down eight percentage points from nhk's october survey. the disapproval rate is up three points, to 30%. respondents were asked about the government's decision to revise a proposed period for paying out the cost of rebuilding after the march 11th disaster from 10 years to 25 years. by raising income taxes. 49% say they approve the plan. and 43% said they disapprove. respondents were also asked about the noda's announcement that a recent international conference, that he plans to submit to the diet by next march a bill to raise the consumption tax rate to 10%, incrementally over the next few years. 45% of respondents said they approve of the way he announced this. while 48% say they disapprove. >>> doctors and nurses in fukushima have begun visiting areas in the prefectures to give children thyroid checkups to help assess the health impact of the nuclear accident. 239 children were checked at a health center in the town of kawamata on monday. their parents will be notified of the results in about one month. thyroid checkups for children wer

nhk reporters say 200 to 400 have gathered in the area and some have entered the building. the protests have turned vie violent they're hurling molotov cocktails and burning the british flag. the protesters are chanting that britain should get out of iran. riot police have arrived at the embassy and are clashing with the protesters. some demonstrators have reportedly been injured. britain's foreign office has condemned the protests. the office said in a statement that the iranian government has a duty to protect diplomats under law and the british government hopes that iran will bring the situation under control soon and insure the safety of the embassy staff. >>> american airlines, the second-largest airline in the united states filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on tuesday. the company says operations will continue as normal, while it undergoes federal bankruptcy proceedings and that it will refund tickets for future flights as necessary. american airlines was established in 1926 and operates more than 3,000 daily flights to about 50 countries. >>> it is a member of the one-

you're watching nhk world "newsline." i'm shery ahn. italy could be deciding on a new prime minister soon. italian president giorgio napolitano held a meeting with the front-runner apparently to discuss new cabinet members. economist mario monti is a candidate most likely to success prime minister silvio berlusconi. he's known for his service at the european union. monti met with napolitano on thursday. on the previous day he was named as senator for life by the president, a move widely perceived as paving the way for his nomination. the ruling and opposition paertsz are parties are expected to quickly pass a reform bill and facilitate a transition of power to the new government. berlusconi has promised to resign after the bill is passed. it's expected to be approved on on friday and the lower house during the weekend. >>> a new greek cabinet will be sworn in on friday. the ruling and opposition parties agreed on thursday to name former european central bank vice president lucas papademos as the new prime minister. outgoing prime minist

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nhk world's julian nabuchi joins us with details. it's a heart-wrenching survey, can you tell us about the survey? >> researchers at fukushima university carried out the study. they found many evacuees in the early 30s or younger are skeptical about going home. the survey asked residents whether they want to return home and if they do, what's needed for that to happen. it also asked how they are living now. researchers contacted all of the 28,000 households in the eight towns and villages surrounding fukushima daiichi. those residents left their homes immediately after the nuclear accident. about half of them responded to the survey. one question asked whether evacuees hope to return to their original home. about one in four or 27% of respondents said they have no interception of going back. 73% said they will return home if certain conditions are met. the survey also asked respondents while they are reluctant to return home. 83% cited the difficulty of decontaminating their town or village. 66% said they don't believe the government

nhk world reports from tehran. >> reporter: about 1,000 protesters gathered at the british embassy on tuesday afternoon. later, the rally turned violent. dozens of students broke into the embassy chanting, "death to britain." they threw documents outside and burned the british flag. riot police clashed with these students. iran's state-run tv reports that young iranians also stormed another british embassy in tehran where they briefly held six embassy staff members captive. these people were soon released and handed over to the relative authorities. motabash sanati, nhk world, tehran. >>> british prime minister david cameron calmed the attack outrageous and indefensible. china, united states and russia are criticizing iran for how it handled the incident. >> the united states condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms. it is an affront not only to the british people but also to the international community. >> translator: the attack is not in line with the rules of international law and relations. the incident has to be dealt with properly. >> the russian foreign ministry say

nhk world's sukiyaya reports. >>n a joint news conference, both sides expressed strong willingness to improve bilateral ties. >> we have wasted a lot of time in the past in acrimonious debates. the time has come to write a new chapter in this relationship. >> i think the next round of the talks would be more constructive, more positive and it will open a new chapter in the history of both countries. >> reporter: the issue of control of kashmir has clouded relations between india and pakistan for dede ewo sesesedaud aluen ly thgrdoimifis ocur. isnthe pisni cabinet decided to provide india with most favored nation status. india has a target for islamic terrorists, it says who are based out of pakistan. it apparently hopes dialogue and economic cooperation will reduce that threat. it also expects that the stable relations will attract more foreign investment. fumio, sugaya, the maldives. >>> here in thailand, the flood crisis has been going on for weeks. and in some areas, months. the waters have created health probl

