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EUROPEAN UNION

EDITORIALS
May 28, 2019
The EU muddles through election
Voters' confirmation of support for the European project echoes Tokyo's own sentiment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2019
Hungary will not soften laws to allow George Soros college to stay
Hungary will not relax rules for international universities despite pressure from the European Union and offers from Germany to mediate in a row over a college founded by U.S. billionaire George Soros, the government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2019
Google fined $1.7 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers, in third EU sanction
Google was fined €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, in the third large European Union antitrust penalty for the Alphabet business in two only years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2019
Japan and France agree to hold new maritime dialogue by year-end
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France affirmed on Friday the launch of a new bilateral framework to discuss maritime security and environmental issues amid China's growing assertiveness, with the first meeting likely to be held by the end of the year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2018
Japanese winemakers look to boost global brand as EU trade deal brings opportunities and challenges
In Japan, Yamanashi is synonymous with wine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
May takes a gamble that running down the Brexit clock will focus political minds
Faced with a Brexit vote she cannot win, Prime Minister Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2018
Europe finally pulls the trigger on a military force
After two years of US President Donald Trump treating European allies as if they were adversaries, France and Germany have finally committed to the creation of an EU-wide army under a central command.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2018
EU trade commissioner expresses support for Japan's goal to reform WTO
European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom says she will support Japan's efforts to reform the World Trade Organization when the Group of 20 meets in Japan next June.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2018
Time for Europe to step up its China game
The EU must form stronger political and economic alliances with Asia's top liberal economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2018
When a trade agreement represents a global vision
Japan and the EU are making it clear the appetite for trade deals remains strong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018
Google hit with €4.3 billion fine by EU and told to alter Android model
Google was fined €4.3 billion ($5 billion) by the European Union and ordered to change the way it puts search and web browser apps on Android mobile devices, setting a global record for antitrust penalties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 9, 2018
Abe cancels trip to Europe and Middle East to deal with rain disaster
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday canceled a trip to Europe and the Middle East, deciding instead to oversee the government's response to the devastation caused by torrential rain in western Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2018
Trump blasts Harley plan to shift U.S. production to avoid EU tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday slammed Harley-Davidson Inc. after the motorcycle maker said it would move production for European customers overseas to avoid retaliatory tariffs that could cost it up to $100 million per year.
WORLD
Jun 20, 2018
Hungary passes "STOP Soros" laws, defying EU and rights groups
Hungary's parliament on Wednesday approved a package of bills that criminalizes some help given to illegal immigrants, defying the European Union and human rights groups and narrowing the scope for action by non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2018
Italy's right to make the wrong choice
The Italian crisis is over, and has just begun.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018
Europe must learn to work with its autocrats
Hungary's Viktor Orban may have pushed the boundaries of the acceptable, but he's at home in some mainstream European parties
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2018
Japanese biz lobbies call for EU-Japan trade deal to apply to U.K. during British exit transition
Japan's leading business bodies have called for Tokyo's trade deal with the European Union to apply to Britain during the around two-year transition phase that will help smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2018
For euro reforms, growth is the enemy
The harsh truth is that institution-building in Europe tends to occur when the continent is in crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2017
EU to lift import restrictions on Fukushima rice and other Japanese foods from December
The European Union has decided to lift its restrictions on imports of some foods from 10 prefectures, such as rice grown in Fukushima — site of the country's worst nuclear accident.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2017
As Brexit looms, Romania makes case for Japanese investment
Romanian commerce minister Ilan Laufer said Wednesday his country is becoming an attractive destination for Japanese investment following Britain's decision to leave the European Union and the Japan-EU free trade agreement.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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