Volume 02, Number 36.

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Welcome again to the Podcast. We didn't have a program last week. Too much going on here. And too much going on in Japan to absorb by Friday! Thanks for dropping by again. Or, Welcome, to those of you who have found the program for the first time.

This week we consider how Japan is coping with change in its international and domestic environments, the significance of how Shinzo Abe has been selected as Japan's 90th prime minister, and then the role Abe's new five prime ministerial advisers are likely to play in his new Administration.

We didn't have time to run through the bios of the individuals Abe appointed to his cabinet. But you can find an excellent reference from Kyodo News by clicking here.