U.S. President Biden Reiterates To Japanese PM Kishida That Japan Is Protected By America's Nuclear Umbrella

US President Joe Biden (L) and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida meet in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, ahead of the G7 summit. © Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP  

RT: In Hiroshima, Biden promises Japan nuclear umbrella 

The US president met with Japanese PM Kishida ahead of the G7 summit 

The US will defend Japan with atomic weapons if necessary, the Japanese government announced on Thursday, citing the readout of a meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The discussion took place in the city of Hiroshima, infamously destroyed by a US nuclear bomb in 1945.

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WNU Editor: According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry .... 

.... President Biden reiterated the U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, backed by the full range of capabilities, including nuclear. 

The above promised US nuclear umbrella commitment is from the following minutes .... Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Of Japan).

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