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World Service,04 Jan 2013,10 mins

Japan and Saudi Arabia

From Our Own Correspondent

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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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