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BRITAIN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2018
The children take over at Westminster
If MPs vote against the one compromise proposal that is on the table, they will, with absolute certainty, be voting for chaotic impasse, with an outcome very likely to be the very opposite of what they intended.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
May takes a gamble that running down the Brexit clock will focus political minds
Faced with a Brexit vote she cannot win, Prime Minister Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2018
Japan welcomes Britain's possible entry into TPP, Abe tells May
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday that he welcomes Britain's expression of interest in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-nation free trade agreement that will enter into force on Dec. 30.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2018
Decision day for Japan Inc. in England
Will Japanese firms remain in post-Brexit Britain or find more welcoming friends?
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2018
Comments of some leaders, EU officials, on outcome of special Brexit summit
The 27 EU national leaders gathered Sunday to endorse both a detailed treaty setting out the terms under which Britain will leave the European Union and a declaration outlining how Britain can keep close to its biggest market by following many EU rules after a two to four year transition.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2018
Britain's finance minister says Theresa May's Brexit deal with EU is best option to protect economy
Britain's draft deal to leave the European Union is the best available solution to safeguard the economy and start to reunite a divided country, Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Philip Hammond said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2018
United Arab Emirates says it may free jailed British 'spy' after clemency appeal
The United Arab Emirates on Friday signaled a British academic it jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency in a case that has strained ties between the long-standing allies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 21, 2018
Shinzo Abe mulls visits to Netherlands, Uruguay and Paraguay in December
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting the Netherlands, Uruguay and Paraguay, in addition to a planned trip to Britain, in December, government sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2018
The prolonged torture that is Brexit
The only force that could save Theresa May's deal is the Labour Party, but hopes are very thin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2018
Parents who named son after Hitler jailed in U.K. for being in banned far-right group
A couple who named their child after Adolf Hitler were convicted in Britain on Monday for being members of banned far-right group National Action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018
Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day
As thousands of jobs look set to move to the continent due to Brexit, the U.K.'s financial services minister said Wednesday he would do all he could to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2018
Juncker says Brexit accord with EU may come this month or in November
The European Union will reach a deal with Britain on Brexit in November if it does not do so this month, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian newspapers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2018
Religion and politics; hopes and disappointments
What a confused and frightened world needs from spiritual leaders is perception, wisdom and illumination, not the same old damaging socialist message from the 1970s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2018
U.K. foreign minister touts 'strategic partnership' with Japan and the promotion of a free and open Indo-Pacific
Visiting British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt met Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday in Tokyo, reconfirming the "strategic partnership" of the two countries, with Japan welcoming Britain's moves to strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2018
May stands firm on her Brexit plan, but skepticism among other lawmakers persists
Prime Minister Theresa May said she will not allow compromises to her Brexit strategy that go against the national interest, seeking to allay fears among some in her Conservative Party that she will cave in to Brussels' demands in negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 9, 2018
Britain and France mark centenary of decisive WWI battle of Amiens
Britain and France on Wednesday marked 100 years since the decisive battle of Amiens that put Europe on the path to the end of World War I, in a sober ceremony in the northern French city's Gothic cathedral.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2018
Japan OK with Britain joining the TPP
Japan will support Britain in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership accord as both countries seek to promote free and rules-based trade, economy revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2018
Japan and Hitachi pin nuclear export hopes on U.K. project in Wales
A nuclear power plant project in Britain is giving Japan a glimmer of hope for spurring infrastructure exports, a key growth strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2018
May says Trump advised her to sue EU over Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May said U.S. President Donald Trump had previously advised her to sue the European Union as part of her Brexit strategy, disclosing a piece of advice Trump said last week she had ignored.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2018
Danone probes gripes its Aptamil baby milk formula making infants sick in Britain; stock slips 2%
French food group Danone is investigating reports that its new Aptamil baby milk formula has made some infants unwell in Britain.

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