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U S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2016
Republicans seek to use spending bill to close door on Syria refugees
Some conservative U.S. Republican lawmakers want to tie President Barack Obama's Syrian refugee resettlement program to a spending bill that must pass in order to keep the federal government open after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2016
U.S. has 'false economy' and interest rates must change: Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates low to prevent an economic downturn and "at some point" the rates must change.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
U.S. economy sends mixed signals
The most reliable economic indicators are not enlightening, because they're telling opposite stories.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
At Clinton Foundation, access equals corruption
More than half of the people who managed to score a personal meeting with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state donated money to the Clinton Foundation.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2016
Ex-Canada leader Mulroney slams Trump plan to ditch NAFTA, predicts his defeat
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sunday criticized Donald Trump's potential plan to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and said the U.S. presidential candidate will likely lose the Nov. 8 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2016
Kaine blames Clinton's classified email errors on 'improper labeling'
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday defended Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some information she exchanged over email because it had been "improperly labeled."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2016
Border wall cost taboo at Trump's Mexico meeting but Pena Nieto raised topic: Giuliani
A close ally of Donald Trump said talks about the cost of building a wall with Mexico were not supposed to be part of the discussion during the Republican presidential candidate's recent meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2016
Putin says DNC hack was public service, denies Russia had any hand in it
President Vladimir Putin said the hacking of thousands of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails and documents was a service to the public, but denied U.S. accusations that Russia's government had anything to do with it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2016
One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor at the top
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2016
Melania Trump sues blogger, Daily Mail over 'escort' reports
Melania Trump, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday filed a lawsuit against two media entities for libel over reports that she was an "escort" in the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2016
Report: White nationalists use Twitter with impunity, dwarf Islamic State's use; Trump camp no comment
White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with "relative impunity" and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Trump calls Democrats the 'party of slavery' in effort to reach out to minorities
Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night called Democrats the "party of slavery" and praised what he called the millions of black Americans with successful careers as he tries to reach out to minority voters.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Pastor and key Trump booster sorry about Clinton 'blackface' tweet
Pastor Marks Burns, a prominent supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, apologized on Tuesday for sending out a tweet that showed a cartoon image of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in blackface.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2016
Trump hovers over McCain, Rubio in U.S. Senate re-election contests
Republican voters in Arizona and Florida are expected to pick Sens. John McCain and Marco Rubio as their respective U.S. Senate nominees when they go to the polls on Tuesday, but one name not on either ballot, Donald Trump, looms large.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2016
Republicans demand to see Clinton Foundation staff correspondence
The Republican National Committee asked the charity of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's family on Monday to produce all correspondence its staff had with the U.S. State Department while Clinton served as America's most senior diplomat.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2016
Ex-key Obama aide says Trump meets clinical definition of a 'psychopath'
A former top adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a "psychopath," saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2016
U.S. troubles with election and TPP could embolden China in Asia
United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned a few months back that China risked a "great wall of self-isolation" for its actions in the disputed South China Sea. That hasn't deterred President Xi Jinping.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2016
Judges appointed by Obama leaving a liberal imprint on U.S. law
When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2016
In new ad aired on TV, Clinton attacks Trump's outreach to black voters
Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for voters to reject the "bigotry" of Donald Trump's White House campaign, releasing a television ad criticizing his efforts to appeal to black voters and saying she is reaching out to people from all parties who are troubled by his candidacy.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2016
WikiLeaks to release 'significant' Clinton campaign records
WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange said on Wednesday his organization planned to release "significant" information linked to the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the Nov. 8 election.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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