people of japan who at least had allegiance to japan as a nation. yet, it really destabilized it, in that this person was not only had a cultural affinity and in many cases national sense of national belonging to america at the same time as being from japan. >> the japanese americans who spoke english, were they able to have better access to assistance? especially medical assistance afterwards? >> by the u.s. army, you mean. i think in many ways, the immediate need for medical assistance was not met by anybody. not only american medical assistance, but also japanese medical institutions and personnels were incapable of offering any support. i think at that level, their ability to be able to communicate in english was not really in any way the quality that benefitted them. i think after a while, they were able to work more for u.s. occupational forces and their institutions, because of that -- not only the language ability but the ability to cross cultural boundaries. i can remember one survivor who was born in the u.s. and, of course, his english wa

now to japan. the arc attack -- architect has architect whose bid for the 2020 stadium caused controversy has submitted another bit. and second a -- another company has offered what they say is a more cost-effective bid. rishaad: after the break, the struggle to survive in these older industry. industry.ar a special report when we continue. ♪ rishaad: let's have a look at some of the stories making headlines. glencore surging after announced in a debt reduction -- after announcing a debt reduction plan. it will be selling shares and assets to cut about one third of its $30 billion debt. shares had dropped nearly 60%. a takeover bid for oil surge. woodside is offering one share for every four, which amounts to about 18% on the posing price. board of approval is reviewing the proposal. is set to leave the london metal exchange. only one of a handful of companies still involved in a practice that dates back to 1887. they say trading will not be affected by the move. surviving in the solar industry h

japan would have been divided. there would have been a two power or three power control commission for tokyo. > that was okay with marshall? >> i think it was okay for arshall. >> manchuria would be a russian province. as late as 1949 stalin was proposing the division of china. joe objected to it on the grounds this would be a two chinas policy. so the arguments between mao and stalin were already eginning at that time. >> asking a little broader question because you looked at truman's decision making in other contexts as well. what was it about his experience or his character that enabled him to think so strategically in a way that in my judgment, i think yours, is extraordinarily rare among world leaders? > not that rare. i don't study presidents but i don't believe presidents sit in front of the map and make decisions. i mean, there are huge staffing operations that go on. all the options are calculated. and they make the decisions about the options. how do they mix together? in this case, in this case, soviet d

the rest will go to other book shops in japan. and by ensuring that popular books go to brick and mortar shops rather than the internet, they hope to keep the tradition of buying real books in real stores alive. >> we want to send the message that good books are at book stores. the real ones on the street. we hope that will provide a spark and help to revitalize the publishing industry. >> reporter: some customers are welcoming the new approach. >> translator: i think the new strategy is good. i love books, and i want to buy them at actual book stores. >> reporter: but the situation for such retailers has not been good in recent years. over the past decade, more than 5,000 book stores have shut down nationwide. customers are turning to online sellers. we asked people which they prefer. >> translator: i buy on the internet. i can buy books anywhere, even using my cell phone. it's very convenient. transfer i prefer book stores because i can touch the books, look inside and compare them. >> reporter: internet retail giant amazon has

i don't have to worry about goods sent from japan. they're all authentic. >> reporter: the drugstore launched an online business for consumers in china last year. on the website, the promotional copy is in japanese, as well as chinese, to highlight the japanese brand value. workers at the drugstore wrap the items in pages of japanese newspapers to emphasize the authenticity of the shipment. >> translator: when our chinese customers see the wrapping, they'll be reassured that the items were actually sent from japan. >> reporter: the final sales from its china-bound online retail mark surpassed $3 million last year. the drugstore aims to more than double that amount this year. >> translator: china's market is growing at a pace three times or even five times faster than our domestic market. it will just keep expanding. >> reporter: from everyday items to luxury goods, more and more people are eyeing business opportunities in china's growing online retail market. wataru michishita, nhk world. >>> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. china

it's sending strong westerly winds to japan. meanwhile, there is a severe thunderstorm across the pacific. this is sending strong moist winds. it caused rainfall over the kanto region and the heavy rain lasted for about 12 hours or even more. so that causes serious inundation across the kanto gion. good news, heavy rain is over across the kanto region. but hokkaido will see heavy rainfall for the next couple of days. flooding is going to be a very high risk. all right. back to you, james. >> thanks very much, sayaka. she'll be joining us again with more on weather. >>> china's premier says he will take necessary measures to avoid an economic plunge and ensure growth. li keqiang was speaking to business leaders at a meeting of the world economic forum in dalian. takafumi terui has more. >> reporter: the world's second largest economy is feeling downward pressure. but li has business leaders from all over the wor that the economy is stable and moving in a positive direction. >> translator: china is not a risk for the world economy

