Missing, and about 70 injured. Power outages have hit nearly 30,000 households and ten prefectures. Local authorities have issued evacuation orders or advisories to over 900,000 people. Airlines canceled more than 600 domestic flights. The conditions are causing disruptions to other businesses, as well. Mitsubishi motors has decided to suspend operations at four of its factories in western and central japan to protect workers safety. Weather officials are issuing warnings for heavy rain and strong winds. The storm is approaching central japan. That has forced authorities in nagano prefecture to suspend the search for mountain climbers lost in the eruption of mt. Ontake. Search operations have been canceled for monday and tuesday. On sunday over 1,000 people searched for the seven climbers unaccounted for since september 27th. Rescuers near the summit found clothing and what appeared to be human remains which police are dna testing. 56 people have been confirmed dead. Officials say it is the deadliest volcanic disaster in the countrys postwar history. Volcanic ash has accumulated in municipalities at the foot of the volcano. That has raised fears of mudslides. Another storm swept through honshu eight days ago triggering a small mudslide in a river near the volcano. Vongfong continues to make its way through japan causing damage and prompting evacuations. Our meteorologist jonathan oh joins us with the details. Jonathan . Yes, we are continuing to monitor vongfong as it moves across japan. I want to point out to you that while this system is very, very large, it is still packing quite a punch. It has been downgraded to a severe tropical storm. But in the process, still bringing lots of rain, because of the moisture coming in from the southern end of the system. And as we go throughout the overnight period monday night into tuesday, this system is expected to clear, at least in terms of the center of circulation, off of honshu and off of japan as we go throughout the day tuesday. But, the wraparound moisture will still be bringing rain and some windy conditions, at least for the morning hours. I want to give you the perspective of how much rain fell during a 48hour period as vongfong moved through the area in parts of kyushu, 521 millimeters of rainfall just in that twoday span. 451 millimeters of rainfall fell and on the smaller islands up to 163 kilometer per hour gusts were reported. These are some very powerful winds. As we go throughout the next 24 hours were still looking at rainfall totals anywhere from 200 to 300 millimeters of rain as far north as the tohoku region. Wind gusts up to 162 Kilometers Per Hour possible as we go throughout tuesday. So we will continue to monitor this system as it moves to the north and east. By the time we go in to later tuesday, it looks like japan will be clear of this particular system. Well take a look at the rest of World Weather coming up in just a bit. The Health Care Worker in the United States has been confirmed to have contracted ebola. This comes as the medical profession faces a major challenge of preventing ebola infections among Health Workers. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention announced on sunday that the woman works at a hospital in dallas, texas. The first is that, unfortunately, it is possible, in the coming days, that we will see additional cases of ebola. Cdc director tom frieden blames the infection on a breach of protocol but he ruled out the risk of others outside the hospital becoming infected with ebola. The Health Worker, who is not named, was caring for ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at the hospital. Duncan died of ebola on wednesday after returning from liberia and developing symptoms in the u. S. The Health Worker was isolated immediately after becoming slightly feverish on friday. Her condition is said to be stable. Police have sealed off an area around the caregavers home in dallas, and told people to stay away. Workers in protective suits disinfected her home. U. S. President barack obama has urged federal authorities to take immediate additional steps to ensure that hospitals and Health Care Providers nationwide follow correct protocols in dealing with ebola patients. The u. S. Government is turning to twitter to urge people to remain calm. It points out ebola is not an airborne disease. Donors have pledged 5. 4 billion in aid to help rebuild the gaza strip. The territory was devastated by the fighting between israel and hamas this past summer. An International Donor conference in gaza took place in cairo on sunday. Among the delegates for more than 60 countries and territories were u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and japanese senior vice foreign minister yasuhide nakayama. U. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon also attended. Qatar promised 1 billion in aid, while the United States promised 212 million, japan pledged 20 million. The 50day conflict is believed to have destroyed 18,000 homes in gaza. Little progress has been made in removing debris since both sides agreed to a ceasefire in august. Israel banned the shipment of Construction Materials into gaza out of concern the materials might be used for military purposes. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko plans to appoint a new defense minister ahead of a parliamentary election. Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of his defense minister. Translator i had to accept generals resignation in the position of defense minister of ukraine. Tomorrow ill suggest to the parliament a new minister of defense. Theres no need to waste time for this voting. I expect it will be on tuesday, october 14th. Poroshenko says he is confident the appointment will lead to an improvement in the companys defense capabilities. Hes been blamed for allowing prorussian militants to score gains in a deadly battle in late august. The president is believed to be hoping the defense chiefs replacement will deflect criticism and strengthen support for his administration before the election gets under way on october 26th. Russian troops have returned to their bases after completing a military drill near the border with ukraine. President Vladimir Putin gave the order on saturday to 17,000 personnel in the rostov region. Russian soldiers have been stationed in Border Regions since the Ukrainian Government and prorussian forces in ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in early september. Putin will meet this week with ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on the sidelines of a meeting of asian and european leaders in italy. The pullback is seen as an attempt by putin to show that hes trying to ease tensions in Eastern Ukraine before the meeting begins. Islamic islamist Extremist Group boko haram has released 27 hostages who were kidnapped in may and july but more than 200 school girls in nigeria have yet to be released, six months after they were abducted by the groups militants. The cameroon government said on saturday the released hostages had been moved to the capital. They include ten Chinese Workers and the wife of cameroons vice Prime Minister amadou ali. But the officials did not disclose details of how they were released. Boko haram has been carrying out attacks mainly in Northern Nigeria. The group is trying to expand its influence in neighboring cameroon. Its militants took the girls from a school in Northern Nigeria in april. Theyre still being held captive despite an International Campaign for their release. People in brazil will choose their next president later this month in a runoff election. Theyre looking for someone who will turn around the economy. Theyre being told the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro will give the country a boost. But they were told the same thing about this years world cup. Nhk worlds fabio fleury reports from sao paulo. Reporter this stage was used in the world cup finals. It cost around 225 million to build. Many local teams have been using this world cup stadium as their home field, but this is a Third Division match, not many people have come today. Originally, various local events were to take place here after the world cup. But its only used about once a week. It is getting more costly. Translator the cost was just too high. And there wasnt enough planning. Reporter prices in brazil surged amid the rush to build stadiums and hotels. House rents also increased. Some 2,000 people are illegally residing on this property. These people are building homes. This woman is one of them. She says that they have no choice but to break the law, as they cant afford the rent elsewhere. She says shes disappointed with politics. As the world cup has made her life even harder. Translator the economy has faltered. The candidates keep on saying they will improve our lives but theres no sign this will happen. Reporter the brazilian economy used to grow by about 5 a year, driven in part by its automobile market, the worlds fourth largest. But, this year, new car sales dropped by nearly 10 compared to last year. The decline has affected employment. In september, this auto plant sent nearly 20 of its workers home for six months. If the economy doesnt pick up, the workers may lose their jobs permanently. This man is among those on forced leave. His wife is expecting a baby in five months. Hes worried about the future. As there is no guarantee he can return to work. Translator if you were on leave from work, you could stay with me while i give birth to our first child, so cheer up. Translator theres nothing to worry about if the Company Keeps its promise to pay us. What i fear mostly is a company can dump me if they dont need me anymore. I can do is to hope that the economy improves after the president ial election. Reporter the unexpected downturn of brazils economy will certainly have an impact on the outcome of the countrys president ial election. Fabio fleury, nhk world, sao paulo. Pakistanis in Malala Yousafzais hometown are celebrating her Nobel Peace Prize. They say the award is a victory for Girls Education over taliban violence. About 300 people, including members of civic groups promoting education in northwestern pakistans swat valley shared a large cake. They then marched through the streets holding banners that read congratulations, you are the pride of pakistan. They called for peace in the swat valley and throughout the country. They renounce all acts of terrorism that deprive children of the opportunity to receive an education. Translator i think malalas Nobel Peace Prize will help many children attend schools, and provide more Educational Opportunities for girls. At 17 years old malala is the youngestever nobel laureate. She was