>> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> worker: [ speaking japanese ] >> masa: hokkaido. >> anthony: hokkaidoood deal. another seasonal specialty currently at or near its best, kanogani, or snow crab. juicy and sweet -- and delicious. oh, man. that is good. >> masa: really good. sweet, huh? >> anthony: very. >> masa: we need a sake, huh? [ laughter ] >> anthony: yeah. >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> woman: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: good. >> masa: good. really good. thank you! >> worker: thank you! >> masa: thank you, very good. ♪ oh let's eat this one. [ speaking japanese ] >> worker: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: eel livers, grilled on a stick. unagi? >> masa: unagi, yeah. >> anthony: yeah. ooh, hot. [ laughter ] >> masa: yeah. >> anthony: oysters. these are the size of freakin' clown shoes. >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: where are these from? >> masa: shimane prefecture. >> anthony: wow, just one oyster is a meal. it's like as big as a steak. >> masa: yeah, yeah, yeah. thank you! just like that. >> anthony: hold it french style. >> masa: french style. [ laughter ]

shohei ohtani looms large in the snowy hokkaido town of sapporo.a curveball. japan's fifth-largest city feels not unlike a laid-back ski village. but this is a baseball town. and this is the home stadium, the sapporo dome. it's here we sat down with ohtani. we broke the ice with a question about what we'd heard was his favorite local fast food. very important question. in'n'out burger or captain kangaroo burger? >> shohei ohtani ( translated ): captain kangaroo. >> wertheim: better? towering and affable, ohtani is working on his english, but felt more comfortable using a translator during our interview. i want to ask you about coming to the majors. but should we say, "if," or should we say, "when"? >> ohtani ( translated ): that's a tough one. i mean, nothing is for certain, so, i guess it's "if." >> wertheim: despite that cautious response, ohtani eagerly revealed which major league players he looks most forward to facing-- no less than m.v.p. hitter bryce harper and star pitcher clayton kershaw. >> ohtani ( translated ): i watch bryce harper, cla

government's earthquake research panel has warned of the possibility of a huge earthquake off the island of hokkaidoding in the area, which could trigger a massive tsunami. the new york times has a story from the philippines, and the controversy over a vaccine against dengue fever. the picture here is of a creek in manila where mosquitoes who spread the fever can breed. the government has suspended rollout of the vaccine amid safety fears and public anger over its use on schoolchildren. the gulf news reports on a vote expected at the un general assembly on a resolution rejecting donald trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. it illustrates the story with a photo of palestinian protestor throwing stones at israeli soldiers dressed in festive attire. those are the top stories around the world. babita, it seems a celebrity parenting problem has been sparking discussions online? yes, rico. the mother in question is none other than the women's world number one tennis player, serena williams. serena took to twitter to talk about teething woes of her three—and—a—half—month—old bab

more for the south across the sea of japan a mass of snow falls out of a good part of honshu and hokkaido to you might be in the shadow of it all but it's single figure temperatures which is in shanghai too we've got this northeasterly blowing cabinets full of cloud this time amir eighteen in hong kong and probably a fairly humid feeling eighty nine i think it might clear the sky a little bit that breeze come sunday in fact shanghai has max is only five so winter is trying to get a proper grip for the south in china as a tropical storm an across the central philippines masses of rain here but that means fewer showers for many further south. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished it's a big business boggling when they go take the same there in the sand is there you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so well the tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al-jazeera. watching out

fair amount of rain maybe a few outbreaks of snow as you might expect at this time of year across hokkaido towards the west certainly not warm here minus one as a maximum there he pyongyang for us in beijing we should get up to around three degrees the further towards the southeast and here it has been relatively dry recently but we are now seeing a little bit more cloud working its way up through parts of it now and just about make you way into the southern parts of china that will just gradually spread a little bit further towards the north as we head through monday for around the coast it should stay dry shanghai at around eleven on monday and force in hong kong will be at twenty one little bit further towards the south and force in the philippines be relatively dry recently but we are now seeing a little bit more in the way of cloud and a few showers there sunday but as we head into monday it looks like we're going to see some heavy rain make its way across the northern parts of mindanao. in the wake of the race riots how much can someone take before they crack the recognition is cruci

that's giving us plenty of snow most of it in the northwestern parts of honshu and also through hokkaido as well so that's where we're seeing the winter east of the weather and i'll be plenty more snow even as we head through into monday as well towards the west well here it's not we're not seeing quite so much snow but it's certainly not that warm with beijing going for around five or six degrees as a maximum temperature but further towards the south and the winds are also firing down here so fitting cool force in shanghai a maximum here of just five and that cooler air also working its way down towards hong kong so our maximum will just be sixteen things are a little bit milder perhaps as we head through the day on monday this time hong kong getting to eighteen shanghai up to nine you see what's happening across the philippines there this huge massive cloud that's a tropical storm is gradually working its way towards the west over here expect a lot of flooding. besieged by violent crime and drugs. confronted by reese's and integration now are. traces the history of first generation leb

. >> what is hokkaido? [ laughter ] >> charlie? >> who is the great pumpkin?arlie. >> what are the great smoky mountains? >> lakedra. >> what is folic acid? >> charlie? [ applause ] >> jimmy: can you give me the clicky thing? lakedra. what is too much red bull? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but he -- poor ben, ben, yeah. he finally got called on. let's that a look at how that went. >> ben. >> who is data? >> no. >> jimmy: there you go. [ laughter and applause ] that's right. he finished with zero dollars and carpal tunnel. there you go, everybody. we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody! thank you so much. before we start the show, a a couple of things. first of all, i want to say congratulations to the roots. today -- [ cheers and applause ] they won an african-american film critics award for best song for their song "it ain't fair." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ on the "detroit" soundtrack. that is what i'm talking about. yeah. why not, man, milk it? that was fant

on today because that's where we've seen some of the largest amounts of snow these pictures from hokkaido they're showing just how much snow that they've been seeing very deep snow falling i've seen around one hundred seventy seven centimeters on the ground but that's most likely on the top of mountains of poor itself had twenty four centimeters so certainly a lot of snow around and there's more still to come now the reason for all the recent snow is the swirling area of low pressure there you can see all the wind spiraling around it and as the winds make it over the sea of japan we see the snow cloud just off the coast of russia and the eastern parts of china there but then the clouds begin to pop up and that's because the winds pick up all the moisture from the sea of japan and then that moisture they've been deposited along the western coast of japan as snow so that's why we've seen quite so much snow here and it's not only wintery weather that we've been seeing has been brought on some very very strong winds as well one hundred forty two kilometers per hour that was the strongest gust