tore r torrential rains have hit kyushu. as the massive earthquakes hit the area in april. about 230,000 people have been advised to evacuate. in kagoshima, fell in about one hour. the total rainfall since monday reached as much as 400 millimeters in some places inn thee island. so we really don't need any more rainfall. however, more rain is expected across western japan especially kyushu as we go into thursday. the risks of landslides and floodingrere g getting higher a higher. rain is expected for nigata as well. temperatures will be in the mid-20s but as we go into friday, the high is going to be over 30 degrees. sunny weather should come back. 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 terr

they say the kyushu regions have many tourist destinations that are safe to visit. 12 groups from kyushu are taking part in the international expo that opened on thursday in goyang. kyushu had more than 2.8 million overseas visitors last year. a record number. more than 40% were from south korea but the number of tourists from the country dropped following two powerful earthquakes in april. >> translator: tourism has declined significantly due to many cancellations even in areas not affected by the quakes. i hope more south koreans will visit our prefecture. >> the travel fair is the largest of its kind in south korea. more than 700 travel agencies, municipalities and other international groups are represented. about 100,000 visitors are expected to attend. 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 ec

so flooding and landslides have been taking place in many portions of kyushu. now, we still have land slide advisories posted. the frontal systemm is now sinking towards the south. as we go into the next couple of days, we are looking at rain easing. that's good news. and as we go into saturday, drier conditions are expected. and at least for seven days we will see sunny weather to continue. that's good news. as for tokyo, starting friday it's going to be sunny and temperatures are going to be summerlike. even reaching 32 degrees on sunday. so we will see a nice break in the rainyny weather.r. and osaka will see persistent dry weather into next week. across chinana the same seasona frontal system has been dropping tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall. the system will sag towards the south while weakening. but there'ss a problem. this low pressure system wilill likely move towards the east. and this one has already caused rain and additional 300 millllimeters of rain is likely for t the next couple of days o so. it will spread to the shanghaha area. also thunder

kyushu had more than 2.8 overseas visitors last year, a record number. more than 40% were from south korea. the number of tourists from the country dropped following two powerful earthquakes in april. >> translator: tourism has declined significantly due to many cancelations even in areas not affected by the quakes. i hope more south koreans will visit our prefecture. >> the travel fair is the largest of its kind in south korea. more than 700 travel agencies, municipalities and other international groups are represented. about 100,000 visitors are expected to attend. >>> kumamoto officials plan to work with south korean travel agencies to boost tourism in the region. >>> many young chinese who study at universities overseas tend to find jobs abroad after graduating. the brain drain has become a major social issue. some chinese firms are working hard to lured skilled graduates back home. >> reporter: this firm in beijing makes arrangements for young chinese looking to study abroad. firm officials say more and more high school students want to go to europe

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 actually occurred when people became trapped in a flooded mine there. in hunan province, a dam broke forcing about 18,500 people to evacuate their homes, at least 10,000 homes have been collapsed or damaged out here due to the severe flooding, could be one of the first billion dollar disasters of 2016. it's still ongoing. the next 24 hours we're still expecting along that same line where we're seeing that heavy rainfall, the additional 120 to 150 millimeters of precipitation, and extending back towards the east. and also towards western japan. this is definitely something we're catching. taking your attention towards the americas, we are watching that severe weather threat basically across the great lakes to the southwest. a chance of tornadoes -- that's

parts of kyushu had over 32 degrees, that's pretty hot! the northern cantue region had high temperatures. across the south there is a frontal system causing tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall in just eight hours, 169 millimeters of rain fell in nanjo, okinawa. two-thirds of the monthly rainfall for june. more rain is expected. the frontal system will likely move towards the north as we go into the next couple days. parts of the area will be hit by heavy rainfall tomorrow. naha will see one more day of rainy weather tomorrow. 32 degrees. into thursday clear conditions are expected. let's look forward to nice weather. tokyo, 25 degrees with a 30% chance of a rainfall on wednesday and more rain is expected on thursday. temperatures are not too hot. as we go into the weekend, 32 degrees with partly sunny skies. so it's goioing to be mid-summerlike conditions and rainy on thursday into t the weekekend. across china, heavy rain has caused flooding across the south of china and also tremendous amounts of heavy raiainfall hah been hittingng part

people in the southwestern region of kyushu are dealing with heavy rain, an area where residents have been trying to recover from landslides and flooding. robert speta joins us with the latest. >> yes, let's talk about this, because every day this week we have been seeing heavier rainfall out here across parts of kyushu, extended toward shikoku somewhat but really it's just been absolutely devastating, and actually since earlier this week, back on monday, some areas in kagoshima 453 millimeters of rainfall has been reported. we've seen rainfall reports about 70 to 80 millimeters and just an hour's span and the result of that has been flooding. also there still is the landslide threat there into parts of kumamoto and also toward kagoshima in the morning hours we've been seeing showers here on thursday. i want to show you video from here on thursday morning. look at that. things are just calming down and this has been causing the plemd as already mentioned. we've seen the reports well over 50 millimeters already in just an hour span. the water is pooling up on the roadways there. the bi

