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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2021
I beg your 'pardon,' Mr. Trump
What concerns me most about Trump's pardons are those for four former Blackwater employees convicted of shooting indiscriminately into a crowd of ordinary citizens in Baghdad in 2007.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2021
Rejecting Trump veto, Republican-led U.S. Senate backs defense bill
The U.S. president suffered a stinging rebuke in the Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his tenure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2021
Five cheers for 2021
But as 2021 nears, things look a lot better than they did just a few months ago. We now have at least five reasons to celebrate the New Year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2020
America can't compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off
As China approaches technological parity with the U.S. in a variety of high-value industries, the U.S. has acted to maintain supremacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / 2020 in Review
Dec 30, 2020
Images of 2020 | Turbulence: Power shifts and revolution
A brief look back at images that reflected a world in tumult
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2020
Undoing Trump regulations may divide Biden’s coalition
Some of the Trump administration's midnight rules will deserve wholesale repudiation. But others should be approached with a scalpel, not an ax.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 29, 2020
America’s post-Trump reckoning
As the Biden administration re-engages with U.S. partners and allies, it will have to provide assurances that arrangements made in the next four years will survive into the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 29, 2020
Overcoming Trumpism
The underestimation of Trump voters, and complacent belief in a Biden landslide, revealed the widening gulf between urban, educated America and rural, working-class America.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2020
Biden decries ‘obstruction’ in national security transition
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden accused Trump loyalists at national security agencies of throwing up roadblocks to a smooth presidential transition and warned that adversaries could take advantage of the situation without better cooperation from the outgoing administration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2020
A dismal year everywhere was even worse for Iran
After a year in which the regime has failed on every other front, it will almost inevitably double down on its only other source of legitimacy: its visceral anti-Americanism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020
China’s fateful year, from Wuhan to Hong Kong
In 2020, relations with the West swung back toward mutual distrust and hostility, with the COVID-19 pandemic and Hong Kong national-security law playing decisive roles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2020
With Biden, an opportunity to normalize relations with Cuba again
The certification by the Electoral College of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election is the final nail in the coffin of President Donald Trump and his supporters’ attempt to reverse the results of the vote. It is now time to move on and take necessary foreign policy steps to...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2020
QAnon and Japan: Hundreds still contesting Trump's election defeat
A man in his 40s said he believes Trump will eventually prevail. 'It's possible that key information, which could overthrow (the election outcome), will come out,' he said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2020
Trump leaves a mess behind at NASA
President-elect Joe Biden needs to focus on what has made the U.S. space program distinctive in recent years: the power of private competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2020
Trump signals he might not sign U.S. COVID-19 relief bill
U.S. President Donald Trump injected confusion into the outlook for COVID-19 relief on Tuesday night, demanding changes to the bipartisan legislation approved by Congress less than 24 hours earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2020
Trump awards prestigious Legion of Merit to Abe
The medal was also presented to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 21, 2020
Asian security rests on forging closer U.S.-Japan science and technology cooperation
The U.S. C&ET strategy identifies a list of 20 priority areas of which Japanese firms have some of the leading technologies, such as advanced manufacturing and space technologies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2020
Did Trump’s impeachment matter in the end?
It's easy to conclude that, without the pandemic, Trump would have won. And if that's correct, it would seem that the impeachment would not have made any difference.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2020
‘War by other means’: Coercive statecraft’s downside
Japan needs to be cautious to avoid becoming trapped in an economic statecraft battle between the United States and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2020
Trump claims credit for vaccines. Some of his backers don’t want to take them.
Elizabeth Graves, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, is not opposed to vaccines. She said she had taken flu shots and pneumonia shots and, having just turned 50, was interested in being vaccinated against shingles.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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