Kishida to take office as Japanese Prime Minister on October 4
(VOVWORLD) - Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will take office as the Japanese Prime Minister on Monday and form his Cabinet, which is tasked with keeping the COVID-19 pandemic under control while reviving a battered economy.
 Fumio Kishida is the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Photo: THX/VNA) |
Kishida has vowed to increase middle-class incomes and reduce wealth disparity. Like his predecessors Suga Yoshihide and Shinzo Abe, Kishida asserts Japan will work toward realizing a "free and open Indo-Pacific," and countering China's growing expansion in the South China Sea and East China Sea while reflecting concern over tensions in the Taiwanese Strait.