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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2018
Sources contradict testimony by Jeff Sessions that he opposed Russia outreach in 2016
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2018
Key North Korean diplomat heads to Finland ahead of possible talks with U.S. and South Korea
A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2018
North Korea says Japan 'may not get a ticket for Pyongyang' if pressure policy continues
North Korea threatens Japan over Tokyo's policy of pressuring it and says it “may not get a ticket for Pyongyang” if it continues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2018
In rare direct message, North Korea's Kim congratulates China's Xi on re-election as president
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a congratulatory message to China's Xi Jinping on his re-election as president, state-run media said Sunday, in a rare direct message between the two Asian leaders.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2018
Facebook critics want regulation and investigation after data misuse
Facebook faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users' data starting in 2014.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2018
Abe less popular than Kim Jong Un, Trump, Xi and Putin in South Korea: Gallup survey
Japan's hawkish prime minister is at the bottom of the list.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2018
Top officials clamor to make Trump-Kim summit a reality
South Korea said on Friday that it is seeking high-level talks this month with North Korea to prepare for a summit and that President Moon Jae-in may meet Donald Trump before the U.S. president's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2018
Betting side puts odds on H.R. McMaster to exit the Trump White House next
U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster is most likely the next official to leave the Trump administration following a string of firings and resignations, according to a betting website that put the odds against him staying, at 3-2.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 17, 2018
Trump signs bill encouraging official contacts with Taiwan, angering China
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, angering China, which views the self-ruled island as a wayward province.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2018
Europeans propose new Iran sanctions to save nuclear accord in face of U.S. ultimatum
Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria's war, according to a confidential document, in a bid to persuade Washington to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, which was signed by world powers and curbs Tehran's ability to develop...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2018
Trump's 'joke' about Japanese car inspections dropping bowling balls leaves Tokyo perplexed
The jokey twist on an internationally accepted collision test aimed at protecting pedestrians rather than trade leaves Tokyo more puzzled than amused.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
Trump pardons sailor who invoked 'Clinton defense' in trial
U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned a former Navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking sensitive pictures of the reactor inside a nuclear submarine, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2018
North Korean foreign minister visits Sweden, sparking speculation of Kim-Trump summit plans
North Korea's foreign minister landed in Sweden on Thursday for talks, prompting speculation that the two-day trip could lay the groundwork for a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2018
Trump to get options soon to crack down on China's theft of U.S. intellectual property: Peter Navarro
U.S. President Donald Trump in coming weeks will get recommendations to address China's "theft and forced transfer" of American intellectual property, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2018
U.S. special counsel subpoenas Trump Organization for documents in Russia probe: NYT
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2018
Brooklyn sale by Kushner family firm, at 60% premium, linked to NTT — one-third owned by Japan's government
Two months after Jared Kushner joined the White House as a senior adviser, his family firm sold a stake in a Brooklyn building to a unit of a company whose largest shareholder is the government of Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2018
Trump's tariffs lift hopes for jobs in U.S. steel mill towns but few see industry revival
AP
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Abe-Kim summit: The real deal or thinly veiled diversion?
Tokyo is seeking a summit with North Korea's leader, prompting speculation Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scrambling to deflect public attention away from a document-tampering scandal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Russia threatens military response if U.S. strikes Damascus government quarter
Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2018
Trump seeking tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports and will target the technology and telecommunications sectors, a source who had discussed the issue with the White House said on Tuesday.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan