japan's chief cabinet secretary and the new u.s. ambassador to this country say they'll work closely together on this issue. yoshihide suga said the new zone is dangerous and raises serious concerns. kennedy said in a speech on monday that her country is concerned and will cooperate with japan. he later revealed that self-defense forces have continued routine activities in the zone since china's declaration. >> reporter: japan's self-defense forces have routinely been conducting air and sea surveillance operations in china's air defense identification zone, including the east china sea after the declaration. we will never alter those activities for the sake of the chinese. >> suga says sdf patrols in the zone have not triggered a reaction from beijing. >>> a high court in japan has ruled july's upper house election invalid due to the wide disparity in the weight of votes among constituencies. it is the first time a court has annulled the results of an upper house election. part of the upper house is elected by constituencies from ea

detrimental for japan south korea relations. south koreans have held the ceremony to mark the third anniversary of north korea's shelling of the young long island. south korea's prime minister issued a strong warning to the north the ceremony took place in seoul on saturday. for south korean soldiers and citizens died in the attack on the islands. south korea's prime minister john one one expressed hope that equally as could take the peaceful path toward mutual prosperity but he also gave them a warning to the north. would you leave. you changed no tolerance will be given to those who trip to south korea's democracy and security. the prison and a concussion. after the dublin south korean forces upgraded their military equipment the south's military leaders say that in the event of the military publication by the noise. they're ready to order attacks on both the north front line troops and its military science behind the lines. the north korean people's army released a statement on friday saying it the south for both the north ag

ambassador to japan. obama added she's already popular with the japanese people. >>> japan's central bank is not giving any hints that will it stop its current pump priming measures despite abe no, ma'amics have effect on growth. ron madison has more. >> policymakers at the bank of japan say they'll continue with money boosting measures. the central bank board members wrapped up their two-day policy meeting. they say the economy is continuing to recover moderately. the board members say corporate capital investment is picking up as earnings improve. they say consumer spending remains resilient and they see signs of rising employment and wages. they note exports have been picking up. but the policymakers pointed to some trouble spots. they include uncertainties about europe's debt crisis and weak economic conditions in emerging nations. based on those assessments the board members unanimously decided to maintain the current large scale easing program. they hope to achieve their inflation target of 2%. afte

rebuilt in japan and making up lost ground. point is that santos thousand eleven dropped by almost fifty percent after the much delayed afterthought things have seemed to improve. and the number of chinese visitors is recovering. despite the diplomatic tension between japan and china people from other parts of asia are buying into you it's up to scavenge pizza pizza restrictions for two with five southeast asian nations. it's trying to attract more out when troubling. and well established up to department stores trying to win them over there offering cheap cheaper service. and more. a story related content area and extended its winning streak thinking. lol come on why we are getting more shoppers from china and grandad as well as from other south east asian countries the cfr and customers and three times as much as they did not scan well japan welcomed the bank at eight point six six six million foreign visitors as of the end of october. i really thank promoting tourism will stimulate the economy and creates new jobs. new wall

japan imports from china. it's the so i cut up twenty per cent although i import the ukraine's two hours or observation over the outcomes of the treaty mikey how travel east and the slowdown is to enter any given japan's economic policies to boost works spending. we of the voting began when he claimed he is the story told you but to some new ribbon out the terrible earthquake soul. i think we need the investment. the cone he's getting better. how is the lord's will. when affecting the japanese economy. now we can meander helps the exposed companies so we get nearly always united. owing to his company is it good. corey key and commotion. but everything is cursing out the prices especially those of you all we had to ease however the production of show gets in the u s may help ease this problem. the good news to announce the prize night and he is going down now we journey we buy for home use it's very expensive and how it all in the country because of down. we can get married the us department of energy officials

japan's economic revitalization mr ah kit ahmadi said. member countries are narrowing their differences. the good kind the countries have taken a big step towards closing the deal by the end of this year. but negotiations have hit a stumbling block on some issues such as intellectual property and market access many countries are urging japan to consider removing tariffs on all goods but japanese officials are keen to protect find key items including rice and wheat fishery officials from around the world have rejected calls to lift the catch quota for atlantic bluefin tuna. many of them want to wait another year before they decide whether to increase the hall. delegates gathered at the annual meeting of the international commission for the conservation of atlantic tuna as they discuss whether to increase the fishing quota for the second straight year in two thousand twelve they agreed to raise the quota for the first time in that decade not the delegates voted to keep the fishing quota and thirteen thousandfour hundred tonnes for two thous

