Defense secretary ash carter said american commanders will send vessels wherever International Law permits. Nations may declare an area of up to 12 nautical miles from their coast as sovereign territory. But u. S. Officials say artificial islands cannot serve as the starting point of territorial waters. A Chinese DefenseMinistry Spokesperson said in a statement that two chinese warships issued a warning to the u. S. Destroyer. A u. N. Spokesperson called on all parties involved in the current tensions to resolve their differences in a peaceful manner through dialogue and in conformity with International Law, including the u. N. Charter. Nhk worlds reporter is there the japanese government are likely to face each other in court as their standoff over u. S. Base continues to escalate. The government on tuesday suspended okinawa governors decision to revoke the provision for reclaimuation work. Land minister is expected to send a letter wednesday instructing him to reverse his decision. If the governor refuses to comply it is to be authorized by proxy. The Defense Ministry wants to resume a drilling survey and begin the work when the preparations are completed. Governor criticized the Central Government. Translator the Central Government wants to keep the facility permanently in okinawa. Tuesdays move is an ultimatum to the prefecture. The move is unacceptable because its unjust and tramples on the feelings of many residents of okinawa. He is to take the case to a panel that arbitrates disputes. He plans to file a lawsuit to block the relocation plan. A summit will be held on monday. Abe and park kun will meet. Abe acknowledged that japan and south korea are divided by difficult issues but added japan will always keep the door for dialogue open. Tokyo and seoul are at odds over the issues of those referred to as comfort women and the takeshima islands. South korea controls the islands. Japan claims them. Another thorny issue involves the former seoul bureau chief of a japanese newspaper. He has been standing trial in south korea for allegedly defaming park. All eyes are on whether abe and park will discuss these issues and find ways to improve bilateral relations. Authorities are searching for survivors from a powerful earthquake that hit northern afghanistan. The combined death toll has exceeded 360. The mountainous nature of the site is making it difficult to gauge the extent of the damage. The earthquake occurred on monday shaking a wide area including pakistan, india. Pakistans Disaster ResponseOfficials Say they have so far confirmed 248 dead and more than 1,600 injured mainly in northwestern regions near afghanistan. As many as 170 injured people have been taken to this hospital in peshawar in pakistan. Translator i was working at a rice shop as i fled outside the building collapsed and both my legs were trapped under rubble. In tahar a stampede occurred as students tried to escape from the shaky buildings. The government says at least 12 students were killed. 115 people were killed and more than 500 injured in the country. The government ordered each province to do whatever it can to rescue people in effected areas. Translator i urge all afg n afghans in the effected areas to help each other. I also ask every afghan to provide Accurate Information on casualties and damage so we can start helping those in need. In afghanistan authorities including police are continuing search and rescue efforts and confirming the scale of the damage. They are sending personnel to effected areas particularly those located outside the range of cell phone coverage. More than 100 people have attended a symposium in tokyo to discuss ways to help nepal recover from the deadly earthquake six months ago. A Nonprofit Organization led by japanese alpinist ken noguchi arranged the event. The earthquake and aftershocks killed 9,000 people and damaged 900,000 buildings in nepal and neighboring countries. People who took part in the relief operations briefed the participants on the progress that has been made in repairing bridges and roads. In a panel discussion, speakers said support from individuals and private groups is needed in areas where the reconstruction efforts are making slow progress. They also stressed the importance of keeping the public interested in disasterhit regions. The best way to help nepal is by visiting her so that each and every dollar they spend in nepal will help to revive our economy. The president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said recovering from the disaster will take time. It is time for the latest in Business News. Construction slow down in china is hurting Japanese Corporate earnings. How serious is the situation . It is definitely slowing growth in china is having an impact and thats really having an impact on some of the numbers coming through. Operating profits have nearly fallen by a half. One such firm is Hitachi Construction machinery. Demand for Construction Equipment in china has fallen pushing down sales of hydraulic shovels as well as other machines. Company executives say sales for the period between april and september were about 3 billion down 6 from a year earlier in yen terms. The operating profit for the same period slumped nearly 45 to around 130 million. The firm lowered the operating profit forecast for this fiscal year to 250 million, a fall of 44 from previous projection. Executives attribute the plunge to sluggish demand in china and expected cost of early retirement and began accepting requests in september. Prime minister abe shinzo abe. Held talks in the capital on tuesday. Said abes visit is very significant and the two countries should step up cooperation. Abe replied he wants to deepen bilateral relations. They agreed the countries will cooperate. Japan will send developing small and Medium Sized Companies to the country. The two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation for the construction of Nuclear Power plants and Cancer Treatment centers. Lets get a check on the markets. Overnight in new york shares closed a touch lower and sluggish Economic Data weighed on sentiment. Lets see how markets opened this morning. We go to maya yoshida. What have you got for us at the open . Its basically the same story everywhere. Investors are waiting for clues about the direction of the Monetary Policy and u. S. Federal reserve later today and bank of japan on friday. Market players are in a wait and see mode. Les rr look at the opening levels in tokyo. The topix is up 0. 