Talklking office last month. The summit began aboout an hour ago. I understand knnees wra is a ke member of the association of Southeast Asian nations. Japans Strategic Partner and shares basic values. Chief among his priorities is securing a pledge to Work Together on a range of regional issues including addressing chinas growing maritime presence in the nation. Suga wants to step up cooperation in the field of security including holding a meeting of foreign and defense ministers from both countries. He plans to speed up negotiations on the transfer of defense equipment to indonesia. The coronavirus pandemic will also likely be only the agenda. Indonesia has the highest number of cases in southeast asia. Suga will likely offer loans to help limit the economic fallout in the country and hopes to secure a plan to ease entry restrictions for nurses and caregivers coming to japan as foreign workers. Japan is seeking deeper defenense ties with australia a they champion what they term a free and open indopacific region. The Japanese Defense minister and his australian counterpart met in tokyo on monday. They agreed Australian Naval vessels will be among those theyre able to protect. This falls under japans security legislation enacted in 2015. On tuesday reporters pointed out selfdefense force personnel could be seen as part of a Foreign Military and get caught up in armed clashes. Japans war renouncing constitution prohibits the use of force as a means of settling international disputes. But the defense minister brushed aside the concerns. Translator this should be considered separately from the use of force prohibition. I think that it is different from the force unification. He argued protecting forei mill tir assets is crucial and significant for japans peace and national security. The u. S. Justice department has charged six russian Intelligence Officers for their alleged roles in a series of high profile cyber attacks. The hackers reportedly targeted Government Entities and other organizations including some associated with the olympic games. We announced criminal charges against the conspiracy of Russian MilitaryIntelligence Officers who stand a accused o conducucting the most disruptiv and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group. The six suspects face charges that relate to activity between 2015 and 2019. They include conspiracy to conduct Computer Fraud and abuse, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Officials say the attacks caused more than 1 billion in losses. According to the indictment, the accused hacked into the 2018 Winter Olympics in south korore and deleted data a from thousan of cocomputers related to the event. It says the hackers also disrupted ukraines power supply in the middle of winter and harmed the operations of a Health Care System in the u. S. State of pennsylvania. Officials also accused the russian members of disrupting the 2017 election in france through hacks that targeted Political Party officials. British government officials who participated in the investigation also say the suspects targeted the 2020 olympic and Paralympic Games before they were postponed. The tokyo games were originally scheduled to be held this summer but were pushed back until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. As response to russia being excluded from sporting events for doping violations. The japanese government said Cyber Security is one of i its main concerns leading up to the olympics and is considering strengthening measures to address the issue. Transslator the tokyo games will be a global event that attracts international attention. We acknowledge the importance of Cyber Security measures. Kato added japan will work with other countries and do its utmost to ensure the games are a success. Tokyo olympic organizers also say its taking thorough measures. It says theres been targeted attempts in the past but they havent caused significant damage. Moving now to beijing where president xii jinping is markin 720 years since the Chinese Peoples Volunteer army entered the korean war. Xi and other top members of the Chinese Communist party attended the opening of an exhibition commemorating the anniversary. Xi praised the many chinese soldiers who fought on the Korean Peninsula against United Nations forces led by the u. S. His remarks come at a time of heightened tensions between beijing and washington. The fighting ended w with an armistice in 1953, but the two koreas technically remain in a state of war since they never signed a fformal peace treaaty. Ireland will impose some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in europe in response to a spike in Coronavirus Infections across the region. The Irish Government said on monday the country will be placced dder the highest level of retrictions for sisix weeks startrting mididnight wednesday. Cicitizens w will be allowewed travvel within fifive kilometerf theieir home. Nonessential Retail Businesses will close. Schools will remain open. Wales and the u. K. Will impose what it calls a fire break lockdown for two weeks starting friday. Everyone in wales will be required to stay at home. This means working from home wherever that is possible. All nonessential stores will be closed. Pubs and restaurants will only be open for takeaway. Britains coronavirus caseleloa has topped 18,000 on some ddays. Social restrictionons are bei imposed onon a regionnal babasi depending on tthe severiity of local outbreaks. The number of coronavirus cases across the gloesh has topped 40 million. According to Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Over 1. 1 Million People worldwide have died. The organization for economic d develop ration and deveelopment says migrants and member nations are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The oecd release add report on monday noting many immigrants working in the restaurant and Hotel Industries have lost their jobs. The report also says studies in oecd countries found immigrants are at least twice as likely to be infected as nativeborn people. The paper reports permanent migration to oecd nations amounted to 5. 