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Aug 2023
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Japan’s role in US-China strategic rival...

Financial Times
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China’s assertiveness on the global stage has reinvigorated economic and political ties between the US and Japan. Leo Lewis, the FT’s Asia business editor, discusses what’s changed with Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan. 


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