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ELECTION

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 20, 2016
Voting with one's feet
Do you want me to take you to go vote?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2016
Clinton Foundation to bar foreign, corporate cash if Hillary is elected president
The Clinton Foundation will stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president and will stop holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings whatever the outcome of the November election, a foundation spokesman said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2016
Campaign said in 'hospice phase' as Trump taps firebrand to put him back on brash tack
Donald Trump's surprise move to hand the reins of his campaign to a right-wing firebrand was seen Wednesday as a formalized revival of his bare-knuckled, anti-establishment strategy and a rebuke to prominent Republican strategists who doubt its power to win the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Clinton taps Obama administration veterans for White House transition team
Looking to lay the groundwork for her presidency if she wins the White House in November, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton named several veterans of President Barack Obama's administration for her transition team on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
FBI hands Clinton email probe papers to GOP-led Congress; Democrats expect leaks
The FBI said on Tuesday it has turned over to the U.S. Congress a number of documents related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Trump to get first security briefing but ultra-sensitive info off-limits: sources
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to receive his first national security briefing this week from intelligence officials, sources said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Clinton 6 points ahead of Trump
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 6-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016
Is Donald Trump a Democratic Party plant?
Who in the end really gains from Donald Trump's paranoid, fact-free campaign style. A lot of people are saying it's Hillary Clinton.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2016
Fix campaign or step aside, Wall Street Journal tells Trump
Republican Donald Trump should fix his stumbling White House campaign in the next three weeks or step down, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday in a sharply worded warning from a leading conservative voice.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2016
Republican Asia experts say Trump presidency would be 'ruinous'
U.S. Asia experts who served in past Republican administrations said on Monday they would back Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, as a Donald Trump presidency would lead to "ruinous marginalization" for the United States in the region.
EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2016
A new era for South Africa?
The African National Congress can no longer claim without challenge the allegiance of South Africa's black voters.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2016
U.S. knew of Russia's DNC hacking plan a year ago
U.S. intelligence officials told top congressional leaders a year ago that Russian hackers were attacking the Democratic Party, three sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, but the lawmakers were unable to tell the targets about the hacking because the information was so secret.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2016
Reid says Clinton will back Obama's Supreme Court pick
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he believed Hillary Clinton would stick with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee if she won the Nov. 8 presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2016
Clinton, Kaines to release tax returns amid Trump's refusal
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will release her 2015 tax returns and her running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, will release the last 10 years of their tax returns within days, according to a source close to Clinton.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2016
Clinton rips Trump's 'casual inciting of violence' prod to gun rights advocates
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Republican opponent Donald Trump of inciting violence with his call for gun rights activists to stop her from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2016
Republican foes grope for ways to dump divisive Trump as he further riles 'uncharted waters'
High-profile Republicans and rank-and-file voters on Wednesday struggled with how to best reject Donald Trump's divisive candidacy, as the nominee dealt with fallout from his remark that gun rights activists could stop Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2016
Philippine lawmaker proposes ban on Trump entering country
A lawmaker in the Philippines is calling for Donald Trump to be permanently banned from the country after the Republican U.S. presidential nominee implied that Filipino immigrants pose a terrorist threat to the United States.
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2016
A veneer of legitimacy for Thailand
Thailand's new constitution locks in the role of the military as the guiding force in Thai politics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 9, 2016
Beijing ridicules Trump over 'China-bashing'
China responded Tuesday to claims by Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump that Beijing "breaks the rules in every way imaginable" when it comes to trade, lashing out at the business mogul's economic prescription that it called "dangerous and damaging."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2016
Trump stuck in 1980s time warp with Sony rant
Trump's cheap shots at Japan are profoundly ignorant and threaten relations with a critical U.S. ally.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.
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.

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