corin snyder, nhk world, new york. >>> lots of sunshine here in tokyo. what about the rest of the world. sayaka mori with the world forecast. >> let's talk about east asia. it is a different story for western japan. a low and seasonal front, producing rain across the southern islands. and it looks like rain will intensify and head to the region as we head into toechmorrow. and the same is producing lots of heavy rain. tomorrow it will be a rainy day as well. as much as 100 millimeters is expected over a span of 24 hours. and then we have got this low-pressure system enhancing the southwest monsoon, producing lots of heavy rain across the indo-china peninsula. to the south we have tropical depression east of the philippines. and it could become a tropical storm by tonight and continuously bring in heavy downpour as cross much of the country. as the system approaches of course more heavy rain and intense winds are expected over the next several days. heading over to the americas. tropical storm debby is over the gulf of mexico and will likely make a direct