President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stand together during a state visit ceremony at the White House.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
"Today, our economic relationship is one of the strongest and deepest in the world," Biden said to Kishida during an arrival ceremony. President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk on the colonnade as they make their way to a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House.President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk on the colonnade as they make their way to a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House.Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have said Biden's intervention could discourage foreign investment.