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Lee Kuan Yew chair in Southeast Asia studies, Brookings Lynn Kuok is the Lee Kuan Yew chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution. She is also a senior research fellow at the ...

TOKYO -- Across the street from Japan's Diet parliament building, with its pyramid-shaped dome, stands the prime minister's official residence. Completed in 1929 and serving also as the prime ...

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Linda Sieg covered Japanese politics, economics and social issues at Reuters in Tokyo for over three decades, most recently as chief political correspondent. She is currently freelancing.