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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks to Nikkei Asia at the ambassador's residence in Akasaka, Tokyo, on July 15. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

TOKYO -- At the end of May, four months after arriving in Tokyo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel took a brief break to attend his younger brother's wedding in Saint-Tropez, France.

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