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WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2017
Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them safer
Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But fewer than one-third of Americans believe the move makes them "more safe," according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 1, 2017
South Korea moves to curb president's power after Park scandal
South Korean lawmakers are moving to ensure the nation never again has a president as powerful as Park Geun-hye.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2017
Trump administration reportedly to allow 872 refugees into U.S. this week
The U.S. government has granted waivers to let 872 refugees into the country this week, despite President Donald Trump's executive order on Friday temporarily banning entry of refugees from any country, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2017
Don't let Trump embarrass our queen, say more than 1.6 million Britons
Well over a million people in Britain have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's planned state visit to be canceled to avoid embarrassing Queen Elizabeth, in a grass-roots backlash against his immigration policies.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2017
Woman at center of South Korean scandal declares innocence; court hints at decision by March 13
The woman at the center of the corruption scandal gripping South Korea angrily declared her innocence on Wednesday, shouting as she was forcibly summoned for questioning that she had been made to confess.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
South Korea court chief urges ruling on Park's impeachment by March 13
The outgoing chief judge of South Korea's Constitutional Court urged the court on Wednesday to conclude the impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye by March 13, when the retirement of another judge will reduce the nine-judge bench to seven.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017
Failure and hope in Women's March
Coopted by the Democrats, the Women's March was doomed to join the list of fruitless liberal marches — yet it gave hint at the better country Americans could have.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
Trump's press secretary promises 'never to lie' after 'alternative facts' briefing
President Donald Trump's press secretary promised reporters on Monday that he would never lie after a weekend briefing in which he made statements about the crowd size for Trump's inauguration that were debunked.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2017
Trump to begin renegotiating NAFTA pact soon with Mexico, Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans talks soon with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2017
First days of Trump era signal America's deepening political divide
In the blocks surrounding the White House, signs reading "Love Trumps Hate" and "Build Bridges Not Walls" littered the sidewalks on Sunday, the detritus of the Women's March protesting the policies of President Donald Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2017
Amid Trump's rise, more women make plans to seek public office
After spending Saturday marching in Washington alongside other women protesting the presidency of Donald Trump on his first full day in office, Amy Davis-Comstock plans to take her first steps toward her own possible run for office.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2017
Trump is now president, but he still sees himself as leading an insurgency
Donald Trump took over as U.S. president Friday in the same way he conducted his upstart campaign, with a mixture of blustery salesmanship and naked contempt for the established political order.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2017
Trump, now president, pledges to put America first in nationalist speech
Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry he pledged to end an "American carnage" of rusted factories and crime.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017
Marchers in Tokyo brave chilly weather to bid farewell to Obama
Ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in America, members of Democrats Abroad Japan marched Friday evening to express appreciation to outgoing President Barack Obama.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2017
South Korean leader's friend Choi Soon-sil now charged with bribery
South Korean special prosecutors team have filed fresh charges including bribery against a close friend of impeached President Park Geun-hye, the central figure in a political scandal that has engulfed the country, the team said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Trump's defense pick Mattis to forfeit unvested options if confirmed
Retired U.S. Marine Gen. James Mattis will step down from his board position at General Dynamics Corp. and give up unvested equity awards if confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary, according to a letter submitted to the Defense Department's ethics lawyer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2017
Facing suit, National Park Service sites freed up for Trump inauguration protests
Protesters will get public sites for demonstrations during Republican Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, a major federal land agency said on Thursday, after being threatened with a lawsuit from civil rights lawyers who accused it of quashing dissent.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 27, 2016
China jails nine over protests in 'democracy' village
A court in southern China has handed out jail terms of up to 10 years to nine people from a Chinese fishing village once seen as a cradle of grass-roots democracy after finding them guilty of illegal protests and other charges.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
U.N.'s Ban offers strongest hint yet of run at South Korean presidency
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his strongest signal yet on Tuesday that he will seek the South Korean presidency next year as a corruption scandal that reached the highest level of government continues to roil the country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
South Korea special prosecutors raid National Pension Service office over Park Geun-hye corruption scandal
South Korean investigators raided the office of the National Pension Service, the world's third-largest pension fund, on Wednesday in their probe over a corruption scandal that led to parliament's recent vote to impeach the president.

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