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BREXIT

COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2016
The Brexit question that nobody has asked
Is Britain's less-than-full-hearted commitment to the European adventure best pursued as an increasingly anomalous member of a broken EU or as a concerned and friendly neighbor?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2016
EU must move forward after Brexit, agree Germany, France, Italy
The leaders of the eurozone's biggest economies held talks on Monday in the aftermath of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union and said Europe had to turn its back on populists who blamed Brussels for all its problems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2016
Japanese AI hedge fund paves way for evolution of trading
Yoshinori Nomura felt like weeping. It was the morning of June 24, Brexit day, and markets were moving against him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2016
High hurdles line the road to a new U.K.-EU relationship
Political upheavals and rapid technological changes will make it difficult to reach a grand overall bargain between the U.K. and the rest of the EU.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016
Brexit and the geopolitics of emotion
The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union defies logic.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2016
Reappraising Japan-U.K. ties
As it prepares to exit the EU, Britain needs a prosperous and politically stable Japan more than ever.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2016
EU nations' red lines for Brexit: a first look
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a daunting array of demands from European Union nations when the time comes to negotiate Britain's relationship with the bloc, an analysis of the 27 other members shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2016
Nissan says Brexit deal will determine future U.K. plant investment: report
The chief executive of carmaker Nissan said future investment decisions about Britain's biggest car plant will depend on the terms of a Brexit deal struck with the European Union on customs, trade and free movement of goods.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2016
Britain's Tories are now in a class of their own
Theresa May has begun her premiership with her Conservative Party in its strongest position in more than a quarter of a century.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2016
Just how divided is Britain?
Digital empowerment has led to the creation of two powerful but opposing forces: an impulse to be connected across borders and a desire for more local control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2016
The future of globalism stands at a crossroads
Japan must make efforts to fortify the crumbling foundation of globalism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016
Saving EU's freedom of movement
The EU will disintegrate if it doesn't change its migration rules that have made it a welfare magnet for economic migrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2016
Brexit vote demonstrated the power of the old
Seniors have a unique set of interests and understanding of economic trade-offs — all of which policymakers ignore at their peril.
WORLD
Jul 29, 2016
Ireland plans for 'soft border' with U.K. after Brexit
Ireland is planning a system of electronic border surveillance that it hopes will prevent it having to erect physical barriers with Northern Ireland when Britain leaves the European Union, its customs service said on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2016
Brexit doesn't doom the Japan-U.K. partnership
Japan should be aggressive in trying to shape post-Brexit trade relations with Britain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2016
FTAs easier said than done
The Britons who pushed for Brexit misled voters by telling them that free trade was an easy and speedy option.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Longform

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In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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