Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the first Japanese leader to visit the United States as a state guest in nine years, made self-deprecating jokes at a dinner hosted Wednesday by U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill."Before I came here, my protocol staff told me that no one had ever complained that my speech was too short. This is probably good advice. So, I'll keep my speech short," Kishida said at the event in the White House, drawing laughter from the attendees."My wife Yuko" just told "me that it was hard to tell who the guest of honor is, so I was relieved when I was shown the seat r…READ FULL ARTICLE
