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

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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...