Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 07
In this episode we look into ongoing regime change attempts in Venezuela, anti US military protests in Japan and increasing illegal Israeli settler violence in Palestine.
Resistance to US military bases expansion on the Japanese island of Okinawa continues
The base, hosting about 3,000 US marines, was established after the US defeated the Japanese army in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945
Ahead of Olympics, Tokyo passes law to end discrimination against LGBT communities
The law will prevent people and organizations from using public spaces to indulge in hate speech. It also mandates awareness programs
7 decades after Nagasaki, the possibility of nuclear holocaust looms large
The doomsday clock, set up by the scientists involved in the Manhattan, is now 2 minutes away from midnight that symbolizes annihilation
Japan-India military exercises a harbinger of deeper ties
The two countries are key components of US strategy in the region that seeks to counter rising Chinese influence
A glimpse of Japanese communism
Castles and palaces from the feudal Tokugawa shogunate rub shoulders with the modern steel and glass buildings of Japanese capitalism.
- Thousands of Yemenis rally in support of UAE-backed separatist group STC
- Workers march in Leeds against a new contract by supermarket giant Asda
- Northern Irish residents protest gold mining in Sperrin Hills
- Israel bars entry of Muslim US legislators Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
- Sudanese opposition alliance selects PM for the transitional period
