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JOE BIDEN

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COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 4, 2021
2020 just the start of a testing decade
The gap between Wall Street and Main Street has widened, reflecting a K-shaped recovery in the real economy. The pandemic is thus sowing the seeds for more social unrest in 2021.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2021
Biden’s strategy for a predecessor who won’t go away: Ignore him
Biden's historic challenges include a raging pandemic, persistently high unemployment, simmering tensions with China and Russia — and a predecessor who won't go away.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2021
Trump, in taped call, pressured Georgia official to ‘find’ votes to overturn election
The president vaguely warned of a “criminal offense” as he pressured Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the call, according to an audio recording.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2021
Pence welcomes bid to overturn Biden’s election as Republican senators join
Neither Pence nor any of the senators has made a specific allegation of fraud, instead offering vague suggestions that some wrongdoing might have occurred.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 2, 2021
Senior Chinese diplomat says U.S. relations at 'new crossroads'
China's relationship with the United States has reached a "new crossroads" and could get back on the right track following a period of "unprecedented difficulty", senior diplomat Wang Yi said in official comments published on Saturday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2021
Five cheers for 2021
But as 2021 nears, things look a lot better than they did just a few months ago. We now have at least five reasons to celebrate the New Year.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 1, 2021
Japan to play placeholder role in Asia as Biden gets his house in order
Tokyo will be particularly interested to see how the next U.S. president tackles China, trade, regional security as well as its relationships with Southeast Asia and the two Koreas.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2020
America can't compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off
As China approaches technological parity with the U.S. in a variety of high-value industries, the U.S. has acted to maintain supremacy.
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WORLD / 2020 in Review
Dec 30, 2020
Images of 2020 | Turbulence: Power shifts and revolution
A brief look back at images that reflected a world in tumult
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2020
Undoing Trump regulations may divide Biden’s coalition
Some of the Trump administration's midnight rules will deserve wholesale repudiation. But others should be approached with a scalpel, not an ax.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 29, 2020
America’s post-Trump reckoning
As the Biden administration re-engages with U.S. partners and allies, it will have to provide assurances that arrangements made in the next four years will survive into the future.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2020
Biden decries ‘obstruction’ in national security transition
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden accused Trump loyalists at national security agencies of throwing up roadblocks to a smooth presidential transition and warned that adversaries could take advantage of the situation without better cooperation from the outgoing administration.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2020
Biden faces uphill battle in bringing Japan and South Korea together
Differences over wartime labor compensation remain deep and the two countries are unlikely to fundamentally resolve the issue.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2020
With Biden, an opportunity to normalize relations with Cuba again
The certification by the Electoral College of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election is the final nail in the coffin of President Donald Trump and his supporters’ attempt to reverse the results of the vote. It is now time to move on and take necessary foreign policy steps to...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 26, 2020
Biden expected to expand U.S.-India relationship while stressing rights
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has significantly invested in its relationship with India over the past four years, seeing the country as a crucial partner in counterbalancing the rise of China.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2020
Japan official, calling Taiwan 'red line,' urges Biden to 'be strong'
In an interview, Yasuhide Nakayama, the state minister for defense, urged Biden to take a similar line on Taiwan as outgoing President Donald Trump.
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JAPAN
Dec 25, 2020
Japan names South Korea envoy Koji Tomita as new ambassador to U.S.
The 63-year-old is known to have ties with people close to President-elect Joe Biden.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2020
China’s green gambit and climate change
In President Xi's view, China may be able to use the promise to cooperate on climate change as a source of leverage with which to thwart Joe Biden's containment strategy
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2020
How the Biden administration can help get the U.S. vaccinated
If fewer than four out of five people are vaccinated, it may not be enough to stem the coronavirus's spread.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 23, 2020
Biden camp adds pressure on EU to hit brakes on China deal
The European Union came under mounting pressure to slow down its push for a major investment deal with China, as opposition grew to any agreement with Beijing that fails to tackle forced labor.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals