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Michael Hirsh, William Sposato

The Summit That Can’t Fail

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, on March 5. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images

This is the summit that can’t fail. 

The United States’ new president, Joe Biden, and Japan’s recently minted prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, badly need to get along at their first meeting Friday, which is also the first visit to the White House by any foreign leader during Biden’s three-month-old administration. And they need this for mostly the same reasons: to counter China’s rising threat and prove their political mettle at home.

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