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From Our Own Correspondent

Rugby and Typhoons

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Rugby World Cup has drawn the attention of the world to Japan for the last six weeks. But the tournament has not been without its difficulties, mostly ones beyond the power of the authorities to control. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been sheltering from the storm.

Veganism is on the rise in many countries in the world. Switching to a plant-base diet is said to be one of the biggest contributions an individual can make to reducing their impact on the environment. But veganism has its own dangers, as Ashitha Nagesh finds out in St. Petersburg.

South Korea is today a beacon of democracy and economic stability in East Asia. Street rallies have recently forced the resignation of the justice minister. But it wasn't always thus. The country was run by the army within living memory. And John Kampfner says protest then was a different matter.

Somaliland, a small breakaway territory in East Africa, has a long coastline along the Gulf of Aden. But strangely it doesn't have much of a fishing industry. That's changing now and Amy Guttman finds people getting to know an entirely new cuisine.

Guinea - in West Africa - is one of the poorest countries in the world. Many look overseas for ways to earn money. There is much demand for domestic workers in the Gulf and in the age of the smart phone, these workers are often recruited via a mobile app. As Owen Pinnell discovered, the recruits are often under age.

Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Tim Mansel

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:05.0

Good morning.

0:06.3

Today are you doing your bit for climate change

0:09.4

by going vegan, thinking about it.

0:12.3

Think hard if you're off to St. Petersburg, where it can be dangerous.

0:17.0

Not a lot of vegans in Somaliland, though the meat is often presented with an optional banana on the side. However, fish is the new dish.

0:26.8

Protest common enough at the moment can be dangerous, as our correspondent recalls a

0:32.1

massacre in South Korea nearly 40 years ago.

0:35.0

And the people traffickers are everywhere as we go after them in West Africa using smartphone apps.

0:42.0

First, well, using smartphone apps. apps.

0:43.0

First, well, obviously, Japan, especially for those of you recovering from eating a tense breakfast, watching

0:51.0

rugby and trying not to spill the coffee. The World Cup has brought

0:55.8

die-hard fans tens of thousands of miles from home for six weeks and 48 games in 12

1:02.3

different venues.

1:04.0

Well, not precisely 48,

1:06.4

due to the fact that the weather meant rain stopped

1:08.9

any play at all in three games.

1:11.8

Rupert Wingfield Hayes has been taking shelter in Tokyo.

1:15.9

By the time you hear this the England rugby team either will or won't have become

1:20.9

world champions, hopefully under gloriously sunny skies that are or should

1:26.1

be a signature of autumn in Japan.

1:29.4

Forget about the showy but oh so brief cherry blossoms of March and April,

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