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2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2022
U.S. Justice Department names war crimes expert as special counsel for Trump probes
Jack Smith will serve as special counsel to oversee investigations into the former president's handling of sensitive documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2022
Trump summoned to testify to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot panel
The committee said it had sent a subpoena to Trump requiring documents to be submitted to the panel by Nov. 4 and for him to appear for deposition testimony beginning on or about Nov. 14.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022
The biggest threat to democracy and peace is thuggishness
The operating system of any functioning society is civility, and thuggishness is the virus that makes it crash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2022
The final days of the Trump White House: chaos and scattered papers
Government documents that Trump had accumulated were with him in two dozen boxes in the White House residence. They were to go to the National Archives. Some ended up in Florida.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022
Once hated by the left, FBI is now U.S. conservatives' evil demon
FBI agents are used to criticism, but never in the agency's history have they faced anything like the attacks from conservatives after the raid on former President Donald Trump's home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022
Merrick Garland, the man who could put Trump in prison
Garland, 69, personally approved the stunning Aug. 8 FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida home and will have the final say on whether he is to be charged with any crimes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2022
America’s dangerous descent into violence
As the history of fascist movements shows, the rise of private and cycles of bloodshed are instrumental in efforts to undermine the sovereign authority of the prevailing state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2022
U.S. Justice Department asking witnesses about Trump in its Jan. 6 investigation
Federal prosecutors sought information about the former president's role in the efforts to overturn the election as the inquiry accelerates.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2022
After gripping U.S. Capitol riot hearings, will Trump be indicted?
The weighty decision to potentially bring charges against the former president rests essentially with one man: Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2022
Good news for Democrats: Even Republicans are tiring of Trump
Polling shows the Jan. 6 hearings are having a surprising effect on voters across the political spectrum.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2022
U.S. House panel subpoenas Secret Service records in Jan. 6 inquiry
The committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed the records after being told by a government inspector general that the agency wasn't cooperating with the inquiry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2022
Despite growing evidence, a prosecution of Trump would face challenges
As House hearings highlighted testimony that could create more pressure to pursue a criminal case, former president tried out a defense that strained credulity.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2022
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe
Navarro was hit with one count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition before the Jan. 6 Select Committee and another for his refusal to produce documents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2022
Top Republican under fire for recording of him urging Trump to resign over Capitol riot
The comments could undermine Kevin McCarthy's widely known ambition to become House speaker next year if Republicans take control of the chamber.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
A judge says Trump broke the law. Here’s why that matters.
A legal opinion affirming the “illegality” of a plan to overturn the 2020 election won't end partisan polarization, but there's value in stating what's obviously true.
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
Mar 17, 2022
House Republicans who challenged Biden's win are losing out on corporate cash
The shift illustrates a growing gulf between business interests and members of the Republican Party still aligned with Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2022
Trump flouted the U.S. presidential records law. Will he face consequences?
While he was U.S. president, Donald Trump was known to destroy, tear up, remove and even flush White House documents down the toilet. He often eschewed the White House switchboard, using his own cellphone or those of his aides to communicate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2022
‘Trump is wrong,’ Mike Pence says of false claim about overturning U.S. election
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered his most forceful rebuke of Donald Trump, saying that Trump is "wrong” that Pence had the legal authority to change the results of the 2020 election and that the Republican Party must accept the outcome and look toward the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2022
Voter suppression can’t save the Republicans
Low turnout in America is usually blamed on voter apathy, but 2020 proved that the real problem has always been barriers to voting.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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