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2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020
The world has changed too much for Joe Biden to erase the Trump effect
At last year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military chiefs and political leaders, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a promise to America’s allies: "This too shall pass,” he assured them, "we will be back.”
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2020
Twitter hack spotlights disinformation fears as U.S. election looms
Lawmakers were swift to call for the company to answer questions or for the U.S. to bolster its cybersecurity position.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2020
With polls sliding, Trump replaces Brad Parscale in campaign shake-up
U.S. President Donald Trump ousted Brad Parscale as manager of his campaign, replacing him with Bill Stepien as the president seeks to reverse a decline in the polls with less than four months before the November election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2020
Twitter explodes after Kanye West says he’s running for U.S. president
Kanye West says he’s running for president. It’s not clear if the musician is serious, or if this is a publicity stunt for himself or a project unrelated to the presidency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2020
To construct a winning narrative, Trump dismisses pandemic, polls and recession
Trump's detailed descriptions of life in America today run so counter to reality that even some of his allies are urging him to change course.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 23, 2020
Biden team asks social media to remove Trump posts bashing mail-in voting
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's political campaign has asked social media giants Facebook and Twitter to remove posts by Republican President Donald Trump on Monday that it said made false claims aimed at discrediting mail-in voting.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2020
World leaders face dilemma: Deal with Trump or hang on for Biden
Countries appear to be holding off on deals with the Trump administration, or sticking to their guns in case a Biden administration softens the U.S. stance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2020
'Rolled by America’s teens': Youths on TikTok reserved Trump rally tickets with no plans to go
Some Trump opponents organized efforts on social media apps to sign up for the rally, sometimes with fake names or burner email accounts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2020
Biden campaign ramps up criticism of Facebook for disinformation
The campaign is focused on Facebook because of its reach. About 43 percent of voters consume news on the platform, according the Democratic National Committee.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2020
Trump shrugs off backlash and coronavirus fears ahead of Tulsa rally
Donald Trump’s decision to pack thousands of people into an arena for his first campaign rally in three months, intended to reinvigorate both his re-election effort and the candidate himself, has instead kept the president on the defensive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2020
Trump says he will 'do other things' if he loses 2020 election
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov. 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might cheat and refuse to leave the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2020
Trump increasingly alone in provocative racial rhetoric
U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting a new rush to address police brutality and tear down Confederate symbols even as polls show most Americans believe changes are needed and many corporations — even NASCAR, with its conservative fan base — embrace a more proactive stance on issues of racial...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2020
Pyongyang says Washington's meddling could affect U.S. election
The statement comes after the U.S. State Department said it was disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication hotlines with South Korea on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2020
Joe Biden was rescued by black voters. Now he has to excite them
African American supporters have been urging him to offer concrete solutions, and they say not being Donald Trump isn't enough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2020
Most Americans sympathize with protests and disapprove of Trump's response
A majority of Americans sympathize with nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody and disapprove of President Donald Trump's response to the unrest, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2020
Biden takes Trump to task for fanning ‘flames of hate’ in protests
Joe Biden called on Congress not to wait for the November election to begin to address inequities in economic opportunity and criminal justice that disproportionately affect African Americans and have been the underlying cause of protests sweeping across the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2020
As protests grip U.S., Trump invokes law and order to shift focus from pandemic
President eschews soothing role past leaders have adopted in similar moments as he seeks to turn election-year conversation from his widely panned handling of outbreak.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2020
Twitter’s fact-checking of Trump sets difficult precedent
Twitter has little experience carrying out the task at scale and doesn't have an internal team of dedicated fact-checkers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2020
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg considers massive spend in support of Joe Biden, report says
Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is considering a major spending blitz to back former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s White House bid, CNBC reported Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2020
Joe Biden to hammer Trump's 'tough talk, weak action' on China over coronavirus, top adviser says
U.S. President Donald Trump has seized on Americans' growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his re-election pitch, arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Trump calls the U.S.-Japan alliance ‘one-sided.’ Tokyo says otherwise.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday in Washington.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
China executes man over Japanese school bus stop murder
The bus stop in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, where a Japanese mother, her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked in June 2024
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.
Privacy and transparency clash in debate over bill on artificial insemination
Sachiko Ishizuka, who was born via artificial insemination by donor (AID), tells her story to lawmakers from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on April 9.
Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino in a meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.

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