Coming back for more. And well show you the challenges some japanese people are facing just ahead of local elections. Japans emperor and empress have offered prayers and flowers in the western pacific nation of palau. They paid tribute to people who died in fierce fighting during world war ii. Reporter Emperor Akihito and empress visited the island of palau. They paid their respects at the memorial of war dead. They placed a bouquet of white chrysanthemums brought from japan to those who lost their lives. Peleiliu is one of a string of islands. The kun are country was under japans control for about 30 years until the end of the war. U. S. Forces attacked peleliu in september 1944. The island was home to a Strategic Air field. U. S. And japanese troops fought for control of the island for more than two months. The battle of pelau claimed the lives of about 10,000 japanese personnel, more than 1,000 americans died. Only 34 japanese survived. Visiting palau has been a wish of the imperial
South korean government Officials Say their neighbors are sending up a missile. They say it has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers capable of reaching the u. S. West coast. Experts used data from previous launches to make their estimate. They say a Missile Launched in 2009 had a range of almost 7,000 kilometers. North korean officials tried again in april. The rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. But the first booster burned 18 seconds longer than those used in previous attempts. The experts believe engineers may have succeeded in reducing the size of a nuclear warhead. South korean Officials Say workers have completed the assembly of the threestage missile. They say once the crew injects the fuel, it will be ready to go. Authorities in pyongyang say theyve launch between the 10th and 22nd of this month. They say theyre sending a satellite into orbit. But leaders of japan and other countries believe the North Koreans are carrying out a test of a longrange Ballistic Missile. The s
Hello there, welcome to newsline. Its thursday, december 6th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Authorits inorth korea are pressing ahead with plans to launch what they call a rocket. South korean government Officials Say their neighbors are sending up a missile. They say it has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers capable of reaching the u. S. West coast. Experts used data from previous launches to make their estimate. They say a Missile Launched in 2009 had a range of almost 7,000 kilometers. North korean officials tried again in april. The rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. Seconds longer tn those used 18 inrevious attempts. The experts believe engineers may have succeeded in reducing the size of a nuclear warhead. South korean Officials Say workers have completed the assembly of the threestage missile. They say once the crew injects the fuel, it will be ready to go. Authorities in pyongyang say theyve launch between the 10th and 22nd of this month. They say theyre sending a sa
Airports transit zone ever since. His lawyer says now hes free to go. Translator snowden has just left airport and has headed for a safer place. Snowden says eventually he wants to move on to latin america. Some countries there have offered him permanent asylum. Snowden worked on contract as an Intelligence Analyst for the National Security agency. He told the Guardian Newspaper and other media that agents collect private internet and phone data. U. S. Authorities have defended the surveillance programs saying they prevented terrorist attacks. Spokespersons for the russian president ial office say the decision to grant snowden asylum will not affect relations with the u. S. The White House Press secretary was less clearcut. We are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. Snowden expelled to the United States to face the charges against him. Kearney said president barack obama
European Union Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is making her second visit in two weeks. She met with interim president adly mansour, foreign minister nabil fahmy and the muslim brotherhood. Egypts military leaders overthrew morsi at the beginning of the month and installed a new government. His supporters have turned out for repeated protests demanding that he be reinstated. Security forces moved in again over the weekend to clear the streets. 80 people were killed. But morsi supporters say theyre not going anywhere. A wave of car bombings has killed at least 48 people in ir iraq. Local security Authorities Say sunni extremists may be behind the coordinated attacks. Ten blasts rocked the capital of baghdad about 90 minutes from around 8 00 a. M. On monday. Car bombs also went off at nearly the same time at three locations in the city of kut and samawah in the south. The blast killed at least 48 people and injured about 220. All the explosions took place in districts with many shi