nhk went with him. >> reporter: imagine him as a young man 56 years ago. he returned again a few weeks ago. this june he added the temple to the list of the world heritage site. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: literature and culture spans more than half a century. he has translated a variety of literature works from classic to modern novels. he felt inspired by a poem. he decided to make the same pilgrimage as by the poem's author. he has had a deep affinity. could you share your candid reaction to the temple? >> i felt enormous relief. at first the news of the success, the earthquake, the tsunami and then the atomic leakage, everything was unspeakably bad. and there was no room for saying whether the was all right. of course any damage to the temple even very, very minor damage is unfortunate. one would like to have the building stay as it was first built and as it stayed over the centuries. >> he decided to obtain japanese citizenship after the earthquake on march 11. he wanted to show his loyalty to japan. he arrived in japan in septem r

the olympus president in the mid1990s spoke to nhk on wednesday. olympus is now suspected of having started covering up losses around 2000. he was the company's chairman through 2001, but said he does not recall such a practice. >> translator: i never imagined anything like this would happen. so i'm very surprised and disappointed. i feel sorry for the employees. he has this to say about the former president kikukawa who is said to be involved in the wrongdoing. >> president kikukawa was eloquent. he was active and he was good at business. i think he was a good president. but he may have gone too far in some areas. >> and the tokyo stock exchange on wednesday, there was a rush of sell orders for olympus, pushing the share price down to the 20% daily limit. the stock price closed at 584 yen, down 75% from its level before the scandal. >>> the japanese government has instructed tokyo electric power company to draw up a timetable by the end of this year for decommissioning the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. nuclear crisis minister goshi hosono

nhk world, chikashi takaoka, nhk world, bangkok. >>> to afghanistan now where ever since the soviet invasion of 1979, there has been war and civil strife. many afghans have left the country to escape the endless conflicts. more than one million of them are believed to have taken refuge in iran. some afghans born in exile never lived in their own country. nhk world saanati spoke with some of them about their dreams of going home. >> reporter: the city of mashhad in eastern iran is home to many refugee s from afghanistan. this woman was born in exile. she said refugees like her face discrimination. >> we are not allowed to work here in iran. and when you want to go to a different city we have some limitation. we cannot study whatever we want. for example, i'd like to be a doctor but i cannot be a doctor here. c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c

nhk world's susumu kajima is covering this for us in durban. >> reporter: the conference just kicked off. delegates have gathered here in durban for two weeks of negotiations. developed nations except the united states have binding targets between 2008-2012 for their c.o. 2 emissions. the problem is, there's no agreement on what to do after that. the host, south africas, are urging delegates to find common ground. >> for most people in the developing world and africa, climate change is a matter of life and death. given the urgency, parties, states, should strive to find solutions here in durban. >> reporter: finding agreement maying discussed. developing countries blame industrialized nations for climate change. they want wealthy nations to commit to kyoto targets even after 2012. representatives of industrialized nations argue that developing countries should shoulder more responsibility. emissions in china, for example, have increased drastically over the last several years. and wealthier nations, including japan, canada and russia have already made it clear that they don't want to

nhk world reports. >> reporter: floods continue to wreak havoc in thailand. massive amounts of water are still flowing into bangkok. car owners are struggling to find somewhere to keep their vehicles safe. cars are jam-packed in this multilevel parking structure in the city center. they're even blocking the ramps and there's just no more space to park here. this parking lot has been full since late october. the vehicles are squeezed in everywhere. one parking lot by the river has raised its fee ten-fold to about $65 per day. even so, it's completely full. >> translator: we don't know how many more cars we will be able to handle. >> reporter: some people are going to unusual lengths to protect their vehicles. this polysty reason foam board is designed to make cars float. it's manufactured by a housing materials company and costs about $300. the company has sold 50 of them. it's totally out of stock. >> translator: we didn't think we'd receive this many orders. >> translator: i'm all prepared for the water now. >> reporter: the cheapest way to protect the car i

we asked nhk senior commentator noriyoki mizuno what he had to say. here's what he had to say through simultaneous interpretation. >> translator: it's not in a critical condition, but close monitoring must continue to avoid criticality. melted uranium fuel is believed to be scattered everywhere in the number two reactor in the containment vessel. a neutron ray may be causing nuclear fission from time to time. so long as this reaction is localized and temporary, there's no need to worry about, but this time the location of melted fuel or the amount of water inside is believed to be creating a condition suitable for continuous nuclear fission. having said that, there's no change in the temperature of pressuring in the containment vessel. tepco is pouring boric acid solution to suppress nuclear fission, so it's unlikely the huge amount of radioactive substances will be released from the reactor. the government has been saying it aims to achieve a state of cold shutdown by the end of the year. it means bringing the temperatures inside the reactor under 10

