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The fate of Japan’s $6trn foreign portfolio rattles global markets
The knock-on effects of a sell-off in Japanese-held foreign investments would be far-reaching
Why is the yen still so weak?
Newly alluring yields on Japanese bonds have not propped up the currency
Our Big Mac index carries an Asian warning
It isn’t just Japan: other currencies also look cheap
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
Word’s worth: plagiarism in the AI age
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Plot Twist newsletter: The straight truth about Roman roads
Catherine Nixey, our culture correspondent, debunks another classical myth
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
Just how debased is the dollar?
Not nearly as much as it could be
Watch: How Alex Pretti shooting led Trump to shift course in Minneapolis
BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at why tensions have been running so high in the city - and how we got here.
Xi Jinping is immensely powerful. Why can’t he stamp out corruption?
His purge of the top brass is part of a wider campaign
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
Silicon Valley wades into a trade spat with South Korea
Coupang’s data breach is turning into a diplomatic row