Some of them powerful. This footage shows one of the latest strong tremors in kumamoto. Translator there continues to be seismic activity, so we advise sufficient caution and alert for further seismic events. Rescue and recovery operations continue in the village of minamiaso. Crews are looking for several people who remain unaccounted for. On tuesday they found three people under the rubble. The death toll has risen to 47. Rescue work is being hampered by the aftershocks and also by landslides. The situation is taking a toll on survivors. Tens of thousands have fled their homes, and many sleeping in emergency shelters or their cars. And concerns are growing over a new potentially deadly threat. Officials are raising awareness over the socalled Economy Class syndrome. Blood clots develop when if people spend too much time not moving around. Officials say one woman has died from the conditions. She was one of the thousands taking shelter in vehicles. Nearly 20 others are suspected of having the same condition. Translator for april, it feels so cold. Im borrowing a blanket and wrapping myself with it. Nhk contacted the regions municipalities and has halleyed the numbers. More than 124,000 people have fled their homes, many of which were destroyed or damaged. Many i still without electricity, water or gas. But there are some signs of recovery. A Railway Operator pass restarted a bullet route. Thursdays quake had derailed one bullet train. There are many stories of what was lost, but the full picture still isnt clear as rescue and recoveries work continues. Many remain hopeful their loved ones will be found. Reporter its all too much for him to bear. Yujis family home was somewhere near here, before it disappeared in the mudslide and his father has been missing ever since. The mudslide also washed away a bridge. This University Student is thought to have been driving close by. His mother cannot stop her tears. She has been watching the minutes pass since she last saw him, on the watch she gave him when he turned 20. Nearly half of the earthquake victims died in the town of mashiki, but some relatives believe those lives could have been saved. This couple died saturday after their home collapsed in the second jolt. Their data kyoko says her family evacuated safely thursday after the first quake, but her parents returned home friday when the power came back on. Translator i have deep regrets. I should have dragged them out again even if they didnt want to go. Reporter more than 3,000 houses and buildings have been damaged or destroyed and people who want to return home are instead bracing for more strong jolts. Yuki, tanaka, nhk world. Many supermarkets and Convenience Stores in Kumamoto Prefecture have reopened but getting in and out of the area is a challenge. Supplies of food and drinks remain low. People lined up tuesday before this super market opened its doors. Translator this store is far from my place, but i need to get some food. Customers were buying long awaited fresh food. Translator im so glad i can get what i want here again. This Convenience Store opened monday but most shelves are empty. The chains Distribution Center is in the town of mashiki, one of the areas hardest hit by the quake. Trucks can now only make one delivery a day, down from the usual three. Many drivers are now in shelters and their vehicles have been damaged. Traffic jams are also slowing distribution and night delivery is suspended due to frequent tremors. Translator were getting substitute drivers and trying our best to deliver goods quickly. Managers are making changes to orders to speed up delivery. They decide to unify the variety and volume across all stores to decrease sorting times. Translator we are doing our best to remove obstacles and get the flow of goods back to normal as soon as possible. Police are calling on people to avoid driving during rush hour and to take alternate routes to prevent traffic jams. Some Nursing Homes in kumamoto city are facing difficulty coping with the large number of elderly evacuees. This facility was already full before the quake, but is now overflowing. The staff are looking after 40 more after the on top of the first 100. Translator some caregivers have also been evacuated so they cant come to work. Were accepting local people as much as we can under such harsh circumstances. And about half of the employees whose homes were damaged are staying at the facility themselves to take care of the elderly. Theyre using portable beds and physical therapy mats to accommodate evacuees. They say they have enough food and water, but disposable diapers and other necessary items are in short supply. In ecuador workers are racing against time. Its injured more than 4,600 hours. Domestic and foreign Emergency Response teams are trying to rescue people under the rubble, but local media report that aftershocks often interrupt operations. Almost 72 hours have passed since the quake. Experts say the chance of survival drops after that point. The if you want estimates the economic damage is estimated to be 3 billion. Several u. N. Responsible on geneva. At least 150,000 children are affected. We are clearly in a race against time to protect children. The Health System has been declared on high alert, and there have been some reports of loss of power and Communication Services in the areas. The w. H. O. Is calling for more support to prevent outbreaks of mosquitoborne diseases at shelters. Officials at the japans Department Store association say total sales at 237 stores stood at 4. 