Biden welcomes Japan Prime Minister to White House as he tries to rally allies to counter China
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Tokyo — President Joe Biden's first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader was set to take place in Washington on Friday, as he sits down with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Their talks were likely to cover climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and North Korea. But China was also expected to figure prominently in the discussions, as the U.S. seeks to enlist allies in confronting Beijing's military expansion and human rights abuses.
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