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More focus on people in a changed Japan

TERUHIKO MASHIKO, Japan's senior Vice Minister of Trade, Economy, and Industry, told me the other day that his country, the world's second-largest economy, was witnessing a sea-change. ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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