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US ELECTION

COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2016
Trump's nightmare menace
Turbulence, insecurity and dangers lie ahead if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton: It's political malpractice, stupid
The biggest reason why Hillary Clinton shouldn't be president? She is an atrocious politician.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2016
Li says U.S. ties will develop no matter who wins in November's election
China and the United States will keep developing positive relations no matter who wins November's U.S. presidential election, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told an economic forum in New York on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 21, 2016
Once-powerful Merkel losing her shine in Europe due to weakness at home
It is hard to think of what more Angela Merkel could have done over the past weeks to nudge fellow European leaders toward a post-Brexit consensus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2016
More than 300 scientists sign letter against Trump's climate change stance
Hundreds of top scientists warned Tuesday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vow to pull the United States out of the Paris climate-warming accord if elected in November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2016
Clinton seen going toe-to-toe with Putin if she wins November election
When Hillary Clinton attended her first major White House meeting on Russia in February 2009, the new secretary of state insisted that she wanted to play a leading role in President Barack Obama's effort to "reset" U.S. relations with Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 20, 2016
Walls can't stop immigration, culture mix, Pena Nieto tells U.N.
Efforts to stop immigration and the mix of cultures are bound to fail, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto told a United Nations summit on migrants and refugees on Monday, as his country's northern border has become an issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2016
Could a President Trump destabilize China?
The knock-on effects of a Trump trade war would be wide, deep and lasting, thrusting China's GDP below 5 percent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2016
Trump likened to dominant male chimp by famed primatologist Goodall
The brash antics of Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump have earned him a comparison to a male chimpanzee by renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2016
Third-party candidates ruled out for first U.S. presidential debate
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party hopeful Jill Stein have failed to quality for the first planned U.S. presidential debate on Sept. 26, the Commission on Presidential Debates said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2016
Trump finally backs off Obama birth claim, falsely says Clinton started it
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday abandoned his false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States after spending five years peddling conspiracy theories that the country's first African-American president started life as a foreigner.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2016
In Putin's parliament, plunging popularity not regarded as a hurdle to power
Ruling parties hoping to get re-elected during a prolonged recession usually pitch fresh ideas for easing the population's economic pain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2016
Renho elected leader of main opposition Democratic Party
The Democratic Party made history Thursday, electing Renho as the first female leader of the main opposition force.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2016
Turkmenistan removes legal barrier to leader's indefinite rule
Turkmenistan amended its constitution on Wednesday in a way that will allow President Kerbanguly Berdymukhamedov to stay in power indefinitely, following in the footsteps of his predecessor, who ruled the gas-rich Central Asian nation until his death.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2016
Trump presidency could cost U.S. economy $1 trillion, research firm says
The U.S. economy could be $1 trillion smaller than otherwise expected in 2021 if Republican candidate Donald Trump wins the presidential election in November, economics research firm Oxford Economics said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2016
Hacked again, Democratic Party blames Russians
The head of the Democratic National Committee said on Tuesday the organization had been hacked by Russian state-sponsored agents who were trying to influence the U.S. presidential election, after a similar leak in July roiled the party.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016
Team Clinton attacking Trump's lies with ... lies
Why are Hillary Clinton's people resorting to the exact same style of lying that they claim to criticize about Donald Trump?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016
Clinton never learns she can't hide every stumble
The drip-drip-drip of revelations about Hillary Clinton's actions have been far worse for her than if she'd been more forthcoming in the first place.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
Germs, bugs everywhere virtually guarantee getting sick on the U.S. campaign trail
Hillary Clinton's bout of pneumonia has shed light on a problem seldom seen by American voters: The long days, little sleep, cross-country travel, bad food and kissing babies add up to a recipe for illness for presidential candidates and aides.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
Ex-CIA chief who backed Iraq war, felt Hussein plotted 9/11, now Trump adviser
Former CIA Director James Woolsey, a vocal advocate of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq who promoted allegations that Saddam Hussein harbored illegal weapons, will serve as a senior national security adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the campaign announced on Monday.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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