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US ELECTION

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2015
An idiot ready to serve on day 900
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and far too many other would-be U.S. presidents lack a solid grasp of critical domestic and foreign policy issues.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2015
Insufficient electoral reform effort
In enacting electoral reforms, the LDP needs to put voters' constitutional rights ahead of its own interests.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2015
Education key in getting young people to vote
If Japan wants its young people to vote, it needs to educate them about their civic rights and responsibilities.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 14, 2015
Myanmar president cites health as reason not to seek second term
President Thein Sein has decided not to run in a parliamentary election scheduled for Nov. 8, a senior official from his office said Monday, citing health concerns.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2015
FBI probing after Trump got tweeted threats from escapee Mexican drug kingpin: aide
An aide to Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI is investigating threatening tweets to the U.S. Republican presidential candidate purported to have originated from Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a notorious Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2015
Mindful of rise of liberal Sanders, Clinton bashes Wall Street, vows wage equality
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton took swipes at Wall Street and her Republican rivals on Monday, promising to impose tougher regulations on banks and raise the wages of ordinary Americans if she wins the 2016 White House race.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
Guinea ex-junta leader indicted over stadium massacre
Guinean authorities have indicted former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara over a massacre at a stadium in the capital in 2009 in which soldiers are accused of killing at least 157 people, a spokesman for his party said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2015
PGA match joins exodus, dumps Trump links over slur on immigrants
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday with the announcement that a professional golfing event scheduled for October at a Trump course in Los Angeles will be moved, the latest fallout from his vitriol against undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2015
Trump says some Mexico remarks were distorted but slaying by multiple deportee proves him right
After days of outrage, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that some of his criticism of Mexico has been distorted but stuck to his stance that many illegal immigrants coming across the Mexican border are criminals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 4, 2015
Does Greek vote befit the birthplace of democracy?
When Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras dropped the bombshell of a popular plebiscite on the tough demands of creditors keeping Greece afloat, he cited the country's pedigree as the "birthplace of democracy."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2015
Ex-Sen. Webb declares Democratic candidacy for White House run
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb announced on Thursday he would make a bid for the White House in 2016, becoming the fifth Democrat to challenge front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton on what is expected to be her march to the nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2015
Clinton struggled to fit in under Obama, emails show
Hillary Rodham Clinton struggled to fit into the government of President Barack Obama after being appointed Secretary of State in 2009, according to emails released by the State Department on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2015
Mexicans bash pinata of Trump, calling him an imbecile
Few presidents of Mexico have managed to unite the country in the way Donald Trump did after he launched his U.S. presidential bid a week ago with a string of broadsides against America's southern neighbor.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2015
Some Republican presidential hopefuls condemn high court's ruling on gay marriage
Some of the Republican Party's presidential candidates reacted angrily to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, despite a shift in public opinion in recent years toward acceptance of it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2015
Hard questions for candidate Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's reticence is drowning out her message, which is that she is the cure for the many ailments that afflict America during a second Democratic presidential term.

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