, and border regions between sudan and south sudan. the aid program is aimed at helping strengthen security forces and support refugees. >>> the u.n. commission on the status of women has adopted a declaration calling for the end to violence against women and young girls. representatives from about 130 nations unanimously adopted a declaration on friday, the final day of a 12-day session in new york. the declaration condemns all forms of violence against women and young girls, including sexual assaults in conflict zones, human trafficking, and domestic violence. it calls on governments to provide laws that treats sexual violence as crime to better redress the victims and