Reading Lounge

1. Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind

2. Presidential Scoops Ice Cream Shop

3. The No-Tipping Point

4. Binance cryptocurrency exchange, announced this year that the company would open up compliance operations in Bermuda and invest $15 million. At the signing event, Mr. Zhao wore Bermuda shorts.

5. Interview of the Week: Peter Thiel

6. "You are disgusting — all will know — and I do mean all" and "I found empty bottles of 'puke' smell, and 'fart' smell in the garbage"

7. The officers speak a secret language — of “dockets,” “the lop list,” “tips,” “DE,” the “Z-list” and the “dean’s interest list”