JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: 1 Mar - 31 Mar 2019

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WORLD / POLITICSMAR 31, 2019

Britain's Theresa May under pressure to forge softer EU divorce deal

Britain's exit from the European Union was in disarray after the implosion of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy left her under pressure from rival factions to leave without a deal, go for an election or forge a much softer divorce. After one of the ...

WORLD / POLITICS | ANALYSISMAR 30, 2019

Europe watches Brexit with frustrated disbelief as deadline day deepens morass

The date for the U.K.'s departure from the European Union was seemingly chiseled in stone: March 29, 2019. When it finally arrived with no Brexit, Europeans could only shake their heads in frustrated disbelief. They saw three years of bluster on how Britain would exit ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 30, 2019

No-deal Brexit fears rise as Parliament sinks May's deal

Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc. The decision to reject a ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 28, 2019

Theresa May offers to quit and MPs vote on eight other Brexit options, but still no end to stalemate

British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to sway hard-line opponents of her European Union divorce deal on Wednesday with an offer to quit, and Parliament's bid to agree on an alternative fell short, leaving the Brexit process as deadlocked as ever. May told her Conservative ...

WORLD / POLITICS | FOCUSMAR 28, 2019

Who might be the prime minister to inherit the Brexit mess if Theresa May quits?

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday offered to quit if her twice-defeated EU divorce deal passes, in a last-ditch attempt to persuade euroskeptics to back it. Here are some of those who could be in the frame to replace her: Michael Gove, 51: One of ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 28, 2019

Determined to deliver Brexit, May puts her job on the line if Parliament OKs her deal

Faced with losing all control over the Brexit process, British Prime Minister Theresa May has made one final, desperate move: hinting she will step down if MPs approve her Brexit deal. The Conservative leader has faced growing calls to resign over the political crisis that ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 26, 2019

Now what? Brexit scenarios and the paths ahead

With MPs set to vote on finding a way forward on Brexit, various outcomes are possible. The U.K. is left with four general directions: back a deal, go for no deal, a long delay or stopping Brexit. Those options could entail various courses of action, including ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDMAR 26, 2019

Brexit and the speaker's tale

BY MARION TURNER

The intervention by the speaker of the British House of Commons highlights the importance of a 643-year-old institution.

WORLD / POLITICS | FOCUSMAR 26, 2019

Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford mirrors a 'scepter'd isle' riven by Brexit discontent

BY GUY FAULCONBRIDGE AND KATE HOLTON

In William Shakespeare's ancient birthplace, discontent over Brexit runs even deeper than three years ago when this "scepter'd isle" shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. The 2016 referendum revealed a United Kingdom divided over much more than EU membership, and has ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 26, 2019

U.K. lawmakers vote to take wheel of sinking Brexit ship — but just for one day

In a highly unusual bid to find a way through the Brexit impasse after Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal was rejected again, U.K. lawmakers wrested control of the parliamentary agenda Monday from the government — for just one day. Lawmakers will now vote ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 25, 2019

'Time's up, Theresa'? Prime Minister May urged to set her own exit date to get Brexit deal

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was under pressure on Monday to give a date for leaving office as the price to bring Brexit-supporting rebel lawmakers in her party behind her twice-defeated European Union divorce treaty. At one of the most important junctures for the country ...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWSMAR 25, 2019

Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller urges mass-telepathy against Brexit

Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller wants to bend British Prime Minister Theresa May's will against Brexit using mass-telepathy. From his home in Israel, Geller — who is also a British citizen and a former resident of May's Maidenhead constituency — wrote an open letter to the ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 24, 2019

Several of Theresa May's ministers plotting to oust her from top job: newspaper

Prime Minister Theresa May's top ministers are moving to oust her within days, The Sunday Times reported, as her Brexit strategy lay in tatters just weeks before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union. If May is toppled, Brexit will be thrust ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 23, 2019

Hundreds of thousands march in London to demand new Brexit referendum

Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership. Marchers set off in central London with banners proclaiming ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 23, 2019

May pushes lawmakers for Brexit deal with new timetable

British Prime Minister Theresa May tried to persuade MPs to back the EU divorce deal, seeking to build bridges after lashing out at lawmakers for their indecision on Brexit. May wrote to all MPs on Friday to spell out the possible paths forward after European ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 22, 2019

As EU approves delay, over 2 million rush to sign 'Stop Brexit' petition

More than 2 million people have signed an online petition urging the government to cancel Brexit, with support rocketing in the wake of Prime Minister Theresa May's statement Wednesday. Whatever she hoped to achieve from her address to the nation, in which she blamed members ...

