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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. draws Robert Mueller's scrutiny anew over more foreign campaign contacts
Donald Trump Jr. stayed out of his father's Washington to run the family business, but he keeps getting drawn back into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 21, 2018
U.S.-China trade truce may prove fleeting without serious reform
The newly declared economic truce between the U.S. and China will prove temporary if the world's two largest economies fail to deliver on vague commitments to rebalance trade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 21, 2018
Top U.S. senator says Trump looking to end North Korea crisis in first term
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview Sunday that President Donald Trump would seek to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis in his first term, adding that if Pyongyang backs out of a landmark summit scheduled for next month, the two countries would be "on the path to conflict."
BUSINESS
May 21, 2018
German companies worry Trump moving toward 'America Alone'
German companies are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump is increasingly thinking only of America rather than just putting his country first, the head of Germany's DIHK Chambers of Commerce told media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2018
China agrees to ramp purchases of U.S. goods, but, $200 billion figure not mentioned
China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2018
One year into the Mueller probe
While Robert Mueller has already produced results, the investigation continues and appears to be picking up steam.
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2018
Trump Jr. met Gulf princes' emissary in 2016 who offered campaign help
Donald Trump, Jr., the U.S. president's eldest son, met in August 2016 with an envoy representing the crown princes of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2018
Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps toward the WTO
President Donald Trump has the World Trade Organization in a chokehold, and the United States has made clear what he wants: No more judicial rulings that interpret WTO rules to Washington's disadvantage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2018
Trump nominates Pacific Command chief Harry Harris to be South Korean ambassador
The White House formally nominated Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris on Friday to fill the long-vacant post of ambassador to South Korea, as the U.S. gears up for the planned first-ever talks between a sitting American president and a North Korean leader on June 12 in Singapore.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China offers Trump $200 billion package to slash U.S. trade deficit: U.S. officials
China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other measures aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China by some $200 billion a year, U.S. officials familiar with the proposal said.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2018
Former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, Jeffrey Yohai, cuts plea deal, will cooperate in criminal probes
The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate with other criminal probes, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 18, 2018
Experts slam Giuliani claim that Mueller can't subpoena Trump
In a media blitz Wednesday night and Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani told Fox and CNN he had received assurances that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not indict the president while he is in office.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2018
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ends practice that gave some immigrants reprieve from deportation
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday barred immigration judges from a once-common practice of shelving deportation cases involving some immigrants with deep ties to the United States.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2018
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sought $1 million from Qatar in late 2016: Washington Post
U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, asked the Qatari government for at least $1 million in December 2016 in exchange for access or insight into the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2018
South Korea to act as mediator ahead of Trump-Kim summit: official
South Korea is seeking to act as a mediator to bridge the gap between the United States and North Korea ahead of a planned summit, an official at South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2018
U.S. reportedly demanded North Korea ship nuclear warheads and an ICBM abroad within six months
The United Stated has demanded North Korea ship some nuclear warheads, an intercontinental ballistic missile and other nuclear material overseas within six months, the Asahi newspaper said on Thursday, citing several sources familiar with North Korean issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 17, 2018
How Trump's fix-it man became $1.2 million headache for Novartis
When Michael Cohen showed up at Novartis AG last year proposing to help the drugmaker navigate the Donald Trump administration, it sounded like a promising opportunity. Cohen had, after all, served as an attorney for Trump and had close ties to the new president.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2018
North Korean ruling party newspaper rips Japan as 'desperate' amid detente, urges end to 'hostile policy'
North Korea's ruling party newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, has lashed out at attempts by Tokyo to urge Washington to address its nuclear and missile programs at a planned U.S.-North Korea summit, calling the moves "desperate efforts" by a "trouble-maker creating only complexities" on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2018
Trump keeps a dangerous promise
Contrary to the president's claims, the move will make peace harder to reach and will likely embolden hardliners on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2018
North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over U.S. push for 'unilateral' denuclearization
North Korea abruptly threatened to cancel the summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if the U.S. presses ahead with demands Pyongyang unilaterally relinquish its nuclear arsenal.

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