8 billion last month. Thats down 3 from a year earlier. Clothing took a significant drop of nearly 7 because of colder than usual weather. Sales of watches, jewelriies an other Luxury Products fell. They add the series of earthquakes in south western japan may hurt future consumption. The officials at the Economic Revitalization Task force have come up with proposals. The key pillar is to increase gdp or about 5. 5 trillion. They want labor reform to achieve equal pay for equal work. This means raising nonregular workers wages to levels earned by regular workers. The Task Force Members noted the government needs to expand the labor market by giving more Job Opportunities to retirees and women staying home to raise their children. Now turning to the markets. U. S. Stocks end at mix. Firmer crude oil prices were a factor. Nasdaq closed lower by. 4. To see how stocks are opening, we go to ramin who is standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. What are you seeing at the open . Firmer crude oil prices clearly helping. Then some earnings and u. S. Housing data fell a little bit short of expectations. We had a bit of a mixed closing. Lets have a look at how the nikkei and topix are kicking off. Up just over 1 . Just a reminder the nikkei rallied strong on tuesday. Most of the shares plummeted on monday. That follows the reaction to earthquakes in japan. We had the failure of Oil Producing countries to agree on cap in output as well. We are seeing a continue situation of the gains. Nikkei rallying 3. 7 yesterday and its up 1 just now. Sony saw a bit of a rebound, climbing the most in two months on tuesday. Concerns eased over supply chain disruptions. We need to get a check on some of the bank shares, financials and thats after gold mman sach shares rallied in the u. S. After it beat expectations. Lets get an idea on how oil is trading. U. S. Crude futures touched 41 a barrel. Lets get an idea of Currency Pairs as well. Dollar yen top of the screen, 109. 12. Its also going to be a focus on the European Central bank policy meeting on thursday. A look at the markets open across asia pacific. Kospi is up half a percent. Currency sensitive to Oil Price Movement will remain a focus. Australia dollar was firming. Well keep track of all of that. For now, back to you. Thanks for that report. Japan has a surplus of apartments to rent. Tenant abandon from making renovations. Here is a report on the popular trend of do it yourself apartments. Reporter salary man rents an apartment in tokyo. Its a so called diy apartment. Hes decorated the walls to his own unique taste. Its a water slide in the woods. I also bought a shelf to put pott potted plants on. Reporter the rent is average for the neighborhood but tenants can paint the walls or drive pins into them. Translator i wanted to have the freedom to change the interior of my apartment. Reporter the ordinary reason of the apartment is major renter. Last year it leased about 25,000 diy apartments. Translator we hope that people feel attached to the apartments theyve renovate and live there for a long time. Reporter old homes are being leased out as diy Friendly Properties. This 46yearold home was vacant for about half a year. The owner was reluctant to do costly repairs and decided to allow tenants to renovate it instead. New tenant has knocked down a wall between two rooms to create a big living driining room. This window used to be small. I made it bigger. Reporter a small window has been renovated into bay window wide enough for people to sit on. A wooden deck is accessible directly from the living room. An architect himself, he remodelled the home with the help of his friends. The cost, about 11,000 there are. He got permission from the ordinary reason. A contract says the home can stay as it is when he moves out. Translator diy Friendly Properties allow young people like me to live in detached houses. People willing to renovate unpopular old homes can find them attractive and valuable. Reporter the Real Estate Industry is struggling with empty properties. Allowing tenants a free hand to renovate might help reinvigorate the market. Here are the latest market figures. U. S. Defense officials are accusing their counterparts in beijing of ratcheting up tensions in the south china sea. Theyre criticizing china for landing a military plane on a runway built in the spratly islands. Chinese Officials Say the aircraft touched down sunday on a 3,000meter runway they built in the fiery cross reef. They say it was on a humanitarian mission to transport sick workers. But u. S. Officials say theres no obvious reason to use a military aircraft for that purpose. And they believe its the first time a military plane has landed there. The u. S. Department of defense is urging china to reaffirm that theres no plan to deploy military aircraft in the spratlys. China is building two other runways of similar runways in the area. China responded to the criticism. A spokesperson in beijing says its the duty of personnel to immediately travel to wherever theyre needed within the nations territory. The spokesperson noted sarcastically that she wonders why the u. S. Needs to dispatch military aircraft rather than private ones to assert freedom of navigation in the region. The vice Foreign Ministers of japan, the United States and south korea have agreed to cooperate closely in responding to north koreas acts of provocations. Japanese vice foreign minister akitaka saiki, antony blinken, and lim sungnam met on tuesday in seoul. They shared a recognition that the development of the norths nuclear and missile capabilities is a grave threat to the region as well as to the international community. Translator we have agreed to step up Cooperation Among the