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U S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2015
Mexicans bash pinata of Trump, calling him an imbecile
Few presidents of Mexico have managed to unite the country in the way Donald Trump did after he launched his U.S. presidential bid a week ago with a string of broadsides against America's southern neighbor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2015
Hard questions for candidate Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's reticence is drowning out her message, which is that she is the cure for the many ailments that afflict America during a second Democratic presidential term.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2015
Trump blusters way into White House bid, blasts fellow Republicans, Obama, Mexicans, Saudis
Real estate mogul and TV celebrity Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Tuesday in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2015
Clinton courts working Americans at first major presidential campaign rally
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2015
Republican ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina enters 2016 race, takes shot at Clinton
Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Monday announced she is running for president, and took a shot at Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who she said represents a political class that Americans are "disgusted" with.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2015
Obama, Abe poised to trumpet TPP deal next week, Japan's ambassador says
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be able to declare next week that the U.S. and Japan have all but completed their part of negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. said.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2015
Clinton faces early test on free trade deals
Just a week after formally launching her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton is already being tested on a thorny issue for Democrats: free trade deals and their impact on workers.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2015
Hillary's arduous road to the White House
The ultimate test for presidential candidates in the U.S. is whom voters would rather want to have over in their backyard for an afternoon barbecue. Can Hillary Clinton pass it?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton runs for office first, thinks last
Despite having had at least 20 years to think about what she'd like to do as president, Hillary Clinton lacks a convincing campaign platform.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2015
Clinton wraps up Iowa swing with pledge to help small businesses, ease their tax headaches
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton promised on Wednesday to help small businesses, saying U.S. tax rules were skewed in favor of big corporations and made it time-consuming and costly for small employers to navigate the tax code.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2015
Pressured by liberal Democrats, candidate Clinton goes after CEO pay
Hillary Rodham Clinton, under pressure from the left wing of her Democratic Party to aggressively campaign against income inequality, voiced concern about the hefty paychecks of some corporate executives in an email to supporters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015
America's political system is broken
The fact that U.S. presidential candidates must adjust their positions to conform to the banal, the uninspired, the illegal, with total disregard for the will or the greater good of the people, demonstrates that the American political system is broken.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2015
It's official: Clinton declares candidacy, vows to champion everyday Americans
Hillary Rodham Clinton promised to be a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front-runner.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2015
Rand Paul can't change the Republican Party
Republicans have been the party of social conservatism, nationalism and free-markets, and that isn't going to change — no matter how well Rand Paul does next year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
Libertarian Rand Paul declares candidacy, vows to smash 'Washington machine'
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul promised to be a different kind of Republican on Tuesday, launching a 2016 White House bid by saying he would stand up for individual freedoms that are being trampled by "the Washington machine."
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2015
GOP's road to power runs through Israel
The deterioration of U.S.-Israeli relations under the Obama administration could help the Republicans win the White House in 2016.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2015
Donald Trump serious about 2016 presidential run, Washington Post says
Businessman Donald Trump is ramping up efforts for a 2016 presidential run, adding to a growing pool of potential Republican candidates, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
Presidential politics: all personality, no platform
Hillary Clinton may have everything she needs to run for U.S. president in 2016: money, name recognition, staff, organization — everything except ideas at the moment.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2015
Indian spy's role alleged in Sri Lankan president's election defeat
Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency in the run-up to this month's presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Okada defeats Hosono to win DPJ presidential election
Following a close runoff against Goshi Hosono, Katsuya Okada is elected president of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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