- Biden and Kishida toasted the US-Japanese 関係 at the glitzy event?
- Paul Simon serenaded the audience of celebrities and big-指名する 政治家，政治屋s
- READ MORE: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez lead the line-up of guests??
Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida 引用するd 星／主役にする Trek as he toasted 大統領 Joe Biden?and the Japanese-U.S. 同盟 at a 星／主役にする-studded White House 明言する／公表する dinner Wednesday.
The 大統領，／社長, 81, almost toasted without a glass and left 補佐官s 緊急発進するing on the glitzy night where the audience 十分な of celebrities, tech moguls and the biggest 指名するs in Washington was serenaded by Paul Simon.
Kishida and Biden 演説（する）／住所d the A-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） 顔触れ of guests 含むing actor Robert DeNiro, 億万長者 アマゾン 創立者?Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 同様に as former 大統領 法案 Clinton and his wife, former Democratic 大統領の 指名された人 Hillary Clinton.?
During his toast Kishida paid 尊敬の印 to his hometown of Hiroshima, the city decimated by an American 原子の 爆弾 in 1945, and 公式文書，認めるd how 星／主役にする Trek actor George?Takei also has roots in the city.?
'We are now standing at a turning point in history, 乗る，着手するing on a new frontier, elevating this unshakeable Japan-U.S. 関係 to even greater 高さs and 手渡すing it to the next 世代,' Kishida said. 'Finally, let me [結論する] with a line from 星／主役にする Trek: to wish you all boldly go where no one has gone before.'?
During his toast, Biden talked about how the cherry blossom trees - a gift from Japan?- bloomed 早期に this year and that spring was upon D.C. - symbolizing 'what both our countries 持つ／拘留する dear- new beginnings.'?He then looked for a glass.?
大統領 Joe Biden (権利) toasts Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida (権利) during Wednesday night's White House 明言する／公表する dinner with Japan
Former 大統領 法案 Clinton …に出席するs Wednesday night's White House 明言する／公表する dinner with Japan?
大統領 Joe Biden (left) and Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida (権利) 配達する toasts as part of the White House 明言する／公表する dinner program Wednesday night?
アマゾン CEO Jeff Bezos was の中で the A-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） guests at Wednesday night's White House 明言する／公表する dinner with Japan?
Singer and songwriter Paul Simon 成し遂げるd Graceland and Slip 事情に応じて変わる Away in the 明言する／公表する Dining Room Wednesday night?
'Ladies and gentleman please join me in raising a glass - I don't have a glass,' t he 大統領，／社長 said.?
An 補佐官 then brought him a glass.?
'There you go. Join me in raising your glasses to our 同盟, our friendship,' Biden said.?
Singer Paul Simon later entertained the （人が）群がる in the 明言する／公表する Dining Room, playing Graceland and?Slip 事情に応じて変わる Away, with 法案 Clinton seated 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動.?
Earlier in the evening, as the guests arrived, they were tongue-tied about talking politics.?
Guests 繰り返して 拒絶する／低下するd to discuss the 近づいている 大統領の 選挙, instead 焦点（を合わせる）ing on the party ahead of them.
Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, 単に said 'hello' when asked if would be 寄付するing to the Biden （選挙などの）運動をする.?
'What do you think?' DeNiro 答える／応じるd when asked how he felt about the 2024 選挙 and then kept going, walking through the entryway quickly with girlfriend Tiffany Chen at his 味方する. He ignored a question about whether he'd （選挙などの）運動をする for Biden.
大統領 Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden 提起する／ポーズをとる for a photo with Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida by the Grand Staircase in the White House
Lauren?Sanchez, …に出席するing with アマゾン CEO Jeff Bezos, wore a red Rasario gown corset off-shoulder lace and satin gown that 小売s for $2,200
法案 and Hillary Clinton arrive at the 明言する／公表する dinner
Naomi Biden and Peter Neal at the White House 明言する／公表する dinner
The Biden's daughter Ashley Biden and their granddaughter Finnegan Biden
Apple CEO Tim Cook ignored a question about whether he'd 寄付する to the Biden （選挙などの）運動をする.
副大統領 Kamala Harris, in Valentino, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff made a rare 外見 on the red carpet but 拒絶する／低下するd to talk politics.