BUSINESSMAR 21, 2019

Toyota to build new hybrid cars for Suzuki in U.K., despite Brexit

Toyota on Wednesday said it will build a new hybrid car in the U.K. for Japanese peer Suzuki — a welcome boost for the country's auto sector which has been hit by Brexit uncertainty. "Seeking to produce additional volume for other customers is one example ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 21, 2019

Wary EU to May: Brexit delay until June 30 is contingent on Parliament yes vote for her deal

Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, asking the bloc to postpone the U.K.'s departure until June 30. EU leaders, ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 20, 2019

May asks European Union for Brexit delay until June 30

Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until June 30, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels. May said she had written to EU President Donald Tusk "informing him that the U.K. seeks an extension ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 20, 2019

Testing EU's patience, May seeks Brexit delay of at least three months after third Parliament vote on her deal fails

Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plan to hold another vote this week on her twice-defeated divorce deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of Parliament. Nearly ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 19, 2019

'The clock is ticking': EU's patience 'sorely tested' as signs point to Brexit delay

European Union governments are exasperated by British dithering over quitting the bloc but have little appetite for pushing it out on schedule next week without a divorce deal, senior figures said on Tuesday. EU ministers in Brussels to prepare a summit with British Prime Minister ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 19, 2019

May prepares to seek long Brexit delay as speaker's ruling creates 'constitutional crisis'

Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for Brexit were in disarray late Tuesday, after the House of Commons speaker torpedoed her plan to win Parliament's approval of her twice-defeated deal for leaving the European Union. After two-and-a-half years of negotiations with the bloc, Brexit remains uncertain ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 18, 2019

Pressure mounts on Tory lawmakers to back Brexit deal

U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond ramped up the pressure on Brexiteer Tory MPs as he warned they will trigger a long delay to leaving the European Union unless they support Theresa May's proposed deal when it returns to Parliament. A growing number of ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 18, 2019

It's just a flesh wound: Dutch leader likens May's Brexit tenacity to Monty Python character

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used a Monty Python movie reference to describe British Prime Minister Theresa May's tenacity on Brexit despite repeated defeats. "I have a lot of respect for Theresa May — she reminds me occasionally of that Monty Python character where all ...

BUSINESS / CORPORATE  MAR 16, 2019

Japanese companies remain wary in wake of Brexit delay vote

Japanese companies remain vigilant after the U.K. Parliament on Thursday voted to 

extend the March 29 deadline for the country's exit from the European Union amid 

lingering uncertainty on the issue. It is not clear how long Brexit will be put off or 

whether the ...

EDITORIALS  MAR 15, 2019

The Brexit hole gets deeper

British lawmakers seem to think they hold all the cards in this situation and the EU 

will meekly acquiesce to whatever they want. They're wrong.

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 15, 2019

U.K. lawmakers overwhelmingly back Brexit delay, setting stage for new vote on deal next week

In a stalemate over Brexit, British politicians have chosen to delay it. After weeks of political gridlock, Parliament voted Thursday to seek to postpone the country's departure from the European Union, a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date ...

BUSINESSMAR 14, 2019

Britain eyes Brexit 'no-deal' trade shift to China from EU

Britain on Wednesday unveiled a contingency trade policy that favors global giants such as China over EU countries in case of a messy divorce from the bloc. London is bracing for the worst as it races toward the March 29 Brexit deadline without a plan ...