4 . Lets check out the broader picture of the asianpacific region. Kospi in the negative and australias asx down. We are seeing a mixed open. We are expecting cpi or Inflation Numbers in less than half an hour so stocks may fluctuate. Investors are going to stay on the sidelines before the announcement later today. On the earnings front apples profit jumped 31 in the july to september period thanks to a strong iphone sales. Im going to keep track of suppliers in asia. We may see a little bit of weakness as oil is trading lower and that is going to pressure the energy sector. Focus on commodities. The dollar has been a little bit range undboahebound ahead of me the yen is rising because Market Players are moving to safer assets. We are having two Central Bank Meetings this week. Some say it is based on worries over tensions between the u. S. And china. A u. S. Navy vessel patrolled into waters claimed by china and made Market Players worried about the friction. When the markets are nervous they buy the yen. The dollar hit the mid 121 range and now it is mid 120 yen range. And the yen is strengthened against the euro around 132. 91. Lets look at the british pound after the news of Third Quarter gdp weaker than expected. Now moving lower against the dollar following the disappointing gdp numbers. Investors are likely to lie low before the announcement. Thats it for me for now. Back over to you. The fed meeting the big focus. Thank you very much reporting for us live from the tokyo stock exchange. Japanese farmers are facing increasing pressure as the domestic market is shrinking and the Trans Pacific partnership free trade deal is expected to bring in cheap produce from abroad. A lot of farmers are trying to become more competitive with the help of new technology. Some are looking to sell new products overseas. Nhk world has more. Reporter here are some new items that could help farmers increase productivity and add value to their crops. They were featured in an ex position outside tokyo. Its contained hundreds of kinds of microorganisms as normal soil. The company says farmers can grow sweeter tomatoes. I tested one. It shows the tomato is about 1. 5 times sweeter than normal. The company says farmers will be able to charge three times more for their tomatoes. Translator having a high valueadded product will be a great advantage for farmers to get their produce to market. Reporter this machine allows rice to be cultivated without the use of pesticides. It saves farmers from the tough job of weeding patties by land and allows more land to be cultivated. Compared with minor weeding farmers can increase three fold. Translator rice that is grown pesticide free can be exported overseas so this device can be a great help in contributing to the continuing development of japanese agriculture. Reporter another innovation helps farmers who have little experience in agriculture. He started producing rice just nine years ago. Like all rice farmers he needs to have a deep understanding of water management. He says his father tried to teach him but heinds finds its challenging so he is testing a system developed by a major telephone company. Censors major data such as water level and temperature. Farmers can check the information on any mobile device. Translator farmers are beginning to understand the importance of visualizing information about their crops. Reporter he says he had difficulty applying his fathers knowledge because it couldnt be recorded as data. But the new system allows him to manage his crop by giving him precise measurements. He says he can avoid potential problems before they occur. Translator of course, i cant do better than People Farming for 20 to 30 years but i want to catch up with them fast by utilizing i. T. Reporter all new technology requires Financial Investment but japanese farmers are finding these innovations can help them keep up with the changing business environment. Nhk world, tokyo. And thats it for Business News for this hour. I will leave you with another check on the markets. Swords that once were weapons in japan are considered works of art today. Some have been designated National Important cultural properties. But that sort of recognition also brings attention from opportunists. Nhk worlds reporter reports about a stolen sword that only recently resurfaced. Reporter the sword has a name, it was made about 700 years ago and is an important cultural property. The inscription says mikaeri, meaning to stand back and to look. The sword was said to be so sharp that you did not know it had cut you until you turned around and fell down. People were eager to see it in the safety of an exhibition in the city of, tsuroaka. The sword was a big attraction. Translator the condition is terrific. It leaves me speechless. Translator this is a real treasure for everyone in our city. Reporter the sword was owned by a descendant of the feudal lord of this area. But in 1986, someone stole it from the family storehouse. Sword was lost. It had already been sold on the black market. This man is the director of the museum that held the exhibition. It was his father who owned the sword at the time of the theft. He said his father was heartbroken. He had written many poems about the stolen treasure. Translator oh stolen sword, do not turn rusty. I await the day you come back to me. Reporter his father passed away 11 years ago without seeing the sword again. Last year, a collector in osaka told him someone was selling the object. Under japanese law, the time limit for getting the property back has passed. The seller was not responsible for the theft and buying it from him was beyond his ability. Translator the price was close to 1 million. I had no way of coming up with money