法案 and Hillary Clinton also 拒絶する／低下するd to talk shop.?
'Oh we're having a good time tonight,' Hillary said when asked about the 2024 （選挙などの）運動をする.
'広大な／多数の／重要な, 特に for this,' 法案 Clinton said when asked what it was like to be 支援する. But the couple smiled when they saw Hillary Clinton's first lady portrait hanging 近づく the 入り口.
Naomi Biden, the 大統領，／社長's granddaughter, was の中で the first arrivals. But all she would say was who she was wearing: a flowing and flowery by designer Bernadette. The gown was adorned with what appeared to be cherry blossoms.?
Sanchez wore a red Rasario gown corset off-shoulder lace and satin gown that 小売s for $2,200.
Naomi's husband Peter Neal, the Bidens' daughter Ashley and their granddaughter?Finnegan are also at the White House to toast Kishida and his wife Yuko.?
As the guests walked through the downstairs 入ること／参加（者）, decorated in fans in 栄誉（を受ける） of Japan, the Bidens welcomed the Kishidas at the main 入り口 of the White House.
The first lady wore a 手渡す-embroidered evening gown in sapphire ombr? by Oscar de la Renta.?Mrs. Kishida wore a flowing 王室の blue dress with a 黒人／ボイコット belt and 黒人／ボイコット floral embellishments on her neckline.
Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen
副大統領 Kamala Harris (in Valentino) and second gentleman Doug Emhoff
Former Democratic 指名された人 Hillary Clinton (権利) and former 大統領 法案 Clinton (中心 権利) speak to reporters who were lined up under her 公式の／役人 White House portrait?
Jill Biden, walking out of the White House with 大統領 Joe Biden, is wearing a 手渡す-embroidered evening gown in sapphire ombr? by Oscar de la Renta
人物／姿／数字 スケートをする人?Kristi Yamaguchi arrives at the White House
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple 副大統領 Lisa Jackson
財務省 長官 Janet Yellen (R) and 副 財務長官 Wally Adeyemo
国務長官 Antony Blinken and wife Evan Ryan
CEO of Chase Jamie Dimon and wife Judith Kent
大統領 Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk 負かす／撃墜する the Grand Staircase
The Bidens transformed? the White House into a spring garden - 完全にする with a?koi pond and floating lily pads - for the event.
伝説の singer Paul Simon will 成し遂げる for guests after their meal of home cured salmon, rib 注目する，もくろむ steak and salted caramel pistachio cake with cherry ice cream.
The ice cream is in 栄誉（を受ける） of 大統領 Biden. It's his favorite dessert. There will be West Coast ワインs on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for Kishida, who's known to have a high 寛容 for alcohol.?
The 祝賀 began 早期に. Kishida and his wife?Yuko stopped by the White House on Tuesday evening for an informal 迎える／歓迎するing from the Bidens.
Then the two couples went out to dinner in Washington, D.C. at?Blacksalt Restaurant, which is known for its seafood.
The real 魔法 happened on Wednesday night. When the 230 guests entered the 明言する／公表する 床に打ち倒す of the White House, they walked on a 床に打ち倒す covered in the illusion of a?koi pond with floating lily pads adorned with cherry blossoms.??
Event designer Bryan Rafanelli, who also planned Naomi Biden's White House wedding, （機の）カム in to help with decor. He （機の）カム up with idea for the koi pond (although there will be no live fish 現在の).
The illusion of a pond will cover the 80-foot crosshall that connects the East Room, where guests will dine, to the 明言する／公表する Dining Room, where Paul Simon will 成し遂げる.?
'It's beautiful reflective 内部の photographic,' he said of his design. 'So you really do feel the sensitivity and then in the 規模 of the room, it will come alive.'
Colorful hydrangeas are along the 塀で囲むs. On the dinner （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するs are 手はず／準備 of?hydrangeas, 甘い peas, and peonies. Silk and glass バタフライs will sit の中で the place sittings.
Some （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するs have a green 磁器 that is from George W. Bush's 大統領／総裁などの地位 while others have a flower-patterned 磁器 from 大統領 Lyndon B. Johnson's 時代.?
