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Concerns remain in and outside Japan about the treated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But there is also a lot of support directed to people in the prefecture. One expert says the focus needs to be on long-term success.

Concerns remain in and outside Japan about the treated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But there is also a lot of support directed to people in the prefecture. One expert says the focus needs to be on long-term success.

Each of the planet's highest 14 mountains stand more than 8,000 meters tall. Located in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges across Nepal and Pakistan, the top of the peaks are called "death zones", where oxygen is one third of what it is on the ground.

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."

Now that the United States has reached a trade deal with Japan, NHK World's Inoue Yuki looks at what's next for Asia, especially as China continues to negotiate. He speaks with experts from two US thinktanks to gain special insight.

It's not just former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yul who finds himself in hot water now that a new administration has been voted in. His enigmatic wife, Kim Keon-hee, is also under fire over a series of allegations involving stock manipulation, political interference and bribery.

The country's National Assembly has passed bills allowing for three special counsels to investigate the couple ― and as they turn their attention to Kim, she has become a hot topic. Kim faced her first round of formal interrogation at the special prosecutor's office in Seoul on August 6.

NHK World editor-in-chief Aoki Yoshiyuki, a former Seoul bureau chief, delves into the scandal.

"If I'd remembered that promise right away, I might have seen my mother again," says Ueda Keiko, now 94, who has spent decades agonizing over her failure to recall a rendezvous pact she had made with her mother. This, and the apocalyptic visions of Hiroshima after the bombing, have tormented her ever since, but it was only ten years ago that she finally told her story.

"If I'd remembered that promise right away, I might have seen my mother again," says Ueda Keiko, now 94, who has spent decades agonizing over her failure to recall a rendezvous pact she had made with her mother. This, and the apocalyptic visions of Hiroshima after the bombing, have tormented her ever since, but it was only ten years ago that she finally told her story.