Fumio Kishida
Man gets 10 years’ jail for throwing pipe bomb at Japan ex-PM: reports
A MAN was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to kill Japan’s ex-prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb in 2023, local media said.
Japan’s maverick Kono enters race for next PM
Touting his experience as foreign affairs chief, he says: ‘I can help steer the world’; he becomes the third lawmaker to declare their candidacy for the top post
Kishida’s resignation opens the door to a chaotic era
The prime minister’s decision not to seek another term may set up Japan’s most exciting race for a leader in years
Potential candidates to be next Japanese prime minister
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 14) he would step down as prime minister next month, after a three-year tenure marked by scandal and declining public support.
Japan is wrestling with its own flawed leader
JUST as the US Democratic Party is wrestling with the possibility of going into a crucial election with a deeply flawed candidate, panic is setting in among Japan’s ruling party over the unpopular Pri...
Japan PM extends fuel subsidy, temporary support for household utility bills
JAPAN will extend a petrol fuel subsidy until the end of the year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (Jun 21), and will temporarily reintroduce relief on utility bills over the summer, as th...
No spooky sights yet at 'haunted' residence, Japan PM says
[TOKYO] Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday he's sleeping soundly after becoming the first premier in nine years to inhabit the official residence, which is reputedly haunted by ghosts...
Japan PM Kishida to announce compilation of six-year economic, fiscal plan
JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce a new economic and fiscal plan for the next six years on Jun 4 aimed at boosting economic growth, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter to...
Japan’s Kishida makes public push on capital markets reform
JAPAN Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday (May 22), pledging further capital markets reform and promoting asset management in a speech to hundreds of...
