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June 19, 2024
 

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Staff lower the Chinese national flag in the Central Financial District in Hong Kong in March. Hong Kong is an established trading hub for raising capital while Singapore excels in private wealth management.
COMMENTARY / World
Stop comparing Hong Kong to Singapore
By Shuli Ren
Think of it this way: Hong Kong is where the Chinese can grow their wealth while Singapore is where they can preserve it
Vladimir Putin is expected to continue using asymmetric tactics, such as covert operations, sabotage and cyberattacks, to destabilize Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Putin’s 'shadow war' against Europe is intensifying
By Hal Brands
Vladimir Putin is expected to continue using asymmetric tactics, such as covert operations, sabotage and cyberattacks, to destabilize Europe.
Without stronger international cooperation and policies that advance shared prosperity, growth will remain too slow to support progress on development and poverty reduction.
COMMENTARY / World
Getting the global economy out of the slow lane
By Indermit Gill
The world economy has avoided recession despite the steepest rise in global interest rates since the 1980s.

EDITORIALS

Despite the conservative center maintaining control of European Union institutions, a surge in far-right support in parliamentary elections is setting off alarm bells.
The center holds as Europe’s far right surges
A populist wave sweeps through the European parliamentary elections amid a strong showing by far right parties.
EDITORIALS
India’s election humbles Modi and his party
EDITORIALS
A long-neglected trilateral resumes ? to expected results
EDITORIALS
Taiwan and its new president deserve our support
EDITORIALS
Looming U.S.-China 'trade war' bodes ill for green tech

COMMENTARY

Balaji Srinivasan addresses the Singapore Fintech Festival in November 2022. A techno-libertarian, Srinivasan, who made his name as an anti-government crusader, tried to attach himself to the U.S. government when he was under consideration for a position in the Donald Trump administration.
Japan
How techno-libertarians fell in love with big government
By Quinn Slobodian
When faced with the prospect of the government becoming a major client for Silicon Valley techno-libertarians, once-principled opposition to state power dissipates.
World
EU populists are blind to the real threat to the bloc
By Max Hastings
Japan
Real defense demands more than just being able to fight
By Brad Glosserman
Japan
Parents need digital tools to cope with 'first-grade barrier'
By Yuko Tamura
World
Palestine's fiscal demise
By Raja Khalidi
World
Too many companies make false claims about their social impact
By Philip Sugai and Heather Young
World
Why Ukraine isn’t ready for peace talks
By Marc Champion
World
A historic deal sets South Africa on a new path
By Justice Malala
World
The Ukraine war threatens Russia’s regional influence
By Galip Dalay
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Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan
Group A Streptococcus typically causes swelling and a sore throat in children, but some types of the bacteria can lead to symptoms developing rapidly.
Japan team succeeds in muon reacceleration in major breakthrough
Muons can penetrate dense materials, even bedrock several kilometers thick, and therefore are used for internal inspections for volcanos and pyramids, as well as the reactors at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.
France's Le Pen says she will work with Macron to appeal to moderates
Marine Le Pen speaks during a European election campaign rally in Paris on June 2.
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
Nagoya hospital error results in high school student’s death
A high school student was taken to the emergency room after he complained of symptoms including vomiting. The resident physician conducted a CT scan, identified gastric dilation and diagnosed the teenager as suffering from gastroenteritis before sending him home.
Germany laser-focused on Indo-Pacific despite hurdles, top envoy to Japan says
German and Japanese fighter jets take part in an exercise over Japan. Germany's air force plans to send three of the fighters to Japan next month for the first-ever joint aerial exercise between the Luftwaffe and Air Self-Defense Force.
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
Koike and Renho take aim at Tokyo's declining birth rate
Renho (left) and incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike are both pushing for child care policies in their campaign pledges for the Tokyo gubernatorial election next month.
NATO chief says more members to hit 2% of GDP defense spending target
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Monday following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
Japanese Olympians to beat heat with own AC despite Paris' plans for green Games
Temperatures in Paris could exceed 30 degrees on many days during the 2024 Games.

Podcast

Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin,” once the victim of high waves that dragged it into the sea, sits at the end of a pier on the south side of Naoshima.
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Father's Day is said to have come to Japan around 1950, shortly after the establishment of Mother's Day.
The evolving nature of fatherhood in Japan
By Alex K.T. Martin

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