Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: How prepared is Tokyo for extreme weather events ahead of the 2020 Games?

Nov 17th, 2019 13m 25s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: The Japan supernatural special featuring artist Takashi Murakami

Nov 7th, 2019 14m 37s

Japan in Focus: The Japan supernatural special featuring world-renowned artist Takashi Murakami

Japan in Focus: Former UN high commissioner for refugees Sadako Ogata dies at the age of 92 and the voice behind one of Japan's busiest Shinkansen lines

Nov 1st, 2019 15m 37s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony and Australian police ministers to discuss child-like sex dolls which have links to Japan

Oct 26th, 2019 14m 13s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony and Australian police ministers to discuss child-like sex dolls

Oct 25th, 2019 15m 8s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Typhoon Hagibus claims dozens of lives

Oct 18th, 2019 14m 30s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Another devastating typhoon, Rugby World Cup disruptions and a new Nissan CEO

Oct 11th, 2019 18m 40s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: 20k motorists with Takata airbags told to stop driving immediately and calls for the release of documents on Japan's submarine bid

Oct 4th, 2019 17m 51s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Koizumi says climate change needs to be made sexy so to mobilise young people, Japan is being urged to ban child-like sex dolls

Sep 27th, 2019 17m 18s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Asia's first Rugby World Cup gets underway and the Defense Minister says he has no intelligence showing Iran behind Saudi oil attack

Sep 20th, 2019 14m 50s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Asia's first Rugby World Cup gets underway and the Defense Minister says he has no intelligence showing Iran behind Saudi oil attack

Sep 20th, 2019 14m 50s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet and last minute preparations get underway for the Rugby World Cup

Sep 13th, 2019 19m 13s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet and last minute preparations get underway for the Rugby World Cup

Sep 13th, 2019 19m 13s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Concerns over North Korea's improved short range missiles, calls for Japan to ban its rising sun flag at the 2020 Games and a new scan

Sep 6th, 2019 15m 54s

This week: There's increasing evidence North Korea has improved its short-range missile capabilities,

Japan in Focus: No signs of tensions easing between ROK and Japan, new anti-groping device released and reintroducing Tokyo

Aug 30th, 2019 15m 45s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Commercial whaling resumes, Upper House elections and KimOhNo again

Jul 5th, 2019 16m 22s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: KimOhNo and the G20 Summit

Jun 29th, 2019 17m 26s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: Journalists gain rare access to the detention centre where Carlos Ghosn was held and Japan passes new laws to tackle workplace harassment

Jun 14th, 2019 15m 35s

Eleni Psaltis presents Japan in Focus, a weekly program that takes a close look at significant political and social developments out of Japan and the region.

Japan in Focus: The KuToo Movement and PM Abe heads to Iran in an effort to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington

Jun 7th, 2019 13m 34s

This week: Professor Tanaka Koichiro from the Graduate School of Media and Governance shares his thoughts on Iran-Japan relations and we look at the quiet revolution underway in Japan that involves ballet flats, sneakers an

Japan in Focus: history making firsts, golf diplomacy and red carpet strolls during Trump's latest visit to Japan

May 31st, 2019 15m 11s

Golf diplomacy between Tokyo and Washington went to a whole new level this week.

Japan in Focus

May 24th, 2019 14m 31s

Japan in Focus: the international community is urged to use the traditional order for Japanese names and we look at why one Japanese railway company has been renting an office in Sydney for 30 years

Japanese Prime Minister prepared to meet the North Korean leader

May 14th, 2019 14m 35s

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's prepared to meet the North Korean leader, and postgraduate students in Japan are finding it increasingly hard to secure work in academia