. >> nhk world's political commentator, masayo nakajima joints us now. opponents insist it's too early to join the talks. what do you make of the timing of the move? >> well, the prime minister wanted to make the decision before he meets u.s. president barack obama this weekend on the sidelines of the apec forum. the economies of the other countries expected to join the tpp are also of japan and the u.s. so the tpp can be seen as a free trade agreement between the two nations. the obama administration has been putting pressure on noda, because the tpp has u.s. could enhance u.s. exports, especially on other agriculture. u.s. officials have indicated that the u.s. will no longer look, regard japan as a reliable partner if noda does not demonstrate some goodwill. obama faces a tight race in his battle for re-election next year. he wants to eliminate as many obstacles as possible beforehand. the japanese prime minister's office, meantime, has had a revolving door of prime ministers in prevent years. so noda wants to shore up japan's relationship with the un

rina nakano, nhk world, tokyo. >> all right. i'll be trying a glass of beaujolais nouveau later on, i hope. let's take a look at the latest in sumo with ross mihara. >> at the kyushu grand sumo tournament the two story lines, are nearly promoted kotoshigiku and kisenosato, who is gunning to join him at that rank. let's see how the two japanese rikishi did on day four. kisenosato's bid is a tribute to his late stablemaster naruto who died suddenly at age 59. facing n facing homasho. homasho holds the edge 5-4. in terms of skill and motivation this is all kisenosato. the sekiwake controlling this from the start to the finish. his fourth victory in a row. not only is kotoshigiku the newest ozeki, he's also the only undefeated ozeki even though it's still early. surprisingly he has a losing record against veteran ki u ko ten o 7-10. he doesn't waste any time seizing a solid grip. and he's not going to let go until he parts the mongolian outside the rice bales. that's four in row for the hometown hero. >>> of course the king of the r

nhk world has more on that. >> the u.s. reached agreement on the transpacific partnership. >> japan and mexico expressed an interest. it comes on the heels of landmark trade agreements. it will support tens of thousands of american jobs. . >> the u.s. believe the addition of the world's largest economy should expand the free trade zone led by the u.s. help increase the country's presence in asia. washington's goal is to remove all terrorist and non-tariff barriers in what they call the trade pass for the 21st century. to join, they will need the consent of all the others taking part in the u.s. this will be a tough process as the u.s. side is expected to bring to the table the pending demand for the reform of japan and lib rise with progress in the imports. japan has to clear hurdles if they want to join the tpp. whether they can do that remains to be seen. >> china has also been getting a lot of attention. it's not joining the tpp. the country is cautious about the increasing u.s. presence in asia as it hopes to play a lea

nhk world's susumu kojima has the story. >> translator: farmers from fukushima are promoting their fruit and vegetables in tokyo. they've come to the city hundreds of times since japan's nuclear accident. >> translator: people can eat food from fukushima without worrying. >> reporter: still, consumers are divided on the safety of fukushima's food. >> translator: people in fukushima are really trying hard. i will continue to eat vegetables and fruits from fukushima. >> translator: if there is a product from southern japan, i will choose that rather than than one from fukushima. >> reporter: fukushima officials bought more radiation detectors in september and now have ten devices. inspectors can check nearly 200 samples per day. authorities say they want all products to be sold unless they confirm the radiation level is below the safety limit. kinju watanabe has been farming in fukushima for more than 30 years. he says it's his policy to produce safe fruit for his customers. he uses pesticides, but half the average used by other farmers. the fukushima daiichi accident has hurt watanabe's b

. >> nhk world's political commentator, masayo nakajima joints us now. what do you make of the timing of the move? >> well, the prime minister wanted to make the decision before he meets u.s. president barack obama this weekend on the sidelines of the apec forum. the economies of the other countries expected to join the tpp are also of japan and the u.s. so the tpp can be seen as a free trade agreement between the two nations. the obama administration has been been putting pressure on noda, because the tpp has u.s. could enhance u.s. exports, especially on other countries. u.s. officials have indicated that the u.s. will no longer look, regard japan as a reliable partner if noda does not demonstrate some goodwill. obama faces a tight race in his battle for re-election next year. he wants to eliminate as many obstacles as possible beforehand. the japanese prime minister's office, meantime, has had a revolving door of prime ministers in prevent years. so noda wants to shore up japan's relationship with the united states, and noda has electoral domestic con

