tokyo market also be closed on holiday until wednesday. the hang seng index in hong kong finishes up nearly nearly 0.6%, 22,260. investors bought stocks in railway companies on reports that beijing would increase spending on the seconder. and in the philippines the composite index there with a gain as well up by half a percent, 6,742. mining stocks were among the big gainers there. that was on upbeat earnings from one of the country's leading miners. >>> u.s. car buyers are warming up after a long winter. they fuelled a rebound in april in auto sales. many of them opted for larger vehicles. researchers at auto data say carmakers sold about 1.4 million vehicles. that was up about 8% from a year earlier. car buyers were a little bit chillier earlier in the year. analysts say cold and snowy weather dampened their enthusiasm. people at general motors saw their sales go up nearly 7%. those at chrysler enjoyed a 14% rise. things not quite as good, though, over at ford where sales dropped just a bit there. now the fortune of japanese carmakers ch

officials in tokyo said they'd ease sanctions if the probe went ahead. but things came to a halt when japanese prime minister yoso hukuda resigned. the issue stayed on the back burner for years. then this past march, government officials from both countries held their first high level talks in more than 12 months. they agreed to meet again to discuss a range of issues including the abductions. prior to the meeting, the parents of abductee megumi ogota traveled to mongolia to meet their granddaughter, kim un-jonk. north korean authorities say megumi is dead. but her parents and japanese officials don't believe them. the two countries arranged a meeting in mongolia for humanitarian reasons. the okutas have asked to see their granddaughter soon, because they are growing old. norika okada, nhk world. >> megaumi's father commented on the developments. he said this was a positive step. he said as the abductees are getting older, he hopes the results of the reinvestigation will be revealed as soon as possible. >>> japan's coast guard is investigating the cause

it's now eight am on friday the second i was a plot on in tokyo present she's in pain is promising decisive action after a bombing at a train station in western china state media say to religious extremists were behind the attack on wednesday in the same zellweger autonomous region and both of them were killed. that said the assailant started slashing people outside the station in the regional capital raunchy. then they set off bombs they were carrying. they killed one bystander and wounded seventy nine other people. government officials say the attackers have long participated in extremist militias activities the attack came as president she was wrapping up his first visit to the beach at the press government officials during his tour to adopt tougher measures against terrorism and to do more to unite ethnic groups police have tightened security but the region has been plagued by violence for years. gonna be this claim is mama since the protests and they restricted the culture and the mission of the week or ethnic group investigators in south korea us and the passenger ferry that sank last

here on friday evening across parts of tokyo and even just north of tokyo we did see some strong to severe thunderstorms out here, even some hail off towards koshigi prefecture. that same storm system will continue to track off towards the northeast going through your saturday. and then back towards the west, high pressure is going to start to ridge its way in. that's going to bring some sunnier skies, not just for japan but even back across much of the korean peninsula. down towards southeastern china you're not going to be sharing in on that decent weather. actually some fairly heavy rainfall has already been occurring in hang dock up. had black rainfall warnings, the highest level they go to. also across guangdong up to 190 millimeters of rain fell in the past 24 hours. don't think on saturday and sunday you're going to be seeing as heavy of rain. but take a look at the forecast. those showers do continue to linger out here. even in the hong kong over towards taiwan. and eventually out there towards the northeast. and really just the next 72 hours, there is still that threat of flooding

tokyo outperformed the rest of the region. also seoul and sydney showed a pretty robust gain of just about 1%. tokyo's nikkei average was up nearly 2% at 14,425. that did erase all of monday's losses. a weaker yen gave a boost to overall sentiment, pushing up shares of exporters as well as other bellwether firms. in hong kong, 22,352. property shares surged on speculation that the government will relax the city's stamp duty rules which relate to home sales. >>> japanese finance minister taro aso is calling for a restart of nuclear power plants in the country. once their safety is confirmed. he says the step is necessary to slash the huge fuel import costs that cut deep into the nation's current account surplus in fiscal 2013. >> translator: it's a fact that the higher utility costs have been affecting manufacturers, and as a result raising prices and hurting consumer spending in japan. >> aso noted that nuclear power will remain the cheapest source of energy, at least for the time being. all nuclear reactors in japan are offli

