The press conference is scheduled for Sunday and is marked as open press, although it is unclear how many questions the President will take. Holding the news conference in Japan shuts out a host of U.S. outlets that did not make the trip to cover the summit of leaders from the top economies.
Earlier this month, President Biden confused an interview with MSNBC with "a major press conference," sending reporters scrambling to rearrange their schedule until the White House returned his remarks.
According to data from the White House Transition Project at Towson University, Biden has held the fewest press conferences since President Reagan. It has been over seven months since Biden's last solo press conference, when he took questions on Nov. 14 in Bali, Indonesia.
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The White House has disputed critics who say Biden has been inaccessible to reporters by saying he often takes questions shouted at him during pool sprays, which are questions asked by a small gaggle of reporters.
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Despite the President's limited press conferences, he promised to have a press conference on the debt ceiling upon returning from Japan. "As it stands now, the intention is to go to the G7, be back here on Sunday, hold a press conference,"
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Biden told reporters before he left. It is unclear if Biden was talking about the Sunday press conference in Japan. He did imply the event would happen in the U.S., but the White House did not respond to requests to clarify his remarks.
Biden's press conference in Japan will take place after the G7 summit, which includes leaders from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The summit will focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and economic recovery.
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