Welcome to NHK Newsline. I'm Ramin Mellegard in Tokyo.
S.Korean Police Arrest 2 Foreigners With Military History
Police in South Korea say they have arrested two foreigners who are alleged to have illegally collected information near a US military base in the country.
A South Korean media outlet says they are both former Chinese military service members.
On Tuesday, the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency announced the arrest of two foreigners, one in his 60s and the other in his 40s.
It said both men have military backgrounds in their home country.
The police say the suspect in his 60s has visited South Korea multiple times since 2024, at the times when joint drills between the US and South Korean militaries have taken place.
He is suspected of intercepting communications between fighter jets and ground control by setting up a radio receiver at a hotel near the base in the southwestern city of Gungsang.
The police report that the other suspect collected information about the joint drills from a South Korean worker at the US base in exchange for money and goods.
Rescuers In Quake-Hit Colombia Racing Against Time
Rescuers in Colombia are racing against time after a powerful earthquake this week.
The death toll now exceeds 180.
The magnitude 7.4 quake struck on Monday. The focus was in western Colombia.
Buildings collapsed around the epicenter and in the southwest.
An association of major cities says 188 people have died, including 95 in Cali and 79 in Pereira, near the epicenter. More than 2,500 others have been injured.
Rescuers in Cali pulled a 35-year-old man from a collapsed building on Tuesday.
Authorities believe more people are still trapped.
The United Nations says grasping the full extent of the damage could take time, especially in rural areas.
Syrian Court Sentences Ex-President Assad To Death
A Syrian court has sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for offenses that include murder and crimes against humanity.
Syria's state-run news agency reported a court in the capital Damascus announced the decision on Tuesday.
The agency said eight other people, including Assad's younger brother and former senior officials of his government, were also given death sentences.
Assad was ousted in December 2024.
Moves to hold his former government accountable are emerging as the country rebuilds.
The Assad regime had cracked down on anti-government forces during a Syria's civil war that dates back to 2011.
In the sentencing, the court cited Assad's position as the highest decision-maker and his role in directing state institutions involved in murder and other offenses.
Assad went into exile in Russia immediately after his government fell.
It remains unclear whether he will be extradited.
Reports: Trump Secretly Switched Planes Over Iran Threat
US media have reported that President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to another aircraft before leaving Turkey because of an Iranian assassination threat.
The Washington Post cites a US official familiar with the operation, another person with knowledge of the president's travel, the material reviewed by the newspaper.
Trump boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras as he left Ankara on July 8, following a NATO summit.
But the paper says that, minutes later, Trump secretly left the aircraft out of public view.
He entered the raised container of an airport catering truck positioned at a door on the other side of the plane.
The container was lowered, and the truck took him to a smaller military aircraft.
A photo shows the catering truck parked beside Air Force One, with his container raised to the level of the plane.
The Washington Post says journalists and some White House staff remained aboard Air Force One, believing Trump was traveling with them.
The paper says the clandestine operation highlights the extent of concern among US security officials about the president's safety.
Former Toyota Motor Head Okuda Dies At 93
The former head of Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor, Okuda Hiroshi, has died at the age of 93. Okuda became president of the company in 1995.
He was the first person outside the founding family to hold the post.
During his tenure, Toyota launched the Prius hybrid vehicle and stepped up its environmental initiatives.
The company also accelerated its expansion into overseas markets.
After becoming chairman in 1999, Okuda shifted his focus to Japan's business community.
He served as a member of the government's economic and financial policy panel under then Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro.
In 2002, he became chair of the Japanese Business Federation, or Keidanren.
Okuda also played a diplomatic role for Japan.
He met with foreign leaders and visited places like the Gulf states as a special envoy of the prime minister. Okuda remained an adviser to Toyota until 2018.
Kumamoto Quake
Temporary Housing Goes Up As Thousands Remain In Shelters
Two weeks after a massive earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, thousands of evacuees remain in shelters, and officials are struggling to find other places for them to stay. The governor acknowledged the challenges facing the prefecture.
00:06:22 話者 11/Kimura Takashi/Kumamoto Governor
We still have a lot to do, including improving conditions for evacuees, such as finding them places to stay outside evacuation centers and securing temporary housing as soon as possible.
00:06:36 話者 1
Now, as of Wednesday morning, more than 3,600 people remained in about 80 evacuation facilities across the prefecture.
Officials say many evacuees want to stay near their damaged homes, but many local hotels and inns remain closed because of disruptions to water supplies and other problems.
They say only about 15 percent of evacuees hoping to leave shelters have found places to stay.
Meanwhile, work has begun on temporary housing, hundreds of units are planned, and some could be ready as early as next month.
Western Europe Had Record Heat In June And July
Countries in Western Europe have just sweated through their hottest June and July on record. That's according to the European Union's weather agency.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said the average in nations including France, Spain and Germany reached 21.6 degrees Celsius.