bourses in tokyo, shanghai, and sydney all ended lower. indonesian shares also faced selling pressure after reaching this year's highs during the day. now the nikkei here in tokyo down just over 0.6%. 14,006. that's the lowest level in a month. a lack of major buying cues prompted some traders to sell. overall participation was pretty low. in shanghai the composite index dropped just over a percent, 2,005. that's the weakest closing point in three weeks. property shares came under pressure after the latest data pointed to further slow growth in new home prices. >>> in sydney the s&p asx declined 1.3%, 5,408. that works out to a five-week closing low. mining shares suffered pretty sharp selling amid weak demand for resources in china. executives in the united states telecommunications sector have been making moves to consolidate the industry. now those at at&t are set to buy leading satellite broadcaster directv. at&t executives agreed to purchase directv shares for more than $48 billion in cash and stock. and in the debt it will take on th

keiko aso, nhk world, tokyo. >>> okay. that is going to do it for biz this hour. here's a check of the markets. president-elect promised to negotiate an end to the pro-russian insurgency in the east, but he also rised an air strike inted. petro poroshenko said he would not hold talks with armed insurgents he calls terrorists. pro-russian rebels seized the donetsk international airport on monday, a day after the presidential election. they claim the election was illegitimate. fighter jets and military helicopters flew overhead while black smoke rose in the air. local media reported that 15 people have been wounded. the mayor of donetsk called on residents to stay home, warning the security situation could worsen. >>> authorities in egypt have given voters a surprise. they've declared the second day of the presidential election a national holiday. people have been casting ballots at polling stations nationwide in the two-day election. the interim prime minister said on state-run television that egyptians had requested a day off. and he said the government agreed. po

temperatures into tokyo into the high 20s. we're going to be seeing on monday and tuesday is definitely not that scenario. we have a fast moving low pressure system. can you see on the satellite picture, runs right over most of japan, then brings some very heavy rain fall, past 24 hours you've seen about 170 millimeters. also gusty winds up towards hokkaido, saw one wind gust report about 104 kilometers per hour. the good news is that by tuesday, this is really going to be rapidly clearing out. monday, keep a umbrella ready, even into tuesday morning if you're in eastern portions of japan. but this is going to start to move on there towards the east into the northern pacific. still some scattered storms, possible here in tokyo on your tuesday afternoon. but i think by wednesday, it's really going to be improving out here. same thing goes back towards the west if you're in the korean peninsula. by tuesday, high pressure really is setting in. the downside, though, is we are seeing some westerly winds out here. so you have that y

robert, this morning i step out of the house in tokyo. beautiful, sunny skies. suddenly, a thunderstorm caught me completely off guard. what's going on with the weather? >> yes, shery. actually, i was one of those people as well. went outside during the morning hours. it did seem rather decent. by the early afternoon hours we saw some of those storms flare up. even some hail out here. i actually got some photos o f that. definitely did come down. the thing is as we go ahead into friday, some of the ingredients in place as well, we could see those storms flare up again. hopefully it won't be as caught off guard on this. because what we are seeing right now is that storm system, remember, it brought that steady rain earlier on this week. the gusty winds across much of japan. it's now pulling off here towards the northeast, but it's still pulling in this very cold air behind it. especially in the upper levels. during the daytime we start to see this surface heating. that just makes the atmosphere very unstable. we could be seeing, well, more storms on friday. some

nhk world news line it's now eight am on thursday me first on the spot on in tokyo. an explosion has local railway station in china's change and we are autonomous region three people have reportedly been killed and seventy nine in check. the blast occurred in the main city of a raunchy on wednesday evening the steak lunch and when news agency says an unidentified into the show went on a stabbing spree at a railway station then detonated explosives police on investigating it as a terror attack. the incident happened as president she championed was wrapping up this first one to the region getting the four day trip she told government officials to strengthen anti terrorism measures and improved ethnic harmony. people in the region have lived with on rest forty years in two thousand and nine about a thousand protesters turned out in the raunchy for a rally against chinese old forties it escalated into a series of riots and about two hundred people were killed we the residents and police fought again a year ago in the cash garbage and twenty one people most of them police

analysts say both tokyo and sydney shrugged off china's manufacturing data. investigators in tokyo focused on corporate earnings in the middle of the reporting season. in fact, the nikkei average has seen gains of 1.25% finished at 14,485. investors bought stocks on strong earnings from several companies. the biggest gainer was musical instrument maker yamaha. it reported a better than expected profit for the year that just ended. >>> in sydney, the s&p asx 200 index seeing a decline of .75%. 5,448. stocks have been under a bit of selling pressure after hitting a six-year high on april 29th. the biggest losers were banks and mining companies. iron ore prices in china, which is australia's biggest trading partner, remain at two-year lows. >>> managers at firms across japan fear consumers may be keeping a tight grip on their wallets. the consumption tax went up a month ago from 5% to 8%. that cut into people's disposable income. some managers are adopting new tactics to keep them spending. more from nhk world. >> reporter: millions of japanese people are enjoyi

