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REPUBLICANS

WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Clinton’s pick of Kaine for running mate signals pivot to center for election
Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, a widely anticipated choice that may say more about how she wants to govern than how she plans to win in November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Clinton picks Kaine as Democratic vice presidential running mate
Hillary Clinton named U.S. Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate on Friday, opting for an experienced governing partner who will help her present the Democratic ticket as a steady alternative to the unpredictable campaign of Republican presidential rival Donald Trump.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2016
Trump’s GOP coronation
The themes and images that emerged from this week’s Republican National Convention may prove troubling for newly nominated presidential candidate Donald Trump and the GOP.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Police keep watch over tense peace in Cleveland as Trump clinches GOP nomination
Police in downtown Cleveland kept watch over a tense peace Tuesday as Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Election won’t affect pivot to Asia, Biden tells Australians
United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday assured key ally Australia there would be no retreat from Washington’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific region regardless of who wins November’s presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Trump could seek new law to help purge Obama appointees
If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally Chris Christie said on Tuesday....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2016
Trump’s wife seeks to soften his image at raucous Republican convention
Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, in her first major political speech on Monday, portrayed her husband as a talented, compassionate and unrelenting leader who would unify rather than divide the country if elected to the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2016
Democrat and retired general, a possible Trump running mate, backs abortion rights
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, under consideration by Republican Donald Trump as a possible vice presidential choice, said on Sunday he favors a woman’s right to choose whether to have an abortion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2016
Bill Clinton’s impromptu chat with attorney general didn’t compromise email probe: Hillary’s potential V.P.s
Democrats jockeying to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate defended the integrity of an inquiry into her use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state, as the probe threatens wider fallout weeks before the political nominating conventions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2016
Gingrich, Christie lead field of possible Trump vice presidents
Republican stalwarts Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are at the top of Donald Trump’s short list to be his vice presidential running mate, sources said, but the real estate developer is casting a wide net.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2016
‘Dump-Trump’ Republicans are getting weird
Desperate Republican strategists are concocting wild schemes to preserve their congressional majorities, even though they would concede the presidential contest to Hillary Clinton.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
Big in Japan? Faux Trump ad video goes viral
Donald Trump is tangling with Japan again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
George W. Bush ends exile, hits campaign trial to help Republicans raise money
Former President George W. Bush had every intention of sticking to his self-imposed exile from politics, but found that the phone kept ringing with appeals from Republican U.S. Senate candidates for help, friends say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
New poll shows Clinton’s lead over Trump has fallen following Florida massacre
Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton’s lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2016
Clinton edge over Trump eases after Florida massacre but more also favor neither: poll
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed since late last week, according to the results of the first Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted since the Orlando shooting rampage on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
In rare move, Trump denies Washington Post access to his campaign
Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took the unprecedented step Monday of denying press access to The Washington Post, one of the United States’ most influential newspapers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2016
Trump post-Orlando rant may incite anti-immigration voters but appalls GOP establishment
The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, has allowed Donald Trump to seize upon a familiar issue he has used to great advantage — the threat of Islamist militants and his plan to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, offering him what could be a crucial moment to re-boot his sputtering presidential...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2016
Trump tells Ryan Muslim ban, mass deportations ‘not part of our agenda’
Some of the campaign promises made by Donald Trump, including a vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if elected president, may not see the light of day, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2016
Trump-obsessed CEOs abroad ask: ‘Is it really possible for him to be elected president?’
Steve Schwarzman, chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP, who recently returned from South Korea, offers a polite answer to the question everyone keeps asking: “It’s very colorful.”
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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