if you're going to bring your fund back to japan, what are your plans for investing in japan and also asian countries? >> we still think there's a huge opportunity for writing that first check as companies get their products to market. so probably a lot of investments in maybe, say, 100,000 u.s.-sized check. we think we can probably do 10 to to of those investments every year. and we're looking forward to finding a bunch of great japanese entrepreneurs, some which will be doing business here in japan and some global business. >> mcclure was also saying that he wants more new businesses especially in online education and health care, and he also said that he hopes his company will give japanese entrepreneurs and start-ups the higher profile in silicon valley. that's it for me. back to you. >> very interesting indeed. thanks, mayu. live from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> just government officials are trying to make arrangements for another ministerial meeting later this month for the transpacific partnership. they're now in contact with counterparts in japan and several other nations ta

japan claims them. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory. it says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. he said the visits are contrary to japan's position. he said the countries should discuss a solution that is acceptable to both sides and should base it on a statement issued at a 2013 summit by japan's prime minister shinzo abe and vladimir putin. they agreed to arrange a summit. they pledged to hold more working level consultations. >> israel's prime minister fears russian involvement in a nearby conflict could have disastrous results for his own country. benjamin netanyahu told vladimir putin russian arms flowing through syria could end up in the wrong hands. the leaders got together in moscow to discuss the crisis. netanyahu took top israeli officers to the meeting with him. putin indicated he'll continue giving military aid to the government of syrian president assad. netanyahu says the security situation around israel's northern

japan and the u.s. say america's presence here is needed to keep stability in a region where tensions with china and north korea are rising, but the city's mayor told us he wants the u.s. military to leave. >> it's true that both the japanese and american governments view us as the strategic point of military presence, but i think that also means we can be a hub for international trade and cultural interactions. >> the new base, he says, could ruin that potential. >> the planned airfield will destroy the beautiful nature in the area, and it will obstruct our future development. >> it's about a 60-minute drive south from henoko where the new base is supposed to be, to futenma, which is the base it's supposed to replace. we're gonna to head down there to see what residents here are worried about coming to their area. >> kazunobu akamine can see futenma base from his roof. he gave us this video, showing an osprey flying over his neighborhood, setting off alarms. the u.s. military says it's cut back flights

on thursday bank of japan will reveal its survey. on the same day we'll find out how china's factories did in august. finally on friday the u.s. labor department will release employment data for september. this is regarded as key data when the federal reservize on interest rates. every monday we ask specialists to share their views on the coming week in this edition of expert view we speak to martin schultz. schultz is focusing on japan's tankai survey. >> quite likely the results will be quite a bit lower than three month beforehand. the main reason is executives have become much more skeptical about the global outlook because of the slow down in asia, slow down in china is having an impact in particular on exports. exports are a major engine of growth in japan and they will be slower than we expected before. the overall outlook of the economy has actually to be scaled back quite a bit. we loweredur growth forecast for this year and next year. >> schultz also said the bank of japan might take additional monetary easing measures as e

officials say the tsunamis generated may reach japan. an official at the agency says the tsunami may hit japan's coast early friday. >> translator: we'll first ascertain what happens hawaii. we'll get a clear picture of the situation there around midnight japan time. we'll use the data from hawaii to estimate the tsunami's likely impact on japan. >> waves could range from 20 centimeters to 1 meter and urged people to stay alert for possible advisories. >>> toshiba is looking deeper into a scandal that dealt a heavy blow to the firm's bottom line. gene has the details on that and a wrap up of today's business headlines, gene? >> thanks, james. officials at toshiba appointed a new panel to take a closer look to look at irregularities in the company's account, asking three lawyers how much involvement former executives had in the matter. the officials at the tokyo based firm were forced to write down pretext profits for seven years by $1.9 billion, reporting a net loss of $315 million for the year to march 2015. a shareholder is pressuring