meanwhile other markets like tokyo saw minor losses. in hong kong, the hang seng index climbing more than 1%. it finished out at 22,582. shares of chinese property developers got a boost from an announcement by china's central bank. it reportedly took steps to spur mortgage lending to first-time home buyers. and in indonesia, the key benchmark there finished 1.4% higher, 4,991. market expectations are growing that jakarta governor is gaining in chances to win the july presidential election, and that he will push for more economic reforms. tokyo's nikkei average did decline. it was down over 0.1%, 14,405. investors booked profits from a surge on the previous day. also a pause in the yen's slide weighed on market sentiment. >>> trade ministers from around the asia pacific region are trying to give a push to talks on a free trade deal. ministers from the 12 participating nations -- nations participating in the trans-pacific partnership will meet next week in singapore. japanese negotiators say they and their american counterparts are still

investors in tokyo really not taking positive cues from japan's gdp data. the nikkei average declined .57%. finished at 14,298. we had a stronger yen hurting market sentiment. that prompted selling of export related issues. sony especially saw a heavy decline. that's after it forecast a net loss for this fiscal year. across the rest of the region shares ended mixed following a pullback from recent record highs on wall street. shares in hong kong were higher but the shanghai composite fell for a third straight session. that index, in fact, ended down another 1.1% today. 2,024 for the close. investors took profits on recent advancers such as property shares. also resource-related stocks like coal miners fell on a sluggish outlook for demand. meanwhile hong kong's hang seng index finished higher nearly .7%. 22,730. chinese internet giant enjoy add robust gain after earning a stronger than expected profit in the first quarter. >>> the governor of the bank of japan says he's concerned that a labor shortage might have a serious impact on the economy. kuroda says

i'm gene otani in tokyo. pro-russian activists in eastern ukraine are not giving up their plan to hold referendums on expanding autonomy. clashes are escalating between them and interim government forces. eight government soldiers died of violence in the city of kramatorsk in the donetsk region. russia's state-run news agency says one pro-russian activist died in the luhansk region. they ins cyst they'll hold referendums on may 11th. a pro-russian leader in charge of the poll in donetsk told nhk on sunday that preparations are under way. >> translator: we already finished doing 70% of the ballots and will complete the work by the day after tomorrow. >> he said the ballots will ask voters a yes or no question on whether they will support donetsk's becoming an independent as a state. but he said no condition has been set for the referendum to be valid. pro-russian leaders are occupying a tv station in donetsk. they filmed a program there calling on residents to participate in the poll. the interim government cl

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline" i'm gene otani in tokyo. an islamic group in nigeria says it is responsible for abducting more than 200 school girls. a man claiming to be the leader of boko haram admitted that its members carried out the kidnapping last month in a northern state of borno, and he warns that the group is planning to sell the girls. boko haram released a video on monday saying it was behind the kidnappings. >> the man said members of boko haram took the girls to prevent them from receiving a western-style education. he has called on the nigerian government to abolish schooling for girls. >> we want our girls! we want our girls! >> hundreds of demonstrators staged a rally in lagos. they're angry at government officials for failing to find the girls even though a large number of security forces have been searching for them. internet users around the world are urging the authorities to do more to bring the girls home. pakistani teenage activist malala yousafzai has added her voice to the campaign. a spokesperson for the u.s. stat

tokyo's nikkei average was one of the markets that declined down more than 0.3%. finished at 14,149. trading was pretty lackluster. investors failed to find buying cues as the yen's slide has paused. now they were also a bit disappointed about the profit outlooks of japanese companies for this fiscal year. >>> the chief negotiators in the trans-pacific partnership have sat down together again. they do have some pretty big gaps between them still, though. they're trying to resolve differences over tariffs and other sticking points in the free trade deal. koji tsuruoka from japan and negotiators from 11 other countries participating in the talks are meeting in ho chi minh city, vietnam. >> translator: japan and the united states have made considerable progress on the tpp in recent bilateral negotiations. i hope this will be a major driving force to accelerate negotiations in ho chi minh city. >> tsuruoka admitted the negotiators have a lot of work to do. they're discussing how to protect patents and copyrights. and they want to set conditions for competition between

