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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2016
During European tour, Obama shows support for close allies Germany and Britain
U.S. President Barack Obama spent the past four days in Europe visiting his two oldest and closest foreign political allies, spending considerable political capital on issues close to their hearts.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2016
Should Britain leave the EU?
If British voters are to make the right choice about remaining in the EU, they will have to cut through the hyperbolic claims being made by leaders on both sides.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2016
Why we say the United Kingdom is better off out
In today’s fast-moving age, size is irrelevant. What matters is having the right set of policies in place to ensure growth and investment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2016
History of Nordic EU referendums holds lessons for British vote
With Britain’s noisy campaign over a possible Brexit polarizing voters, tight referendums over EU membership two decades ago in Norway and Sweden offer lessons how campaigns that stay positive and focus on ordinary people can swing voters at the last minute.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2016
Obama urges ‘friend’ U.K. to stay in EU but Brexit camp tells him to ‘butt out’
U.S. President Barack Obama made an impassioned appeal on Friday for Britain to remain in the European Union, saying membership had magnified Britain’s place in the world and made the bloc stronger and more outward looking.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2016
Scottish National Party head says Scotland should hold new referendum if forced out of EU
Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union “against our will,” Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2016
Iran asks EU to pressure U.S. to get access to WTO
Iran, seeking European leverage to secure better terms from the United States following last year’s nuclear deal, asked the European Union to put pressure on Washington to let it into the global financial system.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2016
Casualties of globalization sound ‘Brexit’ alarm
A vote for ‘Brexit’ is a vote against Britain’s political mainstream.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2016
Migrants, the euro and ‘Brexit’: the EU at risk
Three major crises could be enough to end the EU as we now know it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016
Europe’s rule-of-law crisis
Hungary and Poland are the leading edge of a far-right agenda that has taken hold throughout Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 31, 2016
EU-Turkey deal fails to slow refugee flow to Greece, triggers street protest
Migrant and refugee arrivals to Greece from Turkey rose sharply on Wednesday, just over a week after the European Union and Turkey struck an agreement intended to cut off the flow and as hundreds marched through central Athens to protest that deal.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016
The EU-Turkey deal will fail
The deal made between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flood of refugees into the EU will soon blow up in everybody’s face.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2016
Putin ‘weaponizing’ migration to destabilize EU
Moscow’s end game is to pull as many European countries as possible into the Russian sphere of influence and away from the West.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2016
British minister’s resignation set to sharpen the EU-exit debate
British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced into a hasty cabinet reshuffle on Saturday after the dramatic resignation of a senior minister that threatens to widen divisions over Europe within the ruling Conservative Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 19, 2016
Shaky EU-Turkey agreement over migrants could fall through
A deal between the European Union and Turkey meant to curb the flow of migrants into Europe in return for financial and political rewards could unravel within months because neither side looks able to deliver on its commitments.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2016
The growth of chauvinism
Efforts must be made to stem the rise of populist politicians, who are exacerbating anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-globalization sentiments.
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2016
Merkel’s ‘Black Sunday’
If German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen as less solid in her grip on domestic politics at home, then her ability to push or steer the European ship of state is similarly diminished.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2016
Despite refugees, Europe is united on Mars exploration
While countries in Europe have been slashing budgets, one area has not just escaped the ax but chalked up a stellar jump: space exploration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2016
Migrants mired in muddy no-man’s land as closed border bars way north
The closure of the Balkan route to migrants has left about 430 desperate people, mainly Syrians and Iraqis, trapped in a muddy no-man’s land between Macedonia and Serbia, unwilling to go back to Macedonia but barred from heading to Serbia or farther north.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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