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UK BREXIT

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
U.K. illusions of grandeur
The May government must not allow nostalgia for Great Britain's past glories to cloud its vision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
Theresa May's hard Brexit risks a crash landing
British Prime Minister Theresa May's objectives for negotiating with the EU make clear her intention to prioritize hardline Brexiteers' demands over the country's economic interests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2017
Hitachi says Brexit may hurt its rail plant in England after exports become needed in 2019
Hitachi Ltd. said Britain's vote to quit the European Union may become more of a concern when the conglomerate's train factory in northern England becomes more reliant on exports after 2019.
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BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2017
Nissan, Toyota back U.K. plants despite May's Brexit plan
Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. say they'll keep making cars in the U.K. despite Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to leave the European Union's single market, which could make exporting from British factories less lucrative.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 18, 2017
The long goodbye: making sense of Brexit from Japan
What Brexit will mean in practice remains a mystery. Also unknown is what effect — if any — Britain's divorce from the EU will have on 'Brexpats' in Japan.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2017
Britain will leave EU single market, May says
Britain will leave the European Union's single market when it exits the group, Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday, putting an end to speculation that London might try to seek a "soft Brexit."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2017
Open society needs defending
Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of closed societies — from fascist dictatorships to mafia states — are on the rise.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
Speaking truth to power
The resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers, the British ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, has raised serious issues not only about Britain's strategy for Brexit but also about relations between officials and politicians and their political advisers.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
The messy march of folly to Brexit and beyond
Barbara Tuchman published her masterpiece, "The March of Folly," in 1984. It explored what the American writer and historian called "one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests." Today she might have explored the march of folly...
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WORLD
Dec 29, 2016
The top overseas news stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these world news stories as the most important of 2016.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2016
Democracy may be down but it's far from out
This past year has been one where the limits and failings of democracy became more visible than at any time since World War II enshrined the view that representative government was best.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2016
The year the establishment failed
Key events in 2016 were moments of disintegration that exposed a frail and fragile political order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2016
Yes, 2016 was bad — and 2017 could be worse
This has been a complicated year. Don't count on 2017 being any easier.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2016
Welcome to the age of hyper-uncertainty
The year 2017 will mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Age of Uncertainty.' But if Galbraith were writing the same book in 2017, he probably would call the 1970s the Age of Assurance.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2016
U.K., looking beyond Europe, to hold regular trade talks with South Korea
The U.K. and South Korea are set to begin regular trade talks, with luxury brands a particularly promising topic, as Britain prepares to expand its commercial reach once it has left the European Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
It's more like 1848 than 1930
The real danger today is that the forces that propelled Trump to the U.S. presidency or that pushed Britain out of the European Union will not be sated by their recent victories.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
Understanding the geopolitics of populism
What unites supporters of Donald Trump and the U.K.'s 'leave' campaign is not anger at being excluded from the benefits of globalization, but rather a shared sense of unease that they no longer control their own destinies.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2016
Elites must engage populists
Populists cannot be eliminated, but they can be co-opted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Austrians in runoff roundly reject far-right presidential candidate
Austrian voters roundly rejected on Sunday a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War II, halting at least temporarily the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016
Brexit — the next chapter
The ripples continue to spread out from the United Kingdom's Brexit decision to leave the European Union.

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The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports