Migrants and turkey criticizes the response to the refugee crisis. Fresh face. Japan students and parents attend University Entrance ceremonies with hope and concern. U. S. Researchers say they have detected suspicious activity at a north Korean Nuclear facility. They have zeroed in on a Laboratory Complex used to produce plutonium, the material used in nuclear bombs. The researchers at Johns Hopkins university released what they say are recent satellite images of the complex. They say in recent weeks exhaust plumes were detected from a thermal plant used to reheat the main plutonium reprocessing lab. The plumes may indicate significant activity is or will be under way in the lab. It remains unclear what that activity is. The top u. S. Intelligence official warned in february that north korea could start extracting plutonium at the complex. James clapper said it could happen in a matter of weeks or months. Under an agreement in 2007, north korea disabled the reactor in exchange for international aid. But authorities in pyongyang say last september that the complex had resumed normal operations. South Koreas Defense Ministry says north korea fired three surfacetoair missiles toward the sea of japan last week instead of just one as initially reported. Ministry officials had said a shortrange missile was fired from an Eastern Province and landed in the sea of japan. But a spokesperson for the joint chiefs of staff now says north korea fired two more missiles immediately after. He says the other missiles disappeared from radar several seconds after they were fired. He says the ministry did not give all the details of last fridays launch because the missiles were only surfacetoair, which are not banned by the united nations. Senior officials from japan and china say it is important to steadily implement u. N. Sanctions on north korea for its recent nuclear test and Ballistic Missile launches. Chinas special envoy met his japanese counterpart in tokyo. Translator we had a frank discussion on the full implementation of the u. N. Resolution. Both sides agreed to cooperate on the issue. He was asked if they discussed the disputed South China Sea. Beijing is increasing its presence there. Translator im not in charge of the issue. It has nothing to do with japan. Wu is scheduled to meet executives of japans governing parties. Government Officials Say he may be aiming to discourage japan from highlighting the South China Sea at the g7 ministers meeting planned for next week in hiroshima. A Swedish Research institute said military spending rose for the first time in four years amid conflicts in the middle east and rising tensions in the South China Sea. The Global Military expenditure totalled about 1. 86 trillion last year. Thats up about 1 from the previous year. The United States tops the list accounting for about 36 of the total. The institute estimates that chinas expenditure rose 7. 4 . Saudi arabia is conducting air strikes against its insurgents in yemen. Its expenditure grew 5. 7 . There are no big changes in the standings of the top 15 countries that are combined spending accounts for more than 80 of the total. Japanese lawmakers are debating the merits of one of the worlds biggest free trade deals. Gene otani has that and other business headlines. Lawmakers have opened talks on whether to open a transpacific partnership. Prime minister shinzo abe said the prospective deal between 12 pacific rim countries represent a big opportunity for japanese farmers. Abe was responding to a question from a Ruling Democratic Party lawmaker. Tracy the tpp will open a huge agricultural market for japan. It will enable its farmers to set up Sales Channels overseas and the compete globally. The Prime Minister said the deal would boost japans gdp by 130 billion. He said the results would improve the lives of people across the country. Abe also said the tpp would help japan offset its population decline and achieve robust long term get. The opposition democratic partys policy chief accused the government of concealing the details of the negotiations. But economic revitalization minister said it is bound my strict confidentiality. Leaders are set to spend big on public work projects to buoy the economy. They plan to use most of their new fiscal year budget in the first six months. Translator i explained our plan for the budget and i asked the ministers to get on board. Ministers want to spend 80 of the budget, or nearly 110 billion by the end of september. Theyll be putting the money into roads, ports, sewer systems and much more. Theyll also be assigning cash to school buildings. The last time the government set out to spend money this fast was in 2009 just after the Global Financial crisis hit. Check egg markets the nikkei fell below 16,000 closing at the lowest level since february. For details we go to the tokyo stock exchange. Reporter the yen gained ground against major currencies amid risk off sentiment. Investors sought safer haven assets sending tokyo shares lower. The nikkei finished at 2. 