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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2020
Trump to formally launch U.S.-Kenya trade deal talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would formally initiate trade talks with Kenya, adding that he would "probably" sign a deal with the East African country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 7, 2020
Acquitted Trump unleashes fury at impeachment and all those he deems foes
U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges in a caustic, free-wheeling speech on Thursday that drew on White House pomp to underscore the fact that he remained in office.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2020
Trump seeks to use pending appeal in groping case to delay suit over denying rape
U.S. President Donald Trump asked a New York state trial judge to put on hold a defamation lawsuit by Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of rape, saying a successful appeal in a separate defamation case could shield him from both lawsuits.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2020
Impeachment trial is over, but the final verdict on Trump is not yet in
In Hollywood, it is called a false ending — where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
Swindler Bernie Madoff asks for early release, claiming he's terminally ill
Bernard Madoff, who defrauded investors of more than $19 billion in history's biggest Ponzi scheme, has asked for early release from his 150-year prison sentence, claiming his health is failing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2020
U.S. trade deficit narrowed in 2019 for first time in six years
The U.S. trade deficit fell for the first time in six years in 2019 as the White House's trade war with China curbed the import bill, keeping the economy on a moderate growth path despite a slowdown in consumer spending and weak business investment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2020
About 350 U.S. evacuees from virus-hit Chinese city land at California air base
Two planes carrying about 350 Americans out of Wuhan, China, arrived at a U.S. military base in California on Wednesday, in Washington's latest effort to bring its citizens home from the epicenter of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
Phase 1 trade deal ambiguity gives China ample room for coronavirus delays in funding U.S. 'export boom'
The United States' expected "export boom" to China in the aftermath of the Phase 1 trade deal will be delayed, as China battles the rapidly spreading coronavirus, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2020
U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she ripped up Trump speech because it 'shredded the truth'
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page "that didn't have a lie on it," she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2020
Trump strikes defiant tone, using State of the Union to tout economic accomplishments
Donald Trump struck a triumphant tone in Tuesday's State of the Union address, staking his bid for re-election squarely on the U.S. economy and embracing the deep partisan rancor over his presidency on the eve of his likely acquittal in the Senate's impeachment trial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 5, 2020
With Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, Iowa Democrats plot two futures
Bernie Sanders' strong showing in the Iowa caucuses had become the conventional wisdom. But Iowa politics is an expectations game, and Pete Buttigieg played it expertly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2020
Inside the epic Iowa meltdown that paralyzed 2020 Democrats
The first signs of trouble in the Iowa Democratic caucuses emerged early Monday afternoon when a handful of county chairs had problems downloading and logging onto a new app designed to report results."A lot of us are going to be doing it on paper and calling it in," Kelcey Brackett, chairman of the...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
Democrats' wimpy impeachment has made Trump stronger than ever
The U.S. president goes into his reelection campaign stronger than ever thanks to the Democrats' poor timing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
U.S. finalizes rule to slap duties on countries that undervalue currencies
The U.S. Commerce Department has finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China and even Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2020
Trump says U.S. has 'shut down' coronavirus threat; China shuns U.S. help
The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fast-moving coronavirus while offering help to China, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2020
North Korea's 2020 vision: A nuclear shield, not a sword
The longer Kim keeps nuclear weapons, the more credible the claim will become that his primary interest is in nuclear deterrence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2020
The Trump administration's 'realism' isn't the answer
If his Middle East peace proposal is any indication of how U.S. President Donald Trump will deal with other international issues, Japan should be worried.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2020
Democrats' bid for new Trump impeachment witnesses likely to fall short
Democrats appeared to have fallen short Thursday in their bid to secure the votes needed to call witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's likely acquittal as early as this weekend.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2020
Jared Kushner says he hopes Israel waits on sovereignty steps in West Bank till after polls
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank, following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan.

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