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World Service,31 Oct 2014,28 mins

Japan Boosts QE at 'Critical Moment'

World Business Report

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Japan's central bank announces a significant expansion of its monetary stimulus programme, vowing to pump even more money into the country's faltering economy. We ask whether it will be enough to win the fight against deflation, which Tokyo policy-makers have been waging for almost two decades. Plus, we gain a rare insight into the tech scene - of sorts - in North Korea with our correspondent in Seoul, Steve Evans. And, as Halloween darkness falls, we dare to venture into the eerie, gruesome, yet lucrative world of 'dark tourism'.

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