The Assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan

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Japan is still reeling from the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe last week. Investigators are piecing together clues about why this happened, but the sassination has hilated the link between abe's party and south korea's unification church. We're hoping to hear from listeners who have moved to a new location after their employer green lit them to work remotely.

Former UK chancellor Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss have emerged as the favourites to replace prime minister Boris Johnson, and more details have been revealed in the murder of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. Plus, Nikkei Asia’s Marwaan Macan-Markar explains how Sri Lanka’s economic and political crises could foreshadow similar issues in other debt-ridden countries.

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