nhk world's masaki arai reports. >> reporter: he came to japan last year. he spent six months learning japanese before coming to this farm for occupational training. so cho sein struggles with the language barrier. daily conversation is difficult, not to mention the complicated farming vocabulary. as a result, he receives only simple tasks. >> translator: i want to work hard, but i don't understand the language at all. when i get instructions about work, i don't understand what's been said. it's very hard. >> reporter: the six-month training period finished at the end of september. so cho sein hopes to continue working in japan, but he's worried about what the future holds. >> translator: i heard back at the refugee camp that good things are waiting for me in japan, but i found out that it was harder than i thought. >> reporter: the reality of life in japan has gradually become known to people in the refugee camp. some people due to relocate are getting anxious. the group, for the second year, is about to leave, but two of the six families decided not to go

you're watching nhk "newsline." i'm shery ahn. a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit two weeks after a massive trembler struck the region. media say three people are confirmed dead. the u.s. geological survey says the earthquake struck around 9:20 p.m. on the wednesday local time and the epicenter was underground in eastern turkey. state run tv says 18 buildings, including two hotels collapsed and at least three people are confirmed dead with dozens more trapped under debris. footage from the province near the focus shows concrete buildings completely flattened and streets covered in debris. it shows people scrambling searching for survivors. region was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on october 23rd. the hardest hit province, more than 2200 buildings were destroyed killing at least 600 people and injuring more than 4,000. we spoke with a member of a turkish search and rescue operation. they worked after the earthquake in van last month. >> we have information from the region as well as the capital, where they have the emergency manage

nhk world has the story. >> translator: we've been overwhelmed with appointments. the next appointment is in january. >> the doctors here began testing last month for internal radiation exposure. 7,000 people have already made appointments. 90% of the patients are children under the age of 18. >> translator: radiation may have gotten into my body. so i'm worried about the results of the test. >> reporter: this mother and daughter could not get a check up, even eight months after the nuclear accident so the mother chose to pay for tests out of her own pocket. the doctors does what's called a whole-body counter. for two minutes. the machine detects whether the patient's body has absorbed radioactive materials. they send out the results by mail. >> we can't find out the results right away. >> a specialist has to look at them first. >> i see. thank you. >> translator: i know the nuclear reactors are not 100% safe. so i realize that our concerns won't be satisfied just by finding out the results of this test. >> reporter: the yamada family live in a town within 20 meter

nhk world, mashhad. >>> and that will wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> in other news, lawmakers and farmers have come together to adopt a resolution to oppose japan rushing into talks on the trans-pacific partnership free trade agreement. >> reporter: the tpp would affect all aspects of people's lives. but that information hasn't been disclosed. and that's prevented the issue from being debated nationally. we feel strong resentment. >> on friday, about 50 diet members from the ruling democratic party held a rally with some 1,000 farmers and others in tokyo. they called on the government to not make hasty decisions. then they adopted a resolution saying japan should not rush into talks on to joining the tpp. prime minister yoshihiko noda said the government will soon decide whether to join talks on the trans-pacific partnership. japan is expected to announce its decision at the asia pacific economic cooperation forum later this month. >>> a multimillion dollar scandal involving a machine maker turned the spotlight on

nhk world has the story. >> reporter: farmers are promoting their fruits and vegetables. they have come to the city hundreds of times since japan's nuclear accident. >> translator: people can eat food from fukushima without worrying. >> reporter: still consumers are divided on the safety of the food. >> translator: people in fukushima are really tryk hard so i will continue to eat vegetables and fruits from fukushima. >> translator: if there is a product from southern japan, i will choose that rather than one from fukushima. >> reporter: fukushima assures that radiation detectors bought in september, they now have ten devices and they can check many samples a day. they won't allow products to be safe unless they confirm that the radiation is below the limit. this man has been farming in fukushima for more than 30 years. it is his policy to produce safe fruit for his customers. he uses pesticides but half of the amount used by other farmers. the fukushima diiachi accident caused his prices to drop 90% compared to last year. his neighbor experienced such a loss. >> translat