naval forces japan, and the commander told me that japan's people, japanese people, should consider allowing the use of the right. he said the u.s. navy and japan's maritime self-defense force work side by side in many joint operations. he said that if sdf vessels could defend the u.s. navy, they could better counter missiles from north korea. u.s. leaders have repeatedly said they support abe's policy. abe even appeared before the u.s. congress in april and pledged the law would be enacted in this session of the diet. >> members of the opposition and some legal experts have said the bills violate japan's constitution, which specifically renounces war. how does the public view this? >> nhk conducted a survey last weekend and asked people whether they think the bills are constitutional or unconstitutional. 32% of the respondents said the bills violate the constitution. that was double the number that said they're not unconstitutional. we also asked respondents if they think there has been sufficient deliberation in the diet. just 6% said yes, while 58% said deliberations have been insufficien

ere knocking3 at japan's coastline. poundingts were japan's skyline. bonds on hiroshima and 90 psyche. -- atomic bombs on hiroshima and asake broke -- nag japan. the red sun had set. the might of the free people had come at last to triumph over the lords of war. ♪ the last beachhead -- japan! ♪ august 30, 1945. general of the army douglas macarthur, commander-in-chief of the united states army forces in the pacific, designated allied supreme commander to accept the surrender of the japanese. the lieutenant general commanding the eighth army. ♪ september 1, 1945. ♪ hope, andy earnest indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. upon faith and understanding. a world dedicated to the dignity of man, and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, and justice. representatives of the emperor of japan and the japanese government and the japanese imperial general headquarters to sign the instrument of surrender at the places indicated. [silen

plan was a two-phase invasion of japan. we can talk about the casualty issue and the q&a if you want to because i think it sort of moves out by what happened later. but in any event, what's interesting is mr. truman only approves olympic, that first phase in november. he withholds his official sanction to olympic and as i was reading the transcript of that meeting, i noticed that harry truman, at the end, summarizes -- makes a summary statement and says, well, basically, so everyone around the table, all the advisers are all advising me that i should approve this invasion of japan. and i read what and i thought, this is no country bumpkin. he is making sure the record shows what is actually happening which is everyone sitting around that table at that meeting is advising the president that that is the best option to take. and mr. truman approves it, but as you can see, because he only approves olympic, he still has some serious doubts about the invasion of japan. now, between about 1978 and somewhere in the late 1990s and t

he expressed disappointment that japan's proposal was rejected. earlier this month, they announced a decision to cancel the project said plans presented by japan and china would put a strain on state coffers. the indonesia government is unwilling to take on any financial burden and will not offer guarantees for loans and requested a consortium be entrusted to the operation of the system. they reversed the prior decision after china accepted the conditions. indonesia will go ahead with a high speed railway based on china's plan. most of the funds covered by yen loans requiring guarantees by the ionesia government in jap japan's proposal. >>> south koreans like their beer, but many are no longer content with lagger and crave flavor, character, and unique brews made by dedicated artisan. in short, they are hooked on craft beer. we report on changing tastes and a market trend that's lifting spirits. >> reporter: these are good times for the discerning drinker. 2004's restaurants are serving craft beers in south korea, up from a handful two years ago.

the bills will enable japan to go to war. >> takashi shiraishi said japan can only be secure if there is security and peace in the rest of the world. >> translator: discussions that revolve too much around the constitution and the laws will lead to poor debate on national security. japan cannot cope with changes to the security environment without the legislation. >> aki okuda, a senior member of a student group that has been campaigning against the bills. >> translator: the prime minister's incomprehensible explanations have generated public concern and prompted people to rally nationwide. the conclusion is simple. the bills cannot be passed during the current diet session. they must be scrapped. >> diet members will have another public hearing on wednesday before holding a final question and answer session at the committee. leaders of the ruling camp are hoping the bills will pass at a plenary session of the chamber and become laws this week. position lawmakers are determined to block them. they're considering submitting a no confidence motion against the cabinet. >>> diplomats from

germany and japan. i see that yellow font is is probably not that good. the declaration there, china would receive an american guaranty against external aggression. and japan will return man cheer ya, taiwan. and in due course, korea would become free and independent. all of that is roosevelt's vision for jerry main as a divide weak germany. and i mentioned this primarily because there is a pacific analog to this that was this itself was never fully realized after world war ii. and the japanese even less so. and at the conference that is when stalin promised to enter the pacific war after germany was defeated. roosevelt promised to give a strong position in man customer ya. they already had a strong position within china. in mongolia. korea would be placed under a 40-year tutelage. and at the second conference, december of '43, churchill now said that soviet entry into the pacific was unnecessary and he wanted to cancel that and do further operations in the mediterranean. churchill agreed to this but th

