Support from abroad. Search teams hunting for Malaysian Airlines flight 370 have had to temporarily suspend their search because of Severe Weather. Theyve been zeroing in on an area in the southern indian ocean. New satellite images picked up more than 120 objects bobbing in the rough waters. Nhks craig dale has details. Reporter crews have battled fierce winds and choppy waters as they scour a vast area in the southern indian ocean. Now they may be able to narrow their search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370. This is still the most credible lead that we have. Reporter malaysias defense minister says french satellite images detected 122 objects floating in a 400 kilometer square area. Some objects were a meter in length. Others were as much as 23 meters in length. Some of the objects appeared to be bright, possibly indicating solid material. Reporter flight mh370 left kuala lumpur on march 8 bound for beijing with 239 people on board. It disappeared less than an hour after takeoff. Malaysian Authorities Say it went way off course and likely crashed into the ocean. The objects picked up by the french satellite are about 2500 kilometers west of werth, australia. The areas close to where australian and chinese satellites detected possible debris more than a week ago. Pilots from a number of nations have been taking off and landing from perth spending hours in the air. Its been a frustrating mission. Translator we used radar and infrared camera along with visual observation but we couldnt get any valid information to find it. We investigated a couple of visual contacts but turned out to be Marine Mammal activity. Reporter investigators hope Sophisticated Technology will help them locate the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder in these deep waters. So far they can only guess about what happened to the plane and to those on board. Relatives of the missing are yearning to see some hard evidence. The majority of passengers were chinese. Their families have been critical of malaysian authorities. Theyve accused them of basing their conclusions on speculation. Investigators are hoping the latest satellite images will get them closer to finding concrete answers. Their search has stretched on now for nearly three weeks. Theyre looking for any clues that will help themself this mystery. Craig dale, nhk world. Nhk worlds Takeo Nakajima joined us earlier from the Australian Air force base in perth where the search areas are being coordinated. Reporter the Aerial Search today was called off in the afternoon due to bad weather. The crews started flying from 5 00 in the morning. They planned to fly in shifts so one team could relay their findings to the next team. They hoped to continue until dark, but forecasts indicated a weather front was coming up so theyve returned to base. But five ships are still in the area to continue the search. This is normally a base for training pilots for the Australian Air force, but now its acting as a Multinational Task force center for coordination, refuelling and planning. The coordination work is apparently going well. U. S. And Japanese Forces regularly train with the australians, so they say thats making things easier. As weve seen the weather on the high sea is unpredictable and the location of the search area is remote. Crews on board the larger patrol planes have to fly about four hours to reach it. They only have one to two hours for the actual search. After that they have to make another fourhour flight back to refuel. Smaller jets can fly faster so they have about five hours of search time, but the area they must cover is vast, nearly 80,000 square kilometers. Basically the size of a small country. Even with coordinates and gps, the search teams are having a hard time trying to locate the possible debris identified by satellites. Forecasters say the weather should improve on friday. The crews stay they will be ready to resume their efforts at first light. Nhk worlds Takeo Nakajima in perth. The u. N. Security council will meet in a closed door emergency session on thursday in the wake of north koreas launching of two medium range Ballistic Missiles into the sea of japan. Security Council Resolutions ban the north from developing Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile technology. Member nations are expected to consider issuing a statement condemning the launches as a violation of these resolutions. The north has fired a series of short range missiles over the past two months stoking concerns among u. N. Members. The Security Council apparently deems the latest launches an even greater threat requiring a concerted response. Following the thirds Third Nuclear test in february of last year, the Council Unanimously adopted a resolution further tightening sanctions against pyongyang. China, the norths ally, also backed the resolution. Attention is focused on whether the Security Council can again agree on a unified response. South korean peculiar park kuhn nay is calling for better communication among east asian nations on Nuclear Security and the environment. Park went to berlin for talks with chancellor Angela Merkel after attending a Security Summit in the hague. Translator there are friction among east asian nations over territory and perceptions of history, but it is impossible to sever these nations deep economic ties. Park called for multilateral forums to discuss matters of mutual concern such as the environment and Nuclear Security. Merkel said germans are ready to share their experience for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Now the latest business stories from ron madison. Japanese consumers and Business Executives are getting ready for a rise in the consumption tax. The rate will rise on tuesday to 8 from the current 5 . The new bank survey suggests that more than 40 of small and Mediumsized Companies wont fully pass on that tax hike to the prices of their products. More than 14,000 Small Businesses around the country responded do the survey by shin king central bank. Onethird of the firms said theyll raise the prices of their production to fully cover the tax increase. 