Biden hosts Japan PM Yoshihide Suga amid US-China tensions

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House in his first visit from a foreign leader amid tensions between the US and China.

Suga, who replaced longtime Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year, faced a stern warning from China’s government ahead of his visit. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who berated US diplomats in Alaska last month, phoned his Japanese counterpart to demand that Japan not “get involved in the so-called confrontation between major countries,” according to a Chinese press release.