they're off japan. they can bomb japan. it's really a mess. and the thing that pushes him over the edge. that's the most sacred place in japan. it's the most sacred place in japan. it's like the vatican. and so if the japanese military can't protect the shrine, they can't protect him, they've really lost their mandate as far as hirohito is concerned. then the potsdam declaration comes up. its conditions for unconditional surrender. it's unconditions. that's review. the beginning of august, still relying on the soviet initiative. it's hopeless and potsdam should close the lid on that. they're still hoping for something. they haven't attacked us yet. so maybe, who knows? and we don't want the americans to know what our bargaining position is. nobody wants to go on the record as saying, well, here's what we'll settle for. because that might encourage the allies. may encourage the allies to ask for more or might give them the sense that -- so they don't want to give up their bargaining position even though we know what their bargaining position is

almost 300,000 people relocated from japan. she was 8 when soviet troops invaded just before the end of the war, about 1300 people escaped forming a line that stretched for several kilometers. >> translator: i saw someone walking up there far beyond the mountains. i wondered how many mountns i had to climb to reach that point. >> reporter: soviet troops then attacked the group. most of the civilians were unarmed. more than a thousand of them died. >> translator: i saw a man and a woman on tanks firing machine guns. my sister survived. she was shielded by the bodies of fallen children, but my cousin was killed. >> reporter: chinese people came to the aide of takata and her family. her father later joined them, and they returned to japan after a year. takata eventually got married and had children, but she could not bring herself to tell them about what had happened years earlier. this year, she decided to go to inner mongolia, and she knew whom she wanted to see. another japanese survivor who remained in china. wu lt five of her

i'm hoping that we put to rest the right wing propaganda that's flooding from japan to infra trait japan leaders. i hope we pass this resolution as strongly as we can as a city so we say never again will this happen to anyone. we focus on the current and present issues as well, but we learn from the past and we make the past visible. we make the past visible. we make suffering visible. and we break the silence so that we, as san francisco, can unite and help heal the wounds that have happened in the past. we're really honored to have ms. young su lee with us. she's courageous, she's a persevering survivor of the world war ii japanese army, so called comfort station. her fighting spirit, emerges from the women's movements of korea and japan and the u.s. and where ever women and girls are, and it has been a fight across the pacific and here for over 20 years as well. ms. lee was born in 1928 near dabu korea. she was 15 or 16-year-old when she was lured out of her home in the middle of the night by japanese or a soldier with a hat covering his face. she and her friend who was also lured wer

miz japan and the question of how diverse japan is, is a japan. >> we have received a couple of comments. racist. >> japan is one of the most whom only nous countries. 2% of the population is of foreign origin. this is a hot topic, how much should japan let in. the population is defined thing. fertility is one of the lowest in the world. this report does point to some of those issues and some japanese people don't want to hear about it. >> you and i talked when we came back from iran. now that hafoo is not derogatory, i should let the viewers know you are also hafoo. >> yes, and i've been wam in japan, they treated me kindly. you have been to japan, you treatment. >> this trip made be wonder if i was darker skin. talking about the challenges. as there is everywhere in the world. many people are open-minded and welcoming, no matter the colour and background. >> like you would see in america when there's milestones or breakthroughs, there's a lot of media milestone. >> definitely, there was a lot of support. people tweeted who cares if she's an hafoo. although there were sweets and posts s

grew up in japan and one i first contacted him by sheer coincidence was about to leave japan to do research on a completely different topic. i am a very good researcher and military records because i've been doing it for years. japanese wreck it's not so much so of course being able to go, we are fortunate to live by the archives and the usual other places the air force history center in alabama consolidated aircraft space museum. it's all about pulling together not just facts but salient facts and trying to make the most logical allusions based on those facts. you can't get carried away. there's there's afraid somebody might be for my group called the research rapture. you have to literally forced himself to stop researching and start writing. buy it at that point a couple of times and the book i have coming out next summer, it was a brill problem because it was a fascinating story as are my other books but you have to be in love with what you are going to write about or at least fascinated by it because it takes long hours of research and unfortunately i haven't yet figured out how to bre

