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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2018
After outcry over appointment, Trump's top law enforcer treads lightly as legal challenges swirl
Matthew Whitaker flew to Dallas last week to deliver his latest speech since U.S. President Donald Trump installed him as acting attorney general, an appointment embroiled in criticism and court challenges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2018
Judge lobbed political bomb at Trump by nullifying Obamacare amid president's quest for re-election
An explosive court ruling to wipe out Obamacare has revived the acrimonious health care battle in Washington and tossed a political bomb in President Donald Trump's lap as he gears up to run for re-election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 17, 2018
U.S.-bound Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home from Tijuana
The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2018
U.S. and South Korea can't agree on sharing the bill for military after Trump's criticism
The United States and South Korea have failed to agree on a bigger South Korean share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops, an official said on Friday, as the U.S. military warned Korean workers they might be put on leave if no deal is reached.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2018
Federal prosecutors probing Trump inauguration spending: WSJ
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump's inaugural committee misspent some of the funds it raised, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people it said were familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2018
The strengthening case against Trump
The House of Representatives' incoming Democratic committee chairs insist that they have no interest in impeaching President Donald Trump, but as they continue to investigate his administration's wrongdoings, that outcome may become inevitable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 13, 2018
U.S. debt under Trump has ballooned by size of Brazil's GDP: Treasury
U.S. government debt is on track this year to rise at the fastest pace since 2012, as a stronger economy fails to keep pace with the wave of red ink that's rising under the Trump administration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2018
Trump's intervention comment may have provided legal gift to Huawei's beleaguered CFO
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, released on bail Tuesday to await a ruling on U.S. extradition at one of her luxury Vancouver homes, may have received welcome ammunition in court from an unlikely source — President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2018
National Enquirer publisher American Media dodges charges with deal to cooperate with Trump hush-money probe
National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc. agreed to accept responsibility for its role in a $150,000 payment to silence a former Playboy Playmate about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump before the election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2018
Trump says he would intervene in arrest of Chinese executive if it helps secure trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene with the U.S. Justice Department in the case against a Chinese telecommunications executive if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2018
Normalizing Japan-China ties poses risks
It is impossible for Japan to choose unequivocally between the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2018
U.S. automakers group urges Trump to push harder to open Japanese market
The Trump administration intends to start trade negotiations with Tokyo as early as mid-January, after notifying Congress of its plans in October.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
Saudi crown prince cultivated ties with Jared Kushner and kept up contacts after journalist's slaying: NYT
Jared Kushner, the U.S. president's son-in-law and senior adviser, was wooed by Saudi Arabia's controversial crown prince before Donald Trump took office, and the contacts continued in spite of the leader's links to the brutal murder of a journalist, the New York Times reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
Robert Mueller's Russia meddling probe digs deep, leaving Trump open to possibility of post-presidential prosecution
President Donald Trump, protected from criminal charges while in office, is now facing the prospect of indictment when he becomes a private citizen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2018
Trump: Hush money payments not campaign finance violations, just 'simple private transaction'
Donald Trump on Monday defended hush money payments reported by his former lawyer a day after Democrats said the U.S. president could face impeachment and jail time if the transactions are proven to be campaign finance violations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2018
U.S. has Huawei in cuffs; China has U.S. in chains
Here's a vision of how things might look if Beijing decides to retaliate by leveraging its dominance of the supply chain for American companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2018
The phony America-China truce
The U.S. and China have very different views of what they had signed up for in the truce.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room
And then there was one.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
Top U.S. envoy to North Korea can't get face time with counterparts
More than three months after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo picked Stephen Biegun to lead negotiations with North Korea, the former Ford Motor Co. executive has barely met officials from Pyongyang face-to-face.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018
U.S. calls March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China
U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a "hard deadline" after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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