. >>> that was david resler, u.s. economist. and here is now your extended weather forecast. that's all for this edition of > they say that the tokyo tower looked like a flame when seen from the expressway at night. but not any longer. since the march 11th earthquake, the tower's lights have been switched off. we can see a red light in the elevator. the number of visitors to its observation platform dropped by 80%. and the tokyo tower almost seems to be fading away. dark and desolate as it was, the tower was not completely forlorn. many people have sent heartening messages to the tower. please illuminate the tower again as a symbol of recovery from the disaster. >> i can't forget the image of the tower i saw when i visited tokyo. >> don't lose to the sky tree. why do people love the tokyo tower so much? let's look for clues to the tower's almost magical attraction. >> a great many people sent affectionate messages to the tokyo tower. this is 33-year-old nakano, a company worker in tokyo. he's one of the people who sent messages to the tokyo tower. he wrote that he wanted the