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30 yr sovereign debt getting yields spiking? B: Bitcoin (~50 mins) tether RGB

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B: Japan Whatisjustice0122 Instagram account exposes culture of bullying in high school baseball. Philippines to buy Japanese war ships? Fire on the USS New Orleans in Okinawa Germans start brewing sake. “Reigen” No more packages to the US exceeding the value of 100USD? 2026 WBC to be streamed by Netflix Japan Taylor Swift’s engagement makes the Nikkei B: Bitcoin (~50 mins) Core vs Knots. Dash, do I care about this?

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B: Japan Back after summer break. Gonzo reporting from the inaka. Tariff update–stacked tariffs rugpull. How “DIY” is Sanseito, really? (reported in the Japanese media) France asking for the return of the Statue of Liberty? B: Bitcoin (~50 mins) block’s proto rig Bitcoin miner

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B: Japan Polls predict Sanseito to capture around 10 seats in the upper house Bessent in Japan to visit the Expo. Will discuss tariffs with Ishiba on the 18th. The Ministry of Digital Affairs claims that anti foreign social media posting might be foreign nations seeking to interfere in Japanese elections. Beaujolais Nouveau imports down to 1/7 of their peak. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) Udi’s article:this bitcoin thesis will retire your bloodline

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B: Japan LDP starts to boot out the Kurds Foreigners to be denied visa extensions based on unpaid taxes, social welfare contributions, by 2027. Sri Lanken arrested for falsifying visa renewal paperwork. Orange Caesar sends a letter to Japan; threatens blanket 25% tariffs. Famichiki a hit at the Expo B: Bitcoin (~55 mins) Bitcoin ETF Performance: The iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) outperformed BlackRock’s S&P 500 ETF in annual fee revenue despite lower assets, highlighting strong investor interest.

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B: Japan Orange Caesar demands “spoiled” Japan buys US rice Sanseito showing up in the mainstream media Land prices up 8% across Tokyo Conbini coffee up 9% SEGA store to open in Shibuya this month. Free Japan domestic flights for tourists? Mt. Fuji climbing fees doubled to 4000JPY. Could this be our final July 5th in Tokyo? B: Bitcoin (~57 mins) good or bad

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B: Japan LDP fare poorly in Tokyo elections. Sanseito among the winners. The great rice price gaslighting psyop commences LDP promises to raise everyone’s salary by 1M JPY by 2030. Japan Nagoya linked to Fentanyl distribution. 80% of the world phishing emails targeting Japanese. Tourist breaks ancient temple. EU Globalists threaten our Unagi B: Bitcoin (~64 mins) Bitcoin to be recognized as a real asset?

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B: Japan Orange Caesar leaves Ishiba and other G7 “leaders” looking like fools Nippon Steel completes buyout of US Steel. Government seeks to evacuate Japanese citizens from Iran, Israel. Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections this Sunday (and other corrections) Colonization of Japan continues as resort hotel memberships prices go through the roof. 76 year old British man arrested for smuggling meth into Fukuoka Metaplanet approaches 1 trillion JPY market cap B: Bitcoin (~64 mins) Bitcoin price predicting current events

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B: Japan Sonpo Japan data leak Online brokers targets of phishing, Chinese hackers. More foreigners than Japanese visit Kyoto Macha boom leads to local shortages CDP wants to give everyone 20,000JPY, suspect consumption tax on food for one year. ANAP Holdings goes balls deep into the orange coin. B: Bitcoin (~53 mins) Does Fud still exist?

