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4 days ago · U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, and Ishigaki Vice Mayor Eiichiro Chinen, front right, visit a bay on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Friday, May 17, 2024. Emanuel visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of tension with China’s increasingly assertive actions in the regional waters.
5 days ago · Rahm Emanuel is the first U.S. ambassador to travel to the far-flung Japanese island, which is home to a Ground Self-Defense Force base and is just 160 km from Taipei.
Ambassador-nominee Rahm Emanuel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in Washington on Dec. 18 and sworn in on Dec. 22. Emanuel tweeted: “It is an honor to be nominated by President Biden and to be sworn in today by Judge Aspen as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and join the distinguished list of great Americans who have preceded me in this post.”.
Oct 20, 2021 · Here’s what we know: Rahm Emanuel, the nominee for ambassador to Japan, faced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid objections to his confirmation by some Democrats over his handling of...
Dec 18, 2021 · Rahm Emanuel, the longtime Democratic insider who served as chief of staff to President Barack Obama before being twice elected as mayor of Chicago, was one of 41 ambassadorial nominees...
Dec 18, 2021 · The U.S. Senate voted early Saturday morning to confirm former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan, officially opening yet another act in a three-decade political career that has run ...
Dec 18, 2021 · WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate early Saturday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan, despite questions about the murder of a Black teenager ...
