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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2017
Failure of economic theories
Are there any answers to the digital Wild West that seems to be taking over?
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 13, 2017
800 migrants rescued off six rubber boats as Libyan traffickers exploit weather window
Some 800 migrants were plucked from flimsy rubber boats on Thursday, Italy's coast guard said, as Libya-based people smugglers took advantage of a window of good midwinter weather to send them to sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
Speaking truth to power
The resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers, the British ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, has raised serious issues not only about Britain's strategy for Brexit but also about relations between officials and politicians and their political advisers.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
The messy march of folly to Brexit and beyond
Barbara Tuchman published her masterpiece, "The March of Folly," in 1984. It explored what the American writer and historian called "one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests." Today she might have explored the march of folly...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Founder of Italy's 5-Star proposes divorce with anti-EU party in European Parliament
Italy's maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2016
As liberal Europe withers, whither the EU?
The EU started as a loose collection of states cooperating for common ends but has turned into a consolidated continental state with little concern for what European peoples desire.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2016
U.K., looking beyond Europe, to hold regular trade talks with South Korea
The U.K. and South Korea are set to begin regular trade talks, with luxury brands a particularly promising topic, as Britain prepares to expand its commercial reach once it has left the European Union.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2016
EU slaps €166 million fine on Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic battery units over price cartel
The European Commission said Monday it has fined Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. a total of €166 million ($176 million) for collusion on the pricing of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2016
Elites must engage populists
Populists cannot be eliminated, but they can be co-opted.
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2016
Europe shaken by Italian vote
Matteo Renzi's decision to resign ushers in a political and economic crisis for Italy — and for Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Italy's was just the latest stupid referendum
Like David Cameron's Brexit fiasco, this didn't have to happen.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2016
EU can lead on clean energy
Despite the European Union's caution on promoting renewables, Donald Trump's lack of interest is leaving the door wide open to global leadership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016
Brexit — the next chapter
The ripples continue to spread out from the United Kingdom's Brexit decision to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016
The tyranny of the majority
Only a small proportion of the British population voted to leave the European Union, but the whole nation will face the consequences.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2016
Swiss Upper House backs immigration bill avoiding EU quotas
Swiss efforts to curb immigration from the European Union without provoking a clash with Brussels cleared another hurdle on Thursday when parliament's Upper House backed giving locals first crack at open jobs rather than adopting outright quotas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2016
EU plans online screening for visa-free travelers
Millions of tourists and business people visiting Europe will have to complete a €5 ($5.35) online security check before arrival if an EU plan to tighten controls on foreigners who do not need visas wins approval.
WORLD / Society
Nov 8, 2016
Austria, Balkan states fear migrant flood if EU-Turkey deal collapses
Austria said on Monday it will meet with its Balkan neighbors to discuss what action they might take if a deal with Turkey aimed at restricting the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union collapses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2016
U.K. leader May says Britain can deepen India trade ties before leaving EU
Britain should not wait until it leaves the European Union to develop deeper trade ties with India, Prime Minister Theresa May said in New Delhi on Monday, promising to ease access for Indian business travelers but not for its students.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2016
Brexit challenge will be supreme test of Britain's top court
The century-old Portland stone building of the U.K.'s Supreme Court stands on London's Parliament Square, separated from the historic structures housing lawmakers and religious leaders by about 400 feet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2016
Surviving these troubled times
Our challenge, as individuals in this era of discontent, is to ensure that amid the madness, our own sanity endures.

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