Japan in Focus Podcast

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Japan in Focus: Shinzo Abe becomes Japan's longest serving Prime Minister

2019-11-2213:54

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: How prepared is Tokyo for extreme weather events ahead of the 2020 Games?

2019-11-1713:25

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: The Japan supernatural special featuring artist Takashi Murakami

2019-11-0714:37

Japan in Focus: The Japan supernatural special featuring world-renowned artist Takashi Murakami

Japan in Focus: Former UN high commissioner for refugees Sadako Ogata dies at the age of 92 and the voice behind one of Japan's busiest Shinkansen lines

2019-11-0115:37

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony and Australian police ministers to discuss child-like sex dolls which have links to Japan

2019-10-2614:13

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Typhoon Hagibus claims dozens of lives

2019-10-1814:30

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Another devastating typhoon, Rugby World Cup disruptions and a new Nissan CEO

2019-10-1118:40

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: 20k motorists with Takata airbags told to stop driving immediately and calls for the release of documents on Japan's submarine bid

2019-10-0417:51

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Koizumi says climate change needs to be made sexy so to mobilise young people, Japan is being urged to ban child-like sex dolls

2019-09-2717:18

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Asia's first Rugby World Cup gets underway and the Defense Minister says he has no intelligence showing Iran behind Saudi oil attack

2019-09-2014:50

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet and last minute preparations get underway for the Rugby World Cup

2019-09-1319:13

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Concerns over North Korea's improved short range missiles, calls for Japan to ban its rising sun flag at the 2020 Games and a new scan

2019-09-0615:54

This week: There's increasing evidence North Korea has improved its short-range missile capabilities,

Japan in Focus: No signs of tensions easing between ROK and Japan, new anti-groping device released and reintroducing Tokyo

2019-08-3015:45

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Commercial whaling resumes, Upper House elections and KimOhNo again

2019-07-0516:22

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: KimOhNo and the G20 Summit

2019-06-2917:26

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Journalists gain rare access to the detention centre where Carlos Ghosn was held and Japan passes new laws to tackle workplace harassment

2019-06-1415:35

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: The KuToo Movement and PM Abe heads to Iran in an effort to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington

2019-06-0713:34

This week: Professor Tanaka Koichiro from the Graduate School of Media and Governance shares his thoughts on Iran-Japan relations and we look at the quiet revolution underway in Japan that involves ballet flats, sneakers and slippers.

Japan in Focus: history making firsts, golf diplomacy and red carpet strolls during Trump's latest visit to Japan

2019-05-3115:11

Golf diplomacy between Tokyo and Washington went to a whole new level this week.

Japanese Prime Minister prepared to meet the North Korean leader

2019-05-1414:35

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's prepared to meet the North Korean leader, and postgraduate students in Japan are finding it increasingly hard to secure work in academia

The Imperial special

2019-05-0219:54

This special takes a close look at significant political and cultural developments in Japan surrounding the changes in the imperial palace.

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