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The 2024 presidential race throws another curveball at the markets with U.S. President Joe Biden dropping out of the race.

BUSINESS / Markets

Jul 22, 2024

How investors are reacting to Biden dropping reelection bid

Many investors are waiting to see who the new Democratic nominee will be, with some uncomfortable about the uncertainty.

One of the many entrances to the Kabuki-cho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabuki-cho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.

As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals

By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Festival overcomes a nuclear accident and COVID

Festival overcomes a nuclear accident and COVID

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