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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2019
U.K. finance chief says Theresa May won’t quit until Brexit is delivered
Theresa May will stay on as U.K. prime minister to get Brexit done, even if that means remaining in the job until the end of October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2019
Some in EU imagine there could be another Brexit delay after Halloween deadline
The ink was not yet dry on EU leaders’ deal to give Britain a hard-fought, second delay to Brexit until November when some diplomats and officials in the bloc grudgingly conceded: This may well not be the last extension.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by British police at Ecuadorian Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was expelled from his hideout in Ecuador’s embassy in London Thursday and promptly arrested by London police as his lawyer said he faces extradition to the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2019
Has the British media turned on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Last May, millions across the world tuned in to watch Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince Harry tie the knot with his American fiancee, Meghan Markle, with the media feting the couple as the epitome of glamour and royal modernity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 9, 2019
As ‘Brexodus’ gap leaves U.K. short of nurses, Filipino candidates struggle with IELTS English test
Bracing for life after Brexit, U.K. hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona. But she twice flunked the English language test that is required to get there, in which she was asked to write about topics such as the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2019
Brexit hangs in balance as May talks with Labour ahead of bid for delay at EU summit
Brexit hung in the balance on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to coax the Labour Party into agreeing to a divorce deal with a better chance of passage by Parliament, ahead of a crisis EU summit where she will try to delay the April 12 departure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2019
Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
Britain proposed new online safety laws on Monday that would slap penalties on social media companies and technology firms if they fail to protect their users from harmful content.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019
Give us a strong leader and reform the Brexit-fatigued system, Britons say in survey
British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide-scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2019
May has not moved ‘an inch’ on Brexit, says Labour’s legal chief
British Prime Minister Theresa May has not moved “an inch” on her Brexit “red lines,” Labour’s top legal policy chief Shami Chakrabarti said on Sunday, suggesting there was little hope of a quick breakthrough before an EU summit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2019
Euroskeptic lawmaker says Britain should make life difficult if left in EU
Leading euroskeptic Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said if Britain were to stay in the European Union beyond April 12, the country should become the bloc’s most difficult member and veto a seven-year financial framework.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2019
U.K.’s Theresa May, seeking compromise with opposition, warns of greater risk of no-deal Brexit if talks drag on
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that the longer it takes to find a compromise with the opposition Labour Party to secure a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal, the less likely it is that Britain will leave the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2019
May’s Brexit talks with Labour stall as delay request fails to convince EU
Britain’s opposition Labour Party said Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2019
Options for Britain amid the Brexit mess
Britain’s history was woven through its close connection with the continent, and it cannot prosper without it.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2019
U.K. police investigate devices found placed on rail line linked to Brexit
British police on Tuesday were investigating two attempts to disrupt the rail network that they said were linked to Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2019
BMW and Peugeot go ahead with temporary U.K. plant shutdowns despite Brexit delay
BMW’s Mini plant in Britain closes for four weeks from Monday and Peugeot’s Vauxhall car factory shuts for two weeks in moves planned months ago to help the firms deal with any disruption resulting from Brexit, which has since been delayed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2019
Britain’s Theresa May under pressure to forge softer EU divorce deal
Britain’s exit from the European Union was in disarray after the implosion of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy left her under pressure from rival factions to leave without a deal, go for an election or forge a much softer divorce.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019
No-deal Brexit fears rise as Parliament sinks May’s deal
Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2019
Theresa May offers to quit and MPs vote on eight other Brexit options, but still no end to stalemate
British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to sway hard-line opponents of her European Union divorce deal on Wednesday with an offer to quit, and Parliament’s bid to agree on an alternative fell short, leaving the Brexit process as deadlocked as ever.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2019
Who might be the prime minister to inherit the Brexit mess if Theresa May quits?
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday offered to quit if her twice-defeated EU divorce deal passes, in a last-ditch attempt to persuade euroskeptics to back it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2019
Brexit and the speaker’s tale
The intervention by the speaker of the British House of Commons highlights the importance of a 643-year-old institution.
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.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Long-stalled maglev line finally gets green light from Shizuoka Prefecture
Environmental concerns relating to the construction of Central Japan Railway’s high-speed maglev line had contributed to years of delays for the project.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
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.
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.
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.

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