That's about 2.8 degrees higher than the average during the period between 1991 and 2020.
The agency said this reflects the exceptional persistence of heat since the beginning of summer. The region has also had very low rainfall.
The agency said water levels extremely low in rivers such as the Seine, Rhine and Danube.
That has affected water supplies and energy production.
An official at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts noted that persistent high-pressure systems trapped heat over the region.
She said this has led to soil drying out and losing its ability to provide natural cooling.
She called this a clear example of how climate change is intensifying heat extremes.
And those are the top stories for this hour.
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I'm Ramin Mellegard. Thank you very much for joining us.
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Easy Japanese
00:10:09 話者 2
Hi there, it's time for NHK World Japan's Easy Japanese.
I'm Erico Kojima.
00:10:15 話者 3
And I'm Michael Reese.
Let's have fun studying Japanese together.
Today we bring you lesson 24 on explaining what you can't eat.
The main character of our skit is Tam, a student from Vietnam who lives in Harusan House.
Today, her housemate, Kaito, has made a typical Japanese breakfast.
Kaito loves to cook.
00:10:41 話者 2
Listen to the skit for lesson 24.
Itadakimasu.
Nihon shakua kenko niin desuyo.
Kore, namatama go desu ko?
Hi.
Sumimasen.
Wadashi, namatama goa taberare masen.
Now let's go over the skit line by line.
00:11:20 話者 3
The table is filled with breakfast dishes, things like steamed rice, miso soup, and grilled fish.
Kaito and Tam say something that people in Japan usually say before a meal.
00:11:32 話者 2
Itadakimasu.
Let's eat.
00:11:35 話者 3
The robot landlady, Haru-san, on the dining table, says.
00:11:42 話者 2
Japanese food is very healthy.
00:11:45 話者 3
Tam asks Haru-san.
00:11:50 話者 2
Is this raw egg?
00:11:52 話者 3
Haru-san replies.
00:11:55 話者 2
Yes, it is.
00:11:57 話者 3
Tam apologizes.
00:12:01 話者 2
I'm sorry.
I can't eat raw eggs.
Kaito says, I see.
So you don't like natto either?
00:12:18 話者 3
Tam happily answers, Natto.
00:12:21 話者 2
Daisuki.
Natto! I love it! Natto is made of fermented soybeans.
It's usually flavored with soy sauce and eaten on steamed rice.
Natto is sticky and has a distinct smell.
Not everybody finds it appealing.
00:12:36 話者 3
But Tam seems to like it.
Today's key phrase is I can't eat raw eggs.
If you remember this pattern, you'll be able to say what you can't eat.
00:12:57 話者 2
Let's break down the phrase.
Nama tamago is raw egg, and taberare masen means can't eat.
Today's point is how to say what you cannot do, such as can't eat .
The verb taberu, to eat, in its potential form is taberareru, meaning can eat.
Taberareru in the polite negative form is taberare masen.
For now, just memorize the whole word, taberare masen.
00:13:33 話者 3
OK, so can't eat is taberare masen?
00:13:37 話者 2
That's right.
When you can't eat something, you can say so by placing the particle wa after the name of the food, followed by taberare masen.
00:13:47 話者 3
OK, got it.
So listen and repeat out loud.
00:13:53 話者 2
Taberare masen.
00:14:09 話者 3
So how did you do?
Listen now to a conversation in which a woman says she can't eat something when she's about to eat a Japanese meal.
00:14:37 話者 2
Now let's examine what was said.
00:14:44 話者 3
Please eat a lot.
00:14:46 話者 2
Douzo means please, and it's used when you want to invite someone to do something.
Takusan means a lot.
Tabete kudasai means please eat.
It's the verb taberu in the te form, followed by kudasai.
00:15:09 話者 3
I'm sorry.
I can't eat raw fish.
00:15:13 話者 2
Sumimasen in this situation means I'm sorry.
Watashi is I.
Sashimi is raw fish.
00:15:23 話者 3
Now your turn.
Listen and repeat out loud.
00:15:29 話者 2
Sashimi wa tabera de masen.
Watashi sashimi wa tabera de masen.
Sumimasen.
Watashi sashimi wa tabera de masen.
00:15:53 話者 3
All right, let's try saying other food you can't eat.
What if you have an allergy to shrimp?
Shrimp is...
Ebi.
Try explaining yourself by starting with sumimasen.
00:16:13 話者 2
Sumimasen watashi ebi wa taberaremasen.
Sumimasen watashi ebi wa taberaremasen.
Now change the food to pork.
Pork is
Botaniku.
Botaniku.
Go ahead.
00:16:42 話者 4
Semimasen.
00:16:44 話者 2
Watashi.
00:16:45 話者 4
Botaniku wa taberaremasen.
Semimasen.
Watashi.
Botaniku wa taberaremasen.
