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View all search resultsBut such is First Lady Jill Biden's sang-froid that she will offer America's best to French President Emmanuel Macron and his entourage at a lavish White House dinner on Thursday -- just one of the elaborate details and valuable gifts forming part of the diplomatic dance surrounding this state visit.
The trip, which had been scheduled from late April to early May, was intended to reaffirm Japan's cooperation with the two countries in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific, as the nations look to counter China's military buildup and growing assertiveness in the region.
The continued delay to a visit that was supposed to take place last year also comes amid simmering tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries, and Beijing's crackdown in Hong Kong, the paper said.
Memorandum of understanding (MOU) documents on economic cooperation were signed in Jakarta on Tuesday during a business forum held as part of a four-day state visit by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and high-ranking Dutch officials.
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