Japan PM urges Ukraine support, calls China 'greatest strategic challenge' in address to Congress

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared China the "greatest strategic challenge" to world peace Thursday and urged Congress to continue its support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia in an address to a joint meeting of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Kishida, 66, celebrated Japan's "firm alliance and enduring friendship" with America in his roughly half-hour speech, calling on Washington to "deter aggression and ensure peace" against mounting military and nuclear threats from China, Russia and North Korea. "The post-Cold War era is already behind us, and we are now at an inflection point that will define the next stage…