Meeting, the Southeast Asian group decides not to refer to a tribunal ruling on chinese claims in the south china sea. Under the wire. The International Olympic committee decides against a complete ban on russians from the rio olympics 11 days before the games are to begin. The story of hiro onada caused an International Sensation when it broke. The special forces officer hid out in the pill peeps jungle for 30 years refusing to believe world war ii was over. Nhk has gained access to declassified documents about his eventual return to japan. The record showed the government at the time was worried that the former soldier could have sparked diplomatic and political problems. Nhk reports. Reporter h receid a heros welme when he returned to japan in 1974 three decades after the war. People saw him as the last example affair good japanese soldi soldier. Reporter onoda was 22 years old when he wa taken to the island japane soldiers went into the jungle during the battle. U. S. Forces left the island but ordered the otherers remain eve after japan surrendered the following year. They did see some leaflets saying the war was over and urgingololdier to surrender but they thought propaganda and refused toto come out of the jungle. Th war ended in march. Soldiers had b been killed by Philippine Police leaving himm alone. He flew to manila to surrender ferdinand marcos. The president honored him as a brave soldiers who kept fighting bravely. The professor from Hiroshima University studied postwar history of japan and the philippines. He recently gained access to diplomatic documents from around the time of onodas return to japan. With an nhk crew hes analyzing the documents that were long kept top secret. Translator these documents show that rescuing lieutenant onoda was more than just a soldiers return. Both japanese an filipino governments were handling the issue as an political and diplomatic case. Reporter the 670 pages of documents contain a detailed record of secret negotiations between the two countries. Onoda was confirmed to be alive in the fall of 1972. Japanese government officials were considering making a consolation payment to the philippines, especially to the people of lub ong island. They were concerned onodas return could result in a lawsuit. The documents show that onoda caused great harm to the island and its people. I went there to find out more. Reporter since oin ordnoda s fellow soldier believed the war was going on they didnt hesitate to use violence. They stole food from residents. According to philippine authorities the soldiers killed around 30 people and wounded more than 100. Some islanders told me they lived in fear. Translator onoda and the other soldiers burned my home. My field was set on fire, too. Translator japanese soldiers shot people collecting rice and food in the mountains. Reporter christina lost her husband when she was 30. He was shot dead by the japanese soldiers in 1970. Christina was left with seven children. Translator i was told my husband was killed and went to the chapel. His body was there. My life has been hard every since. I had no relatives to depend on. I had to raise my children all by myself. Reporter the recently declassified documents indicate that the japanese government was aware of this. Former japanese diplomat yukio remembers the Foreign Ministry at the time. In some form we wanted to make up for the damages to the people. That is the thinking behind the whole episode on the part of japan. Reporter soon after onodas return the japanese government offered 1 million to the philippines in order to improve welfare on the island. But all of the islanders i met say the money was not spent on them. Later was no exception. Ill tell you, we never benefited out of f the fund. That is one of ourur biggest frustrations. Reporter he saidid t the m should b be used to establish a fund to promote friendship between japan and the philippines. The documents we obtained tell us that government officials in both countries made efforts to prevent the issue from affecting ties between the philippines and japan. It is important to remember what the people of lubang suffered. Nhk world lubang island, philippines. Four members of southeastern asian nations have released a statement on regional issues, but whats not in the statement is mention of a ruling this month by arbitration tribunal in the hague. It ruled china has no legal basis to its claim to much of the south china sea. The ministers released their statement after an extraordinary meeting in laos. It does not m mention china but refers to activity in the region. It says theres serious concerns over recent and ongoing developments. It also expresses concerns by some ministers over Land Reclamation and escalation activities in the area. It calls for a peaceful resolution in accordance with international law. Cambodia took an opposing stance and blocked any reference to the tribunals ruling. Ththe country depends heavily o Financial