three countries. Translator if the north makes provocation again, despite a stern warning from the international community, it will face stronger sanctions and deep isolation. If were able to sharpen the choice, there is absolutely the prospect that north korea will make the right choice and reengage in denuclearization. Last week, north korea tried and failed to launch a new type of mediumrange ballistic missile. There are reports that north korea may conduct a fifth nuclear test sometime before the Workers Party convention scheduled for early may. Any country you visit you can find regional competition. In south korea, wedged between two rival, is a market thats a symbol of friendship. Here is the story. Reporter they celebrate the reopening of the market. It had been a center of distribution from the early 18th century. Over the years, it grew to have a special reputation. This is in a special location. The two provinces have a long history of regional rivalry and conflict, but here at the market, merchants from both regions sell their local specialties side by side. This woman living near the market. Shes been growing tea and plum to sell at the market for some 20 years. She acknowledged the historical tensions between provinces are very real to this day. People from kyongsan dont really like people from her province and vice versa. Translator one of my relatives hide the fact they grew up in the province. Reporter people in chola tend to feel this is why their province was developed less than the one next door. Translator it is no doubt that kyongsan is leading in the development. Reporter she said the market was different, a place where everyone just got along. But in 2014 disaster struck. The market burned down and many merchants, many were out of work. She thought things would return to normal, but she was wrong. When it came time to draw names of the location of new market stores, she wasnt on the list. Five other merchants from the chanla province we are left out. The reason, they didnt live in kyongla province. Translator i felt so frustrated. Reporter mvps protested the decision. In the end, the new rules were changed. And they were given permission to set up shop at the market again. Translator i felt terrible they didnt get the equal opportunity. They people are our friends. A song about the market that was a hit back in the 80s sums things up best. Translator the market is the basis of my livelihood. I hope people continue to leave in peace and harmony. Reporter rivalries are refusing to let go in south korea, but the market has been and continues to be a model for people to follow. Kim changju, nhk world. Next its over to robert speta for the World Weather forecast. We got sunny skies across most of the japan even over toward the Korean Peninsula. Things will be changing up as we go into the latter part of the week. At least four now in western japan, rescue and recovery effort still ongoing. We still have repeated aftershocks. At the very least we have sunny skies. The weather is helping out today here on wednesday. A high of 25. Thats some good news. Thats going to keep the temperatures at a moderately warmer temperature than we have seen. We do have storm system coming in out of south eastern china. Out ahead that will bring southerly winds and warmer temperatures. We have those aftershocks but ground continue to be very loose across this region and that could result in addition that will land slides. Really a serious situation. Well watch out there for those of you. We have been seeing some very heavy precipitation as well. Theyre expected north of hong kong there. Then this whole frontal area setting up. Most of thursday, from the Korean Peninsula down towards taiwan, youll be looking at widespread showers. Not looking like a lot of precipitation. Another bout of showers is expected by sunday. Down towards is south, a high of 34. Talking about some rain showers. Lets move over toward the americas where we have this per sis tant precipitation. The hardest hit area some of these locations you can see the bulls eye in pink right here upwards of 4 to 500 millimeters and thats resulted in some very severe flooding. I want to show you video coming out of this region here in spring, texas, a suburb of houston where its som serious flooding. Six casualties have been reported at this time. On tuesday rescue crews were deployed to assist People Living here in spring, texas. Residents and staff who became trapped in these flood waters and 50 residents had to be rescued across this region. Also Flood Warning still remain in place all over towards louisiana where this has slowly headed off toward the east. Its not moving very fast. We have High Pressure toward the east. Its called a blocking high. That will be sitting right in place. This trough ushering in that moisture. Thats going to be continuing to do so. Unfortunately, that means more flooding especially there over towards louisiana. Houston sill some passing showers but looks like the worst is starting to taper off. Temperatures are warm ahead. Some dry conditions in new york down towards washington, d. C. High of 21 there for you on your wednesday. Ill leave you now with your extended outlook. That wraps up this edition of nhk newsline. Thanks very much for joining us. Today, global 3000 goes to chile, where we meet some tiny frogs which biologists are completely mad about. But why are there numbers on the decline . And we had to nairobi, homes to thousands of street kids. While most people there ought to turn a blind eye, one person is taking a closer look. 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