Their cooperation in efforts to curb global warming. But the officials said the two sides remain far apart on some of the most contentious issues such as chinas growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. Secretary of state john kerry called for a peaceful solution to any territorial disputes. Chinese councillor says all the islanders in the South China Sea are chinese territory. Beijing said it would ignore an arbitration decision in a dispute with the philippines over the territorial issue. A survivor of the atomic bombing of hiroshima has called on the president to do more to rid the world of Nuclear Weapons. Barack obama made an historic visit to hiroshima last month. Mr. Obama talked about maybe this wont happen in my lifetime. He repeated it once in prague and this time in hiroshima. Why. Why not . If there is a Strong Political will, it could happen. It can happen. She was 13 when the bomb devastated hoesh ma. She is now 84 and lives in canada. A top aide to obama accompanied the president to hiroshima and also attended the symposium. Ben rhodes pledged that obama will pursue ways to free the world of Nuclear Weapons during the final month of his term. She told rhodes she was grateful for obamas visit and gave him a letter for the president. In it she calls for the elimination of Nuclear Weapons for the sake of future generations. Until you were standing there you cant fully imagine the weight that you feel from the history of the place. We heard on the flight, on air force one, that thousands of people continue to come into the peace park to see the wreaths that he had laid after he left. Rhodes said there was debate about whether obama should visit hiroshima. He said he had no doubt it was the right thing to do. The head of the u. N. Nuclear authority says there is evidence of alarming developments in north korea. He says pyongyang may be reactivating a Research Reactor for its Nuclear Weapons program. It is deeply regrettable to the dplk has shown no indication that it is willing to comply with the Security Council resolution. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency also said there are signs pyongyang is expanding facilities to enrich uranium. U. S. Analysts released images showing smoke rising from the nuclear complex in nyongbyon. And vehicles also moving nearby. Amano says inspectors should be allowed back into the complex. North korean officials expelled the agents from the country in 2009. Nuclear safety officials in the u. S. Say they have taken a big step towards making the world a less dangerous place. They say a batch of plutonium has arrived safely from japan. Its part of their efforts to keep Nuclear Materials out of the hands of terrorists. The plutonium was used at a Research Facility in northeastern japan. A vessel carrying 331 kilograms of weaponsgrade material left japan in march. Thats enough to make 40 atomic bombs. U. S. Officials say its arrived safely at a department of Energy Facility in South Carolina. Theyve said they plan to process it so it cannot be used for weapons. The governor of South Carolina had been trying to stop the plutonium being sent to the state and citizens groups there have been demanding more information about the shipment. The 7yearold boy who survived for nearly a week in the wilds of hokkaido in nowhere japan has left hospital. He appeared to be in good spirits as he went home with his parents. The boy had been sheltering in a hut at a selfdefense forces exercise range. Sdf members found him there by chance. He had survived on nothing but water for six days. His parents say they left their son alone in the forest for a short period as punishment for misbehaving. They say they when returned he was gone. His elementary schoolteachers say they will offer him counseling. Japanese government officials launched an investigation last week into the manipulation of fuel efficiency data at suzuki motor. Now theyre planning to do more. Gene otani has the details on that and other business headlines. Representatives of the Japans Transport Ministry say their researchers will conduct their own assessment to verify suzuki motors fuel economy data. The car maker failed to condition duct fuel economy tests as required by law. The Ministry Says it will evaluate some of the models for which suzuki says it manipulated results and more if the need arises. 26 models toteling more than two Million Units were sold without being adequately tested. Suzuki motor officials reported that the fuel efficiency of each model was higher than was actually the case. Japanese government officials have released numbers that offer grounds for optimism about the economy. The Cabinet Office said the coincident index stood at 112. 2 in april. The second straight monthly increase. The index is based on a range of data such as corporate output, employment and consumer spending. The Officials Say production of airconditioners, large machinery such as boilers and turbines as well as passenger cars, increased. They say the earthquakes in kumamoto had a limited impact on corporate output. The index that projects Economic Development in the months ahead rose 1. 