US President Joe Biden delivers speech on antisemitism during Days of Remembrance ceremony

US President Joe Biden delivers speech on antisemitism during Days of Remembrance ceremony

US President Joe Biden (R) is introduced by Chair of the US Holocaust Memorial Council Stuart Eizenstat (L) at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, USA, 07 May 2024. Biden delivered a speech on antisemitism during the annual commemoration of the Holocaust.

Eizenstat regrets failure in Japanese restitution cases

Eizenstat regrets failure in Japanese restitution cases

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo shows outgoing Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat, who was reported as saying Jan. 17 that he regrets his failure to get Japan to compensate Chinese and Koreans whose assets it seized or who were forced into slave labor during World War II. Eizenstat, who led Washington's efforts to win restitution for Holocaust victims, made the comment in an interview published in the New York Times.

Eizenstat speaks in Tokyo

Eizenstat speaks in Tokyo

Stuart Eizenstat, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 16. He said the United States is lowering the bar developing countries have to jump for it to submit for congressional ratification of a global climate change protocol adopted in Kyoto last December. Eizenstat visited Tokyo for two-day ministerial talks on global warming with 20 other countries starting Sept. 17.

Eizenstat regrets failure in Japanese restitution cases

Eizenstat regrets failure in Japanese restitution cases

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo shows outgoing Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat, who was reported as saying Jan. 17 that he regrets his failure to get Japan to compensate Chinese and Koreans whose assets it seized or who were forced into slave labor during World War II. Eizenstat, who led Washington's efforts to win restitution for Holocaust victims, made the comment in an interview published in the New York Times.

Eizenstat speaks in Tokyo

Eizenstat speaks in Tokyo

Stuart Eizenstat, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 16. He said the United States is lowering the bar developing countries have to jump for it to submit for congressional ratification of a global climate change protocol adopted in Kyoto last December. Eizenstat visited Tokyo for two-day ministerial talks on global warming with 20 other countries starting Sept. 17. ==Kyodo