1. US President Joe Biden has delivered a foreign policy speech ahead of the expiration of his term early next week. He stressed the importance of multinational cooperation, with an eye on the “America-first” approach of his successor, Donald Trump. Biden said: “America is stronger. Our alliances are stronger” compared with four years ago, while “our adversaries and competitors are weaker.”
2. A new takeover bid is reportedly in the works for US Steel to counter the offer made by Japan’s Nippon Steel. Media outlet CNBC says US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs is teaming up with local rival Nucor for the deal. The deal is reportedly structured to avoid violating anti-monopoly laws.
3. The prime minister of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, has reiterated his position of not agreeing with remarks made by US President-elect Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mute Egede, at the same time, expressed hope for the territory’s cooperation with the US and others in fields such as defense and the mining of its mineral resources.
日: 2025年1月14日
January 13, Monday, 2025
1. US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor says he expects a telephone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to take place in coming weeks. Mike Waltz, a member of the House of Representatives, appeared on an ABC television program on Sunday. Trump said earlier that a meeting with Putin was being set up. 2. The father of a woman abducted by North Korean agents decades ago has again called for her return in a written comment released on her 65th birthday. Arimoto Keiko was 23 when she was abducted in 1983 while traveling in Europe after completing a study program in London. Her 96-year-old father Arimoto Akihiro celebrated her birthday on Sunday with cake and red bean rice at his home in the city of Kobe, western Japan. 3. Monday is Coming of Age Day, a national holiday that celebrates people reaching 20 years of age. In Osaka City, western Japan, young people climbed the stairs of one of Japan’s tallest buildings under the slogan “Let’s Step into Adulthood.” About 50 people wearing kimono and suits took part in the rite of passage at the 300-meter-tall Abeno Harukas skyscraper. In 2022, the country’s legal age of adulthood was lowered from 20 to 18, but many people still mark the milestone when they turn 20.