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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020
Trump made a promise to save coal in 2016. He couldn’t keep it.
The grim outlook for coal could take a political toll on Trump, whose 2016 victory was propelled by carrying the mining strongholds of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020
China sits at epicenter of raging U.S. election thunderstorm
Beijing's position on the contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party, is that it has no position.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2020
Why Facebook’s blocking of new U.S. political ads may fall short
Political ads on Facebook are just one piece of content; political misinformation also flourishes in messages that people post and in discussions in private groups.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2020
Facebook moves to limit U.S. election chaos in November
Facebook also widened its removal of posts that both explicitly and implicitly aim to disenfranchise people from voting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2020
Trump and Biden: Equally awful
The progressive case for voting third party or boycotting the election
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2020
Joe Biden's Wisconsin visit stands in stark contrast to Trump's
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden put himself squarely in the middle of U.S. tumult over racial injustice and police brutality on Thursday, visiting strife-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, and speaking by phone with the Black man shot there by police
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2020
U.S. expats can’t renounce their citizenship fast enough
The swearing in of new citizens often makes news in the U.S., especially if it happens in unusual circumstances such as one party’s national convention. Much less reported are the many citizenship renunciations by Americans, and the travails leading up to these life decisions. Almost all those giving...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2020
Aide to scandal-hit Anri Kawai sees prison term upheld over election law violation
In the appeal trial, Hiroshi Tatemichi's defense lawyer claimed he should be given a fine rather than sentenced to prison.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 31, 2020
All you need to know about how Abe’s successor will be chosen
The choice is neither up to the Japanese people, nor is it something to be decided in the Diet. Instead, the decision rests solely within the LDP.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2020
Five points to make sense of post-Abe Japan
As questions swirl over what's next, here's a look at the core points underwriting the issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2020
Trump heads into election he casts as a crusade for law and order
U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term Thursday, joining a general-election contest against Joe Biden that he and his party cast this week as a crusade against left-wing ideology and violent social disorder, fought against the backdrop of a virus that...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2020
Trump looks past U.S. law separating presidency and campaign
U.S. President Donald Trump has freely blended his campaign with the federal government during this week’s Republican convention, staging a series of events pushing the limits of laws prohibiting government employees from engaging in politics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2020
Republicans emphasize law and order as Trump wades into Wisconsin protests
Republicans opened the third night of their convention on Wednesday with a strong law-and-order message, casting U.S. President Donald Trump as a supporter of law enforcement amid protests over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2020
Tokyo court denies bail for former justice minister and lawmaker wife
Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai have been held at the Tokyo Detention House since their June 18 arrests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2020
Melania Trump offers sympathy on coronavirus and racial suffering in speech
U.S. first lady Melania Trump offered sympathy for victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a plea for racial understanding in a Republican convention speech Tuesday aimed directly at the women voters who have abandoned U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2020
Japan's take on a most unconventional Democratic convention
The reaction in Tokyo was mostly even-handed, if a little less enthusiastic than the coverage in the U.S. media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2020
Trump re-election could calm China ties — or burn them down
With his plans to focus on the economy to secure re-election in tatters amid the pandemic, Trump needs another rallying point. Enter Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2020
Russian-backed organizations amplifying QAnon conspiracy theories, researchers say
Russian government-supported organizations are playing a small but increasing role amplifying conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon, raising concerns of interference in the November U.S. election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2020
Longtime White House adviser Kellyanne Conway to leave at end of August
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said late Sunday that she will be leaving the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump at the end of August, citing the need to focus on her family.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 22, 2020
Democrats tiptoe around how loudly to sound alarm on voting risk
Speakers at the Democratic National Convention this week had to walk a careful line between warning Joe Biden’s supporters of obstacles to voting and being so negative that they discourage participation.

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