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Aug 2023
23m 11s

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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