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Japan in the spotlight in the lead-up to APEC 2009 Singapore

BY PETER DRYSDALE - When the 21 APEC leaders get together at their summit in Singapore next month, the spotlight will be on Japan and its new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. For one thing, this year is the twentieth anniversary of the birth of APEC in Canberra, in 1989. APEC is the child of a remarkable Japanese and Australian diplomatic initiative [...].