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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2016
November U.S. election turning into 'unpopularity' contest
The U.S. presidential election may turn out to be one of the world's biggest unpopularity contests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2016
FBI to soon interview Clinton over emails, already quizzed aides, CNN says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to interview Hillary Clinton in the next few weeks about her use of a private email server while she was U.S. secretary of state and have already interviewed some of her aides, CNN reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2016
Republicans weigh 'pipe dream' third-party candidate to thwart Trump
Donald Trump's emergence as the last man standing in the Republican presidential race has prompted his critics inside the party to intensify their search for a candidate they could back as a serious third-party alternative.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2016
Trump is riding on a warped 1980s nostalgia
There's no DeLorean time machine to take Americans to the Reagan '80s, and if it existed, it would take them elsewhere. It's time to move on.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2016
Cruz quits race after his hoped-for Indiana 'firewall' fails to halt Trump juggernaut
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz abruptly ended his presidential campaign Tuesday night after falling to Donald Trump in Indiana's primary, a devastating loss that left him with no viable path to the Republican nomination. Trump, considered a fringe candidate a year ago, now is poised to represent Republicans in...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2016
Clinton treads on Trump turf in ailing Appalachia, faces backlash over Obama's 'war on coal'
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talked to steel workers in the Appalachian region about their economic struggles on Monday, as she tried to win over blue-collar voters in a part of the country where support for Republican Donald Trump is strong.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2016
Trump says it's over for Cruz before Indiana, urges voters to back his 'mandate for genius'
Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 2, 2016
Connecticut governor gets JFK award for defying foes, taking in Syrian refugees
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to turn them away.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016
Asian-American group targets swing states in U.S. presidential race
By Luciana Lopez
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2016
Half of Americans think presidential nominating system 'rigged': poll
More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is "rigged" and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2016
In last-ditch bid to blunt Trump, Cruz taps Fiorina as running mate
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, in a last-ditch bid to slow front-runner Donald Trump's momentum, on Wednesday named former business executive Carly Fiorina to be his vice presidential running mate if he wins the nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2016
Trump brands Cruz-Kasich alliance to derail his candidacy 'weak, pathetic'
Facing a potential wipeout in U.S. presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich teamed up against Donald Trump, setting off a barrage of new attacks from the front-runner who denounced them as desperate, weak and pathetic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2016
Revived Pennsylvania rust belt looks to test Trump's appeal
With a rusting steel mill in its center, this Pennsylvania city would seem fertile ground for Donald Trump's campaign and its vision of a declining America that only he can fix.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2016
Unpopularity of Clinton, Trump puts spotlight on running mates
Rarely have two U.S. presidential front-runners needed more from running mates than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2016
A Trump presidency would make China great again
China's ambitions to forge a Beijing Consensus will be easier under an isolationist Trump administration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016
Japan Inc. believes Trump presidency would hurt ties, tarnish U.S. as investment target: poll
Most Japanese firms think a Donald Trump presidency would harm the Japan-U.S. security alliance and make the United States a less attractive place to invest, a Reuters poll showed, in a further sign of international angst about his candidacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016
Yellen's done 'serviceable job' but Trump hints he would replace her, wants weaker Fed, backpedals on debt
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would be inclined to replace Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen if he wins the White House despite supporting the U.S. central bank's efforts to keep interest rates low, he told Fortune magazine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2016
Clinton's election momentum makes continuity of Asia 'pivot' more likely
Experts say Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's victory in New York's primary Tuesday is good news for Japan. The former secretary of state is likely to inherit President Barack Obama's foreign policy outlook should she be elected as the first female president of the United States....

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami