With a pair of denims and sports activities sneakers, Japan’s prime minister left his typically solemn habits for a style parade to advertise a “cute, vigorous and nice” Japan.
Surrounded on stage by members of a pop group of women, Shigeru Ihiba made a shock look on Saturday within the Tokyo Ladies assortment, a well-liked style competition.
“I believe it might be great if an occasion like this wins extra traction, making Japan cute, alive and nice,” mentioned Ishiba, posing subsequent to “Myaku-Myaku”, the crimson and blue pet of the exhibition.
The trick occurred when the surveys confirmed that their approval scores have been recovered after spending their first confrontation with US President Donald Trump final month with out a nice catastrophe.
Nevertheless, on the nationwide stage, the Ishiba minority authorities continues to face the problem of convincing the Parliament to approve a price range for the brand new fiscal yr as of April.
Ishiba assumed the place final yr earlier than carrying its ruling coalition to a lack of most, the primary since 2009, within the elections to the snapshots of October.