Fumio Kishida
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UK PM Rishi Sunak clinches 'historic' Hiroshima Accord on Japan visit 

The UK also confirmed that its Carrier Strike Group (CSG) warship will return to the Indo-Pacific in 2025, following a maiden voyage to the region including India in 2021.

published on : 18th May 2023
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Biden to consult with Japan's Kishida ahead of Group of Seven summits in Hiroshima 

Kishida's home city of Hiroshima will play host to the gathering of major industrialised nations.

published on : 18th May 2023
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When told of attack on Japan PM Kishida, safety chief kept eating eel rice

A man threw an explosive device at Kishida as the prime minister was about to make a campaign speech to cheer a local governing party candidate two weeks ago.

published on : 26th April 2023
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Australian PM Albanese to host Biden, Modi, Kishida at security summit in May

"We will be discussing the global economic environment that we know is under pressure due to global inflationary pressures," Albanese told reporters.

published on : 26th April 2023
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Explosive targeting Japan PM renews worries of homemade arms

Police have confirmed one injury to a police officer. Experts say a pipe bomb likely caused the explosion, and the impact and amount of smoke suggest it probably wasn’t that powerful.

published on : 17th April 2023
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Japan PM resumes campaigning after blast incident

Footage and photos from the scene showed a silver, pipe-like object on the ground, but it was not immediately clear whether it had caused the blast and smoke.

published on : 15th April 2023
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Japanese PM Kishida unhurt after blast during election campaign, suspect arrested

Kishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to cheer his ruling party's candidate in a local election.

published on : 15th April 2023
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Japan PM Kishida's visit to Ukraine overshadows Xi Jinping's talks with Putin, upsets China 

Kishida's visit to Ukraine and his scheduled meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv stole the limelight of Xi's Moscow visit aimed at projecting himself as a global peacemaker.

published on : 21st March 2023
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Japan PM Kishida to meet Zelensky in surprise Kyiv visit

Kishida is the last G7 leader to visit the war-torn country and has come under increasing pressure to make the trip, as Japan hosts the grouping's summit this May.

published on : 21st March 2023
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Japan commits USD 75 bn in seven years for infra across Indo-Pacific

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he was looking at revising the development charter and would look at supporting businesses and startups and infrastructure.

published on : 21st March 2023
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India & Japan resolve to boost cooperation in Indo-Pacific, defence

Modi said the two sides reviewed progress in bilateral relations especially in areas of defence, digital technology, trade and investment and health among others.

published on : 20th March 2023
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India, Japan's defence and security partnership to be strengthened during PM Kishida’s visit

The meeting between PM Modi and the Japanese PM on Monday comes at a significant time when the two countries have the Presidencies of the G20 and G7 respectively.

published on : 19th March 2023
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Japanese PM Fumio Kishida to discuss bilateral, regional issues with Modi on India visit

Both leaders will discuss regional and bilateral issues of mutual interest, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

published on : 11th March 2023
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'New era requires more military muscle': Japanese PM discusses 'stepping up' security with Biden

Let me be crystal clear: the United States is fully, thoroughly, completely committed to the alliance and more importantly to Japan's defense, Biden said.

published on : 14th January 2023
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Japan, US to hold security talks before Fumio Kishida meets Joe Biden

Japan in December adopted a set of three security and defence strategy documents that break from its exclusively self-defence-only stance.

published on : 6th January 2023
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party gains majority in Parliament election

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was in Indonesia for a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting when Abe was shot, gave Kishida a letter from President Joe Biden to Abe's family.

published on : 11th July 2022
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'India-Japan are natural partners': PM Narendra Modi meets Indian diaspora  in Tokyo

PM Narendra Modi also said that India's relationship with Japan is of spirituality, of cooperation and of belonging.

published on : 23rd May 2022
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Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation

Biden and Kishida were joined by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while representatives from the other countries appeared by video to help launch the pact.

published on : 23rd May 2022
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India-Japan will contribute to open, free and inclusive Indo-Pacific region: PM Modi

Prime Minister Modi, who is in Japan on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.

published on : 23rd May 2022