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DONALD TRUMP

WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2016
Trump team memo on climate change alarms Energy Department staff
President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Department transition team sent the agency a memo this week asking for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers, alarming employees and advisers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 10, 2016
Trump to tap Goldman chief Cohn as head of National Economic Council
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely ask a senior Goldman Sachs banker to coordinate economic policy across his administration, turning again to Wall Street for expertise in managing the world's largest economy, a transition official said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Dec 10, 2016
Trump packing trade team with veterans of steel wars with China
President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his trade transition team with veterans of the U.S. steel industry's battles with China, signaling a potentially more aggressive approach to U.S. complaints of unfair Chinese subsidies for its exports and barriers to imports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2016
Valentine denies official talk of being offered Japan ambassador post by Trump
Ex-Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine says he has not been in contact with the Trump team amid reports he is under consideration to become the ambassador to Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2016
Obama orders review of 2016 election cyberattacks
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyberattacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, the White House said Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2016
Pressure U.S. on free trade
The biggest loser in the U.S. presidential election was free trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2016
Why SoftBank's Son is betting big on Trump
Pledge by Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son to invest $50 billion in the U.S. is savvy, but it's a big blow to Japan Inc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2016
Thanks to Trump, no more 'Ameri-splaining'
The U.S. has always been corrupt, savage and brutal. President Trump suits us fine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2016
U.S. would be wise to end sanctions on Cuba
U.S. sanctions have done nothing to liberate the people of Cuba.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2016
Japan Inc. warns of global trade contraction under Trump presidency: poll
Corporate Japan is bracing for a rocky ride under incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, a Reuters poll showed, with well over a third of firms seeing a contraction in global trade as concerns about a rise in U.S. protectionism threaten to shatter a fragile economic recovery.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 8, 2016
U.S. mayors appeal to Trump to maintain policy allowing young illegal immigrants to stay
Mayors from the largest U.S. cities warned President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday of the potential economic harm he might cause if he wipes out a program that allows young illegal immigrants to remain in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2016
Son meets Trump, plans $50 billion U.S. investment, 50,000 jobs
Billionaire business tycoon Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 new jobs, a move President-elect Donald Trump claimed was a direct result of his election win.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2016
On Japan stop of Asia tour, Carter reassures Inada over Trump fears
The defense secretary says the United States remains committed to the alliance and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2016
Trump lays out U.S. military policy shifting from regime change to defeating Islamic State
President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2016
Former Sen. Bob Dole set up contacts between Trump campaign and Taiwanese leadership
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, acting as a paid lobbyist for Taiwan's government, connected Donald Trump's staff with Taiwanese officials in advance of an unprecedented phone call between the U.S. president-elect and Taiwan's president.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2016
Trump said to pick Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as ambassador to China
President-elect Donald Trump has offered the post of U.S. ambassador to China to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to three people close to the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2016
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit rooted in pragmatism amid uncertainties surrounding Trump
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit this month to Pearl Harbor will be a historic gesture that represents the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance and the evolution of the bilateral relationship since World War II.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2016
SoftBank's Son said to plan meeting with Trump in New York
SoftBank Group Corp. founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son was to meet with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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