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The Manila-based Asian Development Bank will play a greater role in taxation in the region, its new president said.  © Reuters

HISAO KODACHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The new president of the Asian Development Bank looks to focus on helping member countries improve tax collection from global tech giants.

Japan's Masatsugu Asakawa, who took office Friday, plans to enlarge the Manila-based multilateral lender's team of tax experts and cooperate in preventing tax avoidance.

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