to be giving props to tepco after all the entire point of the organization is to promote nuclear energy this nuclear watchdog is really nothing more than a nuclear lapdog and it says so right in their charter now aside from tepco the gross mismanagement the fallout check this out that actually hired members of a crime syndicate to help clean up the right tepco hired members of the your kusa mafia to help with the fukushima meltdown and folks the irony here is that while tokyo electric was outsourcing their problems to professional gangsters those gangsters were then outsourcing those jobs to homeless japanese people. not only with your kusa forcing homeless people to work on the hazardous waste site but they didn't kick these people to the curb after they began suffering the deadly effects of radiation poisoning but hey i guess that's the kind of proactive approach the i.a.e.a. likes to see from its nuclear partners. so i spoke to her this. is an internationally renowned activist who helped overthrow yugoslavia and president slobodan milosevic but earlier this week two reporters for occ

to be giving props to tepco after all the entire point of the organization is to promote nuclear. energy this nuclear watchdog is really nothing more than a nuclear lapdog and it says so right and their charter now aside from tepco the gross mismanagement the fallout check this out that actually hired members of a crime syndicate to help clean up your me right tepco hired members of the your kusa mafia to help with the fukushima meltdown and folks the irony here is that while tokyo electric was outsourcing their problems to professional gangsters those gangsters were then outsourcing those jobs to homeless japanese people. not only with your kusa forcing homeless people to work on the hazardous waste site but they didn't kick these people to the curb after they began suffering the deadly effects of radiation poisoning but hey i guess that's the kind of proactive approach the i.a.e.a. likes to see from its nuclear partners. chris . let's see your last post to this. surgery popovich is an internationally renowned activist who helped overthrow yugoslavia and president slobodan milose

tepco will invest in overseas gas development projects. tepco officials say they have to improve profits to pay compensation for the nuclear accident as well as to financing decommissioning of the fukushima plant. >>> google has entered the robot business. the firm bought seven technology companies over the last six months. these will help in google's efforts to develop a new generation of robots. the developer of the system, andy ruben unveiled the plan. this was in wednesday's edition of "the new york times." it says google acquired schaft started by graduates of the university of tokyo. they also bought san francisco based mecca robotics. google executives recognize robotics as a field that requires a long-term approach. this was the case for the google glass which is a spectacle shaped wear-on commuter and also the google car that has no driver. executives say development will focus on robots for industrial applications. this does include things like assembling parts. that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the

tepco aims to include these steps in a ten-year business strategy it plans to draw up by year's end. >>> ministers and business leaders from japan and 20 arab league states are meeting in tokyo at the japan economic forum. trade and investment between japan and those countries does remain at low levels, except in the crude oil and natural gas industries and both sides want to change that. nhk world reports on some of the challenges that they face. >> people from japan and arab nations are taking part in the forum. our nations are an important source of crude oil and natural gas for japan, and the country is hoping to strengthen ties with the region as nuclear power plants have gone offline after the earthquake and tsunami two years ago. >> translator: stronger ties between arab nations and japan mean a win-win relationship, and we hope to take the first step at this forum. >> reporter: one of the areas japanese companies are focusing on is medical and health. a maker of medical instruments is displaying a high-tech scale for health management. wealthy arabs are becoming more health c

to be giving props to tepco after all the entire point of the organization is to promote nuclear energy this nuclear watchdog is really nothing more than a nuclear lapdog and it says so right in their charter now aside from telcos gross mismanagement the fallout check this out that actually hired members of a crime syndicate to help the cleanup here at me right tepco hired members of the. kusa mafia to help with the fukushima meltdown and folks the irony here is that while tokyo electric was outsourcing their problems to professional gangsters those gangsters were then outsourcing those jobs to homeless japanese people. not only with your crew is a forcing homeless people to work on the hazardous waste site but they then kick these people to the curb after they began suffering the deadly effects of radiation poisoning but hey i guess that the kind of proactive approach the i.a.e.a. likes to see from its nuclear partners. chris school choice is the last push to do this. surgery popovich is an internationally renowned activist who helped overthrow yugoslavia and president slobodan milosev

tepco up by 2%. there is a story saying that the japanese government may double loans --erest-fre interest-free loans to tepco. -- they sold machine guns that have not met the configuration of the japanese defense ministry. in the world of tech, shares on a bit of a downgrade. pcs.rns about demand for electrodes is another part of that field. when japan reopens in about 50 minutes -- 15 minutes time from now. >> let's look at the prospects for next year when it comes to trading in this part of the world. adrian, think you for joining us. -- why steeple chasing and not a flat rate? >> steeplechase in a number of hurdles we have to jump, the most obvious near-term hurdles being tapering. we have uncertainty around china reform but also having a 7% growth for. and elections most notably in indonesia and india. main message we are try to get across is we will have a pretty good year in terms of absolute returns out of asia and emerging markets. after three years of very disappointing returns, one of the

