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EUROPEAN

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
Europe's 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 — 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2019
Abe asks European Council president-elect for cooperation on trade and North Korean abductions
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday held talks with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, president-elect of the European Council.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 21, 2019
Homophobia rising in European countries without same-sex marriage, study shows
Homophobia has risen in European countries that do not legally recognize same-sex relationships and acceptance of gay people has jumped in states where they can marry, research released on Wednesday showed.
EDITORIALS
May 28, 2019
The EU muddles through election
Voters' confirmation of support for the European project echoes Tokyo's own sentiment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
Europe's populists don't look so healthy close up
Matteo Salvini's League aside, parties hostile to the European integration project performed about the same as in 2014.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
Britain's great Brexit divide is getting deeper
Both big political parties lost the European elections and are faced with existential decisions about where they stand on Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2019
Failing to hire women, ECB extends supervision board job deadline: sources
The European Central Bank has extended a deadline for filling three top jobs at its bank supervision arm after it failed to hire any women for the roles, two sources said, illustrating the bank's long struggle to attract female talent for senior positions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
Ireland's Green Party surges in European, local elections, exit poll finds
Support for Ireland's Green Party surged in European and local elections, an exit poll Saturday showed, putting it in line to take its first seats in the European Parliament and make the biggest gains in county and city councils.
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 Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 6, 2019
European sumo overcomes schism to build popularity
What do Baruto, Dejima, Kotomitsuki and Goeido have in common besides being ozeki who have won championships?
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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