storms come on japan specific test in recent weeks have battered fish in my diet eat. officials from the japanese government and circulate company had been discussing ways to do with their truths and nuclear plants helping to contain leaks of radioactive water senior guys in this team is because he or she and i discussed the problem with tech executives didn't wish him and he decided to attach drain pipes to the top ten tips to a contaminated water they estimate this would divert about sixty percent of rainwater. they have to finish the job by the end of march. he also agreed to double the height of all the areas around the tanks to sixty centimeters. they have to finish that up before the end of the case here. an expert panel is calling for japan's government to change how it measures to radiation exposure for the kiwis for the areas near the plant the good of the danube contrast proposals covering state record for people who want to return to their parents knew that this journey. it's called on authorities to allow evacuees to that end only after uv radiation levels

people from all over japan had made it right back. and now the comedienne is helping to promote the area to visitors from overseas. more from nhk world is such a look see pilgrims have fallen to me that counts right. the past three years. if the condition the sydney born us to visitors have been marking the trio. new tourist information center was opened especially for them look what cannot be told from canada used to teach english at local stores. attracted by a combined natural beauty and unique culture. he decided to take the job of promoting the criminal cartel. we're working on. select international guests have access to the religion and country so i can get close to the people of the plays that culture. sharon told tsn towards the spanish couple on their honeymoon. the random scene she is nowhere on the kitchen to yours in spain now they've come to experience this one basically this is the end of the valleys and mountains of this. china is on the water all over it. this will ensure continued. close as japanese have is in three c

and he thinks japan and. mr japan. mr update is a nationalist. it's easy in those cases it means to an end to the brains to keep you on the outside observers into an even thinner than this. this coincidence both cups. they say one thing which is that some of the mental revolution in an interim committee today that the peoples of asia. you do not mention south korea but tensions between south korea and japan are on the street. in the uk. a period of japan. in the last entry. jesus was sold after more than tension this and that he has been said before the japanese attorneys in the koreans of them. earliest history. and i seasoned the statements by hitchens arriving from japan. selling of milk to make things easier for the asian neighbors japan and the americans. would you say in this case that china is effectively talk itself into a corner and beijing has blinked first. it's a bit of detail because we see with the developments of the weekend but you can see clearly that they are testing options that seem to be a bit of words and see all of his agre

obviously japan has got too much on their hands right now with this particular new mission. to remove the fuel rods from the pools at the reactor for the nuclear daiichi nuclear power plant but. clearly i can i can speak about the radiation levels here in japan and we've just returned from the fukushima exclusion zone we've been six kilometers to the to the nuclear power plant the final checkpoint which was on our way to the station what struck me the most and i'm saying that as a person who had been to the church of noble exclusion zone in ukraine in many many occasions more than a dozen times it's not the cities and towns which are located just ten to fifteen kilometers from the nuclear power station and obviously radiation levels are still very very high and and even lethal in some cases so those towns have been reopened for settlers we literally saw people rebuilding their houses in these areas and this is creating a huge concern in japan because i have to be honest here the radiation levels in those parts in those cities and towns are very very low i would say that they

a briskly across the border chose the korea japan relations are very bad. so when we look to favor ability reading which we tracked fairly often right now korea is almost or japan or other is almost as popular as north korea and the fever ability reasons that really says something about just how alone japan some can but that's not to say that that the south koreans do not want to see an improvement in relations. in fact a wide majority supports an improvement in relations and a clear majority supports a summit between aachen and prime minister ahmed said the supports a site that impact in our bed then what's stopping them. why think it's really risk both domestic and international if you look them up and industries in the proven so far to the very risk averse and when you separate out for approval ratings which are now in the mid sixties to separate those out into international and domestic affairs on domestic affair she only gets an approval rating of about fifty percent. so puts her in this position of being a little bit vulnerable and having to stand up

japan's "k" supercomputer was in fourth position. in 2011 it headed the list. the system was developed by fujitsu. >>> all right. that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> delegates from more than 190 countries and regions are trying to find common ground on an issue that's affecting communities worldwide. they're meeting in warsaw to work out the details of a new framework for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ministers and other negotiators at the united nations climate change talks have been debating the issue since last week. the new framework will apply to all countries from 2020. it will replace the kyoto protocol which only binds some industrialized nations. environment ministers want to finalize an agreement in 2015. they'll discuss a time line for countries to submit their reduction targets. but they're yet to go into the specifics of the framework. under the kyoto protocol, japan pledged to reduce its emissions by an average of 6% by 2012 compared to 1990 levels. the environment minister says it's achieved that

