yuko fukuyama, nhk world, yunnan province, china. >>> hi there. welcome to your world weather update. first taking a look at eastern asia then, we do have a high pressure system in control for much of inland china, things remain calm and settled here, but the cold air starting to really invade from the north, affecting the northeastern corner of the region. we are expecting widespread light snow to affect the northeastern corner of china throughout your wednesday, some of it making its way into the korean peninsula as well, temperatures remain rather frigid here for places like seoul. now the western side of japan will slowly start to see that rain turn to snow during the day. we can expect some blizzard like conditions, very strong winds, high waves, possibility of avalanches as well, and significant snow accumulation again up to 50 centimeters is possible up in the north. the pacific edge does stay dry and settled, but in the days to come, things will change, the cold air will come in and bring some wintry precipitation. let's head into southeas