from the frozen fjords of norway to the mountains of sapporo and japan i teach every year at the pacific music festival i love it there and it was also the first time i had to play the horn in a commercial no. pacific music festival pm aest is an international educational music festival it was founded here in sapporo in one thousand nine hundred ninety by the legendary composer and conductor leonard bernstein the musicians doing online or dition to win a place new york istra and then flown into sapporo where they are hosting today for the opening concert i love the fact that there are people here from europe way to australia and many different styles of playing come together it's the job of the p.m.s. teaching faculty of which i belong to this year to work with the musicians to create one big orchestra sound it's hard work but it's a lot of fun. so we're on our experience japan trip today and we are allowed the whole the whole want section is being dressed up in queue monos school i can't quite imagine what it's going to be like to play in this camano because it's pretty tight in here an

the musicians doing online or dishing to win a place new york istra and then flown into sapporo where they're rehearsing today for the opening concert i love the fact that there are people here from uruguay to australia and many different styles of playing come together it's the job of the p.m.s. teaching faculty of which i belong to this year to work with the musicians to create one big orchestra sound it's hard work but it's a lot of fun. so we're on our experience japan trip today and we are allowed to hold on hold on section is being dressed up in queue monos i can't quite imagine what it's going to be like to play in this kimono know because it's pretty tight in here and it's pretty hot in here as well so. we'll see what the concert is going to be like. but. i've just been told a japanese girls trick of breathing out while they are tying the chemo no to make more space for yourself but i think a little bit too late because. it's about to come to pass out. we make food with all of our own tears. every festival has its own t. shirt and this t. shirt comes from the classic good day

take another one for example, sapporo in japan.of wight is, and yet sapporo is so freezing that it's famous for its amazing annual snow festival. you can see some of the images here. we are spared all that, here because unlike sapporo, we have winds from the west coming off a warm sea. we are usually spared, at least. but occasionally, like this week, the wind flips round, and we go full siberia. and there's a paradox here, we get the cold weather, but up north it is unseasonably warm. —— earlier spoke to erik pedersen. he told us about the unusually warm weather they are experiencing. it's unusual because normally it should be 17.1 minus. it is a bit warmer than normal. that is warm. well, it isn't warm, but it is a big difference between normality of where you are. does it matter if it is much warmer where you are? it's difficult to move around with our snowmobiles. it's like driving around in a cream. but it's ok. we have tried it before. connect the warm weather you are having to the cold weather we are having. our temperature

building's five other residents did manage to escape japanese media say the building in the city of sapporo had no sprinkler system because of the blazes not yet no. well german astronaut alexander guest is going through the final preparations for his next mission to space at the end of april will be embarking on the horizons mission to the international space station this will be the second time aboard the i assess for him and he'll be taking charge of the orbital lab for half a year did i ever use your ear shadow caught up with the star city the russian space training center south of moscow. these spacesuits aren't fall lightweights invented the scales at around ten kilograms each once in space and ensure that alexander guest and his crew mates sergei prokofiev and syriana and chancellor can survive in a vacuum it will be the first time a guest it'll serve as commander on the international space station does not mind there at all much of it this is the same space suit i wore when i landed last time you can still see traces of sort from my exit from the capsule i'm one of the few what he w

the victims, eight men and three women, were among 16 residents of the facility in sapporo, on the islandthe other five residents escaped with minor injuries. let's turn to our top business story — facebook. the world's biggest social network has got bigger still, with another massive jump in the amount of money it's making, as yet more people around the world sign up. but despite some more mind boggling figures, facebook revealed its users are spending less time on the network. dr stephanie hare is an independent political risk analyst. is that a new trend or a blip? good to see you. what did you make of facebook‘s numbers? initially, on financial markets, b shares dropped by something like 5% but they ended the day higher again. what take from thatis the day higher again. what take from that is that people listening to it took some reassurance from motbey facebook executives were saying. i question whether that well holed. most people have been spending time on facebook for years, and that is how they have been making money. now we are seeing the user numbers drop in terms of time spent

it reports on an apartment fire in sapporo which has killed 11 people and left three injured. the incident has given rise to a debate about poor fire prevention for people with low incomes. shifting our attention to the strait times, it leads with pictures of cape town's reservoir running dry after three years of low rainfall. the severe drought is threatening water supplies for its residents, businesses and the tourism industry. and the china daily looks at rail expansion — to make travel for passengers smoother. three new railways are expected to relieve pressure on china's transportation networks during the spring festival. which is coming very, very soon. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? rico, some professionals getting into a heated debate has captured people's attention online. these are experts who were invited into a russian studio and they did not agree, an example of what can happen when a debate gets just a little bit too heated. this is the webcam feed from the russia's komsomol skaya pravda radio station, during a debate about the former soviet l

