TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was just 6 years old in 1963 when he and his family moved from Tokyo to New York, an entire hemisphere and endless cultural differences away. The boy from ethnically homogenous Japan was struck by the diversity and generosity of his classmates while attending public school in Queens … Read more
Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a “historic turning point” and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe Biden next week. “As we are witnessing Russia’s Ukraine aggression, the continuing situation over the Middle … Read more
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday was forced to start this year’s parliamentary session with an apology over one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals in decades. Prosecutors recently indicted 10 people, including three lawmakers and a number of political aides, in the latest hit to Kishida’s already unpopular Cabinet. Kishida in … Read more
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Sunday the country’s north-central region of Noto for the first time since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes to alleviate growing concern about slow relief work and the spread of diseases in evacuation centers. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake left 220 dead and 26 others still missing while injuring … Read more
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated he’ll go to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday earlier than setting a launch date for its handled radioactive wastewater, as his authorities continues working to advertise understanding over the controversial plan at residence and overseas. “The federal government has reached the ultimate stage the place … Read more
HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden on Thursday will open his go to to a Japan that has tightened its financial and nationwide safety alliance with the U.S. by assembly privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida forward of the bigger Group of Seven summit. Kishida’s residence metropolis of Hiroshima will play host to the … Read more
The official residence of Japan’s Prime Minister is a spooky place. Impressed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the stone and brick mansion in central Tokyo had been round for under three years when younger naval officers charged in and assassinated Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai in 1932. 4 years later, Prime Minister Keisuke Okada was … Read more