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U.S. President Biden Will Not Attend The Olympic Opening Ceremony In Japan

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk to board Marine One for travel to the G7 Summit in the UK from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington, DC, June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis  

Japan Times/The Yomiuri Shimbun: U.S. first lady likely to attend Olympic opening ceremony  

The Japanese and U.S. governments are making arrangements for a visit to Japan by U.S. first lady Jill Biden that would coincide with the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. 

The two sides are looking into having the first lady attend the opening ceremony as well as meet with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and other officials during her stay, according to sources. 

U.S. President Joe Biden himself will not be attending the ceremony, but the dispatching of his wife in his place sends a message of the importance of the relationship with Japan.  

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Update #1: US First Lady, not President Biden, likely to visit Japan for Olympics —paper (GMA/Reuters)  

Update #2: U.S. first lady likely to attend Olympic opening ceremony (Seattle Times/Bloomberg)  

WNU Editor: It has been two weeks since he returned from the G-7/NATO/Putin summit, and President Biden has been looking extremely tired, low energy, and not focused in his few public appearances. I do not see him traveling abroad for the next few months.



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