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Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2020
Trump to refocus coronavirus task force on economic revival
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving U.S. business and social life, while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2020
Search for virus origin heats up as WHO seeks mission to China
The World Health Organization is considering a new mission to seek the source of the coronavirus in China, amid growing controversy over the origin of a pandemic that has killed more than a quarter of a million people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 5, 2020
Trump administration stepping up efforts to rip global supply chains from China
Recent U.S. policy has been defined by tussles between pro-trade advisers and China hawks; now the latter say their time has come.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2020
Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus
Beijing faces a wave of anti-China sentiment led by the U.S. over the pandemic and needs to be prepared for a worst-case scenario of armed confrontation between the two, the report says.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020
April was Trump's cruelest month
The U.S. president became his own worst enemy over the course of 30 days.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 4, 2020
Trump's China trade deal turns from re-election asset to albatross
The trade agreement U.S. President Donald Trump signed with China less than four months ago has gone from a cornerstone of his re-election bid to a potential political liability as the pandemic sours the relationship between the world’s two biggest economies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 3, 2020
Trump hails Kim Jong Un reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization prospects remain bleak
North Korea has shown no willingness to abandon weapons it sees as vital for defense of the nation and the Kim dynasty.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 3, 2020
Trump seeks to pin coronavirus blame on China, yet reprisal is uncertain
U.S. President Donald Trump is escalating efforts to pin blame on China for unleashing a pandemic that has killed more than 66,000 Americans and is exploring ways to hold Beijing accountable, though his options are limited because of the potential economic consequences.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2020
Conservative groups advising White House push fast reopening, not testing
Conservative groups advising the White House have issued an array of coronavirus economic reopening plans with a common theme — Americans should go back to work immediately to halt the economic and societal damage from prolonged lockdowns.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 2, 2020
White House blocks top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci from testifying to Congress
Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said on Friday, calling it "counterproductive" to have individuals involved in the response testify.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 2, 2020
U.S. emergency approval broadens use of Gilead's COVID-19 drug remdesivir
Gilead Science Inc.'s antiviral drug remdesivir was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 on Friday, clearing the way for broader use of the drug in more hospitals around the United States.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 is finishing off the Sino-American relationship
Bilateral relations are unlikely to survive the U.S. and Chinese leaders' responses to the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2020
Trump brushes off polls showing Joe Biden leading in U.S. election
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2020
Americans losing faith in what Trump says about the coronavirus, poll shows
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump's remark that COVID-19 may be treated by injecting infected people with bleach or other disinfectants, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 28, 2020
Dead, incapacitated or healthy, Kim Jong Un speculation serves as useful thought exercise
Whatever Kim Jong Un's fate, speculation over his condition brings into focus important considerations for Asia, including how it might grapple with a scenario involving his death.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2020
'I hope he's fine': Trump says he has good idea how North Korea's Kim is doing
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he has a good idea how Kim Jong Un is doing and hopes he is fine, after days of speculation over the North Korean leader's health.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2020
China sent team, including medical experts, to advise on North Korea’s Kim
The trip comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. It was not immediately clear what the trip signaled in terms of Kim's health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2020
Trump’s personal diplomacy is dead, even if Kim isn’t
The U.S. tradition of putting personalities ahead of power politics seems to matter less and less.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. states test safety of reopening as pandemic pushes jobless higher
An array of merchants in Georgia and other states prepared on Thursday to reopen for the first time in a month under newly relaxed coronavirus restrictions, as another week of massive unemployment claims highlighted the grim economic toll of the pandemic.

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