recognized for her efforts promoting the rights of pakistani women and children to receive an education. Many farmers in northeastern japan are struggling more than three years after the nuclear accident. Theyve had trouble finding buyers, even when tests show their products are safe from radiation. Now tea farmers in one village are trying to turn their bitter experience into sweet success. Nhk world explains. Reporter farmers in kunoho iwate prefecture are proud of the locally produced amachi tea. The drink is sweet and caffeine free. Few people drink it, even on special occasions. Its mostly used as an ingredient in medicines. Translator its sweet. Reporter a local cooperative supplies the organically grown tea to a Natural Medicine company for several decades. The company use it as ingredients in making a freshener. Its bought up 70 of the annual amache production. Everything changed three years ago. The accident at the Fukushima Nuclear plant melted down and fears about radiation spread. The Company Became concerned about contamination of the leaves. It walked out of the deal, even though the results of radioactivity tests were negative. Mitsuhiro akimoto is a local saler. He faced a predicament. Translator weve tried to convince the companies that our product is safe, but they didnt accept it. Reporter akimoto visited whalesalers around the country. He took part in promotional events, and trade fares. But his efforts failed to produce results. When it seemed all hope was gone salvation came from overseas. The amache won a gold medal in the uk food contest. It was chosen from more than 8,000 products. Akimoto suddenly realized people still enjoyed amache as an everyday drink. To boost sales, he sought out the advice of a green tea expert. He wanted to improve the teas quality. Translator why dont you increase the inner temperature to 90 degrees. Translator wow, its much higher than before. Translator i think this process will enhance the flavor. Reporter akimoto had another idea to boost the teas popularity. Tea bags. They discussed what the bags should be made of, and how much of the leaves to include. Translator tea bags are becoming more popular than tea pots. Consumers are shifting their choice. Translator i agree with you. I would like to do all we can to create a sustainable market for amache. Reporter the first amache tea bags will appear on store shelves next year. Translator sales of amache are still at a cross roads because of consumer concerns. But ill never give up. Well work hard to distribute our special tea, not only in japan, but around the world. Reporter akimoto hopes to expand the Customer Base in japan, and abroad. He knows that the revival of the amacha tea tried will serve as a symbol of recovery from the 2011 disaster. Nhk world, iwate. An International Treaty on sharing the benefits from biological resources went into effect on sunday. The Nagoya Protocol was signed by 50 countries. It was developed in the japanese city of nagoya and aims to ensure the Fair Distribution of benefits from medicines and other products developed from natural resources. Developing countries often provide such resources while developed nations make the products. Japan chaired the conference but has yet to sign the treaty because of slow progress in creating necessary domestic frameworks. Environment Ministry Officials say they hope to sign the treaty soon, and start implementing the frameworks next year. Silkworms in japanese labs are spinning a new kind of fabric. Theyve been genetically engineered to produce silk that glows. And researchers hope the worms will help revitalize the industry that played a big role in the modernization of japan. Reporter the splendid colors of a magnificent kimono. What makes this piece so special is the threads of silk are luminescent. Theyre the result of a Research Project that could revolutionize japans silk industry. The project is led by the National Institute of agra biological studies. Researchers manipulated the genes of silkworms by introducing genes from other life forms into their eggs. They succeeded in producing the silkworm with new characteristics. Translator we inserted the genes that provide the phosphorescence in jellyfish and coral. Thats why the yarn glows. Reporter heres one of the silkworms born from this manipulation. When light of a specific wave length is projected onto it, the warms body emits an orange color. The glow comes from the silk thread inside the worms body. Its luminescent like some types of jellyfish and coral. Fabric made from this thread could produce all kinds of products with high added value. Ranging from glowing garments to original lampshades. In the 1930s, there were more than 2 million silk farms across the country. But the growing availability of artificial fibers, and increased international competition, led to the decline of japanese silk. Only 500 silk farms remain active in japan. Their owners are pinning high hopes on the potential of this technology. Translator its very attractive for us. But it also means higher costs. And its not like we would be free to grow these silkworms anywhere. The process involves gene manipulation so it requires the authorization of the agriculture ministry. Production would be limited to specific farms. Reporter one necessary precaution is to make absolutely sure that genetically modified