“Tied closely with the question of disarmament is the issue of nonproliferation, and here I would strongly urge North Korea to take concrete steps to fulfill its commitment of abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs, something that has been repeatedly requested by the international community.”

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.