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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. proposes wide overhaul of legal shield used by online platforms
The proposals could upend the firms' business models, while limiting their discretion over removing political posts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 17, 2020
North Korea falls back on familiar playbook to ratchet up tensions
North Korea is literally blowing up its relationship with the South. But its bark looks bigger than its bite — at least for now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2020
For the U.S. and China, Thucydides’ trap is closing
Intertwined domestic crises are adding pressure for Trump and Xi to seek out confrontation.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2020
Is sudden decision to 'suspend' Aegis Ashore deployment a setback or a calculated retreat?
With Trump distracted by domestic issues, Abe may have judged the timing as ripe for halting the U.S.-made missile system without facing too much of a backlash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2020
U.S. agency violated science policy by backing Trump's 'Sharpiegate' hurricane tweet, report finds
The head of the U.S. agency that warns of dangerous weather violated its policy on scientific integrity with a statement last year backing a tweeted forecast by President Donald Trump about the path of a hurricane, according to a report released Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 13, 2020
Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo plans to meet Chinese officials in Hawaii: report
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials, Politico reported Friday, citing two unnamed sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2020
Trump says he will 'do other things' if he loses 2020 election
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov. 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might cheat and refuse to leave the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2020
Trump increasingly alone in provocative racial rhetoric
U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting a new rush to address police brutality and tear down Confederate symbols even as polls show most Americans believe changes are needed and many corporations — even NASCAR, with its conservative fan base — embrace a more proactive stance on issues of racial...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2020
Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more U.S. drones
The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made drones to a wide array of nations, three defense industry executives and a U.S. official told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2020
Pyongyang says Washington's meddling could affect U.S. election
The statement comes after the U.S. State Department said it was disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication hotlines with South Korea on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 10, 2020
Kim raises pressure on South Korea's Moon to split with Trump
Both North Korea and left-leaning supporters of South Korean President Moon Jae-in want him to restore economic ties broken by security tensions. But pleasing them would mean angering U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2020
North Korea severs hotlines in message to South — and U.S.
Pyongyang has “completely shut down all contact” with Seoul in a move some see as a message to Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2020
Trump to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday without offering a time frame for the signing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2020
Trump's troop cut in Germany blindsided U.S. officials, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security officials, according to five sources familiar with the matter, and the Pentagon had yet to receive a formal order to carry it out, Reuters has learned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2020
But the president has nothing on at all
Presidents must represent both the ethical and political values of their nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2020
Japan threads the needle as U.S.-China animosity hits new highs
When it comes to increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Beijing, Tokyo is facing a “be careful what you wish for” moment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2020
Pompeo warns U.S. investors against fraud at China companies
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at China-based companies and said the Nasdaq's recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be "a model" for all other exchanges around the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 5, 2020
India’s China standoff shows risks of getting too close to Trump
Indian and Chinese forces are facing off by a glacial lake in the Himalayas that traverses their fluid frontier. The standoff at 14,000 feet (4,270 meters) is the most visible theater of conflict between the world’s two most populous nations, but it’s far from the only source of friction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2020
Joe Biden was rescued by black voters. Now he has to excite them
African American supporters have been urging him to offer concrete solutions, and they say not being Donald Trump isn't enough.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2020
Perils for the Pentagon as Trump threatens to militarize response to civil unrest
As Trump increasingly turns to militaristic rhetoric at a time of national upheaval, the U.S. military appears to be playing a supporting role.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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