Japan PM Kishida to address US Congress next month
India, March 5 -- Washington [US], March 5 (ANI) Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been invited to address a joint session of the US Congress on April 11, congressional leaders said, according to Kyodo news agency.
Kishida is scheduled to travel to Washington for an official visit next month.
House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders in a letter to Kishida on Monday said that his address, the first by a Japanese leader in nine years, is necessary with the relationship between the United States and Japan "as important as ever," Kyodo reported.
According to a White House statement, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host Fumio and his wife Kishida Yuko for the official visit, which...
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