Welcome to shoe newsline. Local Officials Say they found more than 2,000 dead pigs floating in the river. The bpigs began appearing last friday. The bodies suggest farmers upstream had dumped the animals. Officials say they found traces of a virus in some of the c carcasses. They say they will keep monitoring it. They work with the officials in neighboring regions so find out how the animals ended up in the river. A forr village leader without the con sent of residents. 30 people were hurt. Some villagers fought back and set fire to vehicles. The villagers have staged a series of protests since december. They claim the village chief leased land to a businessman without asking them. Authorities tried to quiet them by firing the chief. The residents want to contract to be nullified. Chinese in a number of towns and cities have staged protests over what the illegal misappropriation of their land. 115 cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the new pope on tuesday in the vatican. They will only speak to the publ oncthe decision is made. They will cast ballots to choose the successor. The cardinals will cut off all communication with the outside. They will cast ballots until one man receives a twothirds majority. The peoples officials will release a plume of white smoke when the new pope is selected. Vatican officials took an oath on monday not to reveal any all popes have been european. From many hundreds of years. Cardinals from ghana and brazil are contenders. People all over india were shocked late last year by the gang rape of a woman. One of the principals was found dead in his cell. The rape occurred in december on a bus. The victim was 23yearold woman. She was attacked by a group of men and later died. Police arrested five men and charged them with the crime. They are now on trial. The driver of the bus was accused of playing a key role in the rape. Translator this is wrong. It shouldnt have happened. He should have faced justice. At least he should have come to realize what he did was wrong. I feel the delay in Decision Making in our Government Regarding the rape case. He knew if he walked free the public would not spare him. It would have been better in the government has taken the decision. He was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead. They suspect the death was a suicide and ordered an investigation. They are questioning the prison staff about how they monitor inmates. The gang rape caused outrage. It drew attention to high rates of crime in the country. A militant group affiliated with al qaeda has claimed ambush for syrian soldiers. It left 48 employees dead. State employees were escorting them back home. Gunmen attacked the envoy in anbar. Govement of aiding syrian president asad. The militants posted a statement online. Investors are wonder how high they can take the index. They are wondering when a correction might be taking place. The dow has refreshed historical highs for five straight sessions. Its gained for seven straight sessions. It ended the day up a third of a percent higher at 14,447. Now stocks in new york have been climbing and last weeks jobs data added to optimism that the u. S. Is on path to recovery. Here in tokyo weve been seeing a run of our own to see how stocks are performing. Good morning. The dow extendsing gains. What are we seeing . The nikkei continuing higher this morning. Thats up for eight trading days in a row. Its been up 790 points so far in march. Lets have a look at the opening levels today for the nikkei and the topix. Both are gaining. 12,446 for the nikkei and 1,049 where the topix is. Bank ofapan officials have been talking up this policy on a daily basis. It was just yesterday as well that another member of the policy board came out with words to that effect. That boosted sentiment as well. Buying from overseas investors keep going on. The momentum has been pretty strong. They are buying a lot of banks, real estate sector shares as well as exporters. Weve been keeping track of those sectors and ill keep track of them today as well. Weve seen some gains. Flst a lot of approval on the next boj governor. The nominee for the next bank of japan governor and he is seen as an advocate of aggressive monetary policy. He is expected to replace current bank of japan governor. Lets have a look at the yen as you mention there. The yens weakness has been one of the main driving forces for the nikkei. The euro 125. 