42 at 15,732. The topix was also down 2. 6 . The dollar yen broke below the 111 level and hit the lowest level since october 2014 and benchmark futures slid again. Wti futures fell below 36 a barrel. Market players can see countries agreeing to freeze oil out put at january levels. Petroleum supplier was down and Mitsubishi Corporation fell 4. 5 . Banking sectors suffered the most. It was hurt by bank of japans negative Interest Rates policy. Banks are trading lower. Some investors are hoping the boj will do something at their policy meeting later this month. Thanks very much. Lets move on to other markets. Shanghai, the shanghai composite gained by 1. 5 , 3053 for the closing number climbed to a three month high. Many investors are cheered by the governments supporting measures. Hong kong, hang seng dropped by 1. 6 . 20,177 is the closing number. The hang seng posted its biggest one day lost in six weeks on Falling Crude oil prices. Kospi index dropped and finished at its lowest in a month. Indonesia was up. Sidney slipping, again Lower Oil Prices dragging down the resource heavy index. Employees at big firms are about to get a base pay raise for the third year in a row, but across a much wider crosssection of the work force, the picture is less rosy. On average, staff got smaller winter bonuses than the previous year. Labor Ministry Officials surveyed 33,000 businesses with five or more employees. They found on average bonuses fell 0. 3 to a little over 3300. They say one reason for the dip is parttime workers now make up more of the workforce. People in the finance and Insurance Industries saw their bonuses fall nearly 6 . Workers in the transport industry lost more than 7 . Thosose in the electricity andns industries had a a better time it. The average bonus increased 4 . In the i. T. Sector, bonuses were up more than 5 . Heres a look at some of the other business stories were following today. Reserve bank of india policymakers have cut the rate by 25 basis rates to 6. 5 . Lowest level in more than five years. They say inflation is expected to accelerate modestly. Toyota motor and microsoft worked together to collect data that could drive a whole lot or make driving a whole lot easier. They set up a new company in texas to gather information from japanese and u. S. Drivers. They will provide realtime nonotification on traffic jams d calculate insurance premiums. They will develop Artificial Intelligence for selfdriving cars. Bank of japan has injected 11 million into the markeket through purchases of Exchange Traded funds. Under the scheme the bank is only buying funds with stocks from firms that support working parents and research and development. Cuttingedge technologies developed in japan have made their mark around the world. Now a group of researchers and entrepreneurs is bringing japanese high tech to a new arena. Nhk reports. Reporter an event in tokyo drew people keen on integrating technology in a sport. They show how twowheel vehicles can be used to race around an obstacle course. Another idea is modernday sumo wrestling that uses armor and special footwear for extra high jumps. The events organizes want to help Japanese Tech Companies carve out a new niche. Translator we aim to promote spororts that merge whwhats kn as cool japan pop culture and japanese high technology. Reporter this vehicle is modeled after chariots used for racing in ancient rome. Drivers change direction by pulling on the reins. The maximum speed is 35 kilometers per hour. A motor in the front wheel powers the vehicle. Its possible to attach a wheelchair so disabled people can also enjoy it. Two graduate students dreamed up the device. They used crowdfunding to raise about 9,400 for development costs. Translator our device lets people experience the fun of operating a vehicle and the feeling of speed. We want to develop a sport everybybody can enjoy. Reporter another one is already finding commercial success. At this game arcade in tokyo, you can put on some reality goggles and a sensor and fight an opponenent. Dinosaurs and d monsters create by Computer Graphics and shoot yoyour arm and a a fireball sho out. I hit them again the developers said their game system could also be used for a new type of combat sport. Theyre finetuning the functionons and the rules. They hope to introduce a sport people will enjoy for a long time, not a temporary fad. Translator we believe a new genre of sports that incorporate technology w will emerge. We calall it techno sports a an want t to help blaze the trail the market. Reporter with creativity and hard work, people are findining new and enjoyable obligations for japans technologies. Nhk world. And thats it for business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. Turkeys president is criticizing the European Unions response to the migrant crisis. A deal between his country