masami ukon, nhk world, ayukawa. >> unicef officials plan to display the photos with captions writteny the children when they hold exhibitions around the world. among the locations, japan and the unicef headquarters in new york. they plan to time the event to coincide with the first anniversary of the disaster, march 11th, 2012. >>> students from japan performed in paris on sunday to raise money for orphans of the march disaster. they played traditional taiko drums in front of the eiffel tower. the ten musicians hailed from schools in disaster hit miyagi prefecture in northern japan. they played drums that were swept away by the tsunami but later retrieved from the debris. ♪ after the performance, the students collected donations. >> translator: i'm happy if i can help, even a little, and my small contribution might make a difference to these children. it's a pleasure to imagine that it might bring a smile to their lives. >> a 15-year-old girl from the city of sendai, who lost her mother in the disaster, joined the trip. >> translator: it's important to people pay attention to the sur

masami ukon, nhk world, ayukawa. >> unicef officials plan to display the photos with captions written by the children when they hold exhibitions around the world. among the locations, japan and the unicef headquarters in new york. they plan to time the event to coincide with the first anniversary of the disaster, march 11th, 2012. >>> the number of foreign tourists visiting japan is falling, as the nuclear crisis continues and the value of the currency rises. but some innovative people are coming up with new kinds of tour packages that are attracting foreign tourists. >> fantastic. >> it's huge. >> reporter: three americans visit japan pore a one-week tokyo veigh skags. they take in popular tourist sites and travel to mt. fuji. but unlike most tourists they don't stay in a hotel. they stay in a japanese house. shuji ogiri, a four-year university student lives here with friends. he invited the three americans to stay free of charge. kampai! >> reporter: his guests get a chance to enjoy and experience how japanese live. >> chess and michigi is very similar. so teach us how. this would n

masami ukon, nhk world, ayukawa. >> unicef officials plan to display the photos with captions written by the children when they hold exhibitions around the world. among the locations, japan and the unicef headquarters in new york. they plan to time the event to coincide with the first anniversary of the disaster, march 11th, 2012. >>> the number of foreign tourists visiting japan is falling, as the nuclear crisis continues and the value of the currency rises. but some innovative people are coming up with new kinds of tour packages that are attracting foreign tourists. >> fantastic. >> it's huge. >> reporter: three americans visit japan pore a one-week tokyo veigh skags. they take in popular tourist sites and travel to mt. fuji. but unlike most tourists they don't stay in a hotel. they stay in a japanese house. shuji ogiri, a four-year university student lives here with friends. he invited the three americans to stay free of charge. kampai! >> reporter: his guests get a chance to enjoy and experience how japanese live. >> chess and michigi is very similar. so teach us how. this would n

masami ukon, nhk world, aikawa. >>> well unicef officials plan to display the photos with captions written by the children when they hold exhibitions around the world. and among the locations, japan and the unicef headquarters in new york. well they plan to time the event to coincide with the first anniversary of the disaster, march 11th, 2012. >>> and now we're joined by rachel ferguson for world weather. so rachel, it's good that all those kids are receiving psychological care as well. >> i know it is, especially at this time of year when everyone is getting together with their families, this is definitely going to be a different kind of new year's celebration for many of those kids, i'm sure. but it's good to see them making some progress. >> exactly. so what's the weather going to be like there in tohoku for the holidays? >> the weather is not going to be too bad. we've had a winter storm up towards the north, which has been bringing some blowing snow, thunderstorms, that's moving away. so into saturday we're going to see some really nice clear conditions right along the pacific edge o