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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2014
Violence at Burkina Faso rallies protesting leader's plan to extend 27-year-rule rule
Police fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters after tens of thousands marched through Burkina Faso's capital on Tuesday calling for President Blaise Compaore to scrap plans to change term limits to stay in power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2014
Fukushima elects new governor in first election since 2011 disasters
Former Fukushima Vice Gov. Masao Uchibori was elected governor in a landslide Sunday in the prefecture's first gubernatorial campaign since the 2011 natural and nuclear disasters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2014
Leftist Rousseff narrowly wins second term in Brazil presidential poll
Brazil's leftist president, Dilma Rousseff, narrowly won re-election Sunday after convincing voters that her party's strong record of reducing poverty over the last 12 years was more important than a recent economic slump.
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2014
More money scandals
The unusual resignation of two recently appointed female Cabinet ministers in one day reflects the Abe administration's effort to contain political damage caused by the separate spending scandals involving the women.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2014
Modi's BJP makes big gains in Indian state polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has made big gains in two Indian state elections, results showed Sunday, in an endorsement likely to encourage him to step up the pace of economic reforms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2014
Hopes to end deadlock in Hong Kong hang on Tuesday talks
A deepening sense of impasse gripped Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests entered their fourth week, with the government having limited options to end the crisis and demonstrators increasingly willing to confront police.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2014
Scion of Pakistan's Bhutto dynasty makes political debut
The only son of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told hundreds of thousands of supporters on Saturday that he would fight for his party's revival, in an appearance intended to mark the official launch of his political career.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2014
Justice minister red-faced over alleged election law violation
Justice Minister Midori Matsushima appeared to be clinging to office on Friday after receiving a criminal complaint over her election conduct.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2014
Wave of local elections likely to be held in April
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government decided Friday that next year's nationwide round of local elections will be held on April 12 and 26.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2014
Six running for governor of Fukushima
Six running for governor of Fukushima: Campaigning kicks off for the Fukushima gubernatorial election with disaster recovery and reactor deinstallation topping the agenda of all six candidates.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2014
DPJ takes aim at newly appointed female Cabinet members
The Democratic Party of Japan appears to have identified the Cabinet's three newly appointed female members as a weak point of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2014
Romney in 2016? Scenario not entirely out of the question
Mitt Romney, day in and day out, hears it wherever he goes, whether at campaign events for Republican congressional candidates, restaurants, or private dinners, the message is the same — run for president in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2014
Ospreys might flee Okinawa to nest in Yokota
Japan and the U.S. consider deploying the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at Yokota Air Base, in western Tokyo, to avoid an uproar in Okinawa.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2014
Hit to Hong Kong's economy spurs opposition to Occupy Central protests
A week into Hong Kong demonstrations notable for their order and endurance, protesters came under an attack highlighting the fault lines of a city torn between commercial interests and a desire for greater democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2014
In Hong Kong protests, China confronts limits of its power
In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swaths of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of the city's pro-democracy movement, protesters have taped a...
WORLD
Oct 1, 2014
Catalonia suspends formal campaign on Spain independence vote
Catalonia's regional government said on Tuesday it would temporarily suspend campaigning for a vote on independence from Spain, after Madrid filed a legal block to the referendum.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2014
Kuwait revokes citizenship of leading opposition activist
Kuwait revoked the citizenship of a prominent opposition activist Monday, something he said was a political move by a government that has vowed to crack down on people deemed to be undermining state stability.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2014
Catalan leader orders referendum on independence from Spain, buoyed by close vote in Scotland
The president of Spain's Catalonia region signed a decree on Saturday calling for a referendum on independence to be held on Nov. 9, putting the local government on a collision course with Madrid, which says such a vote is illegal.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2014
Hong Kong students take democracy fight to home of city's leader
Thousands of students and protesters marched to the official residence of Hong Kong's leader on Thursday to demand a meeting, defying police warnings as tensions simmer over the financial hub's democratic future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2014
Suu Kyi's party looks outside its ranks to a former general for president
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) will go into next year's parliamentary election in Myanmar with no candidate for president and might even support a former general from the pro-military ruling party, NLD officials said.

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