in bangkok will go back her studio in tokyo thanks. you do. who is struggling with pain he told its citizens to whom and in increasing the rate of one of the entropy. she will come so don't open til tuesday every weekday from going into the world. people in the philippines are still rebuilding after one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded swept through the country. six months ago typhoon honey and flattening villages and left more than seventy three hundred people dead or missing. today two million people are still living in shelters an eight year old charming paragraph this report from one of the hardest hit areas six years on we are back on dvd and read thousands of homes and buildings for that the commercial center of the band has been repealed the nature cd and water are back on. on the town's outskirts. along the coast you can see real was a makeshift shelters made of tarps and high tennis salvage from the rubble the devastation was most severe in the spinach. people now putting you in on debating each which is the type who seem inten

depressing here in tokyo today. when will this rain stop? >> shery, i would still recommend having an umbrella on hand throughout the rest of wednesday across much of central and northern japan. even into thursday. now, the worst of the storm system really is going to be cleared out. you can see on the satellite picture it is still moving off toward the northeast after dumping a tremendous amount of rainfall in western portions of japan. actually shikoku 228 millimeters reported at one location. winds also up to 97, nearing 100 kilometers per hour, just as this storm system continues to skirt the coastline. you have all those winds continuing to push onshore. right now actually looking at those very gusty winds across much of the tu hoch u region. what we're going to be seeing is it's dragging in very cold air behind it along with a very deep dip in the jet stream. aloft we're going to have chilly air and then tomorrow afternoon or really thursday afternoon, that is, you're going to see some warming at the surface. so that's going to start t

industry ministry officials polled 1,762 firms listed on 9 tokyo stock exchange. about the results of their annual wage negotiations. more than 900 of them responded. the officials found that 43% gave base pay raises this year. that was a big jump from last year. only 6% hiked their base pay in 2013. many carmakers, as well as electronic and machinery manufacturers were among those companies. the yen's decline helped to improve their performances. 38% of the companies that raised the base pay said they did it for the first time in six years, since the global financial crisis of 2008. >>> people in india have high hopes for the new administration of prime minister nra end ra modi. they want modi and his team to kick-start the country's slowing economy. rajran is playing a key role in india's efforts to put the economy back on track. he's been the governor of india's central bank since september. since he took over as chief of the reserve bank of india, rajran has been dealing with the falling rupee and high inflation. nhk asked the visiting governor about the chall

prosecutors in tokyo are also investigating the case. they suspect the firm violated japan's unfair competition act the law bans the pain of bribes to foreign servants the private expedition as recovered a treasure trove of gold bars and coins worth more than a million dollars it's from a steam ship that sank off south carolina more than one hundred fifty years ago. us expedition to use a submersible to search the ship's wreckage of the depth of about twenty two hundred meters. the ship was the ss central america and was on its way to new york from stephen cisco caring massive amount of gold but it sank in a hurricane in eighteen fifty seven the expeditions crusaders into two hours to collect five gold bars into twenty dollars gold coins. the total amount recovered always about thirty kilograms it's worth an estimated one point three million dollars at today's prices. this entry daffodils are of many banks of new york that was waiting for the ship to bring them gold he is a tight cash shortage the ship sinking is considered to be a facto

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. >> there are 16 injuries japan after three earthquake rocked tokyo. the tremors measured 6.0 and the center was 60 miles south of tokyo 96 miles underground. the earthquake struck 16 hours ago early in the morning in japan time so streets and office buildings were empty. this was the strongest earthquake felt in tokyo after the aftershock from the 9.30 earthquake in 2011 that killed thousands and damaged the fukushima nuclear power plant. >>> another strong earthquake affecting northern thailand at 6.0 with no immediate reports of injury or serious damage and we do not know yet if this earthquake is anyway related to the other earthquake affecting japan we were telling you about. >>> the murder trial of oscar pistorius has resumed after a two week break. the trial was initially expected to last for three weeks but was disrupted to accommodate several holidays including easter. it is now in the seventh week. the defense is expected to call more witnesses to support claims by oscar pistorius he shot his model girlfriend by accident after misstating her

tokyo's nikkei up today a quarter percent. it finished out at 14,670. the recent market strength invited more buying from some investors. meanwhile, profit taking was evident after the index had jumped more than 4% in the recent four sessions. and in seoul the kospi seeing gains of just about a percent, 2,017 for the close there. foreign investors continue to put money into the market. heavyweights like samsung electronics pushed the index higher today. and in shanghai the composite index with an advance of nearly 0.8%, 2,050. computer related stocks were lifted by speculation that the government may put more pressure on local companies to use domestic brands of hardware and software products. >>> well japanese workers have gained a reputation for putting in long hours, but members of a government panel say some employees should be rewarded based on their performance. some say that could lead to exploitation. members of the panel suggested last month that skilled, high earners should be paid according to their merit, rather than hours worked. they're dr

