, and manufacturing industries in kumamoto. in the worst-case scenario we may return to long time of deflation. so, now is the time to rev up the engine of abenomics to maximum to get rid of such risks. to get ourselves in one, we must maximize the philosophy. and wihether to accelerate the abenomics or whether we should go back. this will be the biggest issue of the upcoming upper house election. i am determined to lead an implement the agreement at the ise-shima summit, meeting as a host nation. to shoot the three arrows of abenomics with all-out force once again, i am determined to take comprehensive and bold economic measures once again this autumn. the most important thing is to implement a reform to rouse private investment which generates future growth. i will aim for early effectuation of tpp and create new investment opportunities by spreading to the world a fair economic zone such as japan e.u. or epa which is evaluated highly. i will utilize the zero interest rate environment to rouse the bold private investment whic

they gave about $1.5 billion to kumamoto governor. the mayors began seeking donations soon after the quake struck in april. >> translator: kumamoto, you can do it. >> chen says she hopes people affected by the quakes can get their lives back to normal. >> translator: i'm filled with gratitude. my prefecture will carefully use donations to help those affected and support recovery efforts. >> kumamoto has an international exchange relationship with him. and the southwestern japanese prefecture donated money there after the city suffered earthquake damage in february. the two mayors will visit affected areas in kumamoto before returning home on sunday. >>> police say they found a woman's body in a mountain forest in akita prefecture northern japan, she's onof four people suspected to have recently been killed by bears in kazuno city. police and firefighters found the body on friday. they believe it's suzuki who has been missing since wednesday. she's believed to have entered the forest to gather bamboo shoots. police say the body was sev

. >> translator: i thought i must launch my election campaign from kumamoto. i thought i will convey to the entire nation our commitment to rebuilding kumamoto after the earthquakes. the key issue of this electionn is economic policy. opposition party members cannot open their mouths without criticizing, all they say is abenomics has failed. this fight is about whether to advance or retreat. are we going to vigorously push forward abenomics to see japan grow and each region prosper to create a country where everyone can feel the economy is picking up, or will we go back to four years ago? are we going to return to that dark and sluggish period? this is the decision you are making in this election. we'll bring the abe administration's reckless drive to an end and change the political landscape. if we allow the parties that want to change the constitution to get two-thirds of the seats, they're certain to push the changes through, especially to article 9. they want to allow japan to exercise the right to collect a self-defense without limits. we should not allow

it helped in kumamoto during earthquakes that hit in april. doctors used it to share information in what was an unstable communication situation. while line has grown quickly in some areas, one of its challenges is the relatively limited market. 70% of users are concentrated in japan, taiwan, thailand and indonesia. >> translator: i am often in contact with people abroad, but line is not that popular everywhere. so i rarely use it. >> in areas like the united states and europe, line users are on the decline, dropping by 15 million over 12 months. the company hopes the simultaneous listings in japan and the u.s. will boost its international profile. it also wants to use funds raised on stock markets to strengthen its sales and ad strategies. in japan the company is looking to increase its use yobeyond yog people and with a larger segment of the population. seniors. >> i use email a lot. i never use line. >> with around half of japanese people sticking to older types of phones line is looking more broadly. it's announced that it will soon enter

kumamoto officials plan to work with south korean travel agencies to boost tourism in the region. >>> an international think tank studying peacefulness has found that global inequality widened last year. the main factor was intense concentration of violence and conflicts in the middle east and africa. the sydney-based institute for economics and peace ranked the peacefulness of 163 countries and territories. its report uses an index of over 20 indicators such as the rates of violent crime, relations with neighboring countries, and military expenditure as a percentage of gdp. iceland came number one for the sixth year in a row. the country has no standing military and a low crime rate. seven european nations ranked in the top ten. japan came in ninth, one notch lower than last year. the country received a high mark for its low incidence of violent crime but got a low mark for tense relations with north korea and china. the report says syria is the least peaceful country followed by south sudan, iraq, afghanistan, and somalia. think tank researchers say the score for the middle east and

