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US ELECTION

EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2017
Too much power for the prime minister?
If there is room for abuse, discussions are needed on whether the prime minister's power to dissolve the Lower House should be restricted.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2017
Volunteers' websites help voters attend speeches and vet candidates ahead of Lower House election
Volunteers have set up websites to help voters make their choices for next week's Lower House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2017
After earlier ambiguous stance, Koike flatly denies Kibo no To plans to form coalition with LDP
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who is also the leader of Kibo no To (Party of Hope), denies that the party will join a ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party after the Oct. 22 general election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2017
Political realignment leaves voters on shaky ground
Japanese will vote in the Oct. 22 general election amid uncertainty and confusion resulting from the recent realignment of the political landscape.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
In fresh blow to Koike, majority of Upper House DP members rule out joining Kibo no To after election
More than half of Democratic Party's 47-member caucus say they won't link up with upstart party after poll, top official says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 12, 2017
Koike's Kibo no To takes a hit as popular Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura cuts support
Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura has withdrawn his support for Kibo no To in a blow to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who is also the fledgling party's chief. This setback comes less than two weeks after Omura agreed to cooperate with Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who serves as Nippon Ishin no Kai's co-leader....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 11, 2017
LDP's secretary-general says election loss 'impossible,' the party is not in danger
As Japan braces for a snap election later this month, Toshihiro Nikai, the No. 2 man of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday dismissed it as "impossible" that his party will lose big enough to put the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the LDP in jeopardy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017
Hong Kong leader says Asian financial hub faces 'grave' challenges
In her maiden policy speech, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday warned the city faced "grave" challenges and must develop a diversified and high value economy, unveiling a mix of housing and tax relief policies to raise competitiveness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2017
Kuroda's reappointment as Bank of Japan chief likely to hinge on snap poll outcome
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to call a snap election for Oct. 22 has clouded the outlook for Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda and one of the world's most radical monetary policy regimes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2017
Thai junta sets firm date for election after many false starts
Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS,Decision 2017
Oct 10, 2017
Yuriko Koike’s tactics fail to inspire hope as Lower House election kicks off, analysts say
Just hours before his announcement last month that he would dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was blindsided by his biggest political adversary of late: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. The telegenic, populist governor had upstaged Abe by announcing that she would create...
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2017
Judging the Abe administration
Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017
Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat
Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 10, 2017
Political risk seeps into yen trade as Japan's Abe faces popular upstart in October election
It's been five years since politics captured much attention from the foreign-exchange world in Japan, but traders are now gaming out potential scenarios for the yen after the Oct. 22 general election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017
For Catalonia, a deal like Basque-Spain accord may be effective if expensive antidote to secession
As Spain and Catalonia head toward a constitutional collision over the region's claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

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