Japan PM Kishida arranges to visit U.S. as state guest in early March

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making arrangements to visit the United States as a state guest in early March at the invitation of President Joe Biden, bilateral relations sources said Monday.Tokyo and Washington will finalize Kishida's itinerary by factoring in the schedules of Japan's parliament and the U.S. Congress, as well as global political issues, according to the sources.If realized, Kishida would become the first Japanese political leader to visit the United States as a state guest since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did so in 2015 during the administration of then Pr…READ FULL ARTICLE