Security camera images. They show the man riding a motorcycle taxi towards the blast site. The images were changen 20 minutes before the explosion. A doctor who examined victims of the blast says he found many six millimeter ball bearings in their bodies. Police believe the objects were packed into the bomb to inflict more damage. Security footage shows two other men who appear to provide cover for the suspect as he left the backpack. Police say the bombing was a systematic and premeditated terrorist attack carried out by a group. They are investigating the case with the help of interpol. South koreaias president will visit china to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of what leaders in beijing call the victory over japan, but officials at park guenhyes office say shes yet to decided whether to attend the showcase military parade. The Officials Say park will spend three days visiting beijing and shanghai. Shes scheduled to attend the world war ii Anniversary Ceremony on september 3rd. And shes expected to hold talks with president economy joining ping. Observers say park wants to improve ties with china to strengthen her hand after recent threats from nk. South korean sources say chinese officials are urging park to be on hand for the military parade but park is considering how japan and the u. S. Would perceive her attendance. Russias foreign minister has indicated that president Vladimir Putin may meet u. S. President barack obama next month. Sergei lavrov says putin plans to visit new york for the u. N. General assembly. Translator the u. S. Side is sending a signal that washington wants to maintain contact with leaders in moscow. Lavrov said putin would consider a meeting if one is proposed. The two leaders have not spoken facetoface since last november when they met briefly at the apec sum mid the and remain at odds over the crisis in east ukraine. Sporadic fighting continues there between Government Forces and prorussian separatists. Bilateral relations worsened after russia annexed crimea last year and both countries have imposed sanctions on each other. Observers say ties between the two nations are the worst since the end of the cold war. Theres concern in japan over a rise in Violent Crimes against children. People were shocked by the death of a 13yearold girl whose body was found in a parking lot in osaka. Police have begun a murder investigation. Nhk world Tomoko Kamata reports. Reporter classmates placed flowers for their friend. Translator i feel nothing but anger for the one who killed her so brutally. Reporter a truck driver found the girls body last thursday in a parking lot in a suburb of osaka prefecture. Police say her hands were found behind her back. She had more than 30 wounds. Local police say natsumi was with her 12yearold friend. They were students in the same school in osaka. Rioto is still missing and police feel hes also the victim of crime and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward. A monitoring camera caught two young people walking in a Shopping Mall near a train station on the day that natsumi were killed. The Police Believe the two were natsumi and rioto. The camera caught them around 1 00 a. M. And then again around 5 00 a. M. At 6 35 a. M. Natsumi send her friend a message on the smartphone and said she planned to visit kyoto and would possibly never return. Police found two bicycles near the station belonging to the pair. Investigators also found another video showing a car entering and leaving the parking lot where natsumis body was found. They suspect the car may have been used in the crime. A u. N. Organization says japan has one of the worlds lowest homicide rates. Both Japanese NationalPolice Agencies says last year 16 cases of murder or attempted murder of 12 to 15yearolds were reported. Thats nine cases more than in 2013. Police are hunting for clues that relays to natsumis killer and they are doing all they can to find her missing companion. Tomoko kamata, nhk world. People in hiroshima have not forgotten deadly mud slides that hit close to the city center a year ago. Heavy rains triggered the disaster. 75 people were killed. Some relatives of the victims began visiting disaster sites from the early morning. This man visited the place where his house stood. A clock marks the moments when the disaster struck, and he lost his wife. Translator she had a cheerful character. I want to comfort her by showing her im okay now. This woman is mourning three family members m. Translator i really want to see my daughter and her husband. I wanted to see their baby come into this world. Reporter on august 20th within a span of two hours over 200 millimeters of rain fell in hiroshima city. Its home to more than 1 million people. Landslides swept through nearly 170 areas. City Officials Say they affected more than 10,000 residents. Nhk asked 100 of them whether they would return to their former homes. The percentages of those hoping to return has decreased 11 points since a similar survey six months ago. And theres a slight increase in the percentage of those saying they dont want to go back. Officials in hiroshima say it will take ten years to complete debris barriers and roads for evacuation. Some people say thats too long to wait. Developers have been cutting into mountainsides to expand residential areas in japan. Experts say thats increased the chance of landslides. Authorities have designated nearly 30,000 areas of such risk in tokyo and other major cities. Officials with Japans Environment Ministry are throwing their support behind a new material they hope will fight global warping. They have announced plans to develop applications for cellulose nanofiber, a material thats stronger and lighter than steel. Japanese researchers developed the material using wood, rice and other plants. They break down the pulp into fibers about 120 1,000 the width of a human air and they mix the fine we are a resin and the result is a material five times stronger than steel but just onefifth the weight. Ministry Officials Say the nanofibers could be used to produce more fuelefficient cars or even houses. They are planning to spend more than 30 million and team up with automakers and other businesses to determine and develop ways to use the material. Government officials in japan have called on world trade authorities to resolve a dispute thats hurting business. They say a ban by south korea on imports of many of their Seafood Products violates international agreements. Leaders in seoul imposed the restriction about two years ago. They cut off imports of Marine Products from eight prefectures. They said the Nuclear Accident in 2011 had polluted the ocean around the fukushima plant. Japanese government officials took up the case with the world trade organization. They said the reasoning by south korea had no scientific merit. Representatives from both countries got together to discuss the problem, but they couldnt see eye to eye. So now those on the japanese side have asked the trade watchdog to create a panel to settle the dispute and expect the panel to be in place by september. They say a final judgment on the matter is likely a year after that. Its the first time japan has lodged such a complaint with the wto. Lets take a look now at markets. Investors saw tokyo stocks slump to their lowest level in more than a month. For the details we could have rommin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. Thank you very much. Well, following losses on other key Global Indexes as well as losses in the Energy Sector shares, the nikkei also took a hit today. It was down for a third day in a row, so lets have a look at closing levels for august 20th this thursday. Now the nikkei closing at 20,033, down 0. 94 , and the broader topix, 1623, down 1. 5 . Now with the price of crude oil falling to near six and a half year lows, it real wasnt surprising to see major oil and gas shares here tumbling. The sector really has been hardest hit so far this week on continuing concerns over slowing growth in china. Lets have a look at some of the shares here. Jx holdings and cosmo oil, oil and gas field developer inpex declining and even after the u. S. Federal reserve released minutes of its july meeting, it remains under certain when the central bank is going to raise rates so the dollar weakened a touch against the yen and, of course, that weighed on a lot of exporters here. Nikkon and bridgestone among some of the big names. On the Positive SideSoftbank Group which shot higher after its vice chair decided to buy a 480 million stake in the japanese telecoms and Internet Group making him the second biggest shareholder following the founder and chairman. So after recording its biggest oneday drop in six weeks, on wednesday the nikkei fell again. Today its lowest close since midjuly. Thats all for me for now. Back to you in the studio. Thanks for update. That Ramin Mellegard reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. Now lingering concerns about the chinese economy took a toll on most other stock markets in the region. The shanghai composite closed at its lowest level in two weeks. The benchmark index tumbled 3. 4 after two volatile sessions. It went below the key 3700 mark. Analysts say efforts by chinese authorities to prop up share prices failed to improve investor sentiment. Hong kong and sydney both hit their lowest point for the year. The hang seng lost 1. 7 conditioning its slide into a fifth straight day. The australian ben mark index was down 1. 7 and in seoul the kospi fell 1. 