I'm Gene Lee and I'm Jeff White and we're back with a brand new episode of our

podcast The Lazarus Heist recorded in front of a live audience in New York City

That's our new special live episode of The Lazarus Heist, the podcast about hacking and North Korea

and we're returning soon with a second season. So what better moment to listen to the

whole of season one or if you've heard it already, listen again, we mind you

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When you think about how a Japanese woman looks, you might have an image of a

traditional geisha or cute hallow kiri girl in pigtails. But in Japan, there's a

quiet revolution developing and it's starting to get louder. This is the new

sound of young women in Japan who are finding their voice to talk about gender inequality.

You are listening to the BBC World Service and I'm Akiko Toya. I've been brought up in the traditions

of Japan, but like many other women here, I've started to question how well we are represented

in politics, business and culture. I'm about to find out how the daughters of today,

or as they known in Japan or Jo-san, are kicking down doors to the world. I've been

trying to find out how the world is going to be. I've been trying to find out how the world

is going to be. I'm about to find out how the daughters of today, or as they known in Japan,

or Jo-san, are kicking down doors with a new kind of feminism.

Many more of my friends are talking about equality and how women are now seen as being strong.

More women now have the courage to call people up when they feel intimidated or abused.

More and more people are moving away from the idea that the woman's role is just to stay at home.

One of Japan's biggest exports across the world is anime. And Aguretsuko is one of the most popular programs right now.

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