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BORIS JOHNSON

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Britain warns Russia over double agent's mysterious illness
Britain warned Russia on Tuesday of a robust response if the Kremlin was behind a mysterious illness that has struck down a former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2017
Britain's top diplomat Boris Johnson makes off-colored joke about dead bodies in Libya
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quipped on Tuesday that Libya can become a new Dubai if it can clear the dead bodies away, the latest gaffe by Britain's top diplomat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2017
Britain's Boris Johnson in hot water over Kipling colonial poem gaffe in Myanmar
Britain's ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to the country's most famous Buddhist site.
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 / Politics
Sep 17, 2017
Minister says Johnson's Brexit plan 'absolutely fine,' not bid for leadership
British Home Secretary (interior minister) Amber Rudd said Sunday that Boris Johnson was not starting a leadership bid by setting out his plans for Brexit in a newspaper article, adding that his intervention was "absolutely fine."
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
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2016
British PM May slaps down foreign minister over Saudi comments
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was not setting out government policy when he said Saudi Arabia and Iran were stoking proxy wars across the Middle East, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Boris Johnson refuses to apologize for years of 'misconstrued' insults
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday it would take far too long for him to apologize for the "rich thesaurus" of rude comments he has directed at world leaders and others over the years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 26, 2016
U.K.'s Johnson wins backing for prime ministerial bid from key 'leave' ally Gove; Corbyn sacks shadow finance chief
Boris Johnson, one of the leaders of the successful "leave" campaign in Britain's European Union membership referendum, has won the backing of a key colleague to replace David Cameron as prime minister, a newspaper reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2016
Muslim is seen as favorite to run London after racially charged mayoral race
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim lawmaker from Britain's opposition Labour Party, is the strong favorite to win London's mayoral election Thursday after a bitter contest marked by religious tensions and accusations of racism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 22, 2016
With eye on Downing Street, Boris bets all on 'Brexit'
With one hand in his suit pocket and the other mussing his signature blond hair, Boris Johnson on Sunday took the riskiest gamble of his career: to oppose Prime Minister David Cameron by campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 15, 2015
Mayor of London urges Japan Inc. to upgrade payments systems, draw on his city's fintech sector
The mayor of London on Thursday urged Japan to embrace more financial innovations such as mobile payments as it prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2013
U.K. mayor wants to close Heathrow
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will submit plans to close the British capital's Heathrow Airport on the grounds that it's too noisy and replace it with a four-runway hub in one of three locations east or north of the city.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition
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