And well show you how a vegetable farmer in northern japan is catching the eyes and wallets of shoppers. U. S. Space agency nasa says its unmanned spacecraft maven has entered the orbit of mars. The probe arrived at 2 24 utc on monday after a tenmonth journey. Scientists cheered at a control center in the u. S. State of colorado when they confirmed the news. Unlike the agencys other mars probe, curiosity, maven is not designed to land on the planet, but to study its atmosphere. Nasa administrator Charles Boldin said the probe will provide data for a mission to send humans to mars in the 2030s. Scientists say life existed on the planet in the distant past. Nasa plans to study how its environment has changed. Mavens mission is to continue for one year. The Foreign Ministers of iran and saudi arabia have sat down for talks in new york. Analysts say the meeting hints at possible improvements to the two nations strained ties. Iranian foreign minister mohammed javaz zarif met face to face wi
Journalist and vowed to continue air strikes against them. Emergency crews in hiroshima are getting a Bigger Picture of the job they have before them. Theyre digging through the debris a day after dozens of landslides thundered down into neighborhoods. At least 39 people were killed. Police say an additional 19 people are unaccounted for, bringing the total number of missing to 26. The firefighters, police and a ground selfdefense force personnel are assisting with the relief work. The landslides damaged or destroyed more than 180 homes and more than 800 people had to leave. Many of them have taken refuge in emergency shelters. The disaster cut off power to more than 900 households and it knocked out water to more than 1,000. Municipal officials have set up supply stations so people can get enough to drink. Some residents are getting help from volunteers to clean up the mess. They are scooping up the mud, sometimes with heavy machinery. But Authorities Say there are sites that are left
Automaker for the Third Straight year in 2014. It was a close race with germanys volkswagen and u. S. General motors. And one man is paving the way for people to return home years after they evacuated a town around the Fukushima Nuclear plant. Japans Prime Minister says the government will do whatever it takes to free two men believed to have been captured by Islamic State militants. Shinzo abe returned home early from the middle east. He was on a sixday tour when a video appeared online purporting to show the hostages alongside a captor. Abe held an emergency Cabinet Meeting in tokyo. Translator using peoples lives as a threat is an intolerable and outrageous act of terrorism. I demand the two japanese men not be harmed. And that they be released immediately. The men in black demands a ransom. He threatens to kill the hostages unless japan pays within 72 hours. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga says officials believe the two men are kenji goto and haruna yukawa. He says officials
Twin bombings kill more than 100 people in central nigeria. An attack authorities believe could be the work of the Islamist Militant Group boko haram. People opposed to a plan to restart two reactors at a Nuclear Plant in central japan have won a victory. A Japanese Court says Safety Measures at the plant are insufficient, and its ordered the operator to keep the reactors offline. Now this is the first ruling against a restart of a Nuclear Plant since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi three years ago. The two reactors at the ohi Nuclear Plant in fukui prefecture were shut down in september for regular inspections. Residents and their supporters have had filed a lawsuit asking for the reactors to be kept offline. They argued that they were not designed to withstand huge earthquakes. The plans Operator Kansai Electric Power Company insists the facility is safe. The Fukui District Court upheld the claims of 166 plaintiffs living within a 250 kilometer radius of the plant. The presiding ju
Japans Prime Minister pledges to push ahead with his economic policies now that his governing coalition has more political control following an election win. The moment royal watchers around the world have been waiting for might arrive at any time. Catherine, duchess of cambridge, wife of Prince William, has checked into a hospital in london where she is expected to give birth to her first child with Prince William. Spokespersons say the duchess was admitted to st. Marys hospital. Thats where Princess Diana gave birth to Prince William 31 years ago. The prince is with his wife. Hes on vacation from the Royal Air Force and hes taking a short paternity leave once the baby is born. The future king or queen will be delivered in a section of st. Marys called the lindo wing. The hospitals website says rooms there are equipped with satellite tv, Internet Access and a refrigerator. An extensive wine list including champagne is offered to patients and visitors who want a Little Something to hel