to be giving props to tepco after all the entire point of the organization is to promote nuclear energy this nuclear watchdog is really nothing more than a nuclear lapdog and it says so right in their charter now aside from telcos gross mismanagement the fallout check this out that actually hired members of a crime syndicate to help clean up the right tepco hired members of the your kusa mafia to help with the fukushima meltdown and folks the irony here is that while tokyo electric was outsourcing their problems to professional gangsters those gangsters were then outsourcing those jobs to homeless japanese people. not only with your kusa forcing homeless people to work on the hazardous waste site but they didn't kick these people to the curb after they began suffering the deadly effects of radiation poisoning but hey i guess that's the kind of proactive approach the i.a.e.a. likes to see from its nuclear partners. this . is an internationally renowned activist who helped overthrow yugoslavia and president slobodan milosevic but earlier this week two reporters for occupy dot com uncovere

tepco estimates this will help cut fuel cost and lead to a pre-tax profit of $1 to $2 billion a year. the company plans to decommission the fukushima daiichi plant and deal with its contaminated water. >> translator: we think it's our top priority to take full responsibility for the fukushima accident. >> hirose said the company will keep itself clean and accept responsibility. will remain key to the plan, but these reactors can be restarted only after government safety inspections and approval by local authorities. there's still a possibility that the reactors may not go back online. >>> let's get a check of the markets now. first to currencies where the dollar is maintaining a pretty firm tone against the yen. it had topped 105 yen in tokyo trading. right now we've got it at 104.82 roughly. gains and local equities prompted investors to sell japanese currency and buy up the dollar. 144.76, the highest level in more than five years. european shares are trading higher, sustaining positive sentiment now. london is up by 0.6 of a percent. frankfurt gaining about three-quarters of a perc

the whole catch so far there has been none of this species safe and even the nuclear plant operator tepco standing firm that the nearby waters are clear of radiation this edition is pretty much on the control we've built fan says not to let polluted groundwater as a leak into the ocean we were surprised to learn that most of the seafood we saw at the port of soma will never make it to the shelves of fish markets all restaurant tables. most of the fish caught within the thirty kilometer radius is thrown into the garbage because it is radiated and tepco is paying local fishermen for it so they're happy and keep silent some of it though makes it to stores but only locally seafood firms here. the threat. possibly affected by contamination of the sea accounting for almost forty thousand tonnes of fish per year but things may get even worse as the third anniversary of the fukushima disaster approaches south korea has become the first country to bear in japanese fish and seafood. reporting from. next on our team international find out how a group of underground journalists test the impact of lea

fish caught within the thirty kilometer radius is thrown into the garbage because it is radiated and tepco is paying local fishermen for it so they're happy and keep silent some of it though makes it to stores but only locally seafood firms here. the threat there of five reflectors possibly affected by contamination in the sea accounting for what was to two thousand tons of fish per year but things may get even worse as the third anniversary of the fukushima disaster approaches south korea has become the first country to bear a japanese fish and seafood boards the next you are reporting from. a look at some other stories from around the world a bomb and a rocket have reportedly exploded in the center of afghanistan's capital kabul killing three policeman local media say the blast struck near abdul haq square were there are a number of military and diplomatic buildings it's not yet known who is responsible for the attacks. severe storms have caused a power outage at london's gatwick airport leaving thousands of passengers stranded on christmas day twenty six flights have been cancelled in t

fish caught within the thirty kilometer radius is thrown into the garbage because it is radiated and tepco is paying local fishermen for it so they're happy and keep silent some of it though makes it to stores but only locally seafood firms here are under threat and there are five perfect responsibly affected by contamination in the sea accounting for almost forty thousand tonnes of fish per year but things may get even worse as the third anniversary of the fukushima disaster approaches south korea has become the first country to baron japanese fish and seafood imports and. reporting from japan quick break next and coming up we continue our report on the impact of documents leaked by wiki leaks. more the twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like and the line is is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the game shaking the city's present and future a lot more so it will bring you this is the moment there are reports you for a look very cold and snowy windy mountainous tough yet beyond the olympics but the . starting germ of the first on our team. i got t

the whole catch so far there has been none of this species safe and even the nuclear plant operator tepco standing firm that the nearby waters are clear of radiation this edition is pretty much on the control we've built fan says not to let polluted groundwater as a leak into the ocean we were surprised to learn that most of the seafood we saw at the port of soma will never make it to the shelves of fish markets all restaurant tables. most of the fish caught within the thirty kilometer radius is thrown into the garbage because it is radiated and tepco is paying local fishermen for it so they're happy and keep silent some of it though makes it to stools but only locally seafood firms here. the threat and there are five reflectors possibly affected by contamination in the sea accounting for almost forty thousand tonnes of fish per year but things may get even worse as the third anniversary of the fukushima disaster approaches south korea has become the first country to bear in japanese fish and seafood boards and. reporting from japan. earlier this month a huge amounts of beta ray emitting

