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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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Barbar at Tokyo Station’s Kurobei Yokocho

A gourmet district called Kurobei Yokocho opened at Tokyo Station. That was on September 28. I went there for the first time today and drank at a standing bar called Barbar, a name…

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Impulse Purchase of a Cimbalom

Last night, an English-language call suddenly came to our home. It is extremely rare for us to receive a call like that at home. It was from Sandor Kuti, a Hungarian cimbalom playe…

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From the Lounge at SFO

I left Japan on Tuesday evening and am now in San Francisco. I came to negotiate with a company in Mountain View, but over 72 hours I slept only about 3 hours, so I naturally began…

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