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JOE BIDEN

Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2020
Iran says it won’t fall into trap of scuttling any U.S. talks
Iran has vowed it won’t "fall into the trap” of scuppering any future talks with a new U.S. administration following the assassination of a top nuclear scientist.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2020
Iranian nuclear scientist killing will have fallout
The killing certainly has some of the hallmarks of a campaign of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, attributed to Israel: four were killed between 2010 and 2012.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2020
Division or dialogue with China?
Less chaotic does not necessarily mean less confrontational: Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “thug” and pledged to “pressure, isolate and punish China.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2020
Trump comes to grips with his loss while fundraising off outcry
U.S. President Donald Trump is aware his fight to overturn the election is winding down, according to people familiar with the matter, but he isn’t ready to end the effort as he fundraises off the furor, directing much of the proceeds to his political action committee.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 28, 2020
Gunmen assassinate Iran’s top nuclear scientist in ambush, provoking new crisis
For two decades, the scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was the driving force behind what U.S. and Israeli officials describe as Iran's secretive nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2020
The G20 and multilateralism after Trump
The G20 is just one of many multilateral organizations and institutions that have suffered over the past four years because of the Trump administration's “America First” policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2020
Japan’s ‘misunderstanding’ about a Biden administration
The U.S. alliance is more important than ever before for Japan, which must address national security concerns in the face of a rising China while dealing with the threat from North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 27, 2020
Kim Jong Un likely to let his missiles do the talking with Biden
Having branded the president-elect an 'imbecile,' Pyongyang has made clear that it prefers dealing with Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2020
Trump says he’ll give up power if electoral college backs Biden
A defiant and occasionally conspiratorial exchange with reporters in the White House's diplomatic room included a brief acknowledgement of the reality facing him.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2020
A return to normalcy as the Biden administration emerges
Most important, his team is composed of policy traditionalists who believe the U.S. must be engaged in the world, endeavor to lead, and should do so through the multilateral institutions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2020
Xi seeks to ‘manage differences’ as he congratulates Biden
China’s President Xi Jinping broke his silence on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, sending him a message that he hopes to "manage differences” and focus on cooperation between the world’s two largest economies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020
Biden urged to bolster John Kerry by declaring climate emergency
Progressive environmentalists are mounting a long-shot bid to get President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond naming a climate czar and declare an environmental national emergency, borrowing a tactic employed by President Donald Trump to fund part of his border wall.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2020
Is China a free trader or just a free rider?
On issues of market access for goods, if China wants to join CPTPP, it must negotiate from scratch with all 11 members.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2020
Why Democrats lost and will keep losing elections
When you expected to pick up tons of seats in the House and take back the Senate, and none of that happens and you just barely win the presidency, you basically got your a-- kicked.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 24, 2020
After Trump, Biden faces pressure to stand up to China by embracing Taiwan
As concerns grow about China's increasingly aggressive behavior on the global stage, Biden will face pressure from Democrats and Republicans to strengthen ties with Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2020
Biden to prioritize COVID-19, but Kim Jong Un may have other ideas
'The Biden administration cannot afford to ignore Pyongyang — and North Korea has ways of ensuring it is not ignored,' says former U.S. State Department official Evans Revere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2020
Biden picks Blinken, defender of global alliances, as top envoy
Antony J. Blinken, a defender of global alliances and one of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s closest foreign policy advisers, is expected to be nominated for secretary of state, a job in which he will try to coalesce skeptical international partners into a new competition with China, according to...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2020
World moves on from Trump, but multilateralism is left struggling
One of the starkest moments from the Group of 20 came when U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a session on the pandemic to hit the golf course. Just as telling was how many other leaders seemed checked out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2020
Trump’s Afghan troop withdrawal puts Biden in a jam
Avoiding calamity is not the same as wise statecraft. Trump's final military act is reckless, particularly in Afghanistan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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