fish caught within the thirty kilometer radius is thrown into the garbage because it is radiated and tepco is paying local fishermen for it so they're happy and keep silent some of it makes it to stools but only locally seafood firms here are on the. threat there are five reflectors possibly affected by contamination in the sea accounting for almost forty thousand tonnes of fish but a year but things may get even worse as the third anniversary of the fukushima disaster approaches south korea has become the first country to bear a japanese species and seafood boards and. reporting from japan is perhaps no institution happier to see two thousand and thirteen go away in the united states congress it's been a rough year under the dome and many are calling for fundamental repairs to our nation's primary lawmaking body and those repairs are actually coming next year not in the way you might think r t correspondent liz wall as this report. it's an architectural marvel in the nation's capital that has come to represent democracy and enjoy this i want you can because the capitol dome is about to lo

tepco said three tons of water seeped out at the leak. they said radiation may have exceeded safety standard but officials said no way water could have reached the sea because there's no drainage ditches nearby. >>> ayu sweet fish made a comeback. the tsunami severely damaged the local fishery. the fish raised in a hatchery in ofunato. it washed much of it away but resumed operations in september. workers moved 100,000 sweet fish from the hatchery to a truck. they transported to another city. production there is taking place on a trial basis and shipments from the hatchery expected to be two one-third and half the level before the disaster. >> we will keep up efforts to restore shipments to predisaster levels. >> the sweet fish will be kept in the city until may and released into a nearby river. >>> chinese are looking back even as they look forward. they planned a serious of events on thursday to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of the founder of communist china. mao's idea such as the great leap forward in the cultural revolution

abc news has reached out to tepco but has not received a response. for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >>> and, lara, this target situation, the credit card hacking, keeps on going. >> the fallout continues. good morning. the giant retailer under massive fire this morning. after a major data breach, exposing the debit and credit card account info for as many as 40 million customers. lawsuits are being filed. linzie janis is following it all. >> a lot of people still worried at this stage. millions of stolen card numbers are flooding into the black market right now and the race to the courthouse has begun. this morning, angry shoppers lashing out at target, threatening class-action lawsuits against the retailer, including one filed in portland, oregon, alleging the store failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures. the secret service says it's investigating the alleged hack attack that target said compromised the credit and debit card information of 40 million customers nationwide, between november 27 and

. >> tepco executives say they won't scrap the reactors immediately. they want to train workers there and test technologies for decommissioning the reactors that suffered meltdowns. they say it may take 40 years to fully close the plant. >>> the japanese government has begun to publicly solicit information on technologies that could help safely remove fuel debris from the crippled fukushima daiichi plant. in 2020 or later, japan plans to restart removing melted fuel from the three reactors that suffered meltdowns in the march 2011 disaster. the removal of the fuel debris is a core part of the work to decommission the plant. it's expected to take 30 to 40 years. the international research institute for nuclear decommissioning, or irid, explained the current plan to some 130 engineers and researchers at a briefing session in tokyo. the plan is to fill the reactor containment vessels with water to minimize workers' exposure to radiation. institute officials said they are seeking information on ways to examine the commission of the melted fuel inside the r

tepco officials say they will continue to investigate why massive amounts of radioactive substances were released and how it happened. >>> now we have ron madison with the latest in biz news. ron? >> thanks a lot, gene. we're hearing now that japan is getting ready to help southeast asian nations to cushion any potential impact of a tightening of u.s. monetary policy. japan has agreed to expand its currency swap agreements. under the agreements, japan will increase the amount of currency it can lend from $12 billion to $22.7 billion. for the philippines, the ceiling will double. japan will also set up a new fund for singapore. a decision by the fed could prompt investors to pull their money out of emerging economies, and that could possibly trigger excessive fluctuations in financial markets. japan wants to head off such developments by expanding or creating these swap agreements. finance minister taro aso says the association of southeast asian nations is crucial for japan. >>> malaysian prime minister has called on japanese businesses to invest more in southeast asia. he's seeking to h

the suit claims that tepco created an impression that the pressure of the radiation leaked was at levels that would not pose a threat to the plaintiffs an the alleged misrepresentation prompted rescuers including the plaintiffs to rush in to an unsafe area. abc news reached out to tep co but has not received a response. aditi roy, los angeles. >>> utilities in maine hope to get power back to nearly all customers sometime today. crews spent the holiday repairing power lines and poles knocked down by the snow and ice storm. more snow is in the forecast which could cause new outages. >>> here's a look at the weather. fast-moving storm will bring light snow and rain in new york and new england today. showers in florida and south texas. lake effect snow showers continue near the great lakes. the rest of the midwest should be dry and most of the west, too. >>> expect 40s in the northeast, 20s in the great lakes and mid-40s in the midwest low 50s in the pacific northwest and 50s in denver, dallas, new orleans and atlanta. >>> a little mixing and matching have led to a very rare delivery in okla

