THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 23, 2024 at 19:04 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wears a nametag showing his full name, while his wife, Yuko, left, wears one that reads “Wife of Fumio Kishida” at the annual spring garden party hosted by the imperial couple at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 23. (Koichi Ueda)
If attendees at the imperial couple's spring garden party didn't know the prime minister's wife's first name, they could address her only as "Mrs. Fumio Kishida." [Read More]
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