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U.K.

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2018
Making the best case for Brexit
The government must persuade a deeply divided nation that Brexit is the right course.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2018
Russia to respond by expelling U.K. diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens
Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack with military-grade nerve agent on English soil.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
With sanctions and condemnation, U.S. hints it is taking tougher stance toward Russia
By imposing new sanctions on Russia and condemning a suspected Russian chemical attack in Britain, Washington has hinted at a tougher stance toward Moscow despite President Donald Trump's stated desire for better ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent
Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, which they said threatened Western security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
May visits U.K. city where Russian double-agent was poisoned
British Prime Minister Theresa May visited Salisbury on Thursday, the elegant cathedral city that became the unlikely backdrop to a chemical attack against a Russian former double-agent this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
U.K. awaits Putin's next move as tensions mount over ex-spy's nerve agent poisoning
Britons have steeled themselves for President Vladimir Putin's reaction after Prime Minister Theresa May threw out 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on U.K. soil.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy
Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a Russian former double agent in southern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday, adding it was the biggest single expulsion in over 30 years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 14, 2018
The Japanese lessons of a 'plastic Paddy'
A Briton of Irish stock finds the 'Irishness' he seeks not on the Emerald Isle itself but in the expat pubs of his adopted land.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2018
U.K. TV may pull broadcaster Russia Today's plug over spy poisoning crisis
Britain's media regulator said Russia Today could lose its license to broadcast in the U.K. if Prime Minister Theresa May's government determines that Moscow was behind a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England this month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2018
Meghan Markle carries out first royal engagement with U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth
Prince Harry's American fiancee, Meghan Markle, on Monday took part in her first official royal engagement with Britain's Queen Elizabeth since the couple announced they were getting married last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2018
London house prices drop at the fastest pace since 2009
London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since the depths of the recession almost a decade ago, with the capital's most expensive areas seeing the biggest declines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2018
May faces calls to retaliate against Russia after spy attack
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces calls to crack down on Russian influence in Britain amid reports that investigators have linked Vladimir Putin's regime to last week's poisoning of a former spy in a city southwest of London.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2018
'No deal' Brexit could cost U.K. and EU companies £58 billion, report warns
Companies in the United Kingdom and the European Union face an extra £58 billion ($80 billion) in annual costs if there is a no-deal Brexit, with the U.K.'s vast financial sector set to be the worst-hit industry, according to a report issued Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
In wake of attack on Russian former double agent, a look at complex and rarely used nerve agents
Thousands of people have been fatally gassed with nerve agents on battlefields since World War II, most recently in Iraq and Syria, but they are not a weapon of choice for urban assassinations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2018
U.K. far-right figure whose anti-Muslim videos were retweeted by Trump is jailed for hate crime
AFP-Jiji
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2018
Italy's Five Star rebels must now negotiate with the establishment
The anti-establishment Five Star Movement has emerged as the big winner in Italian elections, but now it faces very tough choices that will probably involve working together with the establishment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2018
Setting out Brexit vision, May asks EU to show flexibility
Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, saying Britain realizes it cannot get all it wants but believes an ambitious trade deal is still possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2018
Toyota to build new Auris car at U.K. plant in Brexit boost for May
Toyota said on Wednesday it will build the next generation of its Auris car in England in a welcome boost to Prime Minister Theresa May as Britain exits the European Union, confirming a previous report.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2018
More than 60 British lawmakers demand May deliver Brexit with full autonomy: BBC
More than 60 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have signed a letter demanding that she deliver a Brexit that ensures "full regulatory autonomy" for Britain after it leaves in March 2019, the BBC reported.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2018
In apparent bid to woo voters, May launches review of high U.K. university fees, promising fairer deal
Britain could reduce the burden of university fees on students and bring back grants for their living expenses, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday, under pressure to lure younger voters a year after they cost her parliamentary majority.

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