Dhaka, May 4 -- The labelling of Japan as "xenophobic" by Joe Biden was "unfortunate" and "not based on an accurate" understanding of the country, Japan's US embassy says.

The US president said during a campaign fundraising event earlier this week that Japan, India, China and Russia "don't want immigrants".

The White House has said he meant no offence and was merely highlighting US immigration policies, reports BBC.

The comment, however, has drawn scorn from some US and foreign observers.

Speaking to a largely Asian-American audience on Wednesday, Biden said, "Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble. Why is Russia? Why is India? Because, they're xenophobic. They don't want immigrants."

The US governme...