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Yuqing Xing
Yuqing Xing
Dr Yuqing Xing is a professor of economics and the director of Asian economic policy at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo

From Japan’s sluggish vaccine roll-out, it is evident that a sense of crisis is lacking. Have the Japanese given serious thought to the possibility that a new wave of coronavirus will arrive with the Olympics?

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If an IP holder denies access to the technology by abusing its monopoly, it undermines confidence in the rights protection regime. America’s move will hurt consumers and is a blow to the global value chain.