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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2017
White House investigating leaks of Trump telephone calls to Australian, Mexican leaders
The White House is looking into how embarrassing details of President Donald Trump's recent tense phone conversations with his counterparts in Australia and Mexico were leaked to news organizations, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Fox News Channel.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
Trump administration seeks to muzzle agencies on environment
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has moved to curb the flow of information from government agencies involved in environmental issues, actions apparently designed to silence dissenting views.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
Trump's press secretary promises 'never to lie' after 'alternative facts' briefing
President Donald Trump's press secretary promised reporters on Monday that he would never lie after a weekend briefing in which he made statements about the crowd size for Trump's inauguration that were debunked.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2017
Trump camp dodges facts, declares 'tooth and nail' war against critical media
The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what it sees as unfair attacks, with a top adviser saying the Trump administration had presented "alternative facts" to counter low inauguration crowd estimates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 21, 2017
Media deployed to fight history wars in East Asia
At a recent conference funded by the Toshiba Foundation on the media's role in representing the shared wartime past in East Asia, scholars and journalists gathered at Cambridge University to assess the current state of play.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Chinese state media lambastes Trump on Taiwan, calls issue 'Pandora's box of lethal potential'
Chinese state-run media have lashed out at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent comments on Taiwan, with one newspaper calling the issue a "Pandora's box of lethal potential" that could upend the two powers' relationship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end 'one-China' policy and China will 'take revenge'
State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Beijing would "take revenge" if he reneged on the "one-China" policy, only hours after Taiwan's president made a controversial stopover in Houston.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2017
'Star Wars' actor Mark Hamill gives Trump tweet the Joker treatment
The joke appears to be on Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 6, 2017
Norway to switch off FM radio in risky, unpopular shift to digital
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering whether to follow suit.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 21, 2016
Tokyo's international community needs a voice — and places to call its own
Let's pull together as a community and return to our once-confident roots.
WORLD
Dec 17, 2016
U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance
The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners, U.S. lawmakers said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2016
'Is a Tweet policy?' U.S. State Department officials ponder
When is a tweet just a tweet?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
Tweeting less can be more, Trump
To be successful in his new job, America's tweeter-in-chief will need to use social media differently than he did during the campaign.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Trump's war on the press
One of the biggest conflicts in Washington next year will be the one between the mainstream media and the most anti-press president since at least Richard Nixon.
WORLD
Dec 1, 2016
FBI to gain expanded hacking powers as Senate effort to block fails
A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government's hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns that the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and risk possible abuse by the incoming administration of President-elect...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2016
From Aleppo to the world, a Syrian girl's Twitter feed chronicles war up close
Bana Alabed's home had just been destroyed, and the 7-year-old Syrian girl was injured and on the run.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.”
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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