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BREXIT

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2022
Was Trump or Brexit the bigger mistake? The answer is clear.
As Americans and Britons are discovering, nations can recover from bad elections far more easily than from bad referendums.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2022
Sunak to meet with Irish counterpart in sign of post-Brexit progress
U.K.-EU relations have been strained for months over post-Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak must detoxify Brexit to save himself
A thaw in U.K.-EU relations is the U.K. prime minister's best hope of political survival.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2022
The pitfalls of Brexit are no longer taboo in U.K. politics
Brexit has caused six years of 'damage,” 'policy confusion” and 'ineptitude,” a columnist for the traditionally Brexit-backing Telegraph newspaper wrote this weekend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2022
Made in Britain: Broken supply lines drive manufacturing back home
After two years of global supply-chain disruption, manufacturers around Birmingham say they are inundated with orders, helped by clients bringing some production back home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2022
For Boris Johnson, a tumultuous tenure ends with a messy exit
The risk-taking bravado of Britain's colorful prime minister was not enough to compensate for his shortcomings, or overcome a catastrophic loss of party support.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2022
Should Scotland be an independent country?
At least for now, a replay of Scotland's 2014 independence vote is the last thing the country needs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2022
Japan urges U.K. to reach EU deal that doesn’t hurt its companies
The United Kingdom is pushing ahead with legislation to override parts of the Brexit deal it signed with the EU, risking a serious legal dispute.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2022
Boris Johnson clings to power, but question now is for how long
After years of weathering sex scandals, gaffes and missteps, the British prime minister, a relative loner in the Conservative Party, might be running out of road.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2022
Brexit made Boris Johnson. Now he has to face its costs.
The inflationary impact on the U.K. economy and the risks of de-globalization are worsening pressure on companies and consumers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022
Brexit caused a ‘major shock’ to U.K. trade patterns, study says
However, the researchers stressed that the results may 'reflect temporary changes,” since the study captures only the first year of Brexit and didn't asses trade in services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 4, 2022
Post-Brexit London races to keep its head start in fintech
Key players looking to remake finance are gathering this week to discuss how the U.K. can 'remain the world's preeminent financial services and innovation hub.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022
Britain gets approval for next step to join trans-Pacific trade pact
London will be expected to submit its market access offer, such as on tariffs, to members within the next 30 days, Japan's Cabinet Secretariat said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022
City of London policy chief says COVID is masking Brexit's hit to finance hub
The U.K.'s financial sector lost most of its access to the European Union — which had been its single biggest export customer — after completing its exit from the bloc a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 5, 2022
The U.K. is being consumed by Brexit more than COVID-19
One year into 'going it alone,” Brexit and the pandemic are morphing into a political demon that risks slipping out of Boris Johnson's control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 23, 2021
How a year of Brexit thumped Britain’s economy and businesses
According to one poll, a majority of the British population would now vote to re-join the the EU, including one in ten who voted to leave in the 2016 referendum.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2021
Johnson’s Brexit chief quits in another blow to U.K. leader
The departure of such a pivotal figure in Johnson's sphere comes on the heels of greater restrictions — including vaccine passports — to combat the spread of the omicron variant.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2021
'Perfect storm': Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze
Economic and policy analysts say the world's fifth-biggest economy faces a deepening cost-of-living crisis.
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
WORLD
Oct 4, 2021
Why Brexit Britain is isolated, vulnerable and running on fumes
The country faces 'a perfect inflationary storm” that could plunge the economy into a recession next year.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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