Japan PM Suga heads to U.S. for talks with Biden, with China high on agenda

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga headed to Washington on Thursday for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden to strengthen the bilateral alliance and affirm coordination over the coronavirus pandemic and an increasingly assertive China.The summit on Friday will be Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since he took office in January. The two leaders are expected to discuss efforts to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the pandemic response, climate change and North Korea among other issues. "I look forward to forming a relationship of trust with President Bi…READ FULL ARTICLE