Biden woos Japan PM with moonshots and Paul Simon
The Peninsula
Washington: When you want to impress guests it helps to have moon rockets and superstar singer songwriters on call and US President Joe Biden has b...
Washington: When you want to impress guests it helps to have moon rockets and superstar singer-songwriters on call -- and US President Joe Biden has both.
Biden pulled out all the stops as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a gala state visit at the White House on Wednesday focused on countering a rising China.
As he sought to build a bridge over the troubled waters of Asia-Pacific geopolitics, Biden made a series of highly symbolic gestures for key ally Kishida.
Lavish dinner
The Bidens are treating Kishida, his wife Yuko and 200 other guests to a lavish state dinner in the gilt-trimmed East Room of the White House, featuring modern American cuisine with Japanese flavors.