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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2017
Republicans set vote on health care bill slammed by Obama as path to 'real human suffering'
Senate Republicans announced plans to vote next week on their latest bid to scuttle Obamacare even as a popular comedian who has become part of the U.S. health care debate denounced the bill and former President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned of "real human suffering."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2017
Trump targets health insurer subsidies that make Obamacare affordable
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday took aim at the nation's health insurers in an escalating threat to cut the health care subsidy payments that make Obamacare plans affordable, one day after urging Republican senators to continue working to undo his Democratic predecessor's health care law.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2017
Collins says up to 10 Republican senators dislike GOP health bill; poll finds most in U.S. favor Obamacare
Eight to 10 Republican U.S. senators have serious concerns about Republican health care legislation to roll back Obamacare, moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who opposes the bill, said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jul 12, 2017
Straw poll of American expats finds over half feel repeal of Obamacare would discourage them from returning to U.S.
The bill before the U.S. Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," has American residents in Japan worried, with some saying the nullification would prevent them from returning home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2017
Top GOP Sen. McConnell vows to unveil revised health care plan for vote next week, mum on specifics
The top U.S. Senate Republican said on Tuesday he would unveil a revised version of major health care legislation sought by President Donald Trump on Thursday but deep divisions within the party left the stalled bill's prospects uncertain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2017
Trump pushes Congress to pass health care overhaul amid impasse as millions more go uninsured
President Donald Trump on Monday prodded the Republican-led U.S. Congress to pass major health care legislation but huge obstacles remained, with a senior lawmaker saying the Senate was unlikely to take up the stalled bill until next week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2017
Obamacare in 'death spiral' and Democrats obstructing effort in Congress to replace it: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Obamacare healthcare system is in a "death spiral" and must be reformed soon, a day after insurer Anthem Inc. announced it would withdraw from the Ohio health care insurance exchange next year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017
U.S. lawmakers seal deal on $1 trillion spending bill that jettisons Trump priorities
U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative bipartisan deal Sunday night on a $1.1 trillion bill that largely tracks with Democratic spending priorities and jettisons most of President Donald Trump's top priorities, including money to begin building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
McConnell says Senate will act this week on Obamacare repeal, 'rapid' replacement
The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2017
Senator gets ball rolling on killing Obamacare, Ryan returned as Trump-era Congress kicks off, trips
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi introduced on Tuesday a resolution allowing for the repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program, which provides coverage to millions of Americans, Enzi's office said in a statement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2016
Judge rules in favor of Republicans in Obamacare challenge but White House confident of appeal
A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged President Barack Obama's signature health care law, ruling that his administration overstepped its constitutional powers relating to government spending.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2015
Boehner likens Republican hard-liners to unrealistic 'false prophets' who can't deliver
Departing U.S. House Speaker John Boehner took aim at hard-liners in his Republican Party whom he likened to "false prophets" who promise more than they can deliver on issues such as cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2015
House adopts plan to boost U.S. war funds while cutting Medicare
The U.S. House adopted a fiscal 2016 budget that would cut $5.5 trillion in federal spending and achieve balance in nine years while providing more defense spending than President Barack Obama has proposed.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2015
Roberts, Obamacare savior in 2012, seems inscrutable this time
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast the decisive vote in 2012 to beat back the first major challenge to President Barack Obama's health care law, kept his cards close on Wednesday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 22, 2015
More tips for filing your U.S. taxes from Japan
With the help of a tax specialist, Lifelines tackles a number of queries in response to the special on U.S. taxation a few weeks back.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 28, 2015
Making your U.S. tax filing from Japan that little bit less ... taxing
Calvin Tong, an American taxation expert and long-term Japan resident, explains recent changes in U.S. taxation laws that have left many Americans here confused.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 10, 2014
U.S. officials hope new HealthCare.gov avoids last year's problems
U.S. officials planned to unveil an improved health care insurance website on Sunday they hope will allow the second enrollment period under President Barack Obama's health reform plan to avoid the technical meltdown that plagued its launch last year.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2014
Victorious Republicans face familiar dilemma: fight or cut deals
Victorious Republicans appeared at odds on Wednesday over how to capitalize on their new control of the U.S. Congress. Some lawmakers were eager to use their new muscle to step up attacks on President Barack Obama, while others talked hopefully of compromises that could lead to rare bipartisan legislation.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2014
How Obamacare kills jobs and boosts deficits
An 'Obamacare' critic says America's Affordable Health Care law discourages employers from hiring more than 50 employees while encouraging employees to work less or not at all because they can get federal subsidies to buy health insurance outside the workplace.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2014
Never trust a realist when it comes to politicians
If you're looking for one big reason the U.S. seems to be on the wrong track, try the marginalization of idealism that coincided with the collapse of the peace movement and the American Left at the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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