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Anger and Politics

Reality Check: the consequences of the recent deadly clashes in Egypt, the Japanese political sphere twirls towards the right.

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People walk inside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque, the morning after the clearing of the sit-in which was held in and around the mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, 15 August 2013

Another Friday of Anger

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
Naguib Mahfouz

Good old Mr. Mahfouz. I wonder what he would make of the violence which took over 600 lives and left thousands injured in his beloved Cairo streets.
Egypt is now facing the aftermath of clashes that left hundreds dead and demonstrators plan to defy an emergency order and take to the streets today in yet another "Friday of Anger."

Bethany Bell, our correspondent in Cairo, explains the current situation...

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A man dressed as a navy sailor holds the Japanese military Rising Sun flag at Yasukuni Shrine, on the 68th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Tokyo, Japan, 15 August 2013

Turning Japanese

Shin-Okubo is the neighbourhood in Tokyo that is also known as "Little Korea" and it's where people go for great food and to hear the pulsing beat of K-Pop blasting out of every shop, stall, and passing car. It's also been the setting for ugly confrontations between its large ethnic Korean community and Japanese far-right activists.
Japan, politically speaking, is moving toward the right.

Tony Cheng gives us the story...