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Islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Prevented tokyo and moscow from signing a peace treaty, a step that was never taken at the end of the war. Translator the four islands are an inherent part of japans territory. Through a diplomatic channel they launched a protest with russia. Their military expansion with the Mission Deployment is incompatible with our stance and is deplorable. The Missile System present a diplomatic headache weeks before putin is due to visit japan. The decades long issue is a thorny one but said that through the meeting with putin he ames to create a win win situation including in economic terms. Speaking of the economy, we now turn to business headlines. Tokyo stocks have been climbing along with the dollar. From the Business Team with more on that and other stories. The nikkei average extended its winning streak to a seventh day. Investor sentiment has been upbeat on expectations and president elect trumps will support growth. A weaker yen has fue
Narrator following the attacks of september 11, china drew at least temporarily closer to the u. S. The reason beijing fears separatist forces in their islamic western provinces. China has a delicate relationship with its ethnic and religious minorities. To understand the interactions between two asian cultures, we travel to the frontiers of han and muslim china in the city of lanzhou. But lanzhous location and its future on this frontier have much to do with the regions physical geography and Natural Resources. blowing heavily narrator for centuries in this part of china, rafts like this were an important means of transportation. Made of sheepskin, inflated and tied together, these rafts, called yangpi fazi, navigated the huang he, or yellow river. By looking only at the huang he, you might think lanzhou is a wet place. In fact it only receives about 12 inches of rain a year. Geographer chai yangwei, in the green, follows these farmers to see how they cope with such low rainfall. Pecu
Digging through the mud and debris by hand or with shovels. Hiroshima city officials issued evacuation advisories about an hour after the first landslide. Residents say that slow response had consequences. Translator the advisories were issued too late when i realized it was too late to do anything. Using the Community Wireless system wasnt enough. Translator city officials should make the announcements earlier. People could have evacuated if they had issued advisories two hours earlier. Officials in tokyo have issued a directive urging local authorities across the country to deliver more accurate evacuation advisories. Rescuers have been hampered several times since the disaster struck. And experts say survival rates drop for those trapped after 72 hours. Translator we are working in a severe environment. We want to give it everything we have while keeping that 72hour limit in mind. Its a race against time for the rescue workers as the critical hour mark arrives saturday morning. Land
Debris by hand or with shovels. Hiroshima city officials issued evacuation advisories about an hour after the first landslide. Residents say that slow response had consequences. Translator the advisories were issued too late when i realized it was too late to do anything. Using the Community Wireless system wasnt enough. Translator city officials should make the announcements earlier. People could have evacuated if they had issued advisories two hours earlier. Officials in tokyo have issued a directive urging local authorities across the country to deliver more accurate evacuation advisories. Rescuers have been hampered several times since the disaster struck. And experts say survival rates drop for those trapped after 72 hours. Translator we are working in a severe environment. We want to give it everything we have while keeping that 72hour limit in mind. Its a race against time for the rescue workers as the critical hour mark arrives saturday morning. Landslides like the ones in hiro