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BILL CLINTON

Newspapers featuring coverage of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, on suspicion of misconduct related to his ties with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, are displayed at a newsagent in Egham near Windsor, England, on Feb. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2026
King Charles buries his brother over Epstein. America dithers.
Why has the British establishment, not known historically for its alacrity, acted more swiftly than its U.S. counterpart to try to cut out the Epstein cancer.
The rise of personality-driven leadership in business and politics, exemplified by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, is undermining organizational stability and increasing systemic risk.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2026
America¡¯s big personalities are shrinking its greatness
A new generation wearied of managerialism, partly because memories of the bad old days faded and partly because managerialism, like all regimes, became self-indulgent.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gestures during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York on Sept. 24, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
Clinton says Trump told him of ¡®some great times¡¯ with Jeffrey Epstein?
Both Clinton and Trump associated with Epstein before the well-connected financier pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City last September.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2026
Bill Clinton to lawmakers investigating Epstein: ¡®I saw nothing¡¯
The appearance before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee marked the first time a current or former president has been compelled to testify before Congress.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal endures because it reinforces public belief that wealthy elites operate with impunity through powerful global networks that shield them from consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2026
Epstein saga confirms fears of a class above the law
The word ¡®impunity¡¯ is the key to understanding the power of this sickening sex-trafficking scandal.
Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is interviewed in Tokyo on Dec. 9.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Dec 25, 2025
Japan faced tough U.S. demands in 1994 North Korea nuke crisis
U.S. congressional heavyweights openly expressed frustration when they met with the visiting Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.
Photographs released Friday by the U.S. Justice Department from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein show former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson and Epstein's then-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
WORLD
Dec 20, 2025
U.S. Epstein files release highlights Clinton and makes scant reference to Trump
The absence of references to Trump was notable given that pictures and documents related to him have trickled out of previous releases for years.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 13, 2025
Democrats release new cache of Epstein photos featuring Trump and Clinton
Other high-profile figures in the published pictures include former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Clinton administration treasury secretary Larry Summers.
Sexual abuse survivor Anouska de Georgiou speaks at a news conference on Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, where she called where she called for the release of remaining files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigations under the Epstein Files Transparency Bill.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein¡¯s victims aren¡¯t a hoax
Why was Jeffrey Epstein so protected? Who is still being protected? And who protected them all?
Then-Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (left) and then-U.S. President Bill Clinton meet for talks at the White House on April 16, 1993.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Dec 26, 2024
Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China¡¯s democratization to Clinton in ¡®93
In a summit with the then-U.S. president, then-Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said he was skeptical about democracy taking root in China as living standards improve.
The Clintons and Barack Obama engineered the disastrous situation in the 2024 election and have long dominated the Democratic Party, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris serving as their appointees.?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2024
How the Democrats sunk their own ship this year
The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two ¡ª or even become a permanent minority party ¨C than open the party to people it cannot control.
Then-U.S. President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton tour the American Cemetery in Manila in November 1994, two years before the alleged assassination attempt.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2024
The al-Qaida plot to kill Bill Clinton that history nearly forgot
Four former U.S. officials, including the ambassador in Manila at the time, Thomas Hubbard, confirmed the foiled attack against Bill Clinton.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Sep 27, 2022
The funerals for former prime ministers that were attended by U.S. presidents
Current U.S. President Joe Biden skipped the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, and Vice President Kamala Harris attended the event instead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022
Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84
A child of Czech refugees who fled from Nazi invaders and Communist oppressors, Albright flourished as a diplomat and the first woman to serve as secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2021
Former U.S. President Clinton improving but will remain hospitalized
The former president¡¯s spokesperson Angel Urena said that Clinton¡¯s white blood count has decreased, indicating his health is improving.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2021
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton recovering from infection in hospital, doctors say
Clinton went to the hospital after feeling fatigued and was diagnosed with an infection of the bloodstream.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2020
Seamus Mallon, architect of Northern Ireland¡¯s Good Friday Agreement, dies at 83
Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon, one of the architects of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, died on Friday at age 83, drawing tributes from across a political divide he helped to bridge.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2019
¡®Very unusual suicide¡¯: Jeffrey Epstein autopsy reportedly shows neck broken in several places
An autopsy of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, found his neck had been broken in several places, the Washington Post reported late on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2019
Lawyers say Jeffrey Epstein¡¯s victims will sue financier¡¯s estate this week
Lawyers for several women who say they were sexually abused by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein plan to file lawsuits this week against his estate following his apparent suicide in a New York jail cell.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2019
Trump retweets unsubstantiated conspiracy theory of Clinton link to Jeffrey Epstein¡¯s jail-house death
President Donald Trump retweeted an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that former President Bill Clinton was in some way responsible for the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, hours after reports of the financier¡¯s jail-house suicide.

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