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Duncan Bartlett
Duncan Bartlett is no longer a contributor to JAPAN Forward. He formerly worked in Tokyo for the BBC.
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Taiwan will be at the top of the agenda when Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu...
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has an audacious plan to help the North in...
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