32 boston. The people at an ecommerce site rakuten are vowing to get goods to customers faster than ever, making some deliveries in just 20 minutes. Rakuten executives say the service applies to more than 400 items, snacks, drinks, even toilet paper, and its available any time day or night. They say it costs about 6. The executives expect Strong Demand from young people who work late. They plan to expand service to other parts of the country. Analysts forecast big growth for japans Online Shopping sector. They pointed to the increase in elderly people and dualincome households. Japanese food and beverage firms are engaging in fierce competition on the outside of their products. They are using cuttingedge technologies to develop containers that are friendlier on the walt and the environment. Reporter water from mt. Fuji runs abundantly neared gotenba city in central japan. Keating beverage, one of japans major soft drink companies, uses this underground water to produce 180 million twoliter bottles of mineral water annually. This year the Company Changed its plastic bottle for the first time in five years. It cut the weight by 20 . Now at 28. 9 grams its the lightest of its kind in japan. This will eliminate the need for over 1,000 tons of oilbased materials a year saving the firm an estimated 1 million or more. The thickness of the bottle was reduced to just. 15 millimeters. Crushing it is the work of a momen moment. The bottle is reduced to 1 12 of its original volume cutting waste. But thinner bottles are weaker. Stacking could result in those at the bottom being crushed. An improved design makes them stronge stronger. The solution came from the morning glory. Threads extending radially from the Center Support the fragile petals. The flower served as the model for the base of the bottle where the load is heaviest. There are 16 indentations. The downward force splits at the peak of each indentation and runs down the sides. It then encounters an opposing force from its neighbor thus counteracting the downward force. And the body of the bottle has 16 grooves. With these modifications it can support a load of more than 20 kilogra kilograms. Food Container Technology is also making strides. Plastic containers have some advantages over cans. They are less than half the weight by volume and microwavable, but they cant keep food fresh for so long. This firm is developing a container that can preserve food at Room Temperature for three years. On this day researchers checked tupa put into the container two years ago. The tuna flakes looked and smelled normal. They tried them. Translator tastes good. Same taste as canned tuna flakes. Reporter the key to longterm preservation is the structure. At. 02 millimeter barrier layer is inserted into the plastic. Its designed to keep the contents fresh by blocking oxygen, but the layer occasionally lets oxygen pass. The company mixed in a special absorbant resin that prevents almost all oxygen from entering. Translator you can eat the food as it is in an emergency, and the tray container serves as a dish. I think the application of this container for emergency provisions is very promising. Reporter flavor is not peoples sole criteria when choosing food or drink. Consumers also judge the container, and so competition to develop innovative containers is heating up. Okinawa was the last place in the pacific where a major ground battle between Japanese Imperial troops and u. S. Forces was fought. And 70 years on, remnants of the wars lethal legacy are still being found. Reminding people of a time they would rather forget. Nhk worlds juno samoto reports. Reporter construction workers in this suburb have uncovered a sleeping monster, a u. S. Made world war ii bomb. And their discovery sent people within a radius of 160 meters fleeing for safety. Residents from this neighborhood have been ordered to leave so that crews can dispose of an unexploded bomb. Its a danger they have been forced to live with for 70 years but one they have never grown accustomed to. Translator i never get used to it. Ive had more than enough of the war. Reporter its just one of the battle scars left over from iron typhoon. 100,000 tons of ordinants were dropped on the island. Spread out it would equal one bomb for every postcardsized piece of land. More than 2,000 tons are believed to still be hidden underground. And they are still wreaking havoc. At least 700 people have been killed since the war, and six years ago a construction worker lost his sight after a 250 kilo bomb exploded on okinawas main island. Selfdefense forces explosive experts are deployed to okinawa to deal with the issue. Reporter member take calls 24 hours a day. They never know when an uninvited guest will show up from underground. On average they get sent out twice a day. Okinawa is going through a building boom with condos and resort hotels. Unexploded bombs are most often found on construction sites, so strict Safety Measures are now enforced. One architect demonstrated some of those measures at the site of a new Apartment Building in naha translator we need to do a Magnetic Survey covering the whole construction site. Reporter oshiro says while measures are necessary, there is an economic loss. The survey itself takes two weeks, and if a bomb is found, there will be a delay of at least a month for disposal work. Oshiro says the underground threat is slowing okinawas development. Translator work thats unimaginable from mainland japan is being done in okinawa as if it were normal. Thats a part of the war we inherited from our parents and have to pass down, even though we dont want to, to our