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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 20, 2019
Trump wants North Korea to denuclearize but says 'I'm in no rush'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but he is in no rush and has no pressing time schedule for Pyongyang to ultimately denuclearize.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2019
Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus
Without a substantial agreement in Hanoi, we are likely to see Pyongyang retain its nuclear deterrent while it continues its modus operandi of extracting concessions for modest compromises.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2019
No need for Abe — Trump is already nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not saying whether or not he nominated Donald Trump for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but the question may be moot: the U.S. president has been put forward by others for the prestigious award.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 19, 2019
U.S. auto industry lines up against possible Trump tariffs on imports and slams secret report
The U.S. auto industry urged President Donald Trump's administration on Monday not to saddle imported cars and auto parts with steep tariffs, after the U.S. Commerce Department sent a confidential report to the White House late on Sunday with its recommendations for how to proceed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2019
U.S.-backed Syrian forces call for 1,500 coalition troops to stay, fearing 'new genocide' at hands of Turkey
The commander of U.S.-backed forces in Syria called on Monday for about 1,000 to 1,500 international forces to remain in Syria to help fight Islamic State and expressed hope that the United States, in particular, would halt plans for a total pullout.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2019
Venezuelan opposition says $3.2 billion in funds are being held in banks in U.S. and hopes Trump protects them
Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly has identified $3.2 billion of funds being held at 20 bank accounts in the U.S. from President Nicolas Maduro's government that it's working to safeguard with the help of Donald Trump's administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2019
Presidents Day protests decry Trump's emergency declaration as power grab
Activists in Washington, Chicago and dozens of other U.S. cities protested on Monday's Presidents Day holiday against President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 18, 2019
Re-enactment of Korematsu case that upheld Japanese internment fuels debate on Trump immigration policy
A re-enactment in New York of Korematsu v. United States, a 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese-Americans, was recently staged with a new ending that takes into account the court's decision to overrule the notorious decision last June.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
Likely Trump visit from May 26 could make him first foreign state guest to meet new Emperor
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to be invited to Japan for around three days from May 26, possibly making him the first foreign state guest to meet Crown Prince Naruhito after his planned accession to the throne, a Japanese government source said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
'I believe Putin': Trump dismissed U.S. intelligence on North Korean missile threat, ex-top FBI official claims
As North Korea ramped up its nuclear program, building missiles that most experts agree could hit the continental United States, U.S. President Donald Trump told officials that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had reassured him that Pyongyang did not possess such weapons — a claim Trump believed, according...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
In Diet grilling, Abe refuses to deny nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
The prime minister declines to comment but praises Trump's efforts to defuse the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
U.S. prevents North Korea working with U.N. aviation body to establish safe airspace before Trump-Kim summit
The United States has blocked efforts by a U.N. agency to improve civil aviation in North Korea at a time when Pyongyang is trying to reopen part of its airspace to foreign flights, three sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2019
California tells Trump lawsuit over border wall emergency declaration is 'imminent'
California will "imminently" challenge President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to obtain funds for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum
In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2019
U.S. cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad or Russia, U.S. general warns Kurds
The United States will have to sever its military assistance to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battling Islamic State if the fighters partner with Syrian President Bashar Assad or Russia, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham looks to investigate talk of removing Trump from office
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he could subpoena Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to explore allegations they discussed whether President Donald Trump could be removed from office.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2019
Abe nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize at request of U.S., report says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2019
Nuclear fears haunt leaders with U.S.-Russian arms pact's demise
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a landmark arms control treaty with Russia is turning the worst fears of a dangerous weapons race into reality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 17, 2019
U.S. President Trump receives update on China trade talks
U.S. President Donald Trump received an update on trade talks with China on Saturday at his Florida retreat after discussions in Beijing saw progress ahead of a March 1 deadline for reaching a deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2019
Mueller says searches yielded evidence of Stone-WikiLeaks communications
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails.

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