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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023
Four-day week liked by U.K. employers in world's largest trial
Employees at 61 companies across Britain worked an average of 34 hours across four days between June and December 2022, while earning their existing salary.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2023
Sunak set for his biggest political test yet with Brexit deal
A solution to the impasse over the post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland would enable the U.K. to reset relations with the EU.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2023
Sunak heads toward another Brexit cliff edge
A bill to scrap all EU laws retained in the U.K. at the end of the year risks more confusion and chaos.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 16, 2023
Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon bows out at 'critical moment' for independence fight
Her success has silenced many critics, but internal fault lines could be exposed by the vacuum she leaves behind.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2023
Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon quits, saying she is too divisive to win independence
Sturgeon became SNP leader in the wake of a 2014 independence referendum when Scotland voted 55% to 45% to remain part of the United Kingdom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023
Britain needs some leveling up in its military
Worries mount over the British military falling behind as Vladimir Putin’s land war rages in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 13, 2023
Britain’s cherished NHS wrestles with its ‘reform or die’ moment
Programs and studies are focusing on finding ways to reduce the burden on the NHS by keeping people out of its overstretched hospitals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak is privately drafting plans to rebuild Britain’s ties with the EU
Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine, officials have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. seeks critical-mineral pacts with Japan and U.K. to curb China
Washington is looking to create a 'critical minerals buyers club” with allies like the EU and Group of Seven to ensure they are not reliant on China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2023
Zelenskyy takes pitch for weapons and EU membership to Brussels
Following a surprise visit to Washington in December, the trip was the Ukrainian leader's second-known time out of his country since the war began.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2023
Zelenskyy lands in U.K. ahead of invasion anniversary
The Ukrainian leader was due to be feted in a speech to the British parliament alongside meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles III.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2023
All eyes on where SoftBank-backed Arm will be listed
Despite a dip in profitability for other prominent chipmakers amid a global slowdown, Arm has shown strong growth over the past four quarters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2023
New U.K. climate lab puts whole homes to test against weather of the future
The facility has two chambers that can experience different weather at the same time, and can be used to test types of housing from all over the world to improve energy efficiency.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023
In a health system in crisis, Britain's heart care suffers
The British Heart Foundation charity says full treatment after a heart attack should begin within 18 weeks but a third of patients are currently not being seen within that time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 1, 2023
Half a million strike in U.K.'s largest walkout in 12 years
Teachers and train drivers were among the groups to act, as well as border force workers at British air and seaports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2023
Sunak fires Zahawi citing ‘serious’ ethics breach over taxes
U.K. Prime Minister Sunak said the probe of Nadhim Zahawi's tax situation has been concluded and fired the Conservative Party chairman.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2023
Disappearing barbecues show global beef demand is under pressure
Even as inflation cools, all signs point to continued pressure this year, especially in some of the world’s most carnivorous nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2023
Sunak offered hope for next election — if his government can get its act together
Sunak's three-month old British government is in a rut, but his polling guru believes the situation is salvageable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2023
Two energy giants, two green projects: one double-booking in North Sea
A dispute is unfolding between BP and Orsted over primacy in an 'overlap zone.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
The NATO alliance is holding strong on Ukraine. But fractures are emerging.
The differences are over strategy for the coming year and the more immediate question of what Ukraine needs in the next few months.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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