Fumio Kishida and his wife will visit the White House on Tuesday evening ahead of Wednesday’s official visit and formal state dinner.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday that spotlights shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before offering a wreath at a ceremony at the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During the Second World War, in Washington Mr Biden argued in announcing his opposition that the US needs to “maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steelworkers”.
Shigeo Yamada, Japan’s ambassador to Washington, declined to comment on whether Mr Kishida would raise the Nippon-US Steel deal with Mr Biden. Mr Biden has sought to place greater foreign policy focus on the Pacific even while grappling with the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the grinding Israel-Hamas war. Last year, Mr Biden brought together Mr Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, a historic summit between leaders of two countries that have a difficult shared history.
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