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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2016
Nixon's Pentagon chief Melvin Laird, 'Vietnamization' advocate, dies at 94
Melvin Laird, who as defense secretary under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 helped extricate U.S. forces from the morass of the Vietnam War in a policy he dubbed "Vietnamization," has died at age 94.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 27, 2016
'5 Flights Up' turns the horror of selling an apartment into a gentle fairy tale
Living in Tokyo has taught me that relationships matter but real estate matters more. My mom used to tell me never to date anyone who didn't have a down payment on a condo, which basically doomed me to permanent datelessness.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2015
Mexican drug don's 'bad ass' prison break shocks and impresses his hometown
In Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's hometown, some thought they were dreaming and others shed tears of joy when they heard the drug lord had broken out of Mexico's top maximum security prison through a tunnel built into his cell.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 9, 2015
Shiga's Toyama relies on mentor to improve Lakestars
Championship experience dots the Shiga Lakestars roster.
BASKETBALL
Mar 5, 2015
Hot 3-point shooting carries Shiga past Fukuoka
Led by a trio of 3-point shooting specialists, the visiting Shiga Lakestars halted the Rizing Fukuoka's three-game winning streak on Thursday night, winning the bj-league series opener 95-93.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2015
Nixon's respect for a Democratic intellectual exemplified how to handle domestic debate
For all its faults, America's Nixon administration provided a model for professional domestic debate when the stakes are huge, exemplified by the appointment of a Democratic intellectual as urban affairs adviser.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2014
Missouri governor orders more National Guard troops after Ferguson erupts
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered more National Guard troops to Ferguson after chaos erupted when a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer for killing an unarmed black teenager.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 16, 2014
Okada making impact for unbeaten Shiga
Yu Okada has spent nearly a decade now knocking down jump shots for a paycheck.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2014
National Guard to withdraw from riot-torn Ferguson as tensions ease
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the withdrawal on Thursday of National Guard troops from riot-torn Ferguson, where tensions have eased after sometimes violent protests were staged nightly since police killed an unarmed black teenager.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2014
Prosecutor in Ferguson police shooting tells governor to decide if he stays on case
The St. Louis county prosecutor in charge of investigating the police shooting of an unarmed suburban teenager called on Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to promptly decide whether he should remain on the case.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2014
St. Louis police fatally shoot man with knife, authorities say
Police in St. Louis killed a man they say brandished a knife and refused to drop it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2014
Obama sending Holder to Ferguson; National Guard deploys
President Barack Obama said he has dispatched Attorney General Eric Holder to meet with federal and local authorities in Ferguson, Missouri, where the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by police has sparked days of protests and violence.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2014
Obama should follow Nixon's lead and do the right thing
Richard M. Nixon's White House efforts to cover up the Watergate scandal in 1972 look positively penny-ante compared to President Barack Obama's coverup of government-approved torture 40 years later.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Nixon blamed Prime Minister Sato for textile talks breakdown in '71
U.S. President Richard Nixon sent a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in spring 1971 expressing frustration over bilateral textile talks, according to a Japanese diplomatic document declassified Thursday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 23, 2013
Hamamatsu boss Higashino shakes up lineup early, gets results
It only took two games for Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix bench boss Tomoya "Coach Crusher" Higashino to decide that personnel changes needed to be made.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2013
Nixon called Tanaka 'nationalistic, new boy'
U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1973 described Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka as 'nationalist' and a 'new boy' on the Western bloc, a newly disclosed tape recording shows.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2013
Inaction during 'scandal' will undo a presidency
Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2013
Once upon a time, Washington was even darker
A book by the late Robert Bork, Richard Nixon's solicitor general, reminds us of Washington days that were darker than most people today can imagine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2013
Japan was irked by U.S. attempt to use Hirohito-Nixon chat for political purposes
According to recently declassified documents, the government fretted over an attempt by the United States to use the historic 1971 meeting between Emperor Hirohito and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon in Alaska for political purposes.

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