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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 10, 2018
Survivors say some 50 migrants may have drowned off Libya after 300 are rescued
Survivors from a boat that sank off Libya's coast on Tuesday said about 50 people who had embarked with them were missing and feared dead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2018
Europe caught between the U.S. and China
Unless the European Union as a whole embraces the cause, Europe risks becoming a casualty of China's efforts to bend the multilateral system to its own will or, worse, Trump's efforts to dismantle it altogether.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 1, 2018
Libya accord praised as migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017
Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017 compared to a year earlier, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, as Libyan authorities helped to slow departures during the second half of the year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2017
Libya flies 142 migrants back to Guinea with U.N. agency's help
Libya put 142 illegal migrants on a flight back to Guinea on Wednesday with the help of the U.N. migration agency, officials said, as the North African country steps up deportations to ease severe overcrowding in its detention centers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 26, 2017
Uber's loss in Europe shows trans-Atlantic split over disruptive tech, could embolden U.S. cities to act
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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 18, 2017
European finance chiefs want to regulate bitcoin to clamp down on illegal risks
European governments are pushing for bitcoin regulation as alarm grows that the world's most popular digital currency is being used by money launderers, drug traffickers and terrorists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2017
False paradise? EU is no haven of net neutrality, critics say
America's decision to scrap rules designed to ensure a free and open internet leaves the European Union as the biggest market where Net neutrality still prevails — but critics say the EU is not a level playing field.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2017
Japan and U.K. to seek mutual recognition of trade standards after Brexit
Japan and Britain said they hope to achieve a swift deal on mutual recognition of each other's standards for goods and services when Britain leaves the European Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2017
May defeated in Parliament over Brexit blueprint as lawmakers push through changes
Prime Minister Theresa May's government was defeated on Wednesday, when lawmakers forced through changes to its Brexit blueprint that ministers said could endanger Britain's departure from the European Union.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2017
A Brexit breakthrough
Despite last week's breakthrough, Brexit remains as tentative and confused as ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2017
Brexit bubbles of illusion
Reality will shatter the dreams of both 'leavers' and 'remainers.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 12, 2017
Amnesty accuses EU of being 'complicit' by abetting migrant rights violations in Libya
European governments are "complicit" in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there that often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2017
May set to hail 'new sense of optimism' in Brexit talks after deal clears rough patch
Prime Minister Theresa May was set to hail "a new sense of optimism" in Brexit talks on Monday, telling Parliament Britain and the European Union should sign off on a deal at a summit this week "to move forward together" to discuss future trade ties.
EDITORIALS
Dec 8, 2017
China makes the EU nervous
The economic inroads Beijing is making in Eastern and Central Europe is raising concerns in the EU, Japan and the U.S.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2017
'Maximum point of danger': Businesses brace for Brexit disarray as talks stall and May struggles
Big companies are stepping up their plans in case Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal as Prime Minister Theresa May struggles to get talks back on track after a major setback.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2017
The EU's crisis starts at home
A deep divide within EU states poses the biggest threat to the European project.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2017
Accepting Europe's anti-immigration parties
Europe's populist parties are deeply flawed, but their nativist outlook will become increasingly mainstream
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2017
EU rubber-stamps tax haven blacklist as it goes after 'digital giants'
The European Union agreed on a tax blacklist of 17 countries that could potentially face sanctions for failing to bring their standards in line with the bloc, as it seeks to further step up its fight against opaque practices that facilitate avoidance by multinationals and individuals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2017
Last-minute upset unravels Brexit deal, complicating life for Theresa May
Theresa May came closer than ever on Monday to the Brexit deal she's been working on for months. A last-minute upset over the Irish border left all parties embarrassed and doesn't bode well for a second run at a breakthrough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2017
Poll finds half of Britons support second Brexit vote as talks with EU come down to the wire
Half of Britons support a second vote on whether to leave the European Union and a third think will be worse off financially outside the world's largest trading bloc, according to a new opinion poll.

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