children and grandchildren. Reporter experts estimate the bomb disposal operations will draw out the consequences of the war for another 70 years. Jun yotsomoto, nhk world. Ner 70 years, what an excruciating wait. Thank you, jun, for that report from okinawa. Okinawa is fair with temperatures around 36 degrees celsius or 86 farenheit but the islands along with the philippines will be impacted which an approaching typhoon. There are two and one that might turn into a typhoon, according to jonathan oh. Right, john that . Yes, james. We are looking at a very couple powerful storms that continues to move towards the north and west, and i want to show you this picture from thursday morning. This is the visible satellite image which means this is a direct picture from space rather than the temperature measurement of these storms, and you can see we have a clear defined eye and if you look closely you may see shadowing indicating some areas of the clouds are taller than others. A very powerful system that continues to get closer and closer to the philippines and not far behind it is atsani a large and impositive storm and first with goni, strong typhoon, packing winds to 80 and gusting to 152, blushing ever so closer or near lawsian, and its going to move to the north, and its already bringing strong winds with it, and the waves are picking up as well so please be very careful. Stay away from the coastline as this system goes past the area. It will try to make its way towards taiwan before moving further east and making its way to the okinawa islands. Were talking about very active weather as we go into sunday, monday and tuesday, extending from ishigaka into naha and prepare now as the system will be bringing all this rain as we go into the first part of the week. Atsani packing winds of 80 to 152 and pressure is expected to drop even further and becoming a violent typhoon making its way to the islands and even though the central circulation may not be over the islands, its expected to bring all the moisture and strong winds and high waves in the process, so, please, make sure youre preparing for this as we go into the weekend. Now were talking about a different type of weather theirio as we go to north america. Eastern half of the United States seeing instability from all this moisture coming in from the south, so lots of rain and thunderstorms expected, but the west is very, very dry. Let me show you some video coming out of Washington State. Were talking about a fire. In fact, lots of wildfires taking place here, and sadly three Fire Fighters in Washington State died, and four others were injured while battling this wildfire. More than 1,500 people were forced to flee from their homes and fires scorched more than 100,000 hectares of land across the western u. S. Military personnel are working to help drop flame retardants and assist locals with protecting their homes. Nearly 95 large fires are occurring in the western u. S. With a majority in idaho, oregon and california, and the setup is going to continue to remain dry with heat for the western side of the United States. Again, dry. Were seeing a little bit of a cooloff with highs in the low 20s as opposed to near 30 degrees but thats not going to help with the situation until we see some more rain. That rain actually is further to the east. Were looking at strong gusts with a possibility of flash flooding and large hail as a cold front pushes east. Behind it were actually expecting more refreshing temperatures. Temperatures should be dropping off just a bit. From toronto to miami, thunderstorms and wet weather and dry further towards the west. Now, wrapping things up with a look at europe. Looking at active weather down to the south as a low pressure system continues to move over the balkan peninsula. We have another oncoming system into the British Isles so london expect clouds for thursday with a high of 222 degrees. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Here is your extended outlook. Senegal is aiming to export some of its eightlegged delicacies to the japanese market. The International Seafood and Technology Expo is being held in tokyo. Officials with the senegal government underscored the high quality and flavor of the countrys octopus. Visitors were treated to sashimi and takoyaki. A ballshaped savory pan king containing small pieces of octopus. Translator our octopus is excellent, and i believe it will be highly rated by the japanese clients. Japans seafood industry has its eyes on the west african nation as imports from morocco and mauritania have been declining in recent years. And on that savory note we end this hours newsline. Im james tengan in tokyo. Thanks for watching. It is 1 00 in paris. Nchor you are watching france 24. U. K. Have signed a new security deal in a bid to curb the migrant crisis in calais. Lets tune into the press conference given by the French Interior minister. Criticizing foreign governments for allegedly doing nothing. Describing migrants as insurgents and profiteers. Call for border controls reintroduced. In