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US ELECTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017
Despite vague platform, Tomin First outshining status quo in Tokyo
Many voters queried about the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election Sunday said they cast ballots for Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), the upstart party led by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, because they did not want the scandal-plagued Liberal Democratic Party to take control of the legislature.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2017
Trump blasts states for refusing to hand over information on voters to commission
President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the growing number of states refusing to give voters' names, addresses and sensitive personal information to a commission he created to investigate alleged voter fraud.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2017
Defense Minister Inada's campaign blunder
A careless gaffe by Tomomi Inada's gaffe calls into question her qualifications to be a lawmaker and minister of defense.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2017
Left-leaning party to govern Canada's British Columbia for the first time in 16 years
British Columbia's Liberal government was defeated on Thursday in a no-confidence vote, as expected, paving the way for the left-leaning New Democrats to rule the Western Canadian province for the first time in 16 years. Seven weeks after a knife-edge election, New Democrat legislators, backed by the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2017
Defense minister draws flak for implying SDF support of LDP candidate in Tokyo assembly poll
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada fended off calls for her resignation Wednesday after she suggested the Self-Defense Forces backed a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the upcoming Tokyo assembly election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 22, 2017
Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states during 2016 election: Homeland Security official
Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states' election systems in last year's presidential race, a Department of Homeland Security official told Congress on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2017
Macron and the post-revolutionary idea
The key to political novice Emmanuel Macron's success is found far from France — and four decades removed from the present.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2017
Democrats' Russian obsession makes them look dumb
The Democrats are right about one thing: There's lots of smoke. They're wrong about the type of fire.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2017
The case of a small Kochi village
Owing to depopulation, small towns across Japan need to find new ways to maintain representative government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2017
As Brexit talks loom, May scrambles for deal to stay in power
Britain is likely to enter arduous talks on its exit from the European Union without a deal to keep Prime Minister Theresa May in power as negotiations with a Northern Irish "kingmaker" party grind into a second week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2017
Tackling Brexit with no one in charge
If the British aim is an eventual clear disassociation from the EU that minimizes disruption, an amended EEA seems the obvious transitional status for a few years
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2017
Why the media keeps missing political earthquakes
The widely embraced political certainties of the 1980s and 1990s are dead, and those who still cling to them are condemned to repeat, 'I was wrong.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2017
Cuba calls for municipal polls as it begins process leading to Castro handover
Communist-run Cuba said on Wednesday it was calling for municipal elections on Oct. 22, kicking off the electoral procedure that should lead to the handover of power from Raul Castro to the next president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 14, 2017
Russian breach of 39 states threatens future U.S. elections
Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2017
Under pressure to soften Brexit, May meets Northern Irish 'kingmakers'
Prime Minister Theresa May sought to strike a deal with a Northern Irish Protestant party to save her premiership on Tuesday as she came under intense pressure to soften her approach to Brexit days before formal EU divorce talks.
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2017
Another stunning United Kingdom ballot result
British Prime Minister Theresa May's lost election gamble has put her own position in jeopardy and destroyed the foundation of her Brexit policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2017
Theresa May pays dearly for her hubris
The British prime minister will have her hands full trying to hold onto her job following the Conservative Party's disastrous performance in Thursday's election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2017
Britain's general election results in political mayhem
A weak prime minister with an uncertain future puts Britain in a perilous position as it enters its most important negotiations for generations.

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