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The Cultural Frontline
Japan: Art and the Olympics
27 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
As the Olympics start in Tokyo, we’re focusing on Japanese artists who are examining history, re-inventing tradition and telling new stories. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Trending
The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
18 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
A mystery sponsor secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread lies about the risks from a Covid vaccine. The plot failed spectacularly but who and what was behind it all? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Sportshour
Sportshour at the Tokyo Olympic Games
49 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Over to You
Investigating a format unchanged for 66 years
9 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
Listeners react to From Our Own Correspondent and ask how it’s put together. Plus another in our regular series about listeners' everyday lives and habits, How I Hear. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/07/2021 12:06 GMT: Can the Taliban be stopped from retaking Afghanistan?
50 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Taliban gaining territory after the exit of foreign forces: can they retake Afghanistan? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Sporting Witness
The first Tokyo Olympics
9 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games Show more
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The History Hour
Darfur's ethnic war
50 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
How a teenager's life was changed by the war in Darfur in Sudan, plus Norway's worst day of terror, the first law on domestic violence in Brazil and the fame of Vincent van Gogh. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/07/2021 20:06 GMT: Ethiopia Tigray crisis: New front opens
50 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Fighters from Tigray have entered the Afar region Show more
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Music Life
'Good for the ego, bad for the soul' with Manika Kaur, Ali Riaz Baqar, Gurujas Khalsa and Abi Sampa
31 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
Manika Kaur, Ali Riaz Baqar, Gurujas Khalsa and Abi Sampa are four musicians offering new perspectives on traditional Asian music. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
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DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the molecular structures which make all living things tick. Plus, Covid-19 vaccination strategy reimagined, the seismic sensitivities of elephants. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Cultural Frontline
Japan: Art and the Olympics
27 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
As the Olympics start in Tokyo, we’re focusing on Japanese artists who are examining history, re-inventing tradition and telling new stories. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Trending
The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
18 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
A mystery sponsor secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread lies about the risks from a Covid vaccine. The plot failed spectacularly but who and what was behind it all? Show more
Over to You
Investigating a format unchanged for 66 years
9 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
Listeners react to From Our Own Correspondent and ask how it’s put together. Plus another in our regular series about listeners' everyday lives and habits, How I Hear. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC OS Conversations
The Tokyo Olympics
23 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
The Tokyo Olympics are underway, a year later than planned Show more
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What happened to those who helped spirit the stolen money away?
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Sporting Witness
The first Tokyo Olympics
9 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
The road to rock'n'roll
50 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Weekly
The great vaccine passport debate
50 minutes on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
As entry to many venues across the UK, France and Italy looks set to be conditional on proof of vaccination, Business Weekly explores the controversy over vaccine passports. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.