ah, in the moon, the low and a cool cool breeze i lies, but it was just me. in the moon, the low this is did up in years asia coming up to date japan news to rest of home a prime minister, but not the divisions he left behind. the state funeral for assassinated, former leadership of 8th is marked by morning and full test. why was sions obeyed such a polarizing figure in japan and how to countries in the region view,

his legacy loss tend to education for the fly defective? our n g o. in a pakistani city is educated from cooper displaced by the countries floods on 15th . ah, i british banded, you're welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us a rare but divisive state funeral from bad form a japanese directions or abi, has been held in tokyo. mourners took their seats in a large hold before a giant or trait of alby. he was shot and killed on the 8th of july, as he made a campaign speech in the city of nara foreign leaders, including us, vice president, pamela harris, and indian prime minister in modi. bought an attendance cut from mister from york

issued up said this in his tribute he data all night he got critical to law who could have predicted, even in the slightest that such a day would come up as i and at the law abbey, son, you will some one who needed to be kept to lie for a long time. he met a night sto, disha. the point though sick. i don't. i was convinced that you would do your best for the next 10. almost like you know, 20 years. yeah. as a compass that showed the future of japan and the world with extreme change. but not all feel that way. protest as opposed to the state funeral, marched on the streets of tokyo ahead of the ceremony. people objected to the rare honor for a number of reasons, including the hefty price tag of a little more than $11000000.00 and the family and his party,

the only l. d. p is tied to a controversial charge all the unification church is alleged, assessed, and told police he killed. i'll be because those things. so let's get more context on this from jeffrey hall. he's a special electra and japanese studies that condo diversity of international studies. and jones been from tokyo professor hall help us understand the protests against mister abe's funeral. i mean, is it mainly to do with the costs engines or links to the unification church, or is there an entrenched opposition to shins or i'll be that we are seeing here? well, it's all of the things you just described in a little bit of each. there has been domestic opposition to our bay since he 1st appeared on the political scene. there at the political left sees him as someone who is engaged in a corrupt actions or is engaged in historical revisionism that is harmful to

japan's relations with its allies. and to the truth of teaching history in the country. but there's also people who just don't really understand why millions of dollars are being spent on a lavish funeral. when this isn't really the norm in japan, you talked about historical revisionism. and i think what you might be also referring to is the re interpretation of japan's pacifists constitution that allow japan's self defense forces to potentially fight overseas. for the 1st time since world war 2, and wondering if this is his most divisive domestic political legacy. it is one of the most divisive legacies he has. and it is tied to this idea of historical revisionism, japan escaping the bind that it was tied in at the end of world war to a constitution that banded from having a military and being able to use that military to wage war. and his domestic

critics feared that his re interpretations of the constitution that he pushed forward that allowed japan self defense forces to be legally capable of aiding allies in a military conflict. they worried that this would bring japan back into the path to war, and it led to mass protests when this was inactive. and it is something that people still remember to the stairs. one of the biggest legacies domestically. but conversely, but it's also something that seemed to india him if i can put it that way to countries in the region didn't, did particularly when you come to australia, india and the us potentially which along with japan, are concerned about the eyes of china. definitely from the perspective of people who believe that there should be stronger regional security cooperation. that alliances in the region should be balancing against the rise of china. ave was a great leader. and within japan, there is a segment of the population that is very appreciative of what they think of as ave,

keeping their countries safer by building these better ties with these nations that are known as the quad. and you could see that at today's funeral, each of those nations cent important leaders to the funeral. they were mentioned on camera. they were shown during the television footage. and some of the speeches also mentioned the importance of the quad. so this is one of our big, biggest foreign policy achievements. speaking of that foreign policy achievement, where do you see japan continuing to follow this direction? set footed by sions of japan, or do you think it is time perhaps at least looking at the opposition that the state funeral has gone on for prime minister from your kid to potentially alter course. i don't think there's any altering, of course that's going to take place. the conservatives are still in power in japan . but this opposition and the unpopularity related to the unification church

scandal will distract. he and his government from being able to move forward on issues like an actual formal change of the constitution, which would require a national referendum. and you don't want to have a national referendum when your approval rating is well below 50 percent. wheeler leave it there for that. i mean, but thank you so much for joining us today. jeffrey hold special lecture and japanese studies at can conduct university of international studies. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. pakistan is still reeling from the floods that have devastated large parts of the country. you are a secretary of state antony blinking announced another $10000000.00 in aid at a meeting in washington with his pakistan, the counterpart below one. but those of 30 both leaders said it was a disaster on an unprecedented scale, a 3rd of the country remains under water after the historic and catastrophic storms . about 33000000 people are affected. farmers whose entire

