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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2018
Habitual denier of collusion, Trump now says it's anyway not a crime as Paul Manafort trial starts
President Donald Trump again attacked special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, reiterating that his campaign did not collude with Moscow and saying collusion is not a crime anyway.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2018
North Korea eyeing strategy to dispose of 20 warheads while retaining dozens more: report
Top North Korean officials have discussed the country's intention to deceive the U.S. about the number of nuclear warheads in its possession, including a strategy to potentially declare they have denuclearized after disposing of 20 weapons while retaining dozens more, according to a report by The Washington...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2018
On retirement, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, has go-to answers for staying on
For more than a decade, audiences and interviewers have had one pressing question for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: When will you retire?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2018
Paul Manafort set to be first ex-Trump aide to go on trial in Russia probe
Paul Manafort on Tuesday will become the first of President Donald Trump's former aides to go on trial, accused of bank and tax fraud by federal investigators probing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2018
Trump says he's willing to meet with Iranian leader without preconditions
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani with "no preconditions" as tensions between the two countries climb following the U.S. president's decision to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2018
Wary of China's rise, Pompeo announces U.S. initiatives in emerging Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced $113 million in new technology, energy and infrastructure initiatives in emerging Asia on Monday, at a time when China is pouring billions of dollars in investments into the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2018
Trump tariffs could trigger U.S. recession, billionaire Charles Koch tells GOP ranks
Billionaire Charles Koch said Sunday he worries President Donald Trump's actions on trade and tariffs put the booming U.S. economy at risk of recession.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2018
Trump says he had 'very nasty' business relations with special counsel Robert Mueller, without specifying
President Donald Trump said he had a nasty and contentious business relationship with Robert Mueller, and called on the special counsel to disclose such "conflicts of interest" in one of his most direct attacks on the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2018
Rudy Giuliani claims witnesses contradict Michael Cohen's story on 2016 Russia meeting at Trump Tower
Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said the president did not know beforehand about a 2016 meeting between his campaign and Russians, as the president's former attorney is reportedly ready to tell prosecutors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2018
Major car exporters said to plan meeting without U.S. on how to respond to Trump tariff threat
Representatives from major car-producing nations are due to meet without the U.S. to discuss possibly coordinating their response to President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2018
Outlook for Democrats in 2020 looks bleak
First: No. It's not too early to discuss the 2020 election. The Iowa caucuses are only a year and a half away. Any presidential hopeful who hasn't begun chatting up donors by now will find it nearly impossible to mount a viable campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2018
ASDF trains with B-52 heavy bombers in rare joint drill amid thaw with North Korea
The U.S. Air Force and Air Self-Defense Force conducted a joint exercise featuring American heavy bombers on Friday, in one of the first publicized bilateral military drills since U.S. President Donald Trump's landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2018
Witness list for trial of Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort released
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted a list of 35 potential witnesses for the trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort due to begin next week in Virginia, including bankers and accountants likely to testify regarding charges of bank and tax fraud.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2018
Trump hails growth as one-offs and consumers boost U.S. economy
The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter as consumers boosted spending and farmers rushed shipments of soybeans to China to beat retaliatory trade tariffs before they took effect in early July.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2018
As China and U.S. slug it out in trade spat, past events suggest relief is ahead for emerging markets
If the past century is any guide, an escalation in tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S. and China may boost emerging markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2018
U.S. House passes $716 billion defense bill targeting Chinese investments, tech
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $716 billion defense authorization bill that aims to rein in China's investments in the United States and prohibits the U.S. government from using technology from major Chinese telecommunications firms.
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2018
Rebuild global regime to fight protectionism
Japan should work together with other key economies to rebuild an international regime that is capable of taking coordinated action to address common threats to global growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2018
Europe must stand for itself
Europeans can no longer assume that their interests are synonymous with those of the U.S.
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.
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.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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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