Fire stations are receiving numerous reports of flooding and damage. In this area near a river, many houses have been flooded. Our meteorologist robert speta joins us with more on the storm. A lot of people are going to be heading out to work this morning, especially in western japan. We are seeing some delays out there on the roadway, also trains and even towards kochi prefecture. Delays at the airports as well. This came onshore in southern kyushu. An all time record rainfall for that we have people having been asked or rainshowers across most of japan today. I think the rainfall threat is going to be one of the biggest issues with this. Towards tokyo, over 150 millimeters is possible. Upwards about 300 millimeters. Then were also talking about that landslide threat. And already in eastern kyushu we have extreme risk of landslides where that storm system came onshore and wrapped around, pushing that moisture there. I expect this to cascade toward the northeast as we look ahead through the afternoon, including into coach chee and eventually into the region. The winds ar big issue, going to continue to gust, the highest toward shikoku 162 kilometers per hour. Should end by midday as we go through tuesday. Kinki is going to kick and up central japan the big threat is rain through wednesday. Thanks very much, robert speta will be back later on with more. A man suspected of carrying out a weekend bombing in new york city has been arrested after a shootout with police. Ahmad khan rahami was wounded during the gun fight in the state of new jersey and was taken to hospital. Two officers were also shot. Their wounds are not thought to be lifethreatening. Rahami is a u. S. Citizen of afghan descent whose last known address was in new jersey. On saturday night, a Pressure Cooker bomb packed with shrapnel exploded in new york, wounding 29 people. None seriously. Another bomb was found nearby unexploded. On the same day a pipe blom blew up in new jersey but no one was injured. Then on sunday night five explosive devices were found in a trash can near a Railway Station in new jersey. One exploded while investigators were using a robot to dispose of it but no one was injured. Police are investigating whether the new jersey bombs were linked to the blast in new york. World leaders have gathered in new york for the United Nations general assembly. They have come up with a plan to tackle the refugee and migrant crisis. They met at a special session on monday. Earlier i spoke with nhk worlds Kozue Hamamoto whos covering the event. I started by asking her the outcome of the session. Reporter leaders agreed unanimously to adopt the new york declaration which aims to save the lives of refugees and migrants and better share responsibilities. The declaration was adopted amid the worst refugee crisis in over 70 years. The United Nations Refugee Agency says over 65 million are forcibly displaced from their homes. United nations secretarygeneral ban kimoon called for immediate action. Todays summit represents a breakthrough in our collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility. More people than ever are on the move. Some fleeing war, others to seek opportunity. Refugees themselves raised their voices, urging leaders to treat the issue with urgency. We are living on the edge of hell. We have been waiting for so long for the day that the world would hear our voice. I hope its today. If World Leaders today are unable to find a solution for the refugee crisis and the syrian crisis, then this summit is no different from all other conferences. Turkey is one of many countries hosting record numbers of refugees facing social and economic pressures. The nation asks the International Community to share the burden. Our unilateral efforts cannot be sufficient to cope with this global problem. We have to say loud and clear that the world needs a better strategy to deal with irregular migration and to fight the traffickers. And we need it urgently. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe responded to the call by spending 2. 8 billion over the next three years to help support refugees and host countries. Experts say by addressing the issue collectively, the new york declaration was a huge step. But some ngos say more specific measures are needed. This statement does not provide any specific mechanisms by which host countries have to respect specific International Principles like the right to seek asylum. Nor does it provide an accountabilitysharing mechanism whereby other states have to contribute to alleviate the needs of those individuals. Kozue, what will be the focus of this years debate by World Leaders . Reporter the general debate by heads of state is the most colorful event of the u. N. U. S. President barack obama will make his eighth and his last speech on tuesday. One of his top goals is a World Without nuclear weapons. The u. S. Has submitted a draft resolution to the u. N. Security council that calls on all Member States to refrain from nuclear tests. When obama made a historic visit to hiroshima last may, he reiterated his aim. Among those nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear. And pursue a World Without them. Japanese Prime Minister abe will speak on wednesday. He will call for a new resolution against north korea. Hell also press japans long longstanding bid to become a permanent member of the security council. Japan celebrates its 60th anniversary as a member of the u. N. This year. Abe sees it as a Good Opportunity to push his agenda. Kozue hamamoto in new york. Well have more courage in from the u. N. Throughout the week. Check out whats making headlines in business. Investors will be keep an eagle eye on some important Central Bank Meetings this week. At i uchida joins us from our b ichi biz team. The policy decisions from the u. S. Federal reserve, the bank of japan, all the focus this week. Japans central bank, they will make a comprehensive review of its Monetary Policy during a twoday meeting starting tuesday. Boj policymakers will take a long, hard look at whether they should continue their current monetary easing measures and whether they need to expand them. Its been more than three years since the boj launched that strategy to boost the japanese economy, but Consumer Prices havent risen. The central bank introduced a negative Interest Rate policy in february, but some economists say thats caused bank profits to fall and Consumer Confidence to worsen. Boj governor kuroda said earlier this month