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Lucy White
Andy Burnham, the British member of Parliament for Makerfield, delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, Britain, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
Burnham vows to grow economy by taking powers out of London
The prime minister hopeful says Britain is ¡°stuck in a rut¡± with output held back by a ¡°stark imbalance in resources between national government and local government.¡±
Britain's leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister Tony Blair stand outside Westminster Abbey following Britain's King Charles' coronation ceremony, in London on May 6, 2023.
WORLD
May 27, 2026
Blair calls for ¡®coherent plan¡¯ before Labour ousts Starmer
Labour¡¯s electoral losses earlier this month sparked an internal rebellion as near a quarter of the party¡¯s members of Parliament called for Starmer to go.
In the aftermath of this month¡¯s elections, Labour members of Parliament pointed to voters¡¯ dissatisfaction with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as a contributing factor to the party¡¯s performance.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2026
Labour¡¯s Starmer revolt revives thorny debate over rejoining EU
The development follows heavy losses by the party in local elections earlier this month to the rightwing Reform U.K. and the leftist Green Party.
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage walks through the House of Commons to attend the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2026
Farage faces inquiry into ?5 million from crypto investor
Nigel Farage accepted the sum from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British investor, shortly before saying he would run for a seat in the House of Commons in 2024.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Starmer¡¯s political fate rests with top U.K. official he fired
The fate of Prime Minister Keir Starmer¡¯s premiership may rest with Olly Robbins, whom Starmer last week fired as the Foreign Office¡¯s top civil servant.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, during a news conference in London on April 2
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2026
Reform¡¯s startup culture raises risks ahead of local elections
With a general election not due until mid-2029, Reform aims to use next month¡¯s local votes to translate its polling lead into electoral success, but the dash to grow poses risks.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting with Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations (U.N.), at Downing Street in London on Jan. 16
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
Six Labour figures queuing up to replace a weakened Starmer
Despite Labour¡¯s landslide in 2024, Starmer¡¯s historically low approval ratings have left him weak and vulnerable.
Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean at the center of a controversy over sovereignty
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Trump flips position to attack U.K.¡¯s Starmer over Chagos deal
In a post on Truth Social, the president cited Britain¡¯s decision to return sovereignty of Diego Garcia to Mauritius as a reason for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (center) gestures as he meets Indian traditional dancers during a ceremony for the upcoming Diwali festival in Mumbai on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Starmer looks to India for example on U.K. plan for digital ID
Starmer said his proposed smartphone-based ID was needed to ¡°address the fact that too many people can come to this country to work illegally.¡±
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger
A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a ¡°mega-dinghy.¡±
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025
Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump¡¯s tariff breaks
While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a phone conversation with U.S. President?Donald Trump from a Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in the West Midlandson, U.K., on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025
Starmer gets diplomatic win he needs, if not the economic boost
The framework the two leaders unveiled goes some way to reversing the worst impacts on the U.K. of U.S. tariffs.
U.K. Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch (left) and Robert Jenrick after delivering speeches at the party's annual conference, in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2024
Who are Badenoch and Jenrick, the candidates to lead U.K. Tories?
By choosing Badenoch or Jenrick, the Conservative party looks set to appeal to supporters lost to Nigel Farage¡¯s anti-immigration Reform U.K. party.
The four remaining U.K. Conservative leadership contenders (from left): Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2024
Tories turn on each other in race to succeed low-key Sunak
The U.K. Conservatives¡¯ annual conference has kicked off with jibes between leadership contenders.
Fujitsu has held more than ?3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) of active contracts with parts of the British state while ?1.4 billion of those were awarded after a 2019 court ruling which associated the firm with the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of local branch post office managers for theft and fraud.
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2024
Fujitsu got ?3.4 billion in U.K. contracts despite Post Office row
A committee said ?1.4 billion of those contracts were awarded after a 2019 court ruling connected Fujitsu with hundreds of wrongful prosecutions.
Migrants on a beach at sunrise after a failed attempt to cross the Channel to the U.K. on a small boat, in Sangatte, near Calais, France, in August 2023.
WORLD / Society
Feb 2, 2024
U.K. says migration likely to drive stronger population growth
While the trend will help boost the economy, it will also exacerbate a rift within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak¡¯s ruling Conservative Party.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol waves as he and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, arrive in London on Monday for a state visit to the U.K.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 21, 2023
South Korea¡¯s Yoon to talk AI in U.K. as trade negotiations begin
South Korea¡¯s Yoon Suk-yeol and British leader Rishi Sunak will try to burnish their international credentials ahead of respective general elections.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2023
Britain¡¯s post-Brexit policy drift alarms world¡¯s executives
The British economy has been the slowest to recover from COVID-19 of all Group of Seven nations and is the only one with a smaller workforce than before the pandemic.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
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.
India¡¯s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi¡¯s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family¡¯s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
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.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ?162 level
Japan's currency broke ?162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
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.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troubl¨¦, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu¡¯s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
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