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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2019
'Nasty,' 'two-faced,' 'brain dead': NATO pulls off summit despite barrage of insults from leaders
NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from "delinquent" to "brain dead" and "two-faced" on Wednesday, declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China's rise.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2019
U.K. Liberal Democrats could back Labour to force second Brexit vote
The leader of Britain's pro-European Liberal Democrats has suggested she could work with the opposition Labour party to stop Brexit if it removed its leader in the event of a hung Parliament after next week's election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 5, 2019
On Huawei, Johnson says Britain cannot prejudice security or cooperation
Britain's decision on whether to allow Huawei a role in building 5G telecom networks will be based on ensuring the national security and ensuring cooperation with the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence alliance, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 4, 2019
Trump says China trade deal may have to wait until after 2020 presidential election
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday a trade deal with China might have to wait until after the U.S. presidential election in November 2020, denting hopes that the two largest economies would soon reach an initial deal to ease their damaging trade war.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2019
VW accused of deceit in U.K.'s largest class action lawsuit
Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever U.K. class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2019
Trump soon off to London for NATO summit, under pressure from Johnson to steer clear of British election
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a NATO summit in London and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later in December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2019
U.S. asks U.K. to extradite ex-Autonomy billionaire boss Michael Lynch over allegations of securities fraud
The United States has formally requested the extradition of Michael Lynch, the British tech billionaire who sold his company to Hewlett Packard (HP) in an ill-fated $11.1 billion deal, to face charges including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2019
Facebook removes seven U.K. Conservative Party ads after BBC complains they distort its image of impartiality
Facebook Inc. removed seven Conservative Party social media ads on Sunday after the British Broadcasting Corp. complained they distorted the perception of the news service's impartiality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2019
Remains of all Vietnamese found in British truck are returned
The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London in October have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that has devastated rural communities in the Southeast Asian country.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2019
Morgan Stanley ousts forex traders amid probe over concealed losses
Morgan Stanley fired or placed on leave at least four traders over an alleged mismarking of securities that concealed losses of between $100 million and $140 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 28, 2019
Australian ex-pat writer and TV critic Clive James dead at 80
Clive James, an expatriate Australian writer and broadcaster who wrote incisively and often hilariously about television, literature and current affairs, has died aged 80, his agents said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2019
Britain's December election prompt surge in voter registrations
The number of Britons registering to vote before a midnight deadline expired on Tuesday was up 31 percent compared to a similar period before a 2017 election, with data showing almost 4 million registrations ahead of the Dec. 12 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2019
U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn struggles to find antidote to anti-Semitic 'poison'
Inside an arts center in one of London's most multicultural districts, Jeremy Corbyn declared anti-Semitism "vile and wrong." Outside, the slogans emblazoned on two red vans were equally blunt. "A vote for Labour is a vote for racism," declared one. The other said simply: "Never Corbyn."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2019
'Unfit' Uber loses London license over safety lapses
Uber was stripped of its license to carry paying passengers in London on Monday for the second time in just over two years, pending an appeal, over a "pattern of failures" on safety and security.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2019
Genuine fears and false alarms in Britain
The great hope of the moment must therefore be that a majority pro-deal U.K. government emerges on Dec. 12.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 22, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn has a radical Labour message. Can he sell it to Britain?
Jeremy Corbyn pulled no punches as he presented the country with his plan for a Labour government, the most radical proposed since 1983, when the party suffered its worst postwar defeat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 21, 2019
Hong Kong students' escape via snake-infested sewers thwarted
Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university on Wednesday tried to flee through the sewers, where one student said she saw snakes, but firemen prevented further escape bids by blocking a manhole into the system.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2019
U.K. accuses China of torturing ex-Hong Kong consulate worker
The U.K. has accused Chinese authorities of torturing a former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, a move likely to further damage relations strained in recent months by London's gestures of support for pro-democracy protesters in its former colony.
WORLD / Society
Nov 20, 2019
Men in U.K. and U.S. seen growing less comfortable with female leaders
Less than 50 percent of American men would be "very comfortable" with a female head of government, according to a survey published on Tuesday that found men in Britain and the United States growing less comfortable with women in positions of power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn catches up with Johnson in dramatic U.K. election debate
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn outperformed expectations in a crucial television debate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of the U.K.'s general election on Dec. 12.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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