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Japan's MeToo moment after J-pop abuse scandal – The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
Last year a documentary aired by the BBC shed new light on allegations of abuse in the Japanese music industry, but has much changed in the time since? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Mobeen Azhar, who made that documentary, joins Katya Adler and BBC presenter Mariko Oi on The Global Story to discuss what has changed in Japan and how the…
Chinese pupils re-enact assassination of Japan's Shinzo Abe
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read for more story about Japan: https://sc.mp/92s0 High school students in the northeastern Chinese city of Zaozhuang have sparked intense online debate with a performance re-enacting the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The play staged on October 10, 2023, featured a banner criticising Japan’s decision to release treated wastewater from its crippled Fukushima…
Japan's first major strike in decades
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Know more about Japan: https://sc.mp/e862b7 Workers from the Japanese department store Seibu staged a rare industrial action in the capital Tokyo’s bustling Ikebukuro district on August 31, 2023. Some 900 workers stopped work after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down. It marks the first major walkout in the country in…
Why fears remain about Japan's plan to release treated Fukushima nuclear plant water into the sea
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read the full story: https://sc.mp/94150b As Japan prepares to release treated radioactive waste water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, opposition to the controversial plan continues to simmer across Asia. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/ #scmp #Asia #Fukushimanucleardisaster
Japan's PM Fumio Kishida meets Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv – BBC News
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymr Zelensky. The visit is the first time a Japanese PM has visited a country with ongoing fighting since World War II. It comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin begin a second day of talks as part of a state visit to Moscow. Please subscribe…
Japan's new flagship H3 rocket aborts take off after engine failure
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Japan’s flagship H3 rocket, the first new medium-lift launcher the country has developed in three decades, failed to lift off on February 17, 2023. Two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the rocket reportedly did not ignite and its main engine cut off after the launch countdown had reached Zero. The Japan Aerospace Exploration…