i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. spain will soon have a new government as the opposition people's party is on course to win the general election. people's party leader mariano rajoy has declared the win. vote counting is going on for sunday's election after the polling stations were closed several hours ago. the interior ministry has released its forecast. it predicts the conservative people's party will win a majority of the 350 seats in the lower house by 186 seats. the party is on track to finish with 110 seats, a loss of 59 seats. >> translator: the spanish people have put their trust in our party to govern for the next few years. we have no enemies except joblessness, the deficit and our economic malaise. >> spanish people is have been critical about austerity measures to improve the country's fiscal health along the economic slump. the yield of spain's ten-year bonds hit almost 7% because of a lack of confidence in the country's ability to shoulder its massive debts. attention is focused whether a new governmen

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in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. >>> leaders of the world's biggest economies are meeting in france to discuss how to steer the global economy through the european debt crisis. but greek prime minister george papandreou's sudden announcement of a referendum on the latest bailout package has stolen the spotlight. 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 pack

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. japan took part in a solo intervention to weaken its curren currency. ai uchida, how successful exactly was that move? >> good question, catherine. we did see a big spike in the dollar/yen yesterday in tokyo trading hours but unfortunately we are seeing that trend weaken. the dollar lost some ground against the yen in new york on monday, despite the intervention by japanese authorities earlier in the day to stem the yen's historic rise. investors began selling the dollar to buy back the yen on speculation that the u.s. federal reserve board may further ease monetary policy. the dollar hovered in the 78 yen range in new york and here in tokyo this tuesday the greenback is changing hands at 78.31-34 yen. the dollar jumped nearly four yen at one point in the mid 79-yen range on the tokyo foreign exchange on monday, after japan intervened in the currency market to stem the yen's appreciation. >>> meanwhile u.s. treasury undersecretary leo brainard says unless there is extreme movement or

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 gas? >> translator: an executive told me they learned how to make sarin gas from scientific documents. this person was saying it was not so difficult. the executive said they were producing not only sarin gas but also stimulants. they sold those drugs to gangsters. another executive told me they exchanged the drugs for russian guns. >> police obtained the information shouting our mem

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. let's go straight to ai uchida who has been following this story and has the details. >> greece is back. greek lawmakers are chrisicizing the prime minister george papandreou for calling for a national referendum on the eu plan to bail out the debt-ridden country. papandreou announced on monday he would hold a referendum on the eu debt deal after holding a vote of confidence on his cabinet and parliament on friday. the leader of the opposition new democratic party samaras, criticized papandreou for bringing greece and its future into crisis. samaras demanded the entire cabinet resign and called for a general election. some members of the ruling party are also demanding the prime minister's resignation saying it's irresponsible to hold a referendum after concluding an agreement with other nations. now there is a possibility that the bailout deal will be rejected in the greek referendum due to strong public opposition. this is spreading concern throughout europe. >> translator: the gree

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in tokyo, welcome to "newsline," i'm michio kijima. the japanese government and the central bank are believed to have sold a record amount of yen on monday to try to put a stop to the rise of the country's currency. the intervention by japanese authorities sent the dollar briefly to the 79-yen level monday morning. the bank of japan's data released on tuesday showed that the government will pay 7.68 trillion yen or about $100 billion to financial institutions on wednesday. most of the money is believed to have been used for intervention. the amount far exceeded $5.7 billion to the authorities youed for their last intervention on august 4th. they have stepped into the market three times so far this year, because of the concerns of the yen's excessive strength will hurt the country's economy. despite monday's currency intervention, the dollar is hovering in the lower 78-yen range in european trading. many market players are staying out of the market because of concerns that japan might intervene again in an effort to halt the yen's rise.

