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Therese Raphael
For Therese Raphael's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2019
Boris Johnson faces a millennial Brexit wildcard
After seeing off Theresa May, Britain's new prime minister may find there's another female party leader he can't ignore.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2019
Boris Johnson gets his wish at last
The Conservative Party has said yes, but will the United Kingdom give him a chance?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2019
U.K. diplomat gets run over by Brexit bus
Kim Darroch's memos aren't shocking because of what they say about Donald Trump. What the leak says about the state of U.K. politics is worse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2019
No wonder Trump loves Brexit
The U.S. wants to move the U.K. away from the EU's set of trade rules and regulations and toward its own.
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
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2019
Watch out U.K. conservatives, Farage is coming after you
The anti-EU militant's new Brexit Party seeks seats in the European Parliament, but his larger ambition is realigning British politics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2019
After months of setbacks, Theresa May's Brexit deal starts to fall into place
Wednesday night's votes in Parliament suggest that Prime Minister Theresa May is closer to leading Britain out of the European Union with a Brexit deal than at any other point since her negotiations with Brussels began. Instead of another humiliating defeat, Parliament told her to stay the course. Crucially, the group of hard-line Brexiteers who have stood in her way before look split.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2019
May's Brexit deal hinges on just one man
It's not Jeremy Corbyn, for all his calls for another referendum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2019
Brexit Britain is left choking on Nissan's exhaust fumes
Nissan's decision to back out of a big U.K. investment may not be the last of its type.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2019
May's humbling offers a glimmer of hope
There was not much meaningful about Tuesday's Brexit vote, but at least the prime minister is now finally promising to build consensus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 13, 2018
Theresa May's victory in party no-confidence ballot is a vote against a no-deal Brexit
Conservative lawmakers in the U.K. voted on one question, but decided another. Their choice may not make the path for an orderly Brexit any easier, but it may make a disorderly Brexit a little less likely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2018
Theresa May really has reaped what she sowed
The British prime minister's effort to sideline parliament has failed and now it's hard to tell who's at the wheel of Brexit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2017
Theresa May's biggest mistake
U.K. voters threw out the script. Let that be a lesson.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2017
Stalking terror from Molenbeek to Birmingham
The Birmingham connection to the March 22 attack in the heart of London isn't a big surprise. A report released this month called it one of Britain's terrorist capitals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016
Cameron may be clean, but that isn't the point
Revelations that British Prime Minister David Cameron benefited from shares in a Panama-based fund have undermined the honest-broker image he was seeking ahead of the 'Brexit' referendum.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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