Support and investment from china. In the leadup to the meeting, beijing had been trying to persuade asean nations to understand its stance on the south china sea. China claims almost all of the contested waters, which is potentially rich in Energy Resources such as oil and natural gas. Chinese foreign minister wang yi is in laos. He held individual talks with his asean counterparts that ran overnight. Translator china and thailand stand on the same side. Disputes should be settled through negotiations between the parties involved. Asean foreign mininisters al held talks with china on monday afternoon, their first since the landmark ruling. Russian athletes have arrived in Rio De Janeiro shortly after they won a minor victory. They will not issue a blanket ban on them at the Olympic Games in response to the countrys doping scandal. Ioc officials zayat lights will have to be individually cleared before they can play. Nhk world has the details and the reaction. We have decided today that no russian athlete can compete in the Olympic Games rio 2016 unless he or she meets some very strict critereria. For instance, we decided that the presesumption of innocence cannot be applied to r russian athletes. Reporter that means they need to have their doping records analyzed and approved by sports regulations using reliable international tests. They have over a week to examine the countrys s 387 aththletes before the games begin. Anyone whos been sanctioned for doping in the past will not be allowed to compete. Russias track and field athletes have already been barred. But the sport minister says hes confident others will be okay. Translator the iocs decision benefits the world of sports. Im sure that the majority of the russian team will meet all criteria for participation. Reporter some russian athletes are already in rio. The gymnastics coach defended his team. Ever in ouour life. Ive been coaching about 30 years. Not one time. Not once. Reporter the president of the World Antidoping Agency says in a statement that wada is disappointed the ioc didnt follow its recommendation. It wanted all russian athletes banned. The iocs decision has spawned a lot of criticism in tokyo where the next summer Olympic Games will take place. And some, including future hopefuls, say the ioc should be stricter to prevent anymore cheating. High school students, like these one who claim to become top athletes have expressed disappointment and anger. Translator once a player is found to have chcheated, he or e should be banned from participatating in any games. Translator i dont want to see any doping scandal at the tokyo games. I want the russian team to come and compete. So i hope they end all the cheating. Reporter and athletes here are e also critical. Koji won a gold medal in mens hammer throw in athens. He says he seeees this as a positive step. Translator theres growing awareness that using drugs to enhahance performance is meaningless and total nonsense. This isnt the end, but a fresh start, a stricter monitoring regime to eradicate doping will start now. Reporter a Japanese Sports Agency official says he is determined to make the next 2020 Tokyo Olympics a drugfree competition. Translator japan will continue to promote antidoping measures and will urge other countries to do the same. Reporter japanese officials have four years to prevent cheating at the 2020 tokyo games. They want to make sure the event isnt spoiled for athletes or spectators. Kazuaki hirama, nhk world, tokyo. Thanks. Japans latest trade figures are in. Gene otani joins us with the details and other business headlines. Japan post add trade surplus in june for the first time in two months exports failed Lower Crude Oil prices pushed down the value of imports. Officials at the finance min city put surplus at 693 billion yen offer 6. 5 billion. Exports rose 7. 4 from june a year earlier. Imports down nearly 19 as resources plunged 30 . Trade surplus 17 billion. The previous half year was in 2010. The japanese government has maintained its assessment of the economy in july. It warns of uncertainty stemming from britains decision to leave the european union. Analysts at the Cabinet Office say in the monthly report the country remains on a moderate recovery path with some weaknesses. They say Capital Investment has been picking up, and personal spending as not worsened. But they downgraded their view of business sentiment. They say companies are turning cautious due to a stronger yen and increasing uncertainty overseas. The analysts say businesses should be vigilant about the effects of britains exit from the eu and fluctuating financial markets. And checking the markets, tokyo stocks ended flat on monday. Investors were largely on the sideline ahead of a policyy meeting thisweek. A report from the Tokyo Stock Exchange with the details. Trading volume fairly light. Analysts say investors waiting for news at the boj meeting so playing cautious. Slightly lower at 1616,620, nikkei. Broader topix 0. 