organisms dont breed with natural species. Researchers at the institute are working hard to turn this futuristic prong ektd into reality. Once the process is determined to be safe, they hope to make their modified variety of silkworms available to farms, and put their idea into practical use within a few years. The potential of genetic manipulation is not limited to silk that glows. One example is this garment that incorporates the characteristics of spider thread. Translator introducing the genes of spider thread makes the fabric 20 stronger and 30 more stretchy. Theres a whole range of possibilities. For example in setting the genes with the kind of thread thats produced underwater by Aquatic Insects could make a garment more water resistant. Our aim is to produce a type of material that can only be made with japanese technology, and we hope a revival of the silk industry. Reporter the question now is whether these 21st century worms will be enough to give hope to japans ailing silk industry. Classical music fans in kosovo have enjoyed a performance by a local orchestra. The group played Musical Instruments provided by japan under its official Development Aid program. The orchestra had been struggling from a shortage of instruments due to an ethnic conflict in the 1990s. The kosovo phil harmonic orchestra held a concert on sunday in the capital pristina. The program included piece of saintsaens and tchaikovsky under the baton of the principal conductor toshio yanagisawa. The orchestra had to suspend its performances after many of the instruments were damaged in the ethnic conflict. Even after resuming activities in 2000 the group had to borrow instruments. The japanese government hopes its assistance can tap into the universal appeal of music to promote reconciliation among different ethnic groups. Orchestra members are eager to perform with a diverse range of fellow musicians. Our meteorologist jonathan oh is back with the rest of the World Weather, including details on Severe Weather hitting the United States. Jonathan. Thats correct. Yes, we are continuing to monitor this complex of storms that has battered areas from texas, oklahoma, and even as far east as parts of tennessee. What is happening is, a low pressure system is really developing itself ahead of that warm moisture thats really saturating the atmosphere. Whenever you have cold air filtering behind it, it gives a really big punch. And when that happens, you open up the skies, and you start seeing some Severe Weather. We are talking about numerous wind damage reports. And also hail size as large as a half dollar in some cases. So these are some pretty large hail that are falling. Thankfully, so far we havent seen much in terms of tornado reports. In fact we havent had any tornado reports from sunday. Now as we go through monday the risk for tornadoes does remain, especially for this area highlighted in red. You are under a moderate risk for Severe Weather from the western portion of tennessee in areas like memphis down into parts of mississippi, louisiana, and also into arkansas. So look out for the possibility of seeing strong winds. Thats the primary threat here, with some large hail and isolated tornado. But the threat also lingers for slight risk all the way up to places like indiana and also illinois and as far south as alabama and also again in eastern texas, as a lookout for that. And then once this front clears the area for here, the eastern seaboard of the United States will need to look out for the possibility of some Severe Weather. Back to the west we are seeing some drier conditions with sunny skies. But much colder. Look at the 16 in denver, 14 in winnipeg. Again rain and storms from chicago, Oklahoma City and also to houston as we go throughout monday. Wrapping things up with a look at europe we do have some flash flooding concerns for northern portions of italy, as we have a low thats spinning and bringing all this rain into western europe. We have another low off the coast thats also coming onshore and thats going to bring that next chance for some rain for the iberian peninsula. Madrid, lisbon, youll see a high of 18 with a chance for some rain. Also rain into parts of london. Meanwhile, High Pressure back toward the east, bringing some drier weather as we go through monday. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Heres your extended outlook. Residents of chichibu city north of tokyo have a unique way of giving thanks for the autumn harvest. People launched handmade rockets into the sky. The traditional festival dates back 400 years. The rockets are made from pine trees, logs are hollowed out and filled with explosives. The instructions for building the rockets are handed down from generation to generation. The crowd cheered as some of the rockets set off fireworks while others released small parachutes. Translator its spectacular to see them going up. We all cheered when they explode in the sky. Some of the rockets flew as high 300 meters. Thats newsline for this hour. Im gene otani in tokyo. You scuffles break nnw protestsbreak out in in hong kong. The protests now in its third week. The death toll from the cable outbreak passes 4000. E evil outbreak passes 4000 the Ebola Outbreak passes 4000. Oscar pistorius set to find out whether he will spend time in jail or walk out a free man, over the killing of his girlfriend, re