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What Do Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-Un Have In Common?

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What Do Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-Un Have In Common?

Our Tokyo editors talk about South Korean attitudes toward Japan’s leader and more in this week’s podcast.

The Diplomat’s J.T. Quigley and Angela Erika Kubo discuss Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “South Korean approval rating,” a  productivity-tracking device that would make the NSA blush, and an upcoming video game that features the much loved (hated?) J-Pop group AKB48.

Click the arrow to the right to listen, and feel free to join the discussion in the comments section below.