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A Japanese court on Wednesday (Feb 19) convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, according to local media reports.
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to kill the nation's then prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb in 2023, a local court said.
SEOUL/TOKYO/WASHINGTON: When Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a final summit this week with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, he will be sending a signal of support not only to the neighbouring nation, but his would-be successors as well.
SEOUL (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived for a whirlwind visit to South Korea on Friday, seeking to seal a newfound partnership between the neighbours which will be tested by imminent changes of leaders in Tokyo and Washington.
TOKYO: The fight to replace Fumio Kishida as leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and hence Prime Minister, is down to the wire with two finalists: former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, 67, and economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 63.
TOKYO: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to travel to the United States on Sept 21, in what will be his final overseas trip as prime minister, as he will soon step down from that position, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced at a press conference Friday (Sept 13).
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (pic) announced he will step aside next month, ending a three-year term plagued by low popularity ratings and a spluttering economy.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is bowing out with a diplomatic record praised by like-minded democratic nations, although the picture is murkier among the country’s perceived foes.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Seoul on Sept. 6-7 for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon's office said on Tuesday.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reportedly planning to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York next month, which could mark his final international visit before stepping down as leader of the ruling party, government sources said Saturday (Aug 18).
TOKYO: With the current ordinary Diet session effectively ending on Friday (June 21), maneuvering for this fall’s presidential race of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is about to get into full swing.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, media reported on Wednesday, ending a three-year term marked by rising prices and marred by political scandals.
TOKYO: Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to quit after announcing on Wednesday (Aug 14) he will not seek re-election as party chief.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fumio Kishida pushed through Japan's biggest wage increases in decades, but it was not enough to make up for the impact the battered yen has had - or keep him in his job as prime minister.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a peace pledge made Thursday (Aug 15) on the 79th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is finalising plans to visit the United States in late September for the U.N. General Assembly and a possible meeting with President Joe Biden, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Saturday.
TOKYO: Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is finalising plans to visit the United States in late September for the UN General Assembly and a possible meeting with President Joe Biden, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Saturday (Aug 17).
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday (Aug 29) that he would work together with the next Japanese prime minister to maintain bilateral cooperation after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves office.
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said early on Tuesday that he had held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Japan's energy aid to Kyiv.
TOKYO: A rift was left between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also the Liberal Democratic Party’s president, and the party’s Vice President Taro Aso and Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi after a bill to revise the Political Funds Control Law cleared the House of Representatives on Thursday (June 6).