tokyo's nikkei average rose nearly 1% to 14,163. rebounding from an almost 3% loss on wednesday. investors bought back recent decliners. shares of trading companies saw pretty strong buying. the shanghai composite add added .25%. 2,015. shares of resources companies like coal got a boost from the positive data on the chinese economy. and over in sydney, the s&p asx200 seeing gains of .75%. 5,476. market sentiment received support from data showing australia added a more than expected number of jobs in april. coupled with the country's steady jobless rate. >>> u.s. president barack obama has warned russian leaders again and again over what's happening in ukraine. he's hit them with a range of sanctions. now he's decided to remove russia's preferential trade status. a statement from the white house said obama would withdraw russia's eligible for benefits under the trade program. the u.s. grants lower tariffs on imports from developing economies. but the statement says russia is efficiently advanced and no longer warrants such treatment. a spokesperson for the national security coun

welcome to the world is live and you know tommy and tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am more than two hundred people into the subway accident in seoul. when investigators have arrested two officials of the operator of the sunken ferry. afterwards the ship's cargo bay to have been altered ukraine's interim government has launched a major military operation against procession diligence in eastern parts of the country are reports of fighting it. what are people i have been interred in a subway crash in the south korean capital of seoul the accident happened on the number two line at around three thirty friday afternoon the loop line is the second oldest ground in seoul and one of the most crowded train waiting at a station was hit from behind by another that failed to stop emergency officials say. under thirty people were injured three of them seriously the announcement which means asking us to afford to avoid danger. the subway operator close the driver of the moving train as saying the emergency brake was

was expected to adopt a new legal interpretation soon after also in japan on monday tokyo residents woke up to the strongest earthquake felt since the two pushing the quake and tsunami over three years ago at five eighteen am local time the essex boy no magnitude quake struck in the seabed near an island south of tokyo only seventeen people were reported to be injured but no reports of major damage the march two thousand eleven and eighteen nine when no earthquake and tsunami left over eighteen thousand five hundred people dead or missing. they created a disaster zone out that the machine into ict nuclear power plants. meanwhile over in time when a magnitude six or no earthquake also showed that country causing minor damage to buildings and roads no media casualties or injuries were reported. on this children's day many korean parents may have considered surprising their children with twenty blocks as guests dancing the plots enhanced brain development but buyer beware they can also pose health dangers son johnny and explains attractive colorful self assembly blocks are flying off t

sales of expensive goods it is purely and watches plunged in april but some stores in tokyo's upscale shoppings increases demand from foreign tourists is the main factor the shop set up a quarter for helping customers in english and chinese and the tax hike last month the shop managers started holding events to sell a variety of japanese souvenirs they see items that just judicial warrant a slacker cuts are popular among overseas visitors. because i've had the votes in every ten pennies the and noone shopping center. and i'm so maybe i will find some peace of costs from nine ten from japan employees at the store say purchases by foreign customers doubled in april from a year earlier. in account for more than ten percent of the shops monthly sales. chinese officials say a key manufacturing index improved in april for the second month in a row authorities said the national bureau of statistics announced that the purchasing managers' index for april stood at fifty point four that sub zero point one points from march and above the break even blind fifty analysts say the second straight mo

this apartment being searched in tokyo was home to a japanese-brazilian woman. an old schoolmate of ms. okata. and now the chief suspect. after ms. okata disappeared, a woman fitting the suspect's description went to this osaka passport office and applied for a new passport in ms. okata's name. earlier this month that woman used the passport to leave japan and to fly to shanghai. once there, she continued to use ms. okata's credit card. reportedly racking up bills of at least 10,000 u.s. dollars. in shanghai, the woman has now apparently turned herself in to police. bbc news in tokyo. >>> to pakistan next where the taliban says it may be splitting. the commander of one of the main fighting units says his group has now left the organization because of differences over negotiations with pakistan's government. the group known as the ttp says it's in favor of peace talks. our pakistan correspondent has been telling me more. >> reporter: this is a powerful group who within the pakistani taliban is headed by -- he has the support of mehsud tribesman. when pakistani ta