3 Million People in 2019, but almost all oecd countries have restricted admission to foreigners because of the pandemic. An expert on eu migration policy says the closing of borders hep people realize the integral rroles m migrants play in socie these people on the front line have been those that make it possible for our societies and people toto contitinue livi during thhe lockdown. This is also a different message which is extremely important as well. Pascouau added the pandemic could be a turning point for some countries to have more inclusive policies for migrants. U. S. President donald trump says the u. S. Would remove susan from its list of state sponsors of tear rirk as soon as the african country compensates victims and their families affected by attacks on u. S. Embassies in 1998. Trump announced on monday that the sudanesse governmement has agreed to pay 335 million. Washington has accused former alqaeda leader Osama Bin Laden for the attacks on the embassies in tanzania and kenya. The u. S. Courts ruled sudan supplied assistance. Sudanese Prime Minister says removal from the list will help his country get relief from debt which he says currently stands at more than 60 billion. He also said that trumps notification is the strongest support to sudans transition to democracy. The country was initially listed as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993 when it was led by the former president omar alba sheer. But he was overthrown last year in a coup after three decades in power. The nation is now governed by a tranansitionalal government. There is speculation the development could push sudan, which is a member of the arab league, toward normalizing relations with israeel. Last t month the u. S. Brokered deals between israel and the United Arab Emirates and bahrain. The final debate ahead of the u. S. President ial election is scheduled for thursday. The commission on president ial debates announced a new rule to mute mics to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted. The unusual move comes after a chaotic first debate between President Trump and democratic rival joe biden on september 29th. The question is. Radical left. Will you shut up, man. Who is on your list, joe. The Commission Said each candidates mike will be turned off for two minutes to allow the other to make opening remarks. Both mics will then be turned on. The debate will be divided into topics including the coronavirus, discrimination and national security. Trumps Campaign SaidPresident Trump is committed to debating joe biden regardless of lastminute rule changes from the biased commission in their latest attempts to provide advantage to their favorite candidate. Bidens camp has not responded. A debate scheduled for october 15th was called off after trump tested positive for the coronavirus. As the race to the white house gathers pace, trump has been accusing biden and his family of illegally profiting from a foreign company. Trump held two big rallies monday in the swing state of arizona. He referred to a media article in a tabloid about biden meeting Senior Executives from a Ukrainian Company with an introduction from his son. Several outlets including the new york times, the Washington Post and the wall street journal have reported they could not independently verify the articles claims. As far as im concerned, the biden family is a criminal enterprise, and thats what it is, a criminal enterprise. The biden family used the vice presidency as a forprofit cash machine and joe biden has been lying to the American Public to cover it up. With just two weeks until the election, trump was asked if he would Start Holding as many as five rallies a day. Trump replied i might. The last two or three days we may go to five. Polls in the battleground state suggested biden with a lead in average approval ratings. The difference had narrowed to three points as of monday. Biden has also been campaigning there with his running mate Kamala Harris hoping to sway voters. Next, an act of bravery during world war ii thats still remembered to this day. A teacher in japans northern prefecture of hokkaido managed to save the lives of all his students during a u. S. Air raid that targeted his school. The repepercussions off his acts continue to resonatete for one woman. Reporter whhen she was fo yeyears old, her fafather was kd in the closing weekeks of world war ii. The vice principal of the Junior High School was just 39 years old. On july 15th, 1945 the u. S. Military conducted a bombing raid on the area. It lasted for about an hour. The main focus of the attack was the center of the town, but the planes also attacked a Junior High School on the outskirts. The airmens report on the raid is still in the u. S. National archives. It says they targeted the school because they thought it looked like a large u. Shaped warehouse. Alerted by an air raid warning yam massachuusetts chi and the other teachers took shelter with the students. However, at the last moment two more students arrived at if school. Translator the teachers managed to get those stunds into the air raid shelter, but they didnt have time to get inside themselves. They just lay face down on the ground as the bombing startted. Reporter yamuchi was hit by a piece of shab nell from a bob biche. This is one of her most precious mementos of her father. It has a hole ripped through it where the shrapnel appears to have gone through it. She is proud her father carried out his duty as the vice principal. As his daughter, she has always wished hee had survived. Translator he was their tteacher. R. I must accept what happened. He saved his students. Thats how i feel about it now. Reporter even today, 75 years after the end of world war ii, the pain lives on in the hearts of the families of those who perished in the conflict. Its time for a check on the rorld weather with meteorologist jonathan oh. Jonathan, a Tropical Storm is working its way towards the philippines. What impacts will they see from the system . It looks like well be dealing with heavy rain and strong winds as we have a Tropical Storm moving over the northern portion of the philippines, already r. Already the central areas have seen 100 millimeters in a 24hour span. Were going to see it eventually cross over completely by the time we go into wednesday. By thursday were talking about a potential tropical severe storm. Its moving to the west at 20 kilometers per hour. For the moment, the main threat is heavier rain. But strong winds associated with it from time to time. Then well see the system moving over the waters before heading toward vietnam. Again, and this is important for me to note, that weve talked about the central areas of vietnam near hua, have received more than 2. 