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Alex Wickham
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U.K. Prime Minster Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference on his flagship Rwanda migration policy in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2024
Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill to become law after long fight
The U.K. is set to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda in around July after Parliament approved the prime minister's plan.
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2024
Cameron lobbies old adversary Trump to unlock Ukraine aid
Despite sparring in the past, the U.K.'s foreign secretary sees the former U.S. president as key to giving Ukraine more funding.
Both the U.S. and U.K. have announced sanctions against Chinese nationals for cybercrimes.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2024
U.S. and U.K. accuse China of broad cyberattacks and voter data theft
The revelations add to a growing list of cybersecurity breaches that the U.S. and its allies say are backed by the Chinese government.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with local residents during a walkabout with Conservative MPs in Winchester, England, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2024
Why Sunak’s Conservatives are talking about the 1993 Canadian election
A week of Tory rebellions and cataclysmic polls has left members of Sunak’s governing party plumbing new depths of despair over their prospects of staying in power.
A supporter of Donald Trump prior to a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last month. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that voters in the United Kingdom will go to the polls in the fall, around the time that the United States will be in the midst of its own pivotal vote.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024
Trumpian bravado poses risk for Sunak amid dueling U.K. and U.S. votes
Polls show U.K. voters are becoming more wary of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as an election looms.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Downing Street in London on May 4.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill seeks to waive some human rights law
Deportation plan to deter asylum-seekers from France is one of his key pledges to U.K. voters ahead of polls that he must call in 14 months.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks as he holds a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2023
U.K. Tories face showdown over sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda
Sacked former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has accused Rishi Sunak of betraying the public and breaking a promise he made to clamp down on immigration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023
Zelenskyy under pressure as Ukraine's allies shift priorities
Allies are pushing the Ukrainian leader to turn his attention to what kind of country will emerge from the war, even as Kyiv struggles for a breakthrough.
Ukrainian servicemen fire small multiple launch rocket systems toward Russian troops near a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2023
Ukraine’s slow offensive buoys Putin and worries allies
More than two months into its counteroffensive, Kyiv has so far managed to make only tactical advances against heavily dug-in Russian forces.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during a visit to Cofton Park, near Rednal, England, on July 24.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2023
Sunak gambles with lurch to right as U.K. moderates flee to Labour
The prime minister plans to lean into controversial cultural issues and create dividing lines with Labour and the surging party’s leader, Keir Starmer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2023
Tories urge Sunak to alter strategy and Cabinet after election losses
While Sunak vowed to stick to his plan after losing two seats and narrowly retaining a third on Thursday, ruling party ministers, lawmakers and advisers said that much more is needed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2023
Sunak risks fresh COVID row in battle to withhold 'sensitive' messages
The British prime minister must decide by Thursday whether to release ministers’ WhatsApp messages to a public inquiry, having received legal advice not to.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023
Sunak faces trouble everywhere in bid to keep Tory voters happy
Conservative ministers and advisers say they fear a post-Brexit 'realignment” of voters in England coming back to bite them.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2023
Ukraine faces long wait for F-16 fighter jets despite allies' commitments
Countries pledging such support are prioritizing pilot training, and will have to weigh the costs and any possible security gaps before deciding whether to actually send the aircraft.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2023
G7 struggles to win over nations courted by China and Russia
Tangible progress was hard to see for the Group of Seven wealthy nations, even though some Western officials said the bloc was heading in the right direction compared with years past.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s next six months as PM look harder than the first
Tory ministers, strategists and advisers fear that Sunak risks losing momentum, hitting a ceiling in the polls as policy problems and political dramas pile up.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2023
Aides worry Sunak’s successes can’t blot out Tory track record in office
The U.K. leader sees his performance in recent weeks as a taste of what he can achieve, but he’s saddled with a major disadvantage at the ballot box: His party's record since 2010.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2023
Brexit deal gives Sunak one chance to end years of EU acrimony
Agreement on Northern Ireland trade could clear a path for the U.K. and EU to rebuild a relationship built on trust and cooperation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak is privately drafting plans to rebuild Britain’s ties with the EU
Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine, officials have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2023
Sunak offered hope for next election — if his government can get its act together
Sunak's three-month old British government is in a rut, but his polling guru believes the situation is salvageable.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
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.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'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.
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.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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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.
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