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EDITORIAL: Obama must use second term to realize...
U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term on Nov. 6.
UPDATE: Obama handily re-elected despite shaky...
President Barack Obama, accompanied by first last Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha arrive at the election night party on Nov. 7 in Chicago. (AP Photo)
WASHINGTON--Barack Obama captured a second White House term, blunting a mighty challenge by Republican Mitt Romney as Americans voted for a leader they knew over a wealthy...
VOX POPULI: Message from Cuban missile crisis...
It has been half a century since the Cuban missile crisis, which came to be known as "13 days when mankind stood on the brink of nuclear war."
VOX POPULI: A reckoning for Obama
President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, is among a number of U.S. presidents whose bid for a second term was rejected by voters.
Chinese paper slams U.S. candidates for playing...
U.S. President Barack Obama (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China's top newspaper slammed both U.S. presidential candidates on June 28 for playing the "China card" in their election campaigns, saying the real economic problems...
VOX POPULI: Unlike U.S., Japan’s top leader is...
Hisashi Inoue (1934-2010), a novelist and playwright, once discussed in a humorous essay how many crimes one commits in one’s lifetime.
US politics clash with reality over China currency
The Chinese currency has risen 31 percent against the dollar over the past seven years, eroding a chunk of the price advantage Chinese exports once enjoyed on world markets. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
WASHINGTON--U.S. politicians readily muscle up to talk tough against China on the campaign trail, charging its policies undermine American manufacturing, but two key planks of...
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