Week. They previously had a limit of 60 euros per day. Capital controls remain in place. Transfer of funds aboard is restricted apart from a few exceptions. Littles on cash withdrawals still remain. I cannot feel positive about the future. Increases in valueadded tax agreed under the bailout terms have also taken effect. The valueadded tax at restaurants and cafes rose on monday from 13 to 23 . The vat on food items and daily necessities also rose to 23 . The United States and cuba have restored full diplomatic relations and will reopen their embassies on monday. Diplomats from the two countries will officially declare the restoration of diplomatic ties severed if 1961. The cuban interest section if washington, d. C. Has already replaced its door plate with a new one that reads the embassy of cuba. Its covered with occur tain and will be unveiled during an afternoon ceremony to mark the reopening a. Cuban flag will be hoisted at the event. Similar preparations are also under way in cuba. On the streets of havana, cubans are opt mick about this First Step Towards the normalization of relations. If relations with the u. S. Includes everything will be better with an economic boost. I feel like our Living Environment will get better. Officials from both nations say they want to speed up negotiations to normalize relations, including the listing of u. S. Economic sanctions against cuba. But some republican lawmakers have criticized president barak obama for what they see as making too many compromises with cuba. North koreans have cast their ballots in the first local Assembly Elections under leader kim jongun. State run media reports the turnout on sun reached 99. 97 . The country carries out local elections every four years. Theyre actually a vote of confidence for a single candidate for the governors Workers Party. North koreas leadership appears to be boosting leadership ahead of the partys foundation. The country will mark the event in october. The Workers Party newspaper has carried an editorial urging people to cast yes ballots to show that their system remains solid and unshakeable. Authorities view voters who stay away from the polls or submit no ballots as antiestablishment and they usually face charges. Executives at japans Mitsubishi Materials have apologized to former u. S. Prisoners of war for forcing them to work if mines during world war ii. Senior executive officer made the apology when he met a former prisoner of war and others in los angeles on sunday. He says his firms predecessor Mitsubishi Mining forced workers to run at four pines run by the company. The soldiers were held captive by the now defunct japanese military. As the company that inherits the enterprise of Mitsubishi Mining we are keenly aware of our moral responsibilities for the tragic events in the past. He added working conditions back then were very harsh and that the prisoners hadendured much suffering. They said 70 years the prisoners of war asked for something very simple. An apology. We hope to extend myths mitsubishi coming forward at this time to all the other mines and factors who were employed american p. O. W. S against their will. The japanese government has already made an official apology to the former u. S. Soldiers be you the veteran support, say mitsubishi is the first major Japanese Firm to do so. Japanese foreign minister says he wants to help him prove bilateral relations between japan and south korea by promoting exchanges. He spoke at a ceremony on sunday to mark this youres 50th i was in of the normalized relations. He said bilateral exchanges have been to get to know each other. They have become an opportunity for cooperation. The two nations are important neighbors, but there are difficult issues because of our proximity. I am calling for exchanges and dialogue on slafrls to address those issues. Prime minister shinzo abes wife said the two countries face a difficult political situation, but she said efforts by individuals will help to improve bilateral ties. She promised to continue her own efforts towardshat end. Russian authorities have taken a seized japanese fishing boat to the island. Local authorities questioned the 11 fishermen there. Its one of four russiancontrolled islands claimed by japan. The driftnet boat the football ten, belongs to a fisherie cooperative in the town. Russian authorities seized it friday in russias economic zone. They allege it competed the salmon catch quota. The japanese consulate general says information from the russian Border Guards confirmed the boat ariebd on monday morning. Russian Authorities Say the crew members are if good health. Chance lat Officials Say theyre working to gain an Early Release of the fishermen. Nhk has learned that a special panel released top management at Toshiba Corporation played a role in accounting irregularities. They concluded they engaged in systemic wrongdoing in a range of areas t. Panel of experts submitted to toshiba the results of its examination. It conducted hearings with about 200 senior officials and others. Sources say the panels report is expected to state the accounting regularities were found in a variety of information. The panel is expected to say the firm needs the revise downward its operating profits for the past five years by more than 150 billion yen or 1. 2 billion. The report will show the vice chairman ordered his subordinates to pass profits by more than 18 million. He reportedly issued the instruction just before the executives compiled earnings reports, while he served as president. The panel also plans to say president and ceo sent emails to Company Executives urging them to inflate earnings by delaying the posting of expenditures. Toshiba bosses intend to determine the level of responsibilities i responsibility of other past executives. A Record Number of people from abroad visited japan last year, over 13 million. They spent more than 16 billion, another record. The countrys Tax Exemption program for International Visitors likely has something to do with that and stores along the sea of japans coast wants a share of the profits. Ishikawa prenext sure has been drawing more people sense march. In the first four months at Tourist Information counter has seen a 40 increase in people from overseas compared to the year before. Many of them arrive from tokyo, aboard the new line. Retailers of local handy crafts are rushing to register as taxfree stores him they hope that will convince travelers to spend time and money in their establishments. A shop specializing if japanese drums is among them. The development is something new in the companys 400year history. At taxfree stores visitors from abroad dont have to pay the 8 consumption tax for things costing more than about 80. So the tourists tend to spend more on goods and services. But she says a small for my car and small tycos for my children. 