4 points. Japans finance minister says delaying the consumption tax hike again doesnt mean the government has given up on fiscal reform. He says he will explain the governments move to his counterparts at the asiaeurope meeting in the capital of ulon bator on friday. Translator japan is committed to convincing thehe international comommunity that will balance its budget by fiscal 2020 excluding debtservicingng costs. Aso says if other countries suspect japan is backtracking on its fiscal reconstruction efforts there could be a selloff of japanese government bonds. Share prices in tokyo ended the day higher. Lett guess to to giang nguyen a the tokyo stock exchange. The nixe finished up. 6 . Closing at 16,675. The broader topic rose by the same margin. Comments by Federal Reserve chair janet yellen who said gradual increases in the Interest Rate are likely to be appropriate. Now the dollar inched higher. So did shares of japanese exporters. Ops electric was among the top performers gaining more than 5 . Construction machinery maker comatte suh and fanuc rose 3 . A rise in crude oil futures boost the Energy Related shares. They added more than 4 . Suedky motors still feeling the fallout from revelations that it used unauthorized methods to test vehicle fuel economy. Officials at Japans Transport Ministryry say they will conduc their own tests of the companys cars. Now many investors are keeping a close eye on chinas economy. On wednesday chinese officials released trade figures for may, followed by inflation numbebersn thursday. I am giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. Other markets in the region ended in the positive. Yellens comments reassured investors that the u. S. Is not planning to raise rates. Seoul kospi gaining 1. 3 . Hong kong up by 1. 4 . Both indices hitting their sixweek highs. Over in china the shanghai composite up by a fraction. 2936 for the closing number. Many investors staying on the side lines awaiting release of the key economic data. 5371 for australia. They were higher on Commodity Prices increasing. The central bank decided to keep its key Interest Rate unchanged as had been widely expected. Here is a look at some of the other stories we are following. An Economic Partnership agreement between japan and mongolia came into effect on monday. The epa liberalizes trade and investment. Its the 15th deal for tokyo and the first for its partner. Japan is abolishing tariffs on clothing and ulon bator is scrapping the duty onn japanesemade cars. Officials from lowcost carriers based in the asiapacific region meet in tokyo and talk about common challenges. Topics include how to attract foreign travelers and entering the air cargo business. An official from all Nippon Airways says the firm expects sales of its subsidiary to triple in the next five years. Cool japan is coming to qualo lumpur. It will redesign its store in the malaysian capital showing the cuttingedge side of japanese culture. Japanese products and designs will make up 90 of the merchandise. The store had highlight Traditional Craft products and anime goods. Its scheduled to open in october. The scandal at Mitsubishi Motors has had widereaching effects. Officials falsified data on four vehicles and mitsubishi spbd suspended production of them. Now the Parts Manufacturers sales have plummeted. Nhk world went to find out more. Reporter many of the Small Businesses that produce parts for mitsubishi are based in okayama prefecture, western japan. Among them is this steel works. It has ten employees. The president has run the company for 50 years. His workers produce mufflers and other engine parts. But in the onemonth period since the scandal broke the firm has lost more than 70 of sales. He bought this machine just last year. He borrowed 16,000 to provide Higher Quality parts. Translator i never thought this would happen. I really regret this investment. Reporter to cope with declining orders hes had to slash operations to only three days a week. Its not the first time his firms earnings have been hit by a scandal at mitsubishi. In 2000 the car company was involved in a coverup of vehicle defects. But kuondo says the situation this time is more severe. Translator something similar happened in the past, but over time the lessons have been forgotten, and the problem has returned. I want to do what i can, but i dont know what to do. Reporter in midmay mitsubishi announced that the firm will virtually go under the umbrella of nissan motor. Kondo thinks that the worstcase scenario has been averted, but mitsubishi officials have yet to announce if and when the company will resume production of the four models. Translator i want mitsubishi to resume production in earnest as soon as possible. Thats the only thing i wish. Reporter the latest scandal involving Mitsubishi Motors has hit the local economy hard. The question now is whether the automaker can reform itself and make a fresh start as a reliable company. Kazumi terai. Nhk world. Thats a look at business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. A car bomb attack in turkey has killed 11 people including seven police officers. 