The Hong Kong protests have been escalating recently, but what of the pro-democracy Hong Kongers living in Japan? Julia Bergin tells Oscar Boyd about the protestors she's been following in Tokyo, and why Japan should care about them and Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.

Julia Bergin is a researcher for The Little Red Podcast, find them here or on all major podcasting providers.

More on this topic:

• Demonstrators in Tokyo show support for Hong Kong protests over extradition bill (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times)

• The Japan Times' coverage of The Hong Kong protests

• Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign (Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin, The Guardian)

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