“Public support for change is vital, and with that in mind I encourage political leaders and young people from around the world to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see firsthand the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Such visits themselves, I believe, would act as a powerful force for nuclear disarmament.”

Japanese politician

Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician, born in 1957, who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2021 to 2024. He has represented Hiroshima 1st in the House of Representatives since 1996. Before becoming prime minister, he was Japan’s foreign minister from 2012 to 2017, briefly served as acting minister of defense in 2017, and later chaired the LDP Policy Research Council from 2017 to 2020. His public record is rooted in national politics and foreign affairs, with a career shaped by party leadership and parliamentary service.