>>> welcome "newsline," i'm michio kijima in tokyo. former european central bank vice president lucas panda to be named the new prime minister of greece. the country's presidential office announced on thursday that the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to name papandous to the post. he told reporters that he's honored. he said he's confident that the financial crisis can be solved. the ruling and opposition parties is been negotiating to form a coalition government since the presidential office announced the incumbent prime minister, george papandreau's intention to resign on monday. the new prime minister and the ministers of the coalition government will be sworn in on friday. >>> the tokyo stock exchange has put olympus on a supervisory watch list. that is what it costs investors about trading company's shares. it is reaction to an announcement by the spokes the object equipment maker embroiled in a scandal involving corporate buy-out concealing massive losses. and the company was placed on the watch list after announcing it

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> the kids are back in school, in bali, indonesia. alit is a ninth grade student here. he was born and raised in bali. and boy can he surf. in fact, he won a stunning victory at the junior surfing championship in april. that's when he was recruited and became a pro surfer. alit is entering a surfing competition. to make his dreams come true. today we look at alit, a young pro surfer. bali, indonesia. the island attracts over 2 million tourists from all over the world every year. the most bustling place is kuta beach where surfers ride the waves all year-round. it's also the sign of indonesia's first ever surfing contest. alit started surfing at the age of six, when his father bought him a used surfboard. since then he has surfed at kuta beach every day. >> kopling is a surfer, 34 years old. he immediately recognized alit's talent and offered had him coaching for skills. surfing involves riding waves as long as possible while performing maneuvers. alit has trou

. >>> i'm michio kijima in tokyo. welcome to "newsline." >>> people working for japan's meteorological agency are discussing how to issue warnings about something called long period ground motion. the phenomenon often occurs during powerful earthquakes and causes high rises to shake violently. some experts say the warnings would help ensure building safety. others say it would create confusion among the public. long period ground motion caused towers in tokyo's district to sway slowly but forcefully on march 11th. the city is about 350 kilometers away from the epicenter. ceiling and wall panels fell in an prefectural office in osaka. now that city is about 8 00 kilometers from the epicenter. meteorological agency experts started a panel to talk about ways to prevent disasters immediately after earthquakes. they're trying to determine if the magnitude of long period ground motion should be made public right away. they released a draft proposal on monday. it calls for issues long period ground motion notices separately

he was involved in the tokyo subway system gas attack. the tokyo district and high courts both sentenced him to death. it was said he was hallucinating when he committed the crimes. the appeal was rejected. presiding justice said he played an important role in all of the cult's killings and making the chemical for the tokyo attack. the court rules that the defendant bears an extremely grave responsibility and should not escape the death penalty. 11 have had their sentences finalized. this includes cult founder. this woman's husband was killed in the gas attack in tokyo. she was not surprised with the court ruling. >> translator: i was able to confirm the court decision with my own ears. it's no wonder i'm not surprised at all. >> he is a spokesperson for the new name taken. he says he will follow the court cases and there is nothing more to say. also known as. the cult founder instructed him to take part in a number of crimes. he quit working a year later. the medical training made him a valuable member of the cult. he helped manufacture

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. concern over the fiscal health of the eurozone is spreading quickly. overnight, italian government bonds hit their lowest since the euro was introduced. for the story we go straight to business news this hour with ai uchida. >> thanks a lot, catherine. eurozone headlines do continue and taking center stage is italy. the yield on italian government bonds hit a new high on european markets. of course that means the bonds hit a record low. the surge comes amid rising concerns that italy may be the next country to be dragged into the debt crisis. the yield on ten-year italian government bonds briefly leapt to 6.6 monday, the highest since it was introduced. bond prices recorded their lowest level. >> translator: there is serious political instability in italy. the markets think the country will probably have elections next spring. italy can't restore its fiscal health with things as they are. >> the situation in italy has prime minister silvio berlusconi fighting for political survival. a

ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. let's also take a look at some other market figures now. ♪ and that's the latest from business. now it's back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the harvest season is usually a happy time for farmers in japan. not this year. they've been dealing with the fallout from the fukushima daiichi accident. consumers are worried about radiation in their food. farmers who grow fruit and vegetables outside the 20-kilometer exclusion zone around the nuclear plant are having a tough time selling their products. so they're trying to fight fear with facts. 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 vegetable

he was involved in the tokyo subway system gas attack. the tokyo district and high courts both sentenced him to death. it was said he was hallucinating when he committed the crimes. the appeal was rejected. presiding justice said he played an important role in all of the cult's killings and making the chemical for the tokyo attack. the court rules that the defendant bears an extremely grave responsibility and should not escape the death penalty. 11 have had their sentences finalized. this includes cult founder. this woman's husband was killed in the gas attack in tokyo. she was not surprised with the court ruling. >> translator: i was able to confirm the court decision with my own ears. it's no wonder i'm not surprised at all. >> he is a spokesperson for the new name taken. he says he will follow the court cases and there is nothing more to say. also known as. the cult founder instructed him to take part in a number of crimes. he quit working a year later. the medical training made him a valuable member of the cult. he helped manufacture

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i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. yemen's president, ali abdullah saleh signed a deal proposed by neighboring countries to transfer his power to the vice president. saleh signed the agreement on wednesday while seated beside saudi arabia's king abdullah in the saudi capital riyadh. saleh said he hopes the people of yemen will unite in order to overcome the country's troubles. the deal calls for the ruling party and anti-government forces to set up a provisional government and for an election to choose a new president to be held within three months. anti-government demonstrations have continued in yemen since january, demanding that president saleh step down after more than 20 years in power. following the arab spring upridings in tunisia, egypt, and libya, it appears that yemen's autocratic administration is likely to be forced out as well. however, some people in yemen doubt that the president will give up power. armed clashes continue between troops led by president saleh's family and anti-government forces with no

the earthquake and gas attack on the tokyo subway system. researchers at the university developed technology together over ten years. >> this robot could be used to probe volcanos, locate fires, and handle dangerous objects in factories. and the technology will keep evolving, along with the needs of society. >> the accident at fukushima prompt a chinese computer chip maker to develop robotic arms six months ago. taiwan relies on nuclear power. they use these chips to make a miniature out of the fukushima robot. >> you take the information back and see what happened there, and trace that back to headquarters and then to decide what next should be done. >> researchers at the institute of technology develop a robot to check rubble. the robot moves its arms up and down to detect radioactive substances. if it senses trouble, it sounds an alarm. levels of radiation show up on the screen the robot monitors what's around it, and moves away from obstacles. >> it's a challenge to satisfy all the requests from companies such as medical supply makers an

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. negotiators in south africa are arguing over the details of climate change under stormy skies. torrential rains hit the host city. it waterlogged the conference center, throwing the opening of meetings into disarray. we have a report from durban. >> reporter: they welcome participants from 119 countries. talks are taking place in africa where experts say impact of global warming can threaten lives of people. the day before, they suffered from the worst storm in years. local authorities say at least five people were killed. here the previous storm caused landslide when mud went into the houses. residents in eastern durban were hit especially hard. they were trying to repair their houses and remove mud from inside. >> translator: i am traumatized. i don't know where to start. even tonight, i don't know where i'm going to sleep. >> i've never experienced this. i've seen it happening in other places, but not here. >> reporter: climate change can lead to more extreme conditions such as sev

tokyo was revived. it's a question of whether people have the bravery, which i think they have, and also the help from other japanese and people in other countries too to enable them to make this revival possible and to make the tohoku region even more attractive and more memorable than it was before. for an outsider to give them sufficient warmth and help, but the japanese are famous for getting over terrible disasters. >> reporter: he says he's spell bound by the culture here. he hopes he can make a significant contribution. nhk world. >>> here are on "newsline" time to check on stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by trt turkey. turkey hosted an international conference on afghan security and economy in istanbul on wednesday. leaders from 27 countries including the presidents of afghanistan, pakistan and turkey attended the meeting. afghan president karzai warned there would be no peace for his country without strong regional cooperation on terror. >> ter

