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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot apologists go unpunished as memories of horror fade
The Republican Party is set to make big gains in the U.S. midterm elections, despite fielding candidates who embrace the false narrative of election fraud that fueled the events of Jan. 6.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2022
America may be broken beyond repair
It will be impossible to do anything about guns in the country as long as Democrats depend on the cooperation of a party that holds in reserve the possibility of insurrection.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 30, 2022
Trump’s primary losses puncture his invincibility
With many of the former U.S. president's endorsed candidates falling to defeat in recent primaries, some Republicans see an opening for a post-Trump candidate in 2024.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2022
Gun massacres test whether Washington can move beyond paralysis
Emerging details of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, suggest that few of the proposals under discussion would have made much of a difference.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2022
Beyond Donald Trump, Trumpism is the winner in U.S. midterm primaries
Political analysts and Republican strategists caution that any jubilation among Trump's enemies over David Perdue's loss to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is short-sighted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2022
The left and right’s terrible ideas for fixing the internet
The leading ideas from lawmakers are variously unworkable, unconstitutional, irrelevant and unserious, and many of them betraying a profound ignorance about how the internet actually works.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 21, 2022
Musk hoists GOP banner and tears into Biden as U.S. probes his empire
The world's most famous entrepreneur is ratcheting up a battle with its most powerful government, as Elon Musk sharpens his critiques of Joe Biden and aligns himself with Republicans.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2022
U.S. midterm stakes grow clearer: Election deniers will be on many ballots
Fomenting doubts about Biden's victory is often the table stakes of Republican primaries that can tilt hard to the right. Candidates who avoid the subject risk losing their base.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2022
U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat
Galvanized by the prospect of losing abortion rights, protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the start of what organizers said would be a 'summer of rage.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
May 4, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court in disarray after an extraordinary breach
The court's reputation was already in decline before the leak, with much of the U.S. persuaded that it is little different from the political branches of the government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2022
Biden received early warnings that immigration and inflation could erode his support
Confidential polling data has underscored the biggest challenges for Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2022
Is Donald Trump a lock for the 2024 nomination?
The argument that Trump has the nomination locked up is pretty straightforward. Still, we don't know for sure that he'll be running in 2024 but he is certainly running for 2024 right now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
A judge says Trump broke the law. Here’s why that matters.
A legal opinion affirming the “illegality” of a plan to overturn the 2020 election won't end partisan polarization, but there's value in stating what's obviously true.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2022
Only in America can gas prices be turned into a political time bomb
Other countries use tax cuts and subsidies to soften the impact of higher fuel costs on consumers. Congress should bite the bullet and do the same.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2022
House Republicans who challenged Biden's win are losing out on corporate cash
The shift illustrates a growing gulf between business interests and members of the Republican Party still aligned with Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2022
Five ways to look at Biden’s State of the Union speech
Biden's first formal State of the Union checked off all the required boxes. It was fine, most of it wasn't memorable and It will neither help him nor hurt him politically.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2022
Trump condemns Russia invasion, placing blame on Biden
The former president also linked the Ukraine invasion to the U.S. 2020 presidential election, falsely claiming again that fraud was to blame for his loss.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2022
Biden’s misery index doesn't bode well for Democrats' political fortunes
Democrats are rightly worried that surging inflation will hurt them in the midterm congressional elections this November — and possibly even in the 2024 presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2022
Trump flouted the U.S. presidential records law. Will he face consequences?
While he was U.S. president, Donald Trump was known to destroy, tear up, remove and even flush White House documents down the toilet. He often eschewed the White House switchboard, using his own cellphone or those of his aides to communicate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2022
Stephen Breyer’s exit strategy nods to U.S. Supreme Court politics he decried
Breyer's White House announcement Thursday was timed perfectly to give President Joe Biden a needed chance to change the national conversation and reinforce the court's beleaguered liberal wing.
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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