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A new trade agreement between Japan and the European Union comes in to effect today. It's one of the world's biggest free trade deals. Also, from India, we assess a report which the government tried to suppress that reveals a 45-year high in unemployment. Brexit continues to loom on the European horizon - we speak to Professor Alberto Alemanno from HEC Paris about what might change in the rest of Europe once Britain's withdrawal from the EU eventually happens. And a new book called The Future is Asian explains why we need to be looking more broadly at the region and beyond our obsession with China – we talk to the author Dr Parag Khanna. Finally, what are the pros and cons of gender-neutral perfume? We discuss all this with our live guests Paddy Hirsch, contributing editor at National Public Radio in LA, and Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, in Tokyo.

(Image: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude. Photo by John Thys / AFP / Getty Images)