International relationsSuga woos Harris with offer to help on migration at southern border
Japanese prime minister begins meetings in Washington
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris invites Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for a chat on the balcony outside her office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington on April 16. © AP
KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia chief desk editor
April 17, 2021 00:54 JST
Updated on April 17, 2021 03:59 JST
WASHINGTON -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga kicked off his meetings in Washington on Friday by meeting U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, promising to assist in tackling the root cause of mass migration to America's southern border, a topic Harris has been tasked with.