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Marketplace All-in-One

Japan’s ruling party picks next PM

Marketplace All-in-One

Marketplace

News, Business

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

From the BBC World Service: Japan’s ruling party has elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader, positioning the political veteran as the next prime minister of Japan. A look at what his ascent could mean for the country’s economic policy. Ticketing websites have been overwhelmed after millions of people in India tried to book to see Coldplay’s concerts next year; as well as technical problems and long digital queues, there’s concern over alleged price gouging. And, scientists in China have discovered the world’s oldest known cheese – from 3500 years ago.

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0:00.0

Hi I'm Kai Rizdahl the host of How We Survive

0:03.4

It's a podcast from Marketplace. In 1986, before I was a journalist, I was flying for the Navy.

0:09.6

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

0:14.4

It was the cold war and my first deployments were intercepting Russian bombers.

0:18.6

Today though, there's another threat out there, climate change.

0:22.6

This could be the warmest year on record.

0:24.6

Climate change is here.

0:25.7

Temperatures here are warming faster than anywhere on Earth.

0:29.5

And while the threat seems new, the Pentagon's been funding studies on climate change since the 1950s.

0:35.9

I think we will put our troops and our forces at higher risk if we don't recognize the impact of climate change.

0:44.7

This season, we go to the front lines of the climate crisis

0:47.5

to see how the military is preparing for the threat.

0:51.0

Listen to how we survive, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:54.0

How will Japan's new leader impact the country's economy?

1:00.0

Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

1:04.0

I'm Stuart Clarkson in for Leanna Byrne. Good morning.

1:07.0

So in the past few hours, Japan has announced its next Prime Minister,

1:11.0

the country's ruling party picked former Defence Minister

1:13.6

Shigeru Isuba as its new leader. He finished ahead of Senai Tocacci who was hoping to become

1:18.4

Japan's first female leader. The BBC's Mariko Oi is with us. Hi Mariko. Hello. So he's an experienced

1:26.5

political figure in Japan isn't he? Yes he is a veteran politician who has been

1:31.8

the party's Secretary general as well as a

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