Tokyo has rebuked the US president for his comments, saying they lacked “an accurate understanding” of the country Japan has pushed back against US President Joe Biden’s claim that Tokyo’s economic woes stem from a national dislike of foreigners, putting the remarks down to a lack of knowledge, Jiji news agency has reported.

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“We will keep striking” at Western military hardware supplied to Ukraine, Russia’s defense ministry has said, posting the footage Russia’s Defense Ministry has published a video clip from the front line with Ukraine showing the destruction of an Abrams M1 tank and a Bradley fighting vehicle, armaments supplied to Kiev by Washington.