also gearing up for the tokyo motor show. a lot of focus on the auto sector as the big three japanese auto firms trying to get production and sales levels back to levels before the march 11th disaster. but the nikkei and topix are trading lower in the first few minutes. >> thanks. that was ramin mellegard watching action at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> and that's a look at business news for now. i'll be back a little later in the show with a story about how three wheel motorcycle is changing the way people get around in india. for now, back to katherine. >> thanks very much. >>> japanese representatives are pushing agenda at the u.n. climate change conference, fighting against extension of the protocol. they want a new treat oh to control global emissions. our reporter tells us why japan is opposed to keeping kyoto alive. >> reporter: it is simple, the japanese say the kyoto protocol is not a fair system, covers only 26% of the total emissions in the world. the u.s. and china, the biggest carbon emitters have no obligation t

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. japan's environment ministry says downstream radiation levels have risen in some rivers in fukushima prefecture. the ministry has been monitoring radiation levels in rivers near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to assess the impact of the accident there. officials took sand samples from two rivers in september. the upstream radioactive cesium levels were over 3,000 becquerels per kilogram in itate. the downstream levels of the same river in an area of soma city were 13,000 becquerels. the upstream levels had fallen to one-fifth of those observed in may, but the downstream measurements had tripled. cesium levels near the mouth of another river in soma city where were nearly 30,000 becquerel. they have doubled since may. kinki university hideo yamazaki says radiation levels should be monitored near river mouths as radioactive substances in riverbed sands are probably moving downstream. >>> a survey team of the international atomic energy agency has drawn up final recommendations on h

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the japanese and u.s. governments are changing how they deal with crimes involving civilian employees working for the u.s. military in japan. they're reviewing the application of the status of forces agreement to allow japan to exercise jurisdiction over crcres that lead to death. as a result, public prosecutors in okinawa decided to indict a u.s. forces civilian employee in connection with a car accident that killed a japanese man. the case involves a 24-year-old american man. prosecutors say he was on the way home from his job at a supermarket on a u.s. basin january when his car struck the victim. they could not indict the suspect because he was deemed to have been on duty at the time of the accident. the status of forces agreement gives the united states primary jurisdiction in cases involving soldiers or civilian employees on bases who cause accidents or commit crimes when they are considered to be on duty. people in okinawa repeatedly expressed anger over the agreement. the justice ministry says in f

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. president barack obama said in a landmark speech to australia's parliament that the ununed s stes is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region. he stressed the importance of the region as a major part of his country's foreign policy. obama told his audience that his administration plans to refocus on the region now that it's ending its military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. obama acknowledged the importance of china, but pointed out that the international community wants china to abide by international rules. his remarks suggest that the unite is seeking to involve china in a multinational framework as a strategy for achieving stability and prosperity in the region. >> the united states will continue our effort to build a cooperative relationship with china. all of our nations, australia, the united states, all of our nations have a profound interest in the rise of a peaceful and prosperous china. and we'll seek more opportunities for cooperation with

i'm catherine kobiyashi in tokyo. people in south korea are heading to class, starting work and getting on with their daily lives, quite a difference from this time last year. north korea attacked the island one year ago. residents fled the island and left everything behind. now they're busy trying to get back what they lost. nhk world's anna jung is on the island. we asked her what life is like one year later. >> reporter: people are here rebuilding what was damaged. the island is a few square kilometers in size but a point of contention between the north and south for years. south korea soldiers watch their enemies from this observation post. behind them, just 12 kilometers, north korea sold yores stare right back. the island lies near the neutral limit line, the sea border between the two koreas. the military launched their attack last november 23rd across those waters. troops fired 170 shells, about half of them landed on the island. they killed four people including two civilians. they hurt 18 others. the shells