00:16:58 話者 3
All right, I think you're getting the hang of it.
Today's bonus phrase is what Tam and Kaito said in the skit.
Memorize it and make it yours.
00:17:12 話者 2
Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu is what people say before eating.
It expresses thanks to those who prepared the meal and respect for the food.
And once the meal is over, it's customary to say gochisousamadeshita.
So remember them as a set.
Itadakimasu to start and gochisousama deshita to finish.
00:17:35 話者 3
Now you say them.
Listen and repeat.
00:17:41 話者 2
Itadakimasu.
Gochisousama deshita.
Listen to the skit one more time.
Itadakimasu.
Nihon Shokua Kenko ni-in desu-yo.
Hi.
So,.
00:18:14 話者 4
Natto.
Daisuke desu.
00:18:23 話者 2
Kui shinbo kaito nyu ma cafe.
00:18:26 話者 3
Now onto Kaito is your food guide.
Today the subject is Japanese breakfast.
00:18:35 話者 2
Michael, what comes to your mind when you think of a Japanese breakfast?
00:18:40 話者 3
Oh, I suppose a bowl of rice, miso soup and of course grilled fish, really just like in the skit.
00:18:47 話者 2
That would be the typical Japanese breakfast.
Sometimes you might have natto, dried seaweed, pickled plums or eggs to go with your rice.
In the skit it was raw eggs, but Japanese style omelets are also very common.
00:19:01 話者 3
What about Western style breakfast?
00:19:03 話者 2
Well, it's quite common to have bread, eggs like sunny side ups, fruit juice, and coffee.
Actually, that's more my typical breakfast.
00:19:12 話者 3
How about in hotels and inns?
00:19:15 話者 2
Well, inns usually offer a Japanese style breakfast, but most hotels give their customers a choice.
All-you-can-eat buffets with both kinds of dishes are quite common too.
00:19:26 話者 3
It's nice to be able to have anything you want, really as much as you want.
You know, I'd like to try everything.
00:19:33 話者 2
Me too.
I always end up eating too much and then regret it later.
We hope you enjoyed today's Easy Japanese.
00:19:49 話者 3
Join us next time. Don't miss it.
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Tokyo Skytree
00:20:18 話者 4
Japan has various kinds of landmarks that fascinate visitors.
They range from cultural and historic locations to modern buildings created with cutting-edge technologies.
What led to their creation and what were the challenges involved?
The Backstory of Japanese Landmarks brings you the stories behind these amazing places.
In this episode of The Backstory of Japanese Landmarks, we feature the world's tallest broadcast tower, Tokyo Skytree.
Tokyo Skytree is 634 meters tall.
Other landmarks such as the Tokyo Tower and Paris's Eiffel Tower have wide bases.
But Tokyo Skytree is slim and more like a spire.
Its color, named Skytree White, is based on the lightest shade of Japanese indigo blue.
The tower can be seen from a great distance, but when people first see it, some think its form is rather simple.
Tokyo Skytree was built using state-of-the-art Japanese technology.
But that's not all.
Traditional skills, respected and handed down over generations of craftspeople, also played a vital role in its construction.
The base of Tokyo Skytree is triangular in shape when seen from above.
This was designed to let people enter from the three sides of the surrounding areas.
Meanwhile, the two observation decks at the heights of 350 meters and 450 meters are round and offer a 360 degree panoramic view.
This means the cross-section of the tower's base is a triangle but becomes round toward the top.
Looking more carefully, Tokyo SkyTree's outline is not made of straight lines.
The lines are actually slightly curved.
Depending where the tower is viewed from, some parts of the tower warp inwards, while other parts bulge outwards.
This comes from traditional Japanese architecture.
The inward warp is called sori, while the outward curve is called mukuri.
Tokyo Skytree's towering outline is a combination of sori and mukuri.
A particularly important feature of Tokyo Skytree is its earthquake resistance.
The tower's construction began in 2008.
Three years later, in 2011, a massive earthquake struck eastern Japan.
After overcoming a number of challenges posed by the disaster, the tower was completed in 2012.
Tokyo Skytree has an outer frame and an inner column.
The two are structurally detached.
During an earthquake, the column acts as a weight and moves in the opposite direction as the outer frame.
This reduces the impact of tremors.
This anti-seismic structure was inspired by a traditional Japanese structure, the five-story pagoda.
Five-story pagodas of Buddhist temples have a column at the center, similar to Tokyo Skytree.
Due to their excellent quake resistance, there are no records of any wooden pagodas collapsing in an earthquake in Japan's history.
Japan's oldest five-story pagoda is in Horyuji Temple in Nara, built more than 1,400 years ago.
The wisdom of ancient people lives on in today's advanced technologies.
Thank you for tuning in to the backstory of Japanese Landmarks.
We hope you have a chance to visit these landmarks and see for yourself what makes them so special.
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