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Japan Boosts QE at 'Critical Moment'

Japan's central bank vows to pump even more money into the country's struggling economy, and we gain a rare insight into North Korea's tech scene.

Japan's central bank announces a significant expansion of its monetary stimulus programme, vowing to pump even more money into the country's faltering economy. We ask whether it will be enough to win the fight against deflation, which Tokyo policy-makers have been waging for almost two decades.

Plus, we gain a rare insight into the tech scene - of sorts - in North Korea with our correspondent in Seoul, Steve Evans. And, as Halloween darkness falls, we dare to venture into the eerie, gruesome, yet lucrative world of 'dark tourism'.

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28 minutes

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 17:32GMT

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  • Fri 31 Oct 2014 17:32GMT