theres still ample scope to push the Interest Rate further into negative territory. Policymakers are also expected to discuss whether they should set a new time frame for achieving their 2 inflation target. Their current goal is in about two years. Now along with the boj the Federal Reserve will also announce its decision later on wednesday. So jittery movements are expected in the Global Markets ahead of these policy meetings. On monday, u. S. Markets ended flat. Both the Dow Jones Industrial average and the techheavy nasdaq closing just a touch lower. Now lets see how tokyo markets are opening. Were going to go to Ramin Mellegard for that at the tokyo stock exchange. Good morning, ramin. Tell us what youre seeing over there. Good morning to you, ai. Markets playing catchup after the Public Holiday on monday. As you mentioned its all about the Central Bank Meetings this week. The Federal Reserve, and of course the bank of japan. And maybe more focus on the bank of japan as very few are actually expecting any move by the Federal Reserve, so that really puts a focus mostly on the boj. Lets take a look at how the nikkei and the topix are kicking off this tuesday, september 20th. Both indexes in the negative in the first few minutes of trading. Just a reminder, the nikkei fell 2. 6 last week. And it was its biggest weekly loss since early july. With the dollar having retreated from a twoweek high. We may also see further hesitancy among exporter shares this morning. After recent mixed Economic Data on japan, some Market Players are speculating further policy moves by the boj to boost inflation. Thats really one of the main focuses the Market Players are looking at. And that includes perhaps includes cutting rates further into negative and also moves along the yield curve in order to help a lot of the major banks, banks profits, which have been hurt during this negative Interest Rate policy period. So theyre looking really for any signs or moves by the boj. I want to touch on rebounding crude oil prices as well after word from venezuelas president on sunday that an agreement between opec and nonopec countries is close to reaching a deal on price stability. That sent crude oil prices higher. You did mention the holiday for stock markets here on monday. We did at the same time see a drop in the dollar. Give us the levels this tuesday morning. Weve seen a continued volatility in the dollar yen right now at 101. 88. Its gone through some volatility, not helped by conflicting words from fed officials, either talking down a rate hike as we heard from lyle brennard, or talking it up from hawkish officials. Data has dampened expectation forth a rate hike this week as we saw last retail sales report showing slowing growth for august. Lets have a look at asiapacific markets that are open right now. Seouls kospi is in the negative. Sydn sydneys s p asx200 in the negative. A Technical Glitch halted trading in sydney on monday. China markets open in an hour and a half. Shanghai ended higher yesterday after last weeks midautumn holidays. So well see how all of that trades in a couple of hours. And a little bit of a guessing game as to what the Central Banks may do. Back to you. Sounds good, ramin, thanks for that update. Samsung electronics has started the first phase of a global recall of its galaxy note 7 smartphone following reports of its battery catching fire. Users in south korea were the first to get free replacements on monday. The tech giant says it has revamped the battery for the device. The model just hit the market last month. It was sold in ten countries and territories. The company says its recalling 2. 5 million devices globally. The recall is scheduled to start wednesday in the united states. Samsung says it will offer users who opt to keep their unfixed phones an Automated Software update that will limit Battery Charging to 60 to prevent overheating. The global recall is a setback for samsung, which is in fierce competition with apple and other manufacturers for the smartphone market. Toke yoes Haneda Airport is set to expand its capacity. The aim is to handle more International Flights as the city counts down to hosting the 2020 olympic games. Transport Ministry Officials plan to increase International Flights to and from haneda to cope with an expect rise in foreign visitors, but expansion of the Current International terminal will not be enough to deal with the increased passengers. Ministry official and the terminal operator have now decided to extend one of the airports two domestic terminals to handle International Flights. Immigration counters and dutyfree shops will be built. Construction is set to begin next fiscal year. The extra area for International Flights is expected to Begin Service in march 2020. That is ahead of the summer games. Now its time to take a quick look at our Global Economic calendar for the week. As we mentioned earlier, investors will be keeping their eyes fixed on policy meetings at the Central Banks of two major economies, bank of japan officials wrap up a twoday meeting on wednesday, u. S. Federal reserve policymakers will be announcing their decision on the same day. The focus there is whether they decide to raise Interest Rates. On wednesday, japanese officials announce supermarket sales for august. And on the same day well learn the number of foreign visitors arriving in japan. Julys results set a monthly record. The weekends with singapores Consumer Price index for august. In todays of expert view we hear from takeshi shimosh, while the fed ponders a rate move boj will be reviewing the effectiveness of policy decision. Their report will also have to note some unforeseen challenges. The boj will insist that they created a better cycle from corporate profits to expenditur expenditures. On the other hand, they also pointed out some unexpected challenges. And that challenges includes unexpected fall in oil prices. Japans inflation remains well below the bojs target of 2 . Shinono says officials may decide to abandon the time frame for achieving their goal. We dont think the bo jchj abandons 2 efficient target. Boj will continue to try to achieve the inflation target as early as possible but they may drop an explicit period to achieve the inflation target. Many market experts are predicting additional easing measures at the meeting. Shinono is not one of them. We actually expect no change in policy at this september meeting. It what is the market is expecting. But we actually expect it to happen in the october meeting. So not this time. We think the fund can deepen the interest right by as much as minus 0. 