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WEBSITE SOURCES
Yamauchi, M., & Hosoya, Y. (Eds.). (2019). Modern Japan’s Place in World History From Meiji to Reiwa. CHUOKORON-SHINSHA. INC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9593-4
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