3 meters of rain over a span of a twoweek period. Were talking about more rain. This will be very unwelcome news by the end of this week. The system will stay over the open waters for the rest of the workwe workweek, but over the weekend is when the rain will be part of the story. This morning if you woke up in tokyo, its chilly outside. 10. 5 degrees which is more like early november. Plenty of sunshine will mainly clear skies. We are going to be dealing with a high pattern as High Pressure is in control of the wealth ever. Thats going to be enjoyable, but we have developments back towards the west. The Western Areas of japan will see rain picking upinto places like fukuoka later on wednesday. By thursday, all of japan, most of japan will be seeing rain. That will continue into friday as well. Youll need those umbrellas. Meanwhile across north america, cold air coming in from the north and diving down into the dakotas, we have a frontal boundary along the eastern side of the United States and that will bring a chance for rain and thunderstorms for tuesday. Now, because of the cold air with a low pressure system rolling through the upper plains, we will be dealing with a chance for some snow. So thats going to be part of the big story. But again, cold air, meaning were going to see temperatures way below average. Winnipeg seeing a high of three with snow coming up on wednesday. 13 in toronto. Notice that blue shaded color for the Northern Areas of the u. S. Showing that chilly temperature pattern for the day. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. That wraps up this edition of nhk newsline. Im raja pradhan in tokyo. Coming up next is newsline biz with ramin mellegard. So do stay with us. 12 talented japanese film directors are getting together to give the local movie industry a boost. Theyll each make a tenminute movie featuring young actors struggling for work because of the pandemic. The project is being funded by a coronaviruss relief furrnd found by sony. The filmmakers included the director of one cut of the dead. Translator some people say entertainment i is unnecessaryrd not urgent at this time, but i think its been a source of emotional support for people throughout this pandemic. I hope these movies lift peooples spirits. The 12 short films will be compiled into one and screened in cinemas next year. This is newsline biz, im ramin mellegard. The movie industry may be reeling from the coronavirus crisis, that hasnt stopped a new anime breaking Box Office Records in japan. Demon legislator has earned more than 40 million since its release on friday. The movie adaapted from a populr maga follows the exploits of a young boy who fights demons. The distributor says more than 3. 4 Million People went to see it in theaters in the first three days. Translator i wanted to see it opening day but couldnt get in. Translator ive been at home a lot due to the pandemic and heard about the anime from many people. Im hooked on it now. Even japans chief cabinet secretary is celebrating the films success. Translator the Entertainment Industry is in a very difficult situation with this coronavirus pandemic. So to have a movie drawing a Record Number of people is i think a real boost to the the cinema world. Kato katsunobu said the government will keep supporting japans media arts because theyre so popular at home and abroad. The company that runs the tokyo dome stadium says one of its major investors is demanding a Shareholders Meeting to call for the dismissal of three Board Members including the president. A letter accuses Board Members of inefficient management. The fund held more than a 3 stake in the Company Since january. The letter says the fund has called for dialogue over proposals to improve the operations of the stadium and its adjacenent hotel. The proposals include the possible sale of the stadiums naming rigights, but thehe lett says s the executives have refud any such talks. It says it had a facetoface meeting with the fund in june and there has been no request for dialogue since. Tokyo Dome Corporation has been struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. It expects a Group Net Loss of around 170 million this business year. Caviiar is a delicacy s sou after for centuries and the e s caspian sea has been the at a tasting at a luxury hohotel in beijing in tokyo, succulent t black eggs arere sad by Business Executives and chefs. The caviar is not imported but fundraised right in china. It winds up in the first class cabins of internrnational airlis and fine french restaurants in pariris. I think its very good quality and very professionally run business, so i think its very good, very good. It all s starts wii thh aqua culture farm on a laake with 200,000 sturgeon, the farm is the biggest in the world and produces onethirdrd of Global Exports according to the manager. He previously worked at a government think tank on marine industries. The farms rapid growth is attttributed to abunundantnt fu from investors and government ssupport. T. With ththat help he acquired a vast site and developed a system to automatically regulate the tempererature and o oxygen leve the water. He finanally created an ideal environmentnt for the ffish. To cater to vaariousmmrkets,s, raises seven different varieties of sturgeon. They range from affordable to expensive ones. Translator our goal is to make caviar more accessible so that even average families can enjoy it with their meals. This town in iran is near the cass peeian sea where sturgeon fishing once flourished. Mohammed used to catch wild sturgeon. Overfishing and pollution caused stocks to dwindle and fishing was banned in 2010. He started an aqua culture farm, but it is hard to compete with bigger chinese companies. Translator china has moved to mass production. We cant compete using our same old methods. Reporter he decided to focus on beluga sturgeon which produces the finest caviar accounting for an estimated 1 of the total market. The fish are raised in water piped in from the caspian sea and can weigh up to 400 kilos. We stay competitive by producing a high quality product. We hope iran will reclaim its position in the global market. Reporter an estimated 90 of caviar being traded nowow is fa raised with companies in japan and europe entering the industry the theres more competition to meet the worlds growing taste for caviar. Okay. Lets get a check on the markets. Nine pm at bangkok airport on saturday january the fifth. Eighteen year old Saudi Arabian citizen rough mohammed al kanoon arrives on a flight from kuwaits shes desperate and on the right