Top figures from business, sports and politics including an ex-president turned up for Wednesday's state dinner honoring Japanese Prime Minister Fumio.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from Star Trek at Wednesday's state dinner, telling guests.
"I would like to propose a toast to our voyage to the frontier of the Japan-U.S. relationship with this word: boldly go," Kishida said, quoting the iconic opening monologue of the original "Star Trek" series.