the japan-u.s. alliance. he asked ambassador kennedy to pass on her observations about the situation in the disaster-hit areas. >> and all americans were inspired by the courage and the resilience of the people here during the great disaster, and so it was important for me to be able to come here as my first trip outside of tokyo. >> kennedy says she will study how the u.s. can best help with the reconstruction effort. >>> nhk world has more on kennedy's tour and the expectations people have for her as ambassador to japan. >> reporter: caroline kennedy is spending two days in the northeast, seeing how communities are recovering from the 2011 disaster. she went to a school in ishinoma ishinomaki, where american taylor anderson worked as an assistant teacher. anderson died when the tsunami hit the city. her parents donated books to schools in the region. >> and i know this is a very special place. study hard and hopefully, to come and visit america and make friends. >> reporter: kennedy is an author a

we told the chinese government that japan would follow its usual rules. he said that ministry officials believe the airline companies to make appropriate decisions based on the government's instructions australian leaders are also expressing concern foreign affairs minister julie bishop says the timing and the manner of china's announcement are on helpful and will not contribute to regional stability the government has conveyed concern to the chinese ambassador in australia in the for explanation. chinese officials are getting ready to take their nation's space program to the next stage they're planning to send on manned spacecraft to the moon the state administration of science technology and industry for national defense announced the mission. it's as if conditions are right they each on a three lunar probe will blast off from its base in sichuan province or the next month. the probe is expected to carry a rover named due to or jade rabbit it's expected to examine the lunar terrain and analyze substances on the moon's surface. the lunar launch would be

japan claims the islands belong to the country. china and taiwan also claim them. chinese officials said aircraft entering the air space must obey instructions. they warned of emergency defensive measures if their instructions are not followed. japanese prime minister shinzo abe called the creation of the zone very dangerous and said it could escalate the situation in the region and lead to unintended consequences, and he said the measures have no validity on japan. japanese officials plan to work with their counterparts in the u.s. and other countries to have the chinese retract the measures. disputes in the region should be resolved diplomatically. a pentagon spokesperson said u.s. forces will not change how they conduct their operations. colonel steve warren says u.s. pilots won't register their flight plans or identify themselves. the chief of japan's maritime self defense force says the aircraft are responsing calmly and safely to china's creation of the air zone over the east china sea. chief of staff told reporters that the maritime self defense forces watch

obviously japan has got too much on their hands right now with this particular new mission. remove the fuel rods from the pools and director for the nuclear daiichi nuclear power plant but. clearly i can i can speak about the radiation levels here in japan and we've just returned from the fukushima exclusion zone we've been asked loza six kilometers to the to the nuclear power plant the final checkpoint which was on our way to the station what struck me the most and i'm saying that as a person who had been to the chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine on many many occasions more than a dozen times is that the cities and towns which are located just ten to fifteen kilometers from the nuclear power station where obviously radiation levels are still very very high end and even lethal in some cases so those towns have been reopened for settlers we literally saw people rebuilding their houses in these areas and this is creating a huge concern in japan because i have to be honest here the radiation levels in those parts in those cities and towns are very very low i would even say tha

now the governor of okinawa once knew he appointed us ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy to help deal with the bases issue. he'll cause an outcry in the men's kennedy at her official residence in tokyo. looking out the factual officials said. open up a month old kennedy that japan and the us should handle the bases issues seriously. but the officials said not claiming kennedy did not discuss the fatalities relocation plan. the finals last kennedy to visit. okie now want to hear from local residents first hand. kennedy reportedly said she wants to visit ocala and that still trying to help resolve the basis it should. the new session of tokyo's metropolitan assembly is often contentious stock dove in nlp deal says expected to face harsh grilling for receiving a large amount of money from a company that's been tainted by political scandal and a steel bolts me going the skull up as the story governor you know cent admitted to accepting about five hundred thousand dollars to ship by a major hospital three. several executive members of completion i were arreste

