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Media gather for the great de-Johnny's-fication of the disgraced talent agency's HQ in Nogizaka.

Japan seeks to resurrect junk bond market ft.com/content/1b2bfc… via @ft and with Leo Lewis

INFLECTION POINT: Investment banks are earning more off Japanese than Chinese equity deals for the first time *this century*, signalling that China's once all-powerful pull on Wall Street's top lenders is on the wane. Financial Times exclusive w/Leo Lewis on.ft.com/40cfOmQ

on.ft.com/3FuSbfW

Come for our insightful coverage of the IMF's China GDP upgrade—stay for the amazing quotes from top regulators, who were in Hong Kong today flogging Chinese markets to Wall Street financiers. Full Financial Times story with Cheng Leng Kaye Wiggins and Joe Leahy: ft.com/content/470d58…

In this article, Leo Lewis plays nice until the end, which is where he quotes me. ft.com/content/a2ff9e…

Yup...

When the spice is gone from Pepper...

Buon compleanno Mina!

Magnificent-ish view of Fuji...grab it while you can!! (The metal bar front of shot is about to bear a screen that will make this vista unsnappable by pesky, money-spending tourists)

The mighty horizon of Yamanashi

The robots preparing to get their hands on your lunch - on.ft.com/3RflYPT via Financial Times

Why an 89p metro ride is a recipe for ideological conflict - on.ft.com/3xdpBzf via Financial Times

Message for FT NIKKEI UK Ekiden by Mr. Hara, Aoyama Gakuin University with English subtitles. Thank you! FT NIKKEI UK EKIDEN is on 24th June! From Oxford to Windsor! #UKEkiden #UK駅伝 #原晋監督 #箱根駅伝 #駅伝 #Tasuki #Kizuna #拡散希望 #teamspirits instagram.com/reel/C8ZUSiYNJ…

Will be at the starting line in five days!

AI is coming for our anger—In an extensive series of essays published last week, Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former researcher at OpenAI who worked on protecting society from the technology, warned… ft.com/content/2827e9… FT Opinion Leo Lewis

Rising costs due to climate change could soon go beyond food and water to pretty much everything, writes Leo Lewis on.ft.com/4fi9u4n

「岸田氏は、安倍氏のあからさまなナショナリズム、憲法改正への意欲、その他の主義主張から一線を画した」 「安倍氏の政治スタイルに本能的に反発する人々にとって、岸田氏のやり方は受け入れやすいものに見えた」 [FT]岸田首相、大胆さが招いた「功績」⁦Leo Lewis⁩ nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

Great working with a man who never, ever misses his Seven-Elevensies...

America's manga and anime ban is spreading. Leo Lewis and I predicted this in the book JAPANAMERICA: powells.com/book/japanamer… Get ready, Tokyo. Forget US Steel. Here it comes. msn.com/en-us/news/tec…?