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S2015 E16 Confronting Climate Change

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On The Focus today we're looking at the threat of climate change and the people trying to address it. We've all seen images of melting glaciers and polar bears drifting on ice. But scientists say the problems aren't just in the Arctic anymore. A violent cyclone devastated the island of Vanuatu last month. Researchers say the surface of the sea has gotten warmer, and that gave the cyclone its deadly power.

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2015/04/20 S2015 E15

In Her Husband's Arms

On The Focus tonight, we're looking at a love story for the ages. Newlyweds divided by war, then death...and a widow devoted to her late husband for decades. The story begins about 70 years ago, during World War Two. A Japanese man went to fight in Burma, but never returned. His widow spent her life trying to find out what happened to him. Now nearly 90 years old, she decided to take one last journey to the place where her husband rests. NHK WORLD's Miki Ebara joined her.

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2015/04/22 S2015 E17

A Born Survivor

One woman who's seen the worst that man and nature can do is putting her experience to good use. Marie Louise Towari grew up in Rwanda, where she worked teaching people to make clothes. But her life changed forever in April 1994, when genocide left more than 800,000 people dead in the country. Towari lost many friends and relatives before fleeing the country with her husband and children.

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S2015

2015-03-30

哇，窗口太小啦

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