in tokyo. i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of a nuclear plant in southwestern japan has restarted one of its reactors. it became the first reactor in japan to go back online since the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the operator plans to resume power generation on wednesday afternoon. the number four reactor of the genkai nuclear plant in saga prefecture was halted due to abnormalities with its cooling system in early october. but the plant's operator, kyushu electric power, told the government 's nuclear safety agency the stoppage was called by a procedural error. this type of stoppage does not require kyushu electric to conduct a so-called stress test before restarting the reactor. the government introduced the test for idle reactors after the march disaster. the vice president of kyushu electric visited the genkai town mayor on tuesday. yamamoto told him he would like operations to restart as soon as preparations are completed. he then told reporters that he wants the reactor to operate normall

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. >>> and now let's get a check on tokyo markets. as you know, the dow jones average shed over 3%, with markets gripped by events in the eurozone. to see how things are kicking off here in jrnapan, we go to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning to you. what is going on over there? >> reporter: very good morning to you. with italian two and ten-year bond yields breaking above that 7 level as you mentioned there, a lot of market concern is about t contagion for other eurozone economies and the euro itself. 8,553. down over 200 points for the nikkei. now the topix also down about 18 points. we've had a lot of activity here in japan also as the earnings season is coming to an end soon. but one standout stock which we have been following has been olympus, which has been down around 80% since the corporate bookkeeping scandal broke out just a couple of weeks ago. and in fact in the last two days it's been down around 40%. we've been following the price action very closely. now, the tokyo stock exchange is also now voici

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i'm michio kijima in tokyo. coming to light, a picture of multimillion dollar fraud by a japanese corporation. this is "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo. >>> japan's olympus corporation may have been manipulated its accounts for a decade. olympus was recently found to have covered up losses from investments during the economic bubble era. a third party panel investigating the wrongdoing is said to have found olympus started resorting to illegal accounting around 2001. 2001 is the year when a new set of accounting standards were introduced for japanese corporations. the new standards are known as the market value accounting. before the revision, the value of a company's stocks and other assets was recorded on the account settlement documents in terms of the price paid to acquire them. this is what's known as the book value. however, under the new standard, th value is given in terms of a market value at the time of the account settlement. take a case where stocks require for 100 million yen, but their market

tokyo at 18 degrees. seoul with the cold air pulling in towards the system passing through, dropping the temperatures down at 5 degrees. manila at 31. now here in the americas, as you can see a clear defined eye. here is the hurricane kenneth, now a major hurricane, but moving away from land. no coastal warnings or watches in effect as of now. a winter storm here in the pacific northwest. we're talking about very heavy rain, which could melt the snow which has been already accumulating especially in the cascades. warnings for flooding. heavy rain talking especially in the coast's areas. 200 millimeters or more in places and as for snow, accumulations additional of about 20 centimeters in northern rockies and southern canadian rockies. now, coastal awareness of high waves. strong winds. maybe gusts up to 100 kilometers per how, waves up to 8 meters high. we are looking at severe conditions over towards the east. this is a quick moving system as you can see those pinks just around the area. moving off towar

that was ramin from the tokyo stock exchange. let's also take a look now. >>> that's the latest from business. >> for the last several day, we have been talking about the apec summit in hawaii. they ever being cautious to committing to talks on the transpartnership and consulting with the nations who are already on board. that includes the united states. he spoke with the tpp at the asia pacific cooperation summit in honolulu. . >> translator: we explained japan's decision to start consulting with countries involved with the tpp. and some economies welcomed our offer. we will begin consultations by trying to give a sense of what each country is looking for. and discuss the issues at hand. we will make our final conclusion based on the national interest. >> more than 1,000 people responded to our survey. 34% said japan should join the talks. a little more than 20% said they shouldn't. nearly 61% of those surveyed said there wasn't enough discussion in japan about the tpp issue. 4.6% said there was. the u.s. government has welcomed