. >>> nhk world's tsuyoshi masuda has more on the japan/u.s. talks. >> reporter: prime minister yoshihiko noda showed the constellations for its largest ally by telling u.s. president barack obama that japan is reviewing its restrictions on u.s. beef imports with an eye toward easing them. japan's participation in the tpp talks and its easing of import restrictions on u.s. beef will be measured political gains for obama in his bid for re-election as he hopes to increase employment by doubling exports. noda, on the other hand, is trying to stabilize his political position by improving bilateral ties with the united states. the ties have been adversely affected by the dispute over the relocation of the u.s. marine corps futenma air station. but noda's stance has invited criticism from opposition parties who say he is attaching greater importance to u.s. demands than to concerns about possible effects of the tpp on japan. countries negotiating the tpp are expected to make tough demands on japan, adding items exempted from the free trade arrangemen

rina nakano, nhk world, tokyo. >> all the glitz and glam isn't just for the ladies though. the event also has a men's nail care competition. the 2011 tokyo nail expo will be opened to the public until monday at tokyo big site. >>> after a warm, sunny sunday, tokyo residents are having a chilly monday morning. let's go to the global weather forecast with saki ochi. >> welcome back to your weather update. getting a look at conditions in east asia. first off we are looking at a little bit of a chilly wintry weather impacting this northern end of japan here. winds are picking up and we are looking at snowfall, as well. blizzard-like conditions are going to be possible with blowing snow, icy conditions in the hokkaido area. also for this northwestern corner of the hoe hoe cue region, we are going to be looking at cold precipitation throughout most of the day. elsewhere, it does stay dry for much of the pacific side of the country as does the southern end of japan, but still, we are looking at much cooler temperatures than yesterday. over towards the korean peninsula throughout c

nhk obtained this confidential tape. it's a recording of a conversation between endo and aum leader chizuo matsumoto. they're discussing how to replicate the dna of matsumoto. >> translator: how many genes are in dna? >> there are about 1500 base pairs of genes in your dna. for example, if we tried replicating them using e. coli we can omit all dna other than e. coli and single out your dna. >> is that possible? >> it is possible. >> you are working hard. >> you think so? >> we still don't know why scientists and elite doctors who were educated at top universities became obsessed with matsumoto. nhk journalists exchanged letters with jailed aum members for 16 years. former senior cult member kasaki is one of them. he was sentenced to death for the murder of a lawyer and his family. >> translator: disciples were required to write a will for asahara. in other words, you had to be prepared to give up your life for the guru. you could not make trouble for the guru or the cult in any way. >> this man played an active role in

nhk world, bangkok. >>> and that wraps our bulletin in bangkok. >>> changing tunes now. let's look at the latest in sports with ahito morita. >>> welcome into the sports report. i'm here with the latest on sports. in figure skating the nhk trophy is the fourth event of the international skating union's grand prix series. the competition took place up north where ice is right at home. in the men's singles takahasi scored a personal best in the short program but he couldn't quite pull off a quadruple jump in the opening of the free-skating. other than that, he turned in a solid performance to win the tournament for a fourth time. he's qualified for the grand prix final as one of the top six skaters. in women's singles suzuki came out on top in the short program. some unsuccessful jumps made her settle for second in the free-skating but overall she edged out vancouver olympics silver medalist to win her first nhk title. like her, she also qualified for the grand prix final. in olympics the modern pentathlon is one of the official events that includes equestrian art, fencing

you're watching nhk world "newsline." i'm shery ahn. a magnitude 5.6 earthquake has hit turkey's eastern provincial capital of van just two weeks after it was struck by another quake that killed 600 people. amid a grim replay local media say at least three people are confirmed dead. the u.s. geological survey says the earthquake struck around 9:20 p.m. on wednesday local time and its focus was five kilometers underground in eastern turkey. state-run tv says 18 buildings, including two hotels, collapsed and at least three people have been confirmed dead with dozens more trapped under debris. footage from van province near the epicentral shows concrete buildings completely flattened and streets covered in debris. it also shows people scrambling through the rubble, searching for survivors. the region was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on october 23rd. in the hardest-hit van province more than 2,200 buildings were destroyed, killing at least 600 people and injuring more than 4,000. we spoke with a member of a turkish disaster search and

koji ekuan, nhk world, matsuyama. >>> hello sports fans and welcome in to "the sports report." less than one week to go before the start of the kyushu grand sumo tournament. a lot of people are talking up a 24-year-old rikishi from georgia. gagamaru has climbed the ranks to mayagashi number three. one more promotion and he'll reach sanyaku, the top three ranks behind yokozuna. whatever happens with that, he's already top of the list in one category. gagamaru weighs more than anyone in the two highest divisions. [ speaking japanese ] look at him. he's so big, but i'm going to challenge him. i can't budge him! he's not going anywhere! ♪ ♪ can't read my, no he can't read my poker face ♪ >> reporter: gagamaru's training regimen includes getting down with the music of lady gaga when he's finished with a workout. gagamaru weighs 200 kilograms and stands 1 meter and 85 centimeters tall. he knows how to use the bulk to launch powerful thrusts. nobody accuses him of having a poor appetite. on the day we visited, he had his favorite for lunch, ramen noodles. not that he's in any pa

