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KCSM Newsline September 10, 2015

Capitalization will be the largest since ntt went public 28 years ago. Leaders in tokyo are planning to use the proceeds to finance rebuilding work for areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japans only Nuclear Reactor currently online is set to undergo final inspections before resuming commercial operations. If it gets the green light, it will be the first in the country to start generating electricity for sale since 2013. The operator, kyushu electric power company, started the number 1 reactor in southwestern japan on august 11th. It became the first to be activated under new regulations after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011. Inspectors from the Nuclear Regulation Authority Plan to conduct final checks of the reactor and other equipment on thursday morning. And if no abnormalities are found, the regulator will allow kyushu electric to resume commercial operations as soon as in the afternoon. The president of the European Commission is calling on eu countries to open their doors to the victims of a humanitarian crisis. Jeanclaude juncker said Member States should give shelter to 160,000 refugees and migrants fleeing the middle east and africa. Juncker described the crisis as the biggest challenge facing the eu. He criticized the reluctance to help and said countries need to act as one on the issue. Now is not the time to take flight. It is time for bold, determined, concerted action by the european union, by its Member States and by its institutions. Eu leaders agreed in may to take in 40,000 refugees who had arrived in italy and greece. Most had fled the conflict in syria. Juncker says it needs to be compulsory for Member States to share the increasing burden. He said countries should provide support equal to their economic strength and the size of their population. He urged leaders to prepare laws enabling Asylum Seekers to work while they await permission to stay. Interior ministers will discuss the proposal at an extraordinary meeting on monday. German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the proposal. Translator we need a binding agreement on a binding distribution of refugees among all Member States according to fair criteria. It cant stay the way it is now. But leaders of some countries have already indicated they oppose quotas. A spokesman for the hungarian government says sharing refugees among Member States is not the proper way to tackle the crisis. We have to do the first step, and that is, we have to reinstall border security. We have to step up against illegal migration and stop the flood of illegal migration. He added many people want to go to germany. And its difficult to keep them in other countries. No quota has been set for hungary because the nation is already confronting a large influx of migrants. Finance ministers are meeting today to discuss the global economy. Ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. Whats on the agenda . A lot of key policies are high on the agenda. Both for the u. S. And for chinas economy. Officials are going to be focusing on recent policy changes in china and a possible rate hike by the u. S. Central bank as well. It follows last weeks meeting which covered similar ground. The twoday apac gathering gets under way in a philippine city. The 21member forum includes japan, the united states, and china. Philippines finance minister who chairs the conference, spoke with nhk, ahead of the meeting. Clearly the action of devaluing the chinese currency had a chain effect, not only in the region, but across the world. Its about creating a framework so that we can accelerate and facilitate the integration of the regional economies. Risks posed by policy changes by the Worlds Largest and second largest economies were high on the agenda at last weeks group of 20 meeting of financial ministers and central bank governors. Chinas premier has said hes seen no reason for a further slide in his countrys currency. He was speaking at the World Economic forum. China central bank has been trying to make the yuan reflect market conditions. It cut the rate against the dollar last month. Premier li said the weakening of other currencies against the dollar prompted the bank to decide the way it adjusted the interest rates. He added the adjustment was minor. Translator the chinese economy is being managed within a rational range, and the countrys trade surplus continues to grow. There are no grounds for the yuan to weaken continuously. Investors on the Foreign Exchange market have been selling the yuan against the dollar on concerns over the future of the chinese economy. Market players think lis comments indicates beijing intention to top the yuan from plunging and to keep its rates stabilized. Lets see how the markets are doing after a stellar performance yet in tokyo. We go to mayu, we saw prices sky rocket on wednesday, something we havent seen in many years. So how are stocks doing this morning . Hows that following on . Well, good morning, ramin. Were seeing markets taking a breather after that huge gain you mentioned. Investors are taking some money off the table. So lets go to the opening levels here in tokyo this thursday morning. The nikkei is opening down 3 , and the topix is down 2. 6 . But given yesterdays 7 gain, maybe the 3 loss is not that big. Ramin, just to recap, the nikkei soared to 1,300 points yesterday, the biggest gain in 21 years. Jumping 7. 