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24 January 2023

Episode 2942

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We get the latest on the military aid situation in Ukraine as Poland prepares to send in German-made tanks. Then we head to the world’s oldest society to ask what Japan can do about its ageing population. Plus, France pushes ahead with raising its pension age and a flick through the morning’s papers in Zürich.

24 January 2023

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Japan’s shrinking population

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As Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida announces a stark warning about the country’s ageing population, we ask our senior Asia editor and Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson what can realistically be done.

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