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JOE BIDEN

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2022
Biden expects to speak with Xi within next 10 days
Already tense relations between the two largest economies have deteriorated over China's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2022
Biden’s return to realism in Saudi Arabia
Contrary to critics' claims, U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to visit Saudi Arabia does not amount to a destabilizing display of American weakness.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022
Trying to salvage his climate agenda, Biden weighs remaining options
The U.S. president will not declare a national climate emergency, the White House confirmed, disappointing Democratic lawmakers and activists who had called on him to take the step.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022
How authoritarian regimes hunt their opponents abroad
According to U.S. watchdog Freedom House, there were at least 735 direct, physical incidents of transnational repression between 2014 and 2021, carried out by 36 governments.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022
As Biden reaches out to Mideast dictators, his eyes are on China and Russia
Biden outlined a five-part 'new framework for the Middle East” that included supporting economic development, military security and democratic freedoms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022
Biden ends trip with U.S.-Saudi relations on the mend but few other wins
Biden's four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, his first to the Middle East as president, aimed to reset ties with the Gulf Arab oil giant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2022
U.S. House panel subpoenas Secret Service records in Jan. 6 inquiry
The committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed the records after being told by a government inspector general that the agency wasn't cooperating with the inquiry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2022
Biden fist-bumps Saudi crown prince, then raises attacks on dissidents
On a trip to reset relations after the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. president said MbS had denied involvement in the murder and said he had held those responsible to account.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2022
Biden’s Saudi lesson: The only path runs through MBS
As the de facto ruler of the oil-rich monarchy, the 36-year-old prince has cast himself as a reformer. But his rule has also been defined by his institutionalization of force.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022
Biden, battered at home, basks in unvarnished praise in Israel
At a red-carpet airport ceremony flush with fawning on both sides, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called his U.S. counterpart 'our brother Joseph.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2022
Biden says inflation report is ‘out of date’ due to declining gasoline prices
The consumer price index rose 9.1% from one year earlier, according to new Labor Department data, the largest increase consumers have seen since the end of 1981.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022
Biden heads to Middle East on oil mission amid concerns at home
The U.S. leader risks political embarrassment unless near-record U.S. gasoline prices reverse course, and must avoid a backtrack on human rights that would deepen discontent among his base.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2022
Not just a number: Joe Biden's age in the spotlight
As the oldest person ever elected to the top U.S. office prepares for a grueling Middle East tour, debate is mounting over Biden's apparent desire to run again in 2024.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2022
U.S. hails Abe as 'man of vision' as family mourns late former leader
Top diplomat Antony Blinken said he had shared letters from U.S. President Joe Biden with Abe's family and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2022
Biden-Xi call likely to take place in coming weeks, U.S. says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a day earlier for more than five hours to help lay the groundwork for a call.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2022
U.S. and Israel push Arab allies for joint defense pact amid Iran tensions
The two allies are seeking to lay the groundwork for an alliance with Arab states that would connect air-defense systems to combat Iranian drone and missile attacks in the Middle East.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2022
Elon Musk: Smasher of elites or self-serving pragmatist?
Some analysts have suggested that, as inconsistent as his political philosophy appears, the Tesla chief rarely diverges from his business interests.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 8, 2022
Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
Hours after Griner's wife, Cherelle, pledged not to rest until she is home, the WNBA All-Star told a judge she had no intent to break the law.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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