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FRENCH POLITICS

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.
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2017
French voters give Macron a blank check
With an overwhelming parliamentary majority, French President Emmanuel Macron can press forward with his program to rejuvenate his country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2017
Threats to liberal democracy
Benjamin Franklin's declaration 'the price of liberty is eternal vigilance' matters now more than ever in the age of Donald Trump.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2017
Victory for the center in France
While the ideological center has held in this election, France's established political parties have been rejected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2017
France's 'can't lose' candidate pays a price
Depressed turnout and record support for the National Front suggest that something real has happened in French politics, something that should worry the establishment.
EDITORIALS
Apr 25, 2017
A political earthquake rocks France
The May 7 presidential ballot will mark the first time in the modern French republic that no major party is represented in a presidential election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2017
The populist wave breaks
The 'populist wave' that seemed to be sweeping through Western politics turns out to be merely a storm in the Anglosphere teacup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Think the U.S. election was dirty? Look at France
France's scandal-plagued presidential candidates will likely be showered with even more mud in the remaining time before the vote.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2016
Vladimir Putin is winning the French election
Unless the Socialists can pull a rabbit out of a hat, France will get a Putin-friendly president next year.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2015
The center holds in France
French centrist political parties have fended off the far-right National Front for now, but the fight is far from over.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2014
Francois Hollande: What became of dull Mr. Normal?
However indignant French President Francois Hollande might have been about a glossy celebrity magazine revealing the details of his affair with a French actress, the idea of sitting down and drafting his resignation was almost certainly not among them.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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