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Luncheon Debatte dedicated to Ifri's corporate members, by invitation only.
With Céline PAJON, Researcher, Asia Center, Ifri.
What will be the consequences of the March 11th catastrophy for Japan? Will the Archipelago, affected by a multifarious crisis for many years, be able to find the resources to start up? Céline Pajon will present the possible repercussions of this "millenium crisis" on the internal policy, diplomacy and the economic and energetic strategy of the Nipponese archipelago.
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