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WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2019
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn pushes for Parliament vote on new Brexit referendum
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use Parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019
Where is the European Union's Brexit policy?
The U.K. has set a new standard for political paralysis — but the EU has little to boast about.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019
Despite Brexit, I'm still proud to be a Brit
Britain can take real pride that a messy, fraught, passionate struggle over a fundamental principle of democratic and civic life is taking place within it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2019
British academic says he was forced by UAE to confess to spying charges
British academic Matthew Hedges said he had "no other option but to confess" during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2019
After Westgate debacle, quick end to latest Kenyan attack shows progress in counterterror planning
The relatively swift end to an attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex highlights improvements in Kenya's counterterrorism capabilities since Somali militants overran a shopping mall in the same neighborhood five years ago.
WORLD / Society
Jan 19, 2019
Feminist strippers win fight to keep club open in England
A strip club in Britain has won a battle to remain open after local authorities were told many of the dancers who work there are feminists.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2019
U.K.'s Prince Philip, 97, escapes unhurt after car crash near royal Sandringham estate
Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, 97, was involved in a traffic accident while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Buckingham Palace said. He was not hurt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2019
Theresa May's Brexit plan isn't dead yet
In the end, the British prime minister's rejected agreement might seem marginally less unpalatable than, and the only alternative to, a hard Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2019
May gropes for Brexit consensus after deal's crushing defeat in Parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to forge consensus in Parliament on a Brexit divorce agreement on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her own deal left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray 10 weeks before it is due to leave.
EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2019
Another historic vote on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May has struggled to find a consensus that would allow Brexit to proceed. The failure is not hers, but that of the entire British political class.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2019
May's humbling offers a glimmer of hope
There was not much meaningful about Tuesday's Brexit vote, but at least the prime minister is now finally promising to build consensus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2019
U.S. and British navies conduct first joint military exercises in disputed South China Sea
U.S. and British warships have sailed together in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, in exercises likely to stoke anger in Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2019
EU expresses horror at Brexit vote but refuses to reopen deal
The European Union said it was horrified by the massive scale of the U.K. Parliament defeat of the Brexit deal agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May but said there was no option to renegotiate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 15, 2019
Actor Hugh Grant appeals on Twitter for return of script stolen from his car
Actor Hugh Grant took to social media on Monday to appeal for the return of a script he lost when thieves broke into his car.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2019
May warns it would be 'catastrophic' for U.K. democracy if Parliament halts Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers Sunday that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before Parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2019
Brexit: A cultural morphology
How the deep forces of British history, from royalism and classism to nationalism and imperialism, combined to trigger the Brexit moment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019
U.K. government defeated in vote; lawmakers create new obstacle to no-deal Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May's government suffered a defeat in Parliament on Tuesday when lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote that created a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2019
For Japan, the fear is real that May's Brexit deal will get shot down
Prime Minister Abe will tell Theresa May that Japan has a lot riding on Brexit when he meets with her mere days before Parliament votes on her EU divorce plan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2019
Britain stages mass truck jam as practice for chaotic no-deal Brexit
Like a military operation, the project to test how traffic might flow around southeast England in the event of a no-deal Brexit started before dawn. And like many a military operation, it ran into trouble soon after making contact with reality.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2019
U.K. crime agency arrests two over arranging illegal migrant crossings of English Channel
The U.K.'s National Crime Agency has made two arrests on suspicion of arranging illegal movement of migrants across the English Channel into Britain.
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.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
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.

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