The inspiration for the evening was spring in both nations,?White House Social 長官 Carlos Elizondo 公式文書，認めるd.?
'The 魔法 of spring in our 継続している friendship. Each 詳細（に述べる） chosen to create a once in a lifetime experience,' he 公式文書，認めるd.?
The 過程 of planning a 明言する／公表する dinner takes months.?Staff gather a few months befor e the actual date to give the first lady 選択s on decor and food. She makes final 決定／判定勝ち（する）s.
The food was 奮起させるd by the spring season.?
Lauren Sanchez and アマゾン CEO Jeff Bezos arrive for the 明言する／公表する dinner
NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell and J. David Ake?
Alejandro Mayorkas, 長官 of 母国 安全, and his wife Tanya Mayorkas
Roy Cooper, 知事 of North Carolina and Kristin Cooper
William 燃やすs, director of the Central 知能 機関 and his daughter Sarah 燃やすs
?U.S. 大統領 Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida for a 明言する／公表する dinner - the White House was transformed into a garden for the event
連邦の Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his wife Elissa Leonard?
Democratic 上院議員 Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and husband Leighton Kim Oshima
航空宇宙局 行政官／管理者 法案 Nelson and his wife Grace Cavert?
Robert Michael Stavis and his wife Amy Stavis
US ice ダンサーs Alex Hideo Shibutani and his sister Maia Harumi Shibutani?
The Bidens welcomed the Kishidas to the White House in a formal 儀式?
The?first course dish of House-cured Salmon, avocados, red Grapefruit, watermelon radish, cucumber shisho leaf fritters (left),?main course dish of 乾燥した，日照りの-老年の rib 注目する，もくろむ steak, blistered shishito pepper butter, fricassee of fava beans, morels and cipollini Sesame oil sabayon (中心),?dessert course of salted caramel pistachio cake, matcha ganache and cherry ice cream with raspberry 霧雨 (権利)
On the dinner （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するs are 手はず／準備 of hydrangeas, 甘い peas, and peonies
US First Lady Jill Biden (2L) and Spouse of Japan's 総理大臣 Yuko Kishida (L) 会合，会う with school children
The salad course of salmon, which was cured at the White House, avocados, red grapefruit, watermelon radish, and cucumber was 奮起させるd by the California Spring Roll.?
The beef in the second course is from Maryland?and the mushrooms are seasonal. Dessert 奮起させるd by cherry blossoms in bloom in both countries.
Kishida is the fifth 明言する／公表する guest of Biden, who has also hosted leaders of India, Australia, South Korea and フラン.
Biden is hosting Kishida for the first 公式訪問 by a Japanese leader in nine years.?
A 明言する／公表する dinner is the highest 栄誉（を受ける） the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs can give an 同盟（する）.?
The economy and 安全 問題／発行するs - 含むing 反対するing 中国's growing 影響（力） i n the Indo-太平洋の 地域 - topped their the 協議事項.??
Biden met with Kishida inside the Oval Office in one of many gestures of support for the partner on 弁護 and 経済的な 問題／発行するs. The U.S. and 中国 株 相互の 関心 about Chinese 誘発s in Asia, even まっただ中に a 分裂（する） over Nippon Steel's 提案するd 購入（する） of U.S. Steel.
'You 本人自身で have made all of this possible,' Biden 噴出するd after running through examples of Kishida's 'bold leadership.'
On Thursday, Kishida is scheduled to 配達する a speech at a 共同の 会合 of?議会.?
The 首相 and his wife arrived in the U.S. on Monday evening. On Tuesday Kishida visited Arlington 国家の 共同墓地 and met with Microsoft 公式の／役人s at the U.S. 議会 of 商業.
Kishida on Friday will 小旅行する new Toyota and Honda 工場／植物s in North Carolina to 最高潮の場面 Japan's 経済的な importance as the largest foreign 投資家 in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs .?He will also 会合，会う students at North Carolina 明言する／公表する University.
