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Japan’s shock election result

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28 October 2024

Episode 3450

58 minutes


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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has lost its majority in snap elections but Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on. Fiona Wilson, Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, joins Georgina Godwin to discuss what comes next. Plus: Lindsey Hilsum on Lebanon and we hear about protecting Slovakia’s cultural heritage and plans for Poland’s new supercity. 

28 October 2024

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Chapter 1

Life in Lebanon

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Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4’s international editor, joins Georgina Godwin to share her experiences of reporting on the ground in war-torn Lebanon.

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Poland’s supercity

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Poland is planning to create a new supercity by joining towns together over an area that covers about 2,500 sq km, with a population of 2.1 million – significantly larger than London or Rome. Mateusz Mazzini joins ‘The Globalist’ to discuss.

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