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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2017
Mueller probe into Trump camp's links to Russia election meddling 'no fishing expedition': Rosenstein
The probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion by associates of President Donald Trump is not a "fishing expedition," the Justice Department official who launched it said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2017
Australia sends ships, divers to aid in recovery after U.S. Marines end search for missing Osprey crash trio
The Australian government said on Sunday it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended its search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2017
Toyota to swap sedans for trucks, maybe SUVs at new Mexico plant in light of Trump threat
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it plans to build pickup trucks and possibly SUVs at a new plant in Mexico, a move that follows threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to penalize the company if it builds small cars south of the border.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2017
Special counsel Mueller asks White House for Flynn documents: report
Investigators working for U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, have asked the White House for documents related to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, The New York Times reported Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2017
An estimated 2,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Raqqa, Syria
About 2,000 Islamic State fighters are estimated to remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa, fighting for their survival in the face of an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 4, 2017
Trump's reboot of sanctions ushers in 'new normal' for Russia
As Russia hunkers down for "decades" of U.S. sanctions, the chill in geopolitics is threatening to turn into a deep freeze for an economy retooling after the crash in oil prices.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2017
Peru may cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest vote for constitution rewrite assembly
Peru may sever diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest Sunday's election of a legislative superbody in the country that has been widely criticized as undemocratic, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2017
Mueller convenes Washington grand jury to probe Russia's election meddling: WSJ
Special counsel Robert Mueller has convened a grand jury in Washington to investigate allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2017
Lessons in losing international influence
What's happening now in the U.S. and U.K. shows how poor leadership can be devastating to a country's international standing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 3, 2017
Montreal's Olympic Stadium opens for asylum seekers coming from U.S.
Canadian health authorities and aid workers are using an Olympic stadium to shelter asylum seekers as a growing number of people walk into the country from the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2017
Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents, emboldened by U.S. de-emphasis of rights, abandonment of TPP
A crackdown on communist Vietnam's increasingly vocal dissidents has become the biggest in years, and activists say that authorities have been emboldened by the Trump administration's lack of emphasis on human rights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017
Tillerson rules out North Korea strikes, regime change, but mixed messages plague U.S. policy
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that Washington is not seeking regime change in North Korea and would be open to dialogue, a stance seemingly at odds with President Donald Trump and officials in the administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017
Fragile economy stays Putin's hand in standoff with U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk escalating tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger Russia's fragile economic recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017
Schumer urges Trump to block Chinese M&As in U.S. until Beijing helps rein in North Korea
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block some Chinese investments in the United States to pressure China "to help rein in North Korea's threatening and destabilizing behavior."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2017
NHK video casts doubt on North Korean ICBM re-entry capabilities and effectiveness
Video captured Friday of North Korea's latest test of a powerful long-range missile appears to show the weapon's re-entry vehicle "breaking up" over waters just off Hokkaido — a possible sign that the nuclear-armed country has yet to master technology critical to the warhead's survival when returning...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
Defiant Venezuelan President Maduro mocks Trump after U.S. extends sanctions
A defiant Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mocked the sanctions Washington slapped on him Monday, after Sunday's election of a new legislative super-body that prompted the White House to call him a dictator for "seizing absolute power."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
Scaramucci's 'colorful' comments to New Yorker displeased Trump: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump felt Anthony Scaramucci, whom he fired as his communications chief on Monday, made inappropriate comments to The New Yorker magazine, the White House said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
U.S. Embassy in Moscow locked out of diplomatic dacha, told it lacked permits
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier agreed to grant access until midday on Tuesday for them to retrieve belongings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
Envoy throws ball back to Trump, says U.S. and North Korea are key to peace on peninsula, not China
China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2017
Trump targets health insurer subsidies that make Obamacare affordable
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday took aim at the nation's health insurers in an escalating threat to cut the health care subsidy payments that make Obamacare plans affordable, one day after urging Republican senators to continue working to undo his Democratic predecessor's health care law.

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