Something doesn't quite smell right about this story. Here's a key paragraph from the Nikkei story that this Futurism story re-tells:

> Companies disclose such future debt not in their balance sheets, but in annotations to their quarterly financial statements. This is a legitimate practice under accounting rules, but may make it difficult for retail investors to recognize risks.

Does that justify a "tries to hide" headline?

This is also one of those cases where the headline is free but the details are behind a paywall.

I do think the story itself is notable, but I expect the discussion is going to lack some nuance.