the government plans to raise the limit of its interest-free loans to tepco to make sure residents get paid. >>> the fukushima accident spurred municipalities near nuclear plants to work on evacuation plans, but 60% say they have yet to draw something up. officials say 82 of the 135 municipalities had still not finished compiling evacuation plans as of the beginning of this month. many municipalities are finding difficulties to evacuate people outside their boundaries and are still unsure how to move elderly people from hospitals and care facilities to safer places. >>> fighting between rival military groups is spreading in the world's newest nation, south sudan. it started last sunday between supporters of the country's president and former vice president. united nations officials say at least 500 people have been killed, and tens of thousands more are reportedly fleeing the fighting. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the fighting began at the top of south sudan's pyramid of power, within the presidential guard core. supporters of president salva kiir have been clashing with troops loy

life on top of all that i'm offered neither financial compensation nor any job that's why i'm taking tepco to call. the government says it's working on proven conditions for reset but with the fukushima clear up draining billions of dollars out of the state budget it could take years maybe even a decade to do that even local officials are being kept in the dark again. the government says it is building bigger houses but will finish it in no sooner than two years and not all of these people will be able to live in those that's as little as we officials on the ground are told by the central government fukushima means a happy island in japanese but that's the last word these people will describe to their lives which are unlikely to ever return to normal especially with a government that meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in. reporting from japan. dealing with the aftermath of nuclear disaster but is there an alternative to atomic energy which poses less of a risk to the world one of the subjects being a sport today and having martin's break in the s

entire earth system of management of tepco in fact of the entire nuclear industry of japan has been to rely on unskilled uneducated and specialist d. the workers the guys they pick up off the street and are brought in and paid a daily wage wouldn't have been some of them don't even realize they're going into a radioactive circumstance but it's not professional it's it's a comedy of errors and the attacks are just one of many many structures that were built hurriedly without extra teams without consulting the national specialists it's fair to say that it's a big mess and it will get worse the real problem is that the government has but some agenor gee in hiding the information that at this point i can i think it's fair to say that nobody knows what's really going on. now to some other international news in brief this hour three key secular leaders the c twenty eleven arab spring uprising have been convicted in egypt holding an unauthorised rally and a targeting police officers under a new controversial law that restricts protesters the men were given three year prison sentences and larg

entire system of management of tepco infected the entire nuclear industry of japan has been to rely on unskilled uneducated un special us to be the workers the guys that pick up off the street and are brought in and paid a daily wage wouldn't have and some of them don't even realize they're going into a radioactive circumstance well it's not professional it's a comedy of errors and the attacks are just one of many many structures that were built originally without expertise without consulting him or national specialists it's fair to say that it's a big mess and it will get worse the real problem is that the government has but so much energy in hiding the information that at this point i could i think it's fair to say that nobody knows what's really going on and some other stories now from around the globe in age of three prominent secular assonance from the twenty eleven uprising have been convicted of holding an unauthorized a rally and attacking police the move was the first use of a controversial law restricting demonstrations all three x. of us received three year jail terms and we

well of course because the entire earth system of management of tepco infected the entire nuclear industry of japan is going to rely on unskilled uneducated and specialist d. the workers the guys they pick up off the street and are brought in and paid a daily wage wouldn't have and some of them don't even realize they're going into a radioactive circumstance but it's not professional and it's it's a comedy of errors and that the attacks are just one of many many structures that were built hurriedly without expertise without consulting the national specialists it's fair to say that it's a big mess and it will get worse i could say japan is obviously failing to safely clean out the plan to needs help from outside to agree i do agree i think it's very very difficult for chicken to do that for reasons of national pride and also because as soon as you bring in the outsiders it upsets this thing that they call the nuclear village well that's a term we use in japan for the scientists the academics the bureaucrats the politicians and the contractors and cousy interrelated situations where anyone w

entire system of management of tepco in fact of the entire nuclear industry of japan is going to rely on unskilled uneducated that under specialist d. the workers the guys that pick up off the street and are brought in paid a daily we wouldn't have and some of them don't even realize they're going into a radioactive circumstance well it's not professional. it's a comedy of errors and the attacks are just one of many many structures that were built originally without expertise without consulting it or national specialists it's fair to say that it's a big mess and they will get worse if the real problem is that the government has that so much energy in hiding the information that at this point i can i think it's fair to say that nobody knows what's really going on thirteen out of some other stories making international headlines later on sunday a rescue ship should reach or trapped russian research vessel that's been stuck in antarctic ice since tuesday it's hoped the australian ice breaker will reach the stranded academic chicago after a failed attempts by french and chinese ships desp