Biden's state banquet for Kishida.
State Banquet Menu: The State Banquet menu includes American steak and cherry blossom ice cream.
Attendees: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, and Ikura (nicknamed Ikura) of Japanese pop group Yoasobi. David McCall, international president of the United States Steelworkers International (USW), who opposes Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's planned takeover of U.S. Steel. U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Hong Kong filmmaker Chen Chong with Hollywood star Robert De Niro. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Ayase and Ikura, members of the Japanese supergroup Yoasobi. Microsoft President Brad Smith and Gregory Smith. Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Lotte Group.
Fun part at the state dinner: Fumio Kishida joked in his speech that he hoped that the "unbreakable relationship" between the United States and Japan would "boldly go to unprecedented places," a reference to the popular American sci-fi series Star Trek.
Guests were treated to a performance by music star Paul Simon, who opened the show with the famous song "Graceland".
