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Oct 4, 2021 · Fumio Kishida is applauded after being elected as Japan's new Prime Minister at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on October 4. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images. His first major test will be ...
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Fumio Kishida has formally taken office as Japan's new prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga who resigned after just one year in office. Mr Kishida, 64, won the race to lead Japan's ruling ...
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Sep 29, 2021 · F umio Kishida has been elected Japan’s new prime minister by the country’s lawmakers—just days after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) picked him as leader. The 64-year-old succeeds ...
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The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan ...
Apr 10, 2024 · In 2012 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named Kishida minister for foreign affairs. One of the key events in Kishida’s term as foreign minister was finalizing an agreement with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se in 2015 to compensate comfort women—women who were taken as military sex slaves from Korea, China, and other countries by the Japanese military during World War II (1939–45).
Oct 4, 2021 · TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Fumio Kishida was officially elected as Japan's 100th prime minister on Monday after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament. The new cabinet members ...
Fumio Kishida (岸田 文雄, Kishida Fumio, born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who has served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. A member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 and as acting Minister of Defense in 2017.