BUSINESSMAR 14, 2019

Ford fears double-whammy from May's no-deal Brexit tariffs

Ford Motor Co. said it will be hit twice by U.K. tariffs to be imposed in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The U.S. company, which only makes engines in Britain, would be taxed on exporting them to assembly plants in mainland Europe and then ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 14, 2019

U.K. Parliament votes against no-deal Brexit, paving way for delay in hopes of a better agreement

Britain's Parliament voted to avoid an economically disastrous no-deal split from the European Union, opening the door to delaying Brexit and radically re-writing the terms of the divorce. The House of Commons voted 321 to 278 to reject leaving the EU with no deal and ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 13, 2019

Even after all the diplomacy, U.K. lawmakers resoundingly reject Brexit deal for second time

British MPs resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time on Tuesday, plunging the country into further uncertainty just 17 days before it is due to split from the European Union. The House of Commons voted 391-242 against the divorce deal, ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 12, 2019

May says she has won 'legally binding changes' to Brexit deal from EU

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday she had won "legally binding changes" to the planned Brexit deal and called on Parliament in London to back it. "MPs were clear that legal changes were needed to the backstop. Today we have secured legal changes." May ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 12, 2019

Britain to make unilateral declaration that backstop won't apply if talks break down, says May

Britain will make a unilateral statement that nothing can prevent it from pulling out of an Irish border backstop if talks about a future relationship with the European Union after Brexit break down, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. In a news conference in ...

WORLD | FOCUSMAR 10, 2019

In, out or limbo? Brexit endgame scenarios abound

The tortuous Brexit saga is culminating in a crunch week that either sends Britain sailing nervously out of Europe — or sets the stage for it staying put. The House of Commons will hold up to three votes between Tuesday and Thursday as the country ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 9, 2019

U.K. dismisses EU offer on Brexit backstop as 'disappointing'

BY TIM ROSS

U.K. Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom rejected the European Union's latest plan to break the Brexit deadlock, but said Parliament will be given more chances to vote on the deal if the bloc improves its "disappointing" offer before it's too late. Leadsom, leader of the House ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDMAR 8, 2019

Brits and Americans no longer own English

BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY

Now spoken at a useful level by 1.7 billion people around the world, the language doesn't belong to the Anglosphere anymore.

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 8, 2019

After bloc's offer to break impasse falls short, May to warn EU that fate of Brexit vote is in their hands

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday will tell the European Union that the outcome of a historic vote on her Brexit deal next week is in its hands, as signs emerged that the two sides are at least trying to make progress toward ...

BUSINESS / CORPORATEMAR 6, 2019

In fresh blow to U.K. auto industry as Brexit looms, Nissan may cut up to 400 jobs at Sunderland plant

Nissan Motor Co. is considering reducing production at its Sunderland plant in Britain in a move that may claim up to 400 jobs, Sky News reported Tuesday. The Yokohama-based automaker's move, if realized, is expected to deal an additional blow to the British auto industry ...

BUSINESS / CORPORATEMAR 6, 2019

Toyota joins rival carmakers BMW and Honda in sounding Brexit alarm bell

Toyota Motor Corp. has added its voice to warnings about potential Brexit fallout as the deadline for an agreement on the U.K.'s exit from the European Union looms less than four weeks away. Possible disruption to trade between the U.K. and the EU is Toyota's ...

WORLD / POLITICSMAR 6, 2019

In Brussels, May's top lawyer struggles to secure last-minute movement on Brexit deal

Talks between U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's top government lawyer and European Union negotiators, intended to win concessions from the bloc on Brexit, ended with no agreement in Brussels on Tuesday. May has sent Attorney General Geoffrey Cox to seek changes to her deal in ...

COMMENTARY / JAPANMAR 5, 2019

Brexit hasn't triggered a general Japanese retreat from Britain

BY DAVID HOWELL

The headline-grabbing departures are only a tiny fraction of the dozens of Japanese companies in the U.K. and the150,000 jobs that they provide.

BUSINESSMAR 1, 2019

Boeing lands huge British Airways order in wake of Airbus ditching A380 line

British Airways announced a multibillion dollar order for up to 42 Boeing 777 fuel-efficient passenger jets on Thursday, just two weeks after Airbus said it would no longer make its A380 superjumbo. BA-parent IAG said its British carrier would purchase 18 777-9 planes made by ...

WORLD / POLITICS | ANALYSISFEB 28, 2019

After months of setbacks, Theresa May's Brexit deal starts to fall into place

BY THERESE RAPHAEL

Wednesday night's votes in Parliament suggest that Prime Minister Theresa May is closer to leading Britain out of the European Union with a Brexit deal than at any other point since her negotiations with Brussels began. Instead of another humiliating defeat, Parliament told her ...

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