More than 25 municipalities have opened up shelters and are urging the elderly and people with mobility issues to seek refuge now. Sea travel has been disrupted in kagoshima due to high tides. Ferries have been suspended. Sayaka mori from our weather desk is tracking the storm. Its celebrated 100 kilometers to the south of okinawa. Bringing recordbreaking heavy rainfall and powerful winds. Now the system is located to the south of okinawa and its actually a rather compact system. So as the system approaches, conditions will deteriorate quite quickly. It is a violent typhoon. It looks like very stormy conditions will likely happen from monday night into early Tuesday Morning in the okinawa region. Chaba is packing winds of about 200 Kilometers Per Hour with gusts about 300 Kilometers Per Hour. It is a violent typhoon. This is the highest category on the typhoon scale. Chaba will likely move toward the north and veer north and east into wednesday. The jet stream will take the system towards the east. As a low pressure system, it should reach to the east of japan as we go into thursday afternoon local time. Now its going to be quite stormy, especially the okinawa region, because the stormiest part is the eastern hemisphere of the system. It will move through most parts of japan as we go into thursday. Okinawa could see strong gusts, over 250 kilomometers per hour expected. Strong enough h to cause some structural damage and also topple treeses. Waves are going to be gigantic, up to 11 merers. Coastal areas are prone to flooding and rnfnfall abouout 2 millimimeters expected into the next 24 hours. As we i into the e next 48 hou, kyushu regn n will seeee 350 millimimeters. The land is quite saturated because e of a frontal sysm thtt has been lingeringng over japan the papast several days. Conditions are quite bad across many portions of japan. So far this season, six typhoons have made landfall, or six tropical storms have made landfall in japan. If this system could hit japan its going to be the seventh system to make landfall in the country. Japans Prime Minister says his government is sticking to its position to resolve a sovereignty issue of four russianheld islands before signing a peace treaty with the kremlin,. Shinzo abe was responding to a question from the main opposition party. Former foreign minister maehara referred to the idea russia first return two of the four islands known as the northern territories. Russia controls the islands, japan claims them. The japanese government says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Translator habami and shikotan account for only 7 of the northern territories. It is unthinkable that russia will return those two islands first and the other two later on. I think it means the latter two will never be returned. Translator the four islands are an inherent part of japans territory. The government will resolve the sovereignty issue of the islands and sign a peace treaty with russia. Abe said he and russian president Vladimir Putin agreed it is unusual for the two countries not to have signed a peace treaty yet. He said addressing the issue is the right decision for the future of both countries. A look at business stories were following today. A large annual tech show at which people can witness the latest i. T. And Digital Technologies in japan is about to start. Gene otani has the details on that and other headlines. One of asias Largest ConsumerElectronics Fairs is set to kick off east of tokyo. Products powered by Artificial Intelligence and the internet of things are drawing attention this year. Ceatec japan opened its door s for a media preview in monday on chiba. 640 companies and organizations are showcasing their latest technologies. Sharp brought an eggshaped a. I. Powered robot that can control appliances for the living room. The robot can also monitor the Room Temperature and switch on fans. Mitsubishi electric unveiled a tablet computer with integrated function. When a user speaks to the tablet while touching the screen. The original sentence in Foreign Language translations is displayed. It developed the tablets for hearing disabilities. Technology known as fintech is also in the spotlight. Its a combination of i. T. And financial services. Mitsubishi ufj Financial Group has become the first bank to exhibit fintech at the electronics show. The company unveiled an a. I. Powered system which gives advice on financial transactions. Ceatec starts on tuesday and runs to friday. Toyota motor hopes that drivers will start taking a i long a small automated companion on their journeys. The car make your unveiled a robot that can speak to drivers and urge them to drive safely. The mini has a built in camera that recognizes human facial expressions, when a driver talks the device responds and moves its face and hands. It urges their owners to drive safely if