Kishida and Biden meeting heralds an alliance in lock-step — but challenges remain
Kishida and Biden meeting heralds an alliance in lock-step — but challenges remain
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI
- BY JESSE JOHNSON AND GABRIEL DOMINGUEZ
- STAFF WRITER
- Jan 15, 2023
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When U.S. President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday that the two were meeting “at a remarkable moment in our alliance,” he left little room for doubt that the U.S.-Japan alliance has hit a high-water mark.
“Rather than figuring out how we can work more closely together, a more difficult job would be trying to figure out how and where we disagree,” Biden said just ahead of his summit with Kishida.
“I don’t think there’s ever been a time when we’ve been closer to Japan,” he added.
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