Caroline Kennedy picked as U.S. ambassador to Australia

Daughter of JFK was envoy to Japan from 2013 to 2017

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, in May 2019. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia chief desk editor

NEW YORK -- U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Caroline Kennedy for ambassador to Australia, the White House announced Wednesday.

If confirmed, she would represent the U.S. in a country fast emerging as a key ally in the Indo-Pacific. As Australia's ties with China have soured over COVID-19, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tilted heavily toward the U.S.

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