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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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Joining Windows Media Files (WMV)

By chance, I had to join 2 WMV files and had a difficult time. Ordinary video-editing software re-encodes them, which takes an enormous amount of time. In the end, I used a command…

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Postal Privatization: Buy FedEx!

At this point, why not just buy FedEx! Well, it is an outrageous idea:hammer:. However, when Deutsche Post bought DHL, DHL’s air-shipping scale was larger than FedEx + UPS. D…

While Recovering from Illness

Monday was tough while recovering from illness. There was a budget meeting from the morning. I slipped out for a lecture in Tameike-Sannō, then rushed back to the budget meeting wh…

Kite Making

Once again today, I am not feeling well. I have had a persistent low-grade fever. I spent almost the whole day sleeping, but in the little time I was awake, my daughter and I drew…

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Unmanned Station (Reply Tanka)

The railway vanishes toward the horizon; the train stands at the station; wind-blown snowflakes dance. Among station poems, there is one by my father, Isao Akimura: At a station wh…

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