William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Coronavirus shock exposes Asian governments' addiction to remittances
Money which overseas workers send home has prevented needed reforms
Repatriated overseas Filipino workers arrive at an airport after weeks of quarantine in Pasay City on May 26: they send home more than $35 billion annually. © Reuters
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