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Anime director Masayuki Yoshihara has created his first feature-length film. Komada- A Whisky Family screened this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film follows Rui, a young artist, as she takes over the family business, a whisky distillery, following the death of her father. The distillery is

Summary Over the past three decades, Lebanon’s ruling class—which comprises intertwined political and business elites—has run the country into the ground. To survive its ongoing accumulation of challenges, including the financial crisis that erupted in October 2019, Lebanon requires a revamped state backed by a new economic model with social justice at its core. Tax reform is central to such an endeavor—and to ensuring that the state has the means both to deliver basic services and to t...