File footage of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leadership contender Fumio Kishida
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File footage of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leadership contender Fumio Kishida
- Title: File footage of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leadership contender Fumio Kishida
- Date: 26th September 2021
- Summary: Fumio Kishida served as foreign minister under then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2017, but diplomacy remained firmly in the prime minister's grip. TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - SEPTEMBER 3, 2014) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** THEN JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, STANDING ON STAIRS WITH NEW CABINET MINISTERS THEN FOREIGN MINISTER, FUMIO KISHIDA LOOKING ON AND BOWING In March 2017, Kishida held a bilateral meeting with then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Tokyo, where they spoke about regional affairs, including the perceived threats of North Korea. TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - MARCH 16, 2017) (REUTERS) KISHIDA, AND THEN U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, REX TILLERSON, WALKING IN AND SHAKING HANDS Days after North Korea's missile launch on May 2017, Kishida met then-top U.S. commander in the Asia Pacific region Admiral Harry Harris which underlined the seriousness of the situation on the Korean peninsula and the importance of the continued cooperation among U.S., Japan, and South Korea. TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - MAY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KISHIDA, SHAKING HANDS WITH THEN U.S. ASIA-PACIFIC COMMAND ADMIRAL, HARRY HARRIS
- Embargoed: 10th October 2021 07:30
- Keywords: Fumio Kishida Shinzo Abe foreign minister politics prime minister
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWHU4P3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: PROFILES OF ALL FOUR CANDIDATES:
1033-JAPAN-POLITICS/KISHIDA-PROFILE
1034-JAPAN-POLITICS/TAKAICHI-PROFILE
1035-JAPAN-POLITICS/KONO-PROFILE
1036-JAPAN-POLITICS/NODA-PROFILE
Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is one of four key contenders in the leadership race for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prepares to step down.
Japan's ruling party leadership election is scheduled on Wednesday (September 29), and the winner is certain of being prime minister because of the LDP's majority in parliament's lower house.
Kishida, who was also the former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, explained his key economic policy views in a news conference, saying that an economic stimulus package worth "tens of trillions of yen" was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
He also said the stimulus package must be compiled "swiftly" and include cash payments to non-permanent workers.
The low-key Kishida, 64, has ranked poorly in surveys of voters' preferred next premier, but the head of an LDP faction is now viewed as a promising rallying point for lawmakers seeking a new leader ahead of the lower house election.
He also ran in the leadership race last September but lost to Suga.
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