japan has told the south korean government. that's in town for years. and his criminal damage. state. i think that putting up a memorial to him will he last held by local elections. you can can can continue on. mind you. sent a shot they reacted on the same day for this is chris pearson shirt and said i would sacrifice his life with independent of comma and peace in the region. we don't win a japanese politician should be aware of the irresponsibility and become when reflecting on history. when i make efforts to understand the feelings of people in neighboring countries. really you wouldn't know who wins. a show for nancy's post this in a home race at that time is also respected in china. tang said china's proceeding with the project according to regulations on my payment related to foreign countries i knew it is in east africa are not letting up in their campaign of terror two months ago and is a township of staunton molly and i will be shooting shoppers and taking hostages. it is based in somalia and link with al qaeda and attracting increasing number of kenyans an aged care

tebow plans to sell the gas to power companies in japan japan has become increasingly dependent on stumbleupon to a wrenching its nuclear reactor as a whole all flying. natural gas prices in the us have depreciated as the development of chilled out system. the united states could the restrictions of natural gas exports to can the company's like a pound of milk free trade agreements with the us japan the stoplight to the energy department fall into the show project. it's a fun time japan has obtained its approval. up next the wild weather forecast. ruler and who. i am. the us. the road this is. the whiny old boy in the united states suffering from leukemia has had his dream come true. it took place in the city of san francisco which temporal a time into gotham city match or a column about math. miles called least in the two relay california. he was diagnosed with leukemia when he was one year old. on friday morning w was called in to satisfy the police chief in golf the treated in this morning's ride past the breaking news from the effort that goes holland just as we age to age bring them back.

japan meanwhile one of the resolution. susan from home. with north korea should accept this internationally shared opinion. it should work to improve its human rights situation and drizzle the abduction issue. to those of us. the committee also approved country specific resolutions on human rights in myanmar iran and syria the un general assembly is excepted are expected to adopt all four of the resolutions at a meeting in december. a top chinese official has told japanese business leaders that he knows air pollution from his country may be affecting your pants and garments. vice premier wayne carey and met with visiting members of the japan china economic association in bg. he reportedly said his country was curbed the pollution sources say when told executives that he has been following recent media reports on smog reaching japan. fixed line containing harmful pollutants known as pm two point five and is repeatedly playing kitty chinese cities in recent months. when reportedly said the possible consequences of this blog on japan is one r

for russia, any new framework with japan could drive a wedge in the alliance between japan and the u.s. there have been signs of improvement in relations since prime minister abe came into power, but russian leaders are demanding japan make concessions. so the russians will try to push for compromises from japan, while promoting dialogues for that new framework. >> reporter: the two sides have gone without a peace treaty for decades. prime minister abe has warned that there's no magic wand to settle the dispute, but he hopes that by talking, they can find some common ground. >>> a south korean court ordered a japanese company to compensate citizens who were sensed to japan as labor in world war ii. this is 68 years after the end of the war. a district court upheld the plaintiff's claims against mitsubishi heavy industries. four former workers and a family member representing deceased relatives are seeking compensation for hard labor at a factory in nagoya. they were brought there in 1944. the court ruled the individuals retained their right to demand redress. it ordered the firm to pay

japan's proposal covers about forty percent of that amount. over in the us might get the key stock index closed at another record high on expectations that the federal reserve will keep its stimulus in place for some time. the dow jones industrial average closed at fifteen thousand seven hundred forty six up eight tenths of a percent and for a closer look at how my kids here are opening with that of an email and i'd be standing by at the tokyo stock exchange to mean the morning give us the opening numbers furthermore it right yet. in fact outlets i have a look at those opening numbers for today but there is in november the seventh that both indexes in the positive it is not a cause of action the first few minutes of trading so that makes we'll see how that goes to the unit and others of course a big focus on how toyota shares are trading this morning. all in its robust results yesterday after markets close and i can tell you that reading chance the top flaps that so far the first few minutes of trading will keep track of that propaganda course

company coming to japan country. innovation takes place where people make face to face interaction and expand their network. it's my sincere hope this incubation center south of catalyst is forcing more and more subcontractor and this center about facility more gross for the bay area and japanese company in the future. congratulations for this grand opening of this incubation center in san francisco. thank you very much (clapping.) okay. we will be moving on to a special ceremony in which digital garage will be presenting 3 donation checks to 3 companies that were mentioned. first of all, i want to get the participants up on stage. mr. mayor ed lee as well as supervisor kim and the japanese gentleman as well as of the representatives of the m pos come to the stage as well. the 3 donation checks are for the hospitality house the asian cup and another one. first of all, the hospital that pistol house through a unique combination of adequacy efforts many homeless people benefit. the cup is for the asian law caucus and t

