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    March 8, 2024

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    March 1, 2024

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    February 9, 2024

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    Though we’ve ushered in a New Year, it seems we’ve not swept away the sense of stagnation in Japan. ...

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    December 8, 2023

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    This year has already become an epoch-making one globally in terms of revving up economic security. ...

    November 24, 2023

  • Japan’s Modernization Fitting Development Model

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    November 10, 2023

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    November 3, 2023

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    October 27, 2023

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