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TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the nation's 100th prime minister on Monday amid news that he has decided to dissolve the lower house later this month to hold general elections on Oct. 31. (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

TOKYO -- On Tuesday, Fumio Kishida will step down aside as the prime minister of Japan to make way for his successor. [2]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was unhurt after a man threw an explosive device at him during a by-election campaign event on Saturday in the west of the country. [3]

TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, won a four-way race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, setting him up to succeed Yoshihide Suga as prime minister and take the party into a general election this autumn. [4]

Tobias Harris is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, an independent, nonpartisan policy institute. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

Tetsushi Takahashi was Nikkei's China bureau chief from April 2017 to March 2021 and the writer for the Beijing Diary column. [6]

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." OpinionFumio Kishida should kick-start reform drive to meet China challenge ![Avatar]( [7]

Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi Distinguished Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." OpinionFumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate ![Avatar]( [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-10-04 · 75% match

Fumio Kishida becomes Japan's 100th prime minister

TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the nation's 100th prime minister on Monday amid news that he has decided to dissolve the lower house later this month to hold general elections on Oct. 31.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-10-01 · 75% match

How Japan conquered 3 decades of deflation under Fumio Kishida

TOKYO -- On Tuesday, Fumio Kishida will step down aside as the prime minister of Japan to make way for his successor.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-04-16 · 75% match

Japan PM Fumio Kishida unhurt after explosive device attack

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was unhurt after a man threw an explosive device at him during a by-election campaign event on Saturday in the west of the country.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-29 · 75% match

Fumio Kishida elected as new leader of Japan's ruling LDP

TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, won a four-way race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, setting him up to succeed Yoshihide Suga as prime minister and take the party into a general election this autumn.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-12 · 75% match

Shinzo Abe's greatest achievement may turn out to be Fumio Kishida

Tobias Harris is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, an independent, nonpartisan policy institute.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-10-08 · 75% match

Is Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a Keynesian?

Tetsushi Takahashi was Nikkei's China bureau chief from April 2017 to March 2021 and the writer for the Beijing Diary column.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-30 · 75% match

Fumio Kishida should kick-start reform drive to meet China challenge

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." OpinionFumio Kishida should kick-start reform drive to meet China challenge ![Avatar](

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-12 · 75% match

Fumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate

Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi Distinguished Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." OpinionFumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate ![Avatar](

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-05-21 · 75% match

G-7 latest: Zelenskyy and Kishida lay flowers at peace monument

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima is in its final day, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the spotlight.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-05-21 · 75% match

Ukraine from April 28 to May 21: Russia to consider allowing over-40s to join military

This blog file is now closed. For the latest developments, head over here. The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24 continues, with casualties mounting on both sides.

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