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US ELECTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2019
Despite winning more seats in Upper House vote, Komeito officials worry about losing support
Komeito boosted its presence in the House of Councilors in the latest election, but a sense of crisis among party officials has deepened as the number of votes it acquired under the proportional representation system fell by more than 1 million compared to the previous election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 29, 2019
Brother of Singapore's prime minister backs opposition party in election twist
The Singapore prime minister's estranged brother has thrown his support behind a newly formed opposition party in an intriguing twist ahead of elections expected to be held as soon as this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 29, 2019
Russia opposition figure Alexei Navalny hospitalized, and may have been poisoned, says doctor
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering an acute allergic reaction that one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2019
Do more for women's political empowerment
The government and political parties need to step up efforts to increase gender diversity in politics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2019
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin's tight grip on power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2019
Nazi salute in Dresden shows cracks with Angela Merkel and Germany's establishment
Angela Merkel was expecting a friendly chat with business women when she visited Dresden earlier this month. Instead, far-right protesters jeered the German Chancellor's arrival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2019
CDP chief Yukio Edano under fire within party after lackluster election results
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano faces pressure from within the party over its weaker-than-anticipated performance in the recent Upper House election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2019
Senate probe finds 'extensive' Russian meddling in U.S. election
The Senate Intelligence Committee recounted "extensive" efforts by Russia to compromise the U.S.'s election infrastructure from 2014 to "at least 2017" and urged new efforts to deter the threat as the 2020 presidential election approaches.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2019
Joe Biden shows strong South Carolina lead in poll
Joe Biden has a commanding lead over his 2020 Democratic rivals in South Carolina, where a majority of black voters back him, a Monmouth University Poll shows.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2019
Abe's chase for glory at the 2020 Olympics
Don't expect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to pursue constitutional revisionism in earnest until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2019
The real policy challenges facing Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must place priority on resolving several major policy challenges confronting Japan before he tries to revise the Constitution.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2019
Reverse the fall in voter turnout
Both the campaign for the Upper House election and its outcome need to be reviewed to learn what can be done to increase voter participation in future elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2019
Voter disillusion tempered by realism
Despite Abe's electoral victory, the result is not an overwhelming mandate for transformative change.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2019
Elizabeth Warren's 'economic crash' call spotlights Democrats' line of attack on Trump
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren highlighted burgeoning debt levels and recent declines in manufacturing as factors making the U.S. economy vulnerable to a downturn, previewing a line of attack Donald Trump's opponents will use to pierce the aura of a record-long expansion and half-century...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2019
For Japan, Upper House results signal stability
The results of the Upper House elections promise exactly what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigned upon: stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2019
Okinawa contradictions need to be fixed
The LDP has lost almost all elections in Okinawa despite the government's candidates consistently being the more qualified and experienced.

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