#kishida — Public Fediverse posts

#Shigeru #Ishiba, 67, will become the next prime minister of Japan.

Mr. Ishiba, a former defense minister who has long been popular with rank-and-file members of the Liberal Democratic Party but less favored by parliamentary lawmakers,
had run for the party leadership four times before finally attaining victory.

Mr. Ishiba, who is known for his plainspoken opinions and keen interest in military equipment, defeated Ms. Sanae Takaichi 215 to 194 in voting at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo.
He will take over as prime minister next Tuesday, replacing #Fumio #Kishida.

Mr. Kishida, who presided over an expansion of Japan’s defense budget and a rapprochement with South Korea during his three years as prime minister, announced in August that he would resign after months of low approval ratings related to public dissatisfaction with inflation and his handling of a series of political finance scandals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/world/asia/japan-new-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Italia e #Giappone annunciano future esercitazioni militari congiunte nella regione dell’Indo-Pacifico

“Accolgo con favore il fatto che l’Italia stia aumentando la sua presenza nella regione dell’Indo-Pacifico”, ha affermato il premier giapponese #Kishida. “Quest’anno numerose navi militari italiane, compreso un gruppo da battaglia (guidato dalla portaerei #Cavour), stiano pianificando di fare scalo in Giappone e condurre delle esercitazioni congiunte”.

https://euractiv.it/section/mondo/news/italia-e-giappone-annunciano-future-esercitazioni-militari-nellindo-pacifico/

#Fukushima nuclear disaster: #Activists march against #Tokyo's waste plan

By Charlene Anne Rodrigues, August 12, 2023

""Choi Kyoungsook of activist group Korea Radiation Watch said radioactive substances in the water 'will eventually destroy the marine ecosystem'.

"US President Joe #Biden is due to meet his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio #Kishida next week for a trilateral summit, where the controversial plan will be discussed.

"'The governments of #SouthKorea, the #US, and #Japan should view it an #environmental #disaster, rather than a political issue, and agree to block it for future generations,' Ms Choi said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66486233

#JapanGovernment #FukushimaDaiichi #FukushimaWater #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #TEPCO #TEPCOLies

This from the hellbirdsite. I'll be looking for more details later today.

Yoko Akashi (@akashiyoko):
"#Kishida is meeting #Biden at the end of August before finalizing radioactive water dump from #Fukushima into the ocean. It seems like #Japan needs US approval to do this. We should pressure Biden not to approve it."

#JapanGovernment #FukushimaDaiichi #FukushimaWater #NoDumping #WaterIsLife