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Japan

Why Sanae Takaichi Closed Japan’s Throne to Princess Aiko 

Japan’s first female prime minister has introduced one of the most significant changes to the Imperial Household in decades. Rather than allowing Princess Aiko to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne, Sanae Takaichi’s government chose to reinforce male-line succession through a new legal framework, exposing a deeper struggle over history, political power and the future of Japan’s constitutional monarchy.

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China Has Not Won the AI Race. But America’s Strategy Is Failing

China has not won the artificial intelligence race, but Kimi K3 shows that American chip restrictions have failed to stop its progress. While the United States commits unprecedented capital to proprietary AI infrastructure, Beijing…

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Inside the AI Bubble: The Trillion-Dollar Bet That Must Not Fail

Artificial intelligence may yet transform the global economy. But the unprecedented investment pouring into data centres, chips and power infrastructure rests on assumptions that all have to prove true at once. History suggests that…

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