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Reuters
Reuters
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By Sakura Murakami and Jeff Mason

In symbolic Hiroshima, U.S. allies size up an ascendant China and unpredictable Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting ahead of the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan's Fumio Kishida met for talks in the deeply symbolic city of Hiroshima on Thursday, aiming for closer cooperation in the face of an ascendant China and an unpredictable Russia they see as threatening the post-war order.

The two met ahead of a three-day Group of Seven (G7) summit that starts on Friday in Hiroshima, the first city to be levelled by an atomic bomb.

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