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Is Japan at a turning point?

Japan has been celebrating the end of a near 20-year deflationary cycle. But the country’s shrinking population remains a serious cause for concern. Gideon talks to the FT’s Kana Inagaki and Leo Lewis about whether the new mood of optimism about Japan is justified. Clip: BBC Free links to read more on this topic: <a href="https://on.ft.com/3VGIVyv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why good news for Japan may be bad news for hedge funds</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3VPjknn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Japan relaxes defence export rules to allow sales of new fighter jet</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49l8mJd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in over 60 years</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49nbp3H" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marriage holds key to Japan’s falling births</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3xtDWHk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The professor vs the PM: a political funding probe shakes Japan’s government</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bd4d20fd-f670-4849-9f3b-f36fd1ded8fb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.