35 said they can transfer only part of the tax hike while 8 said they cant raise pritss at all. The survey also asked whether the companies raised the wages of their employees this year. Just 16 said they had. About onethird of the firms that didnt raise wages said theyre taking a waitandsee approach to the economy. 25 cited uncertain economic prospects and 16 said it was because of poor earnings. A Senior Researcher at a Japanese Bank says Smaller Companies have more difficulty raising prices or increasing wages. He says few executives at these firms believe the economy is recovering. On to the markets. Tokyo share prices started the session with losses following an overnight drop in u. S. Equities. Investors bought back in the afternoon. The nikkei average closed up more than 1 , 14,622, the highest level that weve seen in two weeks. At the open investors were a bit concerned about geopolitical risks after president barack obama hinted at tougher sanctions on russia. Later on in the day overseases placed buy orders as they felt japanese is cheaper than overall stocks. A fairly mixed pictures. Seouls kospi rose to a high but Chinese Markets came under pressure. The shanghai finished lower,. 8 , 2,046. Investor sentiment remained weak stemming from worries about chinese Economic Outlook as well as the countrys financial system. In the philippines the key index shed. 5 to 6,315. Speculation the countrys central bank may raise key Interest Rates. After the market closed it will maintain the key Interest Rate at 3. 5 . Total domestic out put rose in february for a 6th straight rate due to higher demand ahead of the con assumption tax hike. The pace moderated because of heavy snow. The eight automakers made nearly 820,000 units, up 7 from a year earlier. The increase is due to makers producing more to meet Strong Demand ahead of the higher task and brisk sales of new models launched since the end of last year. Record snowfall suspended production at some factories. This affected toyota, honda and Fuji Heavy Industries that operates the subaru brand. The rise in february production was 7 , the smallest increase other the past six months rnlths japanese automaker nissan is recalling nearly 1 million vehicles in the u. S. Because of a faulty air bag system. Officials say theyve received no reports of fatal accidents related to the problem. Niece is a officials followed the recall with u. S. Transportation authorities on wednesday. They say the problem involves the software that controls the air bag system. It might not recognize a person sitting in the front passenger seat, so the air bag may not properly deploy in a crash. The recall affects more than half a million ultima sedans and nearly 30,000 leaf electric vehicles and some 100,000 infinity models. All the cars are from the 2013 or 2014 model years. N. A. Holdings plans to buy 70 new planes, spending about 70 billion. Executives say its the biggest order ever in the companys history. Translator weve selected new aircraft based on fuel efficiency and other factors. These planes will help our earnings to grow. Ana will purchase after 2021, 20 large passenger planes now under development by boeing. The stateoftheart aircraft, the 7 779x will be the successor to boeings 777. In addition, the carrier will acquire 30 small planes manufactured by airbus. That will be for two new types. Boeing and airbus are competing to get orders in the global market. Anas rival Japan Airlines has announced a plan to buy 56 of the airbus a 350 from 2019. The people who run tokyos two International Airports are getting ready for change. This weekend the more central hanada airport will enhance its International Airport and the larger norita airport is expanding to look for passengers looking for cheap flights. Businesses are scrambling to catch up. Nhk worlds car roek coish bish she tells us why. Reporter at hanada 110 planes arrive from or depart for Foreign Countries each day. This is about onetenth of the number of its domestic flights. 