President Joe Biden lumped in longtime ally Japan with Russia and China, denouncing them as "xenophobic," which drew widespread outrage. Speaking at a campaign fundraiser on Wednesday that marked Asian American,

President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.

US President Joe Biden has called Japan and India "xenophobic", grouping them together with Russia and China as countries that "don't want immigrants". His criticism of Japan comes just weeks after he called the US-Japan alliance "unbreakable" during a state visit from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.