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SHOW NOTES

JAPAN ECONOMY

Bank of Japan survey says big manufacturers gloomier

Japan enforces food supply emergency law amid soaring costs

Farmers march in downtown Tokyo, demand income security

20-40% of new apartments in the city center are purchased by foreigners. 

XRP For Real Estate? Leading Japanese Company Says Yes!

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR/SOCIETY 5.0

Toyota facing supply chain snarls

Japan-Australia flagship hydrogen project stumbles

White House weighs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining, sources say

OpenAI says it raised $40 bil in new funding round

Chinese brain chip project speeds up human trials after first success

Japan's Rapidus gears up for test production of next-generation chips

Test operations under way for autonomously navigated vessels

China, Japan, S Korea will jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, Chinese state media says