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  "id": 16164489,
  "title": "Editorial: Japan needs to document and disclose all politician-bureaucrat contacts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/editorial-japan-needs-to-document-and-disclose-all-politician",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T08:02:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261023/p2a/00m/0op/032000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A lack of transparency in relations between politicians and bureaucrats can lead to policy distortions.This is the concern raised by former Japan agri",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}