our stock here in japan reacting to all that. opening height as it burns wounds and go at it like it and now i stood there and the upper levels for those that know them very kinky eight. he is high here by one point two seven percent at fifteen thousand six hundred and forty four points after closing moment for two consecutive defeats and thank me. he has touched i knew that the life of two thousand thirteen people is that if he doesn't record but this beyond me through thick and creamy index closed at fifteen thousand six hundred and seven points and it gains of about eight percent so far in november at uni he is most likely to end this month high here and abroad topics as high gear by zero point nine seven percent. so me and a positive start hitting japan especially as the yen has a beacon subset of the teams meet your friends he's made me see investors buy shares of japanese export just after the sun sessions on profit taking. they may be some focus on suzuki won a two day meeting the new vehicle manufacturer and insane the ja

workers at japan's damage nuclear plant have started a delicate and risky operation. they're removing fuel rods from a reactor building at the cushion and itt. it's the first step in what's expected to be a decades long process to de commissioned the facility electric power company workers. after a move that more than fifteen hundred fuel run assemblies from the reactor for building the rods are currently stored in a pool. most of them are used extremely hot and highly radioactive. the march two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami triggered a hydrogen explosion that damaged the reactor for building workers we use a crane attached to a specially built structure to remove the rounds to go officials say will take more than a year to complete the operation. the workers will then have to remove fuel rods from three other reactor buildings. residents of the yeshiva have mixed feelings about the huron removal. the project is a positive step in the de commissioning process but it could also put local people at risk. a sixty four year old man who operates a dry cleaning

in japan -- postally the u.s. in japan, were relatively we nine. and that came as such a relief that most of the japanese who were also thoroughly sick of war and everything to do with the military were more than happy to be the pupils of american reeducation efforts. and, indeed, even the emperor probably was. >> we're sort of coming to the end. perhaps you could tell two anecdotes. one about -- well, what happened to your father. and then that very nice epilogue to your book when you -- >> well, what gave me the idea to do this book was really my father's story, which is as follows. it baffled me for a long time. he was a law student in 1941, and if you're a law student, the thing was to join the fraternity because that's where you made your contacts ask can on -- and so on. and to join the fraternity then and still today meant you had to go through an initiation, and that meant a lot of hazing and bullying and humiliation, being made to jump around like a frog and being beaten up and so on. and the fraternities in 1941 were actually banned by th

delegates from japan were among this has the measure. gabe's representatives had submitted a non nuclear resolution every year to what's known as the first committee of the un general assembly. it's meant to steal a prominent global challenges and threats to peace. this year delegates from more than one hundred countries submitted to the solution. members from one hundred and sixty four countries voted in favor of those from fourteen countries including china and russia are obtained. did i get from north korea was the only one ticket because of a commotion the toenail. it means a lot to us. the u n members supported our proposal to newquay abolition the resolution urges men to countries to adopt effective measures to one's nuclear free world and encourages them to make every effort to avoid using the arms resolution condemns north country and for conducting its third nuclear test in the new eight in violation of the security council resolution expresses concern about them into me start a nuclear reactor and is strongly urges north korea

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we're seeing early snowfall this year in japan. mai shoji joins us once again with the details. >> hello there. these clouds are often seen typically during the midwinter and it's usually associated with snow. residents in northern japan are having trouble stepping on the white stuff during the commuting hours. take a look at this video coming out from sapporo. residents in some part of japan might think december's come early. thermometers reached freezing point around 5:00 a.m. and cars and roads were covered with snow. other parts of hokkaido, there's up to 46 centimeters of that white stuff. winter weather will be remaining through thursday. we're likely to see more snow to come, but it's a good start already with 34 centimeters in honiruka. sukayu is usually where the record snowfall accumulation is. good start here at 45 centimeters already. and 33 across some of these areas as well. we're likely to see up to 40 centimeters of fresh snow to pile up into the next 24 hours. likely see some heavy rain along with that, about 17 mi

