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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2017
Kim directly warns Trump as North Korean foreign minister says response may include Pacific H-bomb test
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls U.S. President Donald Trump “mentally deranged” and vows to make him “pay dearly” for threatening the total destruction of his country.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2017
Trump doesn't embody Western values, unlike JFK and Obama: German envoy
Donald Trump doesn't embody Western values in the way that previous presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama did, according to Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the U.S. who now heads the Munich Security Conference.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017
Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption row
An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
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BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2017
Sharp rise in queried skilled foreigner visas under Trump administration is 'stealth campaign': attorneys
The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2017
Republicans set vote on health care bill slammed by Obama as path to 'real human suffering'
Senate Republicans announced plans to vote next week on their latest bid to scuttle Obamacare even as a popular comedian who has become part of the U.S. health care debate denounced the bill and former President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned of "real human suffering."
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2017
Power and purpose in democratic politics
Could U.S. President Donald Trump's recent overtures to Democrats be a sign that he is embracing centrist politics?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2017
Hurricane Trump makes landfall in Manhattan
The Trump administration's apparent determination to break the Iran nuclear deal is causing global alarm, for good reason.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2017
Trump's fire and brimstone U.N. speech hands Abe a win on North Korea, but will victory be pyrrhic?
Experts warn that Trump's threat could reinforce Pyongyang's belief that nuclear weapons remain the sole means of securing the regime's safety.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2017
Trump administration prepares to ease export rules for U.S. guns
The Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior U.S. officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017
At U.N., Trump's tough talk opens door for Macron's diplomacy
French President Emmanuel Macron cast himself as the antithesis of U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Tuesday, a position that could enable him to play the honest broker in international conflicts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017
Tillerson says restrictions on Iran's nuclear program must be extended indefinitely
The Iran nuclear deal must be changed if the United States is to remain in it, the top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday, suggesting its key limits on the Iranian nuclear program must be extended.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017
Trump seen tapping campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump is using money donated to his re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his lawyers in the probe of alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2017
In first U.N. speech, Trump threatens total destruction of North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to "totally destroy" North Korea unless it halts its pursuit of nuclear weapons, mocking the isolated country's dictator, Kim Jong Un, as a "rocket man" on a suicide mission.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2017
Mattis hints at U.S. military options, says no need to shoot down North Korean missiles yet
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted Monday that Washington retained military options against nuclear-armed North Korea that he said would not leave Seoul at risk of devastating retaliatory strikes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2017
At U.N., nations opposed to Assad reject Syria reconstruction without process for political transition
The United States, Britain and other countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad will not support the reconstruction of the country until there is a political transition "away from Assad," British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2017
Trump campaign adviser was wiretapped under secret court orders: reports
U.S. investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the 2016 election, CNN reported Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2017
Trump praises Macron, mulls July 4 military parade like one he saw in Paris
U.S. President Donald Trump, offering more words of praise for French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said on Monday he was considering staging a July 4 U.S. military parade in Washington inspired by the one he saw as Macron's guest in Paris.

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