Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority, election outcome in balance.

Extremist capitalism is the economic and political ailment of the West.

The situations in Europe, the U.S., Japan and worldwide are indicative of this. After decades of decline and demise, belated national concerns in Japan finally surfaced. Transparency and accountability matter. The investigations on the Bank of Japan and particularly on Japanese monetary policies and financial activities, domestic and international, must continue. So that Japan will understand what went wrong and where does the nation go from here.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-election-expected-punish-pm-ishibas-coalition-2024-10-26

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/27/japan-election-liberal-democratic-party-to-fall-short-of-majority.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/28/bank-of-japan-to-remain-undeterred-on-rate-hikes-despite-ldps-shock.html

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Letter from Beirut: Drones, bombs, sirens — sounds of conflict strike fear into Beirut’s days and nights.

This is not normal, not ok and not bearable.

When is the letter on policy, coming from the Israeli government?

https://english.news.cn/20241028/3211c05446044de49d1c3f7dac184054/c.html