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Taro Kono – Minister for Digital Transformation, Japan

Stephen Sackur speaks to Taro Kono, a senior minister in a Japanese government wrestling with massive problems. This erstwhile economic powerhouse is stuck with low growth, massive debt and an ageing, declining population. Can Japan reboot itself for the 21st century?

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