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U.K.

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 17, 2013
U.K.'s Roma 'excluded, ignored, neglected'
The headquarters of Britain's biggest Roma charity is a large building beside a major thoroughfare in east London, yet its official address is a P.O. box. The fear of reprisal against Britain's Roma community, even in London's most multicultural borough, remains real.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2013
Labour MP aims to be first black mayor of London
Labour member of Parliament David Lammy has declared his interest in becoming the first black mayor of London during a fact-finding mission to several U.S. cities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 13, 2013
The irritating gaijin: testing police patience from Belfast to Oimachi
In Oimachi, there was clear 3G connectivity. For anyone questioned by the RUC in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, broadband penetration probably meant something quite different.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2013
In Britain, era of 'green Tory' withers
Prime Minister David Cameron once dog-sledded across a shrinking Norwegian glacier to showcase his concern for global warming. Now, environmentalists say, his pledge to lead a new era of the "green Conservative" is in danger of melting away.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2013
Unsung heroes emerge in stories of Kenyan mall attack
A little after half-past midday on a sunny Saturday a disturbing call came through to Mark and John at the Nairobi offices of the oil company for which they work.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2013
Secret documents reveal how close USSR came to launching nukes in '83
Chilling new evidence that Britain and America came close to provoking the Soviet Union into launching a nuclear attack has emerged in former classified documents written at the height of the Cold War.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2013
Femen to take topless protests to United Kingdom
They started out in Ukraine, established a thriving headquarters in Paris and last year succeeded in ambushing a startled Vladimir Putin during a visit to a German trade fair. Now the controversial activists of Femen, notorious for their topless protests on issues such as prostitution, abortion and the...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2013
U.K. political pledges reveal divide
After a year that saw him lead the charge for gay marriage in Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron seemed to go back to his roots this week. Serving up red meat to his base at the Conservative Party's annual conference, Cameron repeatedly blasted the left and offered a core vision of tax cuts, reduced...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2013
'Frack off': U.K. energy debate erupts
This might seem a bizarre place for a battle over energy policy in Britain.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2013
Japan, U.K. security wonks talk business
Nearly 18 months after Japan and Britain struck a deal to jointly develop weapons and defense equipment, security experts from both nations gathered in Tokyo Monday to discuss ways to expand that to maritime security, cybersecurity and military equipment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2013
Transit project brings macabre past of London to the surface
In an open pit near the old Bedlam insane asylum, where the curious once ogled chained lunatics for the price of a shiny coin, the skeletons in London's closet are climbing to the surface. And dead men do tell tales.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2013
Balancing freedom, security
The U.K. is not anywhere near George Orwell's 'big brother society,' but we all need to be alert to maintaining a fair balance between security and of freedom.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2013
For world, U.S. gun violence is new norm
Jimmy Davis, a 41-year-old London disc jockey, was saddened when he heard about the latest mass shooting in the United States. But like much of the world after the attack Monday at Washington's Navy Yard, he was no longer shocked.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2013
Queen's secret speech for WWIII revealed
British government files from 1983, opened to the public for the first time Wednesday, include an official's view of the message Queen Elizabeth II would have broadcast to the nation in the event of World War III.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 25, 2013
British royal baby's name announced: George Alexander Louis
The bookies were right: "He Who Had Not Been Named" is now Prince George.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2013
U.K. duchess casts traditional midwives aside for birth
Prince William's wife, Kate, cast aside British tradition when she picked the team that helped her deliver her baby on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2013
U.K. mayor wants to close Heathrow
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will submit plans to close the British capital's Heathrow Airport on the grounds that it's too noisy and replace it with a four-runway hub in one of three locations east or north of the city.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2013
Imminent birth puts spotlight on monarch
Aging monarchs in the Netherlands and Belgium stepped down this year to make room for the next generation of Europe's crowned heads. But in Britain, the impending birth of a royal baby will have heirs stacking up like planes at London's super-clogged Heathrow Airport.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2013
Hate pornography, sure, but be wary of banning it
Prosecutions for the possession of the filthiest pornography confirm foreigners' suspicions that the British care more for animals than people. Between 2008 and 2011, the English and Welsh authorities charged 1,922 men for having images of bestiality about their person. By contrast, they brought only...
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2013
U.K. paper punches way above its weight
For a newspaper that's small and underweight even by British standards, The Guardian has a knack for making some big noises, both in its home market and across the pond.

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