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U. S. Is restoring diplomatic ties with the caribbean country. Investors around the world taking a close look at japanese firms and they like what they see. They are buying up stocks in some of the big movers and pushing the nikkei to levels not seen in years. Ron madison has more from the business desk. You are right, buyers lifted the nikkei past the 19,000 mark for the first time in nearly 15 years. We did not stay over that. It did hit at the day at one point. The index soaring by 1. 5 . At ...

Iraqi Ministry Forces appear to be even closer to recapturing a key city from Islamic State militants. Environment Ministry Officials in japan have started the longawaited and contentious project four years after the Nuclear Disaster in fukushima. They are overseeing the transfer of radioactive soil and debris to an intermediate storage site. The waste has been piling up as decontamination work continues. Officials spent considerable amount of time trying to find a suitable location because they...

Conference on disaster Risk Reduction are visiting japans northeast coast to learn lessons from the 2011 tsunami. Teams of International Rescuers are on the ground in vanuatu in the south pacific. Theyre trying to help survivors of a powerful cyclone that ripped through the island nation. Red cross Officials Say at least eight people died in the capital port vila. But some areas remain cut off and aid workers say the death toll could rise. Nhk world is on the scene and has this report. Reporter ...

And people in singapore are looking back on successes of their greatest leader. And are looking ahead at an uncertain future. Search parties continue to scour the site of the german wings plane crash in the french alps. Investigators are also looking for clues about the copilot accused of deliberately flying the plane into the mountain. Nhk worlds tack few teruis who more. Reporter workers have been searching the site around the site of last tuesdays crash trying to gather as much evidence as po...

Earlier today. Leaders gathered from more than 80 countries in asia africa and the middle east. Abe referred to the principles that were adopted at the historic bandung conference 60 years ago and stressed japan has been a peaceful nation since the end of world war ii. Translator refraining from acts or threats of aggression or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country country, settling international disputes. Reporter abe didnt mention apologies mad...

And Cherry Blossoms symbols of peace. A man in japan honors his fathers wishes by sending trees to battlegrounds of the 20th century. Authorities in tokyo are piecing together details about a drone found on the roof of the Prime Ministers Office. They are trying to figure out who flew it and when. They say it could have landed any time in the last month. Police are studying footage from surveillance cameras located near the office. They say staff discovered the drone wednesday on the roof. They ...

Has been completed on a castle, a unesco World Heritage site in western japan. Many people are eager to see the castles fresh new look. Chinese government leaders are breaking ground on a controversial construction project in the South China Sea. They are building lighthouses on the Spratly Islands. World leaders are taking notice and voicing their concerns. Reporter staterun tv in china is reporting what will be the next major project on the disputed Spratly Islands. It says two large lighthous...

Bridge between the two countries. The Islamic State militant group has taken control of most of the syrian city of palmyra. Concerns are rising that ancient monuments in the city listed as a unesco World Heritage site could be damaged. The syrian observatory for human rights says the militants forced Government Troops to withdraw after fierce fighting and seized a large swath of the city. Palmyra is in a strategic location, along a highway linking damascus with areas controlled by the group. It ...

Was about 40 points of the dow was a bounce of yesterdays selloff, the rest about greece. That will do it. Were looking at the dow of 128 points at the moment. Crazy story, the irs says hackers stole tax info from 100,000 accounts. We have former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff to talk about how to fight the growing cyber threat. Its not just at the irs, its everywhere. You know about that. Esen isis threatens a cyber war of some kind pfr well talk with secretary chertoff. As we wai...

Allowed six groups of japanese to visit the suburbs of the capital and other cities since august of last year. The Korean Peninsula was once under japanese clone yalt rule. Many japanese died in what is now north korea as the war came to an end. More than 20,000 remains are believed to be buried there. A North Korean Foreign Ministry official told nhk exclusively that the visits by relatives could end this year. The official said the planned construction of housing and other projects in the area...