. >> translator: i think we'll see more visitors start to choose new style tours like going to kyushu for a weekend to eat ramen. or going to niigata for skiing. >> reporter: japanese officials have set a target of attracting 20 million foreign visitors a year by the time of the tokyo olympics in 2020. the tourism industry is scrambling to seize the opportunity. chee yam nishi, nhk world. >> so what about markets today? investors pretty relieved that china's gdp was not as bad as many had feared. expectations are growing for more stimulus measures in europe. european benchmarks looking like this. we're seeing them all in positive territory. paris leading the pack higher up 1%. many investors are speculating that the european central bank will announce a bond buying program at its policy meeting on thursday. many markets in asia also closed higher. investors bought back chinese shares after the gdp figure there for 2014 did beat estimates. the zhangshanghai composite up 1.8% after that huge plunge it took on monday of more than 7%. here in tokyo the nikkei closed up 2% hitting a two-we

and what we have been seeing with this latest system is first it brought some rain-snow mix across kyushuku and now it has moved into the cato area including downtown tokyo. let's get some video we have coming out of the area where yes, people are out there. they have their umbrellas. they have their snow boots. they have their coats ready, and it has already been coming down. about two centimeters has accumulated here just outside of tokyo station is the official report for the tokyo area. there has been over 60 flights canceled. trains still look like they're running on time. but it's going to be a slick day out there on the roads for people that are driving in to work during your morning hours. big question is how long is this going to be lasting? i don't think it actually is going to be a day-long event if you are in the metro area. what's happening is you have your low coming in from the southwest. that's pushing off toward the northeast. but a warm front is pushing through. so still in central tokyo up to five centimeters could be seen but by the afternoon hours it's going to be cha

looking at unstable conditions in kyushu and kagoshima. could see a threat of tornados here on your wednesday evening into thursday morning. but then eventually this whole storm system is going to be working its way off there to the northeast. if you are in tokyo, thursday, have an umbrella with you throughout the day. it is going to be either raining or possibly farther inland after sunset, a threat of some snowfall as this does continue to push overhead. this is something we really want to watch over the next 24 hours at least near the coast you are going to be looking at some windy weather as well. in yamagata prefecture, look at snowfall. definitely in the higher elevations here on your thursday. tokyo, that rain will be setting in as i mentioned, it could be mixed in with flurries there. and osaka looking at rain showers. wednesday in naha storm systems already impacting you will be clearing up. temperatures remaining around the average point. do want to mention this as well. i know this is going to be a big topic this weekend. it's a