48, 68,000 yen. Great, im coming here anyway. The fact that its duty free that means i can buy even more. So to me i love it. The store loves it too. Sales are up. Customers are very happy, because they pay liss at our shop. Now that weve registered as a taxfree store, we hope to draw even more people from overseas. The number of taxfree staeb establishments in ishikawa is almost five times what it was a year ago. Up to more than 1840 at last count. Even a Convenience Store has seen fit to join. Its near restaurants, bars and homes catering to international tourists. Visitors often stop in to buy sweets and other items as s. U. V. Firs. The shelves are stocked with local handy crafts. They include laquercoated. Tax exemptions requires them to correct passports and put purchases in the dedicated bags. Thats all a part of the new job description. Put purchased items in special bags and seal them and tell the examiners not to open them until they leave japan. I wonder if ill be able to explain the importance of opening the bags. Im not very good at english, but i can rely on the instructions written here. Elect trek appliances cosmetics and stacks are already on peoples list of things to bring back. If ishikawas merchants have their way, traditional handy crafts will have musthave items, meaning more trips to that part of the country. Japanese authorities are testing a system aimed at quickly providing radiation data to People Living near Nuclear Power plants. Officials from the Nuclear Regulation authority are conducting the test run at the Nuclear Power plant in southwestern japan. The Power Company plans to bring it back online next month. The information would be posted on the sper fet in the event of an accident as a Nuclear Power plant. The central and local governments would make the data accessible to local residents as well as organizations. The users would access a page on the authoritys website. The page for the plant shows outdated figures from 73 observation points within a 30 kilometerer radius as well as from cars equipped with upon toreing equipment. Symbols colored in red or yellow when the numbers exceed government standards. The government reviewed its Nuclear Emergency guidelines following the 2011 accident at the fukushima plant t. New guidelines calm for the evacuation of residents in a 58to30 kilometer radius from a power plant if radiation levels exceed the government limit. Amodge the survivors of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nag sack nagasaki. Many living overseas are still not getting the care they deserve. Nhk world reports. South korea, happencheon has most of the survivors around the country. This 72yearold, he works for a group thats supposed to help victims over the hiroshima attack. More than 20,000 atomic bombs have returned to south korea. About 38,000 atomic bombss a do you mean issued by the japanese government. They received about 2400 a year. This pays for medical expenses in their home countries but many important victims have not been approved. Its difficult to find witnesses who are able to approve they were exposed to radiation. It must be devastating to die without receiving the certificate certificate. She is a survivor. She was fouryearsold when hiroshima was bombed. In 2010 she had surgery. He was suffering from acute pain in her hand. One day i noticed some yellow pus. My hands were in acute pain and have swelled up like this many times. I went to the doctor and got an injection, but it didnt help. She suspects it was caused by exposure to radiation and has considered the case but she cant prove she was a victim. She has almost no memory of the event and all of her immediate family members have passed away. Ply parents and older brother have passed away. Because im on my own now, i cant do anything about it. He was 22 when he was caught up in the bombing. He was in hiroshima. He finally received a certificate last march. The glass left him with serious injuries. He didnt receive treatment and he continued to suffer after returning to korea. Today, hes bed ridden at a nursing home. Back from japan, he has Trouble Holding on to work because of disabilities. A leg injury and cramping. His wife supported him and their five children with her meager earnings from farm work. My father has suffered so much. He couldnt work because of his physical condition and he probably still carries the bitterness in him. 70 years after the bombing, he was granted a case after his name was found listed on a pay load in a japanese government archives. Many survivors are fought even aware they are eligible for subsidies and for both through that, time has run out. Nhk world. China is the worlds top emitter of carbon dioxide. Leaders in beijing pledged to drastically reduce emissions. With talks planned for the end of the year some analysts wonder whether the group will overshadow its commitment to the environment. Chinese officials announced their 2013 reduction target for jean house gases during the the recent visit. The host country of a u. N. Conference beginning in november, known as top 21. We must cut Carbon Emissions by 60 to 65 compared to 2005. But this figure is per unit of gdp. Which means the countrys emissions could actually increase as its economy grows. The premier leak says chinas inaugural emissions will rise until 2013 but at the lower rate than before. It will then begin