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BORIS JOHNSON

Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2021
Conservatives abandon Boris Johnson over new COVID-19 rules
With nearly 100 lawmakers from Johnson's own party voting against him, it was a stinging rebuke of their leader that undermines his authority just as omicron threatens the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2021
Vaccine mandates rekindle fierce debate over civil liberties
Across Europe's democracies, the latest wave of the pandemic is prompting governments to reimpose sweeping restrictions on free movement and mixing in their societies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2021
New video embarrasses Boris Johnson on alleged illegal party
The episode casts further doubt over government integrity, while fueling a view that there is one rule for the government and another for the governed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2021
Boris Johnson courts edgy MPs who may one day end his career
Johnson has been hosting weekly drinks and canapes for Tory MPs, divided into groups according to the years they entered Parliament, to try to soothe nerves.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 5, 2021
Johnson's COVID-19 gambit steers Britain's health care system into uncharted waters
Britain, its hospitals and its COVID-19 strategy are under the microscope as the country enters the dangerous winter period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 4, 2021
Inbound capital shows Macron’s 'startup nation' on track to challenge London
The French leader's efforts inviting investors every year to the Elysee Palace, organizing tech summits in Versailles and implementing reforms are starting to pay off.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2021
U.K. and India plan to connect the world's green power grids
Linking the grids would allow parts of the world with excess renewable power to send it to areas with deficits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Brexit cold turkey: U.K. tries to kick 25-year imported labor habit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit experiment — unique among major economies — has further strained supply chains already creaking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021
Fuel shortages pile pressure on Johnson as U.K. crisis escalates
The food and fuel shortages add to a pile of daunting challenges for Johnson, with Britons facing a surge in electricity and gas prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2021
Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites
The driver shortage has been caused partly by Brexit and COVID-19, and the loss of about a year of driver training and testing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2021
At Oval Office meeting, Boris Johnson's Brexit promise of U.S. trade deal fades from view
Despite having talked up a deal with Washington as a major prize of his campaign to leave the EU, the British prime minister himself has since tried to downplay expectations of progress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2021
The hidden agenda behind the deal France called a betrayal
The United States and Australia went to extraordinary lengths to keep Paris in the dark as they secretly negotiated a plan to build nuclear submarines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2021
What’s an ex-U.K. prime minister to do?
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron's lobbying for a collapsed finance firm allegedly earned him $10 million for two years of part-time work.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 7, 2021
London defined Boris Johnson. Then Brexit changed the metrics.
The city that made the British prime minister's political career risks becoming an economic casualty of his premiership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2021
At this point, the U.K.'s COVID-19 rules follow politics as much as science
If the last 18 months have taught us anything, it's that a successful COVID-19 policy requires three things: high levels of public trust, a coherent strategy and effective implementation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2021
U.K. set for big reopening as cases soar the most in the world
Pandemic restrictions are ending in England on Monday, a moment that was meant to herald the full reopening of the battered economy.
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

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