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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 27, 2018
Australia to expel two Russian diplomats over U.K. nerve agent attack, hints at World Cup boycott
Australia will expel two Russian diplomats in response to a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that the U.K. government has blamed on Moscow, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday.
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.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 25, 2018
What’s behind Japan’s enduring love of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’?
Emily Bronte’s only novel, ‘Wuthering Heights,’ set in the moors of Yorkshire in the late 18th century, has long held a special place in Japanese hearts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2018
New post-Brexit British passport to be made by Franco-Dutch firm De La Rue
The new blue British passports that Prime Minister Theresa May called “an expression of our independence and sovereignty” after Brexit will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm, the boss of the British company which lost the contract said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 21, 2018
Macron says too much English spoken in pre-Brexit Brussels
The English language is too dominant in Brussels, especially with Britain soon to exit the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he vowed to fight for a wider use of French in EU institutions and abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018
23 expelled Russian diplomats leave Britain in nerve agent crisis, 23 alleged spies also get boot
Twenty-three expelled Russian diplomats and their families left London for Moscow on Tuesday as Britain and Russia traded recriminations over a nerve agent attack in England that has plunged relations into their worst crisis since the Cold War.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2018
U.K. bags Brexit transition deal to avoid 2019 ‘cliff edge’ in return for Irish vow
Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday to a transition period to avoid a “cliff edge” Brexit next year — though only after London accepted a potential solution for the border with the Irish Republic that may face stiff opposition at home.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2018
OPCW inspectors analyze toxin used on former Russian spy; EU backs Britain
Inspectors from the world’s chemical weapons watchdog on Monday began examining the poison used to strike down a former Russian double agent in England, in an attack that London blames on Moscow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2018
Making the best case for Brexit
The government must persuade a deeply divided nation that Brexit is the right course.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2018
Russia to respond by expelling U.K. diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens
Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack with military-grade nerve agent on English soil.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
With sanctions and condemnation, U.S. hints it is taking tougher stance toward Russia
By imposing new sanctions on Russia and condemning a suspected Russian chemical attack in Britain, Washington has hinted at a tougher stance toward Moscow despite President Donald Trump’s stated desire for better ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent
Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, which they said threatened Western security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
May visits U.K. city where Russian double-agent was poisoned
British Prime Minister Theresa May visited Salisbury on Thursday, the elegant cathedral city that became the unlikely backdrop to a chemical attack against a Russian former double-agent this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
U.K. awaits Putin’s next move as tensions mount over ex-spy’s nerve agent poisoning
Britons have steeled themselves for President Vladimir Putin’s reaction after Prime Minister Theresa May threw out 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on U.K. soil.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy
Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a Russian former double agent in southern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday, adding it was the biggest single expulsion in over 30 years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 14, 2018
The Japanese lessons of a ‘plastic Paddy’
A Briton of Irish stock finds the ‘Irishness’ he seeks not on the Emerald Isle itself but in the expat pubs of his adopted land.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2018
U.K. TV may pull broadcaster Russia Today’s plug over spy poisoning crisis
Britain’s media regulator said Russia Today could lose its license to broadcast in the U.K. if Prime Minister Theresa May’s government determines that Moscow was behind a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England this month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2018
Meghan Markle carries out first royal engagement with U.K.’s Queen Elizabeth
Prince Harry’s American fiancee, Meghan Markle, on Monday took part in her first official royal engagement with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth since the couple announced they were getting married last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2018
London house prices drop at the fastest pace since 2009
London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since the depths of the recession almost a decade ago, with the capital’s most expensive areas seeing the biggest declines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2018
May faces calls to retaliate against Russia after spy attack
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces calls to crack down on Russian influence in Britain amid reports that investigators have linked Vladimir Putin’s regime to last week’s poisoning of a former spy in a city southwest of London.

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