. >> reporter:r: but t the restotn team in kumamoto faces even bigger challenges. they have five times as many breaches in the walls to fix, and some of the buildings are at risk of collapse. these will have to be moved before working on the foundations. one expert adving the wowork says there is another problem -- the ground itself. >> translator: the ground beneath the castle is no longer stable, and this must be taken ininto careful consideration wh repairing the walls. otherwise, the entire thing could collapse in a future earthquake. >> reporter: the kumamoto disastster creatated much hards for people in the area. but the city is working to restore people's hope and local pride one stone at a time. >>> tokyo started off the week on a wet note. sayaka mori has more in this hour's weather outlook. >> it's been raining all day today. rain will likely continue into the evening hours and winds will continue to effect the tokyo area. some areas had about 100 millimeters of rainfall about 50% of the monthly rainfall for june. that is quite a lot and more rain is expe

the kumamoto governor says a strategy will be compiled by the end of july. the prefecture's task force held its first meeting on monday. governor kabashima is heading up the unit. >> translator: it is important to set viable reconstruction targets that exceed residents' expectations. >> the governor received recommendations from an external panel of experts. the panel suggested that reconstruction should exceed how conditions were before the quakes. concrete measures on how to proceed are to be announced in september. >>> official campaigning for japan's upper house election will kick off in days. lawmakers and others preparing to run are preparing. let's walk you through the key pledges. the ruling liberal democratic party said it priority sizes the economy. it vows to move forward with shinzo abe's economic politics. it says it created more jobs and raised wages, and as abe said, the ldp will postpone the country's con supervision tax hike originally scheduled for next april. it will make sure that the economy comes out of deflation. the ldp said it aims t

the mayor of kumamoto city led a moment of silence on tuesday. the earthquakes killed 49 people including four in the city. >> translator: many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives. let's do everything we can so we can get out of this situation as soon as possible. >> reporter: she is still trying to deal with the shock of losing her house. >> translator: it's been two months, but i still feel like crying. >> reporter: like most homeowners here, she says money is the major barrier to rebuilding. she is a dental hygienist and sends money to her daughter in college every month. she says she does not have much in savings. >> translator: when i think about having to pay back a housing loan and cover my daughter's tuition at the same time, i worry. i wonder if i can manage. >> reporter: long-term residents are also feeling unsettled. this woman has been an active member of her community for more than 20 years. but she says seeing the damage around her has made her think about leaving. >> translator: i love this town. but the quakes are f

kumamoto showers, cloudy conditions by saturday, a high of 31. if you look back toward the west, though, shanghai thunderstorms in the forecast. rain yea season front still lingering toward the west and continuing to bring showers out there across central and eastern china. take a look down toward the south, we have the southwest monsoon dominating out here, especially across parts of the philippines and also over here toward thailand, you're going to be seeing some thunderstorms for those of you in the bangkok, a high of 33 there for you. hong kong 3. still some passing rainfall and toward manila as well. let's change gears and talk about wintertime weather out here across southern australia. one thing you take away from the satellite picture is of course you can see our low pushing through here, but behind it you kind of have that popcorn popping up here on the state li satellite picture, cold weather cumulus, indicating cooler temperatures rolling in from the antarctic out there and temperatures reflected actually this past weekend in parts of

as for kumamoto, rainy weather should continue into your friday. now, as for china, rain is still continuing. the weather has been very wild so far this system. now more rain is expected for eastern portions of china and also there's a new low affecting the chongqing area. here's the extended forecast. >>> "newsroom onthank you for joining us "france 24." we start with his headlines. at least 41 dead and over 200 inured in a terror attack turkey. suicide bomber's detonated explosives inside an istanbul international airport. authorities expect islamic state. scotland is determined to stay in the european union. nicola sturgeon delivered an unequivocal message in brussels. britain's chair at the eu

a load, and there's that extreme threat across much of kumamoto, nagasaki, and you could be see landslides here once again on wednesday, because not only the group is loose, but we have more rain on top of what we've inact the avstexcted in northern kyand to the northewe coueep to00 millimeters out there. tokyo probably going to be seeing a passing shower or two, heading into the late morning into the early morning hours, but i think the worst of it will be through the overnight heading into thursday morning, if you are in the tokyo area, but overall nothing compared to what we're seeing back toward of west. if we follow this front into center and eastern china, it has been dominating out here as well. since saturday some of these areas have seen 5 to 600 millimeters of total precipitation. you can see exactly where our rainy season is stretching from kyushu. i do want to show you some video out of southern china, first call of in -- you can see since last saturday, at least 22 people have been killed, and 20 other people are still missing, according to local officials. eight of the deaths

