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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2019
Trump says U.S. and Chinese teams to restart trade talks ahead of meeting at Osaka G20
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping and that the two leaders' teams would restart trade talks after a long lull in order to prepare for a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in the city of Osaka later this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2019
In battleground state of Florida, Trump to launch re-election campaign
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally launches what may be an uphill battle to persuade voters to give him four more years in office, as he bets a strong American economy will outweigh voter concerns about his unorthodox style and polarizing policies.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2019
As U.S. boosts pressure, Iran tests Trump's appetite for a fight
President Donald Trump's campaign vow to get the U.S. out of costly foreign entanglements is colliding with the messy reality of America's commitments in the Middle East, where tensions are rising between Washington and Tehran after attacks on two tankers last week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2019
When it comes to North Korean nukes, Xi wants U.S. and Japan to know that China still wields immense power
When Xi Jinping makes his first visit to North Korea as China's president on Thursday, he'll be broadcasting a message to the U.S. and Japan: When it comes to Pyongyang's nukes, Beijing still wields immense power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2019
Joe Biden says he'll campaign and beat Trump in Texas and the Carolinas
Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said Monday that he plans to campaign and win in states that have almost always supported Republicans in the past four decades, including South Carolina, Georgia and Texas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2019
China's Xi to make first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make his first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday, state-run media from both countries reported Monday, just over a week before Xi is due to meet U.S. leader Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe separately on the sidelines of the Osaka Group of 20 summit....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2019
Father of Japanese girl abducted from London to North Korea in 1983 receives letter from Trump
Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko Arimoto was abducted to North Korea at the age of 23 while studying English in London in 1983, said Sunday he has received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2019
Team Trump reportedly dumps pollsters after persistent low numbers
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has severed ties with some of its pollsters after the leak of months-old surveys showed him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in key states, according to multiple reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 15, 2019
Amid U.S.-China trade war, Osaka braces for G20 summit
Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2019
U.S. Treasury chief on solid ground in withholding Trump tax returns, Justice Department says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate the law by refusing to provide President Donald Trump's tax returns to Congress because the confidentiality of returns is protected under the law, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion released Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 15, 2019
Trump says 'it doesn't matter' if Xi agrees to meeting at Osaka G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump said "it doesn't matter" if Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with him later this month during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka to restart negotiations over trade because the United States is collecting billions of dollars in tariffs on goods from the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 14, 2019
U.S.-bound migrants rush to enter Mexico ahead of security crackdown demanded by Trump
Central American migrants eager to beat a crackdown by Mexico on its southern border with Guatemala scrambled into the country on Thursday as the government prepared to send thousands of National Guard members to plug gaps in the porous frontier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2019
Xi seen having few good options after Trump's G20 ultimatum to meet or else
By now, Xi Jinping is used to Donald Trump's tariff threats. But the U.S. president's latest ultimatum is personal, and the Chinese leader's response could have far-reaching consequences for his political future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2019
Trump 'frustrated' with lack of Japan trade deal, Ambassador William Hagerty says
Touching on the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi in February, Hagerty argued it was “not a failure, as some have portrayed it.”

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