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ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2016
Clinton edge over Trump eases after Florida massacre but more also favor neither: poll
Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed since late last week, according to the results of the first Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted since the Orlando shooting rampage on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
Media gamed Democratic primary
The vast majority of U.S. corporate media outlets appear to have had their thumbs on the scale for Hillary Clinton throughout the Democratic primaries.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton has a foreign policy problem
Hillary Clinton needs to win the support of Bernie Sanders' liberal supporters if she is to defeat Trump, but they distrust her hawkish foreign policy record.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
DP platform to include protecting Article 9 and 'painful' reforms to pay for social security
The Democratic Party will pledge in the coming Upper House election campaign to enhance social security, with the funding coming through reforms, and oppose revising the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9, according to sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
In rare move, Trump denies Washington Post access to his campaign
Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took the unprecedented step Monday of denying press access to The Washington Post, one of the United States' most influential newspapers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
Trump post-Orlando rant may incite anti-immigration voters but appalls GOP establishment
The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, has allowed Donald Trump to seize upon a familiar issue he has used to great advantage — the threat of Islamist militants and his plan to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, offering him what could be a crucial moment to re-boot his sputtering presidential...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2016
Aim for growth and fairness
Like all countries, Australia needs both economic growth overall and the benefits of that to be shared equitably by all.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2016
Trump tells Ryan Muslim ban, mass deportations 'not part of our agenda'
Some of the campaign promises made by Donald Trump, including a vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if elected president, may not see the light of day, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2016
Trump-obsessed CEOs abroad ask: 'Is it really possible for him to be elected president?'
Steve Schwarzman, chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP, who recently returned from South Korea, offers a polite answer to the question everyone keeps asking: "It's very colorful."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2016
Sanders returns to Washington, meets with Obama on next steps
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders returned to Washington for meetings on Thursday with President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid as Democrats pressured him to end his presidential campaign and support Hillary Clinton after a hard-fought primary race.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2016
Komeito platform supports tax-hike delay, avoids Constitution debate
Junior ruling coalition partner Komeito on Thursday backed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to postpone the consumption tax hike for two years in a set of campaign pledges announced ahead of the July 10 Upper House poll.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2016
Sen. Kaine top online bet to be Clinton running mate; Sessions to be Trump's but Donald not tipping hand
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has emerged as the online betting favorite to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate, while Bernie Sanders' chances have slipped, online predictions market PredictIt said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2016
With California win, Clinton claims historic victory in Democratic primary
Hillary Clinton celebrated her triumph as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House, scoring big wins in California and New Jersey to cement her grip on the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2016
Clinton seizes historic role as female presidential nominee as Trump campaign hits new low
If Hillary Clinton's best argument for unifying Democrats and winning the White House is Donald Trump, then she picked a good week to clinch the nomination.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 8, 2016
Views from Tokyo students: How will you decide how to vote in next month's election?
Hosei University students about the issues that could determine how they vote in July's House of Councilors election, the first in which Japanese 18- and 19-year-olds will be able to cast ballots.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Most new Japanese voters find party policies hard to grasp
Nearly 90 percent of people aged 18 and 19 taking part in an internet poll say the political parties have not done a good job explaining their policies ahead of the Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Opposition parties, activists ink policy pact for Upper House election
The Democratic Party and three other opposition parties have signed a policy accord with a major activist group opposed to the controversial security laws pushed through by the ruling coalition last year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2016
Goddess of war criticizes king of hype
A Democratic neoconservative, Hillary Clinton's public values include a willingness to go to war for frivolous reasons and a willingness to wreck entire nations while pursuing failed policies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Kuczynski's lead diminishes in cliffhanger Peru presidential election
Former Wall Street executive Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former authoritarian leader, narrowed to just 0.36 percentage points late Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2016
Trump snubs Republican critics of his claims of bias against Hispanic judge
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday rejected a barrage of criticism from his own party over his allegations of bias against a Hispanic judge, insisting his concerns were valid.

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