. >> nhk world senior reporter joins us with more on the story. what sort of closure did these trials bring? >> the founder has not experienced it himself. but we've spoken to some saying how the convicted who knows about the real situation surrounding the attacks. she asked to remain anonymous. she said our members were on high alert in the mid-1990s, because the police were going up to them. she says that was the factor behind the tokyo attack. what they say about the motive for this person? >> translator: several executives said prior to the subway attack there was an upheaval inside the cult because the police had stepped up their crackdown on the group. i heard that instructions for are the attacks were passed down through the chain of command, but no one knew how matsumoto was involved. >> what else do we know about the cult's crimes? >> we don't know exactly how their members produced sarin gas, but we do have some clues. here's what i found out in my conversation with the man who was consulted. has do you know about how they produced sarin

nhk world's akihito otaki has more. >> reporter: ahead of the g-7 meeting french president sarkozy, german chancellor merkel, and other officials met with papandreou on wednesday night. they asked papandreou to clarify when he called a referendum on the planned 130 billion euro bailout hammered out by e.u. leaders last week. his sudden announcement has caused anger and surprise around the world. the g20 summit is an opportunity for eu leaders to explain the bailout package and ask the countries including china to contribute to the bailout fund. but the greek prime minister's latest move dominates the summit for good reason. if greece votes no to the referendum, the entire bailout package will collapse. first, though, papandreou has to survive a confidence vote on friday, which is far from certain because of his party's slim majority in the greek parliament. then the law on the referendum must also be passed. it remains to be seen how things will proceed. but the only way for greece to avoid bankruptcy is to accept and implement the bailout package as soon as possible. akihiko o'tacki, nhk

nhk world reports. >> reporter: came to japan last year under the resettlement. spent six months learning japanese before coming to this farm for training. he struggles with the language barrier. daily conversation is difficult. not to mention the complicated vocabulary. as a result, he receives only simple tasks. >> translator: i want to work hard, but i don't understand the language at all. when i get instructions about work, i don't understand what's been said. it's very hard. >> reporter: the six-month training period finished at the end of september. he hopes to continue working in japan. but he's worried about what the future holds. >> translator: i heard back at the refugee camp that good things are waiting for me in japan. but i found out that it was harder than i thought. >> reporter: the reality of life in japan has gradually become known to people in the refugee camp. some people get to communicate are getting anxious. the group for the second year is about to leave, but two of the six families decided not to go. this woman is one of them. she recently

you are watching nhk world "newsline," i'm shery ahn. italy could be deciding on a new prime minister soon. napolitano held a meeting with the front runner to discuss cabinet members. the cantidate most likely to succeed berlusconi. on the previous day he was named as senator for life by the president and a move widely perceived as paving the way for the nomination. opposition parties are expected to pass a reform bill and facility with the transition of power and the new government. berlusconi promised to resign after the bill is passed. the legislation is expected to be approved by the house of parliament on friday and the lower house during the weekend. a cabinet will be sworn in on friday and the ruling and opposition parties agreed on thursday to name former european vice president as the new prime minister. outgoing prime minister agreed to resign following an unpopular proposal on whether to accept the bailout package. he said greece faces a serious financial crisis that can only be resolved through cooperation and dialogue. he al

nhk world's kobashi has the story. >> this a temporary shelter in iwate city, fukushima prefecture. a woman helps here at the shelter to help the residents who went through 9 dasr in march. she's 46. originally from ry uiesen o fukushima, she started helping evacuees right after the disaster. >> translator: rwanda is well known for its tasty coffee and tea. sipping it takes your heart to rwanda. it's a moment you no longer feel homesick. >> mary louise was a school teacher in 1993. she visited fukushima to study at a vocational school. she returned to rwanda after ten months. but soon after, the country descended into genocide. mary louise narrowly escaped death and ended up in a refugee camp. people in fukushima found out about her plight and helped her move to japan. mary louise and her family settled down in fukushima. they have been living there for 17 years now. >> translator: i would probably not be alive today if i had not had the chance to stay in japan. before the civil war in rwanda. japanese people have brought hope and dreams back to me. they saved my life. >> reporter:

nhk world's reporter reports from geneva. >>> another small chapter has been written. vietnam has officially opened. it will help speed up transportation between the economies of the region. the tunnel in ho chi minh was opened to traffic on monday in the official opening ceremony of the weekend, deputy prime minister praised the city's authorities and people for completing the tunnel on schedule. the tunnel is an important step towards the integration of the entire south economic corridor. back in 2007 southeast asia welcomed the completion of the east-west economic corridor running from thailand to laos and vietnam. it has been contributing to the region's economic growth ever since. the south corridor links thailand to southern vietnam through cambodia. the tunnel fully completes the link with the exception of a bridge over the mekong river in cambodia. connecting two massive manufacturing giants, thailand and vietnam, the corridors are expected to lead to more distribution and adjacent developing companies like laos and cambodia will enjoy spillover benefits from t

nhk world's ishii has the story. >> reporter: this business in the southeastern china chinese province of guangdong makes toys, mainly for europe and the united states. the eu credit crisis is hurting the company's clients, who began falling behind on their payments since the start of this year. the company president says he's finding it hard to secure enough operating capital. >> translator: i've been running this modest company for 40 years, but i've never seen such a difficult business environment. >> reporter: he has obligations to meet, too, and considered applying for a bank loan to pay his business partners. but he thought the wait would be too long. he finally found help from a pawn shop which loaned him more than $52,000 on security of 80 boxes of toys. >> translator: it's impossible to raise capital unless we borrow from a pawn shop. >> reporter: this is china's biggest pawn shop chain, operating 20 shops nationwide. this man opened his first pawn shop on hainan island about 20 years ago. he says his money-lending business has been growing among small- and medium-sized firms

hello, welcome to nhk "newsline". >>> italian prime minister silvio berlusconi promised to resign after an economic reform bill has cleared parliament. the presidential office made the announcement tuesday. president giorgio napolitano met berlusconi after the prime minister lost the parliamentary majority during a routine vote. the budget bill was passed when the coalition bill garnered 300 -- 308 votes but failed to gain a majority in the house. many lawmakers abstained from voting. berlusconi spokes at a station his family owns. berlusconi cited the severe condition of parliament and financial markets as reason for his resignation. he said record low prices for italian government bonds were not a factor behind his decision. berlusconi said parliament is paralyzed and the only option after his resignation would be a general election. to see how developments of italy is effecting market sentiment, let's go to the business team. >> thanks a lot. we saw a different sort of response to the news. market reactions differed on reports italian prime minister silvio berlusconi will step down.

nhk world's hitoshi hirouchi reports. >> reporter: more than one year has passed since a chinese fishing boat rammed a japanese patrol vessel near the disputed senkaku islands in the east china sea. gemba says that chinese responded favorably to his position on improving ties. >> translator: i believe japan/china relations, which have been shaky, are heading toward stabilization. i think we had very meaningful talks and deepened our understanding of each other, and we achieved results. >> reporter: the two leaders agreed to strengthen strategically beneficial ties. they also agreed to make final arrangements for prime minister yoshihiko noda's first visit to china next month. gemba asked for an early resumption of negotiations toward signing a treaty on joint gas development project in the east china sea. the talks have been suspended since last year. gemba also called for the creation of a framework for dialogue between the two countries to avoid potential maritime dispute. yang said china would cooperate on the issues. gemba asked china to alleviate or to lift import restrictions on fa

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nhk world, tehran. >> riot police reportedly removed the protesters from the embassy about four hours after the intrusion. the foreign ministry says the country regrets the attacks. but that's not good enough nor the british government. they're calling it indefensible and there will be serious consequences. >> to protect our embassy as it is required to do. >> british foreign secretary william hague criticized iran on tuesday for breaching international law. the convention required the protection of diplomats and embassies. hague says he has launched a complaint with iranian foreign minister in the strongest terms. >> clearly there will be other, further, and serious consequences. >> the president of the united nations security council is also speaking out about the attack on britain's embassy in tehran. here's some of what he had to say. >> the members of the security council condemn in the strongest terms attacks against the embassy in tehran, iran, which resulted in intrusions of premises causing serious damage. >> the u.n. security council president called on iran to fully respect

nana yamada, nhk world, geneva. >>> now we turn to our special series, an indian's india. in the second edition, we meet a man with a dream. he wants to give children of the world access to technology through an ultra low cost tablet computer. nhk world has this world. >> it is often said india has too conflicting, one a leading it nation and the other in poverty. "newsline" asked the indian people what the true face of their country is. this is india's minister of human resource development. he says a key to ending poverty is to improve access to education. >> we are moving away from the colonial system of rote learning, which is what we inherited from the british, and moving towards more creative processes of learning for chirp. and there we have to use technology in a big way. so that's one thing that's happening that we are now thinking in terms of and in fact moving forward through the national knowledge network to connect about 6 or 800 universities in years to come, 31,000 colleges in years to come, let information and educational information flow throughout the uni