93 to 98. The euro a little bit of concerns about the italian public finances which halted recent gains in the single curren against the yen. You can see there at the upper 125 yen level. Well be keeping track of the weakening yen and any other moves in those key sectors that i mentioned. Exporters, real estate and bank shares. Back to you. Thanks for that update. The nikkei up. 8 of a percent this morning. The government is selling off shares in cigarette giant tobacco. The proceeds will be double that of early forecasts. The plan is to sell off more than 330 million shares of the state backed tobacco giant jt. About 80 million shiares have been sold. The remaining 250 million or so will be offered on friday to domestic and foreign private investors. The price will be set above 30 a share. Finance officials estimate total gains from the sales will be over 10 billion. They are earmarked for reconstruction. The president of iran and pakistan celebrated the law fun of a new stage of construction of a natural gas pipeline connecting the two countries. Pakistani president attended a ceremony marking construction in southeast iran near the border. The pipeline is expected to total 1900 kilometers. Engineers have almost completed their part of it. The United States block pakistani fund raising centraling construction on that side. U. S. Leaders oppose the project because they suspect money raised would fund tehrans nuclear program. They responded by offering to finance the pakistani side of construction. They said the pipeline is essential for resolving severe energy resources. I will have more headlines for you next hour. Ill leave you with a check on reonal rket north korean leaders appear to be following through with the threat. They put their entire country on high alert. They are responding to joints u. S. South korea and started at the beginning of the month. State run media reporting the country has been on stand by since last week to take up battle positions. They say militia units have been deployed. They say people have been enrolled in the military and retired soldiers are reenlisting. They are hding ergen meetings and preparing to mobilize. The current state of preparedness under his son and successor is one notch below that. The ruling korea working parties newspaper carried a title all people are solders. The entire nation is on the front line. Video shows some buses and trucks covered with camouflage nets. Sign boards calling for war and praising kim jong un can with seen around the city. People are walking to their workplaces or standing in line at bus stops. South korean president says recent events are a serio concern. Shes told her ministers to prepare for more provocations. Park head a Cabinet Meeting on monday. Her first since being sworn in late last month. Shes hoping International Pressure will convince north korea to abandon its program. She told him to stand firm against any provocations. A Chinese ForeignMinistry Spokesperson said Six Party Talks must resume for north kor korea. Translator china is calling on the concerned countries to keep calm and selfcontrol and refrain from taking any hasty actions thatill situation. They should find ways to asheave long term stability. The party vs not sat down at the negotiating table for more than four years. The south Korea Software mogul says hes running for a seat in parliament. Ahn says he will compete in a buy election next month. He arrived back in seoul after three months in the United States. Translator im willing to take any rough road ahead of me to pursue a new kind of politics. Ahn was popular among young voters before the december election. He with drew from the race to avoid splitting the opposition vote. Park won the election. Her administration had made a shaky start. Parliament members have refused to back her plan to restructure some ministries. Analysts say he may be planning to form a new party and his popularity could prove another headache for park. Japanese have paused to remember a day that changed all the days that followed. They stopped on monday for the anniversary of the most powerful earthquake recorded. Two years ago a magnitude nine earthquake shook home, offices and neighborhoods. The quake triggered another danger offshore. Tsunami waves more than 10 meters high slammed into the coast and brought down buildings all along it. The disasters trigger another inside fukushima. Reactors at the Nuclear Plant melted down. More than 20,000 people were killed or listed as missing. That number includes those who died during or after the evacuation. Government figures show that as of last month more than 300,000 people were still living in temporary housing with relatives or in other impermanent situations. Authorities plan to bring more than 23,000 Public Housing units for those that cant build their home. As of last month workers had only compeleted 84. Crews have only managed to clean up about 20 of the nearly 180,000 units. Prime minister abe has pledged to draw up a reconstruction road map that will enable many of those who suffer to restart their lives. He added his heart goes out to those affected. The disaster shouldnt be discussed in the past tense since its still going on. Translator i want to make these raies brighter and stronger. He pledged special housing projects for tho that lost their home. The Prime Minister said a road map will be drawn up this summer. He said it will outline when infrastructure will be rebuilt in areas near the Nuclear Accident site to allow evacuees to return home. Thousands of people waiting to go home. Tons of debris waiting for disposal. Vast tracts of land waiting to be restored. Overcoming the challenges of pans 2011 disaster wont be easy, but step by step, people are moving forward. Find out how on the road ahead. Every