16 . A slighter weaker yen. Fuji industries, maker of cars. Alps electctric and fanunuc als ended higher. A standout performer mazda, almost 6 of the operating profit for the last quarter beat estimates. On the flip side nintendo with pokemon go shares plunged 17 after the company said the Financial Impact from the record breaking smartphone game would be limited and it would not be revivising its annual forecast. So we didnt see a lot of movement in the market. Investors are not only waiting to see what boj s says on frida but also paying close attention to an announcement by Federal Reserve on wednesday u. S. Time. Im phoebe amaroso reporting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Other in the asiapacific region in a cautious move ahead of those key announcements. Look at china. Shanghai up by a fraction to finish 3,015 financials gain but energy and other resources related shares fell on lower commodity prices. Lets look at sydney s p asx, 5533. Retail giant woolworth soared after revealing its restructuring plans that include 500 job cuts. Taking a look at other markets hang seng, 0. 1 , hong kong down by. 13. Japan saw a rise in sales for june for the seventh straight month. Officials at the Japan Food Service association say sales overall were up 2 from june last year. Fastfood chains saw a rises of 4 . Sales up. 4 due to reasonable prices on lunch menus, but pubs serving liquor were behind. Electricity peaks in august and this year the countrys power Retail Market is flooded with newcomers following deregulation in april. Following deregulation in april. Theyre offering incentives to customers who help save energy. New retailers dont have their own generators and have to buy electricity from suppliers so when the mercury shoots up, the purchase costs rise as well. Railway operator Tokyo Corporation is one of the firms to have entered the market. This month its power retail subsidiary started offering points that can be redeemed at the groups departrtment stores. Customers can win these points when they use the groups Railway Service on days that the temperature is expected to hit 35 degrees celsius or higher. The power retailer with the backing of a Trading Company and other businesses is also planning to offer redeemable points starting in august. The retailereras a tieuup wit supepermarkets and people who sp there on extremely hot days can get the points. Here is a look at some of the other business stories were following. U. S. Media reports struggling Internet Firm yahoo has agreed to sell verizon, its core business and real estate holdings. The price tag is 4. 8 billion. The two firms are expected to announce the deal on monday. Analysts say verizon is aiming to expand its Customer Base with yahoo s Financial News and sports content. The Japan Society of engineers keeps a heritage list of products that have had a major list on peoples lives. It has added seven new items to the list this year. The schlecks include this sub u subaru, 360 vehicle developed by engineers after world war ii. Known as the laladybug, it was huge hit witith more than 390,0 units produced. Also on the list of japans first Cash Register made about 100 years ago. Its time to take a look at our Global Economic calendar for this week. On tuesday, the bank of korea will announce the Gross Domestic Product growth for the last quarter. The companys economy slowed in the last quarter as sluggish exports continued to weigh on growth. On wednesday, officials will release chinas industrial profits for june. There will be two Key Central Bank meetings this week. Policymakers at the u. S. Fed meet from tuesday through wednesday, while their counterparts at the bank of japan convene thursday through friday. Also on friday, japans government comes out with Industrial Production figures for june. Every monday we ask specialists to share their perspectives on the coming week. In this edition of expert view, we speak to an economist at Credit Suisse securities japan. He asked him about the bank of japans Monetary Policy. He says many investors, himself included, initially expected additional measures, but he e ss this is becoming less likely. We actually do not think any additional easing measure in this market is now expected but a more drastic change with the Monetary Policy framework itself. It will take more time to discuss in the boj or even negotiate with the government. So it is still too early to decide this kind of big change. So we now expect no chanangen july. He believes easing measures are more likely to happen at the end of the year. Timing should be better in november because the supplemental budget from the government will be expected to be passed in the diet in middle october. An increase somewhat. It is more reasonable for the boj to expand its asset purchase at thahat time. Thats a look at business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. People in japans prefecture had extra reason