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The Monexus
Vol. I · No. 169
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Saturday Ed.
Updated 09:30 UTC
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Japan's Broken Rungs: Climate, Harassment, and the Billion-Dollar Ambition That Cannot Afford Them

Japan's agricultural heartland is rewriting itself around avocados as temperatures rise, while its entrepreneurial class reports epidemic harassment — and its mightiest trading houses are spending billions to paper over the same structural cracks.

Japan's agricultural heartland is rewriting itself around avocados as temperatures rise, while its entrepreneurial class reports epidemic harassment — and its mightiest trading houses are spending billions to paper over the same structural The Guardian / Photography

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