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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2017
Former defense chief Ishiba overtakes Abe as top choice for prime minister in poll
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba overtook scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the best person to lead Japan, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 24, 2017
Japan manufacturers' mood slips despite economic recovery, survey finds
Confidence among Japanese manufacturers receded in May for the first time in nine months after hitting a decade-high level April, a Reuters survey has found, showing guarded optimism in a nascent export-led economic recovery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japan's health care system edges foreign care in expat survey
Just over half of non-Japanese residents feel Japan's health care system is generally better than that in their home countries, a trend particularly pronounced among U.S. citizens, with 3 out of 4 rating it more highly, an informal Japan Times survey has found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 23, 2016
Polls on U.K. referendum's eve give boost to 'remain' camp, pound
The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union got a boost from two opinion polls published late on Wednesday, a few hours before voters begin to cast their votes in a historic EU membership referendum.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2015
Sanders edges Clinton by 9 points in New Hampshire, poll finds
Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a 9-point lead over fellow Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton among party supporters in New Hampshire, according to an NBC News/Marist Poll released on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
Fire in his belly, Bush tells Trump to bring it on, is told in return to speak English in U.S.
Republican Jeb Bush's new campaign ad ridiculing Donald Trump as a "germophobe" and Democrat-in-disguise is just the start of what will be a bigger onslaught, signaling a more aggressive stance by the candidate, Bush advisers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2015
CNN tweaks rules for coming Republican debate; Fiorina may get in
CNN changed its rules on Tuesday for the next Republican presidential debate in a way that could give former business executive Carly Fiorina a chance to take the stage with the main contenders for the party's 2016 presidential nomination.

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