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MARGARET THATCHER

Japanese fans hold up their blue plastic bags before the start of the Group F match against Tunisia at the 2026 World Cup in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2026
The spotless World Cup stadium and the ¡®unseen sink¡¯
OECD data place Japanese men among the least domestically active in the developed world.
The resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer¡¯s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, exposes Labour¡¯s leadership and ideological vacuum.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2026
Britain needs so much more than a new prime minister
Britain has had four failed prime ministers since the Brexit referendum in 2016 not counting Starmer.
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme¡¯s fighter jet is displayed at the DSEI Japan defense show in Chiba in March 2023. Improving ties between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, have helped deepen Japan-Italy defense and security cooperation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2026
Takaichi-Meloni summit signals new era, stronger ties
Prime Minister Takaichi¡¯s upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Meloni later this month will help mark 160 years of diplomatic ties and aim to strengthen bilateral relations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with her Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, at the Group of 20 Summit last month in Johannesburg.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2025
Conservative women shatter glass ceilings
Whether one likes their politics or not, what unites these women is simple: They lead, make decisions, take risks, absorb the blows of power and continue forward.
Artworks depicting former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during Thatcher Fest in the town of Grantham, England, earlier this month. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has described Thatcher as a role model.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2025
Japan joins over 80 nations to have been led by women since WWII
While Takaichi¡¯s rise to power is a milestone for the nation, some caution it does not necessarily signal a broader advance in women¡¯s political standing in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
Britain¡¯s incoming Prime Minister faces an ¡®80s playlist: Recession, unrest and runaway prices
If Truss beats former finance minister Rishi Sunak in an election to lead the ruling Conservative Party and becomes prime minister, she will face similar strife to 1980s Britain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2019
No time to go ¡®wobbly¡¯: Mike Pompeo scolds Britain over China and Huawei
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Britain on Wednesday it needed to change its attitude toward China and telecoms company Huawei, casting the world¡¯s second largest economy as a threat to the West similar to that once posed by the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Apr 3, 2018
Abe challenger Seiko Noda coaches women on how to crack Japan¡¯s male-dominated Diet
If Seiko Noda doesn¡¯t achieve her quarter-century goal to become the nation¡¯s first female prime minister, maybe one of the 70-odd women who filed into a conference room to hear her speak Sunday will.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2015
Greece ruptures 30 years of political consensus in Europe
By catapulting to power an improbable alliance of the hard -left and nationalist far-right, Greece has shaken up Europe¡¯s political kaleidoscope and may have signaled the end of an era of centrist consensus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2015
Modi passes ¡®Thatcher test¡¯ as coal union strike crumbles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced down the first major opposition to his economic agenda as coal unions called off a 2-day-old strike that threatened to paralyze the nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 21, 2013
Thatcher-esque disparities a reality under Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe evokes the late Margaret Thatcher as he repeats ¡®there is no alternative¡¯ to his platform of economic change. One of the byproducts: prospects for a Thatcher-type division of wealth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2013
Queen¡¯s secret speech for WWIII revealed
British government files from 1983, opened to the public for the first time Wednesday, include an official¡¯s view of the message Queen Elizabeth II would have broadcast to the nation in the event of World War III.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 19, 2013
Authorized life of Thatcher is clear-eyed, rich in details
It is a tricky deal being an authorized biographer. Charles Moore¡¯s big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided with material denied to them. Of the arrangement that he was offered by his subject, he writes: ¡°I would have full access to herself...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2013
Reassessing Thatcher¡¯s legacy
Now that her funeral is over, let¡¯s begin a dispassionate assessment of why politicians of all parties remain enthralled by the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2013
A journey across Margaret Thatcher¡¯s England
Much of Eileen Jeffrey¡¯s adult life has been shaped by a woman she never met and a prime minister she never voted for.
WORLD
Apr 20, 2013
The unintended paradoxical legacy of the lady in blue
Two former prime ministers were buried this week. One was a gloriously battling heroine of freedom, Boadicea in pearls, who put the Great back into Great Britain and won the Cold War with a little assistance from U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The other was the empress of evil, Cruella de Vil in a twinset,...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2013
Thatcher ¡®gave nod to son¡¯s coup plans¡¯
Margaret Thatcher approved of a failed attempt to use an army of mercenaries to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea, according to the unpublished memoirs of the chief protagonist of the bid ¡ª former SAS officer Simon Mann.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2013
Margaret Thatcher and the ¡®Big Bang¡¯
Americans have been surprised at the sharply divided views in Britain over the governance of Margaret Thatcher, a product with more appeal in export markets.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2013
The ¡®Iron Lady¡¯ and Japan
Margaret Thatcher was a role model for Japanese women and her combination of talents as a politician and scientist has had an important impact on Japanese attitudes.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2013
When the ¡®Iron Lady¡¯ bent to the will of Beijing
With regard to the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, Margaret Thatcher got some good advice from Singapore: Be neither defiant nor submissive.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japanese shoppers drive up jewelry sales to a record
The Mitsukoshi department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Japan¡¯s largest department store operator, saw jewelry and watches continue to lead domestic sales, according to a company spokesperson.
Former head of Japanese barbecue chain arrested over tax evasion
The 55-year-old former president of New Look, who goes by the name Shigenori Kanemoto, is suspected of evading some ?367 million in income tax by concealing about ?2.276 billion in income in 2023.
Kozo Okamoto, last surviving participant of 1972 Lod Airport massacre, dies
Kozo Okamoto attends a ceremony organized by Palestinian militants to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lod Airport attack in Beirut on May 30, 2022.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

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