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BILL CLINTON

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2016
Clinton Foundation to bar foreign, corporate cash if Hillary is elected president
The Clinton Foundation will stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president and will stop holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings whatever the outcome of the November election, a foundation spokesman said on Thursday.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Aug 3, 2016
Where's the money?
Hillary Clinton's long march to the U.S. presidency continues unabated, and many voters are so scared of the idea of President Donald Trump, they'd vote for Clinton even if she sprouted fangs and hissed like a cobra. But anyone who's all comfy with the idea that voting for Clinton as the "lesser of two evils" really needs to watch "Clinton Cash" first.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2016
Bill Clinton to make case at DNC for his 'change maker' wife's White House bid
Hillary Clinton was set to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. party on Tuesday, a historic moment that Democrats hope will help eclipse rancor between her supporters and those of her rival in the primaries, Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well — and don't
When she was about 14, Hillary Clinton says, she wrote to NASA volunteering for astronaut training.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2016
Bill Clinton's impromptu chat with attorney general didn't compromise email probe: Hillary's potential V.P.s
Democrats jockeying to be Hillary Clinton's running mate defended the integrity of an inquiry into her use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state, as the probe threatens wider fallout weeks before the political nominating conventions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2016
Chelsea Clinton announces birth of son, her second child
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, announced on Saturday the birth of her second child with husband Marc Mezvinsky.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
New poll shows Clinton's lead over Trump has fallen following Florida massacre
Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2016
With California win, Clinton claims historic victory in Democratic primary
Hillary Clinton celebrated her triumph as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House, scoring big wins in California and New Jersey to cement her grip on the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2016
Clinton seizes historic role as female presidential nominee as Trump campaign hits new low
If Hillary Clinton's best argument for unifying Democrats and winning the White House is Donald Trump, then she picked a good week to clinch the nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2016
Clinton to blast Trump on North Korea, NATO in foreign policy speech
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will berate Republican Donald Trump for being too friendly with North Korea and too harsh on European allies on Thursday in a foreign policy speech in California designed to portray the billionaire businessman as unfit for the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2016
North Korean threat would be a priority under a Clinton presidency, aide says
Working with China to solve the threat posed by North Korea would be a key priority if Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton becomes the next president of the United States, her senior policy adviser said recently.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016
Asian-American group targets swing states in U.S. presidential race
By Luciana Lopez
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2016
Sanders' tax returns rank him high among Americans but far below Clinton
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has made income inequality a top campaign theme, had taxable income of $205,271 in 2014, almost putting him in the top 5 percent of American earners, according to the release of his federal tax return on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2016
Bill Clinton faces protesters who say his 1994 'three strikes' crime reforms hurt African-Americans
Former President Bill Clinton faced down protesters angry at the impact his crime reforms of 20 years ago have had on black Americans and defended the record of Hillary Clinton, his wife, who is relying on the support of black voters in her quest for the presidency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2016
Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who helped defend Clinton against impeachment, dead at 90
Dale Bumpers, the small-town lawyer who served Arkansas as governor and in the U.S. Senate and delivered a stirring speech during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial that helped save his presidency, died at home on Friday at the age of 90, his family said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2015
Clinton outspends all rivals in building campaign juggernaut
Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $26 million over the summer building up her 2016 campaign, more than any of her rivals either within her own Democratic Party or the Republican side, as she sought to build a formidable organization to help her capture the White House.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2015
Clintons report income of $140 million since 2007; federal tax bill: $43.9 million
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, on Friday reported total income approaching $140 million over the last eight years, providing evidence of the vast wealth they have accumulated.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton breathes, we hold our breath
Hillary Clinton's book, 'Hard Choices,' is another tease in the dance of the seven veils. Her book is neither fish nor fowl, neither an autobiography like Barack Obama's 'Audacity of Hope' nor a thrown-together candidate presentation like Mitt Romney's 'No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 12, 2014
Jun Nakayama: 'Don't think about it, just do it'
Jun means 'charm,' 'profit' and 'moisture.' I think it matches my personality perfectly!
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2014
Hillary's travails on image, policy in '90s revealed
Aides in the Clinton administration crafted a strategy to “humanize” first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, newly released papers show.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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