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Japan election: Voters back Shinzo Abe as PM wins new term

But what will it take to wake the world's third largest economy from its 20 year sleep?

But what will it take to wake the world's third largest economy from its 20 year sleep?

Much of Belgium has ground to a halt, with strikes and demonstrations against government austerity plans. We talk to businesses affected by the disruptions.

Also in the programme, the challenges of rebuilding the fishing industry in southern India, ten years after a devastating tsunami.

Plus, we ask whether western governments are helping fund animal cruelty.

And our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times considers whether fearlessness could be bad for us.

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Mon 15 Dec 2014 22:32GMT

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