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destination? them all these faces a mounting, plastic waste challenge, and a closer look at an ancient previous steel revived once again in central asia. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. japan's governing political party faces questions about it's linked to a religious group known as the unification church. the assassin of former prime minister, sions, obey had blamed the church for bankrupting his family and had said it was the reason behind the attack. and since abe's murder, as scrutiny has grown, the public has learned that as much as half of the liberal democratic parties, lawmakers have had some kind of contact with this church under pressure, prime minister for me. ok,

shita has pledged action. similarly that they might annoy or to the sort of your whole quarter in for you in order to shita just informed me that he wants me to proceed with the investigation of the unification church under the religious corporations act equity morkel closer to mancha, was cut. he thought, oh, so i told him that i will start working now. she still johan has gotten less than are there much character. i'll work hard to make sure that we enforce the act as the smith. my name is joining us is journalist frank smith in sole frank. this church has its origins in south korea before migrating to japan. tell us a bit about the organization and why it's controversial. well, it's called the unification church, but it's nickname, as is really the moonies. it's official sort of long form. title is the family federation for world peace and unification. it was founded in 1954 by reverend son

young moon. really a christian presbyterian offshoot, that kind of became a cult. reverend moon suggested that that he was the messiah and the 2nd coming, it became quite famous here in south korean and known around the world really for it's mass weddings, where thousands of couples will, would be married at once. but what's significant here is the ties to the, you know, the l d p, the japanese governing party, back in the sixty's should. so abby's grandfather then prime minister no, was to coo, she, she really assisted the reverend moon in spreading the called in japan. and since obey himself appeared in church related event via, via image in recently as 2021. and now

it seems as if half the dominant party, the l d p, has had some association with the character. what do we know? well, this comes out of an l d p investigation after 2 years. yeah. a gummies, you know, admission that he was motivated because of the relations between abby, the l. d. p and, and the moonies and blame the unification church for bankrupting his family. what the l d p investigation really sought to do was kind of limit the followed. but what it found was that something like a 179 out of 379, l d p liberal democratic party, lawmakers had affiliations, had ties to this group. now there are several lawsuits of, of victims pending and cuz she to himself, he said ok,

i'm not part of this group. he called on a law makers of the l. d. p to sever their ties. but he also admitted that the government could have done more to assist these victims of, of the unification church is supposed to abuse. and do we have a sense though, of just how influential this church is in japanese politics? i mean, i wonder if it's mostly just been standard political, meet and greets like have they influenced like policy? that's a difficult question to answer at this time. the information we have though, is that they provided lawmakers with volunteers to work in their offices. so if we were to look at this and say, all right, these members of the unification church are giving huge sums of their personal money to, to the church. they're obviously strongly committed to the church. so to suggest

that they would do political activities and coordinate those political activities. isn't that, isn't that for a leap to make it? so that's really the, i think the question that the subsequent government pro might might look into mean, i wonder how upset is the public. i mean, will the investigation being launched helped move because she does administration passed this controversy? well one of the things that happened following the assassination of sion. so ab a is that more church members, former church members, i should say have come forward with just horrific stories. ready of of abuse, how their families have been bankrupted. how their own childhood have been really sacrificed to this group. and we've seen them for me. ok, sheet is approval ratings. plummet from something like 64 percent or so down to 40

percent. now the question about how seriously this will affect his leadership, i think depends on the strength of this probe. are they going to be able a subpoena, for example, the hard drives of lawmakers, the meals of these volunteers for the law makers? are they going to be able to get a look at those? and i think it really depends the political follow, the true political followed from this will depend on what that pro fines melissa frank smith and saul. thank you so much for joining us. ah. when we think of the mold eaves, india, indian ocean, we think of christine sandy, beaches and clear blue waters. it is one of the most beautiful places in the world . but beyond the beach resorts, many residents face a different reality. tons of plastic washes up on its shores. mostly waste from

other countries in the islands. leaders are tired of cleaning it up. the mountains of trash on this island and the maldives are unrelenting groups of fallen deals gather regularly to clear the beaches, but more and more plastic is carried in by the ocean. now the mirror romanella island has a plea for the world. were there all you live? losing all thought brooding above digs for going over a roof and beer was, was the reason that up agree and lifestyle in 2020 a study found at the maldives half the world's highest level of micro plastics. most of the plastic on the nations, 1192 islands, comes from tourists as well as trash flowing from countries upstream like india. scientists for now extensively testing the water quality nuclear and her brother.

so the people that organ that water and formula is michael wasik vickers. you leave has micro crossteck or him down. it is very important for him for, for us to hurt the people to turn that i've. so the fear is that the fish and the ocean have absorbed micro plastics which in turn are ingested by people. these particles are smaller than 5 millimeter. be plastic. fairly easy to move on, whatever using it ah, when it comes to small particles, which they and they can like and i'll see removing those in solution that you possible. so that stops well, well, all right, well we'll be there for 8 years to come until the world listens. maldives, as trying to change people's relationship with plastic internally and entrepreneurs dawning shredded bits of plastic into cutting boards and children are being taught how to swim. the hope is that that will make them enough the ocean and fight for it

. in the age of digital technology and cloud computing, who needs paper anymore? well, actually i do right here. and also artisans in a village in whose becca stands say they're producing a type of paper. they believe will be in demand for generations to come near the ancient city of samar candidate, they've revived an ancient paper making technique that's captured a lot of attention. this is the start of a painstaking process. work as at this mill, it was like it's done on making paper the way their ancestors did well the 1000 years ago, which is not just to draw for tourists. it's also a connection to a past that might have not been preserved. had it not been for this paper is one at the will margolis attempts, those paper is better because it last for

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produced here eventually displaced the pirates used in europe in the middle east. it was said to be smoother and more durable. today's used by calligraphy and artists. and for the restoration of old books on it. and although it takes 10 days to make just $200.00 sheets of this paper, the results could be around for people to see for millennia. that's all for tuesday . be sure to check out our website and social media as well. will levy with some pictures of people winging it in wing suits that is high above india's taj mahal. thanks for watching

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nuclear power plants, as the energy crisis forces a re think about supply and a hawkish monetary policy being felt around the world will show you what impact the federal reserves, aggressive interest rate hikes are having outside view. i'm chris kolber. welcome to the program. the communist party congress is in full swing and beijing and chinese starks are up. that was premier lee catch young vows to support economic growth. he made the remarks at the ongoing congress and just a day after china delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, including a country's 3rd or quarter g d. p. data. visitors are closely watching the congress where the parties general secretary teaching is expected to be handed a 3rd term in office.