Tokyo following harsh remarks from duterte against the United States. And the sounds of old china. Young music fans are turning the table on digital recordings in favor of vinyl. A Japanese Court has ordered local governments to compensate the families of School Children who died in the 2011 tsunami. The court found teachers at the Public School were negligent in the way they evacuated the students. The court orders ishinomaki city and miyagi prefectures to play 23 million to the families of 20 children. Translator im overwhelmed by this favorable outcome. The judge said School Officials should have been aware that the tsunami was approaching at least seven minutes before it hit. And they should have taken children to a nearby hill instead of an area near the river. Translator the ruling will ensure the tragedy is never repeated. We can move on with our lives. Translator i hope this verdict will be an opportunity to develop proper disaster prevention at schools. 74 students at Okawa El
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Oil production to boost prices. And blue water magic. Nature lovers around japan are trading ocean views for a breathtaking spot inland. Worried about the budget, tokyos governor ordered a panel to look at cost estimates for the 2020 olympics and paralympics. It crunched the numbers and says plans for the games need a major overhaul. Now governor yuriko koike is looking at what could be cut. Reporter you could say tokyos new governor is experiencing some olympicsized sticker shock. Translator the project proceeded without anyone knowing why the budget swelled up to 20 billion or 30 billion. Reporter yuriko koikes numbers were from a tokyo government panels estimates. The results of which were released on thursday. The panel says the total cost for the Tokyo Olympics could be more than four times the original estimate. To get to the bottom of the surging cost, koike had set up an Investigation Team to look at the books for the 2020 games. Controversy around the games is nothing new. The
Mission. After days of fighting in yemen, houthi fighters sign a peace deal. In sierra leone, a 3day nationwide lock down to help the spread of the ebola virus is over. Thanks for being with us. We start tonight with a Climate Change rally led by thousands around the world. More than 400,000 protesters, according to organizers, took part in what has been billed the peoples march, touting it the biggest event of its kind. Reporter this is more than a march for Climate Action. Organizers say its a movement, led by those on the front lines of Climate Change. Coastal communities who are losing their neighbourhoods to rising sea levels and weather, to indigenous groups who travelled from the southwest of the United States. The delegation is impacted by fossil fuelled development. Theres a big boom going on, history of uranium mining, and the area i work. We felt the negative impact of all these, and we are here to join with brothers and sisters to push forward. Plenty of dignitaries on hand
Refugees flood into turkey, the number topping 70,000. Mission to mars n. A. S. A. s spacecraft to reach the red planet tonight. Thousands of demonstrators in the streets of new york city all in the name of protecting the environment. Look at the crowds. Organizers say 300,000 participated in what they call the peoples climate march, the biggest of its kind, and one of similar marches around the world. As i said, the organiser said 300,000 do we have an official number on the crowd . We are going by the organisers number. A lot of people 300,000, as estimated by the organizers seems small to them. Just to give you an idea, the staging area for the march along Central Park West was 40 blocks long and it took four hours for the march to pass through the start behind me, and you just missed the last of them going through. A huge crowd young, old, black, white, native American People from all over the world who came out to make this the largest mobilization ever. The last record set in cop