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Economics

The Japanese Money That Helped Finance America Is Coming Home

Japan spent three decades exporting cheap capital and became America’s largest foreign creditor. As the yen slid towards ¥164 to the dollar, Washington intervened not just to support Japan, but to contain a threat to the Treasury market and the financial system built on cheap Japanese money.

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Japan

Why Sanae Takaichi Closed Japan’s Throne to Princess Aiko 

Japan’s first female prime minister has introduced one of the most significant changes to the Imperial Household in decades. Rather than allowing Princess Aiko to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne, Sanae Takaichi’s government chose to…

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Education

The Day India’s Students Said Enough

A leaked examination paper became the spark for one of the most remarkable youth movements in modern India. What began as an online satire—the…

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Medicine

UK–US Drug Deal Raises Fear of £45bn NHS Raid

A UK–US pharmaceutical agreement promises faster access to new medicines and protection for British exports from American tariffs. But a medical analysis warns that, unless extra funding is provided, the NHS could be forced…

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