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REPUBLICANS

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2023
Trump’s GOP grip forces rivals into contortions after indictment
Republicans mostly condemned the prosecution as politically motivated. But subtleties in the pronouncements reveal the fear within the Republican Party of criticizing the ex-president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2023
Trump indictment breathes life into his grievance-driven campaign
Just when Republicans were beginning to believe that Trump was vulnerable if he ran a campaign about his grievances, an indictment gives him no reason to change his tune.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2023
Trump indicted in New York over Stormy Daniels hush-money payments
Trump is the first former U.S. president to be indicted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2023
Trump sweats an arrest. We should sweat a second term.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to mobilize his mob show how important it is to ensure he never occupies the White House again.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Donald Trump could be charged any day — what happens next?
Any trial of the former U.S. president would still be more than a year away, legal experts have said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2023
Trump expects 'arrest' Tuesday in Stormy Daniels case and calls for protests
An indictment would make him the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, marking an unpredictable development in the 2024 White House race.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2023
Trump wades into education culture war as he eyes race with DeSantis
The former president has pledged to prohibit the teaching of so-called critical race theory in public schools and keep transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2023
Biden's $6.8 trillion budget challenges Republicans and raises taxes on rich
The president challenged Republican opponents on fiscal responsibility, highlighting plans to cut U.S. deficits nearly $3 trillion over 10 years by raising taxes on high earners.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2023
At right-wing CPAC forum, Trump shows why he'll be tough to topple
The conference illustrated his grip on the right-wing, grassroots base of his party and how hard it could be to challenge him for the Republican nomination in 2024.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 4, 2023
Trump’s legacy: Republicans torn by infighting and revolts as 2024 looms
As the 2024 presidential race kicks into gear, local Republican party organizations in many parts of the United States are consumed by rebellions and infighting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2023
Trump fatigue seeps into right-wing forum that fed MAGA fervor
With his 2024 bid already languishing and Republican challengers circling, Trump faces a test of his standing with the GOP’s most ardent and far-right voters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
Nikki Haley swipes at 'faded names' in bid for Republican 2024 nomination
Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, hit on a long list of Republican concerns in her speech in Charleston, including border security and government spending.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2023
Nikki Haley faces uphill battle with White House bid against former boss Trump
Polls show the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador barely registering in a potentially crowded field led by the former U.S. president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2023
Nikki Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid in first challenge to Trump
She becomes Trump's first direct challenger in a Republican field expected to grow in coming weeks and months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2023
Pence gets subpoena from special counsel in Jan. 6 investigation
Mike Pence was at the center of then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s last gasp to hold on to power in the two months after his election loss.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2023
Upbeat Biden urges U.S. unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride
Biden's address was a chance for the Democrat to pitch his centrist, populist vision of a country healing after COVID-19 and the turmoil of Donald Trump's presidency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2023
Forget Trump, Democrats are preparing ways to beat a campaign by Ron DeSantis
Democrats are unfazed, even giddy about a possible 2024 rematch between Biden and Trump. But the prospect of facing the upstart Florida Republican governor is a different story.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2023
Nikki Haley, once Trump's U.N. ambassador, to take him on in 2024
The expected announcement would make her just the second declared Republican candidate and could set the stage for a more combative phase of the campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2023
Trump confronts 2024 obstacles as he returns to campaign trail
Trump vowed to make his rivals take the campaign to him, saying, 'We won’t play prevent defense like they do in football” and 'we’re going to win and we’re going to win very big.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 28, 2023
Why Biden pushes an assault weapons ban despite the political odds
Flags are lowered, sorrowful statements are issued, pleas to lawmakers are made, again.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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