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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2016
Bill Clinton to make case at DNC for his 'change maker' wife's White House bid
Hillary Clinton was set to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. party on Tuesday, a historic moment that Democrats hope will help eclipse rancor between her supporters and those of her rival in the primaries, Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In policy platform, Democrats train their guns on Trump
In a rebuke to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and the GOP, the Democratic Party's policy platform has touted Washington's network of alliances — including its defense pact with Japan — as "a source of tremendous strategic advantage."
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton swings to the right
Hillary Clinton is moving the right in an effort to woo anti-Trump Republicans.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2016
U.S. Democrats should learn from Scandinavia
Scandinavian-style social welfare could breathe new life into the fading American Dream.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 26, 2016
Sanders' army spells trouble for Clinton amid push to unite party ahead of battle with Trump
It should have been a triumphant night for Hillary Clinton when her rival Bernie Sanders gave a rousing speech urging his supporters to vote for her in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
Sanders disciples rebel against him as he tries to keep them on DNC message
Supporters of Bernie Sanders disrupted the first day of the Democratic convention on Monday, repeatedly chanting and booing mentions of Hillary Clinton's name as the party's hopes for a show of unity dissolved into frequent chaos.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2016
Clinton a known quantity to Japanese officials, while Trump is still a wild card
As the Democrats start up their national convention Monday, Japanese officials are pondering which of the two hopefuls — Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — are more likely to get along, both on a personal and professional level, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Clinton's pick of Kaine for running mate signals pivot to center for election
Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, a widely anticipated choice that may say more about how she wants to govern than how she plans to win in November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Clinton picks Kaine as Democratic vice presidential running mate
Hillary Clinton named U.S. Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate on Friday, opting for an experienced governing partner who will help her present the Democratic ticket as a steady alternative to the unpredictable campaign of Republican presidential rival Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well — and don't
When she was about 14, Hillary Clinton says, she wrote to NASA volunteering for astronaut training.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Election won't affect pivot to Asia, Biden tells Australians
United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday assured key ally Australia there would be no retreat from Washington's pivot to the Asia-Pacific region regardless of who wins November's presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2016
Trump's wife seeks to soften his image at raucous Republican convention
Donald Trump's wife, Melania, in her first major political speech on Monday, portrayed her husband as a talented, compassionate and unrelenting leader who would unify rather than divide the country if elected to the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2016
Poll puts Trump just ahead of Clinton in Florida, Pennsylvania in wake of FBI probe results
Republican Donald Trump pulled ahead of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday that included responses after the FBI released its findings on Clinton's email use.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 12, 2016
For China, Trump perhaps better the devil they don't know
In 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton provoked outrage in Beijing when she pushed the South China Sea to the top of the regional and U.S. security agendas.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2016
How Clinton limps forward after the FBI report
FBI Director James Comey may have recommended against charging Hillary Clinton; but, politically speaking, he hung her out to dry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2016
Violence again convulses 2016 election campaign, testing Trump, Clinton
In the hours after a gunman shot 12 police officers in Dallas, killing five, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled campaign events. Their Twitter accounts largely went quiet.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2016
State Department plans own probe of whether Clinton, her staff mishandled classified info
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it will conduct an internal review of whether Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information, after the Justice Department declined to bring criminal charges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2016
Obama arrives with Clinton in Charlotte, says he's set to 'pass baton' on to her
After months on the sidelines, President Barack Obama joined Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, telling voters he was ready to "pass the baton" to his former secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2016
Bill Clinton's impromptu chat with attorney general didn't compromise email probe: Hillary's potential V.P.s
Democrats jockeying to be Hillary Clinton's running mate defended the integrity of an inquiry into her use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state, as the probe threatens wider fallout weeks before the political nominating conventions.

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