U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal groups opposed to his agenda is a multiagency effort, officials said, raising alarms about the use of executive power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-investigations-liberal-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #stephenmiller

A free and independent press — once a given in the United States — is now under threat from authoritarian tactics, institutional weakness and a growing public disregard for truth, putting democracy at serious risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/09/world/global-lessons-form-a-press-in-peril/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #newsmedia #journalism #freespeech #democracy #donaldtrump #humanrights

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of U.S. President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of lying on a mortgage application on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/letitia-james-indictment-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #newyork #letitiajames #donaldtrump #us

Despite its potentially historic nature, the rushed Gaza deal signed in Egypt on Thursday leaves a host of unresolved issues that could still trip up implementation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-deal-tough-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to send troops into Chicago and Portland, Oregon, was met with mixed reactions in a pair of contentious court hearings Thursday, both of which ended without rulings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-troop-plans-hearings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #us #portland #chicago

Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-ceasefire-hostage-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing reported double-digit revenue and profit growth in North America in the current fiscal year, as its U.S. expansion defied tariff volatility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/companies/uniqlo-profit-strong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #uniqlo #fastretailing #donaldtrump #tariffs #retailers #clothing #us

Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, Trump's approach to Gaza has been different to the blank check he has previously been regarded as giving key ally Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/how-trump-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

The association representing journalists who cover the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday condemned a new press access policy that could see reporters lose their access as early as next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/press-us-defense-media-access/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #journalism #pressfreedom #censorship #newspapers #magazines #pentagon #petehegseth #us #donaldtrump

U.S. President Donald Trump instructed members of his Cabinet to move to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization, highlighting his efforts to crack down on the loose collective of far left-wing groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/trump-antifa-terrorist-organization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #antifa #us #donaldtrump

Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the U.S.-proposed Gaza deal, Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/trump-israel-hamas-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/trump-jailing-democrats-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #chicago #portland #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration

U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top Asia official has urged Japan to ramp up its defense budget, saying Tokyo “has long underemphasized spending for its own defense.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-us-defense-spending-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #shigeruishiba #defenseministry #indopacific #johnnoh #sanaetakaichi

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/08/climate-change/trump-climate-change-con-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #environment #emissions #carbon #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans

President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Canada have "come a long way” in the trade talks, with a trading relationship worth $900 billion on the line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/trump-canada-tariff-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #markcarney #usmca #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans

Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered at an army facility outside Chicago as President Donald Trump threatened to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/trump-insurrection-democratic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ice #republicans #oregon #illinois #chicago #portland

Only a country with absolute indispensability in critical goods — like China — can withstand Donald Trump and America’s tariff onslaught. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/07/japan/trump-weaponizes-trade-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #useconomy #chineseeconomy #tariffs #globaleconomy #trade

U.S. President Donald Trump has aggressively pursued what may be the one thing he most desires: a Nobel Peace Prize. But a win is likely to prove elusive when the Nobel Committee announces the recipient Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/trump-nobel-peace-prize-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #us

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea later this week, Beijing and Pyongyang announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-li-qiang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #kimjongun #liqiang #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump appear to have reset relations following a months-long spat over Trump ally and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's legal troubles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/trump-bolsonaro-lula-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #jairbolsonaro #us #donaldtrump #southamerica