Joe Biden plans several stops during a visit to Asia this spring, which will be his first to the region as president and include a summit with three key regional allies in Japan, a senior administration official told Reuters.
The official brushed off questions about whether the Ukraine crisis could distract the administration's attention from Asia, saying: "We continue prioritizing our Indo-Pacific focus and will have more to come."
Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Tuesday cited multiple government sources as saying the Tokyo visit could be in the last half of May. In stressing the U.S. commitment to the region, the official pointed to U.S.
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