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Fumio Kishida was born on the 29th of July 1957 in Shibuya, Tokyo. He grew up hearing stories from atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and attended elementary schools in New York City before returning to Japan.
Fumio Kishida served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017, making him the longest-serving foreign minister in postwar Japanese history. He later became the Prime Minister of Japan from 2021 to 2024.
Fumio Kishida instructed the government to increase national security-related spending to 2 percent of Japan's GDP. This raised the defense budget from 5.4 trillion yen in 2022 to 8.9 trillion yen by 2027, an increase of 65 percent.
Fumio Kishida announced his resignation from office on the 14th of August 2024. He stepped down as LDP party leader and was succeeded by Shigeru Ishiba after the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election on the 1st of October 2024.
Fumio Kishida declared a break from deflationary economic policies and promised to implement redistributive measures to expand the middle class. His administration oversaw Japan experiencing its highest wage growth in 30 years through record wage increases.