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EU

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2021
Brexit troubles aren’t all teething problems
It's not a great sign when a formerly pro-Brexit lobby is suddenly furious about a part of the deal that was billed as a triumph.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2021
Brexit border trouble grows as key customs system maxes out
U.K. exporters say they are struggling to acquire transit documents because of a shortage of agents with the authority to issue them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2021
A China strategy to reunite America’s allies
Global pressure will be required to push back against China's harmful trade practices, including state subsidies and intellectual property theft.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 16, 2021
Kingmaker maneuvers behind the men vying to succeed Germany's Merkel
The conservative leader favoured by German voters isn't even running in this week's contest to head up Angela Merkel's party, but he aims to play a pivotal role in determining its candidate to succeed her as chancellor, party sources say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2021
Europe after Brexit and COVID-19
But, Brexit aside, the EU is also divided internally over economic policy, the rule of law, and the separation of powers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 11, 2021
Merkel’s party, due to pick a new leader, is torn after years of stability
A two-day convention that starts Friday to elect a new leader can go two ways: kick-start a process of renewal or usher in a period of stagnation and decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 9, 2021
Europe’s watershed year
Despite much naysaying, Europeans not only stuck together during the COVID-19 crisis, but grew together, forging a more cohesive bloc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 6, 2021
A global recovery’s leading variables
Questions remain whether the EU and the U.S. will enact recovery programs of the magnitude needed to restore the global economy, and if the developing world will get the support it needs.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2021
Climate action is embedding into how the world works
Positive developments in 2020 are perhaps a strong sign that climate action is starting to be 'institutionalized.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2021
EU’s ‘climate leader’ explains why 2020 has left him optimistic
The author of one of the most ambitious climate plans in the European Union says 2020 was a turning point that’s left him optimistic about the future of the planet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 3, 2021
Brexit’s silver lining for Europe
The bloc has in some ways been galvanized by the trauma of the drawn out divorce, overcoming long-standing obstacles and lifting its ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2021
Five cheers for 2021
But as 2021 nears, things look a lot better than they did just a few months ago. We now have at least five reasons to celebrate the New Year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2020
EU and China give political nod to market-opening investment pact
The breakthrough in negotiations on such a deal signals the bloc's determination to focus on economic opportunities in Asia even amid criticism of Beijing's record on human rights.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2020
Johnson’s Brexit deal clears Parliament with just hours to spare
The rush to get the agreement through Parliament in a single day brings to an end a four-year saga that has gripped British politics and divided the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2020
For Japan's automakers, Brexit deal may be too little, too late
Automakers including Nissan Motor might struggle to qualify some U.K.-assembled models for tariff-free export to the EU as they evaluate their local sourcing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2020
EU's marathon COVID-19 vaccination drive off to uneven start
The EU's campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc's 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020
'Window of hope': Europe begins to launch COVID-19 vaccinations
Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday, a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries, including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2020
Brexit deal done, Britain now scrambles to see how it will work
For many Christmas was only the beginning, Day 1 of a high-stakes and unpredictable experiment in how to unstitch a tight web of commercial relations across Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2020
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028, report says
China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2020
BBC says obtained full copy of post-Brexit trade deal
The post-Brexit trade deal reached by the United Kingdom and the European Union goes beyond the EU's so-called "Canada-style" trade accord, the BBC said on Friday, citing what it said was a full copy of the accord.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight