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Award-winning Japanese actor Nishida Toshiyuki has died at the age of 76. He was best known for his role in a long-running movie series about fishing. Nishida was born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1947.
He reportedly collapsed and was confirmed dead at his home in Tokyo on Thursday.
He joined the Seinenza Theatre Company in 1970 and went on to become a familiar face on the big screen and television. He played comical, kind-hearted characters as well as violent villains. He won Best Actor in the Japan Academy Awards for his performance as a night school teacher in the 1993 film Gakko. Nishida played the lovable main character Hama-chan in the movie series Tsuribaka Nishi, which translates as The Fishing Maniac's Diary. He also enjoyed popularity as a singer. His song, Moshimo Piano Ga Hiketa Nara became a hit, leading to his appearance in NHK's annual New Year's Eve live music show.
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has met with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea. He is vowing to do everything he can to bring them home.
Ishiba stressed the need to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the issue. It's extremely important for the leaders to have an open mind and have frank discussions with each other. We'll continue to closely examine the circumstances and take steps to find the most effective way forward.
Yokota Sakiye's daughter, Megumi, was abducted in 1977 at the age of 13 We must rescue all of the abductees. We won't give up until that happens.
We hope a Japan-North Korea summit will be held soon.
Megumi's brother, Takuya, is the head of an abductee family group. He said the group wants abductees to be repatriated while their parents are still alive.
The Japanese government says at least 17 citizens were abducted by North Korean Asians in the 1970s and 80s.
Five returned to Japan after a summit in 2002, but the other 12 remain unaccounted for. Only two parents of the remaining abductees are still alive.
Officials have begun an emergency search for unexploded World War II bombs at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.
This comes after a bomb, believed to have been dropped by U.S. forces during the war, exploded at the airport earlier this month. The airfield was used by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military during the war. Work started on Wednesday night around the shoulder of a taxiway where the explosion occurred. Probes are expected to be carried out across the airport, including the runway and other taxiways. A horizontal magnetic survey was conducted to detect underground metals. Officials say the survey can examine objects at a depth of up to two meters.
We'd like to conduct magnetic surveys in other places as much as possible, so that people can use the airport without worries. Authorities also plan to conduct inspections at four other airports in Sendai, Matsuyama, Fukuoka and Naha. Unexploded munitions have also been found at the four sites in the past. Meanwhile, authorities recently found two 250-kilo bombs in a field adjacent to Miyako Airport in Okinawa.
A regional group led by China and Russia has criticized what it calls protectionist trade measures by the West. It comes amid an escalating standoff between Beijing and Western countries over tariffs on Chinese products. Ten member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization expressed their opposition in a joint statement on Wednesday. The SCO met this week in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. Through the joint communique, the SCO leaders have affirmed their resolve to further strengthen their cooperation in these spheres to build a peaceful, safe, prosperous and environmentally friendly Planet Earth. In the statement, the group said protectionist trade measures are contrary to the rules set out by the World Trade Organization. The SCO also criticized Western sanctions currently imposed on Iran and Russia as being against international law.
The US has increased tariffs on Chinese products, including electric vehicles. The European Union is set to follow suit. Beijing has responded with similar actions. North Korea says it has blown up highways and railways leading to South Korea. It's part of Pyongyang's efforts to completely cut itself off from the South, which it now calls a hostile state.
State-run media reports the North's army blasted shut two 60-meter sections of road and train tracks on the eastern and western sides of the Korean Peninsula. It quotes an official who says, North Korea will continue to take steps to permanently fortify its closed southern border. The report also uses the phrase hostile state when referring to South Korea, saying the move is in line with North Korea's constitution.
Leader Kim Jong-un called for that revision earlier this year. The matter is believed to have been discussed during last week's Supreme People's Assembly, though it wasn't publicized by Pyongyang.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency says the recent statement highly suggests the North has constitutionally redefined its southern border as hostile.
Now, whether it's eaten fried, grilled or raw, Japanese flying squid is a staple of the country's cuisine. But low yields and high prices are putting that at risk.
From the mailboxes. to its manhole covers. Hakodate, in Japan's northern Hokkaido Prefecture, is known for being a city of squid. Tourists flock there to try the delicious delicacy, and can even catch their own squid at these fishing booths. But...
The squid holds get smaller every year. Today it was windy and the sea was rough, so we didn't even get a delivery. Local restaurants and pubs are also struggling to put squid on people's plates. This restaurant says it has to pay more to buy squid, and is passing that cost on to customers. It's had to triple its prices. One diner said he was shocked by his bill. Flying squid is a casual dish. I didn't expect it to cost this much. It wasn't always like this. Flying squid has long been a pillar of hakodate's fishing industry. Residents often ate that day's catch on the cheap.
Back then, the nets were full of squids. Numbers nationwide peaked in 1968 at around 660,000 tons. But that's since plummeted. Preliminary figures suggest that last year, the industry only caught about 20,000 tons. That's only 3% of the peak.
One expert says there's several factors contributing to the decline. Japanese flying squid grow up in the East China Sea. Their numbers dropped as a result of sea temperatures, which were unusually low in 2015 and 2016. But fishing levels continued despite the shrinking squid population. Catches should be set to a level that can ensure there's enough adult squid to increase stocks.
Japan's fisheries agency says that's easier said than done. It held a meeting Wednesday to discuss how to manage squid stocks. Officials said if each fishing operation reduced their catch of young squids by one ton,each one's average weight would more than triple over six months.
But they acknowledged it's difficult to avoid catching smaller squids, who still need to grow. Officials say they hope to have a comprehensive plan by the end of the year.
Archers on horseback performed a traditional Japanese ritual north of Tokyo on Wednesday. Known as Yabusame, the ritual was held at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture. Ten archers in traditional costumes fired arrows at targets while riding their horses along a 250-meter stretch of road leading to the shrine.
I was astonished. It is amazing to see how powerful the horses are when they run and when the archers shoot.
The shrine honors Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled over Japan for more than 200 years until late in the 19th century. The shrines and temples of Nikko, including Nikko Toshogu Shrine, are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Let's check out the weather with our meteorologist Yumi Hirano. Yumi, we've been dealing with unseasonable heat for weeks now, but it seems that it will become more like autumn in East Asia. Give us the details.
Low pressure and frontal systems are moving northeastward, bringing wet weather. Behind the systems, cold air is coming into East Asia. Wide split showers are likely from eastern China, the Korean Peninsula to Japan into the weekend.
In Hokkaido, the first snow of the season is possible in the inland areas on Saturday and Sunday. Cold air will also cover the major cities in East Asia. The high in Beijing will be only 10 on Sunday. Shanghai may see a huge temperature change. The high will be 30 on Friday, but only 22 on Saturday. Tokyo has a chance of showers on Friday and Saturday. Sunny skies are coming back with a high of only 22 on Sunday.
Moving to the Middle East, heavy downpours have hit a city in Oman. Even though the monthly average of rain in October is only 1.7 millimeters,Over 120 millimeters in just one day drenched the area. We have somevideo.
Heavy rain in the country turned roads into rivers on Tuesday. Video captured by eyewitnesses shows dangerous floods trapping pedestrians and drivers in the streets. Local weather officials warned people of further flooding as more rain was expected. Authorities urged locals to avoid low-lying areas and to heed all weather warnings.
The rain is expected to taper off gradually in the next 24 hours. However, people should keep watching out for additional flooding even after the rain stops. That's it for me. Stay safe.
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And that is all for this edition of NHK Newsline. I'm Yamoto Miki in Tokyo. Thank you for joining us on NHK World Japan.
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