2 October 2023
Episode 3170
59 minutes
We discuss the latest US government shutdown news with Julie Norman, the Saudi-Israel normalisation deal and Russia’s ramping up of conscription. Plus: news from the world of urbanism and the culture of wonderful toilets in Japan.
2 October 2023
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Tokyo’s toilets
A star is born in director Wim Wenders’ latest film, ‘Perfect Days’: the public toilets of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward. Julian Ryall, Japan correspondent for ‘The Daily Telegraph’, tells us about 17 facilities that have been redesigned by 16 designers.
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