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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Germany warns Brexit could start 'disintegration' of EU
The foreign ministers of Germany and France Wednesday cautioned against a Brexit vote, with Berlin's top envoy warning it could eventually lead to the "disintegration" of the European Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
Remain or leave, U.K. vote will inflict lasting damage
The flayed corpses of Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservatives are a disincentive for future British governments to offer referendums, the most direct form of democracy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
If the 'Brexit' side wins, so do Trump and Putin
Both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would reap benefits from a British vote to leave the European Union.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2016
Ahead of climate, economy, refugees, survey finds Europeans view Islamic State as top threat
Europeans view the militant group Islamic State as the biggest threat facing their countries, ahead of climate change, economic instability and refugees, a survey by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2016
Just say no to leaving the EU
The Brexit campaign bases its appeal on emotion rather than reason.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2016
Are EU benefits worth the high price Britain pays?
The U.K. will thrive in or out of the EU. The British people must decide just how much they are prepared to pay to preserve a unified Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2016
'Brexit' would leave EU less liberal, less inclined for future enlargement
A European Union without Britain would be financially poorer, less economically liberal and free-trading, less Atlanticist and less open to further enlargement.
WORLD
Jun 7, 2016
U.N. urged to allow EU to search boats for illicit arms off Libya
Britain on Monday proposed expanding a United Nations Security Council mandate for a European naval operation to allow it to crack down on arms smuggling in the high seas off war-torn Libya, though Russia voiced concerns about the idea.
WORLD / Society
Jun 3, 2016
Lawless Libya fertile ground for smugglers routing vulnerable migrants into Mediterranean unprotected
After a flurry of boat departures that sent hundreds of migrants to their deaths in the Mediterranean, survivors told police they had been kept for weeks on one meal a day in holding houses near the Libyan shore.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2016
At least 85 drowned migrants found on Libya's shores
The bodies of at least 85 migrants who drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean were found washed up on beaches in western Libya near the city of Zuwara on Thursday, a Red Crescent official said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2016
The British people will choose their destiny
The 'Brexit' referendum presents an explicit opportunity to reject a rising and unaccountable administrative state.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2016
U.S. warns of possible Europe attacks, no specific threat information provided
The United States warned its citizens on Tuesday of possible summer terrorist attacks in Europe, saying targets could include the European soccer championship in France, although a State Department official said there was no specific threat information.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2016
EU deal on removing online hate speech also draws fears of more government restrictions
An agreement on Tuesday by four major U.S. internet companies to block illegal hate speech from their European services shows the pressure the companies face to monitor and control content.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel on the brink?
The internal EU and German domestic debates are testing Merkel's leadership as never before.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016
Britain at the crossroads as 'Brexit' vote looms
The 'Brexit' referendum is the most important vote in Europe in a half-century.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2016
Ship sank off Italy with hundreds aboard, rescued migrants say
Migrants rescued from two boats in the Mediterranean this past week told humanitarian workers in Italy that they saw another vessel carrying some 400 migrants sink, Save the Children said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 27, 2016
Migrants take to fields to avoid state-run camps as Greece ends Idomeni sweep
They packed up their belongings and began to walk, some heading for the fields, others to a gas station, all seeking to avoid state-run Greek migrant camps, where they fear they will end up trapped.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 25, 2016
Greece begins slow process of moving migrants south from squalid Macedonia border camp
Greece sent in police and bulldozers on Tuesday to knock down tents and relocate hundreds of migrants who had been stranded for months in a squalid makeshift camp on the border with Macedonia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 24, 2016
Libya-Italy sea route again main migrant conduit north; 2,600 rescued over 24 hours
Italian vessels have helped rescue more than 2,600 migrants from boats trying to reach Europe from North Africa in the last 24 hours, the coast guard said on Monday, indicating that numbers are rising as the weather warms up.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2016
Austria's crisis is a dire warning to Merkel
Angela Merkel needs to be mindful that inconsistency on matters of principle can be costly.

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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