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• Bank of England voted 7:2 to hold interest rates steady – as it happened

  22 Oct 2014: The Bank of England has published the minutes of its monthly rate-setting committee, revealing that a majority voted to keep interest rates at 0.5%
  

• Japanese ‘hate speech’ debate abandoned as insults fly

  21 Oct 2014: Debate between Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto and anti-Korean rightwinger Makoto Sakurai ends in heated insults

• Japan’s pocchari trend celebrates ‘chubby’ women

  20 Oct 2014: Japan is a country where thinness is the norm. So can a trend embracing ‘chubbiness’ help young women reject fat-shaming stereotypes? By Abigail Haworth

• Two Japanese ministers quit after financial allegations

  20 Oct 2014: Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima resign within hours of each other, dealing blow to Shinzo Abe’s push to promote women
  

• China protests at Japanese PM’s latest WW2 shrine tribute

  17 Oct 2014: Shinzo Abe sends ornaments to Yasukuni shrine, regarded by victims of wartime atrocities as symbol of militarism

• South Korea urged to drop libel charges against Japanese journalist

  17 Oct 2014:

  Press freedom group says prosecution violates international standards

• World Weatherwatch

  16 Oct 2014: Nicholas Lee (MetDesk) on a severe thunderstorm in New South Wales and tornadoes in the US and Japan

• Japan must embrace ‘womenomics’ to modernise economy

  Guardian Professional, 16 Oct 2014: After visiting the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo, Cherie Blair discusses prime minister Shinzo Abe’s promise to promote women in leadership

• Frieze: even sleeping security guards are art in a world of elaborate disguises

  14 Oct 2014: Shows feature reimagining of Sigmund Freud’s study and Paris art collector’s flat in combination of old and new art

• Typhoon Vongfong weakens as it moves towards Pacific

  14 Oct 2014: Storm kills two people in Japan and causes widespread disruption, before being downgraded to tropical depression

• India tropical cyclone kills at least 24 and destroys thousands of homes

  14 Oct 2014: Rescue teams clear trees and electrical poles blocking roads to eastern coastal areas, from where 400,000 people were evacuated

• Japan’s ruling party under fire over links to far-right extremists

  13 Oct 2014: Calls for LDP politicians to distance themselves from extremists come amid campaign of terror targeting academics

• Typhoon Vongfong hits Japan

  13 Oct 2014: At least one person missing, dozens injured and flights grounded as typhoon makes landfall in Makurazaki
  

• Cyclone sparks evacuations in India while Japan braces for typhoon

  12 Oct 2014: Cyclone Hudhud set to hit largest city in Andhra Pradesh while typhoon Vonfong is headed for Kyushu island
  

• Challenging the old narrative that possessions equal prosperity

  Guardian Professional, 10 Oct 2014: L Hunter Lovins: A shift to the sharing economy, millennials shunning private car and home ownership, a saturation of consumerism - is a new economic narrative emerging?

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