harvests have been literally submerged. we have experienced a climate catastrophe of biblical apocalyptic proportions. at least 1600 people have died, and more than 7000000 have been displaced in the flooding. hundreds of thousands are living in the open or, and make shift camps. 18 organization in the city of gretta has set up a temporary school. these girls are getting their new classroom ready for their 1st lessons. a local en geo has set up this temporary school in attend after flood waters destroyed school buildings in many areas. the pupils here live across the road in a camp for those displaced by the floods. people here have lost everything,

but now at least that children can study again. who's on the la marla? very worried because the children's education was getting a glad it is good, but now thank god a school has been set up and they are studying the mom. we will be happy if the school stays open all year round, like the kids will study the koran as well as other things father, we are poor people. we cannot afford to send them to any other school. so we are grateful for this recording. what i get a refresher, we were very worried about their education because a whole village was surrounded by water. here it is better for the kids as well as for us, people who have found shelter in this tent city are the lucky ones, like hundreds of thousands of still living out in the open after the homes were destroyed by the floods. pharma as mohammed is one of them, he is trying to salvage what he can from the ruins of his home. his 4 acres of cotton have been destroyed. it both of them had hit the last rains,

have destroyed everything. the will aly all the cotton has been ruined. diana, the creditor said demanding their money bag that attract, rona, will the seat seller on the insecticide cellar? i have nothing. i look a little at they medulla. they how can i repay them? will on, as i have is that a on the house is collapses, what we have nothing to eat a body of that or gave you. i gave money like much of the farmland in this area. as mohammed's fields remain under water authority, say it may take up to 6 months to recede. that means he won't be able to plant his next drop wheat in time, making any prospect of relief, even more remote ah, to the indonesian capital jakarta next, which is infamous for it's long traffic jams. it's part of the reason why city

administrators have been pushing to get people away from private transport and on to public transport. and one normal way to do that is by enacting a zombie apocalypse at one train station. if you're confused, here's more. ah, imagine being chaise, bio zombie. an old is on be once is to push you onto the train. what looks like a recreation of the iconic south korean film, trained to bo, son is just jacket as attempt to get young people to use public transport. jakarta, rail operator, p, p l r t. hope's the scanner, and entertainment will attract them again. the most interesting part was i was looking around an empty room and all of a sudden, zombies appeared next to me. it was thrilling. my, another job was it. the one of the, one of the 8 of us came here together to get her get her during the performance.

none of us fainted with you any of it but a friend of ours to robbie. i thought, you know you're busy. jakarta is home to more than 30000000 people and it's traffic is infamous. it also contributes largely to jakarta as pollution levels. at the zombie station, people can hop on for a cheap 20 minute ride. the idea is that there has been a pandora virus outbreak, unleashing the walking dead. they knock, they feast soldiers with fake rifles. how passengers get to 50, and the safest place to be is on the train. this game is all around 20 minutes. a dell by me on a along blendy that the minute if and on the if you are not panic,

most of the people usually panic at the 1st time of trouble thought. all right, got it. one minute we got the he just came in and came out. critics say just a cool show will not be enough to win jacket us residents of their bikes and cars. but for now, people are enjoying the show or unique is that, that fit the today is mostly from the region on our website. and as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter. good. see right here tomorrow. but if you ever have to cover up a murder, the best way is to make it look like an accident. raring to read. you've never read a book like this. literature list under germany must reads. are

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harvest are set to make that worse. this is the w business. i'm janelle dumas on a welcome. china economic growth is set to fall behind the rest of asia. for the 1st time since 1990, according to the world bank, it expects the chinese economy to grow 2.8 percent this year. nearly half of what was previously forecast. the slowdown is morally largely due to a downturn of the property market in beijing. 0 cove and policy, the world bank cut it's forecast for the asia pacific region as a whole. to 3.2 percent. we're joined now by our china analysts, clifford kuhn and good to have you. so in more evidence that the world has turned upside down, the rest of asia, clifford is doing better than china. what are the prospects of the chinese economy now.