This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a new worrying trend appearing in major Japanese cities – food banks and cafes for children. An estimated one in six of Japanese children aged up to 17 are from families whose income is classified as being in 'relative poverty'. What does this mean? How did it happen? And how can Japan fix this growing crisis?
English News Weekly will try to explain all... (PDF)
Australia becomes the 1st country in the world to impose big advertisement bans on cigarette packets. No longer will cigarettes be bought in colourful packets with famous logos.
This week's ENW will look at this new ban and ask: Will smoking be stubbed out?