South. State run media said leader kim jongun ordered troops stationed along tmz to be ready. Korean news agency said kim called a meeting with the Workers Party of korea. The Commission Approved military operations, if no other options were available. The report said kim ordered troops along the tmz to go into a semiwar state beginning at 5 00 p. M. Local time on friday. It would be the first time in over 20 years for such an order to be given. In 1993 former leader kim jongil ordered leaders to enter a semiwar state in response to a joint u. S. South korea military drill. North korea fired projectiles across tmz. South korea said they fired more than 20 artillery rounds toward the north in response. They said the north korean attack apparently target add loud speaker in the south that has been glaring antipyongyang propaganda. North Korean Military officials then warned they would launch military operations unless south stopped crossborder transmissions by 5 00 p. M. Saturday. They also sent another message to their south korean counterparts. They said they were prepared to work to contain the situation and clear a path to improving relations with the south. Share prices in tokyo hit with a wave of selling. Nikkei average went into a nosedive going below 20,000. Now to the tokyo stock exchange. Thank you very much. Definitely after the plunge we saw global indexes, especially chinas indexes, investor here taking very few chances. We saw selling across the board. Lets have a look at exact closing levels for nikkei and tom isaac. Nikkei closing 19,435 down, tom isaac 1,573 down just over 3 . Nikkei hitting its lowest intraday level today since july 9th at chinas economic slowdown weighing heavily consentment. One analyst said china may be bearing down on Federal Reserve in u. S. Over raising rates at the same time also keeping a close eye on plunging stocks globally because of concerns over chinas slowing growth. With the stocks falling we also saw the dollar retreating as well to its lowest level against the yen since mid july. That, of course, weighed heavily on a lot of key exporters coming up there. Nintendo, toyota, chipmaker Tokyo Electron among some big names. Interestingly shares in the Energy Sector which had been pummeled pretty much this week saw a little bit of a rebound. Looking at jx holdings which had been trading positive early on came in for a touch of selling closing in the negative. Investors heading into next week, the last trading week of august amid a lot of concerns about slowing growth in china and the effect that is having on overall Market Sentiment for stocks. That seems to be the dominant factor playing through markets right now. Thats all for me. Back to you in the studio. Thanks for the update from the tokyo stock exchange. Chinese stocks were hammered by data showing factory activity had plunged. The shanghai composite closed at 3,507 losing 4. 2 . The index dropped 11. 5 for the week. It was the worst weekly loss for the benchmark in seven weeks. The smaller shenzhen composite followed suit. Shenzhen dropped more than 5 and hong kong stocks fell 1. 5 . Fears of an economic slowdown spread across asia pacific region. Sydneys axx drofd 4 . The index has been sliding all we and tensions with north korea added to the sharp decline today pushing to its lowest in two years. Ministers from 12 countries walked away from their latest meeting this month without a deal for a transpacific partnership. Japans minister in charge of tpp talks expects to meet again as early as next month. Economic revitalization minister akira amari would try to speed up the next round of talks. Translator working level negotiation on unresolved issues are under way. We will consider an agenda for the next ministerial meeting while keeping an eye on the outcome of these discussions. Amari noted japanese officials will try to get the talks resumed soon so participating countries remain committed to concluding a deal. He said participants should feel a sense of urgency and try to narrow down the issues in specified timeframe. Managers in japans Construction Industry have a problem, a shortage of workers. Work continues to rebuild from the 2011 earthquake and orders are flooding in ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Nhk World Reports on some hightech solutions. Reporter a new hotel is going up in tokyo. The construction crew is hard at work. The kind of work that puts bodies to the test. Translator this is hard on my back president at construction site sometimes jobs are physically too demanding. The number of construction workers in japan since 1997 at 4. 5 million. At last count it was down almost 1 million. Managers at the Company Building the hotel say they have a solution. Workers will strap on this device invented by a startup firm. It takes the heavy out of heavy lifting. Im about to lift something thats more than half of my weight with this support. Lets give a try. Its heavy but not as hard as i thought. It feels like someone is pushing at my lower back. Reporter it all works automatically. The body picked up, the device uses this data to support the user in bending and raising the lower back. According to its maker the robotic suit can make a heavy object feel up to 40 lighter. Translator if we can alleviate the burden of carrying heavy stuff, workers can concentrate on areas that need their expertise. Reporter as for this, work is a requirement. This worker inspecting conditions on wall tile in an apartment building. These inspections are mandatory. Damaged tile can peel off the wall causing a hazard to pedestrian. The 2011 earthquake created even more demand for tile checks. The damage is often hidden. Changes in temperature and humidity cause tiles and the material underneath them to expand or shrink. Over time gaps can emerge and the tiles can drop off. The inspectors main tool is a well trained ear. Translator this one sounds normal. Theres no space underneath. But this sound suggests there is a gap and a risk of a tile falling off the wall. A Major Construction firm developed this machine. We checked the tiles one by one at high speed. A hammer taps on the wall as it glides along. A microphone in the robot picks up the sound and the onboard computer identifies damaged tiles. Tiles displayed in white are risky ones. The system also generates a Detailed Analysis showing different degrees of damage. Translator as you can see, robots can do the job fast and create an inspection report accurately and efficiently. We think there is great merit. Reporter Construction Managers say the tight labor market is not a temporary issue. That means the new muscle on the building sight is here to stay. Nhk world. Police in thailand are learning more details about the man they believe is behind mondays deadly explosion in bangkok. They now say he went to the bomb site in a taxi. The explosion at a popular shrine left 20 people dead and 125 wounded. Police say security footage shows the man leaving a backpack with the bomb at this site. They say he entered the taxi 4 miles west of the explosion site. They say the man showed the driver the screen of his mobile phone to indicate his destination. He didnt talk with the driver but spoke on the cell phone in a foreign language. Authorities questioned two other men who and to have provided the suspect with cover as he placed the backpack at the shrine. They say they confirmed one was a tourist and the other his guide. They say neither is linked to the attack. U. S. President barack obama is preparing to welcome president xi jinping to washington in september. Secretary ash carter continues to express concern about chinas construction activities in the south china sea. Its a very serious situation the chinese have created there. Carter says the u. S. Has repeatedly called on china to stop construction in the area. He stressed washingtons commitment to maintain security in the region. The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever International Law permits. China is locked in a sovereignty dispute over Spratly Islands with several governments in defiance, reclaimed seven shoals and built islands. Its constructing a port and airstrip. Many experts believe the site is intended for military use. Paying attention to how the u. S. Will address the situation during xis visit. Set up a Research Unit to analyze chinas military behavior. They say the lack of transparency with chinas military is raising Strong International concern. The officials will establish the division at the National Institute for defense studies. They will use its research to come up with security measures. Chinas increasing its maritime activity in the east and south china seas and its been boosting defense spending 10 almost every year. China hasnt disclosed details of the Defense Budget or specific equipment its military possesses. Officials from Japans Environment Ministry are looking for new ways to encourage house who did and company to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Nhk learned ask the government to budget 370 million in the next fiscal year. Last month the government announced its emigs target for 2030. Calls for 20 reduction. Households and businesses would need to reduce their emissions by about 40 . That number will be difficult to achieve. The draft budget includes subsidiaries for purchasing led bulbs for use in homes and rental housing. Earmarks funds to support Green Building construction by businesses. The officials behind the plans say they hope to increase public involvement in Energy Saving practices. The location has been set for the next Tokyo International conference on african development. The japanese government has chosen kenya for summit venue in hopes of strengthening ties with companies. Will work with related governments to come up with timetable. Suga said faced with many uses enjoying rapid Economic Growth on the back of hits Natural Resources and expanding markets. Translator the next conference will be the first to be held in africa. Japan will deepen discussions with afcan nations on how to overcome their challenges. Were hoping to help in the stainable growth, human security, advance technologies and training personnel. All of the five previous conferences were held in japan. The latest was held in yokohama june 2013. Leaders from about 50 african countries attended. A japanese artist is turning a Traditional Craft into something more modern. Shes creating a new style of calligraphy by using digital technology. She generated quite a buzz at the milan expo in italy. Reporter calligraphy artist put on a Live Performance for 800 people at the milan expo. Her canvas was this 3 meter sheet of paper on which she painted a character of her own creation. It means both mouth and abundance, a reflection of the expos culinary theme. After she returned from italy she spoke to nhk world about her passion for introducing Japanese Culture to the world. People used to think of japan as a top economy but thats no longer the case. I think the time has come when japan needs to convey the world japans culture. Reporter sis yu focuses on create a style both innovative at the same time. Traditional calligraphy alone doesnt translate well overseas. Sisyu uses metal in her work. She makes threedimensional characters from iron and then bathes them in a soft light that creates characters in the shadow. Her work was singled out to represent japan in 2014. The jury awarded her its highest recognition, the gold medal. Sisyu also uses stateoftheart technology in her art. In this multimedia piece, the following characters transform into images representing each characters meme. Sisyu also designed the interior of the japan pavilion at the milan expo. The theme is diversity with a common root. On the screen are various phenomena that exist only in the context of the other, such as light and shade and life and death. And on both sides of the wall ar series of paintings made to resemble japans traditional wood block prints. The sequence of paintings represents how drops of rain begin and finish their lives over the four seasons. Sisyus exhibition has been popular with visitors to the expo. Over half a Million People have seen it so far. Tradition and science. I feel these two things are part of japan. Many messages, messages that can be conflicting. I want to convey the nuance. I hope the people, even if they do not understand japanese will be able to appreciate my works of art. By combining the ancient with the modern, sisyus challenge of introducing japanese calligraphy continues. If only schools could use such a system