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BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2018
Big investors urge G7 to step up climate action, shift away from coal
Institutional investors with $26 trillion in assets under management called on Group of Seven leaders on Monday to phase out the use of coal in power generation to help limit climate change, despite strong opposition from Washington.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2018
As media pour in, Trump-Kim summit venue search leads to old Singapore pirate hangout
Of all of Singapore's big hotels, only one shows all its rooms and restaurants are blocked out for the week surrounding June 12, when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet in the city.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2018
Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump 'bullying' and save nuclear deal
The world should stand up to Washington's bullying behavior, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by state media in a letter to counterparts, as the top diplomat intensifies efforts to save a nuclear deal after a U.S. exit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2018
Singapore's Shangri-La hotel — where brass, arms merchants and spies rub elbows
For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around midyear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 3, 2018
Japan at a crossroads over 'pressure' policy toward North Korea as Trump cozies up to Kim
Japan has reached a turning point in deciding whether it will continue to advocate "pressure" on North Korea as its close ally, the United States, leans toward dialogue with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 3, 2018
Syrian President Bashar Assad to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
Syrian President Bashar Assad is planning to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in what would be Kim's first summit with a foreign head of state in Pyongyang, the North's state-run media said Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 3, 2018
U.N. special rapporteur says American poverty is deepening under Trump
Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2018
U.S. trade mission travels to China seeks structural changes to its economy: Mnuchin
The United States wants trade talks in Beijing this weekend to result in structural changes to China's economy, in addition to increased Chinese purchases of American goods, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2018
South Korean and Japanese defense chiefs divided over future of North’s shorter-range ballistic missiles
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera opposes rewards for dialogue, but South Korea's Song Young-moo urges support while offering nothing but silence on Pyongyang's short-range missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 2, 2018
Trump says Kim summit is on for June 12, but puts Japan and South Korea on spot for economic aid
It's back on. U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course Friday, announcing that his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will, indeed, be held on June 12 in Singapore, but noted pointedly that Japan, South Korea and China — not the United States — would cover the cost of economic...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 2, 2018
U.S. may claim up to $1.7 billion penalty from China's ZTE Corp.: sources
The Trump administration may soon claim as much as $1.7 billion penalty from ZTE Corp. as it looks to punish and tighten control over the Chinese telecommunications company before allowing it back into business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2018
Trump plays down chances of quick breakthrough as North Koreans bring letter
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday played down the chances of a quick deal to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons as a delegation from Pyongyang headed to meet him with a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, suggesting a proposed summit may be back on.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2018
Trump's art of unpredictability has foreign leaders concerned
As a businessman, Donald Trump saw strength in his willingness to keep multiple balls in the air and change approach as they fell. In international relations, that unpredictability may be proving a liability.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2018
Robert Mueller's Russia probe spent $4.5 million from October to March, way below Trump's 'Witch Hunt' claim
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating suspected Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election spent $4.5 million between October last year and March 2018, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2018
Outrage by allies over U.S. steel tariffs set to take center stage at Whistler G7 meeting
Global finance chiefs from America's closest allies are promising to give Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin an earful this week after the Trump administration imposed steel and aluminum duties that sparked swift trade responses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2018
Did John Bolton try to sink the Trump-Kim summit?
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton detests professional diplomats as gutless appeasers, and has yet to meet an arms control agreement he likes or a crisis that cannot be solved by bombing the enemy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 31, 2018
Ex-FBI official Andrew McCabe gives memo on James Comey firing to Russia probe chief Robert Mueller: NYT
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that provided "significant behind-the-scenes" details on the firing of former FBI director James Comey, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2018
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says Robert Mueller must end Russia probe by Sept. 1 to avoid 'doing a Comey'
President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said special counsel Robert Mueller should complete his investigation by September to avoid influencing midterm congressional elections, a mistake Giuliani says former FBI director James Comey made in handling the Hillary Clinton probe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2018
Foreign Minister Taro Kono eyes U.S. visit in early June to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is arranging a visit to the United States in early June to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to coordinate policies toward North Korea, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 31, 2018
Michael Cohen's attorney assails Stormy Daniels' lawyer as judge sets deadline for document review
A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, on Wednesday accused adult film actress Stormy Daniels' lawyer of leaking Cohen's bank records to the press, calling it a "drive-by shooting of my client's rights."

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