To Congress, Japanese PM Kishida urges US to stay engaged in world affairs

The United States must continue to play a leading role in international affairs, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday.

In the first speech to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress by a Japanese leader in nine years, Kishida urged Americans not to doubt the importance of their country's "pivotal" role in world affairs.

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