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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2019
‘Trump Baby’ blimp to fly in London for U.S. president’s visit
The “Trump Baby” inflatable balloon that was the focus of protests when the U.S. president visited London last year will fly again this week when he returns for a state visit, including a lavish banquet hosted by the queen, activists said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 1, 2019
Extinction Rebellion considers using drones to shut London’s Heathrow Airport
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have drawn up plans to use drones to shut London’s Heathrow Airport this summer in a campaign to stop the construction of a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport, the group said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2019
Trump says Boris Johnson would do ‘very good job’ as U.K. leader ahead of state visit
U.S. President Donald Trump, days before his state visit to the U.K., again weighed in on British politics, saying Boris Johnson “would do a very good job” as prime minister. He also referred to Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, as “nasty.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2019
Only time and patience can resolve Brexit
Some great issues in human affairs can never be neatly and swiftly tied up and solved. Brexit is one of them.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019
MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, offers redundancy to hundreds of managers in London
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is preparing major job cuts in London, another sign of the deepening troubles Japanese banks face at their overseas operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2019
Britain may not have made final decision on Huawei and 5G, says John Bolton
Britain may not have made a final decision on allowing China’s Huawei a restricted role in building parts of its 5G network, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton said on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2019
British ex-spy will not talk to U.S. prosecutor examining Trump probe origins, says source
The former British spy who produced a dossier describing alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia will not cooperate with a prosecutor assigned by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review how the investigations of Trump and his 2016 election campaign began, a source with knowledge of the situation...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
Britain’s great Brexit divide is getting deeper
Both big political parties lost the European elections and are faced with existential decisions about where they stand on Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2019
Blood and thunder at sea: British veteran remembers D-Day, 75 years on
Seventy-five years ago, a young British sailor stood on the bridge of a warship, its gun barrels pointing out to the coast of France, and watched the devastation being rained down on a country he wanted to liberate.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2019
Scientists zoom in on bug behind strep throat and scarlet fever
Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart disease say they are closer to developing a vaccine that could one day prevent hundred of thousands of infections a year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2019
Brexit tears up British politics as Nigel Farage tops EU election poll
Brexit wrought more havoc on Britain’s main political parties in European Parliament elections, with both Conservatives and Labour scoring their worst results in decades as voters opted for politicians with clear pro- and anti-European Union messages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
The downfall of Theresa May, the prime minister broken by Brexit
At 10:11 a.m., a devastated Theresa May walked back in through the black door of No. 10 Downing St., tears in her eyes. Once inside she found her husband, Philip, and the couple went through to the prime minister’s private study together for a few moments alone.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: The EU’s worst nightmare?
For European leaders watching Theresa May’s political death throes, a sense of inevitability has been replaced by one of fear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2019
Queen Elizabeth marks 100 years of British Airways
Queen Elizabeth saw the ticket from her first long-haul flight after her coronation when she visited British Airways’ Heathrow headquarters on Thursday to mark the airline’s centenary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 23, 2019
May’s premiership hangs by thread as key minister quits over Brexit
Theresa May’s premiership is hanging by a thread as a high-profile Cabinet minister quit and a growing revolt over Brexit looked set to force the British leader from power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2019
British Steel to be placed into administration, threatening thousands of jobs, report says
British Steel, the country’s second-largest steel producer, will be placed into administration as early as Wednesday, Sky News reported, jeopardizing some 25,000 jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2019
May faces pressure to abandon vote on Brexit and resign, sources say
Theresa May is facing pressure to abandon her Brexit deal and quit as British prime minister within days, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 21, 2019
North Korean females tell of slavery and gang rape in China cybersex dens
Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls — some as young as 9 — are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the reclusive state said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2019
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moves closer to backing second Brexit referendum
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moved closer to fully backing a second Brexit referendum, saying the public should be given a choice on any deal to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2019
Rebels hope to kill off May’s Brexit deal in ‘last-chance’ vote
Brexit-supporting rebels in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday they would vote down her European Union divorce deal when she brings it back to Parliament next month.

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