7 . Looks like yesterdays momentum was shortlived after sluggish trading on wall street where the dow and the nasdaq closed down over 1 . Yesterdays gains in tokyo was due to massive bargain hunting, especially by foreign hedge funds. So whether the markets will resume their bull run or not depends heavily on the federal reserves policy meeting next week. We also have some Major Economic data coming out in asia today. We have chinas cpi and australias employment data. Australias s p and down 1 ahead of that data. Theyre in a wait and see mode ahead of regional numbers and the feds meeting. So to see more clear direction, well need to wait for next week to see whether there will be a rate hike announcement or not, ramin. Yeah, a lot of focus on that. But switching to currencies, looks like the dollars a little bit rangebound, despite yesterdays jump here in japan during the trading hours. But hows it doing right now . The dollar is still losing that momentum after hitting 121 yen overnight, because its now around 120. 15. The feds meeting is making dealers hold off bets, but a lower close to wall street also prevents the dealers from chasing the dollar higher. Meanwhile, euro dollar is around 1. 1234. And the british pound, trading lower ahead of the bank of englands Rate Decision later today. So ramin, right now, shares are still lower, ill be back with a morning wrapup in a few hours, back to you. Great, looking forward t that, mayu. Japanese scientist says have been hard at work developing a little known Water Treatment technology that could produce big benefits. Tiny globules of air known as fine bubbles have applications from everything from cleaning to farming and fishing. Nhk worlds Yusuke Noguchi has more. Reporter kochi prefecture in western japan produces more energy than anywhere else in the country. Ginger. Farmers at this greenhouse are using a special kind of water to improve their harvest. Translator you can see the root is big and really firm. Reporter the water is filled with fine bubbles measuring less than 1 10 of a millimeter. These are bubbles usually seen in breeding goldfish. And these are fine bubbles. They remain in water for months. That means the water holds more oxygen and other gases than usual. The water here used to contain about 20 oxygen. Now, its 90 . Translator its great that we started doing this. Its working wonders. Reporter associate professor takashi hata is based at the National Institute of technology, kochi college. He was one of the first to expand research from industrial applications to agriculture and other fields. Hata developed a portable device that can generate fine bubbles anywhere. People are seeing the benefits of this evolving technology in the fishing industry, too. This is a fish farm. Yuichi hirose spent years grappling with the problem. He has to put chemicals in his preserve to prevent the fish from getting parasites. To do that efficiently, he had to gather tens of thousands of fish in a small area. That takes oxygen from the water and it causes many fish to die. Translator in the worst case, as many as 2,000 fish died. It was a huge blow. Reporter hirose said it was time to find bubbles. He set up the generator developed by associate professor hata. The oxygen content in the water doubled. And the number of fish that died fell to almost zero. Translator the Technology Works for both water and air. Theyre the things that people rely on in agriculture and fisheries. All you need to make this device effective, i think we can expect this will be a revolutionary approach. Reporter these tiny bubbles hold enormous potential for people working in all kinds of fields. So people are aiming to use them to create a wealth of new industries. Yusuke noguchi, nhk world, kochi. And thats it for Business News for this hour. Ill leave you with another check on the markets. The president of myanmar has met with leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups. Political observers believe a truce could build support for the ruling solidarity and development party. He met minorities leaders on wednesday in the capital. He emphasized the importance of a ceasefire. Translator id like to express the importance of peace in the transition to democracy. Without peace, it is not possible. Id like to call on you all to take part in the discussion with a genuine desire for peace. Government troops have fought with armed minority groups since myanmars independence from britain. Ethnic minorities account for 1 3 of the countrys population. Members of the association of Southeast Asian nations plan to set up an Economic Community by the end of the year. Analysts say the stabilization of border areas is essential for development. Team say the administration succeeded in a draft in march after two years of negotiation. Official campaigning kicked off on tuesday. The opposition, National League for democracy, is reportedly moving ahead of the ruling party in the polls. Former malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad has promised to cooperate in a Police Investigation into a possible criminal defamation involving his criticism of the current Prime Minister. He said he knows bribes were distributed to the administration. Antigovernment rallies were held late last month in kuala lumpur. These came amid allegations that the Prime Minister illegally received about 700 million from a government affiliated fund. He is still a popular figure in malaysia, the former Prime Minister said lawmakers from the ruling party received illegal funds as bribes during one of the rallies. Police announced they would question mahathir allegations at the rally saying they might constitute criminal defamation. Mahatea spoke to reporters on wednesday on his return from an overseas trip. He said he will cooperate with the police if asked. His photography is showing his past hardship says to a new generation. Nhk has the story. A group of japanese is holding a study seminar in bangkok to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. The organizer wanted people to know how things were in thailand during the war. One of the participants is this 80yearold, a professional photographer based in the thai capital. He was born in 1931, on the Southern Island of phuket. His father was japanese. His mother thai. At the time, the Japanese Military saw thailand as a staging post for its strategy in southeast asia. Seto said he underwent training as a child soldier. Translator i was told to