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EUROPEAN UNION

At the heart of European Union thinking about economic security is fear that economic dependencies will be weaponized.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2024
EU’s dilemma: balancing national and economic security
At the heart of EU thinking about economic security is fear that economic dependencies will be weaponized.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold discussions in Kyiv in September 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2023
Europe needs a new Ukraine strategy
The European Union’s decision to start accession talks with Ukraine represents a symbolic victory rather than a practical one.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2022
For Boris Johnson, a tumultuous tenure ends with a messy exit
The risk-taking bravado of Britainu2019s colorful prime minister was not enough to compensate for his shortcomings, or overcome a catastrophic loss of party support.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2022
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen vows to fight autocracy with European lawmakers
A Swedish member of the European Parliament said that Taiwan and Europe are facing the expansion of authoritarianism in their respective regions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2022
New EU rules regulating U.S. tech giants likely to set global standard
Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Thursday won backing from European Union members and EU lawmakers for her proposal, the Digital Markets Act, to reign in firms' powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021
Putin’s Ukraine saber-rattling and a last gasp
With Russia's economy faltering, Vladimir Putin may be seeking a military victory to turn around his tanking political fortunes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2021
Austria's disgraced conservative former leader was without qualities
Kurzu2019s fall is widely seen as having consequences beyond Austria: his approach had been touted as a model for center-right parties across Europe, especially in Germany.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2021
Budapest citizens rise up against a Chinese university and influence
Not everyone in Budapest is buying Orban's attempt at justifying the deal to build a Chinese university campus in the city.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
Christmas is canceled for Boris Johnson
The situation on Britainu2019s borders is clearly serious, but will it wound Johnson fatally? That all depends on how many Britons are inclined to blame the virus for the chaos.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020
Germany's Bund may be about to lose its crown
The EUu2019s new pandemic bond will represent a challenge to Europeu2019s undisputed credit market champion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020
Europe rescues itself
A groundbreaking agreement for a new EU-financed recovery fund doesn't satisfy all of Europe's needs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Jun 8, 2020
COVID-19 crisis could make Europe a real global force
The vicissitudes of U.S. policy make the EU-Japan partnership, and cooperation with other like-minded governments, ever more urgent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020
Lagarde can't solve the COVID-19 crisis
Managing the COVID-19 crisis goes way beyond the powers of central banks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020
Coronavirus has exposed the EU’s creeping irrelevance
Europeu2019s nations were supposed to find a common identity and strength in unity. The pandemic has shown this to be a figment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020
EU pandemic failure isn’t about money
This has been a crisis of health-care cooperation, not cash.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
The end of the EU's Brexit bounce
Negotiations over the future of U.K.-EU relations will divide Europeans and offer fodder to Euroskeptics
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2020
After Brexit, Europe lives on
While Britain has left Europe, Europeans should not abandon the British legacy u2014 particularly the deep, historical commitment to liberalism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2020
What will happen in post-Brexit Britain?
Britain's departure from the EU may reduce its influence in the global community, but in economic terms Brexit will not be an entirely bad deal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2019
A New Parliament Will Decide
Far from losing votes, in the upcoming election Boris Johnson will stand out clearly for the one thing everyone really wants — a soft and orderly withdrawal from the EU
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2019
Europe has to choose a side in the U.S.-China rivalry
Beijing has a plan to divide the EU and keep it on the sidelines.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world