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US ELECTION

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 4, 2017
In the South, voters seeking 'Korea first' leader may head to polls in near-record numbers
Jason Lim, a 36-year-old South Korean engineer living in Washington, thinks it is important to maintain a solid alliance with the United States — but not at any cost.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 3, 2017
Views from Tokyo: Which candidate would you vote for in the French election and why?
As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2017
Has France really rejected populism?
It is too early for those celebrating the triumph of liberal democracy in France to declare victory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2017
Venezuela's Maduro tries Chavez's constitution tack in bid to delay elections
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shocked many of his countrymen on Monday by calling for a constitutional assembly in a move similar to one his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chavez used almost 20 years ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2017
Software tycoon Ahn invokes France's Macron in bid for South Korean presidency
South Korean software tycoon Ahn Cheol-soo, who once led opinion polls in the presidential race, is finding his centrist approach and platform of championing markets drowned out by public demands for a clampdown on the country's scandal-hit elite.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2017
A troubling election in Jakarta
Radical Islam appears to be ascendant in Indonesia — an extremely worrisome development.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017
Will France elect a Gallic Obama?
Emmanual Macron is a virtuoso of vagueness who calls to mind a certain freshman senator in 2008.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017
Meet the real Marine Le Pen
Thinner, better dressed and more soft-spoken then when she started out, Marine Le Pen has developed a charisma that enables her to appeal to a wider variety of supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017
French voters are skeptical that Macron, Le Pen have answers about key issues
A week before the decisive second round in France's presidential election, many voters are skeptical that either of the two candidates can solve chronic unemployment or tackle security concerns, a poll published Sunday found.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2017
In TV interview, Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails
U.S. President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2017
Political risk scares away Japanese investors in French bonds
Japanese investors, traditionally among France's most loyal lenders, are not yet convinced that French political risks have faded and are staying away from buying the country's bonds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2017
Brexit to dominate as May sets out plans for U.K. re-election
Whatever Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives promise in their manifesto before a June election, managing Britain's exit from the European Union will limit her opportunity to push wide-ranging radical domestic change.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2017
U.S. Senate gives limited resources to Russia election-meddling probe
The Senate's main investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is equipped with a much smaller staff than previous high-profile intelligence and scandal probes in Congress, which could potentially affect its progress, according to sources and a Reuters review...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2017
Le Pen runoff campaign targets far left and right, will bill Macron as establishment, globalist
Warnings against the dangers of globalization and terrorism and efforts to portray rival Emmanuel Macron as the establishment candidate will be at the heart of Marine Le Pen's campaign for the May 7 French election runoff.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2017
The 'Brenda factor' and the British election
Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a snap election after repeatedly saying she would not do so has dented her reputation for honesty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2017
May's snap election is shrewd but cynical
Despite her reputation for cautious pragmatism, British Prime Minister Theresa May shows she can also take a gamble.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 24, 2017
South Korean presidential candidate Ahn seeks to restart six-party talks to denuclearize North Korea
South Korean software mogul-turned-presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo will seek to restart six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula if he is elected on May 9, he said in a written interview.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2017
Macron's advance in French runoff stalls populist wave in Europe
The populist tsunami that slammed into Britain last year, before sweeping across the Atlantic to the United States, may have faded on the shores of France on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2017
Russia hacked Danish defense for two years, tapped emails: minister
Russia hacked the Danish defense and gained access to employees' emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark's defense minister told the newspaper Berlingske on Sunday.
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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