Worries about the growing debt. And Australian Government leaders are facing growing opposition for their decision to seek out Japanese Submarine technology. People in central and western japan are digging out after heavy snow blanketed their homes. The snow toppled trees and cut off roads. And is the fourth day some mountain communities have been cut off. Nhk world reports. Reporter officials in tokushima prefecture in western japan say the storm took them by surprise. Snow blocked roads have left about 400 households cut off. Translator weve never had this much snow. Translator were trying to represent residents as soon as we can. Reporter selfdefense force personnel and local government officials have been trying to make sure residents are safe. Theyve also begun clearing trees and branches. The loss of power has disrupted peoples daily lives. Yoshio renovated his house five years ago. All of his utilities run on electricity. But now that the power is out, he has no heat. The kitche
Come with Prime Minister abes Economic Policy. Hong kong authorities plan to remove barricades that prodemocracy protesters have set up Near Government headquarters. A local bus company h won an injunction against the demonstrators in the hong kong high court. Police say theyll clear the area on thursday. The road near the government offices is one of the two main streets where students and activists have been holding sitins. A lawyer for the bus Company Urges demonstrators to cooperate. Translator we want the protesters to clear the barricades voluntarily, because many people will be affected. Hong kong media say police may evict the protesters from the road and surrounding areas. That would mark a big shift in the prodemocracy movement. Its members have been demonstrating for more than two months. They oppose chinas policy of screening candidates for the election of hong kongs chief executive. But some students seem reluctant to obey police orders. There are concerns about possible v
Sundays general election, well look at Prime Minister abes approach to security and diplomacy in asia. A u. S. Senate report is condemning cia interrogations. It accuses the spy agency of torturing terror suspects. And it says techniques used didnt produce results. The Senate Committee published pages of its 5 1 2year investigation. They looked into the cias detention and Interrogation Program during the bush administrations war on terror. The Committee Chair called it a stain on u. S. History. History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say, never again. The report cataloged types of torture used against suspects. These include a simulated drowning technique called waterboarding, and sleep deprivation. It concluded some of the interrogation methods overstepped legal limits and were ineffective in collecting authentic intelligence. It also criticized the cia for failing to tell the white house and congress what
Advanced technologies. And as japanese gear up for sundays election, voters in rural areas are considering how politicians will deal with the shrinking population and industries. Hong kong police are dismantling the main protest sites that have choked parts of the city more than two months. Theyre clearing away barricades and tents and arresting prodemocracy activists. Police and other authorities began the tear down thursday morning try to clear the road around government headquarters following a court order banning sitif in protests that have blocked bus routes. By the afternoon, several thousand Police Officers had been deployed. They used heavy machinery to remove iron fences and tents from a one kilometer stretch of road occupied by demonstrators. Translator we are so disappointed. The government did not do anything even though weve been protesting this for so long. Translator this is not the end. I may have to leave here for now, but i will join a rally if theres another protest.
Politicians say must be fixed to help the country revitalize. And japans Trucking Industry is facing a Driver Shortage, so companies are coming up with ways to get more women behind the wheel. Participants at the u. N. Climate talks in peru have spent the last three days trying to draft a global deal to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, but theyre struggling to find common ground. Theyre divided over how much industrialized nations should help developing nations. Delegates from more than 190 countries gathered in lima for the conference known as cop20. Theyre trying to agree on a Climate Change deal to replace the kyoto protocol. It would take effect in 2020 but theyre hitting a familiar roadblock. The question of whether industrialized countries should bear the response bear more responsibility for cutting emissions than developing countries. Participating nations have to submit their emissions cut targets in march. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry urged developing nations not to ch