now sapporo's snow festival continues until wednesday. tonight, there's so much for me to see and do so i'm going to sign off now, gene and throw it back to you so i can keep walking and keep warm. >> thanks kimberly, from the sapporo snow festival. >>> one japanese automaker is feeling bullish about the future, and john madison is here with the latest on this story. >> that's right, gene. nissan motor has revised up its sales and profit forecast for the current fiscal year. company officials point to strong sales in the united states and the effects of the weak yen. nissan sales for the april to december period last year rose 11% from the same period the previous year. operating profit for the period was up almost 40%. the automaker now expects record sales of about $94 billion for the fiscal year through march. with operating profit of about $5 billion. nissan managers though revised down their forecast for global car sales. they blamed the slowdown in china's market and expected sluggish sales in russia with a plunge in the ruble. they

. >>> people have been flocking to sapporo to see hundreds of ice and snow sculptures. now they're watching the artwork getting torn down. the statues attracted over 2 million dollar visitors from japan and abroad. crews needed machinery to smash this statue of part of the kasuga taisha shrine. that's in the ancient japanese city of nara. >> translator: this is any first visit. i found the sculptures impressive. it seems a waste to pull them down. the workers who made them did a great job. >> they have smash 200 sculptures to prevent accidents. that's "newsline" for this hour. for all of us at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, bye-bye. stern ukraine after 16 hours of talks overnight. a cease-fire due to begin this weekend. world leaders call it a glimmer of hope to stop the fighting with pro-russian separatists. u.s. president barack obama says he is ready to send special forces into kiloliters of the islamic state group as he asks -- to kill leaders of the islamic state. an watchdog without borders says a drastic decline with more and more jo

sapporo, 3 degrees on saturday. because temperatures are not too low, most precipitation should be heavy, wet snow. tokyo will be warm 12 degrees with sunny conditions rain is on the menu on sunday and then sunny weather should come back by monday with very warm conditions. very good news for many people with the exception of those who have hay fever. now this is your cherry blossom forecast. i think cherry blossoms may come up in march 26th in tokyo, and the flowers may in full bloom by early april. so let's look forward to the season. now across the iberian peninsula, you can see clouds hanging over the north and a buildup of clouds move through. heavy snow and rain are affecting this syria. i'm going to take you to the pyrenees first to show you the situation. in the pyrenees the heavy snow blocked multiple roads which led to 200 students not being able to make it to school. in addition to the snowfall there was a greater concern for avalanches making it nearly impassable for skiers to enjoy the slopes. meanwhile

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. >> more than 200 sculptures lining the main street in the city of sapporo this morning.biggest one entitled "star wars." it took more than 280 truckloads of snow and ice to complete. other sculptures famous landmarks from around the world. impressive stuff. >> it's 5:27. >>> new details following the arrest of a san francisco public defender. we're going to tell you if the city plans to press charges. >>> plus after a trio of fires in san francisco, the city is taking new steps now to help the victims and to prevent future fires. >>> 80 million at risk after a cyber attack at a major health care provider. we're live with details next. >>> plus the sandbags are out. crews are cutting off dead tree branches. the bay area preparing for the next big storm. >> this one is looking powerful. the lighter rain will develop as of this morning. heavier rain arrives by today. we're going to have to wait until tonight in the south bay. gusty wind expected in combination with that flooding rain, and i can tell you, we will see trends lighter on saturday morning, but a lot of aftermath

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