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. >>> coming to you from our studios in tokyo, this is "newsline," i'm james tengan. the evidence was too damning. the pressure, too great. the leaders of olympus admitted on tuesday the company used massive payments connected with corporate buyouts to hide investment losses. the issue of olympus's dubious corporate takeovers has now become a question of whether the company engaged in illegal accounting. investigators from a third-party panel found the practice began in the 1990s. olympus president, shuichi takayama, says he's sorry. >> translator: we apologize and report that we've found facts that are different from those we announced at the news conference on october 27th. >> the company has dismissed executive vice president hisashi mori for his involvement in concealing losses from securities investments. the firm was found to have used more than $1.2 billion tver up its losse inst tunt was r appropriate for corporate takeovers. olympus paid consultants an unusually large fee of almt $700 million to assist in the buyout of a british medical equipment maker. the c

>>> live from tokyo, this is "newsline," i'm james tengan. >>> greek finance minister says the country has dropped its plan to hold a referendum on the european union's bailout package. in a statement on friday, vinezelos said he told the european commission economy and monetary affairs chief, of the decision in telephone calls. the announcement came ahead of a scheduled vote in confidence of the parliament of the cabinet george paben dray ewe later on friday. he said he told the european officials that the aim of the confidence vote is to form a government of unity. he said the government wants to obtain the largest consensus as possible. >>> attention is focused on italy. another eu member under pressure to stabilize its finances. the presidents of the european commission and the european union say italy is asking the international monetary fund to help monitor its economic and fiscal reforms, the european commission president, barroso says the executive commission will look at the situation. the country is under fierce pressure from financial markets to reform its finances. >>> next

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that's absolutely the way i feel. >> the two-day event took place near tokyo. the first element was equestrian art. the athletes need to clear 12 hurdles within the looted time. she went first on a white horse. a perfect performance put her under pressure. yamanaka handled it with poise. after the first event, the two were even. next was fencing. a one-game match consists of 30 rounds. she set herself apart in this event. she won 25 and lost only 5. jama jama jamanaka on the other hand lost 19 and won 11. next, 200-meter swimming. again tukoso took the lead. the rest of the competition involved three kilometers of running and shooting. yamanaka thought this could be her chance to catch up. during the running, athletes have three rounds of shooting. they have to stay on the sight for 70 seconds or until they hit five targets. in her first shooting she got the target without difficulty. jama jamanaka was trying to make up nearly two minutes. then she closes in with a characteristically speedy performance. in a second and third round, she felt the pressure and los

that was from the tokyo stock exchange. standard and poor's issued a message about a cut in the debt rating amid growing concerns about the european debt problems. the u.s. rating agency said on thursday that the message was sent out to subscribers due if a technical error. it retracted the message immediately. the company reaffirmed that the reading of french government bonds remained at the highest great of aaa. the incident comes at a time when were attention is on whether friends can retain the cop rating. the selling of the bones surged immediately following the erroneous announcement. they asked european and french regulators to investigate the causes and consequences of the error. the largest international motor show in the mideast got under way. japanese automakers are taking part, but the floods in thailand are casting a shadow. the caught automakers are displaying 500 latest models at the dubai international motor show. the u.s. and american car makers are attracting the rich with lux we models. they include a car

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the british government is promising to take action following an attack on its embassy in the iranian capital. students broke into the compound, smashing windows, burning flags and bringing it to international concern. the protesters are angry about britain's new economic sanctions over iran's nuclear program. the report from tehran. >> reporter: about 1,000 protesters gathered at the afternoon. later the rally turned violent. doe dozens of students broke into the embassy chanting death to britain. they burned the british flag. police clashed with these students. iran's state run tv reports that young iranians also stormed another british embassy in tehran. where they held six members captive. these people were soon released and handed over to authorities. iran has been confrontational towards britain since the new sanctions were imposed. on sunday, the iranian parliament approved a bill that limits bilateral economic exchanges. it also called for the government to expel the british am