?The Lyndon B. Johnson 磁器 (left) and the George W. Bush 磁器 (権利) will be used at the 明言する／公表する dinner on Wednesday night
大統領 Joe Biden and 総理大臣 Kishida Fumio of Japan 会合，会う in the Oval Office すぐに after an (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する arrival 儀式 for his 公式訪問 to Washington
Yuko Kishida, her husband Japanese 総理大臣 Fumio Kishida, US 大統領 Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden wave from the Truman Balcony
On Wednesday, during their 会合, Biden 称讃するd Kishida on ウクライナ共和国 at a time he is struggling to get his own multi-billion 補佐官 一括 through the 共和国の／共和党の House.
'When Russia began his 残虐な 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 two yea rs ago, he did not hesitate to 非難する, 許可／制裁 and 孤立する Russia and 供給する billions in 援助 to ウクライナ共和国,' Biden said.
'Under his leadership, Japan 始める，決める in 動議 深遠な changes in his 弁護 政策 and its 能力s,' in 言及／関連 to Japan's U.S.-草案d 憲法 that 放棄するs war.?
Since the ロシアの 侵略 of its neighbor, Kishida has 繰り返して 警告するd that 'ウクライナ共和国 today may be East Asia tomorrow.'?
Vladimir Putin's move 誘発するd 恐れる in Japan that without a strong 返答, it could embolden 中国 to attack Taiwan and lead to war in the Asia-太平洋の 地域.?
If Russia 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるs, 'it would show that 軍隊 can 現実に bring 利益s, even when breaking international 法律. If so, what would happen to East Asia? We must not 許す any country to receive the wrong message,'?Kishida told The Washington 地位，任命する?at his 公式の／役人 住居 in Tokyo ahead of the visit.
Tokyo has been one of the largest 寄贈者s to Kyiv since Russia's February 2022 侵略.?
大統領 Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Japanese 総理大臣 Kishida Fumio and his wife Kishida Yuko to the White House on Tuesday for an informal 迎える／歓迎するing
During his visit, the 首相 will 強調する that Japan and the U.S. are now 全世界の partners working to 持続する a 支配するs-based international order, and that Japan is willing to take on a greater international 役割 in 安全, economy and space to help Washington.?
Kishida lived in New York for three years as a child. Before becoming 首相, he served as 外務大臣, where he helped bring world leaders to Hiroshima for the G7 首脳会議 to discuss 核の 軍備縮小.
He loves baseball and is known to have a high 寛容 for alcohol.?
Both he and Biden are fighting to keep their 職業s. Biden 直面するs a rematch with 共和国の／共和党の 競争相手 Donald Trump in November.?
And Kishida's 是認 ratings 攻撃する，衝突する 記録，記録的な／記録する lows まっただ中に a political スキャンダル 伴う／関わるing his 判決，裁定 自由主義の Democratic Party and political fundraising.
Kishida and Biden also 確認するd Japan's 参加 in 航空宇宙局's Artemis moon program and the 出資／貢献 of a moon rover developed by Toyota モーター Corp.?
A Japanese 宇宙飛行士 will join the program and be the first 非，不，無-American to land on the moon. The rover, which comes at a 概略で $2 billion cost, is the most expensive 出資／貢献 to the 使節団 by a 非，不，無-U.S. partner to date, a U.S. 公式の／役人 said told the AP.
Thursday will see the first ３カ国間の 首脳会議 between Biden, Kishida and Philippine 大統領 Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
弁護 問題／発行するs will 最高の，を越す the 協議事項 as both Japan and the Philippines worry about Beijing's moves toward 領土 they （人命などを）奪う，主張する in the South 中国 Sea, which 中国 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs almost in its entirety.
Kishida will discuss how Chinese coast guard ships 定期的に approach 論争d Japanese-controlled East 中国 Sea islands 近づく?Taiwan.?
And Marcos Jr. is worried about the?Second Thomas Shoal, a 潜水するd 暗礁 that is contested in the Spratly Islands.?
The Chinese coastguard has used water 大砲s to 妨げる the Philippines from 再供給するing 海洋s 駅／配置するd on the Sierra Madre, a rusting ship that Manila 故意に grounded on the 暗礁 in 1999 to 増強する its （人命などを）奪う，主張するs in the 地域.
Japan has sold 沿岸の レーダs to the Philippines and is 交渉するing a 弁護 協定?that would 許す their 軍隊／機動隊s to visit each other's 領土 for 共同の 軍の 演習s.
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