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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2016
Are EU benefits worth the high price Britain pays?
The U.K. will thrive in or out of the EU. The British people must decide just how much they are prepared to pay to preserve a unified Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2016
Britain, too, is infected with political silliness
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a reactionary masquerading as a revolutionary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2016
‘Brexit’ would leave EU less liberal, less inclined for future enlargement
A European Union without Britain would be financially poorer, less economically liberal and free-trading, less Atlanticist and less open to further enlargement.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016
Britain at the crossroads as ‘Brexit’ vote looms
The ‘Brexit’ referendum is the most important vote in Europe in a half-century.
WORLD
May 19, 2016
Chinese and Germans the most welcoming of refugees, Russians the least: survey
China is the most welcoming country when it comes to refugees, according to a new survey of citizens’ attitudes published on Thursday. Germany ranked second and Britain third.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2016
Good relationship with Britain’s Cameron unlikely: Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said he is unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the U.S. presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong” for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 15, 2016
China asks Britain for advice on creating financial superregulator
China has asked Britain for advice on plans to create a financial superregulator as it looks to improve financial oversight following last year’s stock market crash, sources with knowledge of the talks say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2016
Countries pledge to fight graft by revealing who owns companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016
Trumpism suffers a loss in London
Trumpism, or the politics of hate and fear, suffered a major defeat last week with the election of a Muslim as mayor of London.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2016
New London mayor an exception to proposed ban on Muslims, Trump says
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested on Monday he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, The New York Times reported.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2016
A vital victory for London
The election of Sadiq Khan as the first Muslim mayor of London was a vote for intelligence and tolerance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2016
Britain’s Labour suffers losses in regional election
Britain’s Labour Party suffered losses on Friday in regional and local elections, especially in Scotland, but waited to see if it would, as expected, capture the big prize of London mayor.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
May 2, 2016
Natsume Soseki museum in London to close
A museum in London dedicated to Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki plans to close next year due to a decline in visitors.
EDITORIALS
Apr 27, 2016
Ninety years for Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth has been a pillar of strength and the embodiment of the British ideal of service and a stiff upper lip.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2016
Should Britain leave the EU?
If British voters are to make the right choice about remaining in the EU, they will have to cut through the hyperbolic claims being made by leaders on both sides.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2016
History of Nordic EU referendums holds lessons for British vote
With Britain’s noisy campaign over a possible Brexit polarizing voters, tight referendums over EU membership two decades ago in Norway and Sweden offer lessons how campaigns that stay positive and focus on ordinary people can swing voters at the last minute.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2016
Scottish National Party head says Scotland should hold new referendum if forced out of EU
Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union “against our will,” Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2016
Casualties of globalization sound ‘Brexit’ alarm
A vote for ‘Brexit’ is a vote against Britain’s political mainstream.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2016
Closing the tax loopholes
The British government needs to take more effective measures to deal with anonymous shell companies and to control tax havens.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2016
Archbishop of Canterbury learns his father was secretary to Churchill
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has discovered his biological father was the former private secretary to Britain’s war-time leader Winston Churchill, he said in a statement Friday.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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