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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2015
The night the dream died
The financial contagion of Greek profligacy may have been averted, but the price will be the even more virulent political contagion of Euroskepticism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2015
'Surreptitious' Grexit plan not so secret after Varoufakis slip
Yanis Varoufakis divulged the details on how Greece could sneak out of the euro "without telling anyone" in a conference call released Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2015
Did Putin sell out Greece to Western leaders?
Did Vladimir Putin withdraw Russia's support for helping Greece exit the euro to score points with the West?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2015
Germany, not Greece, should exit the euro
A German return to the deutsche mark would cause the value of the euro to fall immediately, giving countries in Europe's periphery a much-needed boost in competitiveness.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 10, 2015
Orderly 'Grexit' poses a puzzle for lawyers
A "Grexit" on Sunday? Not so fast, say the lawyers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2015
Greeks, Germans and these so-called deadlines
Some of what has gone wrong with the tedious bailout talks between Greece and its northern European creditors can probably be attributed to cultural differences.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2015
Eurozone ultimatum: Greece has until Sunday to come up with debt deal
Eurozone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic ruin.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
What now for Greece, euro?
Most Greeks know the current approach isn't working, that's why they voted against a third bailout.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
Why the euro experiment is destined to fail
The euro is destined to fail because it imposes a common monetary policy on economies that requires different ones.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
Greeks stand up to 'lemon socialism'
The latest restructuring attempt has been emphatically rejected by the Greek people as little more than a bailout for European creditors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
The Greeks have voted, now kick them out
Now that Greece has voted overwhelmingly against a compromise that would have allowed Europe to continue financing it, it must be forced out of the eurozone and perhaps the EU.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2015
German Euroskeptic party's founder ousted by rival who plans to focus on immigration
The founder of the Euroskeptic party Alternative for Germany (AfD) lost a leadership vote on Saturday to his main rival, heralding a new focus on immigration for a party that was set up to oppose the euro.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2015
Euro faces existential threat with Greece's membership in jeopardy
Three years after Mario Draghi pledged to do whatever it took, within his mandate, to save the euro, the breakdown in the Greek rescue talks is calling into question the integrity of the entire currency union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2015
Greece's Tsipras isn't on the side of democracy
The question for Greeks today is whether they think the leftist policies of Syriza will give them a better future with default, capital controls and the drachma.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 12, 2015
England's qualification for Euro 2016 a virtual certainty
For a week we have been told how boring England were in the 0-0 draw against the Republic of Ireland. How Roy Hodgson's tactics are sterile. How the England players wear a tactical strait-jacket.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2015
Europe's poisoned chalice of economic growth
In developing countries, it is said that good times are bad times for economic reform. Welcome to developing Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015
EU’s easy-money endgame
The euro has brought a balance-of-payments crisis to Europe, just as the gold standard did in the 1920s. Only one difference exists between the two episodes: In today's crisis, huge international rescue packages have been available.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 26, 2015
Hard to be optimistic about England's outlook
Roy Hodgson is pleased with the progress England has made since the debacle of Brazil 2014.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2015
Europe needs a stronger security architecture
The Euro-Atlantic region's existing security architecture is not up to the task of resolving the current crisis in Ukraine and increasing cooperation and stability in the region.
WORLD
Jan 1, 2015
Lithuania joins euro as tensions with Russia rise
Lithuania joined the euro zone at the stroke of midnight on Thursday, hoping to anchor itself in Europe as its former master Russia flexes its military muscle in the region.
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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