the team of scientists led by kyushu university professor kosuke morita proposed the atomic symbol nh. morita issued a comment saying his group is the first in asia to have discovered a new element and then earned naming rights to it. he said the group decided on the name keeping in mind the great support it has received from the japanese people. the organization has now put the name up for public review. officials will make a formal decision around the end of this year. if the name wins approval, nihonium will appear in the periodic table. >>> a japanese boat has returned home five years after it went missing following the deadly tsunami in japan. >> translator: it's amazing. the boat did pretty good. >> a fishery laboratory in the city owns the boat. the lab suffered severe damage and lost the boat in the disaster on march 11th, 2011. they discovered it drifting in waters. the boat's name painted on its side had faded away but it had no ruptures. >>> an iconic train station in japan is about to get a major facelift, it's located close to a venue of the tokyo 2020 olympic and paralym

day in and day out, we've been seeing showers especially across parts of kyushu. 269 millimeters reported. if you remember back on tuesday, we had a similar report. so this is just adding up. that's why the flood threat is there. also these landslide threats. 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, saturday, and sunday, 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

also affecting western japan, kyushu. more rain will raise the potential for flooding and land slides. it's a gorgeous monday. but starting tuesday, it will be wet once again but temperatures cool down to 24 degrees. here's the extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> we invite you to logon to úÑx >> live from paris. >> your rendezvous with the world right here. this is france 24, time for 60 minutes live around the world and these are the headlines. european union leaders are calling for britain to make a quick exit from the eu. the french and eu council sat down in paris before heading off for more talks in berlin. spain's prime minister is claiming the right to form a new government after his conservatives won the most seats in parliament. election in six months does n

the worst has been to kyushu, specifically komomoto, and then on top of that we're still getting aftershocks, by the way, from april's earthquakes out here. that is a big issue, but the ground is already loose. that's why we have that extreme risk of a landslides here. numerous reports of landslides in different instances. over towards nagasaki as well, and you still have the warnings out there for landslides. that combined with even more rainfall, you could see the bulk of that precipitation coming in from the west. we may see 120 millimeters , 60 millimeters, that's only into friday, by the way. it 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 deadl

seeing showers moving into kyushu and western areas of honshu, could see 120 to 200 millimeters of precipitation as we head friday into saturday. this is definitely rather storm system. center low pulling towards the north. we're going to be seeing that strong southerly moisture coming in with it. definitely gusty winds along pacific coastline of japan here. it is going to be stretching all the way off here towards the east through the next 24 hours, even into the tokyo area, widespread showers expected out here on saturday as this pulls overhead. the good news as it does move away we are looking at clear conditions working their way in by sunday but you have to get through the storm first. shanghai, where you haven't seen that rough weather, still got thunderstorms on friday. at least things will weaken off a little on saturday and sunday but the front still in place. busan showers friday and saturday clearing up sunday. seeing severe flooding and landslides, last thing you need is more rain, will be taking place starting friday and continue through saturday, tapering off and much better condit

for the islander kyushu, it's close to the 500-millimeter mark. landslides are a concern, the ground is so saturated with moisture. that will continue to be a problem. and the problem lingers back into the other portions of china. it will beings like a belt around the area. that continues to be a an issue. as we go throughout the rest of the week, we're looking at some places seeing up to 150 millimeters of rainfall and dealing with more flooding problems. in tokyo. typ looking at the forecast for nonoh america,a, we are watchin for aa cold d front thahat was passing through the eastern side of the united states. it was responsible for creating some very strong thunderstorms. this is a video coming out of new jersey that gives you an idea of what the damage looks like as a possible tornado hit parts of the state tuesday causing structural damage and downining trees. the streets were littered with leaves, branches and debris and thouousands of homes were left without power. you may notice right there that the roof was ripped off this particular bui

it has already brought widespread precipitation across kyushu. 176 millimeters. and in just an hour's span, a few of these location up to 50 to 60 millimeters. the result of that is still that increased chance of flooding but also landslides out here. of course, we are still recovering. i don't think the landslide threat is as heavy as we've seen last week, but still that chance of some possibility out here with the risk up to a high and maybe some extreme risk areas in parts of kumamato. we still have more rainfall in the forecast. that threat will continue from tuesday into wednesday. in addition to about 120 millimeters expected out there and also stretching back towards the east. not as heavy but still widespread showers in and kick right back in overnight into wednesday morning. yet again we're looking at more rain across tokyo will clear up by thursday into friday and warming up with the temperatures as well. now, where all of this is coming from is back there towards eastern china. still looking at some heavy showers into the shanghai area, for example, so

throughout the day on friday, we're looking out for the same stationary frontal boundary that lingers over kyushu. becacause of that we have the instability and trigger mechanisisms to bring back more moisture. some areas may not be dealing with super high amounts. but given the fact that the ground is so saturated with moisture, we're concerned that it may still trigger landslides going forward. we just need to keep an eye out for this friday and saturday. into sunday we may be dealing with drier conditions, at least for a day, which is much needed in the midst of all the heavy rainfall that's taking place. 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