and the eu led to the first deportations from greece monday. About 200 people were expelled, most are originally from afghanistan and pakistan. Translator they put up barbed wire to stop these people from entering. We dont know how many people died in the aegean sea. But we rescued 100,000. We picked them up with our coast guard boats and continue to do so. The president accused European Countries of not doing enough. Despite being wealthier than turkey. The agreement with the eu aims to return migrants that are in greece. In exchange, the eu u would resettle more than 70,000 syrians currently in turkey as well as other incentives. The goal is to stop the flood of people reaching europe as they flee war or poverty. Some warn it will not work. Translator thehey captured those who want to go, but theyll try again. We cant keep them in turkey by force. Theyre nonot happy about livin in turkey. Neither r are we. They dont want to stay here. Theyre just using turkey y as entrtry point. And the influx into europe continues. Early tuesday morning, an nhk crew saw a Turkish Coast guard boat land a group of refugees trying to reach greece. Fears are mounting in greece. This woman arrived on the island of lesbos two weeks ago. Translator we clamored to come here over the sea. We would rather die than being taken back to turkey. Many of the refugees think they may be forcibly sent back. The u. S. President and head of nato reaffirmed their partnership in the fight against terrorism. President barack obama and u. N. Secretarygeneral pledged to continue working together to defeat Islamic State militants. The two met in the oval office at the white house. Obama said they began by discussing the terrorist attacks in brussels last month that killed more than 30 people. The Islamic State g group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. They discussed ways nato could counter militants. That could include place wheres the militants may be expanding their reach such as libya. We are continuing g to cooperate in an ongoing basis about operations potentially in areas like libya whehere youou the beginnings of a government. We contribute to the e u. S efforts to degrade and destroy isil. Obama said nato continues to be the corner stone of collective defense and u. S. Security policy. His remarks contrast with recent comments by Donald Trump Republican frontrunner for the nomination. Trump called the Alliance Obsolete and too expensive. . Specks of a nuclear reactoror in western japan has entered the final stage. Nuclear regulators said in july that the number 3 reacacr at the ikata a plant had met the new regulations for nuclear facilities. The japanese government introduced t the regulations afr the fukushima dadaiichi acaccid inin 2011. Inspectors with the nuclear regugulation authority will che the condition of about 400 pieces of equipment. T. They include pumps to o inject water into t the reactor to coo it. Translator the reactor has been offline for about five years. We will rigorously carry out the inspecections in a carefulul an deliberate manner. The reactor is designed to use conventional fuel and a type a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent fuel and uranium. The plants operator planso restart the reactor in late july. April means the start of the school year for students here in japan while they face appreciate academic challenges its their parents who often struckle at this time of year. Nhk worlds takafumi terui explains why. Reporter april in japan is marked by more than just the famous displays of cherry blossoms. Its also a time for budding students to start university. Entrance ceremonies are being held across the country toto sh off their curriculum. The president of the Tokyo University of technology gave a rare speech in english. Do not hesitate to see the world as you shape your own future. [ applause ] reporter and helping them shape that future is their parents. Each year, more and more are in the audience. It was standing room only where at this auditoririum in tokyo where paparents exceeded t the number of students. Translator parents didnt come to the ceremonies when people of my generation entered universities. Translator i think parents tend to care for their children more than ever because of the reduced birth rarate. Reporter theyre also atat e ceremony to get information to ease their concerns over rising tuition. Translator our financial situation isnt good and were considering getting some support. Reporter results of a study by the Japan StudentServices Organization say College Students paid a little more than 8,000 a year in 2014 for tuition. The figure is the highest ever since it started tracking costs in the 1960s. It also says more than half of University Students receive scholarships and loans. The ratio was around 20 20 years ago. One university prepared information on costs and funding. Translator we compiled the leleaflet because were