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What is driving the rice prices in Japan to skyrocket?

Apr 2, 2025
52:58

① Meeting with China’s foreign minister in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Beijing and Moscow to enhance strategic cooperation. Will China and Russia jointly deliver more stability to a turbulent world? (00:53)

② How could the new tariffs being imposed by US President Donald Trump erode consumer and business confidence? (13:26)

③ The US is sending more warplanes to reinforce its military capability in the Middle East, as its tensions with Iran build. Does Trump mean it when he threatens Iran with bombing? (24:41)

④ Denmark’s prime minister is visiting Greenland amid mounting pressure from Trump to control the island. What’s at stake in her trip? (34:56)

⑤ What’s behind the skyrocketing rice prices in Japan? (44:00)

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