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the quake hit in the ocean about 60 miles southwest of tokyo. it's the strongest to hit the area since the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami in 2011. we learned about an earthquake in thailand. it was felt in the capitol bangkok. no reports of any damages or injuries so far. >>> authorities are trying to figure out what went wrong during a circus performance sending eight acrobats. iten had yet the hack procat -- suddenly the support frame they were hanging from collapsed. this is cell phone video taken from the audienceth moment they fell-- from the audience the moment they fell. one is said to be in critical condition. a performer standing below was also hurt. >> at first i thought it was the act. >> hopefully they are all right. >> the circus has canceled two performances scheduled for today. it's unclear what will happen to the rest of the tour. >>> investigators are calling a fire in a convert the gang suspicious. it was reported at about 6:00 yesterday morning at a home on lincoln road east of i-80. firefighters say the garage had been co

tokyo has indicated it will provide vietnam with patrol boats. the japanese prime minister is also calling for dialogue with china. we do not welcome dangerous maritime encounters between fighter planes and ships. what should be exchanged are words. exchange at a table, smiles, and have a discussion. >> demonstrators took to the streets in tokyo saturday calling for an end to what they regard as a chinese invasion. earlier, the japanese coast guard reported two chinese ships had entered its territorial waters. return to a story we mentioned earlier. a u.s. soldier held prisoner by the taliban has been released in exchange for five prisoners the u.s. was holding in guantÁnamo bay. for more on the story, we are joined by our correspondent in washington. u.s. government get in anymore details of the deal it did to get this man released? >> as you mentioned, the deal was brokered by the government of qatar. the gulf emirates agreed to host the five taliban inmates. they are expected to travel to the capital today. the sergeant was captured by milita

already a virtual al gore appeared at the earth summit in tokyo. >> i love i can stand here on the stage in tokyo and speak to you in holographic form. >> reporter: and the new indian prime minister made several campaign stops this way. that guy won the election. the basic technology, an illusion that predates television. >> hi, david. >> hi, david. >> one of us is real. the other is an illusion. >> an old 19th century magic trick. but with state-of-the-art digital technology. >> in theory, you could bring anyone back from the dead. >> or just have a conversation with yourself. >> reporter: the illusion, created by an invisible screen positioned at a 45 degree angle. the image, called pepper's ghost, floats on the screen. >> pepper's ghost is an age-old technique. however, this is the 21st century application of it. >> reporter: we filmed this at a rival company not involved in the m.j. performance. ceo alky david says the technology used last night was similar to this. the jackson estate insists their process was different. but in theory, the sky's the limit. >> you could have babe ruth

university of tokyo assistance with assets totaling one hundred and conducting research as part of a national project he stimulated tsunami waves that currently countries them around japan. it would be generated by a magnitude nine level clay tell of the nong khai it off the deep beneath waters south of japan the relationship that tsunami waves we reached the philippines and other southeast asian countries in the retail four hours after the quake. more and then a four meter high tsunami may hit wide areas of the region in mindanao island the philippines and tsunami could rise as high as eighty meters. the study showed tsunami will also meet in the chinese coast. one to two meter high tsunami with the shanghai and surrounding areas. nine hours after the quake. you can join japan should think of old joined coping that used together with the station and pacific countries. in a sea of tokyo professor time best xi for the mega stressed the need for tsunami warning systems and evacuation drills in each country. he's also calling for international rescue and relief plans. what kind of thing

denise line it's friday may nine and captain comanche and tokyo chinese authorities have accused the crews at the end the enemy's chance of that intentionally colliding with their vessels. last week a state owned chinese company hiked an oil rig in disputed waters in the south china sea now dozens of boats from both sides had gathered around it's the chinese are urging that the enemies to pull out so they can be in talks. it was at the scene on me and the hassle islands their ships have highlighted several times. the enemy's police and trying to stop the chinese from drilling monday crews of the chinese government ships. i keep being watched. possum. then on. these many ships have intentionally rammed chinese votes to disturb the company's operations on the phone. he says in chinese officials already since nineteen ninety seven the enemies have to leave first. unilateral decision by china and two. two i introduced the oil rig in the disputed waters the dangers contacting intimidation by the vessel's this is concerning and certainly there is the representative of provocative actions.

tokyo, you saw some rain showers and thunderstorms flaring up here. also those gusty winds, remember back earlier this week we had that storm system that moved through. but now high pressure is coming in from the west. that's going to be making for much fairer conditions. even southern japanese islands here on friday, you'll still be seeing heavy showers. sometimes as much as 60 millimeters per hour. that tapers off by friday night. by saturday, partly cloudy skies moving in for you as well. even good news back towards the west. i know that into northern taiwan and taipei, you have been seeing extremely heavy rainfall this past week, causing flooding out here. 535 millimeters. now, that is for the entire month of may thus far in taipei. most of that fell in just the last week alone. take a look at this. the average, 230 millimeters typically for the month of may. you're over double the normal now, and that has just been causing, well, the flooding and that record-breaking rainfall. the good news is by saturday and sunday, it's going to taper off here.