the brakes are applied suddenly. The robot can help around a the home. It can let people know when the bath is ready or warn them if doors or windows are unlocked. A smartphone is used to operate the device. Translator if we can have these closely beside our customers and make them smile and be happy, well see new and different possibilities on the horizon. The robot costs about 400 before tax, it will go on sale in central japan during the current fiscal year that ends in march. Checking the markets, tokyo share prices ended higher on receding concerns about germanys largest bank. We report from the tokyo stock exchange. A Deutsche Bank from selling mortgagebacked securities has been a source of worries. A report suggesting a much lower penalty caused a turnaround in market sentiment, helping to boost stocks. Lets check the closing levels for this monday, october 3rd. The nikkei average was up. 9 , closing at 16,598. The topix gained. 6 . The Financial Sector showed a rebound after declining sharply last friday, on Deutsche Bank sales, Brokerages Nomura Holdings and daiwa securities was both up and the Retail Sector was among the top gainers. Japan expects increased numbers of Chinese Tourists as china has its national day holidays. Shares of Department Stores were higher on hopes of robust sales. Its been a strong start for the markets here in tokyo. But u. S. Economic data is likely to dominate this week. In particular investors will be watching for the u. S. Nonfarm payroll data due out on friday. Sentiment also improved in other markets of asiapacific region. Sydneys s p i dex advancing to finish at 5478, the highest in more than a month. The Banking Sector led the gains, rising metal prices pushed up related shares. Hong kongs hang seng index up by 1. 25 . Casino operators trade haider after macaos gambling revenue for september grew more than expected. Indonesia advancing by almost 9 , after local media reported on government plans to improve the effectiveness of its spending. South korea and Mainland China were closed for a holiday. A closely watched survey shows Business Confidence in japan is holding. However, a stronger yen is putting a damper on sentiment about the future. The bank of japan quarterly talk on survey has asked about 10,000 Major Companies how they feel about Business Conditions. Central Bank Officials say the index for large manufacturers stood at plus six, unchanged from the previous quarter. The index represents the difference in percentage of companies that say business is good, and those who say its bad. A positive reading means more companies are optimistic. Manager at automakers were feeling better. This is due to a resumption of operations after a series of earthquakes in kumamoto prefecture. But the readings fell in ship building and heavy machinery. The stronger yen fueled uncertainties. The index for major nonmanufacturers was plus 18, down a point. Thats the third consecutive decline. The mood darkened among retailers as personal consumption remains sluggish. For the coming quarter, the index for major manufacturers is expected to be plus six, but the mood among nonmanufacturers is predicted to worsen, again, because of the stronger young yen and sluggish consumption and surplus 16 down two points. Daiichi Life Holdings have set up a new company to integrate their Asset Management services, Asset Management one is one of the biggest firms of its type in asia. The company is set to handle about 500 billion in assets from individual customers, Pension Funds and others. Company president told reporters that demand for Financial Products that offer stable returns is growing amid market volatility. He said his firm plans to deliver products that balance return and risk. The move comes as Financial Institutions in japan are reporting declining profits. The bank of japans negative Interest Rate policy is squeezing their margins. Many of these firms are counting on commissions from Asset Management as a stable source of income. Heres a look at some other stories were following sales at major Department Stores in japan fell in september, as autumn clothing saw a slump due to warm weather. Five stores released their preliminary sales data for last month. It was reported an 8 drop compared to the same month last year. Sales declined for hanky hankyu hanshin. Passengers on japans shinkansen bullet train will no longer need paper tickets, instead use their smartphones to get through the gates. Central Japan Railway plans to introduce qr codes as tickets. The trial of the new system got under way on monday. People who bought train tickets online can download qr codes. Ticket gates with code scanners have been installed at tokyos station and nagoya station in central japan. The company will continue the tests until late october and decide when to begin the new service. Time to take a look