Continue until the lastminute. Fumio kishida says it is not a challenge that can be solved through one meeting, but he says the government will try to make progress step by step. Japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of its territory. It says they were illegally occupied after world war ii. Moscow says the islands became part of russian territory as a result of the war. The dispute is the reason why the two cocountries havent sigd a peace treaty. Prime minister shinzo abe and russian presesident vladimir pun will told talks in western japan and tokyo on thursday and friday. Theyll discuss the territorial issue and an Economic Cooperation plan proposed by japan. On another matter, kishida says japan is postponing a threeway summit with china and south korea until next year. The decision comes after south korea decided to impeach its president over an influencepeddling scandal. Translator we have decided to rescheduled the summit for a more appropriate time next year. Kishida
The root of the problem untouched. This unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawa people and unite them even more. Reporter the top Government Official welcomed the court ruling. Translator we understand the court rule that the okinawas governor decision was illegal. Based on this ruling we hope to continue to deal with the issue with integrity. Reporter the u. S. Marine corps futenma air station has been an issue for decades. The base is located in the densely populated area. Aircraft take off and land within meters of nearby houses. Tokyo and washington want to move the base to a less populated coastal area of okinawa. But onaga wants it moved out of the prefecture altogether. Okinawa hosts 74 of the u. S. Military facilities in japan, and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. The construction for the relocation plan was approved by onagas predecessor. Last year onaga revoked the permit saying his predecessor did not follow a proper process. His decisio
More than 25 municipalities have opened up shelters and are urging the elderly and people with mobility issues to seek refuge now. Sea travel has been disrupted in kagoshima due to high tides. Ferries have been suspended. Sayaka mori from our weather desk is tracking the storm. Its celebrated 100 kilometers to the south of okinawa. Bringing recordbreaking heavy rainfall and powerful winds. Now the system is located to the south of okinawa and its actually a rather compact system. So as the system approaches, conditions will deteriorate quite quickly. It is a violent typhoon. It looks like very stormy conditions will likely happen from monday night into early Tuesday Morning in the okinawa region. Chaba is packing winds of about 200 Kilometers Per Hour with gusts about 300 Kilometers Per Hour. It is a violent typhoon. This is the highest category on the typhoon scale. Chaba will likely move toward the north and veer north and east into wednesday. The jet stream will take the system towa
Reporter okinawa governor onaga expressed anger. Translator i was shocked. The result will probably leave the root of the problem untouched. This unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawan people and unite them even more. Reporter the top Government Official welcomed the court ruling. Translator we understand the court ruled that the okinawa governors decision to revoke a landfill work permit was illegal. Based on this ruling, we hope to continue with the issue with integrity. Reporter the u. S. Marine corps futenma station has been an issue for decades. The base is located in the densely populated area. Aircraft take off and land within meters of nearby houses. Tokyo and washington want to move the base to a less populated coastal area of okinawa. But onaga wants it moved out of the prefecture altogether. Okinawa hosts 74 of the u. S. Military facilities in japan and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. The construction for the relocation plan was appro
For Disarmament Affairs traveled to the syrian capital to press for an investigation. Officials with the Syrian Foreign Ministry announced the government would grant the inspectors access. U. S. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon said they will visit the government officials agreed to a ceasefire in the area to ensure the safety of the investigators. Spokespersons for Doctors Without Borders sd three hospitals received about 3,600 people in the hours after the alleged attacks. They say 355 of those patients died. Government officials have denied using chemical weapons. Staterun tv reported such weapons were found in an armory belonging to opposition forces. U. S. President barack obama discussed the situation with David Cameron on saturday. They expressed grave concern over the use of chemical weapons. They also agreed to consult closely about potential responses by the International Community. Obama convened a meeting of the National Security council. He received a detailed review of the opt