Flying solo: The power of ‘First Lady diplomacy’

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TOKYO – As top diplomats from the Group of Seven (G-7) advanced democracies were having their powwow in Japan this week, another aspect of big-power relations was taking place in the form of “spouse diplomacy”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The First Ladies of the United States and Japan – Dr Jill Biden and Mrs Yuko Kishida – met at the White House with hardly any involvement of their husbands President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.on the invitation of Dr Biden was her first solo official trip. This was the first time the wife of a Japanese leader has travelled to the US without her husband.

“It was an excellent opportunity to deepen the personal relationship of trust between the two First Ladies, and to further promote effective and trusting relations between the two leaders.” Her main agenda was to visit a Japanese art and technology museum to mark its 20th anniversary. She also met the then-Polish president and his wife, and visited welfare organisations.She briefly met Mr Biden at the White House, where she planted a cherry tree with Dr Biden as a symbol of their countries’ friendship.

 

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