Fumio Kishida

Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
岸田文雄
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Kōichirō Genba
Succeeded by	Tarō Kōno
Acting Minister of Defense
	In office; 28 July 2017 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Tomomi Inada
Succeeded by	Itsunori Onodera
Minister of State for Consumers
	In office; 18 June 2008 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Minister of State for Space
	In office; 6 February 2008 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Minister of State for Okinawa and the Northern Territories
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Sanae Takaichi
Succeeded by	Motoo Hayashi
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Yoshimi Watanabe
Succeeded by	Kaoru Yosano
Minister of State for Science, Technology and Quality of Life
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 July 1993
Constituency	Hiroshima 1st district
Personal details
Born	29 July 1957 (age 64); Hiroshima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Education	Kaisei Academy
Alma mater	Waseda University (LLB)

Fumio Kishida (岸田文雄, Kishida Fumio, born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan from 2012 to 2017. A member of the House of Representatives, he also served as the Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the LDP. He announced his candidacy for the LDP leadership in August 2021, a position which will ultimately make him prime minister if he wins.^[1]

Early life and education[]

Kishida was born to a political family in Minami-ku, Hiroshima on 29 July 1957.^[2]^[3] His father and grandfather were former politicians who were lower house members, and also, former prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa is a distant relative of his.^[3]

Kishida studied law at Waseda University and graduated in 1982.^[2] At Waseda, he was friends with future politician Takeshi Iwaya.^[4]

Political career[]

After working at now-defunct Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan and then as a secretary to a member of the House of Representatives, Kishida was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1993 general election, representing the Hiroshima 1st district.^[5]

He was close to LDP faction leader Makoto Koga,^[3] and assumed control of Koga's faction in October 2012.^[3]

Like Shinzō Abe and most members of his Cabinet, Kishida is affiliated to the openly nationalist organization Nippon Kaigi.^[6]

Kishida served as Minister of Okinawa Affairs from 2007 to 2008, firstly in the Abe Cabinet and later in the Fukuda cabinet.^[7] He was appointed state minister in charge of consumer affairs and food safety in the cabinet of then prime minister Yasuo Fukuda in 2008.^[3] Kishida was also state minister in charge of science and technology in the Fukuda cabinet.^[7]

Abe government[]

Kishida with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, February 2017

Following the LDP's victory in the 2012 general election, Kishida was named foreign minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on 26 December 2012.^[5]^[8] He became the longest-serving foreign minister in postwar history, unseating Abe's father Shintaro Abe.^[9] He helped to arrange U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima in 2015, and gained attention in 2017 when he appeared alongside comedian Piko Taro to promote a UN program.^[4]

In 2017, Kishida left the Cabinet to take over the chairmanship of the LDP Policy Research Council, a position traditionally seen as a stepping stone to leadership of the party.^[10] He sought this position in order to improve his chances to succeed Abe, as the foreign minister post had relatively little influence within the party.^[9]

Kishida considered running in the 2018 LDP presidential election, but he was persuaded by Abe not to run, with a suggestion that Abe would later support Kishida as his successor. By mid-2020, several senior LDP lawmakers had shifted their support from Kishida to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso was quoted as saying "Kishida is for peacetime, not for troubled times."^[11] One factor in this shift was an unsuccessful proposal by Kishida to provide a 300,000 yen stimulus payment to households during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12] After Suga won the 2020 LDP presidential election and became Prime Minister, Kishida was not offered a position in the Suga cabinet, although his faction obtained two cabinet seats.^[13]

Family[]

Both Kishida's grandfather, , and his father, , were members of the House of Representatives, and his cousin is former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa.^[14]

Honours[]

Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (29 October 2014)^[15]

References[]

^ "Fumio Kishida enters LDP leadership race as party sets voting plan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Fumio Kishida". Kante'. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Profiles". The Japan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Reynolds, Isabel (20 July 2017). "Abe's Low-Key Foreign Minister Watched as Potential Rival". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Profiles of key ministers in Abe's new Cabinet". The Asahi Shimbun. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ "Abe's reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Profile: Foreign Minister Kishida boasts background in Okinawa affairs". House of Japan. 27 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
^ "Abe elected premier, launches Cabinet". Daily Yomuiru Online. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bosack, Michael (9 July 2018). "Will Kishida Challenge Abe's Leadership?". Tokyo Review. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida set to take key ruling party post: NHK". Reuters. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Doubts grow in LDP over Fumio Kishida's ability to succeed Abe". The Japan Times. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ Sakaguchi, Yukihiro (26 June 2020). "Race to replace Abe threatens stability of Japanese politics". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ Bosack, Michael MacArthur (16 September 2020). "Breaking down Suga's picks for his first Cabinet". The Japan Times. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "Japan minister support staff 'put sex club on expenses'". BBC. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
^ Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 4 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House

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Political offices
Preceded by Kōichirō Genba	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2012–2017	Succeeded by Tarō Kōno
Preceded by Tomomi Inada	Minister of Defense Acting 2017	Succeeded by Itsunori Onodera

[1] "Fumio Kishida enters LDP leadership race as party sets voting plan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[kantei-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Fumio Kishida". Kante'. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[jtimes-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Profiles". The Japan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Reynolds, Isabel (20 July 2017). "Abe's Low-Key Foreign Minister Watched as Potential Rival". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[asahi-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Profiles of key ministers in Abe's new Cabinet". The Asahi Shimbun. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[6] "Abe's reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)

[hofj-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Profile: Foreign Minister Kishida boasts background in Okinawa affairs". House of Japan. 27 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[8] "Abe elected premier, launches Cabinet". Daily Yomuiru Online. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[:1-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bosack, Michael (9 July 2018). "Will Kishida Challenge Abe's Leadership?". Tokyo Review. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[10] "Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida set to take key ruling party post: NHK". Reuters. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[11] "Doubts grow in LDP over Fumio Kishida's ability to succeed Abe". The Japan Times. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[12] Sakaguchi, Yukihiro (26 June 2020). "Race to replace Abe threatens stability of Japanese politics". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[13] Bosack, Michael MacArthur (16 September 2020). "Breaking down Suga's picks for his first Cabinet". The Japan Times. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[14] "Japan minister support staff 'put sex club on expenses'". BBC. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[15] Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 4 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House

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Fumio Kishida
岸田文雄


Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 26 December 2012 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Kōichirō Genba
Succeeded by	Tarō Kōno
Acting Minister of Defense
In office 28 July 2017 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Tomomi Inada
Succeeded by	Itsunori Onodera
Minister of State for Consumers
In office 18 June 2008 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Minister of State for Space
In office 6 February 2008 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Minister of State for Okinawa and the Northern Territories
In office 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Sanae Takaichi
Succeeded by	Motoo Hayashi
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
In office 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Yoshimi Watanabe
Succeeded by	Kaoru Yosano
Minister of State for Science, Technology and Quality of Life
In office 27 August 2007 – 1 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 1993
Constituency	Hiroshima 1st district

Personal details
Born	(1957-07-29) 29 July 1957 (age 64) Hiroshima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Education	Kaisei Academy
Alma mater	Waseda University (LLB)

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