people are being warned and advised even towards the kumamoto area. as we go through the rest of wednesday and even over towards thursday. as those showers pull off toward the east towards the tokyo area, we'll be seeing a passing sprinkle or two out there. i think the worst of it is going to be towards the west, 200 millimeters still expected in okusha over the next 24 hours. friday, sasunday, it does look like we'll get a break out here, vastly improving conditions for the most part expected. still going to be on the hot and humid side. let's follow our front back towards the west, because it's not just japan. much of central and eastern china have been getting a torrential amount of prescription. this has resulted in very serious flooding. i want to show you video, we have a few locations, just showing the significant flooding that's taken place. ten people are still missing due to this heavy rainfall. local authorities say 1.5 million people are estimated to have been affected by this seasonal surge of rainfall. rescue workers are assisting people

now, across japan, torrerential rains are affecting many parts of western japan including kumamoto and also kagoshima. in about 24 hours, 280 millimeters s of rain has falle. that's a lot. that's causing damage to crops lilike oranges orr tomatoes in kumamamoto. so w weather has been very bad since the rainy season started. more wet weather is expected as we go into tomorrow. an additional 100 mielllimeters could fall on top of that. it's going to sty well through tomorrow and the same system also affecting central portions of china. heavy rain is causing flooding across central portions of china as well. we have some footage coming out of sichuan province. the incident left many vehicles stranded as debris from a landslide blocked off the main route. the area had been hit by intense rainfall for more than a week. it looks like rain should let up as we go into wednesday. however, more rain is anticipated for sichuan province. now, el nino has brought heavy rainfall. but still 10% of the state is under extreme to exceptional drought. so they definitity need rainfall. now, rain is antici

kumamoto where you need the drier periods, sunday may be the chance for you to see a dry spell before you see rain back in the picture monday and tuesday. the forecast for north america, it's been an active couple of days when it comes to severe storms. it looks like the same system continues to hover over the northern portions of the deep south. it will continue to move to the south and east. we'll be watching for rain and maybee even stronger thunderstorms. to the north and west we'll also look out for a low pressure sysystem thahat has been really creating instability over places like denver. it has been a stormy few days here. a high of 35. that's very warm for those in the mile-high city, with a chance of storms on friday. rain in vancouver and seattle with highs in the upper teens. as you wrap things up and look at what's happening into europe, we're going to be dealing with a low pressure system that's coming on-shore. so that's going to bring a lot of instability as we continue to go forward in time. also seeing some rain and some stormsms over possibly even int the scandndina

doesn't count the showers that we're going to see as we go ahead into friday night, into saturday, kumamoto showers all the way out. the good news, sunday finally getting a bit of a break across most of japan, some high pressure will set in at least until next week. all of that is coming in from this kink in the front. that will develop and put towards the east, but right now about 150 to 200 millimeters out here is expected. that's on top of the precipitation we have been getting, causing deadly flooding out here. the past week alone, over 20 casualties have been reported. if you have travel plans across the mid western states of the u.s. on your wednesday evening, had you had into thursday morning, tornadoes threat was there. i think that's going to start to taper off, but more so the damages winds, especially straight-line winds in the darker areas pulling off towards the east. then eventually it will shift towards the eastern seaboards across much of new england, you can see some foul weather. for now it does look like showers expected in new york city also towards d.c. here's the exten

highs near 30 including kumamoto starting on friday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. >>> with that, we wrap up nhk "newsline." be sure to watch "bq ," withthis is "france 24 60 minutes live around the world. i am genie godula. these are the headlines. hillary clinton declared herself the democratic party nominee after more wins in tuesday's primaries, but her rival bernie sanders is determined to fight on. the british prime minister goes on live tv to try and convince the people to stay in the european union. the referendum of the so-called brexit is now just two weeks away.

