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Despite being a crucial gateway to Japan since having been designated a treaty port during the Edo period, Yokohama has nonetheless lived in the shadow of neighboring Tokyo in terms of its global reputation. That status looks to be changing. Major events, such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2019 Rugby World Cup, once again will bring international attention to the city. Already, the British Olympic Association has chosen Yokohama as one of its three training bases for Team GB ahead of the Games, and International Stadium Yokohama will host the Rugby World Cup final....

In game theory, there are two types of games: finite and infinite. A finite game is defined as having known players, fixed rules and agree upon objective, according to Simon Sinek during his summer Talks at Google session. During his presentation, he said baseball is a good illustration of a finite game. The players know each other, the rules, and have agreed, that whichever team has the most runs after nine innings wins the game. This is very different than an infinite game, according to Sinek. An infinite game is characterized as having both known and unknown players, the...

The thesis is simple: over the past two decades there has been a steady infiltration of racism and racist thought into the entire American political spectrum, and that until the public understand the enormity of what has happened, they won’t be able to combat it successfully. Racialized thought has become pervasive at all points along the spectrum, to the degree that there are now points upon which the Alt-Right and the Liberals/Progressives actually touch. Here is the spectrum, which is not a perfect measure but serves as a basic framework: The Alt-Right version: White civilization is being extinguished This...