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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2017
U.K. says pedophiles, organized crime using WhatsApp with impunity, demands access to messages
Britain said WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption communication services allowed pedophiles and organized crime groups to operate beyond the reach of the law and called on the messaging service to move faster to help governments catch offenders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2017
Moscow reveals cables sent to USSR by famed British double agent Kim Philby
A new exhibition in Moscow has made public for the first time secret documents that British double agent Kim Philby sent to his Soviet handlers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2017
London's homeless estimated at 12,000, with many 'sofa surfing' or resorting to 'survival sex' with strangers
For each person sleeping rough on London's streets, there are 13 more "hidden homeless" who sofa surf, sleep on buses, squat or have sex with strangers each night, a report said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 27, 2017
U.K. inventor James Dyson aims for electric car launch by 2020
James Dyson, the billionaire British inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, said on Tuesday his company was working on developing an electric car to be launched by 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2017
U.K.'s May sets out transition plan in bid to unlock Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Theresa May, trying on Friday to reassure business and reset the tone of stalled exit negotiations with the European Union, set out a plan to retain full access to the EU's single market for two years after Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2017
London subway bombing could have been much worse, police chief says
A home-made bomb which injured 30 when it partially detonated on a packed London train a week ago had the potential to cause much more damage, the head of the city's police force said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2017
Boris Johnson was less popular than Theresa May, says former U.K. Conservative party aide
As U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson burnishes his euro-skeptic credentials for a possible Conservative Party leadership bid, secret polling has emerged showing he was unpopular with voters and had to be kept out of the public eye during this year's election campaign, a former government aide has...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2017
Second man arrested over London train attack
A second man has been arrested over Friday's bombing of a London commuter train that injured 30 people and Britain remained on its highest level of alert on Sunday with soldiers helping provide security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2017
British police arrest 18-year-old in hunt for London train bomber
British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern port of Dover on Saturday in a "significant" development in the hunt for the culprits behind a London commuter train bombing that injured 30 people a day earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2017
U.K.'s Boris Johnson reignites leadership speculation with Brexit plans
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson set out his plans for a "glorious" Brexit on Saturday that angered colleagues and reignited speculation he would challenge Prime Minister Theresa May for the leadership of the Conservative party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2017
Weak currencies: Be careful what you wish for
Beyond the short term, the disadvantages of a weak currency begin to loom larger.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 30, 2017
Murdoch pulls Fox News from Sky platform as U.K. mulls takeover deal, probe
Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 27, 2017
How a love of Japan led me to stop dating its women
A British academic concludes that the only way he can truly enjoy and develop his love for Japan is by excluding his love life from the equation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2017
U.K.'s Labour shifts to support staying in EU single market, undermining May as Brexit talks resume
The U.K.'s opposition Labour Party wants Britain to stay in the European Union's single market for an extended period after it leaves the bloc, a shift in its position that could undermine Prime Minister Theresa May's efforts to deliver her vision of Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2017
Britain outlines plans to break free of European Court after Brexit
Britain on Wednesday outlined several escape routes from the "direct jurisdiction" of the European Court of Justice after Brexit, one of Prime Minister Theresa May's key aims in talks to unstitch 40 years of EU membership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2017
At last, U.K. heading for smoother Brexit waters
At last, the Brexit issue is calming down and the way forward is becoming clear.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2017
U.K. academic publisher reposts blocked China articles after outcry
A leading British academic publisher that bowed to pressure from Beijing to block online access to hundreds of scholarly articles in China reversed its position and reposted the material on Monday, following an outcry over academic freedom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2017
Beijing puts pressure on U.K. academic publisher to pull scholarly articles from China website
Cambridge University Press (CUP), one of Britain's most respected academic publishers, has blocked online access in China to hundreds of scholarly articles and book reviews on Chinese affairs after coming under pressure from Beijing.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2017
Rare drug-resistant fungus found in 55 U.K. hospitals
A rare fungus that can cause drug-resistant infections has been found in around 200 patients in more than 55 hospitals across Britain, health officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 12, 2017
The unfinished business of Indian partition
The nightmarish horrors of India's partition by the British 70 years ago on Aug. 15, 1947, cast a long shadow into the 21st century.
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.
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.
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.

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