{"id":4607,"date":"2023-04-17T17:42:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2023-04-24T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:10:13","slug":"apr-26-shinichi-kitaoka-on-recent-developments-in-japanese-security-and-foreign-policy-a-focus-on-japans-oda-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/apr-26-shinichi-kitaoka-on-recent-developments-in-japanese-security-and-foreign-policy-a-focus-on-japans-oda-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"APR 26: &#8216;Recent Developments in Japanese Security and Foreign Policy&#8217; with Shinichi Kitaoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shinichi Kitaoka,<\/strong> former president JICA, discusses\u00a0recent developments in Japan\u2019s security and foreign policy. 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