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Why Some in Japan Are Still Unsettled About a Biden Administration The favorable view of Trump’s policy combined with a pessimism of Biden as it relates to Japan is both unfounded and misguided By January 20, 2021 Advertisement Like most other countries, Japan watched the events of January 6 in Washington, D.C. with shock and bewilderment. Most Japanese observers will be glad to see the end of the Trump administration after four years of erratic and turbulent polices toward the Pacific region and the world. Yet there is still a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for some of the more combative elements of the Trump presidency among a swath of both Japan officialdom and the public, coupled with fear of a weaker Biden one. This favorable view of Trump’s policy combined with pessimism about Biden as it relates to Japan is both unfounded and misguided for three reasons – a changing national narrative of Japan’s interests in the world promoted by Japan

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