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EUROPE

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2020
The pandemic has everyone ditching coal quicker — except Asia
While the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the death of coal in developed nations, the dirtiest fossil fuel is alive and kicking in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2020
Trump's troop cut in Germany blindsided U.S. officials, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security officials, according to five sources familiar with the matter, and the Pentagon had yet to receive a formal order to carry it out, Reuters has learned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2020
Europe reaches a tipping point over China’s Hong Kong gamble
EU governments face a dilemma over how to respond as they shift from battling the coronavirus to economic recovery.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2020
China on the sideline as Japan plays bigger role in Kosovo
Advertisements for Huawei are ubiquitous in Europe. In Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, a massive electronic sign for Huawei towers above the central square. A similarly large Coca-Cola sign looms over a statue of what any local will tell you is Alexander the Great that dominates the square. Officially...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2020
Europe’s debt reckoning may mean tough choices on who to tax
As European governments rapidly ramp up borrowing to aid economies, the region's experience of austerity is framing the debate on how to tackle debt.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 20, 2020
Surveillance and monitoring invade European post-pandemic workplaces
A "Romware Covid Radius bracelet” beeps every time a Tata Steel Ltd. worker in the U.K. or a docker at Belgium’s Antwerp port is within virus-catching distance of someone. At Bouygues SA construction sites and in Sanofi and Schneider Electric SE offices in France employees enter after thermal cameras...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2020
Europe’s broken tourism industry struggles to save the summer
On the Greek island of Mykonos, Mayor Kostas Koukas is desperately trying to revive the tourism that is the life blood of the local economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 15, 2020
As China pushes back on coronavirus, Europe wakes to 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy
As Beijing seeks to control the damage to its global reputation, the government is pushing hard to control the story from Berlin to Bratislava
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2020
Good clean fun? Holidays reinvented for the coronavirus age
No more feasting from the hotel buffet, showing off your tan under the disco lights or impromptu dips in the swimming pool — holidaying during the coronavirus pandemic will be a more sanitized affair.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2020
Solidarity amid global challenges
It is a great pleasure and honor to address readers of The Japan Times on Europe Day. The day is especially significant this year, as it marks the 70th anniversary of the call by then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman to create a European coal and steel community, the embryo of what is the European...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 11, 2020
EU officials ask if they have the wrong person running the show
National governments are reasserting their power and the coronavirus is exposing the EU's old fault lines with a new ferocity.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2020
Masked and standing apart, the world tiptoes out of pandemic lockdown
Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries easing measures to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 28, 2020
Italy wants to reopen. Businesses ask: Where's the money?
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Roberto Ferraro to shut the patisserie he runs in Amelia, a scenic hilltop town in central Italy, he had just rented out a new site to increase production of ice cream and start selling it abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2020
China pressured EU to drop COVID-19 disinformation criticism, sources say
China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 23, 2020
Spain extends lockdown as coronavirus cases rise again in Europe
Italy, France and Spain continued to grapple with some of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks as discussions in Germany and within the European Union focused on how to mitigate the economic fallout.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 22, 2020
Lockdown exit set to show Europe’s domestic abuse toll
For most of Europe, the easing of coronavirus lockdowns in the coming weeks will bring relief and a sense that the worst is over. For the social workers tracking domestic abuse, it’s likely to uncover more terrible news.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2020
China’s coronavirus diplomacy has finally pushed Europe too far
With a series of high-level summits culminating in a visit to Germany in the fall by President Xi Jinping, this was supposed to be the year of Europe-China diplomacy. Instead, Europeans are warning of a damaging rift.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2020
As most airlines scrap jet orders, one tiny carrier is throttling up
Airlines are doing everything they can to scrap or delay jetliner deliveries amid an unprecedented collapse in air travel. Not Air Baltic Corp.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2020
Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometer from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2020
EU finance chiefs agree on €540 billion virus rescue package
European Union finance ministers agreed on a €540 billion ($590 billion) package of measures to combat the economic fallout of the global pandemic.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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