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Direct and in-depth. Interviews with leaders, visionaries, artists and pioneers who shape Asia and the world.
Inoue Hiroko is the president of an NGO that has been running exchange programs for young people from Israel, Palestine, and Japan for 20 years. She talks about their goals and her hope for peace.
In 2025, Otani Akira's book "The Night of Baba Yaga" won the UK's prestigious Dagger prize for crime fiction in translation - a first for a Japanese author. She talks about the inspiration behind her work.
Umemoto Ayaka is captain of the Japan women's national deaf volleyball team. She and her teammates, who include her twin sister Sayaka, are aiming for the gold at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics.
Atsuko Okatsuka is a US-based stand-up comedian with fans all over the world. She tells us why she pursues comedy, and talks about finding humor within the hardships of life in a minority group.
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