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US ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2016
Parliament to debate petition seeking to bar Trump from U.K. over Muslim slur but no vote planned
British lawmakers are to hold a debate on a petition signed by more than half a million people calling for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to be barred from Britain after his proposal to stop Muslims entering the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2016
Sanders attacks Wall Street's business model of fraud, 'too big to fail' banks, Clinton
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned on Tuesday that financial-sector greed was "destroying the fabric of our nation" and said the starting point of any Wall Street reform effort is breaking up "too big to fail" banks.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016
GOP can stop obsessing over Hispanic voters
Republicans could win the White House in 2016 if they take 3.3 percent more of the white vote than Mitt Romney won in 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2016
Abe to push for constitutional revision as ruling bloc seeks Upper House majority
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his long-held goal of amending the pacifist Constitution will be one of the key issues in the Upper House election this summer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2016
Five planes above tight-security Rose Parade write message in the sky: 'Trump is disgusting'
Five planes flew over the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, on Friday writing messages in the sky that included "America is great! Trump is disgusting. Anybody but Trump, US," as onlookers craned their necks for a view.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 31, 2015
Even if Abe camp prevails in next summer's poll, bid to revise Constitution no given
After taking Japan's helm for the second time in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had three good years, leading his Liberal Democratic Party to victory in two consecutive national elections, getting highly unpopular laws enacted without dooming his Cabinet, and winning three more years as...
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 31, 2015
Strange bedfellows bump against each other in Taiwan elections
White Wolf, an ex-criminal gang leader who is running for Taiwan's parliament, found himself squashed in a lift with a gaggle of young women who support one of Taiwan's most famous heavy-metal singers and outspoken China critic, Freddy Lim.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 29, 2015
Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet, says researcher
An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open Internet due to an incorrectly configured database, he said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2015
Trump's machismo may not work against Hillary
Donald Trump's macho posturing has taken him to the top of the GOP's presidential contenders, but that tactic could backfire on him if he employs it against Hillary Clinton.
EDITORIALS
Dec 28, 2015
Time for serious electoral reform
Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers from rural areas are already gearing up to fight much-needed electoral reform to reduce the vote disparity between rural and urban areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 28, 2015
Trump chides Rubio-endorsing Republican panel chief's Benghazi probe debacle
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assailed a leading committee chairman in Congress on Sunday for backing Marco Rubio, Trump's rival for the party's nomination.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2015
Political ads for 2016 campaign termed positive so far, with caveats
Although the Republican front-runner in the 2016 presidential election has taunted his opponents as "disgusting," "dumb," and "losers," the campaign has, by at least one measure, proven to be astonishingly positive.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2015
Budgeting ahead of an election
The Abe administration appears to be sacrificing budgetary discipline in favor of doling out pork ahead of the Upper House election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2015
The outcome of the Spanish election? Disarray
Spain is a perfectly reasonable country that has managed its democracy well for 40 years. Unfortunately, it may just have made itself ungovernable.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2015
'Play woman card' at your peril, Trump tweets Clinton
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Hillary Clinton after she said he had a "penchant for sexism," warning his Democratic rival against using the woman "card" and drawing his full attention.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2015
Six crazy things Trump says that are spot on
Some of Donald Trump's utterances are offensive. His nativist demagoguery is outright fascist. But Trump also says stuff that other politicians and the media are afraid to say and need to be said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 23, 2015
After Paris accord, most U.S. Republicans back action on climate
A majority of U.S. Republicans who had heard of the international climate deal in Paris said they support working with other countries to curb global warming and were willing to take steps to do so, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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