informed japan's top government spokesperson of the decision. he is visiting as a special envoy for the president. japan and china have been eyeing the railway contract and the plans link jakart and city of bandung. earlier this month leaders in jakarta said they would cancel the project and both plans would put a strain on state coffers. they will not offer guarantees for loans. president decided on shchina's proposal as japan's would require government guarantees. >> translator: we regret that came to convey our message. >> officials in beijing welcomed the decision. >> translator: we have expertise in construction and management of high speed trains as well as superior know how in international cooperation, findings and conditions, transfer of technology and schedule management. >> japan is eyeing a number of high speed railway projects including one linking malaysia and singapore. the decision could force the government to reconsider the strategy. >>> japan's olympic minister wants games to be held in fukushima prefecture. the prefecture was

it's a researched account of the day following japan's to render. detail is impressive and inspiring as its determination to tell it. while harding expresses commitment as a journalist to remain object is and not emotionally attached to the individual stories to be told, he admits his personal connection with tony for my service in the vietnam war to his detailed journalism of the american military affairs, tardiness to share the legacy of patriotism. stephen harding is the author of a previous books include in "the new york times" best-seller, the last battle. it's a one-time longtime journalist specializing in military affairs. for nearly two decades he was the official magazine of the u.s. army reporting from northern ireland, israel, new zealand and iraq. currently editor-in-chief of military history magazine. his contributions without further ado, stephen harding. [applause] >> well, that was impressive. i want to thank davis for the nice introduction. of course for them having me here tonight. i do know how much you know about the story that m

today, japan. the prime minister here with us to explain abenomics and the outlook for the world passes third-largest economy. let's get you set up for the trading day and we will start in asia. hit targetslump today. since january. nikkei wiping out all of its games for 2015. finishing the day down 4%. investors searching for direction there. the stoxx is down .4%. the dax up by .1%. are stuck, sidewalks waiting for motorcades to pass and have been rethinking the equity slide, it appears to the s&p, futures are up by nine points, about .5%. higher, up points .4%. higherdaq is 21 points come up by .5% on the day. a the bond market, it did of rally. the five-year, 1.3 percent and the two-year, 68 basis points. might mention copper. we were talking about that earlier in terms of what is happening with top stories today. glencoretching rebounding as analysts say monday's 29% plunge will prove excessive. glencore shares in europe right .ow are up 8% analysts called the stock attractive now. india cut i

japan at this point. stalin promised within three months with in the surrender of germany he would declare war on japan. so we had the big red army hovering in siberia waiting to go into manchuria that was a huge consideration for marshall and truman what will happen if we have the red army not only taking over poland but also through manchuria into china? i'd think if it came down to a war of attrition in japan was pretty close to the edge. the shock value of the soviet union to declare war on them would set them back quite a bit. >> i am curious as year talk about these men and leaders but in comparison to today with foreign affairs said congress seems schizophrenic there when everything with iran but syria they talked individually. what did roosevelt have to contend with congressional leadership? to make a beautiful question. what was the congressional landscape? roosevelt had to go into the 1940 election and to institute a peacetime draft and talk about a burden for a candidate. they still controlled

there,we will leave it waiting for us in japan. netflix going to want -- launch its first market in asia. you can get more on that story and all of the top stories, plus you can watch us live wherever you are on the bloomberg app. downloaded to your mobile device. plug, up, pulling the tokyo scraps its olympic logo over plagiarism claims. we will take a look what it means for sponsors angie: a lot more people start gazing towards japan for that safety haven play called the yen, in light of the global route. we are 30 minutes away from the opening of trading there, as well as australia and south korea. you are watching "first up." ♪ angie: the top stories this hour, u.s. stocks extended the global selloff. k manufacturings data is stoked about the economy. its third worst drop this year it is now 10% below the all-time high in may. -- ministeromy mr. says the global selloff does not pose a systematic risk. he says the slowdown in china is different from previous financial crises because the economic base in the country is not shak

japan claims them. japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of its territory. it says they were illegally occupied after the war. the two agreed to resume vice ministerial level talks on a peace treaty on october 8. >> translator: japan would like to resolve the territorial issue with the four islands and we'd like to keep negotiating to find a solution that can satisfy both sides under basic policy which is a conclusion of the peace treaty. >> lavrov referred to kishida's use of the term "northern territories." >> translator: first of all, as far as the russian delegation is concerned, we did not discuss the northern territories. neither the northern territories of japan nor those of russia are the subject of our dialogue. >> lavrov says the issue under discussion was the signing of a peace treaty. on the economic front, kishida and russia's first deputy prime minister have agreed to strengthen relations in this field. they held an intergovernmental committee on trade and economic issues. kishida says japanese companies are eager to do business with russia, ev