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B: Japan India’s GDP overtakes Japan’s Tokyo women’s fertility drops below 1–Okinawa ken are the chadette baby havers at 1.54 Taiwanese tourists cause meiwaku in Fukushima Tourist numbers to fall in July due to fear of “The future I Saw” manga predicting a mega quake? Koizumi-jr the savior of the common man–brings rice back to 2000JPY TBB to start selling things for sats from June 10th? B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) anything interesting announced at Bitcoin Las Vegas? Advancements in Bitcoin Layer 2 Jack Dorsey’s Push for Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange: High-Profile Keynote Speeches Pakistan buying mining NYC bitbonds Saylor won’t provide proof of reserves

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B: Japan Real wages fall 0.5%. 3rd consecutive year of falls. 3rd generation Korean sues hotel over requirement to show passport on check in. Foreigners taking advantage of easy process to acquire Japan drivers license. Brown/Yellow rice spotted at sushi chain. Yoshinoya pivots to ramen. Bitcoin inflooencers again Tweeting about Japan financial health “Orange Wednesday” as Metaplanet trading halted for second consecutive day. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) is lighting still a thing?

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B: Japan LDP considers doubling the issuance of stockpiled rice as prices remain high. LDP mulls upfront payments for health insurance for foreigners. LDP launches special committee to look into “迷惑行為” of foreigners. Scope of industries under the Specified Skilled Worker visa for foreigners to be expanded again. Japan, Korea introduce bilateral express immigration lines for one another’s citizens in their respective airports. Japanese novel “Butter” wins plaudits overseas. Fuji Oil pioneers chocolate bars… not containing any chocolate. Fukushima sake maker 金水晶酒造 to sell rights to sake using NFTs. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) Are Bitcoin treasury companies this cycles shitcoins? https://x.com/stackhodler/status/1922198111461769503?s=46

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B: Japan Golden Week comes to an end. Marked reduction in domestic tourism this GW. Government raises target of tourists to 60M by 2030. Osaka Expo visitor numbers disappoint. MyNumber watch: banks & mobile carriers will require either MyNumber card or drivers license (which is merging with MyNumber card) from 2026, for online Online brokers to require 2FA from this June. Taisei Corporation pays out 1million JPY to staff being relocated to try to prevent people quitting.

New episode: If you don’t like it don’t buy it https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Jgrrtzht7F7DykU6dHZuz?si=dZl8pVUySJCfj-vM61FxzA Join our telegram group chat:

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B: Japan Tokyo CPI up 3.4%, accelerates. Rice up 93.8%. Beer up 6.7%. Cat food up 37% Number of Mulsims living in Japan increases dramatically. (350,000 as of 2023) 30% of University students projected to be non Japanese by 2055 Latest creepy tourist LARP is to pay to “attend Japanese school for a day”. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) Mallers joins the titans

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Jack Mallers to lead Tether, Softbank, and Cantor Fitzgerald-backed Bitcoin Treasury company. Twenty One Capital will launch with 42,000 $BTC in...

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B: Japan “Butsukari Otoko” a growing problem? More bad tourist behavior–entitled white women on trains, YouTubers playing loud music on the Yamanote. Government considers increasing US rice imports as part of tariff negotiations. BYD targeting the Japan Kei Car market. Tesla sales up 56% in the first quarter of the year. Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa wears a "MAGA" cap presented to him by Orange Ceaser. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) has bitcoin accomplished anything

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B: Japan Population declines by 800k in 2024. Foreign population grows 10% to 3.7M Komeito calls for stimmy to be paid in MyNumber points. IIJ leak emails of 4million users. AWS outage hits AU Pay, PayPay Japan issues cease and desist order against Google Sony Playstation to increase price in Europe and Australia Lightning Marche happening at Yotsuya TBB Saturday 26th from noon. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) Does this impact the Bitcoin thesis https://x.com/theworthyhouse/status/1910362532423835867?

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B: Japan Government releases emergency rice supplies as prices continue to climb. 20M JPY / year salary the new 10M JPY? Government considers 40,000-50,000JPY stimmy checks to deal with Trump tariffs. Ishiba calls Orange Ceaser over tariffs George Glass confirmed as new ambassador to Japan Ishiba spotted buying lighters sporting his own face. B: Bitcoin (~60 mins) Bitcoin on square terminals

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