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BORIS JOHNSON

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2020
Boris Johnson leaves the dirty work to everyone else
Britain's prime minister has centralized power, but he doesn't seem to want to use it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2020
Johnson faces mounting fury for backing top aide Dominic Cummings
Cummings is alleged to have ignored government orders, driving more than 250 miles to his parents' property to get child care support.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2020
Boris Johnson gambles to save aide who flouted U.K. lockdown rules
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson put his own authority on the line as he fought to save his most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, in the face of growing demands to fire the adviser for allegedly breaking lockdown rules.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020
Pandemic could foster new attitudes toward immigration
In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service — in particular, immigrants — are presently being hailed for their gritty sense of duty, for standing between many people and premature death.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2020
Britain’s plan to get economy working again doesn’t seem to be working
The British government’s call to restart the economy may have sounded good, but there’s little evidence the country is taking heed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2020
Boris Johnson kept working, but the coronavirus took over
Boris Johnson was on his own. He had been self-isolating for a week since testing positive for coronavirus. His domestic staff left trays of food outside his apartment door.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2020
U.K.'s Johnson leaves intensive care but remains under observation
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2020
Boris Johnson 'getting better' in intensive care as U.K. extends overdraft
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better Thursday in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 as his government extended its overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shutdown in peacetime history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2020
Pandemic grips Britain with Boris Johnson still in intensive care
Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in intensive care while his deputy tried to reassure Britain that the battle against the coronavirus was under control even as the daily death toll rose to a record.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2020
Britain's Boris Johnson hospitalized for tests after persistent coronavirus symptoms
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital for tests on Sunday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2020
New U.K. Labour leader Keir Starmer to work with Johnson on coronavirus
Britain’s opposition Labour Party elected Keir Starmer as leader, putting a moderate lawyer with an eye for detail in charge as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the coronavirus comes under fire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2020
British love for health service could make or break Boris Johnson
Schoolkids in lockdown put home-made signs in their bedroom windows thanking brave doctors and nurses. Families stepped outside their front doors for a national round of applause. Public buildings lit up blue. Stores have offered discounts to hospital staff, and designated hours.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2020
U.K. has no clear plan if 'Team Johnson' is incapacitated by coronavirus
What would happen if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's case of coronavirus — so far he has "mild symptoms" — were to become more serious or even incapacitate him and his team? Under Britain's uncodified constitution, the answer is unclear.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2020
British PM Boris Johnson is first world leader with COVID-19
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become the first world leader to say he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2020
U.K. wants same legal autonomy on trade from EU as Japan and Canada, Johnson's office says
Britain wants the European Union to show the same respect for legal autonomy it afforded countries such as Canada and Japan when signing trade deals with them, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2020
Boris Johnson to begin trade talks with U.S. in two weeks, Telegraph reports
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is prepared to begin trade talks with the United States within the coming two weeks, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2020
With Javid's departure, Johnson has seized control
Sajid Javid's replacement, Rishi Sunak, is less likely to stand up to No. 10 and Dominic Cummings. U.K. spending may become more lavish as a result.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
U.K. carmakers press Boris Johnson to fund pledge to end gasoline era by 2035
Automakers in the U.K. are pressing for government funding to meet a new goal of killing off combustion cars by 2035, even as demand for electric models is surging.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
Johnson can't be all things to all Britons
The prime minister wants to be a global hero on free trade, while keeping his new working class voters happy, but EU trade talks may make this impossible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2020
Johnson ready to walk away from EU talks without formal trade deal
Boris Johnson plans to say he's prepared to quit talks over the U.K.'s future trade relationship with the European Union if he doesn't get what he wants.

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