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Nick M. | ニック @nmcio.bsky.social · Feb 15
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Trump Tariff Trouble
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Trump Tariff Trouble
His doublethink may be too much even for the supine Supremes
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November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The “Mussolini Corporatism” Behind Trump’s Demand For $800 Billion From Japan and Korea
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The “Mussolini Corporatism” Behind Trump’s Demand For $800 Billion From Japan and Korea
Trump Wants Cash To Buy Shares in Key US Companies and Dictate To Them
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October 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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October 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Problems aren't obstacles to opportunity, they ARE the opportunity.
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Argentina and Rural America’s Awakening
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Argentina and Rural America’s Awakening
Suddenly, Trump’s contempt for his base is showing
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October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Is Japan private equity’s next frontier? www.ft.com/content/9c4b...
Is Japan private equity’s next frontier?
The country is courting firms to help shake up moribund corporates and spur industry consolidation
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Initiative on Cost of Capital and Stock Price Conscious Management corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/10/21/t...
Tokyo Stock Exchange Initiative on Cost of Capital and Stock Price Conscious Management
Introduction The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has advanced governance reforms through Japan’s Corporate Governance Code and related initiatives, with ...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Deals for startups reach record in Japan before listing curbs www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
Deals for startups reach record in Japan before listing curbs
Starting in 2030, the Tokyo Stock Exchange will seek to delist companies that fail to reach a market value of at least ¥10 billion within five years of going public.
www.japantimes.co.jp
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Sumo wrestling at the Royal Albert Hall – picture essay
Sumo wrestling at the Royal Albert Hall – picture essay
Our award-winning photographer went behind the scenes of the Grand Sumo tournament in London as it returned to the capital for the first time since 1991
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October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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China Has Overtaken America
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China Has Overtaken America
And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up
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October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Sanaenomics Ignores Voter Needs
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Sanaenomics Ignores Voter Needs
Out Of Touch LDP May Not Name the Next Prime Minister
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October 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Guard your time. Don't waste others by lecturing them about it.
October 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Japan Unleashes Capitalism by Letting ‘Zombie’ Companies Die www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Japan Unleashes Capitalism by Letting 'Zombie' Companies Die
In agonizing decisions for owners, a once-protective society lets the market take its course.
www.bloomberg.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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October 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause
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Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause
The modern GOP is inherently authoritarian
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October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Why Japan resents its tourism boom www.ft.com/content/dbd2...
Why Japan resents its tourism boom
Foreign visitor numbers have grown more than fivefold, but for some the surge is a reminder of the country’s economic malaise
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October 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Are Hikes in Compensation Eaten Up by Taxes?
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Are Hikes in Compensation Eaten Up by Taxes?
The Myth of the Missing Millionaires, Part 4
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Most complexity is unnecessary, but we manage it instead of removing it because deletion requires courage that addition doesn't.
September 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Let's talk about Japan Hard Power
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Let's talk about Japan Hard Power
Japan's defense industrial power-base: under discussed, under appreciated, under valued, but very real
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September 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Be Loud — For America
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Be Loud — For America
By Governor JB Pritzker
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September 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Low Pay For the Highly Skilled Starves Japan of Human Capital
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Low Pay For the Highly Skilled Starves Japan of Human Capital
The Myth of Japan’s Missing Millionaires, Part 3
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September 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Hey, Let’s Undermine America’s Technology, Education and Research!
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Hey, Let’s Undermine America’s Technology, Education and Research!
H-1B visas: The latest front in a campaign of destruction
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September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance.

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Most arguments are ego competitions disguised as truth-seeking.

Learning to say "you're probably right" will save you a lot of time and energy.
September 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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A ride on Japan's joyful "Sake Train". bbc.com/travel/artic...
A ride on Japan's joyful 'sake train'
To celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, rail enthusiast Paul Carter climbs aboard the trains of Niigata to discover its rich sake culture.
bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East

As Its Influence Faded, Washington Dissembled and Denied Reality www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East
As its influence faded, Washington dissembled and denied reality.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM