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Winter in Japan's Snow Country
Thanks to Japan's complex geography and climate, the winter season here offers many sights found nowhere else. This video introduces three highlights of the Japanese winter: Niseko, famous among skiers for the world's finest powder snow and its superb hot springs; Mount Zao, where the ski slopes are topped by a forest that's frozen by ice-laden winds and coated by snow into a myriad of wonderful shapes; and Jigokudani Onsen, a mountain hot spring resort where the bathers are monkeys and humans may only watch.

Tree Surgeons at Work
Japan has one of the world's strongest traditions of communities caring for their surrounding nature. This is especially true for old trees, partly due to an ancient belief that nature gods reside in certain vigorous long-lived trees. As a result, everywhere you go in Japan you can find magnificent specimens, many over 1,000 years old. Today, these traditions are being given a modern technological boost by tree surgeons, who complement their human skills with the latest equipment for diagnosing and treating elderly or diseased trees.

Robot, a remarkable companion
Japan leads the world in the development and use of robots, especially humanoid robots. Recent advances in this field promise to revolutionize the way society works, as we begin to see the use of robots expanding from the factory floor into almost every aspect of our lives. Some of the most exciting developments are in nursing and welfare, and of these the most promising is a robot known as RI-MAN. This humanoid nursing aide is able to use its whole body to pick up and carry patients, using pressure sensors on its surface to ensure that its touch is always gentle as well as strong.

World's Biggest Comic Convention
Comic Market, known to fans as Comiket, is the world's largest comic convention, a 3-day event that attracts a huge crowd of over 500,000 visitors. Held twice a year since 1975, Comiket was created as a place for Japan's countless amateur manga comic book writers and artists to sell and promote their privately produced fanzines known as doujinshi. Also providing a space for cosplayers to act out their costumed homage to anime and manga characters, Comiket continues to play a major role in promoting this Japanese pop culture that now has fans all around the globe.