we do want to watch out for that as well. >> thanks very much, saki. >>> another case of bird flu has been detected this time in oita prefecture. it's an area where officials are battling to stop the virus from spreading. 38 chickens were found dead on wednesday afternoon at a poultry farm in oita city, home to over 8,000 birds. preliminary tests on the dead animals confirmed the presence of the virus. authorities later confirmed japan's 11th bird flu outbreak. >> the prefecture has now finished slaughtering all the birds at the farm. it has also banned the transport of chickens and eggs within a ten kilometer radius of the farm and will set up disinfection points along major roads. >>> it's a cold wintry day here in japan. on the traditional japanese calendar, tomorrow is the first day of spring. events are being held around the country to mark the change of season. nhk world's michelle yamamoto is taking part in one in tokyo. >> reporter: i'm at a 600-year-old buddhist temple, well known as a typical sightseeing place in the capital. what you see behind me are people throwing someth

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. >>> here's the weather forecast with saki ochi. >> hi. welcome back to your world weather up. now, we've been taking a look at conditions across east ash. well, much milder conditions across japan today. we are going to be looking at that snow. still falling this morning but slowly easing off as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. and finally, a break in all that snow because we've been seeing massive amounts of snow here effecting the western flank of japan this winter. some areas picking up two to three times more snow than normal. it's been causing a lot of travel conditions. and hopefully we get a chance to dig out from all of that snow. however, warmer conditions do up the risk of avalanches instead. that will be something else to watch out for here. meanwhile, dry skies prevail across the korean peninsula as well as a lot of china. it's going to be a little rain falling across tie sxwan that starts spreading into the southern islands of japan today. otherwise, some heavy showers impacting the southern end of the philippines and manila. a high of 31 today. 17 ex