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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
Trump looks to Obamacare critic, Indiana expert to overhaul health care
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy expert to help him overhaul the U.S. health care system, a transition official told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
South Korean President Park says she will resign after lawmakers act
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked parliament to find a way for her to give up power and decide when she should step down amid an influence-peddling scandal, but the opposition said she was just trying to avoid impeachment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2016
France's Fillon seeks to challenge far right, Socialists with conservative agenda
Francois Fillon, the center-right candidate in France's presidential election as of Sunday and pollsters' favorite to win that vote next May, is a true social and economic conservative who wants to cut half a million public sector jobs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016
Harnessing Trump and Sanders, South Korean populist Lee rises in polls
He respects Donald Trump and enjoys being compared to Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016
Park's approval rating at 4%, an all-time low in South Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating fell to 4 percent amid a deepening political crisis, marking an all-time low for any democratically elected leader in the country, according to a Gallup Korea poll released Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2016
Petraeus indicates would serve Trump if asked
Retired U.S. Gen. David Petraeus indicated on Wednesday that he would say "yes" if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to serve in his administration, according to an interview on Britain's BBC Radio 4.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2016
As Park fights for survival, power vacuum weighs on South Korea
As the chorus grows louder for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to resign over a corruption scandal, a power vacuum is weighing on her administration, leaving her political survival in doubt and the vulnerable economy exposed to political shocks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2016
Will Trump's foreign policies hurt or help his business empire?
Any moves by Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the United States or bring back waterboarding to interrogate suspects could have repercussions for some of his sprawling foreign business interests — from his golf course in Scotland to luxury resorts in Indonesia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2016
Trump's NAFTA revamp would require concessions, borrowed elements from TPP
President-elect Donald Trump's plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to make it "a lot better" for U.S. workers would not be a one-way street for his administration, as Canada and Mexico prepare their own list of demands that could require difficult U.S. concessions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2016
Trump's grandfather asked to return to Germany, archived letter shows
German archivists have found a letter written by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's grandfather, asking to be allowed to return to his German homeland after his wife failed to adapt to life in America.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 22, 2016
Struggling Australian leader gets much-needed victory with labor bill
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, whose leadership has been questioned after a series of political setbacks, secured a much-needed legislative victory Tuesday with the passage of one of the two bills he used to trigger an election this year.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 22, 2016
White nationalists could not be barred from Washington building, managers say
A federal building in downtown Washington that hosted a white nationalists meeting over the weekend and drew scores of street protesters cannot bar users because of their political views, its managers said.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 21, 2016
Let's discuss what Trump means for Asia
The billionaire businessman represents uncharted waters, a situation that could undermine the Japan-U.S. alliance and upend regional security in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 21, 2016
South Korean opposition parties move toward Park impeachment
South Korea's opposition People's Party will start collecting signatures for an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye, while the main opposition Minjoo Party will review the conditions for impeachment, a party spokesmen said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 21, 2016
Burdened but unbowed, Germany's Merkel faces biggest test as she seeks a fourth term
Announcing on Sunday that she will seek a fourth term in office, Germany's Angela Merkel faces perhaps the biggest test of her career: defending the European and trans-Atlantic status quo amid huge uncertainty for both.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 20, 2016
We Americans are 'baka' but we ain't that baka ... ?
After the euphoria of Barack Obama's tenure, it's back to politics as usual — but at least Donald Trump's open about his racism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2016
Did U.S. academia help elect Donald Trump?
U.S. institutions of supposedly higher education are awash with hysteria, authoritarianism, obscurantism, philistinism and charlatanry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2016
Easy punditry, hard problems
The experience of the Bush years suggests that the institutions of U.S. democracy are not necessarily strong enough to prevent dangerous and reckless decisions being made. This does not bode well for a Trump presidency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2016
The suffragette Clinton should have followed
One of the reasons Hillary Clinton may have lost is that she was too much like Susan B. Anthony and not enough like Anthony's more daring mentor and partner, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2016
Abe wooed Trump with golf, just like his grandfather did with Eisenhower
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken a page from his grandfather's playbook in using golf to form ties with an American leader.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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