President Joe Biden on Friday sought to present a united front with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to counter an increasingly assertive China as the U.S. leader held his first face-to-face White House summit since taking office.
US, Japan pledge to strengthen Quad, to build free, open, accessible Indo-Pacific
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US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met at the White House on Friday in Biden s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president. US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga have pledged to work with India and Australia to strengthen the Quad to build a free, open, accessible, diverse and thriving Indo-Pacific, as the two leaders discussed the impact of China’s actions on peace and prosperity in the region.
The two leaders met at the White House on Friday in Biden s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
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Suga Visits Arlington National Cemetery
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery on Friday.
Suga laid a wreath at the tomb, which honors U.S soldiers who lost their lives in service to the country.
President Joe Biden is welcoming Japan s prime minister to the White House in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader.
Biden and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga look to counter messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline, after the political turmoil and international withdrawal that marked Donald Trump s presidency.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga s scheduled meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday, the US leader s first face-to-face talks with another country s leader since taking office in January, is aimed at rebuilding the US-Japan alliance which was strained due to previous US president Donald Trump s America first policy.
Since Biden has sought to rebuild the United States ties with its allies that suffered a setback during Trump s presidency, he may seek to use strengthened US-Japan ties to inject new vitality into Washington s alliances with other countries. But the strengthening of US-Japan alliance and the Japanese government s decision on Tuesday to dump radioactive water from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in two years, which is a direct threat to the marine environment and public health in Japan and neighboring countries including China, may make it more difficult for China-Japan relations to return to normal.