Editing Rahm Emanuel (section)

===United States ambassador to Japan===
It was reported in February 2021 that Emanuel was being considered by the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] as an ambassador to either China or Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden eyes Rahm Emanuel for ambassadorship|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-eyes-rahm-emanuel-ambassadorship-n1256428|access-date=2021-02-02|website=[[NBC News]]|date=February 2, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In April 2021 it was reported that Biden had chosen him as ambassador to Japan;<ref>{{Cite news|title=Biden chooses Rahm Emanuel for ambassadorship to Japan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-donors-friends-and-former-aides-expected-on-first-slate-of-high-profile-ambassadors/2021/04/27/4810d3c2-a6c8-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html|access-date=2021-04-27|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en}}</ref> Emanuel was formally nominated to serve as ambassador in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Three Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/20/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-three-individuals-to-serve-as-ambassadors/ |website=The White House |date=August 20, 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Pager | first1=Tyler | last2=Gearan | first2=Anne | title=Biden to nominate Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan | date=August 20, 2021 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/20/biden-nominate-rahm-emanuel-serve-ambassador-japan/ | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | archive-url=https://archive.today/20210820205919/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/20/biden-nominate-rahm-emanuel-serve-ambassador-japan/ | archive-date=August 20, 2021 | url-status=live }}</ref> Hearings were held on Emanuel's nomination in the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on October 20, 2021. The committee favorably reported Emanuel's nomination to the Senate floor on November 3, 2021. On December 18, 2021, [[United States Senate]] confirmed Emanuel's nomination in a 48–21 vote; senators [[Ed Markey]], [[Jeff Merkley]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] were the only Democrats to vote against his confirmation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2021 |title=PN1058 - Nomination of Rahm Emanuel for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1058 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Rahm Emanuel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00526.htm |website=US Senate |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> He presented his credentials to Japanese Emperor [[Naruhito]] on March 25, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/U.S.-Ambassador-Emanuel-presents-credentials-to-Japanese-Emperor#:~:text=TOKYO%20%2D%2D%20Rahm%20Emanuel%2C%20the,envoy%20to%20Washington's%20Asian%20ally|title=U.S. Ambassador Emanuel presents credentials to Japanese Emperor|website=www.asia.nikkei.com|date=March 25, 2022|access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref>

Emanuel gained popularity with the Japanese public, in part by using the [[Rail transport in Japan|local rail transport system]] to get around Tokyo and across the country, frequently posting photographs of himself using the rail systems on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steger |first1=Isabella|last2=Tamura |first2=Yasutaka|last3=Reynolds |first3=Isabel |title=Rahm Emanuel's 'Train Geek' Diplomacy Is a Hit in Japan|work=City Lab |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/rahm-emanuel-can-t-stop-talking-about-japanese-trains |access-date=May 1, 2023 |date=June 14, 2022}}</ref> However, he drew criticism from some Japanese politicians with his public statements on gay and transgender rights, released while Japanese lawmakers debated an [[LGBT Understanding Promotion Act|anti-discrimination bill]]. [[Masamune Wada]], a [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]] member of the [[House of Councillors]] responded, saying Emanuel should keep out of domestic politics or risk expulsion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Motoko |title=As Rahm Emanuel Pushes Japan on Gay Rights, Conservatives Bristle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/asia/rahm-emanuel-japan-gay-rights.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 May 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, he became the first U.S. ambassador to visit [[Yonaguni]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension |url=https://apnews.com/article/japan-us-ambassador-taiwan-china-disputed-islands-02b5a7c3a8f27afcc59a41f869cb09eb |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> On August 7, 2024, it was announced that he would skip attending a memorial ceremony to the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Nagasaki]] because Israel was not invited to the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yamaguchi |first=Mari |date=August 7, 2024 |title=US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-ambassador-japan-skip-bomb-memorial-service-nagasaki-112634902 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807123726/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-ambassador-japan-skip-bomb-memorial-service-nagasaki-112634902 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref>