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The world's third largest economy is seeing its longest period of growth since 2000. Roger Hearing is in Tokyo, where he is joined throughout the programme by Yumiko Murakami, head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Japan, and Yoko Ishikura, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University. Japan's economy has improved, but might its aging workforce and declining population threaten the recovery?

Also, Japan has not been allowed an army since the end of the World War Two, so how real are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to create one?

(Photo: Pedestrians walk on a street lined with ginkgo trees on an autumn morning in Tokyo, Credit: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)