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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T09:22:30.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.rappler.com",
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    "Thought Leaders",
    "Voices",
    "Ferdinand Marcos Jr.",
    "foreign affairs",
    "foreign investments in the Philippines",
    "Japan",
    "Japanese culture",
    "overseas Filipinos",
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  "textContent": "As the train quietly moved through Tokyo, I looked at my son and wondered which country he will eventually think of as home. I hope, for his sake, the answer is one where he chooses to stay, rather than one he feels he must leave.",
  "title": "[Between Islands] The unfinished work of Philippine independence"
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