Rahm Emanuel could face opposition from an unusual source at his Wednesday nomination hearing to be the next US ambassador to Japan: his own party.. Some progressive Democrats are furious about ...

President Joe Biden will nominate Rahm Emanuel as his ambassador to Japan, capping off months of speculation that the former Chicago mayor would be tapped for the prominent foreign post, the White ...

Emanuel would be a high-profile ambassador, given his closeness to President Joe Biden and other West Wing figures — a sign of the importance of good relations with Japan, a strong U.S. ally.

President Biden is reportedly set to tap Rahm Emanuel -- former President Barack Obama's chief of staff and Chicago mayor -- as U.S. ambassador to Japan.

President Joe Biden picked Rahm Emanuel — the controversial former Chicago mayor and brash Obama-era White House chief of staff — to serve as his ambassador to Japan, the administration ...

Rahm Emanuel, one of President Biden's most controversial nominees, won confirmation as ambassador to Japan with help from the GOP. The former Chicago mayor was confirmed with eight republican votes.

Former Chicago mayor and noted profanity enthusiast Rahm Emanuel has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be the next ambassador to Japan. That sounds like a “Saturday Night Live” skit.

Making Rahm Emanuel Ambassador to Japan Would Be a Sick Joke Nominating the foul-mouthed former Chicago mayor is an insult to Japan—and a clear indication that Black lives don’t really matter.

President Biden has nominated Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel a U.S. ambassador to Japan.

As the United States ambassador to Japan, a country where change typically follows a long process of quiet consensus-building referred to as “nemawashi,” Mr. Emanuel, 65, was initially seen as ...