some really heavy rain on the northern edge is going to be significant snow fall so certainly for sapporo snow is likely at times but there's really strong winds and it made for some pretty unsettled weather conditions colder conditions pushing down across the korean peninsula pyongyang there just one but beijing still looking at relatively mild weather there into double figures across more southern portions of china and taiwan this frontal system is going to be active given some heavy rain pushing through fuzhou during the course of wednesday through into thursday should all have clear by then we're looking brighter conditions fine for hong kong so you can pretty good across much of indochina too with annoying vietnam there seen temperatures of twenty seven degrees heading down in southeastern parts of asia we've got a few showers around the philippines but nothing particularly heavy at the moment java may see one into downpours but otherwise weather conditions are looking fairly quiet across much of this region at the moment and these are move out through them in a pinch a singapore in

reportedly the fire started just before midnight in the city of sapporo, japan. the smoke and the flames poured out of the three-story building. 11 people have died. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> it has been a painful time for students and teachers at liberty high school in brentwood where 4 students have died start of the school year. liberty is located on second street right near city hall. the principal tells the bay area news crew that a female student died following a short illness. the principal did not disclose the illness but the health department has no special precautions need to be taken. a crisis center has been set up at the school to help students and teachers deal with the loss. three other students at the school have died since the beginning of the school year. no other details are on that. >>> netflix has resumed production of the sixth and last house of cards without actor kevin spacey. but was put on hold after spacey was accused of sexual misconduct back in october. netflix says that diane lane and greg kinnear have joined

building's five other residents managed to escape japanese media say the building in the city of sapporo had no sprinkler system because the blaze is not yet known. bolivia is reeling from severe flooding caused by record rainfall the floodwaters swept away homes and damaged bridges some residents had to wade through deep water to bring their animals to safety authorities say some one hundred twenty thousand people have been affected. to the u.s. now and the f.b.i. has condemned the white house plans to release a memo alleging misuse of its surveillance powers against the trump campaign the agency has contested the accuracy of the document democrats say the release of the memo could undermine investigations into russian election interference it is expected to be divulged later today. the first word that we're going to have. a quick exchange overheard after donald trump state of the union speech on tuesday night the u.s. president reassures a republican lawmaker that he has every intention of putting out the memo that's polarising washington. if you. missed. the memo was commissioned by d

building's five other residents managed to escape japanese media say the building in the city of sapporo had no sprinkler system because the blaze is not yet known. bolivia is reeling from severe flooding caused by record rainfall the floodwaters swept away homes and damaged bridges some residents had to wade through deep water to bring their animals to safety authorities say some one hundred twenty thousand people have been affected. to the u.s. now and the f.b.i. has condemned the white house plans to release a memo alleging misuse of its surveillance powers against the trump campaign the agency has contested the accuracy of the document democrats say the release of the memo could undermine investigations into russian election interference it is expected to be divulged later today. the service. that we're going to have. a quick exchange overheard after donald trump state of the union speech on tuesday night the us president reassures a republican lawmaker that he has every intention of putting out the memo that's polarizing washington. if you. missed. the memo was commissioned by devin

home for the elderly in northern japan has killed eleven people the three story wooden building in sapporo was quickly destroyed local media reports say that the home didn't meet safety standards or have fire sprinklers. has favors canal while the serious canal cuts through egypt now there are plans to resurrect a four hundred year old idea in southern thailand as part of our series of global trade routes where you pay travel to syco where industry groups are pressuring the thai government to link the indian ocean and the abdomen sea with the gulf of thailand and the south china sea. during the wet season thailand's endelman coast is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fishermen to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government

. >>> and things got pretty hot at the end of the sapporo festival in japan. >> dancers celebrated theal day of the two-week event by showing off their moves, and then they took it off. >> hey now. they stripped down to their loin cloths. the temperatures were in the teens. they give spectators a break from looking at all the ice sculptures. >> thaw're working up a sweat, eventually. >> it still looks pretty cold out there. >>> coming up skiing up the side of a super pipe flipping twice and sticking the landing is nothing compared to what this olympian has been through. and is an olympic medal next. that's the question. >>> dramatic video of a run away suv. the driver calls 911 saying he can't stop the car as it tops 100 miles an hour. hear what the car maker is saying. >>> first, here is a look at the temps. >>> world news now weather brought to you by swiffer. any object. any surface. if you've got a life you gotta swiffer i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to wear