36 others were wounded. The blast occurred Tuesday Morning in the center of istanbul. Local Officials Say a blom placed inside a car was debtonated has a Police Vehicle was passing by. The place was near a popular tourist spot. Turkey is fighting security threats. Suicide bombings in ankara killed more than 100 people. In february, a Suicide Attack claimed by kurdish militants killed 28 people, including soldiers. Now the attack in the Muslim Country comes as many there and around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of ramadan. The threat of terror attacks and the conflict in syria and other parts of the middle east are casting a shadow over itit. The Islamic State militant group is urging followers to carry out attacks. S. Onon the internet it called in supporters in the middle east as well as the u u. S. And europe t strike during the holy month. At thiss point n no one has clad responsibility for the attttackn istanbul. Members of syrias opposition are trying to halt the fighting there during ramadan. They have asked the u. N. To surge president Bashar Al Assads troops to suspend the attacks. But fresh assaults are reported. They say government planes bombed several locations on monday. Japanese police are investigating a massive case involving forged credit cards. They say the cards were used across the country last month to steal millions of dollars from atms within a matter of hours. Nhk world reports. Reporter police say this arrest is the tip of the iceberg. They say 24yearold izumi has admitted to allegations of fraud and that he used a frak credit card to restore about 6,500 from an atm in a tokyo convenience store. They have two other men also in custody in connection with the massive withdrawal and are looking for more than 100 others. It all happened on early sunday morning when banks were closed. Thieves target the atms in Convenience Stores across japan. They hit more than 1,000 spots in less than three hours and collected about 17 million. Police suspect an International Crime ring. They say the fake credit cards had information from a South African bank. One expert says s japans vast amount of atms could be easy target for thieves. Translator japan is welcoming more foreign tourists. One of the strategies is to allow 24hour cash withdrawal at Convenience Stores. Japan might be the only country that allows this convenience. Ththink t the suspects took advantage of the system. Reporter bank Officials Say they are taking action to prevent more fraud. Theyve lowered withdrawal limits for cards issued in other countries and are cooperating with police investigations. Chhie yamaguchi, nhk world. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to clinch her partys nomination. We are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented moment. She would be the first female president ial candidate for a major u. S. Political party. The Associated Press and other News Agencies say clinton has secured 2,383 delegates, the number needed for the nom rac l nomination. Shell likely face donald trump in novembers election. Conditions democratic rival Bernie Sanders says he will keep on fighting. His campaign released a statement saying the media rushed to judgment. It reminds them some special delegates could still switch their votes at the Democratic Party convention in july. Japans c chief cabinet secretary said i its too earlyo comment and he wants to continue monitoring the u. S. President ial contest. In the global fight against hiv aids perhaps the most highprofile epidemic is in south africa. Millions of people there are living with hiv and a generation of children who lost their parents to the disease. An ngo is trying a unique approach to carrying awareness for the caretakers of these orphans. Nhk world has more. Reporter at the olympics here, all the participants are grandmothers, held in a township, the name comes from the word for grandma in the local language. This is the sixth time, what they call the gran nys olympic haven been held. 600 of them are participating. The grandmothers are divided into teams that compete against each other in various events. With all the singing and dancing, it actually feels more like a party. Translator chant, be happy. Lets play like children, be very happy, be very excited. Reporter the event is organized by a local ngo that supports grandmothers who are bringing up their grandchildren. This tradition is not unusual in south africa where many of the women have lost sons or daughters to aids. Young people, its also an effort to celebrate their