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Democrats plea for Senate to pass voting rights bill; Biden to meet with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move, announced he won't run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister.
A White House official says the U.S. is adjusting its posture in the Middle East as it monitors escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint meeting of Congress Thursday to pledge Japan's ongoing commitment to U.S. efforts in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe and Nikole Killion break down Kishida's address.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is meeting with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. The meeting comes after House Republicans blocked a national security surveillance bill on Wednesday, partly due to Trump's opposition. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will address a joint meeting of Congress Thursday with some U.S. lawmakers increasingly skeptical about America's role abroad. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on that and the rest of the happenings in Congress, including gridlock on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden honored Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife.
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a joint press conference in the White House Rose Garden Wednesday to discuss new collaboration efforts between the two nations. The two leaders discussed an enhanced military and intelligence partnership and a focus on economic cooperation. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
President Biden announced deeper defense ties with Japan on Wednesday, welcoming Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House for a day of meetings capped with a lavish state dinner. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the details.
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced plans Wednesday for closer military and intelligence cooperation. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the details.
"Together, our countries are taking significant steps to strengthen defense security cooperation," President Biden said alongside Japanese Prime Minister Kishida.
President Biden and the White House are hosting Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official state visit as the two discuss defense plans to offset China's hostilities in the Pacific. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more from the White House.
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday will announce new efforts in defense and intelligence cooperation between the two countries, senior administration officials said. CBS News' Willie James Inman reports.
President Biden will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida amid concerns Chinese aggression in the Pacific could intensify in the coming years. It also comes after Mr. Biden expressed opposition to the sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to a Japanese company. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
President Biden met with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday. The leaders announced steps to strengthen security and economic ties. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest.
President Biden hosted a historic trilateral summit at Camp David on Friday. He met with leaders of Japan and South Korea as the three agreed to strengthen their alliance. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
President Biden welcomed the leaders of Japan and South Korea for his first presidential summit at Camp David.
President Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea in a historic summit at Camp David Friday. The secretary of state says the meeting will mark a "new era" in cooperation between the three nations as they look to counter threats from China and North Korea. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini reports from the White House.
President Biden is set to host a first-of-its-kind summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea on Friday. Administration officials say they're set to discuss closer military cooperation, the mutual threats all three nations face and future opportunities to coordinate more closely. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini reports from the White House.
He is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials, and then he'll travel to South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting a second day of meetings with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, Japan's prime minister is in Ukraine for a show of support. CBS News anchors Lana Zak and Lilia Luciano spoke with the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, about the geopolitical implications of these meetings.
Activists are urging the government to enact anti-discrimination legislation before Japan hosts the G-7 summit of industrialized nations in Hiroshima in May.
President Joe Biden is hosting the Japanese Prime Minister at the White House today amid fallout from the classified documents controversy. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins the show to discuss how the White House has been reacting to the controversy. She also shares details on the president's meeting with the Japanese prime minister.
President Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea are vowing a unified and coordinated response to North Korea's threatening nuclear and ballistic missile programs.