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DONALD TRUMP

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2017
Justice Department wants Seattle judge to review suspended Trump travel ban
The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday a U.S. appeals court should fully review the suspension of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban from seven-Muslim majority countries before any more proceedings take place before a Seattle federal judge.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2017
Kremlin says Putin-Trump meeting possible before July
The Kremlin said Monday there was talk of a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump taking place before a Group of 20 summit in July, but there was nothing specific to report so far.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2017
A good start for Abe and Trump?
Contentious trade-related issues that were sidelined during the Abe-Trump summit are bound to emerge in upcoming bilateral dialogue.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2017
North Korea missile test delivers early challenge to Trump and Abe
North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new missile, presenting the administration of President Donald Trump with an early foreign policy challenge and testing his commitment to U.S. allies in Asia.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2017
Trump-Abe rapport won't stop yen from passing 100, JPMorgan says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's success in avoiding any clash over exchange rates with U.S. President Donald Trump at a summit meeting hasn't resolved underlying conflict, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2017
Germany's new president sees rocky trans-Atlantic relations ahead under Trump
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a vocal critic of Donald Trump elected as Germany's 12th postwar president on Sunday, predicted "difficulties" in relations with the U.S. as the global order is upended by the new administration in Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 13, 2017
Russia resurrects Cold War-era foreign policy tradition for the digital age
Warning: the Kremlin is trying to split the West by spreading "altered facts," conducting blackmail and setting up front organizations, the U.S. State Department said — in 1981.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
China wins an early concession from Trump, but many battles remain
Combining public bluster with behind-the-scenes diplomacy, China wrested a concession from the United States as the two presidents spoke for the first time this week, but Beijing may not be able to derive much comfort from the win on U.S. policy toward Taiwan.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
The names of the deported are ... the U.S. won't say
The U.S. government just won't answer a seemingly simple question: Who was detained at U.S. immigration or deported in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
First ladies Akie and Melania show independent streaks but are likely poles apart
When Japanese first lady Akie Abe made her rounds in Washington on Friday, noticeably absent was the high-level chaperone of previous visits — America's first lady.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
Trump weighs revised travel ban; Supreme Court test still possible
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a new executive order for a travel ban, he said aboard Air Force One late on Friday, and White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said the administration could still escalate a legal dispute over the first ban to the Supreme Court.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2017
Trump's tough talk on Iran doomed to backfire
Donald Trump's antagonism against Iran will ultimately hamper his ability to confront Islamic State and other jihadis — his No. 1 enemy.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 10, 2017
Trump in-laws in talks to purchase Marlins: sources
The Kushner family, relatives by marriage to President Donald Trump, is in talks to buy the Miami Marlins from art dealer Jeffrey Loria, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 10, 2017
Business leaders critical of Abe's overtures to Trump
Senior business leaders, former diplomats and government advisers, and national security experts Friday warned that while Japan's relationship with the United States is the foundation for regional security, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts to forge a close relationship with U.S. President Donald...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 10, 2017
World's biggest FX trader calls Trump currency talk hogwash
Hogwash. Hot air.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2017
New report says Mexico-U.S. border wall will cost $21 billion, take over 3 years to build
President Donald Trump's "wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border will be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internal report seen Thursday.

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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