the japanese government is restricting coastal fishing off fukushima and measuring radiation levels in the fish catches. it is also restricting shipment of fish caught offshore. nevertheless safety krps are growing abroad. south korean parties are proposing a ban on all imports of all maritime accidents. following the accident from tokyo university from the science and technology has been studying ocean contamination off fukushima. they explain the reason for international distrust. . >> people around the world see the japanese as trying to under state the impact of the fukushima accident. they think we just keep saying our food is safe without showing them any proof. i see their point. >> they said it will be difficult to dispel international concern unless the government and tepco reveal not just the radiation data, but the way it was collected. >> translator: radioactive substances remain under the sea. we don't know how harmful it is. the situation is better than on the land, but the concerns of people in other countries are quite understandable. we need more transparency in resear

two and a half years later, much of the regionll the country. >> 40 kilometers from fukushima daiichi, houses the largest number of displaced residents. how have people adjusted to living there? >> reporter: it's hard to imagine what people here are exen designated as a new entry zone. authorities have reachedpericin. much of life on the surface appears to be normal. but take this town hall behind me, for instance, it's actually the municipal office for the displaced people of a town in the no entry zone. nhk got permission to go into the town in july. reporters found desserted homes and buildings, residents have only been allowed back on special occasions with escorts and protected gear. and only for a couple hours. this is the original town hall. you can see there are still papers and files scattered everywhere. the calendar still shows the date as march 11th. it hadn't been touched since then, so it really shows how time essentially stopped after the disaster. the town hall, authorities moved to iwaki. they moved four times since the disaster. they moved here and constructed this b

the operator of the fukushima plant gave him just nine months worth of compensation. only part of the two and a half years worth he's been promised. he's unsure about his future and worried about his elderly neighbors. many of them have to buy boxed meals. they can't cook for lack of proper facilities. they sleep in classrooms divided by cardboard walls. >> translator: it's really quite a miserable existence. i've been wondering why we've had to live like this and for so long. >> reporter: their hometown of futaba is a few kilometers from fukushima daiichi. 1,400 futaba residents evacuated to the former school right after the disaster. they may never see their homes again. ikuta showed us pictures of his hometown. >> translator: there were so many of them. it was really gorgeous. >> reporter: parade of summer calvary passing near his house, people cheering at a traditional festival. these are scenes of normal life before the accident. >> translator: we know we can't go back. it's just so cruel from our point of view. >> reporter: futaba officials plan to close the eva

leaders have drawn up a plan to address the crisis thea the fukushima plant as workers try to deal with a build up of radioactive water. they are ear, maing $210 million to solve the problem. they will use the money to decontaminate the water and try to contain leaks. they try to freeze soil around the damaged reactors. the chief cabinet secretary will lead a panel overseeing work at the plant. the panel will take charge of decommissioning the reactors. the members have promised to improve communications with workers and officials from plant operator tokyo electric power company. the head of japan's nuclear regulation authority said it will legally oblige tepco to address the leaks. he criticized people for continuing to make quick fixes. they discussed the leak of 300 tons of radioactive wastewater from a tank last month. he said reports on what caused it and how it happened and how much water got out are only estimates. he then suggested one possible approach. >> translator: we might have to consider releasing some of the radioactive wastewater that is below the safety limit into the

for now, and japan is hoping the news from fukushima will not he rail its bid for the olympics -- for now, japan is hoping the news from tokushima -- fukushima will not derail its bid for the olympics. >> welcome back. we begin the second half of the show with an emotional commemoration. it was this historic moment of reconciliation. >> president joachim gauck became the first turman president to visit the site where ss troops massacred -- the first german president to visit the site where ss troops massacred -- >> it was a solemn occasion, german president joachim gauck, wrench president francois hollande, and an eyewitness -- french president francois hollande, and an eyewitness. many him and said -- many innocent women and children were murdered. for doubt, -- forgot -- for g auck, it was a poignant reminder of the atrocities committed. >> this was the work of courageous visionary people, ready for reconciliation. especially being here, i would like to remind you that the offer of reconciliation came from the french side at a very early stage. during the german occupation, the batt

it's not the first time fukushima has been the butt of french humor. the public broad casting had a broadcast showing a goalkeeper with japan's soccer team with four arms. the presenter of the program blamed the fukushima accident for the deformities. the embassy launched a protest and managers of the tv station apologized. >>> plans to rebuild break waters in three prefectures of northern japan are behind schedule. officials in local municipalities say more than 60% of the projects have not gotten underway. the central and local governments plan to rebuild break waters stretching hundreds of kilometers stretching along japan's pacific coast. a majority of the waters will be in -- but officials say only 4% of the projects have been completed. work on more than 60% of the projects has not even started. most of the planned break waters will be higher than the previous ones, but officials are having trouble getting the approval of local residents. they say they are ugly and would hurt jobs along the coast. >>> japanese government officials are warning of

it held tokyo to secure the 2020 summer games. >> some may have concerns about fukushima. let me assure you that situation is under control. >> reporter: but since that statement, tepco has released new details of radioactive water leaks at the plant. abe's aim now is to focus on how to control the problem. he instructed tepco to set a deadline to decontaminate radioactive water stored at the site. 400 tons of ground water seeps into the damaged buildings and gets contaminated every day. abe said tepco's president told him the company plans to decontaminate the water by march, 2015. tepco officials have said they are taking the prime minister's request to dismantle all reactors seriously but have made no promises to do so, saying they'll make a decision by the end of the year. nhk world. >>> egypt's interior ministry says a police officer has been killed after security forces exchanged gunfire with an armed group. the gunmen are thought to be supporters of the muslim brotherhood. security police stormed a neighborhood in the suburbs of cairo on thursday morning. they were

in fukushima prefecture, four men were swept away by a river. one of them is still missing. man-yi passed over honshu island and headed up japan's east coast. people saw their river break its banks flooding streets, houses and farmland. meteorologists have reclassified man-yi as a low-pressure system. officials remain on the alert for further land slides. weather officials had a warning system in place when the storm hit and they may have helped save thousands of people. nhk world's mitta reports. >> reporter: kyoto residents saw an iconic landmark vanish on monday. the river submerged the area. >> reporter: at dawn, there was already 180 millimeters of rainfall. they never had that much in the whole of september. at 5:05 a.m., meteorological agency officials sent out their warning. kyoto city residents acted on the warning 45 minutes later. they advised more than 45,000 people living along the katsumi river to evacuate. at 9:30 a.m., some 268,000 residents were told to get moving. that's one in every five citizens. the city's disaster chief faced difficult decisions under p

the fukushima daiichi disaster has put tepco deeply in the red. the utility has learned it will have to find another $10 billion to deal with contaminated water and decommission the plant's daichi plant's reactors. tepco currently has to rely on thermal plants, which means big outlays in fuel costs. it hopes getting the reactors back online at kashiwazaki kariwa will give it some breathing space. >>> members of the u.n. security council are struggling to find common ground on syria. foreign ministers from the five permanent members are trying to agree on a resolution demanding that syria eliminate its chemical weapons. the top diplomats from the u.s., britain, france, russia and china met in new york with u.n. secretary-gen wral ban ki-moon. they discussed how monitors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons would inspect and verify syria's stockpile. delegates from the u.s., britain and france want a resolution allowing for military action if the syrians fail to comply with the security council's demands. over the past week,

the disasters led to a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant. they have been storing thousands of radioactive water at the site. last month, they reported a loss of radioactive water from the steel tank and most of it was believed to be underground. some could have escaped into the sea. they plan to build a wall of ice to keep it from escaping into the immediate surroundings. >> angela merkel has clashed again with the social democrats. >> they did so in parliament. >> dueling again on the floor of the german parliament. they accused her of administering rather than governing the country. she says it had brought unemployment in the last four years. >> today, many people are doing better. >> you have papered the land over with the language of approximation. >> they blamed her for growing poverty and urged social democrats to accept his party as part of a left of center majority. >> the junior partner does not trust promises not to team up with the left party. >> if you put that coalition together, you will achieve maximum nonsense for germany. >>

and without the recovery in fukushima there will be no economic growth japan. and so in fukushima, number one nuclear power plant deconventioning is being assimilated by accumulating the wisdom of not only japan but the entire world. so these people who had-to-evacuate and to go back to their normal livelihood would be, of course, the objective of the recovery task and also this nuclear accident was very important event for us to secure the safety of this nuclear power generation and this needs to be shared with the world which i believe is our mission and responsibility to secure full safety of the nuclear power generation. but first of all we have to make progress steadily towards the decommissioning of the power plant and at the same time towards full recovery and reconstruction we have to join our hands to let those evacuees return to their not mall lives and their homes and we need to be responsible to fully supply the necessary electricity level for this demand. >> rose: you mentioned the olympics in 2020. as you know, for china when they had the olympics

iaea director has discussed leakage of water at the fukushima daiichi power plant. he was interviewed ahead of his scheduled visit to japan in october. >> translator: it is not sufficient even if japan says we have been monitoring levels of activity and we will release the data to the world. it's crucial for japan to conform to international standards and cooperate with bodies from the planning stage. >> the agency is considering specialists on the mission. crews at the plant are facing yet another challenge. they say an underwater barrier designed to prevent the spread of radio active materials has developed a tear. nhk world's kunihiro yamamoto takes a closer look at the damage. >> reporter: prime minister shinzo abe visited fukushima daiichi last week. an official with operator tokyo electric power company offered assurances. >> translator: the orange barrier over there is called a silt fence. we think it's effective in containing radioactive water. >> reporter: this is what tepco says now. >> translator: damage was found in the silt fence near reactors five and

unlike pastimes, we must take supplemental measures. >> holman: the fukushima plant has been crippled since the march 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to the meltdown of three reactor cores. fire crews in california announced big gains today in controlling a huge wildfire that's burning partially in yosemite national park. as of this morning, the fire was 60% contained, up from 45% last night. but it also grew by about nine square miles overnight and now covers more than 357 square miles. firefighters estimate it will take about 20 more days to contain the blaze fully. in south africa, former president nelson mandela spent his first full day at home in nearly three months. an ambulance returned him to his johannesburg residence sunday, after doctors discharged him. the government said he remains in critical and sometimes unstable condition. he'll continue receiving treatment at home. the 95-year-old mandela was admitted to the hospital in early june for a recurring lung infection. verizon has announced a $130 billion deal to make it sole owner of its wireless business. the company said

to fish at least 50 kilometers from fukushima daiichi and more than 150 meters deep. they can only catch of course poe pus and squid. those species have lower levels of radiation than government standards. >>> three japanese fishing vessels were captured off brazil in july and august. two were released one is still being held in the country. brazilian authorities have released the number 58 and number 7. there's still holding the number 108. officials at the brazilian institute of environment and natural resources said the three ships had violated the country's regulations for protecting sea birds. one captain was briefly arrested for not complying with the regulations, his ship and tuna catch were confiscated. officials at the japanese embassy in brazil said the three vessels followed international rules. the court gave two ships permission to leave brazil while ruling against the third vessel. it's been held in a southern brazilian port for nearly two months. >>> you can find satellite positioning systems in planes, cars and even phones. they've beco an essential to

the caption says, thanks to fukushima, sumo is now an olympic sport. japan's acting embassy to france on thursday conveyed the protest to the newspaper editorial staff by phone. he said it's highly regrettable the paper carried a comic that hurt the feelings of people affected by the disaster and the embassy plans to file a written protester. the editors say it was never their intention to offend the disaster survivors. >>> japanese prime minister has a big decision to make. whether or not to raise the consumption tax. ai joins us with more. who are the pros and cons of the hike? >> pro is that the government will have more income. the negative, the concern that that's going to weigh down consumer spending and of course defeat the purpose of a tax hike but it looks like the positives outweighing the negatives. prime minister shinzo abe is expected to decide on october 1st to raise the consumption tax but before making a final decision, he will look into economic data and a stimulus package to make sure the tax hike will not dampen economic growth. abe

people in fukushima are angry with the way tepco has handled the leaks. three people have filed a criminal complaint against the company and its top management. >> translator: tepco's management feared bankruptcy, and kept putting off the necessary measures. such negligence went on for about two years, resulting in the current situation. and the company didn't tell the government that conditions were critical. >> he says his clients accuse tepco and 30 executives of violating anti pollution regulations. the company's president is one of the people named in the suit. the plaintiffs accuse him of failing to take adequate protection measures because of the high cost. they say tepco's management approach didn't change, even after the nuclear accident. tepco officials declined to comment. >>> now, you may have never seen a fish like this before. about a meter long and with apro attituding forehead, it ruled the waters in the sea of japan, so much so that divers came to call him the boss. he gained international fame in a 2009 french documentary. but what happe

. ♪ >>> the people in charge of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have yet another problem on their hands. they say they've found cracks in the brace supporting an exhaust pipe. authorities are concerned the pipe could collapse in another earthquake. the 120 meter tall pipe stands between two reactor buildings. workers used it to release radioactive vapors and prevent an explosion after the disaster at the plant. officials with tokyo electric power company say they spotted cracks in eight places that hold the pipe upright. they expect the earthquake two years ago caused the problem. they say there's no evidence of any damage to the pipe itself. overseers are demanding that company officials investigate immediately. they want to know whether the structure can with stand another earthquake. tepco officials say they're dismantling a tank at fuch neema daiichi that's caused them a number of problems. last month more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked out. some of it may have flowed into the pacific ocean. >>> official with ptepco say they began taking apart on tuesday. >>>

. >> japanese leaders are moving to control a contaminated water leak at the fukushima it's part of a test to stop ground water from seeping into reactor buildings. get officials estimate about 400 tons of ground water is flowing into the contaminated buildings every day. the inflow is adding to the problems of toxic wastewater on site. tokyo electric power company released video of the ground water for the first time. it shows water flowing into the number one turbine building. engineers planned to drive steel pipes 30 meters into the ground near the reactors. then they'll will pump liquid calcium chloride to freeze the soil creating a wall. they want to start the tests by mid-october at the earliest. they are planning to check any impact on the surrounding soil and ground water as well as how best to replace pipes over the long-term. members of the ruling party in south korea are concerned about the effects of the leaks. they are pushing government leaders in seoul to consider an import ban on japanese farm and marine products. the head of the party asked the government to take furt

radiation leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan are spreading, leaving the japanese government scrambling to contain a growing crisis. >> highly contaminated water is leaking and there are storage plants, the second leak at the plant in as many weeks. officials are raising concerns over the safety of the tanks themselves. the government said it would help the plants operator to contain the problem. >> in mexico, demonstrators protesting against the government's reform program have clashed with police. a number of people were injured. >> protesters they're angry over government plans to shake up the education system in the energy -- and the energy sector. the president from -- postponed his state of the union address to avoid more disturbances. >> tens of thousands of mexicans are out on the streets of the capital. they are furious over the government's reform agenda. the country's teachers have been protesting for two weeks against plans to introduce mandatory performance reviews. any fear the measure could lead to mass layoffs. -- many fear the measure could lead to mass layof

. >> all of japan's nuclear reactors have been shut down since the fukushima disaster in march 2011, making the country reliant on oil and gas imports. in sudan, dozens of people have been killed as antigovernment protests continue. authorities watched a crackdown on media -- launched a crackdown on media coverage, ordering tv news coverage to close in stopping newspapers from going to press. >> around 3000 people took to the streets after friday prayers to demand the resignation of the president. police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. the protest began a few days ago over plans to lift fuel subsidies. the opposition claims as many as 100 people have died in the unrest. police put the death toll at 29. at least five people have died in the indian city of mumbai after a multistory residential building collapsed. >> rescue workers are searching for survivors beneath the rubble. dozens of people are believed to be trapped in the ruins of the building. it housed mostly local government employees and their families. and pakistan, at least 17 people are dead after a bomb exploded on

the people at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have another problem on their hands. fi officials say the levels of radioactivity in a storage

leaders have drawn up a plan to address the crisis thea the fukushima plant as

. >>> managers at fukushima daiichi have been trying to resolve a problem that has been hampering their work. every day more and more waste water

. >> woodruff: there's more bad news from japan about radioactive leaks at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant and a new plan to deal with those problems. we begin with a report from tom clarke of independent television news. . >> it's two and a half years since the area was sent to meltdown and the cleanup has hardly begun. instead, engineers have been back to prevent hundreds of tons of radioactive water leaking from storage tanks from the site today japan's prime minister announced the government would intervene. >> the whole world is watching whether we can successfully resolve problems with the plant and decommission the reactors. we must all work together on the issues. >> the total crises stems from this the huge quantities needed to cool the reactors. nearly 400,000 tons of water is being stored in these hastily constructed tanks. more are being added daily and they're running out of space. since the initial meltdown in 2011, contaminated water has been leaking from the reactor buildings into the groundwater beneath, and a third said water leaked from the storage tanks today. tod