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Joe Biden Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga To White House

By Tanvi Sabharwal

In a tweet on Tuesday, President Joe Biden affirmed his and Prime Minister Suga’s iron-clad support U.S. – Japanese Alliance and shared security.

Biden welcomed the Japanese Prime Minister to the United States on Thursday for a summit meeting. It was the first welcome of a foreign leader to the White House since Joe Biden took office in January. Prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, sat down with President Biden to discuss regional security and threats to that security from one of Japan’s neighbours.

Suga and Biden are expected to present a united front on Taiwan, China’s most sensitive territorial issue, at Friday’s summit, according to a senior US administration official.

Biden and Suga are expected to agree on a joint statement on the Chinese claimed but a democratically ruled island.

Yoshihide Suga succeeded his ally Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, in September. Abe was one of the few democratic allies to manage to preserve stable relations with Biden’s volatile predecessor Donald Trump.

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Tanvi Sabharwal

Tanvi Sabharwal is a graduate in Economics with experience in marketing and strategy. A media enthusiast, she has a deep-rooted interest in social policy and development. Tanvi is currently working as a Business and Current Affairs reporter at USAnewshour.com and can be reached at tanvi.sabharwal21@gmail.com