Fumio Kishida

Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot last week while giving an outdoor campaign speech. Abe, one of Japan's most influential politicians, was assassinated last Friday in western Japan. CBS News senior...

Gov’t spokesperson says Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Cabinet ministers are returning to Tokyo after Abe was shot.

Foreign policy has come into focus on Capitol Hill this week. Earlier today, seven U.S. Senators made plans to meet with Ukrainian officials later this week. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden announced that he would meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. During their virtual meetup, the two will discuss climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and much more.

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that he will join the U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, adding that he will not attend the Opening Ceremony. Kishida, who's been prime minister for a little more than a month, did not...

Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida has said he has no plans of attending the Winter Olympics in Beijing “at the moment” and did not clarify whether the country would join the US and other western nations in boycotting the event.“At the moment, I’m not planning to attend (the Beijing Games) myself,” Mr Kishida told a meeting of the budget committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan’s parliament, reported Jiji Press on Thursday.Mr Kishida added that he will decide on whether a government representative will be sent to the event soon.“I will make a decision myself...

Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was re-elected on Wednesday after his party won more than half of the seats in the lower house of Parliament. He said the vote shows the people of Japan want stability over change. Kishida was first elected by Japanese Parliament a...