centimeters of snowfall and through the next 24 hours, we'll see up to one meter of snowfall in parts of kyushu region, quite significant and up to 60 smts for the hokoriku region. additional snow will definitely raise the potential for avalanches. more snow is expected at least through monday in many places but tokyo will stay dry into next week. that's it for now. >>> turning to business and finance, trump's comments on economic policy, are getting investors excited. gene otani joins us from the business desk with details. >> u.s. president donald trump said he will soon announce concrete plans for tax reform and that's sparked a rally in the markets. three major indices on wall street posted record highs and the upward momentum carried over to tokyo. our business reporter phoebe am rosa has more from the tokyo stock exchange. >> more investors are betting on u.s. economic growth. we saw stocks in tokyo surge. let's see the closing levels for this friday, february 10th. the nikkei 225 surged 2.5%, closing at 19,378. that's the largest daily gain since early january. the broader topix rose 2.2