{"id":431462,"date":"2021-04-16T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431462"},"modified":"2021-04-16T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:35:15","slug":"biden-japans-yoshihide-condemn-increase-in-anti-asian-discrimination-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-japans-yoshihide-condemn-increase-in-anti-asian-discrimination-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Japan\u2019s Yoshihide Condemn \u2018Increase In Anti-Asian Discrimination\u2019 In US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-japans-yoshihide-condemn-increase-in-anti-asian-discrimination-in-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga condemned Friday a recent increase in discrimination and violence against Asian-Americans at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discussed the increase in discrimination and violence against Asian people across the U.S. with President Biden, and we agreed that discrimination by race cannot be permitted in any society,\u201d Suga said. \u201cBiden\u2019s comment\u2026was extremely encouraging for me and I have renewed my confidence in American confidence once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"9.5611285266458\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Japan\u2019s PM says he brought up violence against the AAPI community in the U.S. and Biden agreed with him that discrimination by race cannot be allowed. Suga says he found Biden\u2019s comments \u201cextremely encouraging\u201d and they renewed his confidence in democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca Chambers (@fran_chambers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fran_chambers\/status\/1383169676650418178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Suga\u2019s visit to the White House was Biden\u2019s first in-person bilateral meeting since gaining office, and the two countries agreed on the importance of combating China\u2019s human rights abuses and increasing aggression in the South China Sea and against Taiwan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.086956521739\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taiwan<\/a> said PM Suga, noting there is already an \u201cagreed recognition\u201d b\/w US &amp; Japan on the issue. \u201cI refrained from mentioning details since it pertains to diplomatic exchanges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwidakuswara\/status\/1383171324437217281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Suga\u2019s visit came weeks after a series of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/16\/us\/metro-atlanta-spa-shootings-what-we-know\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">targeting massage parlors<\/a> operated primarily by Asian-American women. Six Asian-American women and a white man and woman were killed in the attacks on three separate parlors. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/12\/hate-crimes-against-asian-americans-increase-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018We Are Literally Fearing For Our Lives\u2019: Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Increase)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials used <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/19\/alaska-china-xi-jingping-biden-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more aggressive language<\/a> to describe the rise in anti-Asian discrimination in March, claiming to Secretary of State Tony Blinken that the U.S. was \u201cslaughtering\u201d its minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Senate on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/senate-advances-asian-american-hate-crimes-bill-gop-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in a 92-6 vote. The bill aims to combat the rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Biden have signaled support for the bill, indicating it will likely be signed into law within days or weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"9.4615384615385\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Recap Biden-Suga remarks:<br \/>\u2013 Firm against China &amp; North Korea<br \/>\u2013 Free &amp; open Indo-Pacific esp. East &amp; South China Sea<br \/>\u2013 Partnership on climate change and sharing vaccine globally<br \/>\u2013 No mention of Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwidakuswara\/status\/1383170390021799945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the full press conference below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Participates in a Press Conference with H.E. 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