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discussions. translator: we ll make every effort to make tokyo 2020 a sustainable olympics. a task force recently appointed by koike estimated the price of the tokyo games could grow to about $30 billion. that s about four times the original estimate. the panel advised the governor to review the current venues for three events including rowing and canoeing. koike is considering the scrapping of plans that require new facilities and instead use existing locations to save money. but changing plans needs the approval of the ioc. during the meeting, thomas bach was receptive to the findings. we see a great potential of reduction with regard to what was mentioned in the report. he also suggested to include japan s organizing committee and the central government. koike agreed with the proposal that says she wants to finish her cost cutting plans later this month before further discussions. heavy clashes in south sudan over the weekend between the government and oppo ....
him from fulfilling his duties. current japanese law has no provision for the emperor to give up the throne. translator: we plan to submit a bill during the next ordinary session of the diet after explaining it to lawmakers. the bill will be based on recommendations of the panel. a six-member panel is discussing the possible abdication and how to reduce the emperor s official duties. the panel is expected to report on points of contention as early as the start of next year. suga is the first senior government official to mention the specific timing for submitting a bill on the matter. two japanese cabinet ministers have visited yasukuni shrine for its autumn festival. it honors japan s war dead. internal affairs minister takaichi said she made a private cash offering and signed her name with her cabinet title. translator: i expressed my sincere gratitude as a japanese national to the souls of those who sacrificed themselves for the country. i also prayed for the ....
state sponsored doping program and whether any of its athletes will be allowed to compete in rio. turkish authorities are continuing to round up suspects to a failed coup against erdogan. authorities carried out a massive raid on a military academy in istanbul on monday. officials say more than 10,000 public servants including police officers have been suspended. commercials calling for country unity under the president are airing repeatedly on tv. erdogan appears set to purge dissident forces for the uprising. turkish officials are blaming islamic cleric gullen for the coup attempt. he lives in the u.s. but has a lot of support in turkey. he denies any involvement. turkey is urging gullen be extradited. nhk world s keikichi mori tells us what he s been seeing there. reporter: rebels storm the streets on friday. unleashing a night of turmoil. the turkish intelligence agency released footage captured during the attempted coup. officials inside shoot as attackers fire ....
emperor akihito and prime minister shinzo abe as well as family members of the war dead. abe paid his respects to the war dead and said the people of japan have never forgotten that the country s current peace and prosperity was built on their sacrifices. translator: we humbly face lessons from history in order to contribute to world peace. we will do our best to realize as a society where everyone can live peacefully and hopefully. at noon, the participants observed a minute of silence. the emperor expressed his profound sense of remorse over the war. this was his first public appearance since the video message was released earlier this month in which he indicated his wish to abdicate. nearly 80% of the family members who attended the ceremony are 71 years or older. the number of war widows remains at seven. earlier in the day, prime minister shinzo abe sent a ritual offering to tokyo s yasukuni shrine. honoring the war dead. they have since made the offering o ....
of the top of the roof there and we re told the fire started around 530 sunday evening and you can see just how many firefighters showed a showed up the smoke is rising at of the roof. we know there is one injury and that person is being taken to the hospital but everybody else was able to evacuate safely power remains out and gas as well as would cut off has been cut off most people have a theory as to how it started :it looks like there was a grease fire on the third floor with a report of flames on the west side of the building the evacuation went well scott :of the fire went from one alarmed to two alarms very quickly that whole intersection has been closed for hours and i checked with the fire officials and as of now there is no official cause of the fighter fire vicki : be sure to stay up to date with the berkeley fire and all your bay area news by downloading the kron 4 mobile app. it s free to download for apple and android devices. two of three men arrest ....