This is the first foreign leader to meet Biden at the White House.

The day-to-day meeting is expected to include discussions on steps to enrich supply chains, viewed as highly dependent on China, and about a $2 billion commitment from Japan to work with the United States on alternatives to the Chinese company's 5G network, Huawei, said a senior American official.

Beden and Suga are also expected to discuss the issue of human rights related to China, including the situation in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, the official said, Reuters.

It is expected that after the meeting is due to date with a statement about Taiwan, which China names as part of its territory and is under increased military pressure from Beijing, the newspaper Express broadcasts.

The American official said that both countries, although unwilling to increase tensions or provoke China, are trying to send a clear signal that sending Chinese fighter planes to Taiwan's air protection zone is not in line with maintaining peace and stability.

An official of Japan's Foreign Ministry said this week that it has not yet been decided whether there will be a joint declaration, while two Japanese lawmakers of the ruling party, close to these discussions, said officials have been divided over whether Prime Minister Suga should join a powerful statement about Taiwan.