russia controls the island, japan claims them. the government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory. japanese foreign minister plans to travel to moscow next week. he plans to meet his russian counter part and plans to hold talks with russia's first deputy prime minister to discuss economic cooperation. attention is focused on whether the high level meetings would pave the way for a visit by putin to japan later this year. policy makers have another set of data to consider. the consumer price index has come out just one day before a crucial decision about whether to raise rates. we are joined from our business desk. all eyes are on how economic data will influence the fed's decision. >> everybody in the global markets has been waiting for this day for a long time. the fed has many things to consider, the labor market, the impact on global growth and now consumer prices. employment numbers have been showing improvement but inflation has been running below the target of 2% and in august u.s. consumers edged

it could affect western japan or even central japan over the weekend. we'll show you and keep you post t ed on the progress. in the southern hemisphere, there's a pressure east of new zeel land. it's been causing heavy rainfall across north islands. look at this video. people in gisbourne north island began cleanup work after torrential rains caused major flooding. they got 115 millimeters of rain in 20 hours, more than a monthly rainfall. people were stranded in water and 20 roa in the city were closed and more wet weather is expected for the north island and a system, another system will actually affect the north and south islands so many parts >> hi there and welcome. france 24tching bringing you the latest international news live from paris. refusing to step down, the d'etat sayse coup is military elite will not give up power and defend themselves if attacked. the regular army had called on the leaders to step down. the influx of tens of thousands of migrants is

people of japan who at least had allegiance to japan as a nation. yet, it really destabilized it, in that this person was not only had a cultural affinity and in many cases national sense of national belonging to america at the same time as being from japan. >> the japanese americans who spoke english, were they able to have better access to assistance? especially medical assistance afterwards? >> by the u.s. army, you mean. i think in many ways, the immediate need for medical assistance was not met by anybody. not only american medical assistance, but also japanese medical institutions and personnels were incapable of offering any support. i think at that level, their ability to be able to communicate in english was not really in any way the quality that benefitted them. i think after a while, they were able to work more for u.s. occupational forces and their institutions, because of that -- not only the language ability but the ability to cross cultural boundaries. i can remember one survivor who was born in the u.s. and, of course, his english wa

japan wasn't as sharp and allowed scotland five tries. scotland beat japan 45-10. japan has four points and has slid to third place. >>> one of the world's most famous conductors is thinking about how to foster a new generation of talent and fans. we look at how the 80-year-old conductor is trying to inspire people to follow in his legendary footsteps. >> reporter: every summer ozawa organizes a music festival in the picturesque castle town of matsumoto. he launched the event more than 20 years ago. these days, it has become a staple of the summer music calendar. this year, the festival's coorganizers decided to rename the even as the sage ozawa mats this 24-year-old violinist studies music at a university in the u.s. and has made it through for three years running. >> every time i come back, i also search for some fresh new thing from the maestro. it's why i would like to come back each year. >> ozawa rose to international fame as the conductor of boston symphony orchestra. he went on to become music director of the vienna state opera. he founded the music academy

the rain could get heavy in western japan. as for tokyo today, it's going to be a perfect day for doing your laundry outdoor. tokyo 25, partly sunny skies. enjoy it while we can on our tuesday. across the u.s., we are looking at a sink of jet stream meandering down to the south. we are going to get beneficial rainfall across parts of california where the wildfires are still raging. too much rainfall could causeoo. out towards the cascades, we are looking at snow in the higher elevations. a taste of winter out there. a clash of the two air masses happening here. that is likely to bring strong gusts from kansas to nebraska. gorgeous looking out in new york, chicago and d.c. here across the uk we have a tornado touchdown reported in southern parts. it's looking messy. the cold front will still be affecting northern italy. heavy rain warning has been in plates in parts of portugal. the rest of the area looking clear and fine. people living in temporary shelters across these areas will get a summer-like temperature. watch out for h

but as japan fought to the end, the u.s. military changed its strategy and began bombing indiscriminately. there's an artist who spent his life depicting the suffering caused by the raids. after being unable to find a home for his art, a helping hand came from an unlikely source. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: taro cano uses the tools of an artist to retell history. when american bombers devastated tokyo. people run through the flames. kano was one of them. the sight of victims being burned alive is permanently etched in his memory. >> translator: these huge planes kept dropping bombs on us one after another. it was like seeing a nightmare. i was beyond terrified. >> reporter: kano was 14 at the time. he lost everything. his home, his two younger sisters and his parents. as the war intensified u.s. bombers targeted cities to try to hasten the end. 66 cities across japan were burned to the ground killing over 400,000 people. tokyo was the hardest hit. on one day alone 100,000 perished. after the war, kano was unable to

