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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2018
In blow to Britain's May, top Brexit officials quit posts
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was plunged into the worst crisis of the past year after key members of the government quit over her Brexit plan. Her government is in disarray and her leadership in question just nine months before Britain leaves the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2018
Departing David Davis writes to May: You are undermining Brexit
The following is David Davis's resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2018
Johnson uses colorful language to make point about May's latest Brexit plan
British Foreign Secretary (foreign minister) Boris Johnson strongly criticized Prime Minister Theresa May's latest Brexit proposal in typically colorful terms before agreeing with his colleagues to back the compromise Friday, reports said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2018
May wins support from divided government for 'business-friendly' Brexit plan
Prime Minister Theresa May secured a Cabinet agreement Friday for her plans to leave the European Union, overcoming rifts among her ministers to win support for "a business-friendly" proposal aimed at spurring stalled Brexit talks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2018
In last-ditch call, May urges divided government to do its Brexit duty
Prime Minister Theresa May called on her government to do its duty and agree a plan for Britain's future outside the European Union, a last-ditch appeal to ministers to put Brexit rows behind them and take a "step forward."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2018
Britain is underestimating true size of EU divorce bill, U.K. lawmakers say
The British government's estimate of how much it will have to pay the European Union as part of its so-called divorce settlement is at least £10 billion ($13 billion) too low, a committee of lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 26, 2018
Brexit's big short: Hedge funds hired pollsters and cashed in
At 10 p.m. on June 23, 2016, Sky News projected the words "IN OR OUT" across the top of a London building as an orchestral score ratcheted up the tension. "In or out—it is too late to change your mind," declared Adam Boulton, the veteran anchor, seated in a makeshift studio across from Big Ben. "The polls have closed in the U.K.'s historic referendum on EU membership." Election nights are major productions for British broadcasters, but Brexit was bigger, with Sky viewers watching worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018
Airbus threatens to yank U.K. investments if London fails to get Brexit deal with EU
Airbus SE threatened to pull its U.K. investments if Britain walks away from the European Union without a deal, upping the stakes for Prime Minister Theresa May as she fights to deliver a Brexit that won't wreck the country's economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018
Trump to stick to hard line on trade as G7 showdown looms with top U.S. allies
U.S. President Donald Trump is not backing down from the tough line he has taken on trade, the White House's top economic adviser said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a showdown with top allies at this week's G7 summit in Canada.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2018
May refuses to relax Northern Ireland abortion curbs despite its southern neighbor's historic vote to liberalize
British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with ministers and lawmakers in her Conservative party after refusing to back reform of Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion rules after neighboring Ireland's vote to liberalize its laws.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2018
May asks for 'trust' with Cabinet at crunch time for Brexit issue
Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch week for her leadership and Brexit plan, with ministers and backbenchers in her Conservative Party feuding over Britain's future ties to the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 10, 2018
With vote for single market, U.K.'s Prime Minister May suffers 13th defeat in House of Lords over Brexit
The upper chamber of Parliament inflicted another embarrassing defeat this week on the government of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, challenging her plan to leave the European Union's single market and her government's fixed timing for Brexit.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2018
Theresa May's Conservatives avoid London wipeout in local elections
Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, early results on Friday showed, although her Labour opponents did gain ground in the capital.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 4, 2018
Hitachi requests support from British Prime Minister Theresa May for Welsh nuclear plant construction
The request comes as the total price tag of the project has ballooned to u00a53 trillion due to increased costs for safety measures.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2018
In depth: Customs deal with European Union the latest Brexit headache for British PM Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for Britain to leave the EU customs union when it quits the bloc — and not join a similar arrangement — has become a flash point in the Brexit process, setting up a possible parliamentary defeat that could force her government into a damaging policy U-turn.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2018
U.K.'s Theresa May in crisis as Cabinet Brexiters outgun her on customs plan
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is facing crisis again after pro-Brexit ministers paired up with Conservative hardliners to demand a clean break from the European Union's customs system, rejecting her plea for a compromise solution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2018
May names new interior minister to try to end immigration fiasco as she negotiates Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2018
The last straw: Britain to ban sale of stirrers and other single-use plastics in bid to curb marine waste
Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine waste, the office of British Prime Minister Theresa May said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2018
Britain apologizes for wrongful deportation and 'appalling' treatment of residents granted indefinite leave to remain decades earlier
Interior minister Amber Rudd apologized on Monday to thousands of British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago and are now being denied basic rights after being incorrectly identified as illegal immigrants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2018
May agrees to hold Parliament debate on U.K. attack on Syria
British Prime Minister Theresa May has conceded that lawmakers should have a retrospective debate — and possibly a vote — on her decision to take part in the bombing of Syria with the U.S. and France.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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