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JOE BIDEN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 4, 2021
U.S. and South Korea leaders aim to smooth alliance shaken by Trump
Moon also acknowledged the importance of U.S.-South Korea-Japan security cooperation and discussed international issues relating to China and Myanmar, a spokesperson said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Did I make a mistake becoming an American?
As an American abroad, my question was personal: Did I make a colossal error five years ago?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Biden’s limited options on North Korea
If North Korea's nuclear status is seen to have been normalized, it could trigger a cascade of proliferation across Northeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2021
Biden administration prioritizes meetings with allies before China engagement
U.S. President Joe Biden has spoken to many world leaders since taking office on Jan. 20, but has yet to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 2, 2021
China’s top diplomat warns Biden not to touch internal affairs
In China's most high-profile remarks to a U.S. audience since Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, Yang Jiechi says Washington must not cross Beijing's 'red line.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021
On China, Biden should be like Trump
The contrast with President Donald Trump's divisive, isolationist rhetoric could not be sharper. But adopting a different tone is easier than reversing America's relative decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2021
Biden’s vaccine challenge
In many ways, the United States is at war against COVID-19. But the existing systems for delivering what is needed to win are weak, fragmented and, especially, uncoordinated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2021
Alexei Navalny ally urges Biden to sanction Putin associates
A close ally of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged U.S. President Joe Biden to take punitive action against a wider group of associates of President Vladimir Putin, saying current sanctions aren’t sufficient to stop the Kremlin from cracking down on political opponents and violating...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 30, 2021
Japanese news outlets report from the besieged citadel of American democracy
The initial reactions in the Japanese media, which focused on the flamboyant garb of a certain individual that was part of the unruly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2021
CDC orders sweeping U.S. transportation mask mandate as COVID-19 rages
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face masks on nearly all forms of public transportation Monday as the country continues to report thousands of daily COVID-19 deaths.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2021
In Biden’s White House, masks, closed doors and empty halls
The West Wing has become a different place thanks to an administration that is serious about COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2021
Will Biden’s emphasis on alliances go anywhere?
Even if allies strike a deal with the current U.S. administration, there is always the fear that it may be overturned in four years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2021
U.S.-Japan ties must go beyond domestic politics
Under America's new leadership, mutual understanding and a return to political normalcy in the United States should further strengthen U.S.-Japan relations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2021
Biden’s early climate blitz goes faster and further than expected
Biden's actions to date, and his far-reaching goals, reflect how much has changed in last the four years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
Why some in Japan are unsettled about Biden
There is a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for some of the more combative elements of the Trump administration among a swath of both Japan officialdom and the public.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
With Biden, Washington returns to normalcy: But 'strategic patience' with China?
If the Biden administration applied the abortive “strategic patience” concept to China, many in Tokyo would indeed be concerned.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2021
China’s calls for cooperation ring hollow
If the Biden administration gets the big picture — “the larger context of its foreign policy” — right, then differences with allies will be manageable.

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