conditionons wi improve in turkey, howevever, another round of snow is expected to move into the balkan peninsula, so we will see snowfall persisting in several places. now these are your expected highs on your wednesday. minus 6 in warsaw. it's a little warmer than what we saw on tuesday. minus 4 in vienna, 1 in berlin with a chance for snowfall and mild across the west like madrid, 16 degrees for your high on wednesday. very heavy snow is falling across more th acroross northern areas o of ja. the snowfall depth has reached 2.2 meters in parts of the region. now the coldest air of the season is blanketed in much of the north. and the cold air will ten to move down coverering most of th countrtry by your thursday. we'll see temperatures dropping for the next several days and also heavy snow will likely continue across the north and west. we could see up to 70 centimeters of snowfall for the hoe ckcue recue region. and there will be extremely hazardous driving conditions. tokyo will see minus 2 degrees on your sunday morning. so do bundle up. sapporo will see snowfall persisting into your sunday.

wind reports down towards the balkan peninsula. >>> all right.ere's your extended outlook. >>> and that is all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i hope you're having a great week so far. thanks for joining us. >> welcome to "in good shape!" cong up -- voicebox spasms. doing a detox. and tattoos. the risk of getting inked in the pain of removal. and here's your host, dr. carsten lekutat. dr. lekutat: here in europe, many people love them. here in germany, one out of 10 persons have a tattoo. but when you grow older and you change your style, perhaps you want to remove your tattoo.

even the south of the balkan peninsula showedd heavy rainfal. want to show video from greece and turkey where heavy snow fell. parts of greece had more than a meter of snow on monday. a state of emergency was declared in parts of the country. istanbul had heavy snow since friday. snowplows attempted to keep roads cleared. many schools were closed on monday. now the cold vortex will continue to sit in the area. cold temperatures will likely stay for the next of days. athens your morning low will be minus degree on both wednesday and thursday. good news, temperatures are expected to come up on friday. japan, heavy snow is falling in northern portions of the country in the past 24 hours. 30 millimeters of snow has fallen in hokkaido. the cold of the season will blanket much of japan. quite cold companies and cold winds. we're looking at sea effect snow across japan. some areas may see 40 centimeters of snowfall. different story in other areas of japan, including tokyo. it will be staying quite dry. all right. here's the extended forecast. >>> thous

also toward the balkan peninsula we'll be seeing gusty winds too. the front will drift off there towards the east. still a potent storm system. it's not over yet. it really remains a little separated from the jet stream. that's why it's not moving very fast at all. now north of this we have exceptionally cool temperatures. we have a high of only minus three. berlin at 1. paris at 4. london you've been seeing significant fog out there. might see flight delays. just a high of 4 on tuesday. down towards the south things are warming up. now, take a look here across japan real fast. we've been talking about our heavy snow. hundreds of cars were stranded out here through the overnight hours. still 50 centimeters is expected. high pressure will drift in. minus one here. here is your extended outlook. >> that is all. thanks very much for joining us. >> welcome to a very special new years edition of focus on europe, i'm michelle henery. we are wrapping up 2016 by taking a look back at some of our best reports of the year. and what a year it was! we've seen j

now another disturbance will move into the west coast of the balkan peninsula. we may see some severe thunderstorms, gusty winds and temperatures are going to be as follows. warming up across central and eastern europe. 2 degrees in warsaw, 2 degrees in berlin and out towards the west snow is expected on your last day of the business week in paris. here's the extended forecast. >>> be sure to watch newsroom tokyo at the top of the hour and you can download the nhk app and follow us wherever you aañyxñ >> what makes france and the french so unique? focus," "france 24, and france24.com. welcome. i'm molly hall. it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. fellowmpeo follows cabinet picks and disagrees with the president-elect on key issues, including russia. barack obama and special -- ends special immigration policy for cuba. havana welcomes the move. west