forecast for 2011 u.s. car sales from 13.3 million to 12.9 million. pauline, fears of radiation from japan s tsunami-damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear plan are the driving away tourists. many tokyo merchants say their tourist sales are down by as much as 70%. paula hancocks examines the impact in what s usually one of tokyo s most tourist populations. reporter: this is in the heart of tokyo, one of the most popular tourist defendant nations in the city. beautiful streets, which are lined on both sides by shops that are catering for tourists filled with souvenirs and the knickknacks you never realized you needed until you see them. at the end of the road, you can seat temple. officials say for the move march alone, tourist numbers have fallen 50%. many foreigners are still
welcome back. this is world one, live from london. coming up on 6:00 a.m. in new york, noon in berlin, 7:00 p.m. in tokyo. we want to tell you about a piece of equipment that s helping to inspect the fukushima daiichi nuclear plan the. it s a robot that s gone into one of the reactor buildings. it s 41 degrees and it s so humid, the robot s lenses fogged up. the machine was able to report relatively low radiation levels. japan is pretty used to earthquakes of the kind that damaged the nuclear plant. paula hancocks shows us the country is getting ready for a quake that could be even more serious than the one that just struck. reporter: once the ground starts shaking, you should get on the floor. if you can, crawl under a table or a december tock protect yourself from falling debris. all you can do then is wait until the shaking stops.