FT Big Read

FT investigation: Kara Scannell and Gina Chon reveal that although the US tech sector leads the world, the American government's computers are frighteningly vulnerable to hacking attacks

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Women are Japan's squandered asset, says Leo Lewis. The country has one of the best-educated and most underused female populations in the world. Shinzo Abe is trumpeting legislation that aims to encourage more women into work but critics say sweeping change is needed to create new jobs and boost growth

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A damning report from Germany's banking regulator has capped a dreadful period for the bank. Investors say the incoming CEO will need to instigate a management clear-out to restore trust. Martin Arnold, Patrick Jenkins and James Shotter report

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Tom Burgis looks at North Korea's alliance with the Queensway Group, a syndicate of Hong Kong based investors. Such ventures as a taxi fleet with the KKG brand are part of a much larger endeavour by Pyongyang to cut international business deals

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Igor Zyuzin's Mechel mining and metals group has debts of over $7bn and state-owned creditors are pursuing it, but amid Russia's economic woes the Kremlin cannot afford to let it collapse, Courtney Weaver and Jack Farchy introduce a corporate Houdini

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Henry Foy, Kathrin Hille and Richard Milne report from the border between the eastern edge of Europe and Russia, where Nato and Moscow have ramped up military exercises in response to perceived violations and divisions over Ukraine. But how much appetite is there for more conflict?

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Toyota is back at the top of the global auto industry five years after safety lapses savaged its reputation, sales had plunged and losses soared. Kana Inagaki goes to the Japanese carmaker's HQ to assess the reality of the rebound

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Italy is making tentative steps on the road to recovery. Europe's third largest economy reported first quarter growth of 0.3% this month, its best performance in three years. James Politi tests the mood among ordinary Italians.

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Unesco is considering whether to put the Great Barrier Reef - the world’s largest living organism - on its ‘danger’ list, while environmentalists are pitched against Australia’s Big Coal. Jamie Smythe reports

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Jack Farchy explains why we should worry about who will succeed the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, two septuagenarian strongmen who have ruled their central Asian countries since the break-up of the Soviet Union

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