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Feb 2024
50m 19s

Japan slips into recession

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Japan's economy slips into a recession as domestic demand weakens and they lose their title as the world's third-largest economy. Devina Gupta takes a look at why this has happened.

People in Indonesia wake up to the news that former military chief, Prabowo Subianto, is likely to be Indonesia's next president but what does this mean for them?

And a new hybrid rice made from beef cells might be coming to the market.

Devina will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world Takara Small, technology journalist from Toronto in Canada and Jessica Khine, Business Development Consultant in Malaysia.

(Picture: Tourism in Japan during Lunar New Year holidays, Tokyo Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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