Posted 4/10/2024, 9:00:00 AM
Biden Welcomes Japanese PM Kishida, Announces New Partnerships in Military, Tech, and Space Exploration
- Biden welcoming Japanese PM Kishida for a State visit, packaging it as "crowning partnership" in administration's Asia strategy
- U.S. and Japan to announce 70 new initiatives elevating military, intelligence, R&D partnership
- Initiatives align closer military cooperation, establish military-industrial council for joint weapons development
- Partnerships with Japan on lunar exploration, AI research between universities
- Visit coincides with Cherry Blossom Festival; Kishida to replace trees that need removal from Tidal Basin