at the Global Economic calendar. On tuesday, the reserve bank of india makes a policy decision, its going to be the first one under the new governor. On thursday group of 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors gather in washington. On friday, japanese officials come out with a gauge on the economy, the indices of Business Conditions for august. And the week ends with u. S. Jobs data giving us a health check on the Worlds Largest economy. Every monday we ask specialists to share their perspective on the coming week. In todays edition of expert view we hear from Martin Schultz from Fujitsu Research institute. Forecasting an improvement in the u. S. Jobs data. We saw payrolls increasing and i expect for the data coming out that payrolls will have been improving beyond 150,000 jobs. Toward 170,000, which would be a very strong signal for the overall economy, that the recovery is still going on. Stronger data makes a rate hike more likely. Schultz thinks the Federal Reserve will move in december. Current employment numbers, the job numbers are rather positive. To support a bit more restrictive policy. A more normal Monetary Policy environment. Would expect the Federal Reserve to do an Interest Rate step in december, but a very limited one. Schultz says higher Interest Rates lead to a stronger dollar, having a favorable impact on asian economies. Stronger dollar in the longer term, well into 2017 would be a plus for asia, a plus for exporters. So given the Current Conditions in asia, with rather strong demand, with rather stable domestic policies in place already, i would expect that the overall situation for asia, going towards 2017 is actually positive one. You can catch our report again online, together with a full transcript. Look for nhk world and business wrap. Thats a look at business news, im going to leave you with the markets. Please stand by tsunamihit rikuzentakata is entering a new phase of construction. The city center is having major work done with an elevated area and large commercial facilities under way. But in infrastructure isnt the only thing that needed help, so as cranes raise buildings across the city, a longstanding local event is raising spirits. Nhk worlds ishikawa reports. Reporter this annual event is not a race. Nearly 1,000 participants this year choose between four tours of the city to enjoy the views of nature, as well as areas under reconstruction. Its been going on for years and the City Government launched it after the area was slammed by the 2011 tsunami. The cycling event is the highlight of this womans year, the 91yearold has come every time to cheer the bikers on. Translator i brought pictures from last year. Translator ill be waiting for you next year. Relationship organizers have added other activities. They conducted a special city tour a day before the main event. This man came here from singapore to race here for the first time. He said he wants to witness the reconstruction process with his own eyes. He looked at the buildings that were once used as a load station. The 14meterhigh tsunami submerged almost all of it. They also entered an area thats offlimits to the public. Where the damage was left unchanged. This huge amount of land is being preserved as a memorial park. You learn something from the disaster, they try to improve it. Reporter this local resident will be staying as part of a new program to foster a stronger connection to the area. Okamoto tells about the city hall that was constructed. Translator after the tsunami there was nowhere we could gather to hold events or meetings, it was very hard on our spirits. But this magnificent hall was built because singapore donated a large amount of money. We feel very grateful. Reporter okamoto is hosting a meeting at her relatives house, because okamotos home was destroyed by the tsunami. She and her family from one shelter to another and eventually ended up living here. Translator im very happy and grateful to be able to take care of others. I got to where i am thanks to the support of many people. Happy birthday to you and after finding out about his 45th birthday, she secretly bought him a cake. On the day of the event, okamoto gave him a sendoff at the starting line. Translator please tell the people of singapore that we are grateful to them. Okay, okay. If i choose it stay in a hotel, i will be alone in the room waiting for the race today, what i heard from the host and what i heard on the tour, i get to learn more about the restoration efforts. Translator when i meet with visitors and have a good time, it boosts my spirits. The accumulation of these experiences help us to move forward little by little. Reporter the scars left by the tsunami are still deep in rikuzentakata. Like okamoto, many residents think with these kinds of interactions they can turn the corner. Seiji ishikawa, nhk