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JOE BIDEN

Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2021
In a reversal, U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents and tech
'This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,' Biden's top trade negotiator said in a statement
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2021
Biden tax rule would take billions from biggest fortunes at death
Ending the current practice of stepping up the tax basis of inherited assets and raising the capital gains tax rate would amount to the biggest curb on dynastic wealth in decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2021
Europe recalibrates on China as Merkel's term nears end and trans-Atlantic tensions ease
A major investment deal reached in December between the EU and Beijing may end up being the high-water mark for ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2021
White House backs Pfizer’s move to begin vaccine exports
Early U.S. production wasn't subject to an export ban but was gobbled up entirely by the government, which used wartime powers to prioritize its orders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2021
The trust gap between winning and losing sides in elections
A gap between the winning and losing sides' willingness to accept the outcome of a presidential contest is nothing new.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat says China acting 'more aggressively abroad'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday that China had recently acted 'more aggressively abroad' and was behaving 'increasingly in adversarial ways.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 2, 2021
'We're back': Biden uses first 100 days in office to send message to Asian allies
Officials in Tokyo have breathed a sigh of relief at the White House's renewed attention to the region, with some lauding Washington's renewed Asia focus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2021
G.I. Joe Trotsky
According to The Washington Post, of the 380 of the people now facing federal charges stemming from the riot, some 44 are current or former U.S. armed forces members.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2021
North Korea vows response after saying Biden policy shows hostile U.S. intent
In one statement, a Foreign Ministry spokesman accused Washington of insulting the dignity of the country's supreme leadership by criticizing North Korea's human rights situation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2021
Biden bans most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday imposed new travel restrictions on India in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2021
Biden administration sets new North Korea policy of 'practical' diplomacy
The Biden policy attempts to strike a middle ground between the policy pursued by Biden's most recent predecessors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2021
Biden’s great tax rebalancing act
With U.S. government spending likely to remain high after the COVID-19 pandemic, tax revenues must increase, because additional borrowing can finance only so much.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 30, 2021
Vexed but vulnerable, Erdogan avoids escalating genocide dispute with Biden
The response is consistent with Turkey's broader goal since late last year of mending frayed international ties after years of military interventions and assertive foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2021
After three U.S. strikeouts, will Afghanistan be the fourth?
A primary concern is the withdrawal could make the region far more unstable than it was previously — a pattern that the world has seen before.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2021
There's no easy way back to the Iran nuclear deal
Even if Iran does get rid of its new stockpiles and downgrade its enrichment activities, its nuclear threat will not recede to the level achieved by the 2015 deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2021
Biden sees U.S. ‘rising anew’ in call for huge investment
The U.S. president warns corporations and wealthy Americans that he expects them to carry more of the burden of financing the nation's advancements.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021
Kick Russia out of the Iran nuclear talks
Zarif says that Russia 'put all its weight” against the deal because, as the Times dryly explains, 'it was not in Moscow's interests for Iran to normalize relations with the West.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2021
Biden talks up benefits of vaccines after new mask guidance
The U.S. leader urged Americans hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to reconsider, pointing to new U.S. guidance that inoculated people can socialize outdoors without masks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2021
White House backs 2030 milestone on path to net zero grid
The White House hopes to capitalize on growing momentum for a push to require the U.S. grid to get 80% of its power from emissions-free sources by 2030.
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

Podcast

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