Kyodo News reports (Nov. 17) An analysis of the role of the Japanese minister, Fumio Kishida, has not led to the results he hoped to revive in political popularity in the country. from the recently concluded G20 summit
Kishida presents his vision of a “World Without Nuclear Weapons” at the G-20 Summit in Indonesia. That is the theme behind the choice of Hiroshima as the venue for next year’s Group of 7 summit which Japan will host.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was originally expected to attend the two-day G-20, Kishida saw the opportunity to speak out against the use of nuclear weapons in front of Putin as a way to boost his position as Japan’s leader in international retaliation
However, Kishida’s hopes for Japan’s diplomatic brilliance were dashed. When Russia sent Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Indonesia to meet on behalf of Putin
Therefore, Japan has not been able to make an impression internationally. Amid growing rifts between Russia and Western democracies centered in the United States
During his stay in Indonesia, Kishida reiterated that “Russia will never allow the use of nuclear weapons” against Ukraine, but his comments drew little attention from the major global media. Japanese government sources said
“I think Japan was ignored at the G-20 summit, I can’t say what impact the prime minister has had,” the source added.
due to the redundancies that took effect on Friday. So Kishida postponed his scheduled trip to Cambodia. Force him to cancel some official bilateral summits that are outside the framework of meetings that include the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Even in the face of a crisis of popularity with the people in the government, other analysts also said that Kishida could regain public trust. If he can successfully hold the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May 2023, praise him for choosing this city as the location of the meeting.
Tsuneo Watanabe, a senior researcher at the Sasakawa Peace Institute in Tokyo, said: The world is worried about “The use of Russian nuclear weapons against Ukraine”
“Hiroshima is the perfect place to highlight the ultimate goal of eliminating nuclear war,” he added.
According to the Japanese government in a bilateral meeting on Sunday in Cambodia Kishida was supported by President Joe. Biden’s United States for the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima
The White House said Biden told Kishida he was “looking forward to visiting the prime minister’s hometown of Hiroshima”.
But Japanese government sources expressed uncertainty. Will Kishida remain Prime Minister? By the time the Hiroshima summit was held
