A: Japan Richard Katz of “Japan Economy Watch” with blog post on Japanese companies struggles to implement information technology. https://richardkatz.substack.com/p/company-ability-to-use-technology SHOGUN wins some emmys  LDP LARPs a presidential election Japanese give up on going on holiday overseas (but a record number are choosing to live outside Japan) Rice shortage becomes political  B: Bitcoin ~ 44 mins Builders Timechinindex.com Bhutan: Government Of Bhutan is rising, now with over 13k BTC,1 of 2 known governments who acquired all their bitcoin legally and not by theft, the other is El Salvador with 5,874 BTC. Bitcoin is now a stablecoin. And is the 58k gang meme the most annoying ever?  Nayuta LN wallet closes down Japan conference this week. (Nomura as sponsor, Junichi Kanda for cabinet office to speak, Nifty Nei Base58 to do dev workshop) C: World news ~1 hour 9 mins Trump assassination attempt. Cathedral blames the victim highlighting Trump’s anti gun regulation stance.  Hezbollah targeted in gangster attack on pagers Amazon demanding employees return to office for a 5 day work week Taylor Swift is with her. NFL execs regretting the Kelce pysop now?