the korean peninsula and rest of japan. i want to show you a video coming out from fukui prefecture where people could enjoy this beautiful scene. this time of the year when people like to visit. the fall foliage is at its best. it's surrounded by mountains and visitors can enjoy the colored leaves reflecting on the water off the pond. about 400 hikers enjoy the beautiful sight and crisp air yesterday. the gorgeous fall colors will continue until early next month. on that note, i'll leave you with your extended forecast for selected cities around the globe. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with mary steenburgen. she has costarred in back to the future and "the help." she is costarring with robert deniro, a comedy about lifelong friends coming to terms with getting older titled "last vegas." and we talked to george wallace who wrote a book called "laugh it off." coming up, rig

as for japan with a frisbee moving through today and rather than snow. it has beamed from heavy rain actually from southall canal was feeling it as well. all are left with the north accompanied by strong winds snapped as we head into tuesday that storm is going to start to pull the weight of the bubble had been explained is that the arctic air mass filtering in and it'll come across the sea of japan and also the yellow sea and on a rainy start to the effect of snow still working at piling up in the korean peninsula and also in northern japan. along the western edge here is clear we usually get a very high the snow. temperatures will also be falling and that their perceived eighteen degrees in tokyo on tuesday but that temperature is likely to fall and that we see things can really cool down towards the end of the work week already chilean still despite increased year high of seven and eighteen minus sixteen for the high end her and that our president was the fabric shop in the twenties in taipei as well if in hong kong. right next to go to the americas n

they'll forgive last year japan nationalize the island in the east china sea. china and taiwan claimed the islands. yen said chinese traders hold dialogue will lead to a solution i was visiting beijing to celebrate the thirty fifth anniversary of the peace and friendship treaty. the snp prevent care began exchanges with china before these normalize diplomatic ties in nineteen seventy two. the us secretary of defense has suggested spending cuts will lead to trade offs in national security. john cahill completed the projected cost to the defence budget of one trillion dollars to the next decade. he said because the vast commanders will need to rely more heavily on us allies. cato forecasted how the military will be restructured in a speech at a think tank in washington. if the americans have died accept the reality is that not every units will be at a maximum readiness. this carries the risk. to president united states would have fewer options to fulfill our nation's security object our poll a ghost in no other nation has the will to power or the network of allia

this approach is that splits and speaks of japan's ulterior motives. and japanese from a fishing guide a rest on friday that the panel after seeing this laker fan. and to be in the actual set top of the eight days and i then met officials of the liberal democrats in pontiac and seven sins and accept it everytime proposal asking china to retract that the station an hour then bounced cooperation with neighboring countries and are related to international institutions. the japanese army to step from the look and see this at his country would discuss the sea with us vice president joe biden in his coming visit next week japan sent out and popped last saturday to lloyd said china's estimated explains the japan self defense force of the state expects to more aircraft into the anti france identification sound depends as happens in the town in the nineteen sixties and are now presented chinese deli items without china's consent in japanese media have the radio said that we should shoot regular its repeal the country's self defense force says it s been conducti

lovers of astronomy in japan are getting ready for the show. nhk world reports. >> reporter: japanese astronaut snapped this recent image of ison from the international space station. observers in russia and beirut first spotted the comet in september last year. ison would get closest to the sun on thursday, wizzing about 1.9 million kilometers. if it survives, it could draw a spectacular flaming trail through the sky. nhk crews have been traveling around japan for months to film the comet. comets are mostly made of frozen water and other substances. when they get closer to the sun's heat, they melt, releasing particles. the trail reflects the sun's light, making the comet appear brighter. photographers gather to shoot the comet over mt. fuji for an unforgettable shot. >> translator: i'm trying to capture the moment when the comet sits on top of mt. fuji. >> reporter: photographers need special equipment to snap the comet when it's close to the sun. most people will wait for better shots when the comet is likely to be brightest next month. reta

i want to go to japan like he did. and i want to be even better than him. >> reporter: he has joined the ranks of the best sumo wrestlers in japan. he still faces a long, hard road to the very top. but he's already providing a bright star for these young men to follow. starting monday, december 2, here on "newsline." >>> now weather wise, the weekend is looking calm for many people across asia. rachel ferguson has the details. >> things are looking very clear across much of china and the korean peninsula as far up there as mongolia, but saz for japan, the snow is going to continue to come the. in the last 24 hours, we had more than half a meter in hokkaido, even down towards kyushu, we're seeing pretty good amounts of accumulation of snow there. it's the sea effect snow coming down. strong winds from siberia, then dumping the moisture mostly along the western coast there. so we have the snow going on up here. down towards the south, it's going to be the rain. some heavy rain hitting parts of the philippines, central po

amato says he believes that the visit may ease concerns of japan's than a dozen other companies about the dangers of the radioactive water leaks japan's crown prince and princess trouble to the mythos to cape region of you out there prefecture at all finding car is going to local residents that today told came up on the back of visits to disaster stricken areas in oldest in september uh uh. it's not like going from being so smart go visit the coastal city of qom when she owns a bank. the area was devastated by the crew pricing them out and consume it. it is home to the largest temple re housing complex in the city of oakland for comfort and fifty but he still resides. grumpiness out ninety six the old woman but then she interacts with other residents about their health as it gets cold. since engaged in conversation with an eighty one the only woman raising the couple who commonly seen this over on themselves. she asked the woman to take care of itself. with the summit that cnet become keep the beer i have to be cheerful when the crown prince the muskegon. thanks for explaining how the

about 200,000 of them live in japan. many are praying for their loved ones and working to send back help. nhk world's jun yotsumoto reports. >> reporter: these people gathered at a catholic church in a suburb of tokyo. some of them including the priest come from the hard-hit islands of leyte and samar. communication with friends and family there has been difficult. so they are finding solace in prayer. >> translator: for those of us who are still alive, our mission is to help and give support to those who are grieving and those who are suffering. >> reporter: this woman grew up on leyte. she and others shared their feelings with the priest. >> reporter: she came to japan 23 years ago from the town of almok. she married a japanese man. she have three children. raising a family made it hard for her to visit her hometown often. she has fond memories of her family there, even though life there wasn't easy. >> the house is there. it's not good, not nice. it's made of bamboo and wood with cement floor. that's why it's easy to

aoki is based in paris but sells his products in japan. his products feature bright colors, using fruit and japanese green tea. >> translator: i open everyone everywhere in the world gets to taste the kinds of delicious chocolate that parisians love so much. >> these meticulously prepared delicacies with a japanese touch won praise for the competition's judges and ordinary chocolate lovers alike. >>> and that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. it is all the target was near the city -- we will have more from our middle east correspondent in just a minute. iraq's prime minister calls for international help to fight against soaring violence on a trip to the u.s.. nouri al-maliki said he wanted to say a third world war launched to stop al qaeda attacks. and it is as long as six

obviously japan has got too much on their hands right now with this particular new mission. to remove the fuel rods from the pools art director for the nuclear daiichi nuclear power plant but. clearly i can i can speak about the radiation levels here in japan and we've just returned from the fukushima exclusion zone we've been asked loza six kilometers to the to the nuclear power plant the final checkpoint which was on our way to the station what struck me the most and i'm saying that as a person who had been to the chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine on many many occasions more than a dozen times is that the cities and towns which are located just ten to fifteen kilometers from the nuclear power station where obviously radiation levels are still very very high end and even lethal in some cases so those towns have been reopened for settlers we literally saw people rebuilding their houses in these areas and this is creating a huge concern in japan because i have to be honest here the radiation levels in those parts in those cities and towns are very very low i would even say

as for japan. conversely revenue be seeing a warming trend over the weend the temperature in tokyo set to rise to eighteen degrees on sunday having said that as the system makes its way across the sea of japan will be another cold snap in the beginning of next week on toy for the southeast and heavy rain is targeting vietnamoday this was a tropical storm very briefly before downgrading to a tropical depression once again after it made landfall in that earlier this morning impact on friday in vietnam now has still to be spreading over the next few days some very heavy rain north where it's about a hundred eaten the meat as possible in an extended two hours to nine peeking out the worst of it there. head on int widespread than next to sit down another tropical system inhe gaping goal right now it's one thing going to be impacting southern india and also to venture onto the next couple of days you could see but a hundred millimeters of rain with itnd is n just the aa surrounding the storm directl but

she cape to japan in 1988 to study traditional japanese dance. arai was enchapted by the subtle colors of the kimonos the dancers wore. to learn more about how those colors wore created, she visited traditional dyeing workshops around japan. arai learned the industry is in decline as fewer people are taking up the dyers time-honored craft. >> translator: it would be really sad if this craft disappeared. good things can't be madeimply in one or two days. i began to wonder if there was something i could do. >> reporter: arai came up with the idea of reviving classic dyeing techniques by using them in her designs. in 2008 she launched her own brand featuring colors and motifs inspired by japanese tradition. arai's unique designs with her eastern design made a big splash when she debuted at the paris collection. arai wants to make clothes biening traditional crtsnsnsnsn fafafabrbric. araiaiai isss now workingngngngo fabric dyeing f f f f fsi fabri. >> trararararanslatototor:r: th. >> reporter:r: i i i i i it t we for tokyo century digititititit great