use a spear or whatever was available to stab enemies to death if i ran out of live ammunition. I wasnt afraid of dying. Reporter after the end of the war when seto was 20, he discovered something shocking. It turned out he was stateless. His father had never registered his birth with the local japanese consulate. Seto claimed japanese nationality. He submitted documents saying he was a child soldier with the defunct Japanese Military. But officials rejected his request. They said his name was absent from his fathers family registry. Seto says he felt abandoned by japan. He even contemplated suicide. But something happened when he climbed a hill inside a temple compound. Translator birds voices and cottonlike clouds began to rise. When i was watching them, i heard a little bird telling me, you shouldnt die. And the wind wiped my tears away. Reporter seto decided to make a fresh start in life. He obtained thai nationality, married a local woman, and embarked on a career as a photographer. The subject of these pictures are people who are struggling to get by. In the same way he used to. He says this photograph is unforgettable. It shows a boy carrying a gun in myanmar, a country plagued by civil war. Translator this photo reminds me of carrying a gun when i was a child soldier. It makes me feel as if i were reunited with my childhood self. We must see to it that children will never carry around weapons. Reporter he visits an educational facility. Children who cannot attend local schools study here. The parents of some pupils are illegal Migrant Workers who fled myanmar. Translator are you reading a book . Can you read . Reporter seto hopes his photos will draw attention to children with many difficulties to overcome. Shoko matsumoto, nhk world, bangkok. A powerful storm is passing through japan delivering pounding rain and as robert speta explained, many areas are seeing serious flooding. Yes, catherine, myself included. We all woke up with showers during the morning hours, and there was localized flooding in tokyo, but really the worst is just off here towards the north into tochigi, we have emergency warnings in place. You can see on the satellite picture, our storm center is over the sea of japan, all the dry air wrapping the storm. We have the line coming on shore, bringing all the problems in. This is just absolutely recordshattering rainfall out here. 551 millimeters there in tochigi prefe prefecture, thats 21 inches. Now, theres several reasons for this, its not just a direct impact from whats left of this storm here, we have the moisture from the south from that storm. But kilo is back towards the east, pumping in the moisture off the pacific and then cooler air from eastern porgdss of russia. Once you get that combination, talking about very unstable weather. Were seeing that on the ground. And i want to show you video out of this area, first out of tochigi during the overnight hours, where the flooding was taking place. Emergency warnings were issued and evacuation orders were issued as well. Some people had to wade through the waters to get out of there, even some of the children and elderly had to be carried in boats. Very serious situation. Lets go to video we have during the day. Shows you a broader aspect of what im talking about, where the river flooded many homes, up to one meter deep as well. Now across japan, most bullet trains have been canceled during the morning hours, were also seeing 16 people injured across seven prefectures. And back on wednesday, upwards of about 650,000 people were advised to evacuate. Not ordered, but the advisories were put out. Even though the storm never really made it to that typhoon intensity, still having a very serious impact. Lets talk about the forecast now. Well, as this continues to pull towards the northeast, that rain band will continue to drift east with it. Its moving very slow. That training effect will linger, so theres additional flood threats. But as we go ahead into thursday night, by friday morning, we should see this pull off here. Unfortunately, we have kilo comes from the east and we still have that cloud shield. So much of hokkaido and parts of da hokeu will still see additional rain. Good news, friday and saturday, partly cloudy skies for tochigi. No longer a typhoon here, a severe tropical storm, but it could move off the east coast of hokkaido, bringing rough seas and even strong winds. Definitely gust when it passes by. On the bright side, if youre in korea or parts of kyushu, this storm is dragging in all that cool, dry air with it, and making for some sunny skies, actually parts of the korean peninsula, youre looking at temperatures into the high 20s to low 30s. Quickly over here towards the americas, the big thing that were talking about, look at this front, dominating the picture all along, thunderstorms and damaging winds reported in parts of new york state, moving up the eastern coastline. If you have travel plans, get ready for delays. Another front behind that. But the big topic, things are cooling off for parts of central canada. Also the southwest, staying on the hot side. Stay hydrated and cool out there. Ill leave you now with your extended outlook. We have one more story to share with you before we go. People in britain are celebrating as Queen Elizabeth became the countrys longest reigning monarch on wednesday, surpassing the record set by her great great grandmother victoria, by serving for more than 63 years and seven months. The 89yearold marked the day with the inauguration of a new train route in scotland. She said she didnt want any special events to be held out of consideration for queen victoria. A long life can pass by many milestones. My own is no exception. But i thank you all and the many others at home and overseas for your touching messages of great kindness. Prime minister David Cameron congratulated her in a speech at parliament. She has served this country with unerring g

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