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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2018
Senate Intelligence Committee agrees with intel agencies that Putin meddled in election to help Trump win
The Senate Intelligence Committee strongly backed the finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, ultimately intending to help Donald Trump win.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2018
Over 40 countries object at WTO to U.S. car tariff plan, fearing collapse of rules-based trading system
Major U.S. trading partners including the European Union, China and Japan voiced deep concern at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday about possible U.S. measures imposing additional duties on imported autos and parts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2018
Russians love being victorious underdogs
Why the anti-Putin opposition is mad about the national soccer team, too.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2018
Facebook says it's cooperating with SEC, FBI on Cambridge Analytica data abuse probe
Facebook Inc. said it's cooperating with multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, probing how profile data about the social network's users were transferred without permission to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2018
Paul Manafort's lawyers want to know where jurors get their news, how they vote
Lawyers for Paul Manafort want to know where his prospective jurors get their news, how they vote and what they know about the one-time Trump campaign chairman charged with bank fraud and filing false tax returns.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 3, 2018
Brian Ross, who aired erroneous Trump report, to leave ABC News
Brian Ross, the veteran ABC News investigative correspondent who embarrassed the network late last year with an on-air report suggesting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been told by President Donald Trump to make contact with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign for the Oval...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 2, 2018
The empires strike back
If Russia and Turkey are born-again democratic empires in the modern era, what about Japan?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2018
The West's crisis of ethical leadership
The behavior of some Western leaders is making Russia and China seem reasonable.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2018
Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials: John Bolton
U.S. President Donald Trump will press Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Moscow's denial of meddling in the 2016 presidential election when the two leaders meet next month, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2018
Russia probe counsel Robert Mueller subpoenas another associate of Trump adviser Roger Stone
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has issued a grand jury subpoena to another associate of longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, a lawyer for Andrew Miller, the subject of the subpoena, said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2018
Trump to meet Putin in Helsinki on July 16 for first bilateral summit between U.S. and Russia leaders
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16 for their first bilateral summit as the leaders seek to reverse a downward spiral in relations that has been exacerbated by findings that Russia meddled in U.S. elections.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2018
'America's got to up its game in the Arctic,' says U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
The United States needs to "up its game" in the Arctic and deal with an increasingly important and developing part of the world, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said earlier this week, as a warming Arctic opens up new sea lanes and oil and minerals reserves.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2018
Russian police evacuate venues in World Cup host city after bomb threats
Russian police said early on Wednesday they had received multiple bomb threats in the World Cup host city of Rostov-on-Don, causing bars and restaurants to be evacuated across the city.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2018
Helsinki emerges as possible location for Trump-Putin summit: U.S. official
The Finnish capital of Helsinki is being considered as a location for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2018
Robert Mueller says Putin associate shouldn't see evidence in U.S. criminal case unless he appears in court
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller said a longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin should be barred from seeing evidence in a U.S. criminal case unless he appears in court to defend himself.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2018
Russian jets strike rebel-held town in Syria
Russian jets struck an opposition held town in southwest Syria on Sunday, opposition sources said, in the first air cover provided by Moscow to an expanding Syrian army offensive to recapture the strategic area bordering Jordan and the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2018
Defying the United States, Assad presses assault in southwest Syria
Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the country's southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, a war monitor and rebel officials said, in defiance of U.S. demands that President Bashar Assad halt the assault.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018
U.S. spending bill would halt transfer of F-35s to Turkey unless Ankara drops plan to buy Russian missile defenses
A U.S. Senate committee passed a spending bill on Thursday including a provision to block Turkey's purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets unless it drops a plan to buy S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 21, 2018
Kremlin issues denial as German intel suspects Russia behind cyberattack on energy firms
Russia was probably behind a widespread cyberattack on German energy providers disclosed last week, the head of Germany's BfV domestic intelligence agency told the RND newspaper chain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2018
Obama's warning to Putin only briefly slowed Russia poll meddling: ex-aides
Russia may have stepped up efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election after President Barack Obama's administration did not retaliate strongly to reports of its activities, former aides to the Democratic president told U.S. senators on Wednesday.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
Four injured after man sets fire to Japan city hall
Police said four people were injured after a man set fire to a city hall in Aichi Prefecture, with local media reporting he had been arrested.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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