An nhk employee described the scene. Translator a huge tow truck is pulling the bigger cars out of snow. Theyre now working on a car in front of the bus im on. Emergency response workers say a handful of people were taken to hospital for observation. A local governor asked the selfdefense force to dispatch a relief team to deliver gas and blankets. The wintry weather not unusual for this time of year. Robert speta joins us now. Give us the latest. Lets go ahead and talk about this where we have been seeing this heavy snow really dominating much of central and western japan. If you remember back over the course of the past several weeks, youve had this Winter Weather pattern really in place and definitely bringing all the snow. Thats for starters but also the amount of snow we have seen come down in a short period of time. A meter and a third there came down in 72 hour period. That is why even though japans road Clearing Services out here with the snowfall is pretty good. Still having a
An nhk employee described the scene. Translator a huge tow truck is pulling the bigger cars out of snow. Theyre now working on a car in front of the bus im on. Emergency response workers say a handful of people were taken to hospital for observation. A local governor asked the selfdefense force to dispatch a relief team to deliver gas and blankets. The wintry weather not unusual for this time of year. Robert speta joins us now. Give us the latest. Lets go ahead and talk about this where we have been seeing this heavy snow really dominating much of central and western japan. If you remember back over the course of the past several weeks, youve had this Winter Weather pattern really in place and definitely bringing all the snow. Thats for starters but also the amount of snow we have seen come down in a short period of time. A meter and a third there came down in 72 hour period. That is why even though japans road Clearing Services out here with the snowfall is pretty good. Still having a
Officials say there is a lack of everyday linking him to the death of the halfbrother of north koreas leader. Kim jong nam was attacked at kuala lumpur airport more than two weeks ago. Local Authorities Say ri was not seen in security footage from the airport. In that police werent able to establish a link between the two women charged with his murder. Police believe they smeared a toxic nerve agent on kims face. They demanded north korea hand over four other suspects who have been returned there. They want to speak to three North Koreans in connection with the case. With the only north korean in custody released, many say it will be more difficult for Malaysian Police to find out whether pyongyang was behind the attack. In the cases raising attention between the former friendly countries. Starting from monday, all north korean nationals who want to travel to malaysia will need a visa. Malaysias Prime Minister says the move is to ensure public safety. And the Foreign Ministry is condem
Will be closed on wednesday. The typhoon is expected to skirt around kyushu, but air and sea traffic has been disrupted. More than 80 domestic flights to and from the region have been canceled. The storm is forecast to continue moving east between japan and south korea. Now, people are hunkered down, waiting for conditions to improve, robert speta joins us now. Good morning, tell us more about that storm. As you can see, the conditions out there, definitely still rough out here across sash eema, and south korea. We havent se seen gusts up nea typhoon strength, but as far as the forecast is concerned, the good news, its starting to pick up its pace. When it was near okinawa it was more symmetrical. But now getting blown out by the upper level jet. It will start to transition to an extra tropical state. What that means, the winds themselves may not decrease that much, but theyre overall going to be spread out over a much wider area. Much of south korea will see gusty winds throughout the
Will be closed on wednesday. The typhoon is expected to skirt around kyushu, but air and sea traffic has been disrupted. More than 80 domestic flights to and from the region have been canceled. The storm is forecast to continue moving east between japan and south korea. Now, people are hunkered down, waiting for conditions to improve, robert speta joins us now. Good morning, tell us more about that storm. As you can see, the conditions out there, definitely still rough out here across sash eema, and south korea. We havent se seen gusts up nea typhoon strength, but as far as the forecast is concerned, the good news, its starting to pick up its pace. When it was near okinawa it was more symmetrical. But now getting blown out by the upper level jet. It will start to transition to an extra tropical state. What that means, the winds themselves may not decrease that much, but theyre overall going to be spread out over a much wider area. Much of south korea will see gusty winds throughout the