to enjoy a summer festival this year. It came days after an Evacuation Order was lifted. A conch shell helped start a ritual as people dressed as samurai warriors and chased unsaddled horses into a shrine compound. Others even caught the horses with their bare hands, remembering the long road to recovery following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, locals were upbeat about the future. Translator i hope this ritual will go on forever. I want everybody to come back to this district soon so we can enjoy our life here again. Evacuation orders are still in place in some parts of fukushima. Some 90,000 people are still waiting to be able to return to their homes. The weather here in tokyo cloudy, partly fair with temperature reading of 30 degrees celsius or 80 fahrenheit. Jonathon oh from the weather desk joins us with this hours World Weather report starting with hawaii. Jonathan. Looks like it will continue to have an impact for the area for the next 24 hours. This system has not cleared the state so the Northern Islands are still dealing with Tropical Storm type conditions. Let me show you some video. It will give you an idea what it looked like on the ground level. Since saturday, Tropical Storm conditions were felt along the chain. 54 kilometer per hour gusts were recorded at one of the airports. 48 kilometer per hourr winds ovr at Honolulu Airport on saturday. You see here trees toppled and power lines falling over. There was some flash flooding also being reported in the area. As we lolook at the map antelll you whatats coming up ahead, i looks like the rain conditions will still be a part of the story. The core of f the system contied to drift toward the north and west, but wee e still tatalking about some strong gusts, high surf, and heavier rainfall as we go forward in time. Were looking at midday to late tuesday before we start seeing a little bit of the relief and sunshine coming back into the picture. Wednesday, all o of darbyys effects should be ne b by that point. T. As we look at whats happening over in north america, you may notice a couple of other tropical systems out there. We have frank and georgette. Georgette is a bit of a monster in terms of its strength, but neither of these storms are expected to impact land. Which is actually good news. However, we have a lowpressure system up into canada. Associated with that is a cold front and a warm front. Were talking about ghghs that arare going g to be in the upp s for places like new york city. Thats going to trtrigger some instability as we go forward in time. I do want to point out that for those of you living in new york city and washington, d. C. , youre looking at heat thats in the upper 90s to triple digits in the fahrenheit scale. Thats pretty serious. We are expecting rain and thunderstorms to swing in behind it. That may help to ease some of that impact. But we are also looking at the possibility of strong thunderstorms, some of them may be severe, with the biggest threat being Straight Line winds. Be on the lookout for that as we go throughout the day on monday. Rainstorms extending south to atlanta, miami, and houston. Looking at showers and thunderstorms into denver. Los angeles and california, youre looking at heat returning once again. 30 degrees for the high on monday. It has been quite dry. Fire danger weather is going to be of concern as we go forward throughout the day. As we look at the forecast for europe, we are looking out for a cold front that is extending from east of the British Isles into the Scandinavian Peninsula and down into the central portions of the continent. It has been quite hot for a good portion of the week last week. Were going to see temperatures easing a bit, but were looking at instability and thunderstorms as we go throughout the day. High of around 20 in vienna. 29 in rome. Thats a cool off from what we saw last week. The iberian peninsula, youre going toto be quite e hot with s in the mid to upper 30s. Rain in moscow with a high of 28 on monday. As we wrap things up with a look at east asia, we have this stubborn stationary front in the northeastern portions of china thats been dumping so much rainfall. Some areas getting anywhere from 200 to 500 m millimeters of raininfall over a 24hr peperio. This system will slowly try to drift up toward ththe north and east, but still looking at some lingering showers in the area, portions of the Korean Peninsula also dealing with rain into tuesday. Tokyo, youre going to see rain coming out of the western portions of japan, where it has been very unstable. High of 26 with rain as we go throughout the day on tuesday. Hope you have a good day wherever you are. Heres your extended outlook. theello and welcome to program. I am claire pryde, and these are the top stories. A shooting outside the nightclub in the u. S. In a florida nightclub leaves at least does go people dead. Three people have been arrested. 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