10 February 2025
Episode 3490
34 minutes
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Emmanuel Macron and US vice-president JD Vance are the headliners at today’s Paris AI Action Summit. Also on the programme: Poland has the chance to impress upon the EU as it takes over the six-month presidency of the European Council. Then: Japan revives its relationship with the US and we discuss the latest from Kosovo’s elections. Plus: a look at arts and culture in Brazil.
10 February 2025
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US-Japan relations
Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has been in a tough spot since last year’s elections, when his party was forced into leading a minority government. But it seems that a meeting with Donald Trump, of all things, might have helped to reverse his fortunes. Jeffrey J Hall, lecturer at Japan’s Kanda University of International Studies, joins us with the latest.
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