wednesday at 1 00 p. M. Japan time. Right here on newsline. Young doctors go through a lot before they complete their training. They have to learn how to use catheters. Tubeare challenging. These one hospital has come up with a pain free solution. Reporter residents are practicing a crucial skill, inserting catheters into blood vessels. They are not practicing on people. They are easing their needles into a traditional japanese food. Its a mixture of potato, water and coagulant. In an special ingredient. Its high in fiber and low in calori calories. The reputation is spreading to other countries. The wonder jelly is showing up at Health Food Shops and now in the operating room. Translator we can practice inserting as many times as we need to. The feeling of pushing the needle in and pulling it out feels exactly like it does on people. It starts with a scan. Interns use ultra sound images to make a diagnosis and sta probing for a vein. If they miss no one suffers. Translator i was surprised at first but it feels like dealing with a real body and real blood vessels while using an ultra sound image. Reporter catheters are used to probe veins near the heart. This College Hospital has about 3,000 cases a year. Done wrongly it can damage blood vessels or organs translator doctors of my generation trained by observing other people at work and had to practice on patients. Its great these students have the opportunity to train first then try it on real patients. Reporter medical mannequins are one alternative to live bodies but they are extensive. One dummy costs more than 3,000. Even the pads used for inserting needles one more than 300. They need to be changed often because once the pad has been pricked several times, holes open up. Could training tools be made cheaper . The university took their parts to a local manufacturer. The workers came up with an inexpensive set of training tools. There was a sticking point. They tried more than ten materials including rubber and gelatin. After three months of testing they finally landed on one. A local maker was pressed into service. This one had been in business for more than 100 years. Translator i was surprised to hear they want it as medical services and not food. Reporter it has the texture of human body fat. A drill is used to make holes in the jelly. The openingrepresent human va veins. The maker adds in potato peel and sea wood powder. The result looks like a real person. The cost of the training kit is just 1 20 the price of previous options and can be used up to 30 times. Translator its cheap so students can keep practicing. If it means fewer accidents, well be thrilled. Reporter its quite a stretch from the dinner table. Its earned place in the they a now urging oer hospitals both in japan and overseas to take the plunge. Tokyo residents are enjoying warm weather this morning. We hear what we can expect in world weather. It was cold yesterday in tokyo. Well see a huge warm up today. Expect highs 18 degrees. Five Degrees Higher and things will get warmer on wednesday. 21 degrees. The warmth will affect northern japan as well. 12 in sendai on tuesday and 17 on wednesday. The warmth is by this High Pressure system bringing plenty of sunshine. Its not always good news because melting snow could cause some avalanches in some locations. Another dry day for you across the korean peninsula. Theres a couple of low pressure systems. This one to the north is bringing a mixture of rain and snow and this one to the south is bringing mostly rain. This one will heads toward the east while strengthening. The precipitation will cross japan as we look ahead to wednesday. Here is the high for east asia. Very warm for this time of year. 24 degrees expected. The same goes for hong kong. Warming up to 22. Down towards the south staying in the 30s across the tropics. Down towards the Southern Hemisphere we have a cyclone. The northern half of the island is already feeling the impact. The good news is its not going to strengthen and its not going to make a direct hit. The bulk of heavy rain should stay over the waters but certainly the island will see more heavy rain and stronger winds for the next 24 hours as the system approaches. Land slides and flooding will be a very big concern into your wednesday. Now finally in north america a late winter storm is affecting. Late season winter storm is affecting the Great Lakes Region and eastern canada. Eastern canada will see an additional centimeters of snow in the next 24 hours. We also have a freezing rain warning. Very dangerous driving conditions right here. Its sagging toward the south bringing thunder showers. This will make its way toward the east. Things will be clearing up by tuesday night. Sunny skies on your wednesday here. Out west turning wet across the northwest the coast al location will see flooding. An additional 450 centimeters is likely. Another hot day for you in los angeles. 27 degrees. 17 degrees in washington, d. C. And 13 in new york city on tuesday. Snow flurries possible for winnipeg with a high of minus 7. Thats it for now. Here is your extended forecast around the globe