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Shinzo Abe interview transcript
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down with AFR Weekend Editor-in-Chief Michael Stutchbury and correspondent Angus Grigg in Tokyo on January 18. Here is an edited transcript.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious agenda for a reconvened regional security grouping, in an exclusive interview.
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