they say the earthquakes in kumamoto had a limited impact on corporate output. the index that projects economic development in the months ahead rose 1.4 points. >>> japan's finance minister says delaying the consumption tax hike again doesn't mean the government has given up on fiscal reform. he says he will explain the government's move to his counterparts at the asia-europe meeting in the capital of ulon bator on friday. >> translator: japan is committed to convincing thehe international comommunity that will balance its budget by fiscal 2020 excluding debt-servicingng costs. >> aso says if other countries suspect japan is backtracking on its fiscal reconstruction efforts there could be a selloff of japanese government bonds. >>> share prices in tokyo ended the day higher. lett guess to to giang nguyen a the tokyo stock exchange. >> the nixe finished up .6%. closing at 16,675. the broader topic rose by the same margin. comments by federal reserve chair janet yellen who said gradual increases in the interest rate are likely to be appropriate. now the dollar inc

i also want to point out that the landslide advisory is still in place in kumamoto. be on the lookout. this is not the type of weather the accidents need to see but that will be the case. heavy rainfall possible later on this week. some places ranging from 120 to 150 millimeters of precipitation as we go throughout the rest of this week. so rain extending into the korean peninsula. beijing looking at thunderstorms as well into shanghai. taipei rain with a high of 32. tokyo mainly going to be a cloudier day with a high of 26 wednesday. hot weather toward the western side of the united states. as we look at the forecast for north america. let me show you video to give you an idea of what's happening over into california where the state is experiencing a second day of excessive heat. many people flocked the beaches to try to take in some of the cooler sea temperatures and the winds, so it probably was still quite hot out there. the state's power grid operators are warning houses and businesses to please save electricity because of the raising demand for air-conditioning

kumamoto, looking at rain again into momonday. looking furtrther to the west io china, we're also dealing with serious rainfall problems. let me show you this dramatic video. this is going to really capture sosomething incrededible when i comes to what happened. wow! that was a three-story building near a river. it was flushed away because of the flash flooding in the area. torrential rains triggered large-scalale flooding and mud flows tuesday that caused damage to structures and forced 2100 residents to flee their homes. a kindergarten was surrounded by rising waters. after two hours of emergency rescue evereryone was able t to out safely. and thankfully, no casualties have been recorpoported.. look at all l that watater and moisture. we still see a lot more rain and water associated with this. it will eventually shift to the east and, yes, it will come into the picture for western japan once again. so it's going to be a wet few days. thunderstorms into shanghai. rain in tokyo and rain in taipei into friday. we go over to india

. >> in san jose, kumamoto honda volunteers worked nonstop making phone calls and knocking on doors. he greeted voters in corps attend before flying to washington, dc for general votes this morning. his office put out a statement last night saying honda will "fight tooth and nail until november 8 to turn progressive ideals into results." we will show you election results all morning cross the bottom of the screen. you can get results from abc7 news app by enabling the push alerts. >> now temperatures in san francisco. we are running around 56 and 57 but west portal at 54. the rest our neighborhoods it is cloudy and not so much drizzle and temperature running from 60 in santa clara and saratoga at 62. the rest of us are 56 to 58 and pacifica is 54. at pier 15 we are not seeing the drops on lens from yesterday. we have u.v. index that is high. that is the main threat this afternoon. walnut creek is cloudy, and about 58. the next three days, in the low-to-mid 60s in san francisco and the rest of us are in the 70s but we will squeeze out a few 80s inland east pay. sue? >> look at your ce

and they got their act together, by mid-september on the way to one of the biggest victories over an kumamoto -- an couple bentley in american history. >> trump is attacking clinton's ethics, both of them in the 1990s and the clinton foundation and private maim senatorers and she is going after him. >> it turned out it wasn't until the press shameed him that he actually made the donations he had promised. he is trying to scam america the way he scammed all the people at trump university. >> as i asked john podesta about clinton will it be hurt for donald trump to play the ethics card against hillary clinton. >> anyone who has read "clinton cash," or an understanding of other books about the clinton foundation, about automatic sorts of deals and the misuse of the estate department, you have to love the degree which he lives in an alternative universe and nothing she counts against what she said. on trump university he has a simple assignment, find five people who are graduates who are willing to go on tv and say be my life was improved and my income went up it was a good experience. if he does