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Japan's unlikeliest cheerleader is an American ambassador

The United States ambassador to Tokyo is known for not mincing his words. What has surprised, however, is his target: folks back home. "I have a...

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Gearoid Reidy

Japan’s shrinking population is a big problem for the nation

Of the 1,729 local municipalities in Japan, 744 are "likely to vanish" by 2050, according to a report released this week at a symposium by the...

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Kuni Miyake

The world cannot just cancel Palestine

It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress that was...

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Slavoj Žižek

Generative AI is coming for your bank. Maybe.

Big banks are scrambling to work out what to do with generative artificial intelligence: how to use it to make some of their people smarter,...

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Paul J. Davies

Ukraine is far from doomed

After a monthslong delay, the fractious United States House of Representatives finally approved more than $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine...

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Tatyana Deryugina And Anastassia Fedyk

Biden must prove he doesn't have a double standard for Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hates the question in all forms. "Do Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian and Muslim lives?” he was...

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Andreas Kluth

Hello Kitty turns 50. What will the next cat's meow be?

Hello Kitty is turning 50 this year, on Nov. 1, to be precise. Looking back at her long career — which saw Sanrio's character become one of the...

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Josha Paul Dale

Taylor Swift is proof that how we critique music is broken

The way we digest new music needs to be fixed. Within less than 24 hours of Taylor Swift’s release of "The Tortured Poets Department" and her...

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Jessica Karl

Japan is poised to fill an EV gap left by China

Now is a good time for established Japanese car companies to seize the opportunity to expand in North America to meet electric-vehicle demand. U.S....

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Tim Culpan

Negotiating a bigger, better World Bank

We are two of the 25 members of the World Bank’s board of executive directors, which collectively represents 189 member countries with divergent...

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Michael Krake And Wempi Saputra

Starlink highlights economic security challenges facing democracies

The Russia-Ukraine war has placed a fresh spotlight on the extremely close relationship between civil technology and military technology, with the...

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Kota Umeda

Sicily's mafia is expanding its white collar crime

Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like HBO’s "The White Lotus," which put the island’s breathtaking vistas...

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Rachel Sanderson

Humanitarian catastrophes and the world's forgotten conflicts

The U.S. House of Representatives got its act together last week and passed legislation that provided $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine,...

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Brad Glosserman

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