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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 2019 Outlook
Jan 2, 2019
Economic outlook for 2019: More uncertainty for Japan's economy amid planned tax rise and global slowdown
While it is not known which events will hold back global commerce, professional economic soothsayers appear in agreement that growing risks and uncertainty will slow Japan's growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2019
Top world news of 2018
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018
For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling
Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2018
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he would seek to renegotiate Brexit terms if he won snap election
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he wins a snap election next year, he said Saturday, in a blow to party supporters who want a second referendum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2018
The children take over at Westminster
If MPs vote against the one compromise proposal that is on the table, they will, with absolute certainty, be voting for chaotic impasse, with an outcome very likely to be the very opposite of what they intended.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2018
British minister says any decision on Brexit deal will happen in New Year
British Trade Minister Liam Fox said Sunday talks with the European Union to secure "assurances" for Parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal will take time, with a decision expected in the New Year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 14, 2018
'Trust me': May tells EU leaders she can get Brexit deal passed in U.K. Parliament
"Trust me," Prime Minister Theresa May told other European Union leaders on Thursday, saying that with their help, she could win the British Parliament's backing for her Brexit deal and prevent a chaotic departure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 13, 2018
Theresa May's victory in party no-confidence ballot is a vote against a no-deal Brexit
Conservative lawmakers in the U.K. voted on one question, but decided another. Their choice may not make the path for an orderly Brexit any easier, but it may make a disorderly Brexit a little less likely.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2018
Britain gets time, but Brexit options not improving
British Prime Minister Theresa May has gained time, but she still has no good options. Parliament is not going to pass the deal on the table; the EU is not going to reopen it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
May takes a gamble that running down the Brexit clock will focus political minds
Faced with a Brexit vote she cannot win, Prime Minister Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
An exasperated British lawmaker just broke one of Parliament's oldest rules
It was all so calm, so British.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2018
Theresa May calls off key vote on Brexit deal to avoid huge defeat, source says
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is calling off a crucial vote in Parliament on whether to approve her Brexit deal, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2018
Theresa May really has reaped what she sowed
The British prime minister's effort to sideline parliament has failed and now it's hard to tell who's at the wheel of Brexit.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2018
The Brexit debate takes shape
Failure to reach a deal with the EU, for whatever reason, would be a disaster for the U.K.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2018
Britain can end Brexit unilaterally, EU court adviser says
The European Court of Justice's advocate general said on Tuesday Britain has the right to withdraw its Brexit notice from the European Union unilaterally.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2018
Another minister quits over May's Brexit deal
British science and universities minister, Sam Gyimah, quit Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Friday, the sixth minister to resign in protest of her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2018
Bank of England chief goes further than U.K. government in gloomy Brexit analysis
Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney has never shied away from doomsday Brexit warnings, but in his latest analysis he has gone further than ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2018
Decision day for Japan Inc. in England
Will Japanese firms remain in post-Brexit Britain or find more welcoming friends?
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2018
Comments of some leaders, EU officials, on outcome of special Brexit summit
The 27 EU national leaders gathered Sunday to endorse both a detailed treaty setting out the terms under which Britain will leave the European Union and a declaration outlining how Britain can keep close to its biggest market by following many EU rules after a two to four year transition.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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