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2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2016
Fresh from tri-state wins, Sanders urges superdelegates to rethink Clinton backing
Fresh from Democratic presidential primary wins over the weekend in three U.S. states, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he had political momentum that could help him win the backing of Democratic power brokers in his race against Hillary Clinton.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2016
Trump says Tokyo, Seoul should build own nukes; Cruz backs carpet-bombing of Islamic State
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his criticism of NATO, a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for decades, and called for the alliance's overhaul days before world leaders convene in Washington.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2016
Americans on all sides united in opposition to free trade
A poll shows opposition to free trade is a unifying concept even in the deeply divided U.S. electorate, with almost two-thirds of Americans favoring more restrictions on imported goods.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2016
Exact role of Clinton's IT staffer remains unknown
Soon after Hillary Clinton's arrival at the State Department in 2009, officials in the information technology office were baffled when told that a young technician would join them as a political appointee, newly disclosed emails show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2016
Kremlin lays out reasons why it will back Trump over Clinton
Donald Trump is a brave pro-Putin political maverick who would end U.S. foreign wars and perhaps lift sanctions on Moscow. Hillary Clinton, however, is a warmonger beholden to the military-industrial complex.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2016
Biden chides Senate snub of Obama top court pick, denies he set precedent; voter poll backs him
Joe Biden on Thursday ramped up White House efforts to get a Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court selection Merrick Garland, as the U.S. vice president offered the most vigorous defense yet of his 1992 comments that senators should not consider a nominee in a presidential election year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2016
Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz for Republican nomination
Former candidate Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, saying the U.S. senator from Texas represents the party's best chance of winning the White House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2016
U.S.-Japan security pact still fodder for Trump, but numbers paint different story
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Monday called again for the country's security arrangement with Japan to be renegotiated, saying Washington's allies should pay a higher price for their defense.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 21, 2016
McConnell calls Obama justice pick Garland NRA foe, rules out 'lame duck' vote on nomination
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ruled out the possibility that the Senate could confirm President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee in a "lame duck" congressional session after the November presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2016
Romney offers vote, little else, to Cruz in Republican election battle
Republican Mitt Romney said on Friday he would vote for Senator Ted Cruz in Utah's presidential nominating contest, but the party's 2012 election standard-bearer stopped short of an official endorsement as he urged voters to deny the nomination to front-runner Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2016
Close count gives Clinton Missouri primary win; Sanders concedes
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has won the Missouri primary, the Associated Press reported on Thursday, with rival Bernie Sanders conceding the contest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2016
After riots threat, 'fan the flames' Trump dumps Fox debate
U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination and pulled the plug on a scheduled debate among candidates, raising the temperature even more in a heated White House race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2016
Trump says foreign policy team still not ready
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump acknowledged on Tuesday he does not yet have a foreign policy team, and three former U.S. military and intelligence officials who have endorsed him are little known in either the Republican Party or the wider foreign policy community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2016
Trump takes Florida, bumps Rubio out of race as Kasich bags Ohio; Clinton cleans up
Marco Rubio ended his campaign on Tuesday for the Republican presidential nomination after failing to translate support from the party's establishment into victories in primary states, including his home state of Florida, which rival Donald Trump took in stride.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2016
Rubio campaign office cleared amid white powder scare; substance ID'd as detergent
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio said his staff was safe after his Washington campaign headquarters was evacuated over a suspicious white powder.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2016
U.S. liberal groups urge nonviolent tack to thwart 'hate-peddling bigot' Trump
U.S. liberal groups, divided in their support of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have urged a united, active opposition to Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2016
Trump gears for key state showdown, denies any violence in 'lovefest' campaign
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump hunted for votes in three states on Monday ahead of a crucial round of nominating contests, and dismissed outbreaks of violence at his campaign events as "a little disruption."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2016
Republicans ready full court press against any Obama justice pick, even one GOP-backed
The Republican Party on Monday stepped up its fight against any U.S. Supreme Court nominee put forward by President Barack Obama while the president's allies hit back against a conservative group's attack on a judge who had been considered for the job.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2016
Trump's 'peak' might be coming
Defenders of GOP traditions are trying to prevent a stampede to Donald Trump of 'Vichy Republicans,' collaborationists coming to terms with the occupation of their party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2016
Trudeau sees no flood of Americans to Canada if Trump wins
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday joked that he is not expecting an influx of unhappy Americans across the border if firebrand Republican Donald Trump becomes president.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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