In April and early May this year, Japan was particularly active in the current phase of the “Great World Game”. This, by the way, is further proof of the fact that Tokyo has returned to the global game table (after the catastrophe of 1945) as one of the most important participants in all that is happening on it today.

Let us recall the state visit of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the United States in the first half of April. This trip included such landmark events as the US-Japan and then the US-Japan-Philippines summits, as well as the no less remarkable speech delivered by the guest to a joint session of both houses of the US Congress.

From 16 to 20 April, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa took part in one of the ministerial platforms of the G7 configuration on the Mediterranean island of Capri. In addition to the joint event with her G7 colleagues, she held talks with each of them individually and also spoke to journalists at a press conference and answered some of their questions. As far as can be understood, the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine was the main concern of all participants at this event.

A week later, she again embarked on a foreign tour, during which she visited three African countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Madagascar) and two Asian countries (Sri Lanka and Nepal). She was followed (1 May) by Prime Minister F. Kishida himself, who visited France and then Brazil and Paraguay.

The situation for the Liberal Democratic Party, on behalf of which the current cabinet is running the country, is not sitting well at home. For a number of reasons, some of which have been previously discussed in NEO. This, in particular, was reflected in the results of the elections for the three vacant seats in the lower house of parliament, which took place just before F. Kishida and Y. Kamikawa’s departure abroad. All three mandates were confidently won by the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, whose leadership has already announced its intention to bring a vote of no confidence in the cabinet of F. Kishida to the parliament for discussion.

Meanwhile, in the LDP itself, against the backdrop of the negative attitude of the population to the current government, for several........

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