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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2018
Nuclear-capable B-52 bombers join B-2s, B-1Bs on Guam amid tensions with North Korea
The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that it has deployed six of its powerful B-52 strategic bombers to Guam amid tensions with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 16, 2018
Plan for joint Olympics team with North gets icy reception in South Korea
While Seoul forges ahead with plans to use the upcoming Winter Olympics to showcase inter-Korean unity, some South Korean athletes are "furious" at proposals to form joint teams with North Koreans, highlighting a broader lack of enthusiasm for some of the government's peace-making plans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2018
Playing a game of 'chicken tax': GM bets on Mexican-made pickups amid Trump threat to dump NAFTA
General Motors Co.'s assembly plant in Silao, a city in Mexico's automotive heartland, cranked out more than 400,000 highly profitable, large pickup trucks last year and is critical to the launch of a new generation of Chevrolet Silverado trucks later this year.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2018
Trump blames Sen. 'Dicky' Durbin for blowing DACA deal and misrepresenting his vulgar comments
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Sen. Dick Durbin for blowing up talks on a deal to help immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and said the Democratic lawmaker misrepresented his comments about Haiti and African countries.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2018
Nigeria summons U.S. ambassador over Trump's reported racial slur
Nigeria's government on Monday summoned the United States ambassador to explain reported remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump that some immigrants from Africa and Haiti come from "shithole" countries, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2018
Trump finds a new way to squander U.S. soft power
U.S. global leadership depends on winning over immigrants from far and wide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
North Korea agrees to send orchestra to South as Pyongyang's harsh words cast cloud over Olympic talks
Pyongyang and Seoul agreed Monday to send a 140-member orchestra to South Korea for next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and hold concerts in Seoul, just a day after the North laid into South Korean President Moon Jae-in for pushing the nuclear issue and what it called a "brown-nosing attitude."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' leaves window open for DACA deal
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday "I'm not a racist" in response to reports that he had described immigrants from Haiti and African countries as coming from "sh-thole countries."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
China absence looms over Vancouver meeting on how to pressure North Korea
Foreign ministers from around 20 nations gather on Tuesday to discuss how to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions through diplomatic and financial pressure, but China, seen as a key player in any long-term solution, will be absent.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2018
U.S. immigration agency resumes DACA applications after judge blocks Trump's attempt to end program
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Saturday that it will resume accepting requests under a program that shields young people brought to the United States illegally from deportation after a court order blocked a government decision to end the program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2018
Warning: Trump's baby sitters are about to head home
If this is what he's like surrounded by A-list advisers, expect chaos after they quit.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat for refugees to leave post
The U.S. diplomat in charge of refugee issues plans to leave his post within days, becoming the third senior U.S. official to depart or be re-assigned from refugee work in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2018
In new role, MSDF patrolling waters around Koreas to foil oil smuggling
The Maritime Self-Defense Force is sending naval ships up the western side of the Korean Peninsula to make sure the U.N. oil embargo on North Korea sticks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2018
Trump asked why 'pretty Korean lady' analyst wasn't negotiating with North Korea, report says
Still reeling from the scandal surrounding his comments about halting immigration from "sh-thole countries," U.S. President Donald Trump has again come under fire — this time for reportedly referring to an intelligence analyst as a "pretty Korean lady" and suggested she should be part of negotiations...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2018
Saying he cannot serve Trump, U.S. ambassador to Panama resigns
U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former marine corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, saying he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump.
WORLD
Jan 13, 2018
U.S. sticking to ICBM test flights schedule amid North Korea tensions
The U.S. Air Force is going ahead with two long-planned flight tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles next month despite efforts to damp tensions over North Korea's nuclear ambitions and encourage fragile talks with South Korea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2018
Trump in 'excellent health, doctor says after U.S. president's first physical
U.S. President Donald Trump is in "excellent health," according to presidential physician Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, who examined the president on Friday after a week of fresh questions about whether the 71-year-old commander in chief is mentally fit for office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2018
Chinese trade with North Korea dropped 50 percent last month
China's trade with North Korea shrank by more than half last month, as Beijing implements United Nations sanctions against Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018
Swiss mountain town Davos relishing in anti-globalist Trump spotlight
The Swiss Alpine town of Davos is used to celebrities and high-rollers, but even it is relishing new attention being heaped on it with U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to attend the World Economic Forum this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018
White House denies favoritism as senators from 12 states seek offshore drilling exemption like Florida's
Twenty-two Democratic U.S. senators from 12 states on Thursday joined the chorus of local representatives seeking exemptions from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's newly proposed offshore drilling plan, after his surprise move on Tuesday to shield Florida.

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