Japan PM Kishida Vows to Continue Abe's Work

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to continue working on the amendment to the constitution of Japan - the long-cherished goal that the assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe couldn't achieve.

The remark was made at a news conference a day after Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election.

A revision to the US-drafted 1947 constitution is a decades-old pledge of the Liberal Democratic Party that none of Kishida's predecessors, including Abe, has been able to achieve.

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[Lochwra]

The way he stands up to CCP concerning Taiwan will be the test.

[Buttersausage]

A great TRUE world leader left us too soon, a true advocate for DEMOCRACY

[dandelionsarefree]

They love their country, unlike our current leadership

[iyrmpmj]

At the moment of Abe's death, all his love for his country passed to Kishida to add to Kishida's own love for Japan. With Abe's spirit and strength added to his own, Kishida will rise to historic greatness.

[anntan]

The lost of Abe is not just Japan but the whole world he was a Great International Leader and the world has lost a Great Leader

[hmdrake]

You don’t like where America is going? Go live in Japan

[scottwilliamtoombs]

:23 Hedge stones for you inner port. 🦾 ((360 turret for cargo lift)) - pull line for inspection lane = Keep them productive during Abe's Investigation. (( Kishida - Any Kim link is your shack down, sounds best courses, no?))🙌🙌

{Prisoners death sentence shall be stayed.}