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Japan’s Prime Minister Is Already Flunking Out

F FOR EFFORT

Japan’s new leader was the most popular kid in the class, but his obstinacy, meanness, and ineptness have cost him.

Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein
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Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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