these places in europe are smashing all the records step into the adventure. just don t lose your grip. it s the treasure map for modern globetrotters, discover some of european wykard breaking sites on google maps to and now also in book form you watching t w news asia coming up today. sions obeys final farewell. a funeral is held for japan s former prime minister in tokyo, a nation honors a polarizing politician who was gun down at a campaign rally last week. also coming up, melting glaciers in the himalayas are wrecking havoc on local communities. we ask an expert how global warming threatened this massive reserve of mountain ice? ah, i m melissa chant, thanks for joining us. it s been a political and emotional upheaval for japan from the assassination of sions obeyed last friday. and that shadow over national elections on sunday. and now just 5 days later, a final farewell to a prime minister that both inspired and divided japan crowds lined the streets of downtown tokyo