Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on July 27, 2022. (KIYOSHI OTA / Pool Photo via AP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday paying attention to politicians' ties with the Unification Church, seeking to distance his […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during the annual memorial ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug 6, 2022, to mark 77 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack. (STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he will reshuffle his cabinet […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a news conference after the results of the Upper House elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (RODRIGO REYES MARIN / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to reshuffle his cabinet as […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while addressing an election rally in Nara in western Japan on July 8, was not only a former prime minister — the longest-serving — of Japan, but also one of the most powerful and influential figures in Japanese politics. Abe’s assassination had a direct impact […]
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida waves during an election campaign in Saitama on October 30, 2021, a day before the general elections. (BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP) TOKYO – A strong showing by Japan's ruling party in upper house elections on Sunday would give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer […]
US President Joe Biden, center, meets with the Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk -yeol, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. Seated behind Biden is, from left, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, […]
What is happening in Ukraine is what Tokyo wants to happen in East Asia, said an analyst as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to attend a NATO summit this month and is likely to project Japan's greater power ambitions. On Wednesday, Kishida said he will attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's summit in […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 8, 2022. (RODRIGO PEYES MARIN / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to visit Southeast Asia and possibly countries in Europe during the upcoming Golden Week string of national holidays starting in late April, sources […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 10, 2021, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (STANISLAV KOGIKU / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that he will abandon provisional plans to visit the United States and Australia […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 10, 2021, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (STANISLAV KOGIKU / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he would refocus his efforts on foreign policy and pledged to make 2022 […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 10, 2021, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (STANISLAV KOGIKU / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Nearly two-thirds of Japanese voters support Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, with the public welcoming his anti-coronavirus measures, including temporary border […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the media at his office in Tokyo, Nov 19, 2021. (STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Japan will review the timeframe early next year for its target of balancing the budget, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, brushing aside prospects that it could ditch the […]
Fumio Kishida, center, bows after being elected as Japan's prime minister at the parliament's lower house, Nov 10, 2021, in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO – Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, Fumio Kishida, was re-elected as prime minister in a special parliament session on Wednesday after the LDP secured majority of votes in […]
Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Fumio Kishida attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on No 1, 2021. (RODRIGO REYES MARIN / POOL / AFP) Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s stronger-than-expected election victory smooths the path for a stimulus package that signals whether he’s a big spender or […]
Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Nov 1, 2021, hours after his party kept a comfortable majority in Sunday's parliamentary election despite losing some seats. (RODRIGO REYES MARIN/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) Japanese Premier Fumio Kishida vowed to act fast […]
Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan on Oct 4, 2021. (TORU HANAI / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are likely to take a bruising at the weekend's lower house election, though the […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party president, attends a debate session with other leaders of Japan's main political parties ahead of Oct 31, 2021 lower house election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct 18 , 2021. (ISSEI KATO / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – […]
Lawmakers attend a session at the lower house to dissolve parliament in Tokyo on Oct 14, 2021. (STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against unpopular opposition in a […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his first policy speech during an extraordinary Diet session at the lower house of parliament on Oct 8, 2021 in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO – Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, makes his debut in parliamentary questioning on Monday, the first chance for the opposition to probe […]
Fumio Kishida poses for a photo at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters following his election as party president in Tokyo, Japan on Sept 29, 2021. (DU XIAOYI/XINHUA) TOKYO – The newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Fumio Kishida, will take office as the Japanese prime minister on Monday and launch his new […]
Japan’s former foreign minister Fumio Kishida poses for a portrait picture following his press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party after he was elected as party president in Tokyo, Sept 29, 2021. (DU XIAOYI / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party […]
Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida reacts as he won in the Liberal Democrat Party leadership election in Tokyo on Sept 29, 2021. (KYODO NEWS VIA AP) Fumio Kishida is set to become Japan’s prime minister, after the ex-foreign minister overcame popular reformer Taro Kono to win leadership of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. […]
This undated photo shows national flags of China and Japan. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Former foreign minister Fumio Kishida is the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and thanks to the party's control of the Diet will become the country's next prime minister. Given his foreign policy orientation is broadly similar to that of […]
Candidates for the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party pose prior to a joint news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept 17, 2021. The contenders are (from left) Taro Kono, the cabinet minister in charge of vaccinations; Fumio Kishida, former foreign minister; Sanae Takaichi, former internal affairs minister; and […]
In this Sept 14, 2020 photo, Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida walks off after casting his ballot during the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Wednesday to increase people's income and narrow gaps through wealth redistribution in […]