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Arielle Busetto
Arielle Busetto is a journalist with Bloomberg Japan. The former reporter for JAPAN Forward, covered culture, technology, politics, health, and using a range of experience with digital media including breaking and in-depth stories, podcasts, video, social media and more.
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