with kariba to make sure it didn't set the tone for japan's position in asia at a special for japan's relations with other democracies. i thought, frankly, the statements were very influenti influential, and probably had an impact on seoul to which is of course a democracy and a and a f euros and a friend of australia. the administration has been confused and all over the map on this issue but i think that was an effective way to set the tone. in china people said the response was harsh but default with the chinese say about this issue it was fairly moderate or some of you may have noticed that the english language chinese statements that japan should have apologized and should have done this and should have done that, worst the chinese davis said japan must apologize, must. i don't think this is an accident. i think the chinese appointed multiple audiences. so the washington response in particular. since november last year when xi jinping and abe had their telecom both leaders can is continuing rivalry between japan and china. both leaders have tried to stabilize this for the own rea

to thecounting down opens in australia and japan and korea, let's go to japan. inflation coming in from japan at -0.1% t. nikkei 225 was down yesterday ther playing catch-up to selloff we saw in asia where it was on holiday for three days. futures pointing to -- let's call it flat. the dollar/yen. e is trying to win back support after pushing a defense bill. after his reappointment to another term he laid out three arrows of his abenomics plan. isabel, new arrows. tell us about the focus. el: the prime minister had an opportunity to lay out three arrows, the first is economic growth. and economy.ng the second target is to create a society that is more family-friendly and easier to bring up children. the third is to strengthen social security so there we are looking at issues like helping people who are working combined that with caring for elderly relatives. it is a growing problem in japan with the aging population. overall what he is looking at is trying to maintain a population currentlylion people, 127 million but falling rapidly. he is saying he wants to pu

japan had not surrendered yet. no surrender had been signed. so they saw it as a question of defending the sovereign air space until the country surrendered. so they also decided that they would attack any allied aircraft that looked to be hostile. an important thing to remember here is that in both of the atomic bombings at that point in japan, they'd been conducted by two aircraft, both of them b-29s on each occasion. to the japanese, a b-29 and a b-32 were identical; four-engine bombers, big, tall tail. so on august 16th general doug las -- douglas macarthur who ultimately would become supreme commander of allied powers in occupied japan, wanted to test the fidelity of the japanese to see if they really were the going to follow through on their agreement to surrender. so on august 16th he sent four b-32s and some other aircraft over different parts of the canto plain which is the area around metropolitan tokyo to photograph airfields. as part of the ceasefire, fighter aircraft were supposed to have their propellers removed so they couldn't f

they are off japan. they can bomb japan. it is really a mess. the thing that pushes him over the edge is the bombing of the imperial shrine. that is the most sacred place in japan. it is like the vatican. if the japanese military cannot at ise, theyhrine cannot protect hirohito. they have lost their mandate. then the potsdam declaration comes out. it is the condition for unconditional surrender. begin reviewing. in august they are relying on soviet initiative to achieve their basic war in, give notice -- even though it is absolutely hopeless and they hope that will come with something. we do not want the americans to know what our bargaining position is. nobody wants to go on record as saying here is what we will settle for. that might encourage the allies to ask for more. it might give them the sense -- they don't want to give up their targeting position, even know everyone knows what their bargaining position is. the war at this point -- by all parties everyone knows they have , lost. by the end of july, the japanese empire that existed prior

two systems will be affecting japan this week. our weather deck tells us this hour's updates. >> it's on top of two storms, we had a stationary front system. it's located over the country. this system is causing severe weather in main parts of the country. that includes a possible tornado which shifts the prenext cure yesterday. take a look at this video from the prefecture. take a look at the person on the left side of the screen. he was blown over by strong winds. it hit central japan and daj damaged dozens of homes. it could be the worst wind damage in the country so far this year and the seasonal front will continue to sit in the similar area, for more wet weather for you for the next couple of days, take a look at the forecast. it will continue until wednesday, heavy wind are anticipated starting wednesday. this is otto, now a tropical storm. this. this testimony system will likely hit western jan pan on wednesday. there were similar stormsn 2003 and 2009 and both systems caused deadly flooding across japan. this one is going