{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c/660d7ee4088d5100152d55ef?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is Japan at a turning point?","description":"<p>Japan has been celebrating the end of a near 20-year deflationary cycle. But the country’s shrinking population remains a serious cause for concern. Gideon talks to the FT’s Kana Inagaki and Leo Lewis about whether the new mood of optimism about&nbsp;Japan is justified. <em>Clip: BBC </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic: </strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3VGIVyv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why good news for Japan may be bad news for hedge funds</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3VPjknn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Japan relaxes defence export rules to allow sales of new fighter jet</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/49l8mJd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in over 60 years</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/49nbp3H\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marriage holds key to Japan’s falling births</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3xtDWHk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The professor vs the PM: a political funding probe shakes Japan’s government</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/bd4d20fd-f670-4849-9f3b-f36fd1ded8fb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}