when teaching chinese characters. World leaders, environmentalist and inventors are scratching their heads over a pollution problem. They have been trying to find a way to deal with plastic garbage patches in our oceans. Now they are offered a solution from one young dutch entrepreneur. He revealed his latest plan in seoul. Reporter trying to rid the oceans of millions of tons of floating plastic. At 20 years old, hes already making a splash with his ambitious plan. Weve developed a method to clean up almost half the Great Pacific garbage patch, this swirling concentration of plastic in the ocean in just 10 years time. Slat got the the idea at the age of 16. He was diving in greece and saw more garbage than fish. People around the world have been fighting against the currents trying to collect the waste. Their methods are slow and costly. Slat studied the five rotating currents. He in vent add way to harness their power using floating barriers. The plastic moves along the barrier towards a platform where it can easily be retrieved. The booms are anchored to the seabed. But because they are not nets, marine life doesnt get traps. What will be your motivation and strength in bringing this project it is today. People told me it couldnt be done. So in a way, that was sort of an extra motivation to try and see if i could come up with a way in which it will be possible. And i would say that im a bit upset by nature, if im working on something, i dont do anything else. Slats project gained attention at the global tech talks. It went viral with nearly 2 million hits. Please dont tell me we cant clean this up together. The project raised 2 million in three months through crowd funding. Slat now has a staff and works with volunteer scientists and engineers. And hes the youngest recipient of the United Nations top environment award. At a Major Technology conference, he revealed the location of the first cleanup. Slat plans to deploy his system next spring to an island off japan. Keep it clean by hand. Actually costs them 5 million each year. Well place in front of the island will intercept part of that debris, costs will likely be saved. So finally whats next for you and the Ocean Cleanup . Our next major project before doing the device near japan is what we call the mega expedition in which we will be sailing with 50 boats from hawaii to california taking more measurements, three weeks time than the past 40 years combined. It will be the largest Ocean Research expedition in history. This should learn exactly how much plastic is in the ocean. Slat says his goal is the war against plastic oceanic please by initiating the largest cleanup in history. Nhk world, seoul. The sooner his ingenius method becomes mainstay, the better. Thanks for that report. Its time for a look at weather with our meteorologist jonathan oh. Typhoon goni will impact taiwan and okinawa. How bad do things look, jonathan . James, it looks pretty serious. Were talking about a very strong typhoon already making its impact and its ability and strength known in the northern philippines. Well talk about that in just a bit. First let me show you the pictures of these two storms out there. Goni near the philippines and atsani near the philippines islands. They are strong storms and continue to show their intensity. Here is a look on friday, northern cost of luzon, clouds all around. Let me point out, something we can look at satellite perspective on visible imagery. Notice how hazy and how kind of milky this area looks rather than clear cloud tops toward the north. That means very strong winds taking place starting to really rip the clouds apart. So we have more of the milky type of perspective. Now, as we look forward in time, yes, the northern coast of the philippines will continue to get impacted with not only strong winds but high waves and heavy rainfall progressing throughout the next 48 hours. This system, goni, will turn north and east, bring lots of heavy rainfall on the eastern side of taiwan, okinawa islands progressing into the first part of next week. We are looking at very strong winds, over 90 Kilometers Per Hour for ishigaki and areas around there and then naha, looking at strong winds progressing over time. Lots of rainfall, a tropical system. Were looking at areas anywhere from 100 to 300 millimeters of rainfall over a short period of time. As the system moves north and east, western japan looking at very wet weather. The instability also continues into japan because atsani toward the east is driving in all of the very warm air full of moisture. Thats going to destabilize the weather pattern over japan over the next few days. Atsani will bring its own intensity over the islands as it goes through the weekend. Already packing winds of 180, gusting to 52, will eventually turn north and east by sunday and moving its way out to sea. But in the meantime, lots of intense weather conditions expected. Ishigaki and naha looking at wet weather saturday. Winds will intensify sunday and into monday. Be prepared for this as we go forward in time. Chchlt hichijima looking at typhoon conditions sunday and things will start to improve as we go through monday and tuesday. Unstable weather in the forecast for europe. We do have unstable weather lingers in the balkan peninsula. Meanwhile High Pressure is bringing warmer conditions for places like scandinavian countries. 1 degree for stockholm friday, 26 in berlin and 29 in paris as we go throughout the day. Now quickly as whats happening over north america, unstable weather continues with thunderstorms expected along the eastern seaboard for canada and also into the deep south. Dry weather continues for the west coast on friday. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Here is your tenday outlook. That wraps it up for us here on newsline. Im going to check out jonathon ohs complex looking tie. X2x2c2c took on the mandate of trying to form a coalition government. Hamstringing the options of alex tsipras who was hoping to speed up the process and have others in power as soon as monday or tuesday. The other formed a breakaway party composed of 25. They have united and could form the third Strongest Party at the moment. That is a huge headache for alex tsipras. The strongest opti
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