And well show you how a vegetable farmer in northern japan is catching the eyes and wallets of shoppers. U. S. Space agency nasa says its unmanned spacecraft maven has entered the orbit of mars. The probe arrived at 2 24 utc on monday after a tenmonth journey. Scientists cheered at a control center in the u. S. State of colorado when they confirmed the news. Unlike the agencys other mars probe, curiosity, maven is not designed to land on the planet, but to study its atmosphere. Nasa administrator Charles Boldin said the probe will provide data for a mission to send humans to mars in the 2030s. Scientists say life existed on the planet in the distant past. Nasa plans to study how its environment has changed. Mavens mission is to continue for one year. The Foreign Ministers of iran and saudi arabia have sat down for talks in new york. Analysts say the meeting hints at possible improvements to the two nations strained ties. Iranian foreign minister mohammed javaz zarif met face to face wi
government to take action. formal discussions between japan and north korea on the issue have been stalled since 2008. the families are aging. the average age of parents is over 85 years old. the change of leadership in north korea after the death of kim john-il is an opportunity to resolve the abduction issue. i urged the prime minister to use this chance. north korea s leader kim jong-un inspected a tank force on sunday. he was officially appointed supreme commander of the military on saturday, a position held by his late father. the country s state media said that the inspection was conducted along with kim jong-il s brother-in-law and the chief of the north korean people s army general staff. kim jong-un told the tank force to prepare for action and maintain its readiness to react to any situation as quickly as possible. our correspondent says that kim jong-un visited a military unit as soon as possible to strengthen his position as successor to his father. an arab