Biden meets with Japan’s Kishida ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Thursday and greeted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida by saying, "When our countries stand together, we stand stronger" — a sign of how the economic and national security alliance between the two countries has grown. The US president began his remarks by noting that Kishida said during a January Washington visit that the world faced one of the "most complex" security environments in recent history. "I couldn't agree with you more," Biden said. "We very much welcome that the cooperation has evolved in leaps and bounds," Kishida told Biden about Japan's relationship with…