world, rikuzentakata. Youre watching nhk newsline. Intermittent rain is the forecast for us here in tokyo. Powerful storm systems are making headlines in the western pacific and the caribbean. Saijo mori joins us with details. Theres about 15 kilometers to the east of chaba, another powerful storm system, this is hurricane matthew. Posing threats of land slides to many caribbean residents. Gusts are over 270 Kilometers Per Hour. Is a very intense system, the center will move through haiti overnight monday into tuesday. It could get very close to a move through cuba by wednesday and move through the bahamas as we go into wednesday local time. This is going to be dumping tremendous amounts of heavy rainfall it could dump as much as 1,000 millimeters of rainfall in haiti or the dominican republic, which is quite a lot. And storm surge could hit as high as 4. 6 meters, this is the springtime season. We will see storm surge. That means coastal flood something highly likely. Lifethreatening rip currents and surf likely to happen and up to 200 kilometer per hour wind gusts could happen in many areas, Strong Enough to cause structure damage. The system will likely move up to the north. This system is actually the strongest atlantic hurricane since 2007. Lets go to the north. Theres another potent system over the u. S. This system is causing some windy conditions and also snowfall back behind it. Cold air is coming in from the north so we could see heavy snowfall for the northern rockies. Strong winds could cause fire weather in the central portions of the united states. Warm air surging in across the gulf of mexico, temperatures as follows. 30 degrees in houston. 29 atlanta. Across the north, chilly, 15 for the high in vancouver with cloudy conditions on your monday. Lets go to asia. As we have been reporting, a violent typhoon is approaching the okinawa region. Across mainland japan, were looking at windy conditions and rainy conditions across many places. Especially the pacific coast. Theres a seasonal frontal system. To the north theres another low in front. These systems are causing quite a lot of heavy rainfall for the hokkaido region. And this system has a history of dumping as much as 200 millimeters of rainfall in north korea. Now it looks like stormy conditions will likely continue into Tuesday Morning in the northern portions ofof japan. The seasonal frontal system will likelyly move away from th pacific side of japan. Tomorrows going to be a sunny day in tokyo. Enjoy the beautiful weather. Temperatures are going to be quite hot for the area. 32 degrees expected. Its going to be midsummer. So stay hydrated. As we go into wednesday and thursday, because of the impacts of the typhoon, we could see Rainy Weather and stormy conditions in the tokyo area. Osaka will see Stormy Weather wednesday. Fukuoka will see Stormy Weather as we go into wednesday. Naha, the typhoon will likely move away, so its going to be sunny for wednesday. Thats it for now. Heres the extended forecast. Here on nhk newsline, a japanese biologist has won the nobel prize for physiology or medicine. Yoshinori ohsumi discovered how cells in the body break down and recycle themselves, a process known as autophagy. The Nobel Assembly has today decided to award the 2016 nobel prize in physiology or medicine, to yoshinori ohsumi. For his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. Yoshinori ohsumi showed how cells get rid of defective proteins or degrade unnecessary ones to generate energy. This mechanism is called autophagy, common to all ork nixes with nuke leer cells it removes nonfunctioning proteins from the body and generate energy by dissolving proteins when theres a lack of nutrients. Translator i cant say anything other than that its a great honor. We didnt see much progress in the field for decades. But we were able to discover genes related to autophagy by using yeast. That opened a new horizon in the study of this area. Ohsumi used enzyme cells to study the mechanism of autophagy and in 1993 discovered the gene that controls this process. He went on to unravel the entire autophagy process, researchers have established that this process does not function properly in people with parkinsons disease and other neurological illnesses. Autophagy and ohsumis discovery could lead to preventive treatments. Hes a professor at the Tokyo Institute of technology. In 2015 he received a Canadian International award and in 2013 he was named Thompson Reuters citation laureate. More updates at the topqea , time for 60 minutes live around the world. These are the headlines. A shock referendum in colombia. A historic peace deal with farc rebels rejected. Those who showed up to vote in hungry overwhelmingly reject a move. In afghanistan launches a coordinated attack on the Northern City of k unduz. Theresa may finally announces a timetable for brexit. We will lat