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The trouble with Abenomics

SEOUL, South Korea — For more than a year, the world has watched the bold economic experiment known as Abenomics, once exalted as the saving grace for two decades of economic torpor in Japan.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 22, 2014

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Obama lands in Tokyo for the first US state visit in 18 years

SEOUL, South Korea — Japan is without a doubt America’s most stable and prosperous ally in East Asia. Yet today, President Barack Obama became the first American president since Bill Clinton in April 1996 to visit the country as a state guest.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 23, 2014

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