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all of sapporo's hotels are already full.t's prompting visitors to venture into areas that have seen few foreign travelers before. an hour's drive from sapporo, around 30% of this hotel's reservations right now are for non-japanese guests. about 400,000 japanese visas were issued in china last month, making this time of the year busier than last. with the growing amount of tourism year round, smaller cities in japan may have to get used to more visitors. >>> oftentimes the real japan can be discovered off the beaten path. thanks. >>> time now for weather with sayaka morery who stars off with stormy weather in euro. >>eather has been wild in western europe this week. we have been seeing heavy snowfall in the alpine region and strong wind gusts and giant waves hit the west coast of the continent. let's go to some video from spain as well as france. giant waves and strong winds battered northern spain. structures along the coast were damaged. a search operation is underway for someone who was swept into the sea on wednesday. win

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the 62nd sapporo festival is expected to draw more than 2 million people. features 199 sculptures of snow and ice. the international renown festival began in 1920 when six local students built six snow statues at a local park. >> what a neat idea. those are fantastic. >> we are down to the top 24 on the final season of american idol. 11 men and 13 women are in the top 24 including this guy there on the right, raleigh tive jordan sasser. other competitor who is made it is trend harmon who made it through holiday week with a case of money and genevieve rose mitchell who lives in colorado cabin with no electricity or running water. the final slot went to la porsche renee, a single mom who shelter with her baby daughter. next week, five will be cut. >> how about that sappor festival. however, it has nothing on our ice desk here. >> not at all. >> and ours lasted only a few days. >> thanks for joining us. the latest local breaks news

now temperatures at night will be below freezing in sapporo, continuing into the weekend. minus 9 degrees expected on friday morning. and as for tokyo, we saw light snowfall earlier this morning, but things will be looking up today, and temperatures will be up to 4 degrees on sunday morning. now according to the japan meteorological agency, the spring is going to be warmer than normal. and then according to the japan weather association, cherry blossoms will be expected to come out around march 25th in the tokyo area. let's look forward to the colorful season. here's your extended forecast. >>> for an in depth look at the day's news and special >> hello and welcome to life from paris. i'm claire pryde. justice ministers meet in brussels to discuss the migrant crisis. austria and balkan nations agreed to restrict numbers. iran gears up for elections on friday, seeking political gains. it is the first election since the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions.

so during the weekend, sapporo will see rainy weather instead of snow. and as for tokyo, 20 degrees expected over the weekend. that's 10 degrees higher than normal. that's more like late april, actually. shanghai over 10 degrees higher than normal on your friday. taipei about 5 degrees higher than normal as we go into the weekend. let's look forward to that. across hawaii, there's a giant low pressure system over the north. and this is sending large and dangerouwellsoss nor the nor and west coast of hawaii. waves could hit up to 14 meter into trsday moing acro t rthwest coastf t hawaiian islands. wednesd a bigur of eve surfing event was scheduled. because the height of waves didn't fit the criteria of event it was canceled but waves will remain quite high into tomorrow morning. temperatures across hawaii and honolulu will see quite high temperatures as we go into the weekend. 28 degrees for the high on friday as well as saturday. it has been very chilly at night butinally things will be warming up so that's good news. let's goo north america. record high

now your temperatures will continue in sapporo, as you can see, minus 9 degrees. as for tokyo, we may see some light snowfall tonight going into early tomorrow morning. across north america, deadly tornados affected the southern areas of the united states. we had 22 reports of tornados on tuesday in louisiana, mississippi, alabama as well as florida. and in fact, three people have been killed due to tornados. now this system is also dragging cold air from the north behind this cold front. heavy snow is falling. this system is moving to the east. so the risk of severe weather will shift from the east coast from florida to virginia. the heaviest will be in north carolina. so more storms will happen, and to the north, torrential snowfall. and to the north, freezing rain is expected. this could cause icy roads, making for extremely hazardous driving conditions. and then towards quebec towards arkansas, heavy snow is expected. so widespread areas will be affected by various kinds of weather. temperatures are not too bad on wednesday. washgton, d.c. at 1degrees. 12 degr

now as for temperatures in sapporo, temperatures at 2 degrees on tuesday with snow expected, but startingednesday, it will continuing into friday. and as for tokyo, it's going to be a perfect day for going out on wednesday. 12 degrees for a high with partly sunny skies. let's go to the other area of asia. calm conditionacross t northernalf of cna, including beijing, but rain is falling heavily across mainland china and rain will be expected across taiwan. we have aid wind advisory posted in the island. wind advisory po in the island. now as for temperatures on your tuesday, 9 degrees expected in shanghai, 4 degrees in seoul and right on target in beijing, 4 degrees for the high, and minus 11 in ulan bator. with partly sunny skies. that's all for now. next, your three-day forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> thanks for joining us here on "newsline." be sure to watch "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. gñ >> hello and welcome to live from paris. i am claire pryde. the headlines -- the pound slides after the mayor of london's shock decision to back the brexit campaign. david cameron prepared to give mp's

in fukuoka, two days later than normal, then march 26 in tokyo and around may 2nd in the city of sapporoese are the expected dates of flowering. so it takes about one week to reach full bloom. so the peak season will be around april and may. so if you're planning to visit japan, don't miss this opportunity. >> bound to generate lots of tourism. sayaka mori reporting from shizuoka prefecture. >>> if only conditions were like this in the u.s. deep south as jonathan oh tells us. >> for most of the deep south we should be seeing calmer weather but we're dealing with the remnants of this particular syst astushes tard the east. here's the line of storms pushing toward the atlantic ocean. it's a slow-ming ason. 's going to bng some rai d psibly residual thunderstorms for the carolinas and florida as we go forward into today, thursday. now, i want to show you some video coming out of the deep south because this is a very active system. starting off in alabama, look at that funnel cloud where tornadoes touched down in the state tuesday. the storm damage dozens of homes, toppled trees and knocked

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which serves the city of sapporo on hokkaido, japan's northernmost main island.the boeing 7- 37 with 159 passengers and six crew members was bound for southern japan. 3 (bill)>> on a lighter note... sunday was quite a day for a 106-year-old woman who got to visit the white house. "virginia mclaurin" not only got to meet president obama and the first lady .. she got to dance with them.in 2014 .. mclaurin began a social media campaign to meet the obama's. she explained in videos online that she was so happy to see a black person in the nation's top job and she mentioned that to the president on sunday. she showed her exmclaurin was at the white house to dancing.black history month. 3 swoosh sound 3 (sam)>> northern nevada is remembering state senator debbie smith.. this morning... >> we look back at her career.. of service to the northern nevada community. hour of news 4 today.3 (alex)>> the gop caucus in nevada is today... a preview of what's happening coming up... 3 (bill)>> plus... we 3 look back at the career of debbie smith.. and the causes she supported in the nevada legislature.