40 of its International Flights are late at night or early in the morning. But from sunday the number of International Flights it handles will jump by 50 . More flights between tokyo and Southeast Asia or europe will be scheduled during the daytime. With these changes, Domestic Airlines are rethinking how they work with travel agencies as hanada links tokyo with regions across japan, they want the agencies to set up overseas tourists that use the airport. Translator i want passengers to take our flights to hanada and transfer to planes bound for london, paris, frankfurt and munich on the same day. Reporter at present many people in japans local regions get long haul flights from south koreas ancient airport. To attract customers, japanese travel agencies and Airline Companies will introduce a service giving passengers a free domestic flight to hanada if they fly from there. A hotel is now being constructed near hanadas International Terminal to accommodate an crease in transit passengers from abroad. The hotel will provide 17 rooms for passengers in transit. A single room will look like this. Guests can step off the plane and come straight to their room without passing through immigration. Transit hotels are common around airports in asia, but this is the first one to be built in japan. Translator there are not many hotels around hanada, so we believe there are plenty of business opportunities. Reporter from sunday norita will loose 120 International Flights a week about 4 of its total. Located some 80 kilometers from central tokyo, its less convenient from hand nad da. But they plan to become a budget traveler hub by building a terminal by next march only for local carriers. Translator we want to take advantage of the network we already have absorb the increasing demand we have among people in fast growing asian nations. Reporter a bus company is taking steps in line with norita airports new focus on local carriers. Its buses linking narita with central tokyo charge about 10, onethird of other buses. From january the bus service has been running every 20 minutes. Two new businesses offer more comfortable seats. Translator i always use this bus because it has wider seats and a toilet, too. Reporter by enhancing the convenience and comfort of its services, the company has enjoyed an increase in passengers. Translator we plan to increase the number of bus services in the early and late hours when there are no Railway Services available. Reporter hand nad da is gaining momentum with the scheduled increase in International Flights. Norita is aiming to open up a new market by accommodating local carriers. So the condition is expected to further intensify between the two airports and also among local businesses. Nhk world, tokyo. Thats going to do it for bi zrnlths at this hour. Lets get a check of the markets. Every morning investors turn their attention to asia. The tokyo market leads the way, and markets around the world follow. From the decisions that could change the course of the economy. To the latest business trends. Uptotheminute market reports. Analysis from specialists from around the world. Get all the latest Business News in insight every day here on newsline. Egypts army chief has made a long anticipated announcement. Abdel fatah al si si says hes running for president. He revealed his decision in a televised speech. He said he was resigning from the military as he was required to do before launching his bed. Sisi led a queue last july to depose Mohamed Morsi. The power shift triggered a wave of violence. Morsis supporters clashed with the interim Government Security forces. Sisi is seen as the election frontrunner, popular among egyptians. Critics say sisi would bring back authoritarian politics. They accuse the interim government on cracking down on freedom of expression and assembly. Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have been testing a Water Treatment system that can remove most radioactive substances from wastewater, but theyve run into yet another problem with the equipment. Workers noticed that the contaminated water they were pumping into the main filtering component was cloudy. So they shut down one of the three waterlines. Theyre trying to find out if anything is wrong with the equipment. Officials with the plants Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company plan to use the filtering system to reduce the amount of contaminated water stored at the plant. About 400 tons of groundwater each day flows into damaged reactor buildings and becomes contaminated, but the filtering system has been hit by a series of troubles. Workers had just resumed operation of two lines on tuesday after leaks and a filter malfunction. Most people around the world know little about how North Koreans live. They learn even less about those with physical challenges. One german man is helping North Koreans with disabilities to reach out. Reporter these north korean youngsters have impaired sight. They locate the ball through the sound of a bell inside. Until recently north Korean Children didnt have access to Recreational Equipment like this. German robert grund donated them to north korea. Hes had impaired hearing since he was born. He works for an international npo that helps people with disabilities and has been living in north korea since 2013. Last month he delivered a report in japan about the help he gives North Koreans. At the age of 15 grund became interested in North Koreans with physical challenges. He was motivated by an official north korean report that said there were no hearing impaired people in the country. Grund was skeptical. He first visited north korea ten years ago. Officials denied the existence hearing challenged people in the country. But he persisted in asking to people people who cannot hear. On his third visit in 2006, his request was finally granted. When he met some disabled children he observed their difficult circumstances. Reporter at a school for the deaf in north korea students learn sign language, but their reading and writing lessons are inadequate. Sign language varies drastically