tokyo's nikkei gained nearly 1% and hit a one-month high. hong kong's hang seng was flat. >>> positive news on the economy and housing market droesh wall street stocks higher for a second consecutive day. the dow finished 10 points higher on thursday. the nasdaq was up 20 points. >>> hulett packard will cut an additional 11,000 to 20,000 jobs by october, far more than expected. the total would be about 50 thousand making it the largest payroll reduction in hp's 35 years. hewlett-packard has been struggling. additional cuts are not expected. >>> president obama is expected to nominate san antonio, texas, mayor julian castro as secretary of the department of housing and urban development today. castro is a rising star in the democratic party. he'll replace shaun donovan who's expected to run the budget office. >>> toyota announced a massive recall, the largest. its 450,000 siena minivans from 2004 to 2011 modlet years. toyota says road salt can core road the carriers underneath the vehicle. also sedans from 2013 and 50,000 highlander suvs from

the quake in japan was centered about 60 miles south of tokyo and it was deep. the quake that rocked northern thailand was relatively shadow and was felt as far away as bangkok and emr. it did cause damage to buildings and roads but no casualties have been reported. >>> investigators say they think a snap clip may be to blame for circus accident that seriously injured a dozen performers and rhode island yesterday. before we show it to you should know the video we are about to show you could be considered graphic. eight female performers were hanging from their hair when the circus apparatus collapsed sending them falling 20 feet or more. another performer on the ground was also hurt. a spokesman spokesman for ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus called the accident unprecedented. instead it is a death a mac testament of their skill that more people were hurt. >> they don't call it death- defying for nothing. as a circus performer, it is our job to do the impossible. to stare death in the face, and conquer it. >> the accident was witnessed by about 3900 peop

so he very loudly proclaims so everybody in tokyo can hear, we're going to, you know, halt the seawater injection when, in fact, they didn't. >> uh-huh. >> and to me, that was, to me that was a human element in that story in which in japan where ignoring the rules and kind of acting on your own is not rewarded, here was a moment where a guy knew that if he didn't act, things would go even worse than they were going. >> more about the tsunami and the resulting meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant tonight at ten eastern on "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> booktv continues now. philip k. howard argues that leadership in the u.s. has been replaced by stifling and outdated

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because he's eating at my choice for last meal, sukiyabashi jiro in tokyo. they made a great film about it called "jiro dreams of sushi." >> seth: oh, i've seen that film. i didn't realize that that was the place. >> and it's about 25 of the most amazing sushi courses you've ever had in about 24 minutes. it's very hardcore, old school. the chef is sort of looking at you, watching you. you know, you're not chatting with your friends while his nigiri gets soggy. it's definitely not a place where, you know -- the people who pour the soy sauce in the little bowl and then make a slurry with the wasabi. that's not okay there. >> seth: and you probably don't go, "can i get it without onions?" >> yeah. "can i have a spider roll?" no. but it's -- seriously, if i had to check out, that would be the meal. right after that last bite. if i had to go, i would not -- as i fell, leaking to the ground, breathing my last -- i would think, "well, you know, i have no regrets about what i was eating." >> seth: you know who would have regret? the person who's sitting next to you.

see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7

. >>> more than a dozen people injured after a quake hits tokyo. what we're hearing and we'll tell you all about it. >>> protesters around the world are using social media to demand more action after more than 200 nigerian school girls were kidnapped by terrorists. "today in the bay" tracie potts is live on capitol hill. the u.s. has promised to help. tracie, this is a story that i think is just terribly underreported. >> this is the shocking thing about this. it happened three weeks ago. these girls were missing for three weeks. take a look in d.c. and other areas, too, like new york and l.a. and even london. protests. people that want to bring more attention to these more than 200 missing girls who were snatched right out of their school and haven't been seen since. an islamic fundamentalest group believed to have taken these girls and possibly sold them into marriage, sold them as child brides and part of the protest has to do with the fact that some people don't think the nigerian government is doing enough to find these girls. just this mornin

