Nhk worlds shunsuke ide reports. Reporter kimiya yui played a key role in helping japans cargo ship dock with the iss. The cargo vessel was loaded with food, equipment and other supplies for the astronauts. His skillful operation of the robotic arm ensured the delivery was a success. We successfully captured the vehicle. Looks like a Golden Treasure box. Reporter assisting yui from Mission Control in houston, texas, was fellow japanese astronaut koichi wakata. It was the first time japanese astronauts had worked together on earth and in space to dock a spacecraft. Translator he has a great sense of reading situations using skills acquired during his career as test pilot for japans selfdefense air force. He also showed great ability in operating systems. Reporter another task yui undertook with great relish was to become one of the first people ever to taste lettuce growing in space. Thats awesome. Tastes good . Yeah. Kind of like arugula. Reporter yui shared the many moments of his lif
Reporter Laurent Fabius told says they are getting closer to a deal. Things are moving forward. Now i have to consult with the different groups and, therefore, i will make my proposal on saturday morning and the decision must be taken saturday at noon. Reporter they say the first time fabius publicly announced an agreement is about to be reached by all member parties. What he told nhk world is that the International Community is entering a new era where every nation recognizes the need to tackle Global Warming and for the first time ever, all countries, whether rich or poor, participate in a framework to reduce carbon emissions. Nhk world, paris. Hell keep us updated here on newsline. After weeks of waiting, the winners of this years nobel prizes have received their awards. They gather for a special ceremony in stockholm. And among the winners are two japanese scientists. Nhk world has the story. Reporter Takaaki Kajita won the physics award for proving nutrinos has mass. It opened a w
Coming up, ukraine gdp plunges as the ceasefire in its Eastern Region is tested. Back to our top story no deal. Greece and its creditors have met, talked, and failed to bridge their differences on dealing with aid. The meeting broke up when greece called conditions for more money absurd. The finance minister was ready to do whatever it takes to reach an agreement, noting optimism that a deal will get done. Time is fast running out to break this impasse. Any new deal would need to be approved by each National Government before greece cost current bailout. Lets go to brussels. Hans nichols is standing by tracking the company. Hans, talk us through the latest. What is the reasoning . It probably wasnt that late in the night by brussels standards, but the argument is essentially that the deals they are being asked to complete our illogical because they were elected on a promise to repeal that very deal. He said they went backwards last night, not forward, but his optimism sprang from the f
The japanese Prime Ministers political gamble in calling an early election has paid off. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition won a landslide victory. His liberal Democratic Party and its partner komeito have secured a two thirds majority in the lower house. The parties won 326 of the 475 seats in the chamber. Thats well above the 317 needed to secure a twothirds majority, and it means the ruling parties will be able to set their agenda for the diet, and see it through. Abe says he wants to push forward with his policies. They include his economic plan known as abenomics. He spoke to media on monday, one day after the election win. Translator yesterday, we got voter support for abenomics. So i want to advance the policy in three areas. We will take action immediately with economic stimulus measures by the end of this year. We will compile a budget for the next fiscal year. The diet will be convened at the start of next year. We want to carry out drastic deregulation in areas such as agricultur
U. N. Security council plus germany. Theyre trying to come to an agreement on how long restrictions on Irans Nuclear program will remain in effect. Theyre also discussing the process for lifting sanctions against iran. Iranian leaders want the sanctions to end as quickly as possible. British foreign secretary Philip Hammond says delegates still need to tackle key issues. U. S. And other leaders are trying to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. All sides have been aiming to reach a final agreement by the end of june. Now gene otani from our business desk is here to tell us about what japans Business Sentiment is like at the moment. Gene . James, thank you very much. Cheaper oil prices have failed to lift the spirits of managers and japans major manufacturers. The closely watched Tankan Survey on Business Sentiment was flat for that sector for the quarter ending in february. People at the bank of japan asked managers at thousands of companies how theyre feeling about the econom