On Monday, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States.
Media coverage of the event revealed deep divisions: Conservative pundits hailed what they called a "revolution of common sense" and the beginning of a new "golden age" for the country, while liberal journalists were much more critical, sounding the alarm over the second administration’s rapid policy shifts. These concerns included actions on illegal immigration, climate change, trade, tariffs and efforts to purge the so-called deep state.
Much of the Japanese media’s reaction was also negative. An editorial in the liberal Asahi Shimbun, often critical of the U.S., argued that "Japan must expand the scope of its autonomous diplomacy to promote a security and free trade system that does not rely solely on the U.S.," calling for a change in Japan-U.S. relations and a renewal of Tokyo’s foreign strategy.
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