Now, iranian negotiators are promising to take a new approach to ease concerns about their nuclear program. They are meeting with officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency for the First Time Since iranian president Hassan Rouhani took office in august. International inspectors have been trying for years to get into a facility on the outskirts of tehran. They suspect engineers have been trying to develop Nuclear Weapons at the Parchin Military complex. The iaea chief met with irans Deputy Foreign minister and abbas hinted to reporters that he made a new proposal during that meeting. Members of rouhanis government have said repeatedly theyll be more transparent about their nuclear program. The top diplomats from the European Union and japan agreed to cooperate over the issue. Catherine ashton serves as the chair for representatives of iran and since world powers. She met in tokyo with the Japanese Foreign minister, kishida, who said japanese officials will take advantage of t
Region, more than 1 3 of the population belong to the ethnic group. The city is dotted with mosques. On fridays, people wearing traditional prayer caps gather to pray. Chinese leaders have been encouraging the muslim residents to strengthen their ties with arab states because they have so much in common. In ningxu hui, a special building for the trade goes up. They resemble buildings in arab countries, which are starting to spread in the region. So has an interest by young locals in the arab culture. Reporter six years ago, the Muslim International Language College opened in the suburb of the capital. 1,500 students attend classes there. They come from the autonomous region and all over china. Most study arabic. During the recent trade fair, 60 teachers and students served as volunteer interpreters. Most support promoting ties with arab countries. Translator for those of us studying arabic, the china arab states expo was a great opportunity. Translator arabic is required in trade. That
Quarantined. Well show you how some seniors at a japanese Daycare Center are maintaining their fitness while on the job. Japanese government officials have begun talks with a special Investigation Committee in pyongyang and they are meeting face to face with the top officials from north korea. Theyre getting an update on the ongoing probe into the fate of missing japanese nationals including abductees. Junichi ihara, head of the Foreign Ministers asian and Foreign Affairs bureau is leading the 12member committee. They are meeting with so tae ha and other members of his team. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. The talks got underway at 9 30 a. M. Local time. Iharas stressed the japanese governments stance that the government places a top priority on resolving the abduction issue. They will continue talks for two days and ask questions on how the north is carrying out its probe. Relatives of the abductees opposed sending a delegation to north korea but its the government says it is important
Storms in decades. Typhoon neoguri is bearing down on okinawa. The warnings are in effect for the main island of okinawa and me yak coa island in the south. Local authorities issued an evacuation advisory for 480,000 residents throughout the prefecture. Officials at the Okinawa Power Company say 22,000 households were without try trystity on tuesday morning. Airline companies have cancelled all flights to and from the islands. The typhoon has also forced Public Schools to close. Lets get the details from mai shoji at the weather desk. It is pack gusts of 252 Kilometers Per Hour and is still large and very strong status. The second strongest level. It will be veering towards kyushu making land fall over western japan by thursday morning. Is it going to be packing gusts of 252 in okinawa and miyako today. Tomorrow the gusts will be weakening. No matter how the intensity is and even if this decreases and winding down with the winds and all, its the rainfall and the heavy waves and life th
A severe Tropical Storm is blowing wind and dumping rain in communities throughout southern and central japan. The storm called neoguri has made landfall on the island of kyushu. Authorities say more heavy rain is on the way and theyre warning people to watch out for mudslides and flooding. Officials with the Japan Meteorological Agency say the storm hit the city of akune and is traveling toward the east. Scientists with the agency say the storm will keep traveling along the southern coast. They forecast some areas will receive as much as 80 millimeters of rain per hour. At least three people have died. Two fell entire gags entire gags ditches. More than 40 others have been injured. The storm has destroyed at least three homes. About 400 have been flooded. Government officials have issued evacuation advisories for 40,000 households. About 8,000 households have lost power. Lets get an update on the storm from mai shoji at the weather desk. Neoguri is now a severe Tropical Storm status r