On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ambassador Takeshi Akahori - Assistant Minister, Director-General for Global Issues - recently stressed that the Ministry will reinvigorate human security with a view to addressing global challenges, including the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected former top diplomat Fumio Kishida as its new leader on Wednesday after a tightly contested race that ended in a runoff vote -- clearing a path for him to become the country's next Prime Minister

Japan’s ruling party picks a new leader Wednesday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and guide the world’s third-largest economy as it tries to recover from the pandemic.