like that. Reporter the collector in osaka came to the rescue. He purchased the sword and offered to donate it without charge to exhibitions at sakais museum. Translator finally, i was able to tell my father that the sword had returned. I could almost hear him say, thank goodness. Reporter the day before the showing, sakai polished the sword himself. Translator i had given up on ever seeing it again. So im delighted that we are finally able to display it. Reporter on opening day, sakai explained the origins of the sword and its more recent history. Translator i hope people will have other opportunities to attend exhibitions of this sword and learn about japans sword culture. Reporter after 30 years, the wandering sword finally found its way home. Sakai hopes to exhibit it every year to highlight a form of culture that cuts across the centuries. Nhk world, yamagata. Government officials in japan have launched a survey asking the government how the country should prepare for the 2020 olympics in tokyo. The survey carried on the polling website. Respondents are asked to choose one item among 13 options including increased support for athletes to help them win medals and antiterrorist measures. Improvement of Transportation Systems is another option. The survey will continue until november 9. Government officials will draw basic policies based on results of the survey to help them host the games. The ioc is opening up the Olympic Games to athletes with no home country to represent. The head of the Committee Says refugees can compete in the games. Made the announcement at the u. N. General assembly on monday and said athletes have been prevented from participating because they have no country or National Olympic committee to stand for. The ioc will welcome them to the 2016 rio games under the olympic flag and will live in the Olympic Village along side the other athletes. That call for help in identifying athletes they said their participation will be a symbol of hope and make the world better aware of the magnitude of the crisis. Now time for a check of the weather. People in mexico are trying to recover after getting hit by a powerful hurricane. Mai shoji has the latest. We have been talking about this for quite some time now. And we still are going to be talking about it because people are now recovering from the hurricane, category 5. One of the historically strongest hurricanes ever which made landfall in mexico. And i do want to show you this image because this really shows you that regardless of how much money you have, youre still vulnerable to the wrath of powerful Tropical Storm systems. Several dozen milliondollar homes that plays as a community for celebrities was devastated by patricia as it came ashore in the remote area of mexico. Two dozen residents that were in the community ahead of the storm were evacuated safely, which is good news, and thankfully the storm hit this remote area of mexico instead of further south in more populated areas. So this helped to leave the zero death toll, which is miraculous, in some cases. Patricia has traveled through texas causing severe flooding and also in louisiana as well. Its still here. This is actually surging a lot of that moisture from the gulf of mexico and the pacific and its creating a lot of rainfall across Midatlantic States and strong gusts as well as some hailstorms that could be a potential. And you can see its going to be dominating much of the u. S. East and were likely to see a bulk of heavy rain in the Great Lakes Region as well as the med atlantic. And it will be pulling into the new england states. Likely to see more snowfall because theres a lot of that cold air surging to this system. But behind it, looking at frost advisories in and around colorado as well. But more heavy rain for you across canada and also some Higher Elevations in the rockies will perhaps to see 10 to 15 centimeters of snow accumulation as well, as well as drenching rains in the coastal areas. But its bringing beneficial rains in northern california, especially in fresno and sacramento. Los angeles at 26 degrees with partly sunny skies. New york, d. C. , these are the temperatures where youre in the mid teens, jumping up to your 20s. New york will actually see low 20s on your thursday. Now, i do want to mention about the earthquake that took place in afghanistan and the landslide that came with it in pakistan. We dont really see a lot of rainfall as i mentioned yesterday, too, october and november, these are the really driest months of the year. So this is what we should be looking at with High Pressure system dominating the area. Not a lot of precipitation. And the forecast should be like this. We have been talking about the high temperatures in the mid teens to even the 20s across these areas, very warm days. But the overnight hours, for example, in kabul, its going to be freezing. So the conditions are actually going to be helping the Recovery Process and the search operations. However, this could lead to some deaths due to the very freezing temperatures in the overnight areas especially for those living in not proper shelters. Across the Eastern Continental asia, things clearing out with the daytime highs reaching above average. For example in tokyo at 26 degrees. Seoul at 16. And looking at minus 3 for the high in the northern areas. Heres your extended forecast. Thats all for this edition of newsline. Thanks for joining us. Hello, and welcome to global 3000. Have you ever wondered what you would do to survive, and how much money youd need . Well, in the slums of nairobi, sex is sold for less than the price of a beer. And for many women there, the sex industry is their only chance to earn any money at all. Many have had to survive on their own since they were just children, and theyve done so through sex work. Its just one of the issues were looking at on this weeks program. Holding her ground a ugandan activist fights for lgbt rights in her homeland. Searching high and low for the saola, an extremely rare bovid in vietnam. And representing the millennium our teenager this time around comes from the caribbean