both were caught in the pacific, off the coast of aomori prefecture in northern japan. >> there's a sushi shop just two streets down from the market. the sushi-zanmai chain sells a thousand tons of tuna every year in its tokyo locations alone. an estimated 500-thousand tons are sold annually across the country. the sushi chefs start slicing up the tuna in the morning. few people here are worried that supplies could soon run out.pbas the first to start cutting up the fish. yutaka kurihara's family business is now in its fifth generation. like the 230 other traders at the tsukiji market, tuna is his livelihood. if the fish becomes extinct, japan would lose a key industry. >> i'm also responsible for the large fish here at the market. i talk with the producers and the fishermen to see if they're sticking to the catch quotas and obeying the rules. you can't catch immature tuna, just adults. and fishermen should only use permissible fishing methods. >> environmental advocates doubt those principles are being followed. they've accused the traders of contributing to the tuna shortage and soaring

let's see what some of the totals are now at, more than 4 meters in parts of aomori prefecture. up in hokkaido record break snowfall here as well. down towards the south, 2 1/2 meters, more than 2 1/2 in daisen, 153 centimeters there also. so we'll be looking at some extremely heavy snowfall this winter and not even really into february. the 1st of february, so a few weeks left to go of potentially heavy snowfall. now as you can see the next 24 hours shows more precipitation here, even coming across into the pacific side. we have been staying dry in tokyo. that will continue. the temperature will drop, though, into tomorrow, about 12 degrees today ahead of that system. tomorrow, down to about 6 once again. now, along with that heavy snowfall we have been experiencing some very strong winds. now, waves could reach 8 meters. winds up to about 80 kilometers an hour. that's what it is going to be doing. blowing all the snow around, potential for avalanches as well as those injuries people have been sustaining trying to move the snow themselves off of roofs and such. anywhere you're

this is from aomori prefecture where more than 50 centimeters have fallen over the last 24 hours. at least 100 cars have been stalled on the road due to heavy snow. the prefecture have asked the self-defense force to close roads. a deadly avalanche occurred last night killing three people. snow was 2.8 meters deep when the disaster happened. the peak of the heavy snow is going to be today, but unfortunately we're expecting an additional 60 sent meters in this area. from tomorrow, even after tomorrow you're going see some intermittent snow showers. so that could, of course, raise the risk of avalanches even more. as we pull back, a light snow in central china is easing, but the southern sections will continue to see showers into the weekend. today's highs are looking like this. we're looking at a lot of cold temperatures to the north, minus 22 in ulan bator and minus 8 degrees in seoul. tokyo coming in at 5 degrees and those cold conditions will continue into tomorrow. not only asia, but also a lot of european countries have been dealing with frigid temperatures. very large high pr