nhk world's tomoko inoue followed one who's been through some struggles of his own. >> reporter: musashi is a former rescue dog. his masters perished in the tsunami of march 2011. he barely escaped on just three paws. musashi was taken to an animal shelter. finding a foster home was difficult, because he shied away from people, until he was picked up by a man who specializes in training therapy dogs. toru oki studied animal assisted therapy in the united states. he trains 40 dogs of all ages and breeds. like musashi, all of them were adopted and saved from euthanasia. >> translator: these dogs know a lot about suffering. more so than those who lead normal, happy lives. they also know about being frightened to death. when they reconnect with people through trust and love, they understand human suffering. that's the special power of these abandoned survivor dogs. >> reporter: musashi started training six months ago. unlike guide dogs that interact with only one person, therapy dogs need to make contact with many people. that's why each one involves a different trainer. the dogs learn 45 co

been a more difficult process for audiences around the world, and i'm not completely certain why. , inouhink of the history the days of brahms and beethoven everyl these guys, almost country had a concert music hall, and to play something old was expected. change between the first and second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero , thehad been the composer hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor. of mildlya kind annoying mythology about conductors, riding a harley- davidson and wearing a leather suit. i don't think he ever wrote and harley-davidson in his life. [laughter] conductor as a conduit between the masterpiece and the mortals. i think it is very disturbing image, actually. somehow the sort of her marshall parameters of classical music changed after the war. it might have to do with the fact that lp changed the business. 's became widely available in the 1950s, all of a sudden every household had access to these masterpieces. when you think of a european or american how so in the 1950s, what were the things that when people started climbing up the

inoue entered this year's contest in germany. he won a medal of excellence. it was a good opportunity to test his skills and discover weaknesses. back in japan he began teaching younger workers. he's trying to pass on his knowledge. >> translator: i think it's vital to improve on the skills you learn. what i've acquired is something most people my age haven't had a chance to master. i want to make the best use of my technical knowledge. >> reporter: toyota sees manual labor as an investment in the company's future. it sees manual label as essential to build tomorrow's cars. >>> an unmanned space freighter has completed its mission to the international space station. the people who dwroped the spacecraft confirmed it burned up reentering the earth's atmosphere. engineers with the u.s. firm orbital scientists launched the cigna last front. the freighter delivered 600,000 tons of flood, clothing and other supplies. the capsule undocked carrying more than one ton of waste, all of it burned up during reentry. the people at orbital scientists have a contract with n