Tag - labour

 
Menu
Search
 
November 22, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

LABOUR

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2019
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn pushes for Parliament vote on new Brexit referendum
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use Parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2019
May gropes for Brexit consensus after deal's crushing defeat in Parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to forge consensus in Parliament on a Brexit divorce agreement on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her own deal left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray 10 weeks before it is due to leave.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018
U.K. shadow finance minister commits Brexit gaffe by longing for 'united' Ireland
Asked for his Brexit solution to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, a leading member of the U.K.'s main opposition party dropped a bombshell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2018
Britain's Labour Party plans to make companies transfer shares to workers
Large companies would be forced to transfer as much as 10 percent of their shares into a fund to be owned and managed collectively by their workers, under plans to be set out by Britain's opposition Labour Party on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2018
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says party backs new election to solve Brexit issue
Britain's opposition Labour Party prefers a new election to a second referendum on Brexit, its leader said Sunday, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May whose plans for a divorce deal with the European Union have hit an impasse.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2018
Trying to defuse criticism of leader Jeremy Corbyn, Britain's Labour Party defines anti-Semitism
Britain's Labour Party adopted an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism on Tuesday, trying to defuse a dispute that has deepened rifts and heaped pressure on its leader at a time when the government is struggling over Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2018
Britain's plan to again nationalize key rail line sparks new row over ownership
The British government is renationalizing the rail route between London and Edinburgh, taking back the line from a private company after it over-estimated profits, in a step likely to reignite a debate over public ownership of the U.K.'s railways.
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.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2018
In apparent bid to woo voters, May launches review of high U.K. university fees, promising fairer deal
Britain could reduce the burden of university fees on students and bring back grants for their living expenses, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday, under pressure to lure younger voters a year after they cost her parliamentary majority.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2017
May defeated in Parliament over Brexit blueprint as lawmakers push through changes
Prime Minister Theresa May's government was defeated on Wednesday, when lawmakers forced through changes to its Brexit blueprint that ministers said could endanger Britain's departure from the European Union.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017
Britons in Japan welcome U.K. election result
British residents of Japan with Japanese spouses breathed a sigh of relief Friday after British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party failed to win an overall majority in the general election, leaving its hard-line policy on immigration up in the air.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2017
Theresa May's biggest mistake
U.K. voters threw out the script. Let that be a lesson.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2017
U.K. Conservatives lose majority as May's election gamble over Brexit backfires
Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to hold on to her job on Friday as British voters dealt her a punishing blow, denying her the stronger mandate she had sought to conduct Brexit talks and instead weakening her party's grip on power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2017
Written off as a no-hoper, socialist U.K. Labour leader Corbyn gaining ground, crowds ahead of polls
For a radical socialist written off by many as a no-hoper leading Britain's Labour Party to its worst-ever election defeat on June 8, Jeremy Corbyn is pulling in big crowds.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2016
In Britain, anti-Semitic sentiment endures
Anti-Semitism is staining Britain's Labour Party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2016
Britain, too, is infected with political silliness
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a reactionary masquerading as a revolutionary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2016
Muslim is seen as favorite to run London after racially charged mayoral race
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim lawmaker from Britain's opposition Labour Party, is the strong favorite to win London's mayoral election Thursday after a bitter contest marked by religious tensions and accusations of racism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2015
Don't trust the U.K. pollsters
Britain's Labour Party lost the recent election because it had the wrong leader and unconvincing policies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2015
U.K. election most unpredictable in generations
On May 7, British voters will go to the polls in the most unpredictable general election for decades.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono
The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER