Japan's Kishida and Biden to agree on establishing Indo-Pacific disaster depot
WASHINGTON -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to arrive in Washington on Monday, kicking off a six-day official visit that will include a state dinner, a congressional speech and a call on a Japanese auto factory in North Carolina.
Ahead of the visit, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel told an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank here that one of the agreements between President Joe Biden and Kishida at their meeting Wednesday will be establishing a joint rapid-response facility to deliver emergency supplies to Indo-Pacific countries and regions hit by natural disasters.