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People in Japan are voting in a snap general election, called by the country鈥檚 new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, days after he was selected to lead the governing Liberal Democratic Party. It's being seen as a crucial test for Mr Ishiba and his party, which has been embroiled in a political funding scandal.

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Joining Rebecca Kesby to discuss all this and more are Laurie Goering, a London-based climate-change journalist and Afzal Ashraf, an expert on defence, security and international relations at the University of Loughborough in the UK.

(Photo: A man casts his ballot during the general election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan, 27 October 2024. Photo by FRANCK ROBICHON/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)