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Episode 9: Eight years on from Fukushima

On the eighth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, staff writer Ryusei Takahashi shares his experience of a recent visit to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and Magda Osumi discusses the Tohoku region’s recovery. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.

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Episode 26: Perspectives from Typhoon Hagibis — a storm chaser, an evacuee, a reporter: Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan on Oct. 12, causing widespread damage to Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures. This week, storm chaser

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech during the extraordinary Diet session that opened on Friday.

Episode 25: The start of an extraordinary Diet: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set the tone for this year’s extraordinary Diet session with a pledge to overhaul the nation’s social welfare system to create one beneficial for all generations. But, ...

Conservative lawmaker and leadership contender Boris Johnson takes part in a Conservative Party campaign event in Perth, Scotland, on Friday.

Episode 24: What does Brexit mean for Japan?: The UK's Brexit deadline to leave the European Union is on Oct. 31. Assuming it goes ahead, what does it mean for Japan if the UK leaves the EU?