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Japan PM Dissolves Parliament

Shinzo Abe looks to consolidate power with snap election. Also: Hugh Hefner, Playboy and feminism; Chinese gene editing breakthrough

(Photo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2015. Credit: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Sep 201709:06GMT

BBC World Service except News Internet

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