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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 10, 2017
Le Pen fears prompt Japanese to dump record amount of French bonds ahead of election
Japanese investors dumped a record amount of French bonds in February, rattled by the rising popularity of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2017
Poll shows Macron win in French election in shadow of "Penelopegate"
Centrist Emmanuel Macron would trounce far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election if, as seems increasingly likely, the two face off in the second and final round of the contest on May 7, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2017
Le Pen foes relish Dutch vote, but French election may be different
Adversaries of Marine Le Pen expressed relief on Thursday after her ally Geert Wilders won fewer seats than expected in a Dutch election, but analysts warned against reading too much into the result ahead of France's tight presidential race.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2017
French envoy to Japan vows not to serve under Le Pen
France's ambassador to Japan has pledged not to serve under far-right leader Marine Le Pen if she becomes president, saying her policies are at odds with French principles.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2017
Most French voters see Le Pen's National Front as threat, poll shows
A growing majority of French voters see Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front as a threat to democracy, while a third approve of its ideas, a Kantar Sofres-Onepoint poll showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
Macron cements lead in French presidential race; Fillon crisis deepens
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron cemented his status as favorite to win the French presidency on Friday as pressure mounted on his conservative rival, Francois Fillon, to pull out because of a deepening financial scandal.
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2017
Uncertainty rattles French politics
There is fear that the French presidential ballot will produce the same upheavals as did the presidential campaign in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2017
Kremlin denies meddling in French election, targeting top candidate Macron with 'fake news'
The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that it was behind media and internet attacks on the campaign of French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron though his camp renewed the charges against Russian media and a hackers' group operating in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 11, 2017
Flurry of stadium naming rights continues in NPB
Are you going to any games this coming season at ZOZO?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2017
France's Fillon under pressure to quit presidential bid as fake work row rages
France faces a week of political uncertainty with Francois Fillon, the right wing presidential candidate, under mounting pressure to quit the race because of a fake-jobs-for-the-family scandal and divisions over whether, and how, to replace him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2017
Quebec shooting suspect seen as 'nerdy outcast,' fan of French right-winger Le Pen
The French-Canadian student charged in a shooting spree that killed six people at a Quebec City mosque was known in online circles as a supporter of far-right French politician Marine Le Pen and described by a former classmate as a "nerdy outcast."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2017
France's Montebourg marginally wins first left-wing primary debate, poll shows
Former Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg was seen as marginally winning the first French left-wing primary television debate on Thursday, raising the prospect of a tight race to select the left's candidate for the 2017 presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
Spiral of xenophobic fear and violence further imperils Western societies, experts say
The rise of far-right politics across the world may hit already scant foreign aid, increase tensions between communities and countries, and lead to more people fleeing conflict, warn Nobel laureates, leaders and experts.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 18, 2016
Seven candidates to compete in French left-wing presidential primaries
Seven candidates will run in next month's French left-wing primaries seeking to win the nomination for next year's presidential election, the organizers said on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2016
Fillon can beat Le Pen, but don't bank on it
Given pollsters' massive predictive failures elsewhere this year, no one should count on left-wing voters turning out to help defeat right-winger Marine Le Pen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2016
Fillon's economic shock therapy for France risks side effects
On paper, French presidential favorite Francois Fillon's free market plans to cut business taxes, relax labor laws and shrink the public sector should give corporate France a shot in the arm and boost economic growth.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 8, 2016
Out-of-town scoreboards would enrich experience at all ballparks
Why don't the Japanese pro baseball stadiums have out-of-town scoreboards, and why do many of the main ballparks not display the home-run distances on the fences?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 10, 2016
Countryside games add challenges, concerns for NPB teams
Japan's schedule of countryside games (those played away from the home franchise stadiums of the 12 Central and Pacific League teams) has concluded for the season. The last scheduled game, where the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were to have played the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday at Asahikawa was rained...

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