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The headlines call it a return to Japan Inc. But what Japan is actually doing \u2014 whether its policymakers fully realize it or not \u2014 is attempting to build strategic resilience into the national economy. Not growth. Not export dominance. Resilience. The capacity to absorb shocks that nobody predicted, keep functioning, and adapt. And it raises a question every business leader in Japan should be asking right now \u2014 not about government policy, but about their own organization. How resilient is your strategy, really? 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