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Can Europe Regain “Payments Sovereignty”? The Launch of the European Network for Payments (ENP) and Implications for Japan

Can Europe Regain “Payments Sovereignty”? The Launch of the European Network for Payments (ENP) and Implications for Japan

On September 30, 2026, leading European payment providers announced the establishment of a new company, European Network for Payments (ENP). Its parti…

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I had actually been having trouble lately. Clicking links in email no longer launched anything. On my laptop, Sleipnir would launch even though Firefox was set as the default brows…

The Updated-Date Field in WordPress ME

I noticed that, in WordPress ME, the post_modified field in the _wp_posts table is not used at all. I thought it would normally be correct to put NOW() into that field whenever an…

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Works of Kin’ichi Nakanoshima

I felt ill and took the day off work. Above all, my cough was terrible. With time on my hands, I read An Introduction to the History of the Koto by Yuko Chiba and learned the syste…

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