Full text of joint statement by US, Japanese leaders Posted : 2021-04-17 14:40 Updated : 2021-04-17 14:40 US President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga take part in a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 16, 2021. AFP-Yonhap The following is the full text of a joint statement issued by U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the end of their bilateral summit in Washington on Friday. U.S.-Japan Joint Leaders' Statement: "U.S.-Japan global partnership for a new era" President Joseph R. Biden is honored to welcome Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide for the first foreign-leader visit of his presidency. Today, the United States and Japan renew an Alliance that has become a cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. An ocean separates our countries, but commitments to universal values and common principles, including freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, international law, multilateralism, and a free and fair economic order, unite us.