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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2021
Biden and Xi: Cooperation should come first, tit-for-tat later
If neither Biden nor Xi wants to risk any political capital to make the first move, the U.S.-China relationship is highly likely to worsen further.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Did I make a mistake becoming an American?
As an American abroad, my question was personal: Did I make a colossal error five years ago?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez recalls Jan. 6 attack, wanting Republicans held to account
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described being terrified for her life during the storming of the U.S. Capitol in an emotional broadcast on Monday night, doubling down on calls for Republican politicians to be held accountable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021
On China, Biden should be like Trump
The contrast with President Donald Trump's divisive, isolationist rhetoric could not be sharper. But adopting a different tone is easier than reversing America's relative decline.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2021
Trump names new impeachment lawyers after parting with team
Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced that two trial lawyers will take over representing him at his upcoming impeachment trial after parting ways with his previous defense team.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 30, 2021
Japanese news outlets report from the besieged citadel of American democracy
The initial reactions in the Japanese media, which focused on the flamboyant garb of a certain individual that was part of the unruly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2021
In Biden’s White House, masks, closed doors and empty halls
The West Wing has become a different place thanks to an administration that is serious about COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2021
U.S. House Democrat to move office after confrontation with Republican lawmaker
In the latest sign of rising tensions within the U.S. Congress, a Democratic congresswoman said Friday she plans to relocate her Capitol Hill office for safety reasons after being "berated" by an outspoken conservative Republican congresswoman.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
Why some in Japan are unsettled about Biden
There is a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for some of the more combative elements of the Trump administration among a swath of both Japan officialdom and the public.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2021
China’s calls for cooperation ring hollow
If the Biden administration gets the big picture — “the larger context of its foreign policy” — right, then differences with allies will be manageable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2021
Biden gets dream team on China: But what if the game is changing?
It is unclear whether Biden's team can remain immune to the wish-lists of the consulting firms and corporate hands that put a silver lining on their political exile during the Trump years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021
U.S. Senate Republicans unite behind failed effort to challenge Trump impeachment trial
There is a debate among scholars over whether the Senate can hold a trial for Trump now that he has left office.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021
U.S. watchdog to probe whether DOJ helped Trump effort to overturn election
The inquiry adds to the increasing scrutiny on Trump's attempts to wield the power of the Justice Department to advance his false claims about the election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2021
With impeachment trial looming, Republicans waver on punishing Trump
Few Republicans appeared ready to repudiate a leader who maintains broad sway over their party by joining Democrats in convicting him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2021
Trump Senate trial starts as House delivers impeachment article
Delivery of the impeachment article formally signals the start of the proceedings, though arguments won't begin until the week of Feb. 8.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2021
Was the Capitol riot sedition? Just read the law
In many nations, the threat of sedition prosecutions has been used to criminalize dissent — to intimidate, and even imprison people who object to what the government is doing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2021
All quiet on the populist front?
Liberals around the world are daring to hope that there is a silver lining to the violent denouement of Donald Trump’s presidency: namely, that the inciter-in-chief’s ignominious exit from the political stage will chasten authoritarian populists elsewhere. Unfortunately, their optimism is naive.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2021
U.S. sends carrier into South China Sea as Chinese bombers fly near Taiwan
The dispatch of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group to the waterway was seen as an implicit message to China just days after U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2021
In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February
The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees before turning to the contentious showdown over Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2021
More than 150 National Guard members in Washington for inauguration test positive for COVID-19
Between 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said Friday.

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