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Maggie Haberman
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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2022
Call logs underscore Trump’s efforts to sway lawmakers on Jan. 6
New details from White House documents provided to the House panel investigating the Capitol assault show a seven-hour gap in records of calls made by the ex-president on the day of the riot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2020
Trump’s future: Tons of cash and plenty of options for spending it
Donald J. Trump will exit the White House as a private citizen next month perched atop a pile of campaign cash unheard-of for an outgoing president, and with few legal limits on how he can spend it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2020
Trump sought options for attacking Iran to stop its growing nuclear program
The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2020
Trump floats improbable survival scenarios as he ponders his future
By dominating the story of his exit from the White House, he hopes to keep his millions of supporters energized and engaged for whatever comes next.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020
Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has COVID-19
Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff who abided by U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to play down the coronavirus throughout the summer, has contracted the virus himself, a senior administration official said Friday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
Win or lose, Trump will remain a powerful and disruptive force in U.S. politics
If he is forced to vacate the White House on Jan. 20, Trump is likely to prove to be more resilient than expected when it comes to his influence on American life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2020
As Election Day arrives, Trump shifts between combativeness and grievance
President Donald Trump arrives at Election Day on Tuesday toggling between confidence and exasperation, bravado and grievance, and marinating in frustration that he is trailing Joe Biden, whom he considers an unworthy opponent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2020
As Trump seeks to project strength, doctors disclose alarming episodes
New details raised questions about the credibility of the information provided about the president during hospitalization for COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 30, 2020
Of course, the U.S. presidential debate was always going to be about Trump
An insatiable self-evangelist and denier of realities that displease him, the U.S. leader invited viewers Tuesday to embrace his preferred version of Trump-era events.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2020
By lowering the debate bar for Biden, has Trump set a trap for himself?
U.S. President Donald Trump has framed the first general election debate as a test for his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2020
Trump heads into election he casts as a crusade for law and order
U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term Thursday, joining a general-election contest against Joe Biden that he and his party cast this week as a crusade against left-wing ideology and violent social disorder, fought against the backdrop of a virus that Republicans largely described as a temporary handicap on the economy.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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