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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2016

Abenomics hits new hurdle as Trump win roils outlook

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was expected to spark the structural reforms long promised under Abenomics, but Donald Trump's victory has all but doomed it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2016

California voters embrace recreational use of marijuana in ballot

A ballot measure to make recreational marijuana legal for adults was approved in California, opening the most populous U.S. state to a burgeoning commercial cannabis market in a major victory for supporters of liberalized drug laws.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 10, 2016

Southgate all but confirmed as new England manager

The English Football Association is desperate for England to beat Scotland on Friday in a 2018 World Cup qualifying game at Wembley. Not just for the three points that would be another step along the road to Russia, but it would also mean the F.A. could rubber stamp Gareth Southgate's position as the...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2016

China state media warns Trump against isolationism, calls for status quo

Chinese state media have warned the U.S. president-elect against isolationism and interventionism, calling instead for the United States to actively work with China to maintain the international status quo.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2016

At under $5 each, Trump's votes came at half the price of what Clinton paid

Donald Trump pulled off one of the biggest upsets in American political history when he toppled Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday — and he did it using far less cash than his rival.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / IN PICTURES
Nov 10, 2016

Election day and night: from ballot boxes to celebrations and shock waves

A long and often tumultuous campaign came to a climax that many media polls did not predict: a victory for Donald Trump, the controversial presidential candidate for the Republican party, who managed to pull ahead and maintain his lead over the Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2016

Five shot in downtown Seattle near scene of anti-Trump protests

A gunman opened fire in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night following an argument and wounded five people, one man critically, not far from protests over the surprise victory of Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2016

Trump presidency puts Iran nuclear deal on shaky ground

Donald Trump's election as president raises the prospect the United States will pull out of the nuclear pact it signed last year with Iran, alienating Washington from its allies and potentially freeing Iran to act on its ambitions.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 10, 2016

Trump crushed naysayers with a coalition of the forgotten

Donald Trump was right. Countless others were wrong.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016

Shock and worry on Tokyo's streets following Trump's upset victory

Many people interviewed by The Japan Times on the streets of Tokyo on Wednesday were stunned after learning America had chosen Donald Trump as the next president, voicing concern over the future of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2016

Trump defied traditional politics in path to White House

Supercharging the bluster, hyperbole and media mastery that made him one of the world's best-known businessmen, Donald Trump upended U.S. democratic traditions during his 17-month quest that eventually led to the White House.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 9, 2016

So-called egalitarian Japan is still honor-bound

Abolished and later resurrected system of awards may shape as well as reflect trends in society.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2016

Japanese films dive deep at TIFF, but surface without major awards

The Japanese films at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival were a varied lot, from the multiplex fare in the Special Screenings and Japan Now sections to the indies in the Japanese Cinema Splash, Competition and Asian Future sections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2016

Canada's immigration website crashes as some Americans look for escape routes

Canada's main immigration website appeared to crash and New Zealand reported increased traffic from U.S. nationals as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared likely to win the White House on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2016

U.S. voters see long lines, some polling glitches, harassment

Voters and civil rights groups reported long lines, isolated cases of malfunctioning equipment and some harassment at polling places in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, but fears of widespread violence at the polls did not materialize.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2016

Judge foils Trump suit over Las Vegas early polling place that stayed open late

A Nevada judge rejected a request by Donald Trump's presidential campaign for an immediate order to be issued in its lawsuit over concerns about voting at a polling place in Las Vegas that remained open late last week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Erdogan derailing Turkey's promising future

"In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government," wrote author Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's first Nobel Prize winner. "Freedom of thought no longer exists. We are distancing ourselves at high speed from a state of...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Hate Trump and Clinton? There are better alternatives

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the least popular presidential candidates of all time. So why vote for either one?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Dysfunction goes deeper than the candidates

Regardless of who wins this bitterly contested election, the victor will face the same basic, daunting, task: reconciling the vast promises that have been made, both in this campaign and earlier, with the government's limited ability to meet those promises.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Getting real on climate change

Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — an objective that holds the promise of delivering precisely such a transformation....
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2016

Helping Myanmar to help itself

A year after general elections gave the National League for Democracy a majority in Parliament and almost eight months since the inauguration of an NLD-led government, Myanmar is in a difficult situation. Economic growth has slowed and the progress of democratization and ethnic reconciliation remains...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Nov 8, 2016

Hate speech seeps into U.S. mainstream amid bitter campaign

The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters' neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighborhood where she's lived most of her life. But the contempt is clear.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2016

Fate of Obama legacy initiatives in hands of courts, successor

When President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20 after eight years, several of his major initiatives will still hang in the legal balance, meaning the U.S. courts and his successor will play a major role in shaping his legacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2016

After federal failures, U.S. gun control groups spend millions on state ballot initiatives

Gun safety advocates are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Maine and Nevada to support ballot initiatives that would mandate background checks for gun sales in an effort to clinch state-level victories after years of failed drives in Congress.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2016

How trees make cities healthier places to live

Municipal leaders can help fight global warming by implementing a tree-planting strategy that improves the health and well-being of their residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 7, 2016

From Operation Tomodachi to Hiroshima visit, exiting Obama viewed favorably in Japan

On Tuesday, the whole world will be watching as Americans choose their next president.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.

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