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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2017
Airbus stake in Bombardier C Series jet seen putting Boeing in catch-up mode
Airbus SE's acquisition of a majority stake in Bombardier Inc.'s C Series plane threatens to leave Boeing Co. trailing in a looming race to develop a new generation of more advanced short-haul jets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2017
Trump likely to meet families of abductees to North Korea on November visit to Japan
White House releases details of U.S. president's five-nation Asian tour, set to kick off in Japan on Nov. 5.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2017
'Mad dog' anti-Trump leaflets believed floated in by North Korean balloon turn up in Seoul
Propaganda fliers presumed to be from North Korea and calling U.S. President Donald Trump a "mad dog" have turned up across central Seoul, including near the presidential Blue House, according to posts on social media and people who found them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2017
North Korean hacker group linked to Taiwan bank cyberheist
Lazarus, a hacking group linked to North Korea, may have been behind this month's theft of $60 million from Taiwan's Far Eastern International Bank, according to BAE Systems PLC researchers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2017
Supreme Court agrees to rule on U.S. demand for Microsoft email data stored abroad
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a major privacy dispute between the Justice Department and Microsoft Corp over whether prosecutors should get access to emails stored on company servers overseas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 17, 2017
Casualty count eludes as Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance; Trump stays neutral
Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2017
Partner seen blocking Kushner Cos. plan to turn indebted Fifth Avenue tower into showcase
An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building as a luxury architectural trophy is collapsing, setting off a chain of events that may imperil the Kushners' ownership of a property central to their real estate empire.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 17, 2017
Pyongyang warns states at U.N.: Don't join any U.S. action and you're safe from retaliation
North Korea warned countries at the United Nations on Monday in a statement: don't join the United States in military action against the Asian state and you will be safe from retaliation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017
Diplomacy with North Korea will continue 'until the first bomb drops,' Tillerson says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said diplomatic efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program "will continue until the first bomb drops," as the U.S. and South Korean navies kicked off a massive, five-day joint military exercise Monday in the waters surrounding North Korea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 16, 2017
Iraq says vast areas taken from Kurds in Kirkuk, Kurds deny gains
Iraqi government forces took control of "vast areas" in the region of Kirkuk, including oil fields west of the city, in the early hours of Monday, Iraqi state TV said, but the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) disputed the assertions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017
Trump axing of Obamacare subsidies seen dooming low-income Americans' heath insurance and his access to Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt low-income Americans by doing away with Obamacare subsidies and make it harder for him to engage in bipartisan talks with Democrats as Congress edges toward a possible government shutdown, lawmakers said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2017
NAFTA talks look to be extended as tensions, and doubts over Trump's sincerity, surge
Negotiators at talks to modernize NAFTA are running out of time and look set to extend the remaining rounds in a bid to meet an end-of-year deadline as tensions rise, three sources said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017
Clinton blames election loss on sexism and 'maddening double standards' as she urges women to organize
Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blamed her 2016 election loss to Donald Trump on sexism and the "double standards" women are held to in public life during a promotional tour for her new memoir in Britain on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017
Trump re-election campaign raised $10.1 million in third quarter, spent $1.1 million on legal fees
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign raised more than $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 and spent $4 million, including $1.1 million on legal fees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2017
North Korea's Kim works to turn missile-testing outpost into tourism cash cow
In the seaside city of Wonsan, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavored ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2017
North's unhappy mix of tourists and military
The Wonsan resort is not North Korea's first attempt to mix the military and tourism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2017
Some Trump assertions on Iran questioned by experts
In Friday's speech laying out his strategy toward Iran and his decision not to certify it is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump made a series of statements that analysts questioned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2017
North Korea renews threat to target Guam ahead of joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises
North Korea renewed its threat to the American Pacific territory of Guam on Friday as the U.S. and South Korean militaries geared up for 10 days of joint naval exercises set to kick off next week.

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