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BREXIT

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2018
Poisoning demonstrates Brexit's threat to the security of Britain
Brexiteers must realize a 'Britain alone' is a 'Britain vulnerable.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2018
U.K. Parliament must have power to stop 'No Deal' Brexit: Labour
Britain's opposition Labour Party was to on Monday demand that parliament has the final say on the government's Brexit deal, including an option to send ministers back to the negotiating table rather than leave without an exit agreement.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2018
New post-Brexit British passport to be made by Franco-Dutch firm De La Rue
The new blue British passports that Prime Minister Theresa May called "an expression of our independence and sovereignty" after Brexit will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm, the boss of the British company which lost the contract said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 21, 2018
Macron says too much English spoken in pre-Brexit Brussels
The English language is too dominant in Brussels, especially with Britain soon to exit the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he vowed to fight for a wider use of French in EU institutions and abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2018
U.K. bags Brexit transition deal to avoid 2019 'cliff edge' in return for Irish vow
Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday to a transition period to avoid a "cliff edge" Brexit next year — though only after London accepted a potential solution for the border with the Irish Republic that may face stiff opposition at home.
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.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2018
Japanese biz lobbies call for EU-Japan trade deal to apply to U.K. during British exit transition
Japan's leading business bodies have called for Tokyo's trade deal with the European Union to apply to Britain during the around two-year transition phase that will help smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc.
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 / 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.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2018
EU and Japan rush to activate trade deal before Brexit
The European Union and Japan are rushing to ensure their planned free trade agreement can take force early in 2019, ideally before the British exit from the EU, the lead negotiators of both sides said on Wednesday.
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.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2018
Brexit begins to bite Britain
Despite the promises of Brexit supporters that exit would benefit Britons, evidence is mounting that it will instead leave them much worse off.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2018
Britain's May wins backing for EU security pact, but timing unclear
British Prime Minister Theresa May made her case Saturday for a new security treaty with the EU from next year, winning support from EU and U.S. officials who agreed the issue was too important to risk getting subsumed in broader Brexit negotiations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018
Japan sounds Brexit alarm: We cannot continue in U.K. without profit
Japan's ambassador to Britain tells Prime Minister Teresa May that Nissan, SoftBank, Nomura and other companies will likely leave if post-Brexit trade barriers make them unprofitable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2018
London bridges to nowhere
U.K. leaders' apparent belief that they can muddle through Brexit is setting the U.K. up for a rude awakening.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2018
U.K. will not 'surrender' over bespoke Brexit deal with EU, minister says
Britain will not "surrender" in its fight to win a bespoke deal with the European Union that would offer tariff-free trade as well as control over immigration, a minister said on Sunday before a crunch week for the government in Brexit negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2018
Are you okay, Auntie May? China warms to U.K. prime minster
British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in China earlier this week fending off questions about her future amid mounting accusations of poor leadership, boring policies, and weakness over Brexit.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
U.K. government will give Parliament initial Brexit analysis
Britain's government said on Wednesday it would hand over to Parliament what it called an initial analysis of the impact of Brexit, trying to deflect accusations that ministers are badly prepared for leaving the EU.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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