receivi more inquiries on educational expenses. We see serious cases and we felt it necessary t to address them. Reporter the countrys law makers are debating setting up assistance programs that students have no obligation to repay. They say doors to education must be open to everyone, despite their financial background. Takafumi terui, nhk world, tokyo. Famous kabukiza theater in tokyo is trying to attack more visitors. Officials with kabukiza company say the new program will be for shows in june and possibly for other months. Each performance will last about three hours. Officials say the theater now basically has two shows a day with each one lasting four to five hours. They say some have said this was too long for people not familiar with kabuki. Price of tickets for the shortened performances will be cheaper. The company said its trying to get in on an expected increase on Foreign Tourists in the lead up to the 20 olympics and paralympics. In past years they would offer three performances a day only in august. Rescue efforts are under way in pakistan after flash floododg and mudslides killed at least 60 people. Unusually heavy rain continued for several days over wide areas of the countrys northern and northwestern regionsns. The e downpour wasashed away infrastructure and caused houses to collapse. Mudslides from the rain have cut off roads in the mountainous areas, a place that attracts foreign mountain climbers at this time of the year. Emergency persrsonnel are trtry to reaeach stranded d people. And we have the outlook for flood stricken pakistan followed with forecasts for other parts of the world. The weathther has improved. Rain has let up, so thats good news, but yes, drenching rainfall in western pakistan during the weekend. Many people. Were killed. Thousands of people were stranded by landslides and many accidents across northwestern portions of pakistan. And in fact, about 300 millimeters of rain have fallen in some areas. Thats quite a lot for this region and for this time of year, about two to three times more fell in just four days or so. Rain has left, so weather is good at this moment. But in Northern Areas well see some snowfall. Across india, its dry thanks to a highpressure system and temperatures are quite high today. Meanwhile, showers w will contie to gririp northeastern porononsf india as welasas bangladadesh. So, risk of flooding will likely remain in place through the weekend. Talking about heavy rainfall, a stationary front has been dumping lots of heavy rainfall across the southern portions of china. Some areas had up to 130 millimeters of rainfall. The area of heavy rain will likely move into the province along the Yangtze River basin. There is a chance e for heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms. The e severe weathermakewiwill likely move into southern portions of the Korean Peninsula as well as much of japan into thursday. Its going to be a quite wet day on thursday in many portions of japan. Talking about heavy rainfall, flash floods have been taking place in fiji due to heavy rainfall. Nadi had about 400 millimeters of rain in just 72 hours. Thats twice the amount we normally see during the entire month of april. So again, flooding is occurring across this area. Anand we are lookingt twtwo mor stems momoving intnto fiji. So, more heavyaiain is anticipated d at least into the nextxt threeays s oro. The risk of flooding will remain inin place throughouthisis wk. As opposed to that, quite dry across many portions of southern australia. Thanks to strong northerly winds that are quite high and the temperature was ite e high toy. But theres a cool front located over the south. This system will likely move into this area that will cauaus some raiainfall and at the same time temperatures will drop. So take a look. Temperature weather about 26 degrees on tuesday in sydney. Thanks to northerly winds, temperatures could be rising on wednesday. Due to the cold front, temperatures will be cooling down to 24 degrees. More average levels expected. Melbourne about 30 degrees on tuesday down to only 17 degrees tomorrow. Lets go to northeastern portions of the americas. Looking quite dry but t at theh same time quite chilly. It was very chilly yesterday. For example, boston, you had daily heavy rainfall, daily record snowfall for this time of year. Boston had 12 centimeters of snowfall monday. So quite chilly, and chilly temperatures will likely remain throughout this week a and anotr system wilill moveve into the g lakekes region by wednesday, an that will move into northeastern portions of the United States by thursday. Temperatures on tuesday are as follows. 5 in new york city. 7 in washington d. C. And across the flip side, quite high, about 30 degrees expected in l. A. All right. Heres your extended forecast. As we near 28 minutes past the hour of 7 00 p. M. On a tuesday here in japan we end this edition of nhk newsline. You are watching france 24