to decline t. Countrys co 28 output has more than tripled between 1990 and 2012 while global will i the number has hisen by just 50 . China now accounts for a quarter of all global emissions relying heavily on coal burning for electricity and other purposes. Trouk Renewable Energy as one of the clean ways for house emission. At this Electricity Company located in a his toric part of beijing, officials have put up rooftop solar panels. This firm was set up if 20108 through a stateowned company. If five years, its lost Solar Projects in almost 50 locations across the country. The work is subsidized by the Chinese Government which has a policy of militants. The professor studies Climate Change and suvs as an ad advisor to the Central Government. He says china needs to step up efforts to introduce Renewable Energy sources. We need to generate 18 billion kilowatts of electricity from renewables. Thats equivalent to all power produced in the u. S. Chinas goal for cutting emissions by 2030 is far more aggressive than targets by the u. S. Or eu. But a japanese environmental expert doubts experts by the Central Government will be enough. They may have a different agenda. Growth is the top priority in the midwestern region an area lacking behind. Its difficult to realize co 28 reductions in those parts of the country. Analysts believe chinas authorities must strike a delicate balance between maintaining domestic growth and meeting responsibilities. Its now time to check in on our World Weather with jonathan oh. Lets begin if japan, we had a really hot and sunny couple of days. Is it expected to last . I think it will last a little longer. The rainy season is over for the tokyo area. So let me show you whats happening on the map here. You can see the clearing skies for the western half of japan. The region wrapped up the rainy season on sunday and they ended the rainy season on monday. Now we will see the drying period. We do have a little suburb u disturbance down to the south and west. That will bring rainfall into the western half of japan as we go through the next few days. We also have that rainy season front moving further to the north, in the korean peninsula. It will be stuck if rail for sometime to come. Down towards the southern portions of china. We continue to see the moisture moving in. That will keep the area quite wet. Now i want to point out to you. We have an interesting surface feature south of japan him we talked about halola last week as a typhoon. It got slammed back to a tropical depression and came back with a little vengeance. Now i dont think its going to be able to get enough strength to gather itself to be a typhoon, but it will still move to the north and west before turning towards the north and east by the time we go into the weekend. Thats when we will keep an eye on this system. But so far, it looks like the system is zpj to be over waters at least for the next several days. Look at the forecast for tuesday. 34 degrees, a little bit hot. A little sticky as well with the humidity in tokyo. From the peninsula down on the eastern seaboard of china, we will see the wet weather and possibly Stormy Weather continuing as you go through tuesday. Were going to move a little towards the west and take a look at the forecast for it. Lots of clouds dunk a lot of rainfall due to the monsoon. Clearwater is rushing through the central area. Rain whats not only was a problem on the streets and buildings, also into houses you can see here people trying to take the water out. The kids dont know where to go him they have to sit on the bed as with water swirls around them. Transportation was disrupted. Also the nearby river way above the danger levels. You see it everywhere. It looks like we will see the rainy season set up continue t. Monsoonal pattern is good for the farmers. When have you this much rain in place, flooding becomes a serious issue. It will last quite some time. Looking at south america. Its popping up in the United States. We had one tornado report from kansas because of storms billowing up. We have it agree loening the stationary front. Very warm weather that will keep the area unstable. Thunderstorms popping up from time to time. Denver looking at thunderstorms on monday. A high of 30 degrees. Mid30s, hot, humid, sticky stormy as we go through monday. Wrapping things up with a look at europe. We do have a low pressure system along with a frontal boundary moving towards the south and east. So the eastern side of europe dealing with rain and some storms as you go throughout monday and down towards the south, very hot, grown dangerously hot. 38 degrees for your high on monday. Close to 40 as we go through the next couple of days. Please take good care of yourself. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Here is your extended outlook. An australian surfer fended off a shark in an International Championship at jeffreys bay in south africa. He was about to catch a wave when the shark came right at him. The defending champion escaped without injury and was rescued by event officials him local media says it was a great white shark. Officials called off the competition. He told the media he fought it off after spotting the large fin. I was just sitting there, i was about to start moving. Then i commonwealth something grab like got stuck in my leg rack and i like instantly jumped like away and then it just kept coming at my board, i was like kick and screaming. Oh. Oh. The waters around south africa are known for a large shark operation. A shark killed a work fer 2013. That what happens up newsline. We will be back at the top of the hour. Thank you very much for joining us. Resident of chad goes on trial on charges of crime against humanity. This is the first time african judges will rule on the fate of a former leader of one of the continents own countries. Banks finally reopen in greece after a threeweek shutdown but this monday brings new tax hikes as the new bailout terms kick in. The cuban flag is raised at the u. S. State department as the two countries restore full diplomatic relations after more than five decades apart. Also this