grandmothers. Reporter 68yearoldmumoto is one of the participants. Her five children all died of aids, leaving their Young Children behind. Now she has 15 grandchildren and greatgrandchildren living with her. They there are two and a half million orphans in South African. Support is limited. Grandmothers often find it hard to make ends meet. Translator i work all day long. When i go to bed, my body is hurting, and i am exhausted. Reporter at the olympics, she can take her mind off the hardships of her life, singing and dancing with new friends. Translator i am very happy to be here. I want to come back next t year definitely reporter despite the festive atmosphere, the olympics plays another, more serious role, to raise the issue of aids orphans and its impact in south africa. Residents along the eastern coast of the United States are dealing with the effects of Tropical Storm colin, still hovering over them. Our meteorologist jonathan oh has the details in our World Weather report. Hello. As you look forward during the next 24 hours, i think were going to be tractinsitioning to sunnier and drier period. We have a cold front paralleling the east coast of the United States will help to push the system away from land. It still has an impact right now. The yaaftermath of what took ple on monday may be around for some time. Herere is video. Flooding problems in the state of florida. It lashed the state with bands of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and powerful winds throughout the afternoon on monday extending overnight into tuesday. The storm is still expected to dump anywhere from 200 to 250 millimeters of rainfall in some portions of florida as we go into tuesday. In it tampa bay, High School Graduations had to be canceled because of the rainfall and one of the big things thats coming from this is that the storm is also threatening the orange crop in florida. Thats expecting to raise u. S. Orange juice prices to their highest in two years. As we go forward in time, the system will move to the north and east. Its moving at 37 Kilometers Per Hour, packing winds of 85. We have Tropical Storm warnings along the florida, georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina coastline. A cold front will help push it out to sea. It may have an impact when the tides and the waves in the eastern portions of canada b bu thats about it. Anywhere from 200 to 250 millimeters of rainfall as we go throughout the next 24 hours. Gusts up to 90 Kilometers Per Hour and waves as high as six meters. Once the system clears out, we are expecting a relatively calm condition. For a good portion of the United States. We have a little bit of low pressure system moving over the southwestern portions of canada. That may bring some scattered showers over the rockies throughout the day on tuesday. Thunderstorms into denver. Notice heat to the south with highs in the 30s. Again, some rain expected from the front thats trying to clear the coast from toronto and new york and d. C. Dry over towards california. We are seeing temperatures there more normal for this time of year, but we are dealing with fire problems. So thats going to continue as we go throughout the day on tuesday. As you look at the forecast for east asia, we are seeing rainfall and clouds over japan as a low pressure system continues to press to the east. Back toward china, still getting slammed with more rainfall. Flooding rainfall possible. Once again, as we go throughout the next few days or so, some places may see close to 100 millimeters of rainfall in the next 72 hours. Rain and thunderstorms extending from bangkok through hong kong to shanghai. A little more sunshine towards bebeijing. Clouds and showers into tokyo throughout the day on wednesday. Wrapping things up with a look at europe. We have this low pressure system stuck right over france. We dont have a jet stream pattern thats forcing the system to move. Its meandering over the area, like waving itself over the area. Because of that system, we arer goining to see more rain and possibly thunderstorms during the day on tuesday. Y. High pressure back to the east is forcing cooler air in. Thats going to create the interaction, bringing some showers also into places like rome. Maybe even as far south as the balkan peninsula. Warm arm surging into places like madridd with a high of 31 n tuesday. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Here is your extended outlook. Thehilip crowther, one of 160 france 24 correspondents around the world. Genie for 60 minutes live around the world, i am genie godula. These are the headlines. A car bomb explodes during morning rush hour in istanbul. At least 11 people have died in the blast targeting a police bus. Voting gets underway in new jersey, one of six decisive primaries today. They come just hours after delegate counts show Hillary Clinton has already secured the democratic nomination
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