5 . So by 10 basis points by the meeting and four times in a year. Ill have more headlines in business next hour. For now, a check on markets. Jpop bands have fans around the world. Here in japan two dozen artists are paying tribute to its pioneers, the peanuts. The twin sisters were nonstop hitmakers in their day. Nhk worlds marie anaka lets us in on some of the secrets of their success. Reporter this is one of the peanuts most famous songs. It sets seductive lyrics with a latin rhythm. This live tv performance with a big band was one of their high points. Reporter this songwriter was part of many memorable records. He once told nhk what sets this the tune apart. The tribute album just came out this month. It features 24 popular female vocalists performing in 12 duos. Two of the voices on the album belong to members of the idol group amori zed. Kanako momota was born in 1994. They sing love feuds of fan favorites. Reporter this song was the mothra. The mop administer it ranks as one of the countrys most famous film tunes. On the tribute, this actress and singer gave the song a punchy delivery, accompanied by a voice actress. These two young japanese girls, their nickname is the peanuts. Lets have a nice welcome for them. Reporter in 1966, they appeared on the ed sullivan show, the program that had brought Elvis Presley and the beatles into americas living rooms. In 1975, they announced their retirement. A few months later they gave a farewell concert. They never appeared in public again. Miyagawas son recalled an episode at a musical retrospective held in honor of his late father, the composer. Translator that was really the sound of the 60s, a big band with 18 musicians including four trumpets, four trombones and five saxes. They played the peanuts song. Reporter she visited the retrospective and visited him in his dressing room. Decades had passed since they last met. Reporter akira, i wish my sister could have listened to the music we heard today. She said each word very slowly. We had to quit because that style of music was over. Reporter though the peanuts themselves are no longer around, their armny lives on. Marie anaka, nhk world. Lets take a look at the weather. People in southern japan are dealing with damage and flooding as a typhoon rips through the region. Our meteorologist robert speta joins us again with the latest. This is still moving across western areas. Actually right near shikoku at this time. As it does continue to move through its going to still bring heavy rainfall out here and some gusty winds. The high is going to be around 160 kilometers per hour. Were going to see about 300 millimeters of rainfall still there. The kinki region. We have that frontal area ahead of this. Even over toward tokyo the storm system is back toward the west but tokyo is seeing scattered showers throughout the morning into the afternoon, even the evening hours as this pushes overhead. The good news is if you want drier, cooler weather its on its way. As the storm system moves along its going to be pulling in cool, northerly winds behind it. You can see on our 24hour precipitation outlook, look at that clear right up. Western areas for recovery out here, as people start to get back to their normal routine on wednesday, definitely going to be a lot drier. Even over towards seoul were looking at clear conditions, sunny skies. A high of 27. Tokyo, rainfall today, cool, 22 for the high. Beijing at 26. Shanghai at 26. Southwestern china still recovering from that landslide this past week. Youre going to be looking at some scattered rainfall as well, unfortunately, going ahead into tuesday. Lets see whats going on in the americas. We actually have a tropical system just off the coast of the baja peninsula. That is going to be continuing to move off toward the north. The good news, dont expect this to make landfall as a hurricane here into the west coast of mexico. But still could bring some scattered showers out across this area. Back towards the north, cold front diving in out of ontario. Thats going to bring some strong thunderstorms, possibility of some severe thunderstorm watches across parts of the great lakes region, maybe even delays at a few of the airports as this moves ahead over there towards new england. Then in the in and out east another frontal area still bringing scattered showers. Really mainly along coastal areas from d. C. Down through the carolinas, even parts of florida. Take a look at your temperatures though. Staying cool in the north. Winnipeg a high of 22. Chicago at 24. Denver warming up a little bit. It is very dry and that threat of fire weather. 31, partly cloudy skies. The possibility maybe of a thunderstorm or two into los angeles. Something to watch out for. Then if we take a look at europe, its going to be staying cool, exceptionally cooler. Take a look at temperatures here. Stockholm 17. Moscow 11 on tuesday. Heres your extended outlook. Taking a look at our lead story once again, reports of damage and flooding are coming in as a typhoon rips through parts of southern japan. Weather officials are warning of the possibility of landslides and more flooding. Officials say that typhoon malakas remains strong as it moves up the coast of japan. High winds turned over this truck in kagoshima prefecture, causing it to bring down some utility poles. The driver was reportedly able to escape without any injuries. Fire stations in neighboring miyazaki prefecture say theyre receiving numerous reports of flooding and damage. In this area near a river, many houses have been flooded. Well keep an eye on the situation there and bring you more updates as they come in. That wraps up this edition of nhk newsline. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Thanks for joining us. Announcer euromaxx highlights, and heres your host, carlos mcconnie. Carlos hello there, friends thanks for tuning in. Weve had an interesting week of euromaxx, and im here to bring you the highlights. Here is a taste of what we will enjoy during the next halfhour. Carlos catching the wind dutch inventor theo jansen and his moving sculptures. Taming of nature british designer gavin munro grows furniture from the ground up. Cooking up a storm Peter Maria Schnurr is the german chef of the year. Lets get started with a day at the beach in the netherlands. Artist teo yansens imagination
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