tokyo highs drop into the teens with 17 degrees, and 15 in seoul. heading over to the americas then, we are monitoring a newly developed tropical storm over the atlantic, that is sean. sean is now a stationary system, but it is expected to make its way toward bermuda later this week. we have tropical storm watches in effect across the country. torrential rain and strong winds are going to affect this area by late thursday or early friday, and the only concern for mainland u.s. is weak currents as well as swells and the southeast coast will be looking at rough sea conditions over the course of the next few days. an active front is moving through the mississippi valley, bringing heavy precipitation. the most severe weather can be found as kro the southern plains. you see severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds as far as tornadoes here into tonight. the rain will weaken and head to the deep south region on wednesday. for the upper mississippi valley, some of the rain will turn to snow and will move to the great lakes and to eastern canada in t

a large business district in tokyo is getting an early start. it's found a way to make the season sparkle in an eco-friendly way. nhk world's rina naka know takes us there. >> reporter: i'm here at bright christmas 2011. as you can see it's still pretty dark right now, but in a few moments, thousands of l.e.d. lights will give this area a nice holiday glow. the ceremony for this lighting on is going on in the building right next to me here in the marunochi building and of course, celebrity guests are in attendance. they and people out here are getting ready for the start of this year's christmas season. this event has been going on for the last nine years, and, of course, the centerpiece is the illumination itself, but the second centerpiece is that large christmas tree eight meters long you see in that building. many of the ornaments you see there were made by the survivors of this year's march 11th disaster. it looks like the countdown has just begun. three, two, one! there it is! marunochi bright christmas 2011 has just started. the workers s

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. tonight barack obama outlined his nation's new security and cooperation strategy. the u.s. president spoke before the australia parliament. his message, the united states is a pacific power that's here to stay. >> as the world's fastest growing region and home to more than half the global economy, the asia pacific is critical to achieving my highest priority, and that's creating jobs and opportunity for the american people. >> obama said the u.s. is moving out of a long period of conflict in iraq and afghanistan. the policy shift is aimed at keeping china in check. the chinese government is building up its armed forces. its number one objective is said to be developing the capability to defend itself against the u.s. military. the country is believed to have strengthened its submarine forces and deployed missiles that could attack u.s. military staging points. it's also said to be working on the world's first ballistic missile capable of sinking an aircraft carrier. china's military a

i'm michio kijima in tokyo. the former head of olympus says it's time for the company to move on from its financial scandal. he says the only way to do that is for the board of directors to step down, michael woodford. the optical equipment-maker is in trouble for covering up huge investment losses for years. woodford attended his first board meeting since october 14th, the day he was fired. he fell out of favor because he questioned accounting irregularities. although he is no longer ceo, he is still a board member. >> and i'm not at liberty to discuss the detailed content. we had a constructive and honest exchange. >> woodford's brief successor as ceo, tsuyoshi kikukawa and two other figures did not go to friday's meeting. they resigned from the board of directors on thursday.y. is sus a hand in the losses. they inflated the purchase prices on acquisitions among other thing. current ceo takayama is dismissing the suggestion that the board resign and be replaced by a new management team. he doubts that would he

tokyo at 18 degrees. seoul with the cold air pulling in towards the system passing through, dropping the temperatures down at 5 degrees. manila at 31. now here in the americas, as you can see a clear defined eye. here is the hurricane kenneth, now a major hurricane, but moving away from land. no coastal warnings or watches in effect as of now. a winter storm here in the pacific northwest. we're talking about very heavy rain, which could melt the snow which has been already accumulating especially in the cascades. warnings for flooding. heavy rain talking especially in the coast's areas. 200 millimeters or more in places and as for snow, accumulations additional of about 20 centimeters in northern rockies and southern canadian rockies. now, coastal awareness of high waves. strong winds. maybe gusts up to 100 kilometers per how, waves up to 8 meters high. we are looking at severe conditions over towards the east. this is a quick moving system as you can see those pinks just around the area. moving off towar