Brexit Headlines
NATIONALAUG 30, 2016
A museum in London dedicated to Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume (1867-1916), who spent two years in the British capital, will close in September, a year earlier than initially planned, its operator told Kyodo News on Sunday. Ikuo Tsunematsu had previously planned to close the Soseki ...
BUSINESS AUG 24, 2016
The Financial Services Agency is extending provisions that help regional financial
institutions get public funds in response to risks posed by Britain's vote to leave the
European Union, sources say. The regulator, which oversees banks, securities
COMMENTARY / WORLD AUG 24, 2016
BY CLIVE CROOK
Is Britain's less-than-full-hearted commitment to the European adventure best pursued
as an increasingly anomalous member of a broken EU or as a concerned and friendly
neighbor?
BUSINESSAUG 23, 2016
The leaders of the eurozone's biggest economies held talks on Monday in the aftermath of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union and said Europe had to turn its back on populists who blamed Brussels for all its problems. Speaking on an aircraft carrier ...
BUSINESSAUG 22, 2016
BY KATHLEEN CHU AND KOMAKI ITO
Yoshinori Nomura felt like weeping. It was the morning of June 24, Brexit day, and markets were moving against him. Well, not against him, exactly. It was the hedge fund manager's self-learning computer program that had placed the bet, selling Japanese stock-index futures before a ...
COMMENTARY / WORLDAUG 18, 2016
BY DAVID HOWELL
Political upheavals and rapid technological changes will make it difficult to reach a grand overall bargain between the U.K. and the rest of the EU.
BUSINESS / ECONOMY AUG 14, 2016
More than half of major Japanese companies surveyed expect the economy to remain
flat through the end of the year, citing such concerns as sluggish consumer spending,
a stronger yen and the effects of Britain's decision to leave the European Union, a
COMMENTARY / JAPAN AUG 11, 2016
BY HUGH CORTAZZI
As it prepares to exit the EU, Britain needs a prosperous and politically stable Japan
WORLD / POLITICS AUG 11, 2016
BY ALAN CRAWFORD
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a daunting array of demands from European
Union nations when the time comes to negotiate Britain's relationship with the bloc,
an analysis of the 27 other members shows. The survey — based on responses
BUSINESSAUG 5, 2016
The chief executive of carmaker Nissan said future investment decisions about Britain's biggest car plant will depend on the terms of a Brexit deal struck with the European Union on customs, trade and free movement of goods. Nissan's Sunderland plant in the north of England ...
BUSINESS AUG 4, 2016
The Bank of England has unveiled a series of stimulus measures, including its first
interest rate cut since the global financial crisis, as it tries to jump-start an economy
COMMENTARY / WORLDAUG 4, 2016
BY MATT SINGH
Theresa May has begun her premiership with her Conservative Party in its strongest position in more than a quarter of a century.
COMMENTARY / WORLD AUG 3, 2016
BY DAVID HOWELL
Digital empowerment has led to the creation of two
powerful but opposing forces: an
impulse to be connected across borders and a desire
COMMENTARY / WORLDAUG 3, 2016
BY SHINJI FUKUKAWA
Japan must make efforts to fortify the crumbling foundation of globalism.
COMMENTARY / WORLDAUG 2, 2016
BY HANS-WERNER SINN
COMMENTARY / WORLD AUG 1, 2016
BY NARAYANA KOCHERLAKOTA
Seniors have a unique set of interests and understanding of economic trade-offs — all
of which policymakers ignore at their peril.
