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IMF Country Report – Japan’s Disappearing Cities: Demographic Headwinds and their Impact on Japan’s Housing Market
12th February, 2020Japan’s population is rapidly aging and shrinking, and doing so unevenly across regions. Large cities, notably the Greater Tokyo area, are experiencing net migration inflows, while other regions are experiencing net migration outflows.
External Link: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/02/07/Japan-Selected-Issues-49033 -
FRBSF President Daly Speech – The New Stone Soup
12th February, 2020Speech given by Mary C. Daly, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, at an Iveagh House Lecture in Dublin, Ireland.
External Link: https://www.frbsf.org/our-district/press/presidents-speeches/mary-c-daly/2020/february/the-new-stone-soup -
BBC – Art of Germany
10th February, 2020Three-part series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores German art, examining the country’s unique national style and 500-year cultural legacy
External Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wcqms -
Everyday Pyongyang | 2x speed | Koryo Tours
10th February, 2020From Koryo Tours – driving through Pyongyang DPRK, at 2X speed: Starting Point: Yongung Street (Potong River District) Finishing Point: Puhung Metro Station (Pyongchon District)
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Which War Saw the Highest Defense Spending? Depends How It’s Measured
06th February, 2020US Government spending on defense spiked during World War II, as might be assumed. But to put it in perspective, the amount spent per active duty person peaked at about half of what was spent per person in the 1990s.
External Link: https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2020/february/war-highest-defense-spending-measured -
Pompeo Talks Central Asia, China, Press Freedom In RFE/RL Interview
03rd February, 2020RFE/RL interviewed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his visit to Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, on February 2. He discussed U.S. policies on Central Asia and China’s oppression of minorities, but also journalistic freedom in the world in the wake of the State Department’s controversial exclusion of a reporter from his traveling press pool. Pompeo spoke to RFE/RL’s Aigerim Toleukhan.
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Plastics Watch: China to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Rejects Waste Shipments
03rd February, 2020China announced it intends to implement a sweeping back on single-use plastics; China now has a more progressive plastics policy than does the United States.
External Link: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/01/plastics-watch-china-to-ban-single-use-plastics-malaysia-rejects-waste-shipments.html -
Jim Lehrer’s 16 Rules for Practicing Journalism with Integrity
03rd February, 2020Jim Lehrer, stalwart PBS news anchor, writer, and longtime presidential debate moderator, lists his rigorous set of journalistic standards he lived by
External Link: http://www.openculture.com/2020/01/jim-lehrers-16-rules-for-being-a-journalist-with-integrity.html -
Take 5: Butch Vig’s songs that blew his mind
05th December, 2019Butch Vig, drummer for rock band Garbage and producer of some of the biggest records of our time, takes us into the studios and garages of his memory, regaling some amazing moments in music.
External Link: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/take-5/butch-vig-take-5/10931184 -
The village that undergoes a mass exodus every autumn – Arslanbob
05th December, 2019“Every year during the autumn months, a village in Kyrgyzstan undergoes a mass exodus. Around 3,000 families move into the forest for over two months to undertake the world’s most unique harvest.”
External Link: https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/world-of-wonder?vpid=p07sf756&ocid=ww.social.link.twitter