May be delayed depending on the Corona 19
Low approval rating seems to be politically helpful
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US President Joe Biden will hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House as early as next month. It is a warning to China by showing the importance of Japan in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is expected to be politically helpful for Prime Minister Suga, whose recent approval rating is bottoming.
The White House is currently considering such a plan, according to Axios, a media outlet specializing in US political science. However, the final schedule has not been confirmed, and the meeting may be delayed until late spring depending on the situation of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
When Prime Minister Suga visits the White House, it becomes the first face-to-face summit with foreign leaders since President Biden took office. After taking office, President Biden had a summit meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the 23rd of last month and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the 1st, but all proceeded with burns. “The invitation of Prime Minister Suga is important because it shows the alliance and potential enemies, including China, that the US-Japan alliance remains a key axis in the Pacific region after World War II,” Axios explained.
In fact, the Biden government attaches great importance to Japan on the public front. The two countries are also working closely through the’Quad’, an unofficial security consultation between the United States, Japan, Australia and India. The summit meeting between the quad member states is also expected to be held by video during this month. Considering that the first foreign leader to visit the White House during the former administration of Donald Trump was Britain’s largest ally, former Prime Minister Theresa May, this proves that President Biden appreciates Japan’s strategic value.
It is analyzed that this could be a political boon for Prime Minister Suga, who is struggling with the eldest son’s’entertainment scandal’ and the Tokyo Olympic audience problem. In a telephone poll conducted by Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun to Japanese voters on the 5th and 7th, when asked who is the right person for the next prime minister, Prime Minister Suga received only 3% of the support. Taro Kono was in charge of administrative reform (26%), followed by former Liberal Democratic Party secretary Shigeru Ishiba with 19%, followed by Shinjiro Koizumi with 17% of the Environment Award. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also received 9% support. Axios said, “Prime Minister Suga is experiencing a political crisis with the Corona 19 situation not getting better ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.” “The first meeting between Biden and Suga is an opportunity for President Biden to send a message in support of Suga. Will be.”
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/New York = Reporter Park Sung-gyu, correspondent Kim Young-pil [email protected]
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