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    June 13, 2025

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    June 6, 2025

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    Four months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has stunned both the American peopl...

    May 30, 2025

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    April 11, 2025

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    When one large group of people and many small groups live together in a certain place, this situa...

    March 28, 2025

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    U.S. President Donald Trump, having returned to power, has continued to shock and baffle the worl...

    March 21, 2025

  • The BOJ Is Too Dovish on Its Interest Rate Policy

    Three years will soon have passed since Japan’s consumer price inflation topped 2%. Has the Japan...

    March 7, 2025

  • A Lawless President Seeks to Centralize His Power

    Prior to last November’s election, there was public discussion of whether Trump was a fascist. I ...

    February 21, 2025

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    February 7, 2025

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    Donald Trump is now in his second term as U.S. president. The world has changed considerably over...

    January 31, 2025

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