TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s spouse, Yuko Kishida, is planning to go to to Washington in April to fulfill US first woman Jill Biden, broadcaster TBS reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese authorities sources.
Yuko accompanied her husband to Washington in January however she was not in a position to meet Jill Biden then as a result of the US first woman was present process medical remedy.
TBS additionally mentioned that if scheduling permitted, Yuko Kishida may also meet Joe Biden on her mid-April go to.
It is very uncommon for a Japanese prime minister’s spouse to make an abroad journey on her personal. Most political wives are inclined to hold a low profile.
One exception was the spouse of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, Akie Abe, who continuously accompanied him on journeys. Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Japan final 12 months.
Akie Abe was additionally identified for espousing progressive causes.
She took half in an LGBTQ rights parade, opposed nuclear energy, and even visited protesters opposing the event of a US army facility within the Okinawa area — all issues that helped soften her husband’s hawkish picture.
But her prominence additionally led to difficulties when she acquired caught up in a scandal in regards to the murky sale of some land to a nationalist faculty to which she had ties. —Reuters
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