nhk's kszutoshi yushi reports. >> reporter: this demonstration held in hong kong last month drew about 400 people, including a number of pregnant women. they were protesting the growing number of mainland women coming to give birth in the country. the demonstrators were demanding that the hong kong government curb this practice. >> translator: there's no room in hong kong hospitals for local women to give birth. all the places are booked up. >> reporter: china's rapid economic growth has led to growing unrest and since couples are only allowed to have one child, they are prepared to spend as much as possible to provide a better future for their children. it can cost $6,400 to $16,000 to give birth in hong kong, but many couples are prepared to pay that much, because children born in the territory of eligible for special privileges such as visa-free travel to more than 140 countries. >> translator: 60% of the babies at our hospital were born to mothers from the mainland, and the number has grown in the past few years. >> reporter: this chart shows china's population by age group. in 198

nhk's atsuko yuasaki has this report. >> we want to see our children! >> human rights, man! >> reporter: these parents say they are being cut out of their children's lives. they are demanding joint custody and visitation rights. >> translator: my wife took our children and has rarely let me see them. i've even considered suicide. nothing is worse than having your own children kept from you. >> translator: my husband took our son five years ago and disappeared. i don't know where they are now and i can't do anything about it. >> reporter: kevin brown also feels powerless. >> children need both parents after divorce. to be happy. >> reporter: brown is a u.s. citizen. he married a japanese woman in 2002. the couple had a son three years later, but they separated in 2007. brown said his wife took off with their son. he contacted the police, who told him they could do nothing. he finally found them six months later. now, he can see his son, but only about once a month. brown says that's not nearly enough time. not only can he not see his son more often, his wife was granted sole

now he's back speaking to authorities and in an exclusive interview to nhk. the british national arrived in japan on wednesday for the first time since his dismissal. he went to the tokyo district prosecutor's office on thursday. woodford also visited the securities and exchange surveillance commission and the tokyo metropolitan police department. he reportedly explained his understanding of what occurred until he was forced to step down. >> i have now a high degree of confidence that the japanese authorities will make sure this story comes out in all its detail. >> olympus is accused of continuing to conceal significant losses as a result of investments made during the 1990s. they added up to more than 100 billion yen. company executives allegedly hid the losses for many years using inflated price tags for corporate acquisitions. woodford became the president of olympus in april. soon after he pointed out the accounting irregularities. he was fired in mid-october. woodford was told his management style was arbitrary. in an exclusive interview with nhk, he ex

hitoshi hirouchi, nhk world, beijing. >>> people on the south korean island of yongpyeong have gathered to remember the victims of a north korean attack. north korea's military pounded the island with artillery a year ago wednesday. yongpyeong is located near the disputed maritime boarder in the yellow sea. the victims of the attack were two south korean marines and two civilians. 100 military officers and other people gathered at a hillside park for a memorial service for the two marines. they could see north korea in the distance. organizers unveiled a monument bearing the portraits of the dead marines. following the memorial service people honored the two civilians who died in last year's attack. they unveiled a monument near the factory where the victims were working at the time of the shelling. donors paid for the monument. about 3,000 people also went to the national cemetery for a memorial ceremony. prime minister kim hwang sik addressed the gathering. >> translator: my heart bleeds at the memory of the incident. the south korean government will never compromise when it comes to

nhk world's yoshihiro nemura was one of them. we'll provide simultaneous interpretation. >> translator: it's been eight months since the accident and the site was opened to the media for the first time. but isn't it too late? >> well, yes, we've been asking since immediately after the accident to open the site to the media, to the japanese government and to tepco, but we were not allowed to, because we were told that we may obstruct the works and also the radiation was very high. but eight months have passed, and the cooling of the reactors have stabilized. and we were able to accompany the minister in charge of the nuclear accident. >> could you explain the route you took? >> yes. along with other media people, i boarded the bus and went through the main gate. first we went to the main gate, and then we went to through the higher ground road, and went through the purification facility, and went through the seaside route and then went to the living quarter. and in discovering of this site, we had to limit the radiation level to t

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malaki spoke to nhk in tokyo on tuesday. >> translator: iraqi troops have become extremely capable and experienced in dealing with the threat of terrorism. i am confident they will be able to maintain security. >> he called for investment from japan saying companies from around the world are doing business in iraq and generating intense competition. >> translator: japanese companies have a history of business achievement in iraq. i'm sure there's ample experience will allow them to overcome rivalry with companies from other countries. >> japan and iraq are solidifying economic ties. the prime minister yoshihiko noda pledged new loans of about $870 million for iraq to help develop its oil resources. noda met with the iraqi prime minister in tokyo tuesday to confirm the deal. he said iraq is the first among nations in the middle east and north africa to push forward with democratization process. >> translator: i'm proud of japan's contributions to iraq's development through financial and technological assistance. i want it to develop into a new phase. >> he responded japan's financial as