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Japan and Saudi Arabia

Pascale Harter introduces reports from Mariko Oi, investigating whether there's too much trust in Japan's justice system, and Katy Watson, meeting the women changing Saudi society.

Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' personal stories and reflections from around the world. In this edition: Mariko Oi ponders the role of trust in Japan's justice system and asks whether old assumptions about its low crime and high conviction rates can hold. In Riyadh, Katy Watson has been on a night out, and meeting some of the young women changing Saudi society.

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10 minutes

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  • Fri 4 Jan 201311:50GMT
  • Fri 4 Jan 201319:50GMT
  • Sat 5 Jan 201301:50GMT
  • Sat 5 Jan 201304:50GMT