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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2016
EU can lead on clean energy
Despite the European Union’s caution on promoting renewables, Donald Trump’s lack of interest is leaving the door wide open to global leadership.
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016
The tyranny of the majority
Only a small proportion of the British population voted to leave the European Union, but the whole nation will face the consequences.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2016
Swiss Upper House backs immigration bill avoiding EU quotas
Swiss efforts to curb immigration from the European Union without provoking a clash with Brussels cleared another hurdle on Thursday when parliament’s Upper House backed giving locals first crack at open jobs rather than adopting outright quotas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2016
EU plans online screening for visa-free travelers
Millions of tourists and business people visiting Europe will have to complete a €5 ($5.35) online security check before arrival if an EU plan to tighten controls on foreigners who do not need visas wins approval.
WORLD / Society
Nov 8, 2016
Austria, Balkan states fear migrant flood if EU-Turkey deal collapses
Austria said on Monday it will meet with its Balkan neighbors to discuss what action they might take if a deal with Turkey aimed at restricting the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union collapses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2016
U.K. leader May says Britain can deepen India trade ties before leaving EU
Britain should not wait until it leaves the European Union to develop deeper trade ties with India, Prime Minister Theresa May said in New Delhi on Monday, promising to ease access for Indian business travelers but not for its students.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2016
Brexit challenge will be supreme test of Britain’s top court
The century-old Portland stone building of the U.K.’s Supreme Court stands on London’s Parliament Square, separated from the historic structures housing lawmakers and religious leaders by about 400 feet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2016
Surviving these troubled times
Our challenge, as individuals in this era of discontent, is to ensure that amid the madness, our own sanity endures.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2016
EU and Canada to sign trade pact after Belgians approve changes
Canada and the European Union will sign a landmark free trade deal on Sunday after key votes in Belgian regional assemblies on Friday ended opposition that had threatened to destroy the agreement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 26, 2016
Year’s 155,000 migrant arrivals too much for Italy to handle, Renzi says
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday said that the country cannot handle the same number of migrant arrivals next year that it has seen in 2016, calling on other European countries to do more.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2016
The U.K.’s false dilemmas
Britain doesn’t have to make any black-and-white decisions when it comes to dealing with Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2016
Belgian region’s rejection imperils EU-Canada trade deal
The Belgian region of Wallonia rejected new amendments to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Thursday, reaffirming its opposition and so threatening the entire deal, a flagship of European Union trade policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2016
The political logic of Theresa May’s ‘hard Brexit’
The Brexiteers are desperately seeking to avoid being exposed as having no negotiating power.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2016
Second Scottish independence vote ‘highly likely’ before 2020, top official says
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday it was “highly likely” that Scotland would hold a new independence referendum before 2020 after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2016
Britain, France seek more EU sanctions on Syria, Russia over Aleppo
Britain and France are leading EU efforts to impose more sanctions on Syrians close to President Bashar Assad in response to the devastating bombing of Aleppo, diplomats said, signaling that Russians may eventually be added to the list.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2016
Just say no to ‘hard Brexit’
If British Prime Minister Theresa May goes ahead with a ‘hard Brexit’ she will damage British interests.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2016
It’s not only Britain trying to re-divide Europe
Poland’s nationalistic conservative government is steering the country away from the ideal of a united Europe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2016
In new low for relations, Duterte tells Obama to ‘go to hell’
Manila’s relations with Washington appeared to be in critical condition late Thursday after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told U.S. President Barack Obama to “go to hell.” It was Duterte’s strongest outburst yet over criticism of his deadly war on drugs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2016
Britain’s May to trigger EU divorce by end of March
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would trigger the process to leave the EU by the end of March, offering the first glimpse of a timetable for a divorce that will redefine Britain’s ties with its biggest trading partner.

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