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EU PARLIAMENT

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2019
May warns it would be 'catastrophic' for U.K. democracy if Parliament halts Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers Sunday that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before Parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2019
Italian populist Luigi Di Maio promises to cut lawmaker pay via 'wonderful law'
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said there is plenty more to be done on the populist agenda, including cutting the pay of the nation's lawmakers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 14, 2018
'Trust me': May tells EU leaders she can get Brexit deal passed in U.K. Parliament
"Trust me," Prime Minister Theresa May told other European Union leaders on Thursday, saying that with their help, she could win the British Parliament's backing for her Brexit deal and prevent a chaotic departure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2018
'Lives torn apart in 82 seconds,' U.K. Westminster attack inquest hears
A man who mowed down pedestrians with a car near Britain's Parliament before stabbing a policeman ruined many lives in a matter of seconds, an inquest heard on Monday, as it began with tributes to the victims and details of their last moments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018
Cambridge Analytica ex-boss admits getting Facebook data from researcher
The former head of Cambridge Analytica admitted on Wednesday his firm had received data from the researcher at the center of a scandal over Facebook users' personal details, contradicting previous testimony to lawmakers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2018
May refuses to relax Northern Ireland abortion curbs despite its southern neighbor's historic vote to liberalize
British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with ministers and lawmakers in her Conservative party after refusing to back reform of Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion rules after neighboring Ireland's vote to liberalize its laws.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2017
Coe insists he didn't mislead British Parliamentary committee during doping probe
IAAF chief Sebastian Coe has denied that he misled a British Parliamentary committee investigating doping in sport when he appeared before it last December.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2016
Parliament to debate petition seeking to bar Trump from U.K. over Muslim slur but no vote planned
British lawmakers are to hold a debate on a petition signed by more than half a million people calling for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to be barred from Britain after his proposal to stop Muslims entering the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 17, 2015
A-bomb survivor takes to Skype to relate experience to U.K. Parliament
An atomic bomb survivor on Thursday recounted what she experienced during the U.S. attack on Hiroshima and called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in comments made to members of the British Parliament via the Internet telephone service Skype.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2015
1915 Armenian killings amounted to genocide, European Parliament votes
The European Parliament backed a motion on Wednesday calling the massacre a century ago of up to 1.5 million Armenians a genocide, days after Pope Francis used the same term.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
Suicide attack on Afghan lawmaker kills three in Kabul
An Afghan member of parliament survived a targeted suicide attack in Kabul on Sunday but three people, including a child, were killed and eight others injured, police and government sources said.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
U.K. Parliament marks 800 years since signing of Magna Carta with exhibit
The British Parliament is marking 800 years since the signing of Magna Carta, the document that asserted the principle that the country's ruler is subject to the law, with an exhibition highlighting the expansion of rights down the centuries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 23, 2014
Gunman killed after shooting in Canadian Parliament; Harper safe
At least one gunman entered the Canadian Parliament buildings on Wednesday and many shots were fired just outside the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2014
What UKIP's EU election win means for Britain's top parties
UKIP's gains in local and European elections were not a political mega-quake but rather the result of public anger with established parties the past decade over economic austerity, the Iraq war and the MPs' expenses scandal.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2014
EU shock may spur reforms
The political gains made by right-wing parties in the European parliamentary election may prompt centrists to make the positive case for immigration more forcibly as well as reforms in how the EU is governed.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2014
EU voters send a message
Press and political circles in Europe and North America have reacted to the recent European Parliament elections in shock as if 'Europe' is all over. This is sheer nonsense.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2014
Ukrainians are more European than the French
If the European ideal is to create a citadel of tolerance and universal human values, who are the true Europeans?
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2014
A right-wing shock for Europe?
A new European Parliament will be elected this weekend on the heels of French poll that says fewer than 40 percent of France's citizens think the European Union is a good thing.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014
Evolving tale of two Chinas
The fear that China may try to take over their island is what prompted Taiwanese students last month to protest a services trade pact with China then stage a 'sunflower' sit-in of Taiwan's parliament.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
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.
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.

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