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The day's actual events in proper context:

https://www.latimes.com/politics/sto...foreign-leader

Excerpts:

WASHINGTON —

President Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday, his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader and a clear signal to China about the shared commitment to strategic cooperation among the United States, Japan and other allies in Asia.

“Our cooperation is vital in my view — and I think in both our views — to meeting the challenges that face our nations and ensuring the region remains free and open and prosperous,” Biden said to Suga as reporters briefly were allowed in the room where the leaders met across a long table flanked by top advisors.

Success, ultimately, may hinge on the two leaders’ personal relationship. Although they won’t have a formal lunch or dinner as part of their meeting because of COVID-19 considerations, Biden and Suga had a long, private, get-to-know-you session in the Oval Office before their business meeting, without most aides in the room.

Another expanded meeting with aides present will follow ahead of a joint press conference in the Rose Garden to conclude the visit.

Kamala Harris, the first Asian American to serve as vice president, as well as the first Black woman, met privately with Suga in the morning, prior to his meetings with Biden. During a brief appearance before reporters in Harris’ ceremonial office, both expressed gratitude for the opportunity to meet, with Harris referencing the large Japanese American community in her native California.