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ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2016
Disbelief turns to panic as foreign diplomats voice alarm to U.S. officials about Trump
Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to U.S. government officials about what they say are inflammatory and insulting public statements by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, according to senior U.S. officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016
Marco Rubio is the Republican war candidate
Candidate Donald Trump is more ostentatiously irresponsible, but President Marco Rubio would be far more dangerous.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2016
Slovakian premier leads election but lacks clear path to form a majority
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was poised to win Saturday's parliamentary election, partial results showed, but gains by opposition parties, including far-right extremists, will complicate formation of a new government.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2016
A GOP-size hole in top U.S. court
The Republican Party is shirking its constitutional duty by refusing to consider any nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court put forward by President Obama.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2016
It's risky to bash Donald Trump on talk radio
Talk radio, a bastion of the right wing in the U.S., has gone easy on Donald Trump throughout the campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2016
DPJ, Ishin no To invite entries for new party name
The Democratic Party of Japan and Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) took to the Internet on Friday seeking an answer to a first key issue facing them ahead of their merger: a new name.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2016
Clinton tech aide no longer at State Department; report says he's cooperating in FBI email probe
The employee who helped set up and manage Hillary Clinton's private email server for her work as secretary of state no longer works at the State Department, a department spokesman said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2016
Rouhani's vote of confidence
Reformers showed significant strength in Iran's recent election, but while the conservative grip has loosened, it remains strong.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2016
Donald Trump Jr. appears with white supremacist on radio show
One of Donald Trump's sons appeared along with a white supremacist while giving an interview on a conservative radio show, adding to concerns that the front-runner in the battle to be the Republican candidate in November's presidential election is willing to accept support from extremist supporters....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2016
Japan closely watches Super Tuesday results for signs of things to come
As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton step closer to claiming their parties' nominations, Japanese experts begin to pay closer attention to the race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2016
Clinton can reuse her Sanders tactics on Trump
To bounce back against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton turned to her strengths — rallying African-Americans, Latinos and especially women to her history-making candidacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016
U.S. is hardly ripe for a fake Mussolini
Donald Trump's utterances are weaponized sound, not speech.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016
Myanmar brings forward date for presidential nominations
Myanmar will announce presidential nominations on March 10, the speaker of its upper house of parliament said on Tuesday, advancing the original date by a week, as a lengthy political transition enters its last stages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2016
Trump asks Black Lives Matter protesters if they are 'from Mexico' before booting them from rally
A Donald Trump rally in Virginia was repeatedly disrupted on Monday by protesters, including some from the Black Lives Matter movement, in a stark display of the divisions the Republican front-runner's presidential campaign has long been accused of sowing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2016
Trump lays failure to disavow KKK-linked endorsement to faulty earpiece
Donald Trump blamed a faulty television earpiece on Monday for his failure to disavow support from a white supremacist, swatting aside the latest controversy to shadow his unorthodox march toward the Republican presidential nomination.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
U.S. election and the global economy
The outcome of the U.S. election will have profound consequences for U.S. economic policy, and thus for the global economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
The albatross of a Donald Trump endorsement
Republican politicians who endorse Donald Trump will find that nothing will redeem the reputations they will ruin by placing their opportunism in his service.

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