NY Times · Jul 22, 2021
Olympics Live Updates: Opening Ceremony Set For Near-Empty Stadium
Jill Biden, the U.S. first lady, arrived at Yokota Air Base on Thursday to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games.Credit...Kyodo/via ReutersJill Biden arrived in Japan on Thursday for the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on her first international trip alone as first lady, a two-day mission geared at generating enthusiasm for an event shadowed and shackled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Biden flew into the Yokota Air Base near Tokyo, where she was met by a Japanese diplomatic delegation before heading in a motorcade to the Akasaka Palace for a scheduled dinner with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife, Mariko Suga.