aging of japan's population is affecting almost every aspect of society even prisons japan's incarceration rate is one of the lowest in the world but elderly women committing minor offenses are gradually increasing and changing the atmosphere of prisons and carols which i am up takes a look the prison for women in western japan there are a few of her freaky is that i create our own country. be sure if he'll report to overcrowding the priests who it is designed to hold five hundred inmates. economical with six hundred . they all opened job to go. trying to ward off to a unit more and more over the amount of sixty five or more ago. shaw's be the new team we beat the odds to beat us down for them. a stroke showed how me and pretty women beauty and terror to pass a two faced an ets the number increased to two hundred and eighteen five yes we are the most important case. a key to send all the women while convicted on track. take the lead after a twenty of the profile from high growth program the eighteen twelve the female population is creating new timepiece for free to stop. they can take your

japan self defense forces have installed land to sea missiles on open ellis me of climbing for the first time. they're being deployed temporarily for large scale military drill some twenty vehicles fitted with launchers o'brien and the islands. he got on board from what i do about twenty five hundred km away the missiles were then transported to a radar equipped one side. more than thirty thousand personnel would join the drill through november eighteen. they will practice targetting a maritime self defense force destroyer off the coast the deal covers all waters between the apple isle and in ocala main island. officials with japan's defense ministry said the excise does not consider the ships of any specific country has potential targets yet chinese naval vessels often navigate the area as they head to the pacific ocean the bill also extends to the oman air base on the sea of japan post air self defense force personnel and practiced an emergency scramble there. their rehearsal was prompted by increasing intrusion from the chinese military planes into the skies around the canal of such i

he's been visiting uk negotiators in china as south korea and japan. special representative for north korea policy friend deb's left washington on monday killed on tuesday with china's nuclear envoy to downplay who chairs the six tiny tots. i simply go here in the hope that soon. we can continue to narrow our differences. find ways to impress upon north korea the need to fulfil its obligations and it's the end its commitments davies is scheduled to meet me during the week with his south korea's chief dan boyd to the sox shirt a long and the japanese foreign ministry's asian affairs bureau chief jane t e hat the delegates if it's potty time class match nearly five years ago. north korean leaders had wanted to restart negotiations without any conditions. but officials from japan the us and south korea wanted to concrete progress first south korean senior officials say the north has now agreed on the need to fulfill some requirements. davies plans to learn more from all who visited pyongyang or the year this month. delegates from forty nine countries in t

obviously japan has got too much on their hands right now with this particular new mission. to remove the fuel rods from the pools art director for the nuclear daiichi nuclear power plant but. clearly i can i can speak about the radiation levels here in japan and we've just returned from the fukushima exclusion zone we've been asked loza six kilometers to the to the nuclear power plant the final checkpoint which was on our way to the station what struck me the most and i'm saying that as a person who had been to the chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine on many many occasions more than a dozen times is that the cities and towns which are located just canopy fifteen kilometers from the nuclear power station where obviously radiation levels are still very very high end and even lethal in some cases so those towns have been reopened for settlers we literally saw people rebuilding their houses in these areas and this is creating a huge concern in japan because i have to be honest here the radiation levels in those parts in those cities and towns are very very low i would even say

happenstance taste of japan controlled simple lines. but johnson claimed by china and taiwan china's defense ministry said in a team matches including the use of force would be taken if the cop lying in the sound did not obey the country's instructions. the start of the porches on sunday that such a unilateral act is full of danger in custody to an unexpected situation did you it is still set by jury to conclude the same car cool items which are inherently japanese territory. this new development is one that we cannot accept what he needed to be so congress. just us at the ministry's asian affairs unit chief town to protest that i announce it today. he said the ministry is considering launching another contest by higher your ranking japanese officials the japanese company maintains that the center line and historically been known to japan in accordance with international. here is the sense that no sovereignty she has begun jean pierre and it is. top us officials have expressed strong consent of a tennis is now spends eight called on chi