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DONALD TRUMP JR

COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016
Should South Korea be worried?
South Korea's domestic political turmoil is a bigger threat to its national security than U.S. foreign policy under a Trump presidency,
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016
Trump must prepare for a showdown with Beijing
An increasingly assertive China poses the most vexing and far-reaching challenges for American prosperity and security.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2016
Welcome to the age of hyper-uncertainty
The year 2017 will mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Age of Uncertainty.' But if Galbraith were writing the same book in 2017, he probably would call the 1970s the Age of Assurance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2016
Trump versus China: the 'madman' strategy
If Donald Trump pursues his madman strategy toward China, we are all in for a rough time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2016
Beijing throws down the gauntlet, seizes U.S. undersea drone in South China Sea
China's navy has seized a U.S. underwater survey drone in international waters in the South China Sea, prompting a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return Friday, in a confrontation likely to exacerbate already rising tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 17, 2016
Obama warns that China won't take any change in U.S. policy on Taiwan lightly
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday it was fine for President-elect Donald Trump to review Washington's "one-China" policy toward Taiwan, but he cautioned that a shift could lead to significant consequences in the U.S. relationship with Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2016
Trump builds team of bosses and big egos to shake up Washington
With more than 20 nominees now selected, Donald Trump's Cabinet appears much like the president-elect himself: mostly older, white males, many of them wealthy, who see themselves as risk-takers and deal-makers and prize action over deliberation.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2016
Ghosn sees Trump's America-first agenda as protecting trade with Mexico
Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's America-first agenda should mean that trade with Mexico, where his company is the biggest auto producer, will be protected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2016
Will Trump get trumped?
In January, Donald Trump will head to Washington with his team of radical, inexperienced and inordinately wealthy Cabinet picks. But he is not nearly as invincible as he seems to believe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2016
CIA should come clean about Russian 'hacking'
If the CIA has indisputable evidence that Russia threw the U.S. election, it should put up or shut up.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2016
'Is a Tweet policy?' U.S. State Department officials ponder
When is a tweet just a tweet?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 15, 2016
Putin tops Forbes' most powerful people list for fourth time
Russian President Vladimir Putin again topped Forbes magazine's list of The World's Most Powerful People in 2016 on Wednesday, while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose to 37th place from 41st last year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2016
Defining national interest
The election of Donald Trump should be worrying for anyone who advocates cooperation over confrontation and adherence to international law and international agreements.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 15, 2016
Trump's top diplomat would carry Chinese baggage from Exxon days
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for top U.S. diplomat comes with Chinese geopolitical entanglements. In his favor is years of dealing with some of the country's biggest oil companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2016
On heels of Trump affront, GM, Ford shares slide as China warns it may fine monopolistic U.S. carmaker
Shares of U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co skidded on Wednesday after a Chinese official warned the government could slap a penalty on an unnamed U.S. automaker for monopolistic behavior.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2016
Team Trump disavows survey seeking names of Energy Department climate workers
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Wednesday disavowed a survey sent to the U.S. Department of Energy that requested the names of people working on climate change in the agency.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2016
Japanese lawmaker calls for stronger ties between Japan, Taiwan
A Japanese lawmaker said Wednesday that Japan should strengthen its strategic ties with its neighbors, including Taiwan, in the face of a rising China and a new administration in the United States.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Dec 14, 2016
Views from Kansai: What are your hopes and fears about the coming Trump presidency?
John Ashburne took to the streets of Osaka and Kyoto 
to find out what people expect from the Donald Trump administration in 
the U.S. See the online version of this article or the Japan Times YouTube channel for a video of these vox pops.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2016
Are Sino-American ties too big to fail? China maps out fresh Trump strategy
When Donald Trump becomes U.S. president next month, one issue above all others could force his new administration to work closely with China and underscore why he and Beijing need each other — North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2016
Japan's ratification of the TPP
If the Abe administration believes in the TPP as a key to drive up Japan's growth, it should prepare to restructure its strategy on how to push the nation's free trade agenda in case the deal is formally declared dead.

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