Fumio Kishida: Last News

A fire has broken out at Tokyo's international Haneda airport with passengers reportedly on board a plane.

Jeff Bezos and his future wife Lauren Sanchez hold hands as they arrive at the State Dinner on Wednesday (April 10) at the White House in Washington, DC.

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen are making a special public appearance at the White House!

Tokyo’s International Film Festival returned this evening for its first completely unrestricted, post-COVID-19 edition with a well-attended screening of Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days. 

A major Japanese court ruled that the current ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.On Tuesday, a Japanese district court ruled that the government’s current policy of prohibiting same-sex marriages violates the country’s constitution. Supporters of LGBTQ rights say this is a step in the right direction toward marriage equality in the country.According to Kyodo News, Judge Osamu Nishimura, of the Nagoya District Court ruled that the current system of marriage in Japan is unconstitutional because it excludes same-sex couples, thereby leaving them with no legal protections when it comes to issues like health care decision-making, child-rearing, and inheritance rights, among other rights and privileges that come with matrimony.This is the second court ruling finding that the government’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, following a similar challenge from the city of Sapporo.However, district courts in Tokyo and Osaka sided against petitioners in two other challenges to the existing marriage law.

Elon Musk has issued another chilling warning that "ghost civilisations" are the "biggest threat to humanity".The SpaceX founder and Twitter CEO has taken to social media to voice his fears that low birth rates pose a "major risk" on civilisation.Yesterday, Musk issued a stark new warning in response to a tweet detailing population rates in Japan claiming "ghost civilisations" could soon be a reality.READ MORE Elon Musk says mystery UFOs shot down over US are 'just my alien friends stopping by'The tweet by Wall Street Silver read: “Population decline in Japan is leading to a huge number of abandoned houses. 13% now and expected to grow to 1/3 by 2038.“Is this the future of Europe and the USA also? Demographic changes are coming.”Responding, Musk, who has 10 children said: “Low birth rates lead to ghost cities and, eventually, ghost civilizations."Musk racked up thousands of likes, retweets, and quotes on his post.Last month, the Daily Star reported how Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warns his country is "on the brink" of disaster.Birth rates in the country prompted the following tweet from Musk at the time: "Population collapse is a major risk to the future of civilization."He then linked a fertility rate graph which shows a stark decrease worldwide between the years 1970 and 2020.But respondents were not convinced that the reduced birth rates are the "world ending" situation Musk claimsOne user wrote: "Only if it dropped 50% or more over a short time...

North Korea has fired two short range missiles toward its eastern coast hours after the U.S. military concluded military training exercises with South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement they detected the two missiles launched between 1:48 a.m.

shot in the chest during a speech.The 67-year-old collapsed to the ground at around 11:30am local time (3:30am UK time) on Friday (July 8), in the city of Nara in western Japan, after two shots were heard.According to Kyodo News, the former PM is in cardio-respiratory arrest and unconscious.READ MORE: Multiple people gunned down as shooter fired into parade 'from rooftop' – 60 shots heardWitnesses said that he was shot from behind, by a distance of about three metres, with an open wound to the neck.He had been standing while making an election campaign speech ahead of Sunday's (July 10) election for the parliament's upper house.Onlookers added that he remained standing after the first shot and then collapsed to the ground following the second.CPR was carried out at the scene before Mr Abe was rushed to hospital via helicopter, with officials saying that his condition is "extremely serious".To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The gun has been recovered from the scene and a 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.Mr Abe served two terms as PM – from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020 – to become Japan's longest-serving premier before stepping down citing ill health.But he has remained a dominant presence over the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) party, controlling one of its major factions and his protege is none other than the current Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, who has suspended election campaigning and is returning to Tokyo.At the same time, a crisis management committee has been set up at the government offices to manage the situation.READ NEXT:

Japan plans to open up their borders for a test return to tourism - however holidays won't be an easy-going break.

Singer Tina Karol said Monday from Japan that she and her fellow Ukrainians will not give up defending their land and culture from Russian invasion and are determined to win the war and rebuild an even more beautiful country.

A tsunami alert has been triggered in Japan after a huge earthquake rocked the country today.

Russia and Japan have long argued over the sovereignty of the isolated islands, and Sergei Marzhetsky believes that Japan may be watching how Russia emerges from its invasion of Ukraine to see if it can 'establish control'. Speaking to the Putin friendly Russian newspaper Pravda, Marzhetsky argued that Japan may try to seize the Kuril Islands while the Russians were preoccupied with the bloody invasion.As the majority of Russia's military contingent is located in Ukraine and on the border, Marzhetsky is paranoid that Japan would swoop in to claim the islands that they have always historically owned.Speaking on the subject previously, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has always been steadfast on Japan's ownership of the islands, saying: "They are ‘Japan’s inherent territory’ as well as ‘territory over which Japan possesses sovereignty.’"In either case, it is a matter that the government has to deal with."The Northern Territories belong to Japan.