Behind a tinted glass panel 18-carat gold powder, laid down by a robot arm, sparkles as a laser fuses the metal into complex three-dimensional shapes, layer by layer.

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This is a vast monastic complex where three hours will fly by like it was three minutes.

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Though doctors are revered in Japan, a stream of scandals, including a recent one in which three inexperienced physicians were charged with killing a patient by performing complex surgery with the help of an instruction manual, have created public distrust.

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