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JOE BIDEN

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Lloyd Austin in historic vote, installing first Black defense secretary
His most immediate agenda includes an increasingly muscular China, an aggressive Russia, the protracted conflict in Afghanistan and a vague and looming threat of Iran.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2021
Okinawans and former North Korea abductees urge Biden to take initiative
The controversial relocation of a U.S. military base and the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea are issues that have rolled over from the Trump and Abe administrations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2021
Biden and Trump deliver vastly different messages
Joe Biden’s inauguration last week was the most heavily guarded in memory: Washington’s entire National Mall was fenced off; numerous military checkpoints were set up; and 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to prevent the public from entering the city center.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2021
Diet in review: Suga defensive on virus response but steadfast on Olympics
Japan's prime minister took heat from one opposition lawmaker after another during three days of question-and-answer sessions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2021
They’re breaking glass and criticizing Biden. From the left.
In the hours after Biden's inauguration, hundreds of people gathered for a series of events across the liberal city of Portland, Oregon — not to celebrate, but to protest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. Congress approves waiver for Lloyd Austin to be defense chief
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass the waiver exempting Austin, who left the military in 2016, from a law that bars officers from the Pentagon's top civilian post.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2021
Biden seeks five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia
The treaty, which is due to expire on Feb. 5, limits the United States and Russia to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads each.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2021
A-bomb survivors urge Biden to join U.N. nuclear treaty
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki also asked Biden in a joint letter if he would visit the two cities.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2021
An ordinary president shoulders an extraordinary burden
Biden has promised an aggressive and activist agenda for his first ten days, with actions of both domestic and international import; his priority is attending to his nation's ills.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2021
Asia wonders: Can a Biden-led U.S. return to form?
The newly minted U.S. leader is looking to reassure a world wary of capricious American foreign policy during the Trump administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021
From day one, Biden moves to undo Trump’s legacy
Biden took a series of executive actions on issues including immigration and criminal justice. He also moved to rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 21, 2021
Japan business leaders welcome Biden's multilateral push
The chief of the country's most powerful business lobby made clear 'the power of the United States is necessary' to achieve a recovery in a global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 21, 2021
Japan braces for a Biden trade policy focused on U.S. jobs
Trade talks are likely to differ substantially in style compared to those under Donald Trump, but Biden is still likely to push for greater market access and make tough demands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021
'No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated
In one Telegram channel with more than 18,400 members, QAnon believers were split between those still urging others to 'trust the plan' and those saying they felt betrayed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021
Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement
The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2021
Australia feels global and national heat for lack of 2050 zero-emissions goal
Australia is seen as a regional laggard on climate by some green groups, who cite pledges for zero emissions by midcentury made by China, Japan and South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2021
Taiwan-Biden ties off to strong start with invite for top diplomat
Taiwan's relationship with its most important global backer has gotten off to a strong start with U.S. President Joe Biden's new administration, after the island's de facto ambassador attended his inauguration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021
Read the full text of Joe Biden's inaugural address
The following is the inauguration speech as prepared for delivery by Democrat Joe Biden, who was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday:
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 21, 2021
China slaps sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials, including Mike Pompeo
China said on Wednesday it wanted to cooperate with President Joe Biden's new U.S. administration, while announcing sanctions against "lying and cheating" outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 other top officials under Donald Trump.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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