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we asked, considering godzilla is based on a true story of the giant lizard attack on tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in 1954, do you think it's wrong that hollywood glamorizes this for entertainment? i will admit, not too many people bit on this one. but some of them did. a few of them actually did believe that godzilla happened. and here they are in a special godzilla-themed edition of "lie witness news." ♪ >> considering godzilla's based on the true story of the giant lizard attack on tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in 1954, do you think it is wrong of hollywood to glamorize this event for entertainment value? >> i think it is. i mean, if it affects the people that were affected and then there's the people that, you know, passed away during that time. so it's kind of like they're glamorizing their death instead of making a really cool action movie it's more so kind of disrespectful to the people, you know, that had died and their families. so. >> do you think it is wrong that hollywood glamorizes this event for entertainment purposes? >> yes. because it's a tr

that was awful when he ate those people in tokyo. >>> so "the voice" was on last night and tonight it's down to three people. team blake's 17-year-old, jake, team usher's josh, and team adam's christina. let's see and guess who will win. ♪ whatever it takes or how my heart breaks, i will be right here waiting for you ♪ ♪ now i'm back and ooh will, baby, here i am, signed sealed, delivered, i'm yours ♪ ♪ i can't help falling in love with you ♪ >> she did elvis last night. elvis. okay. so those are the people. jake, josh or christina. we are going to -- >> oh, are we? >> write our vote down. i don't want you to see how my pen is moving. >> it's the search for the "voice," not the person who will have -- >> don't try to qualify your answer. just pick who's going to win. don't look at how my hand's moving. >> i don't cheat. >> fold it. i don't want to see it. put it inside. >> mine is the one that is folded fastly. and of course, guard it with your life. >> stuffing it with team josh. >> leave the humor to us, all right? >> nice try. anyway, the finale is tonight. and the winner

. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. 17 people hurt after a strong earthquake rolled through tokyo. many people were still in bed. officials say the quake had a magnitude 6.0 and felt across a wide area of japan. the strongest earthquake felt in that area since aftershocks of the magnitude 9 quake and tsunami back in 2011. >>> another powerful earthquake overnight this time in thailand. the 6.0 quake there struck less than two hours ago. so far no reports of major damage or injuries and as far as we know, there is no threat of a tsunami. >>> ntsb investigators will be in fairfield this morning looking into whether high winds could have caused a vintage plane to crash at a crowded air show. "today in the bay" christie smith live in travis air force base. >> wind is something certainly they will look into. it's windy right now this morning and yesterday we were told that wind were blowing 15 to 20 miles an hour. when the ntsb investigators arrived that is something they can take a close look at. this crash happened in front of thousands of spectators who were here at travis air force

when she was 15 jody went to tokyo to work as a model and actress. >> i was make 20 to $30,000 a month. >> she came home with very little saved up. >> i strrted teaching -- started teexg modeling. trying to i figure out what i was going to do. >> jody eventually married a otherevenue of a printing busin. >> we were very comfortable. >> when their marriage began do unravel, she took a job as the manager of a gift shop. jody and her partner bought the business for $62h 62,500. >> the store was doing $20,000 a month. >> then the recession hit and things went from bad to worse. >> during the first six months of us buying the store our sales declined by 40%. and my business partner was diagnosed with breast cancer. my business partner had left. and then i started letting the girls go one by one. >> it was a blow from which the divorced mother of one has still not fully recovered. last year her store had about $200,000 in sales but jody only brought home about $10,000. >> the rent alone is close to 65, $70,000 a year and then taxes almost 10% here in the state of tennessee. >> like many othe

about douglas macarthur who served twice as army chief of staff, received the japanese surrender in tokyo bay, was one of the most decorated soldiers of world war i, he won the medal of honor, was called a brilliant -- by winston churchill and is arguably the most disliked and even reviled figure in american military history. there's the rub. there's the challenge for a biographer. how do you square the circle? how do you understand a man who was at one moment so disliked, and believe me, in talks i've given on macarthur, i've been attacked on his record, how do you square the idea that this bombastic and egotistical, prejudiced, narrowminded man was also, i think, one of the most brilliant military leaders in our history? how do you do it? it comes down to two words to explain it. harry truman. the president of the united states who relieved him, dismissed him, fired him, however you want to put it, the brought them back to the united states. he was a great hero, standing ovation in the u.s. congress, and then as macarthur himself put it, faded away like every old soldier. in a recent, v

things didn't go well in tokyo. the nikke closed lower. we have all the news before the bell good morning. >> reporter: scott. good morning. it was a tough day on wall street. we are looking at futures mixed. after stocked did fall sharply on tuesday. today look for data on productivity and consumer credit. janet yellen is testifying forehead lines out of that event. the nasdaq was up 57 after yesterday's trade. let's say the company could be valued as much as $200 million. it makes more money than amazon and ebay combined. he says he is not interested in taking over the job permanently. mug beg mulligan stepped in with disappointing earnings into canada. he says he can't estimate how much target will have to pay to cover losses during the breach. we have most of the week covered after today. it is an important weekend for all the moms out there. we have rain in the forecast and then we switch over to a big time warm up. major changes coming. we see the wind speeds cut in half overnight. you will notice the jet stream to the north. we will